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Pia Cramling – 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn)
Women’s Grand Prix; 4th stage; 成都 (Chéngdū), July 5, 2016
English Opening A30

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. 0-0 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 0-0 9. Rd1 d6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Nc5 12. Qe3 a6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfe8. The alternative is 14. ... Rac8 15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bf8 ½ : ½ Șubă – L. Portisch, King’s Tournament, Bazna 2008. 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qf3 For 17. Bb2 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qf3 Bf6 see Epishin – Beliavsky, 34th New Year’s tournament, Reggio Emilia 1991/1992. 17... Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Nc2 b5 20. Ne3 f5 21. Rc2 Rf8 22. Bb2 Bg5 23. Ng2 d5 24. Nf4 Rfe8

25. Nxe6? Pia makes a faulty combination. Deserving consideration was 25. c5!? Nxc5 26. Rxc5! Rxc5 27. Qh5 Qe7 28. Ba3 leaving matters unclear. 25. ... Rxe6 26. Qxf5 Rd6 27. c5 g6 28. Qf3 Nxc5. White has only a Pawn for the Knight given up and no other factors contributing to compensate for it. 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) will have no particular difficulty winning the game. 29. h4 Be7 30. Qg4 h5 31. Qf4 d4 32. Rxd4 Rf6 33. Qe3 Rcf8 34. Rf4 Rxf4 35. gxf4 Qe4 36. Qxe4 Nxe4 37. Rc6 Kf7 38. f3 Ng3 39. e4 Ne2+ 40. Kf2 Nxf4 41. Kg3 Nd3 42. Bc3 Nc1 43. Bb2 Nd3 44. Bc3 Ra8 45. Rc7 Ke6 46. e5 b4 47. Ba1 a5 48. Rc6+ Kf5 49. Rc7 Re8 50. Ra7 g5 51. hxg5 Bxg5 52. Rxa5 h4+ 53. Kg2 Nf4+ 54. Kf2 h3 55. e6+ Kg6 56. Kg3 Bh4+ 57. Kh2 Rd8 0 : 1.

居文君 (Jū Wénjūn)
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