ಕಸೂತಿ (Kasuti)

Dronavalli Harika – Meri Arabidze
Women’s World Chess Championship; Krasnaya Polyana, March 27, 2015
Torre Attack D03

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 0-0 13. Qh5 f5. The alternative was 13. ... g6 14. Qe2 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rae8 20. Rad1 Qf7 21. g3 Qf5 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Kf7 25. Kf2 Rd8 26. Re3 Rd2+ 27. Re2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Ke6 ½ : ½ Gudmundsson – Matanović, 15th Chess Olympiad, Varna 1962. 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qg5 Rae8 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Bb5 Qxg5 18. Nxg5 Bc8 19. Rad1 Re7 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Nf3 Be8 22. Ne5 Bg6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rd2 e5 26. Rfd1 exf4 27. exf4 Red7 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Kf3 Kf6 30. h4 Rd6 31. Rd3 R8d7 32. Kg4 Rd8 33. Re1 d4 34. cxd4 cxd4? It doesn’t lose the game, but 34. ... Rxd4 was nuch safer. 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Re5 Rc8 37. Re4 Rcd8 38. b3 R8d7 39. a4 Rd5 40. b4 a6 41. g4 Rd8 42. Re5 R5d6 43. Ke4 R8d7 44. f5 gxf5+ 45. Rxf5+ Kg8 46. h5 Kh7 47. Rg5 Kh6 48. Kf4 Kh7 49. Re5 g6 50. Ke4 Kg7 51. Rg5 Re7+ 52. Kf4 a5 53. bxa5 bxa5 54. Rxg6+ Rxg6 55. hxg6 Rd7 56. Ke5 Kxg6 57. Rxd4 Rb7 58. Kd5 Kg5 59. Kc5 Kh4 60. Rc4 Rb8 61. Kd5 Rb7 62. Rc5 Rb4 63. Rc4 Rb8 64. Ke5 Kg5 65. Rc5 Rb4 66. Rxa5 Rxg4 67. Ra6 Kh5 68. a5 Rg5+ 69. Kd4 Rg4+ 70. Kc5 Rg5+ 71. Kb6 Rg6+ 72. Kb7 Rg7+ 73. Kc8 Rg5? 73. ... Rg8+ 74. Kd7 Rg7+ 75. Ke8 Rg5 transposes to the game. 74. Kd7? (74. Ra8!+-) 74. ... Rg7+ 75. Ke8 Rg5 76. Kf7 Rc5 77. Kg7

77. ... Rc7+? This proved to be a fatal mistake according Nalimov’s endgame tablebases. All four 77. ... Kg5, 77. ... Kg4, 77. ... Rd5 and 77. ... Rg5+ would have led to a draw. 78. Kf6 Rc5 79. Ra8 Kh4 80. a6 Rc6+ 81. Kf5 Rc5+ 82. Kf4 Rc4+ 83. Ke3 Rc7 84. Rb8 Kg5 85. Rb7 Rc4 86. Kd3 Ra4 87. Rb6 Kf5 88. Kc3 Ke5 89. Kb3 Ra1 90. Kc4 Ra2 91. Rh6 Ra1 92. Kc5 Ra2 93. Kb6 Rb2+ 94. Kc7 Ra2 95. Kb7 1 : 0.

Dronavalli Harika vs. Meri Arabidze
Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich