The Long Winter

Clarice Benini (right) vs. Olga Nikolaevna Rubtsova (left)
Moscow, January 13, 1950
Photo © G. Jabłonowski
Kurier Szachowy, No. 16, Volume 2, July 2015, page 75

[Event "8th Women’s World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1950.01.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Benini, Clarice"]
[Black "Rubtsova, Olga Nikolaevna"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.e3 a6 6.c5 c6 7.b4 Qc7 8.Bb2 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Na4 Qe6 12.Nb6 Rb8 13.Qd4 Nd7 14.Nxc8 Rxc8 15.Be2 Nf6 16.O-O Be7 17.f3 O-O 18.e4 dxe4 19.Bc4 Qd7 20.Qxd7 Nxd7 21.Rad1 Rcd8 22.fxe4 Bf6 23.e5 Bxe5 24.Rxd7 Bxh2+ 25.Kxh2 Rxd7 26.Be5 Re8 27.Bd6 Re4 28.Bb3 g6 29.Rb1 Kg7 30.Rd1 Kg8 31.a3 Rd8 32.Rf1 Rd7 33.Rf3 h6 34.Kg3 Kg7 35.Rd3 Kh7 36.Kf2 f5 37.Bc2 Rd8 38.Re3 Rxe3 39.Kxe3 Re8+ 40.Kf2 Kg7 41.Bd3 Kf6 42.a4 g5 43.b5 axb5 44.axb5 Ra8 45.b6 Ra2+ 46.Kf3 h5 47.g3 h4 48.gxh4 gxh4 49.Bf1 Ra1 50.Kf2 Ra4 51.Bg2 Rb4 52.Kg1 Kg5 53.Kh2 Rb3 54.Bh3 Re3 55.Bc7 Rd3 56.Bd6 Rd2+ 57.Kg1 Kf6 58.Bg2 Rb2 59.Bh3 Ke6 60.Bg2 Rxb6 61.cxb6 Kxd6 62.Kh2 Kc5 63.Kh3 Kxb6 64.Kxh4 Kc5 65.Kg5 b5 66.Kxf5 b4 67.Ke4 Kc4 68.Ke3 c5 69.Kd2 b3 70.Bf1+ Kb4 71.Kc1 Kc3 72.Kb1 c4 73.Bxc4 Kxc4 74.Kb2 Kb4 75.Kb1 Kc3 76.Kc1 1/2-1/2