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居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) – 李超 (Lǐ Chāo)
13rd Chinese Chess League; 北京 (Běijīng), June 11, 2017
Queen’s Indian Accelerated A50

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8. Be3 Be7? It looks like an improvised Pawn sacrifice in a well-known position. For 8. ... exd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 0-0 11. Bc4 see Riumin – Chekhover, Leningrad 1934. 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Qa4 c6 11. Rd1 b5 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. f4 0-0-0 14. Nf3 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd3 Rd7 17. Ke2 Rhd8 18. Rhf1. 18. e6 fxe6 19. Ng5 was also very interesting. 18. ... h6 19. f5! Qc7 20. g3! a5 21. a4! 李超 (Lǐ Chāo) ended up getting completely outplayed by his opponent. 21. ... bxa4 22. Qxa4 Qb6

23. Qc2? 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) hesitates in the moment of truth, throwing all her advantage away. The trivial 23. Rb1 Rxd3! 24. Rxb6 Bxb6 25. Rb1 Re3+ 26. Kf1! Rxf3+ 27. Kg2 Rf2+ 28. Kh3 Be3 might have given Black an easier – if not better – game, but 23. e6! seemed to put insurmountable problems to Black; for instance: 23. ... fxe6 24. fxe6 Rd6 (or 24. ... Re7 25. Rb1 Qa7 26. Bc4 followed by Nf3-e5 with devastating effect) 25. e7 Re8 26. Rb1 Qa7 27. Nd4! Kc7 (or 27. ... Bxd4 28. Rf8 Kd7 29. cxd4 Rxe7? 30. e5+−) 28. Nf5 with a (likely significant) gain of material. 23. ... Ba6! Well, the rest is quite uninteresting. White’s position still might be drawable, but 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) has no longer the will to hold it, and slowly her opponent succeeded in picking the whole point. 24. Bxa6+ Qxa6+ 25. c4 a4 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Ra1 a3 28. Ra2 Rb7 29. e6 fxe6 30. fxe6 Re7 31. e5 Rxe6 32. Kf1 Re7 33. Kg2 Kc7 34. Ra1 Qa5 35. Qd3 Rd7 36. Qc2 Bb4 37. Ra2 Bc3 38. Qe4 Bb2 39. e6 Re7 40. Qf4+ Kb7 41. Nd4 Qb4 42. Qb8+ Kxb8 43. Nxc6+ Kb7 44. Nxb4 Rxe6 45. Kf3 Rb6 46. Nd3 Rb3 47. Ke2 Kc6 48. Kd2 Rxd3+! 49. Kxd3 Kc5 50. h4 Kb4 51. g4 Kb3 52. Rxa3+ Bxa3 53. Kd4 Be7 54. h5 Kb4 55. Kd5 Bc5 56. Ke5 Kxc4 57. Kf5 Be7 58. Kg6 Bf6 0 : 1.