Grease

Mariya Muzychuk – Olga Kalinina
74th Ukrainian Women’s Chess Championship; Lviv, November 19, 2014
Bogo-Indian Defence E11

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Nd2 d6 8. Ngf3 Re8. For 8. ... Nc6 9. 0-0 a5 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. c5 see Rassokhina – Kovanova, Women’s Russian Team Championship, Olginka 2011. 9. 0-0 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. e3 h6 13. Nge4 Bf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qg6 16. Nd6 Bg4 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. c5 Re7. “Position after 18 moves. White has an obvious positional advantage with his strongly posted Knight on d6. However, looking deeply into the position, we find that a sharp tactic is hidden that takes advantage of Black’s poorly placed pieces...”, Grandmaster Kevin Spraggett said.

19. Bxc6! “Preparing the next move”, Spraggett said. 19. ... bxc6 20. Nf5!! A petite combinaison in the style of Capablanca. 20. ... Rxd2. “Also insufficient is 20. ... Qxf5 21. Qxd8+ Kh7 22. f3!”, Spraggett pointed out. 21. Nxe7+ Kh7 22. Nxg6 Kxg6 23. f3 Be6 24. Rf2. White is an Exchange ahead with a virtually won endgame, but, strangely enough, Mariya will slowly throw away all her advantage until she ends up resigning the game after Black’s 71st move. 24. ... Rd3 25. e4 f5 26. exf5+ Kxf5 27. a3 b3 28. Re1 Bd5 29. f4 e4 30. Rfe2 h5 31. Kf2 Rf3+ 32. Kg1 Rd3 33. Re3 Rd2 34. R1e2 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. h3 Rc1 37. Rd2 Rxc5 38. Re1 h4 39. Ke3 hxg3 40. Rg1 g6 41. Rxg3 Rc1 42. Rg5+ Kf6 43. Rdg2 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Rb1 45. Rxg6+ Kf7 46. Ke3 Re1+ 47. Kd2 Rh1 48. R6g3 Kf6 49. Ke3 Re1+ 50. Re2 Rh1 51. Rd2 Re1+ 52. Kf2 Rh1 53. Re2 Rh2+ 54. Ke3 Rh1 55. h4 Rxh4 56. Reg2 Rh6 57. Kd4 a5 58. Rg5 Rh3 59. Kc5 Rf3 60. R2g4 e3 61. Re5 Rxf4 62. Rxf4+ Kxe5 63. Rf1 Ke4 64. Kb6 Kd3 65. Kxa5 e2 66. Ra1 Kd2 67. Kb4 e1=Q 68. Rxe1 Kxe1 69. a4 Kd2 70. a5 c5+ 71. Kxc5 Bg2 0 : 1.

Mariya Muzychuk (2013)
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