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Lela Javakhishvili – Humpy Koneru
Women’s Grand Prix; 4th stage; 成都 (Chéngdū), July 7, 2016
Queen’s Gambit Declined D58

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. e3 b6 8. g4!? Nbd7. For 8. ... Nxg4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Qd6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Rg1 Nf6 14. Bg2 Bg4 15. Qd2 Nbd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 see Grischuk – Lékó, Petrossiàn Memorial, Moscow 2014. 9. Rg1 Bb7 10. g5 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5

12. Bh3! An improvement on 12. Bb5?! g6?! (12. ... c6!∓) 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. gxh6 Bxh4 15. Nxh4 Qh3?? 16. Qh5 Nxf2 17. Rxg6+ Kh8 18. Rg3 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 1 : 0 Shabalov – Amanov, 20th North American Open, Las Vegas 2010. 12. ... Nxg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Qh5 g6. The Bishop is taboo, for if 14. ... gxh4? then 15. Bf5 Nf6 16. Qg6 and mate in three moves. 15. Qh6 Re8. Not 15. ... gxh4? 16. Be6! and wins. 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. Rxg5 Nf8. “The position has levelled out, the quiet is reigning, and the players agreed on a draw at move 31. An excellent display of mastery by Koneru”, Grandmaster Bachar Kouatly said in his commentary for Europe Échecs. 18. 0-0-0 Qf6 19. Rg3 c5 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Rxg5 Nh7 22. Re5 cxd4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxd4 Re5 25. Bg4 Nf6 26. h3 Kf8 27. Ra4 a5 28. Rd4 Bc6 29. b4 Ke7 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Kd2 ½ : ½.

Lela Javakhishvili vs. Humpy Koneru
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