Flywheel

Lela Javakhishvili – 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn)
Women’s Grand Prix; 4th stage; 成都 (Chéngdū), July 2, 2016
Queen’s Gambit Accepted D24

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 exd5 12. Rfe1+ Be6

13. Ba6! A straight novelty by Javakhishvili, even though it’s hard to find something better than 13. Bxd5! 0-0 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qb3 Rab8 (17. ... Rad8!? 18. Qxb7 Nd4 deserved consideration) 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Ng5 Qb4? (19. ... Kh8 was called for) 20. Qc2 Rg6 21. Re4! Qa5 22. h4 Re8 23. Rd7 h6 24. b4 Qf5 (or 24. ... Qb5 25. a4 Nxb4 26. Qxc7 Qxa4 27. Qd8! Rf8 28. Rf4! Rgf6 29. Rxg7+! Kxg7 30. Nxe6+ and wins) 25. Rxe6! 1 : 0 Aronian – Anand, 4th Final Masters São Paulo/Bilbao 2011. 13. ... bxa6 14. Qxc6+ Kf8 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Nxd5 Qd6 17. Qxd6+ cxd6 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. b3 Ke7 20. Nd4 Kd7 21. Re4. White secured a slight advantage, in spite of her temporary Pawn minus, but it appears hard to implement. 21. ... Rbc8 22. Rf4 Ke7 23. Re1 a5 24. Rf5. After this Black achieves a draw without any difficulty. Aiming to win back the e-Pawn by 24. Rfe4! rather than the a-Pawn could have possibly given White a little more ground for continuing play. 24. ... Rc5! 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Nc6+ Kd6 27. Nxa5 Kc7 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. Nc4 Rd4 30. Nb2 Kc6 31. f3 Kb5 32. Ke2 a5 33. Rc1 ½ : ½.

Lela Javakhishvili
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居文君 (Jū Wénjūn)
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