Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Shot Me Down

Mariya Muzychuk – Shahenda Wafa
5th Women’s World Chess Team Championship; 成都市 (Chéngdū), April 28, 2015
Sicilian Defence B23

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. c3 a6. For 7. ... dxc3 8. bxc3 Nf6 see Vallejo Pons – Grischuk, FIDE World Blitz Championship, Khanty-Mansiysk 2013. 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. d3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 d6 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 a5 14. Be3 Bxd5 15. Bxd5


15. ... Rc8. On 15. ... Bxb2 16. Bxf7+! is in White’s favour. 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Bb7 Rb8 18. Bc6+ Nd7 19. 0-0 0-0 20. d4 Nb6 21. b3 Rc8 22. Rac1 Qc7? Better, and more consistent, would have been 22. ... d5 23. f3 (if 23. e5 then 23. ... Nc4) 23. ... f5, although after 24. exf5 Nc4 25. Bxd5+ Qxd5 26. bxc4 Rxc4 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Qd3 White remains a Pawn ahead in a pleasant position. 23. Qd3 Qa7. Prevents Qd3-a6, which would imply the destruction of the Queenside. 24. Rc2 e6 25. Rfc1 d5 26. exd5 exd5 27. Rc5 Rfd8 28. Bg5 Rf8 29. Bb5. White dominates the whole chess-board. 29. ... f6 30. Bf4 Qe7 31. Ba6 Rce8 32. Rxa5 f5 33. Rb5 Bxd4. Spes, ultima dea (34. Qxd4?? Qe1+ and mate next move). 34. a5 Nc8 35. Rxd5 Bc3 36. Rd7 Qe1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Qf1 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Re8 40. g3 Ne7 41. Bb7 1 : 0.

Mariya & Anna Muzychuk
Photo: Liu Yupeng

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