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Dronavalli Harika – Mariya Muzychuk
Women’s World Chess Championship; blitz game 1; Krasnaya Polyana, March 31, 2015
8/5k2/7P/5pQ1/8/5qP1/5P1K/8 w - - 5 83

“In this position, Harika played the worst possible move not to win the game [...]”, Grandmaster Zsuzsa Polgár tweeted. 83. Qe3?? After 83. Qg7+ Ke6 84. h7 Qxf2+ 85. Kh3 White has an easy win. 84. ... Qxe3 84. fxe3 Kg6 85. Kg2. Also 85. g4 fxg4 86. Kg3 Kxh6 87. Kg4 Kg6 draws. 85. ... Kxh6 86. Kf2 Kh5 87. Kf3 Kg5 88. Kf2 Kh5 89. Kg2 Kg4 90. Kf2 Kh5 91. Kg1 Kg5 92. Kh2 Kh5 93. Kh3 Kg5 94. Kg2 Kg4 95. Kf2 Kh5 96. Kf3 Kg5 ½ : ½. “I cannot believe what just happened in Harika’s game! Unbelievable! This shows nothing is over until someone resigns”, Polgár said.

Dronavalli Harika vs. Mariya Muzychuk
Photo: Eteri Kublashvili