Skin and Bones

Anna Muzychuk – Almira Skripchenko
11th Women’s European Team Chess Championship; Reykjavík, November 21, 2015
Philidor Defence C41

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 0-0 7. 0-0 a6 8. h3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qe8. For 10. ... exd4 11. Rxd4 h6 see Šarić – Jovanović, 13th Croatian Chess Championship, Plitvička Jezera 2013. 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 Nc5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5

15. ... c6?? A pathetic blunder by Almira. Instead, after 15. ... a5 Black should not have any problems. 16. Qh5 h6 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxf7+ Qxf7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. b4 1 : 0. Black cannot avoid heavy material loss.