Monday, April 25, 2016

Pawn promotes to Queen

叶诗雯 (Carissa Yip) – Irina Borisivna Krush
56th U.S. Women’s Chess Championship; Saint Louis, April 24, 2016
Sicilian Defence B43

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 d6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Kh1 Be7 10. Qe2 0-0 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Rae1 Nxd3 13. cxd3 b5. For 13. ... Qb6 14. Nb3 Qd8 15. d4 d5 see Parma – Gligorić, 20th Anniversary of Liberation of Belgrade, Belgrade 1964. 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. g4 Bb7 16. g5 Ne8 17. f5. Maybe too committal. 17. ... b4 18. Nd1 e5 19. Nf3 d5 20. Nf2 f6 21. gxf6. 21. g6 h6 leads nowhere. 21. ... Nxf6 22. Nxe5 Qb5 23. Neg4 dxe4 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Nxe4 Rfe8 26. Rce1 Rad8 27. Rf3 Rxd3? Krush’s hallucinations begin. After 27. ... Kh8 Black is up a Pawn and her Bishops dominate the board. 28. Qxd3 Qxd3? It was not too late to seek salvation by 28. ... Rxe4 29. Qxb5 Rxe1+ 30. Kg2 axb5 31. Bxe1 Bxb2 32. Bxb4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Bxf3 34. Kxf3 Kf6 with a draw in sight. 29. Rxd3 Rxe4 30. Kg1 31. Rg3 Rd4 32. Bg5 Bxg5 33. Rxg5 Kf7 34. Kf2 Bd5 35. b3 a5 36. Ke3 Re4+ 37. Kd2 Rd4+ 38. Ke3 Re4+ 39. Kd2 Rd4+ 40. Kc1 Kf6 41. Reg1 Rh4 42. Rxg7 Rxh2 43. Kb1 a4 44. Rd7 Be4+ 45. Ka1 axb3 46. axb3 h5? Krush fought long and strenuosly, but now she goes badly wrong. With 46. ... Bc2 Black would have kept excellent drawing chances. 47. Rf1! Rh1! 48. Rd6+! Kg7 49. f6+ Kf7 50. Rd7+! Kg6. On 50. ... Ke8 51. f7+! wins. 51. Rg7+ Kh6 52. Rxh1 Bxh1. Now Irina was most likely hoping for 53. Rg1 Bd5, but...


53. Rg5!! A pretty pointe. 1 : 0. For after 53. ... Kxg5 54. f7 the Pawn promotes.

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