Physique du rôle

Natalia Andreevna Pogonina – Mariya Muzychuk
Women’s Grand Prix Series 2015-2016; Monte Carlo, October 13, 2015
Grünfeld Defence D85

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 0-0 8. Be2. For 8. Rc1 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Rd8+ 11. Ke1 Be6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nf3 Nd4 see Gunina – M. Muzychuk, 41st Women’s Chess Olympiad, Tromsø 2014. 8. ... c5 9. d5 e6 10. Nf3. “I have not analyzed the move 8. Be2 before. First I was thinking the idea is Be2-f3 and Ng1-e2, but it does not work, even I can play 10. ... Nd7 (if 10. Bf3) and it’s no time to play 11. Ne2 because 11. ... Ne5”, then Mariya said. 10. ... exd5 11. exd5 Nd7. The alternative was 11. ... Bg4 12. 0-0 Qd6, e.g. 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qxb7 Rab8 16. Qc6 Qf4 17. b3 Rb6 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. bxa4 Rd6 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Ne5 ½ : ½ P. Horváth – Naumann, Schachbundesliga 2013-2014, Trier 2014. 12. 0-0 Nf6. For 12. ... Nb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. d6 Qf6 15. Rc1 Rd8 see Schweda – Groszpeter, Austrian Team Chess Championship 2011-2012, Vienna 2011. 13. Bc4 Ne4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rc1 Qf6. Good and perhaps less committal is 15. ... Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd6 with satisfactory play for Black. 16. Bd3 Nd6 17. Rxc5 Qxb2 18. Qa4 Rd8. Black, being a little behind in development, must defend carefully. Bad is, for instance, 18. ... Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 on account of 20. Rb5 winning a Pawn. 19. Rc7 b5 20. Qh4 Qf6 21. Qb4 Bb7

22. Bxb5 Rab8! An energetic Pawn pseudo sacrifice by Miss Muzychuk with which she takes over a volatile initiative. 23. Be2 Ba6! 24. Qd2 Rb2 25. Rc2 Ne4 26. Qc1 Bxe2 27. Qxb2 Qxb2 28. Rxb2 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Rxd5. Black has finally won back her Pawn and still retains her very slight initiative, but in fact this is not sufficient to mean something more than a draw. 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. Rc4 Rxf3 32. Rxe4 Ra3 33. Re2 g5! 34. f3 f5 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. g3 f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Kg2 Kf5 ½ : ½. A lively and interesting draw.

Michel Roger (Minister of State of Monaco) making first move in the game Natalia Andreevna Pogonina (R.) vs. Mariya Muzychuk (L.). Standing, left to right: Marius Vizer (President of International Judo Federation), Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (President of FIDE), Michel Roger, and Jean-Michel Rapaire (President of Fédération Monégasque des Échecs). Photo: FIDE Grand Prix 2015.