Koláč (Kolach)

Mariya Olehivna Muzychuk – Vlastimil Hort
4th Snowdrops vs. Oldhands; Mariánské Lázně, December 4, 2011
Russian Defence C43

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 c6 8. Qc2 Qh4 9. f4. Hoping to improve on 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bg4 13. Ne5 ½ : ½ Timman – Hort, Bugojno 1980. 9. ... f6 10. Nf3 Qh5 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nbd2 f5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Be2 Qe8 16. Be3 Nf6 17. b4 h5 18. h3 a5 19. a3 h4 20. Qb2 Nh5 21. Bxh5 Qxh5 22. b5 Rf6 23. Kh1 a4 24. b6 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rf5 26. Rxf5 Bxf5 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Kh2 Rf7 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. Rf2 Kg6 31. Rf4 Be6 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Qf2+ Bf5? Correct was 33. ... Kg8 34. Qf4 Kh7 eventually followed by ... Qh5-h6, aiming for the transition to the endgame with opposite coloured Bishops.

34. Qf4? Muzychuk misses the sharp 34. e6+! Kxe6 35. Qf4 when White, at the cost of a Pawn, infiltrates decisively into the enemy camp. 34. ... Ke6 35. Qg5. Resigning herself to a draw. 35. ... Qxg5 36. Bxg5 Bg6 37. Bxh4 e3 38. g4 Bd3 39. Kg1 e2 40. Kf2 Be4 41. Bg3 g5 42. Kxe2 Bg2 43. h4 gxh4 44. Bxh4 Be4 45. Ke3 Bc2 46. Kf4 Bd1 47. Bd8 Be2 48. Kg5 Bd1 49. Kh4 Bc2 50. Bf6 Bd3 51. g5 Bg6 52. Kg4 Be8 53. Bd8 Bg6 54. Kf4 Bh5 55. Ke3 Kf5 56. Kd3 Be8 57. Kd2 Bh5 58. Kc3 Bg4 59. Bf6 Bh5 60. Be7 Bg4 61. Bd8 Bh5 62. g6 Kxg6 63. e6 Bg4 64. e7 Kf7 65. Kd3 Bh5 66. Ke3 Ke6 67. Kf4 Bf7 68. Kg5 Be8 69. Kf4 ½ : ½.

Mariya Olehivna Muzychuk. Photo: Martin Chrz.