Monday, March 23, 2015

赵雪:加油!

赵雪 (Zhào Xuě) – Bela Khotenashvili
Women’s World Chess Championship; Krasnaya Polyana, March 23, 2015
Queen’s Gambit Declined D37

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Be5. For 12. Bg5 b6 13. 0-0 Bb7 see Caoili – Mkrtchian, 35th Women’s Chess Olympiad, Bled 2002. 12. ... h6. A superfluous prophylaxis, as White wasn’t threatening Nf3-g5. Just keep developing by 12. ... b6 or 12. ... Bd7 was called for. 13. 0-0 b6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Qd3 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfe8 20. Ba4 Bd7 21. Bc2 g6 22. Qe3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe6 24. h3 Rc8 25. Bb3 Rc5 26. Qd4 Bc6 27. a3 a5 28. Ba2 a4 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Bb1 Qe6 31. Re1 Bb5 32. Qd2 Kg7 33. f4 Rc4 34. Qf2 Bd7 35. Bd3 Rc5 36. Qg3 Kf8 37. Qh4 Kg7 38. Re3 d4? The losing move! Anyway, after the comparatively best 38. ... Rc8 39. g4 White retains a very powerful bind.


39. f5! gxf5. On 39. ... Qe8 40. Qxd4 wins, whereas if 39. ... Qc6 there follows 40. f6+ Kh7 41. Bxg6+! fxg6 42. f7 winning. 40. Qxd4? White misses an easy continuation leading to an immediate win: 40. Rg3+! Kf8 (else 40. ... Kh7 41. Qg4! Qg6 42. Qxd4 and wins) 41. Bxf5! Qxf5 42. Qd8+ Be8 43. Qd6 mate. 40. ... Rd5 41. Qf4 Rc5? Relatively best was 41. ... Qc6, although after 42. Rg3+ Kf8 43. Bc4 Rc5 44. Ba2 White maintains her dominating position. 42. Rg3+ Kh7. Or 42. ... Kf8 43. Bxf5!+- Δ 43. ... Qxf5?? 44. Qxh6+ Ke7 45. Qd6+ Re8 46. Rg8 mate. 43. Qg4! Qg6 44. Qd4 Qe6 45. Bxf5+! Qxf5 46. e6! Qe5 47. Qd3+ 1 : 0. A well played game by 赵雪 (Zhào Xuě). She is the only Chinese player left.

赵雪 (Zhào Xuě) vs. Bela Khotenashvili
Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich

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