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Viktorija Čmilytė – Meri Arabidze

Women’s World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament; tie-break game 1; Krasnaya Polyana, March 25, 2015

Bogo-Indian Defence E11

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. e3 d5 8. Bg2 Qb4 9. Ne5 Qxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Nf3 f6 13. Rc1 c6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ne5 Ke7 16. Ke2 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. e4 dxc4 19. Rxc4 e5 20. f4 Be6 21. Rc3 Rhd8 22. f5 Bf7 23. b3 a5 24. Rb1 Rd4 25. Rd3 c5 26. Rc1 Kd6 27. Rdc3 b6 28. Ke3 a4 29. Bf1 axb3 30. axb3 Ra2 31. Bc4 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Rxh2 33. Rb3? This finesse is a fatal loss of time. Correct was 33. Ra1 Rdd2 34. Ra7 g6 with equality. 33. ... Kc7 34. Ra1 Kb7 35. Rab1 Rd6 36. Rc3 h5 37. Kf3? Obviously, after 37. Re1 Rdd2 White is in serious trouble, but the text move is much worse. 37. ... Rdd2. Black wins immediately by 37. ... g5! 38. Rcb3 (on 38. fxg6 Rf6+ 39. Ke3 Rhf2 forces a quick mate) 38. ... g4+ 39. Ke3 Rg2-+. 38. Rcb3 Kc7 39. Ra3

39. ... Kb7. All chess engines give the following forced win: 39. ... g5!! (threatening ... Rd2-d3 mate) 40. fxg6 Rdf2+ 41. Ke3 Re2+ 42. Kd3 Reg2 43. Re1 Rxg3+ 44. Re3 Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Rh3+ finis. 40. Rab3 Kc8 41. Ra3. Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum. Anyway, after 41. Re1 Rdf2+ 42. Ke3 Rc2 Black should win in the short-medium-long run. 41. ... Rdf2+ 42. Ke3 Re2+ 43. Kd3 Reg2 0 : 1. “Today I lost the first rapid game as White almost without a fight, which was very unfortunate”, then Čmilytė said.

Meri Arabidze. Photo: Eteri Kublashvili.