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Dinara Ramazanovna Saduakassova – Janelle Mae Frayna
34th World Girls Junior Chess Championship U-20; Bhubaneswar, August 17, 2016
Queen’s Gambit Accepted D27

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 b5!? An audacious new idea. For 10. ... Ke7 11. Nge4 Bb4 12. Nxf6 Kxf6 13. Ne4+ Kg6 14. Rd1 b5 15. Be2 Rd8 see Ivanišević – Stojanović, 17th Dubai Chess Open, Dubai 2015, while for 10. ... Rf8 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rac1 Ke7 13. Be2 Ba7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Kf1 Be8 16. a3 h6 see Sarić – Ekström, 32nd Chess Mitropa Cup, Meissen 2013.

11. Be2. Dinara Ramazanovna avoids any complication and does not test Black’s bet: 11. Nxf7+ Ke7 12. Nxh8 bxc4 13. Na4 (13. ... Ba7? 14. b3!) – further verification appears advisable! 11. ... Ke7 12. a4 b4 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb6 15. Bd2? Saduakassova played very solidly the whole tournament, sometimes suffering more than she should have. Here, for instance, she gives up the initiative a little too nonchalantly. Stockfish’s advice 15. a5! Bxa5 16. Bd2 Rd8 17. Rfc1 (17. Rxa5? is answered by 17. ... Rxd2!) 17. ... Bb7 18. Bf1! gives White the better game. 15. ... a5 16. Rfc1 Ne5 17. f4? A weakening move, as often occurs when people feel uneasy about something. If you read the classics for sixty minutes a day, you might even find the courage to play 17. Be1. 17. ... Nd7 18. Rd1 Bb7 19. Bf3 f5 20. Ng5 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rac8 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. exd4 Rc2 24. d5!? White is facing serious trouble, but at least starts playing actively! 24. ... exd5 25. Be3 Kd6 26. Rd3 Nc5 27. Bxc5+ Kxc5 28. Re1 Kc4 29. Rg3 g6? A very strange mistake, which loses both time and ground. After 29. ... b3! 30. Rb1 (30. Rxg7 Rxb2 is no better) 30. ... g6 White was literally pythonized. 30. b3+ Kd4 31. Rd1+ Kc5 32. Re3 Rd8. As beginner it is not clear to me how after 32. ... Rc3! White may save her skin. 33. Kf1 Rd7. I’ll say once again that 33. ... Rc3! appears here very strong. 34. Rdd3 Kd6 35. Re8 Rb2. Now 35. ... Rc3 36. Ke2 Re7+ 37. Rxe7 Rxd3 38. Kxd3 Kxe7 would lead only to a draw, in spite of Black’s extra Pawn, as White is able to deny the Black King any access. 36. Rc8 Ke6. 36. ... Rc7 37. Rxc7 Kxc7 38. Rxd5 Rxb3 39. Rxa5 Ra3 may give some better chances, though probably not enough to win. 37. Rc5 d4 38. Rxa5 Rd5 39. Ra6+ Kd7 40. Ra7+ Kc8 41. Re7 Rc5 42. Re2 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rc3 44. Rxd4 Rbxb3 45. Red2 Kb7 46. Rd7+ Rc7 ½ : ½.

熊奕韬 (Jeffery Xióng) from United States, and Dinara Ramazanovna Saduakassova from Kazakhstan: they are the Champions! Photo: P.K. Ajith Kumar.