Anna Yuriyivna Ushenina – Lilit Maratovna Mkrtchian
Knockout Women’s World Chess Championship Tournament; match game 1; Khanty-Mansiysk, November 3, 2018
Slav Defence D15
Khanty-Mansiysk brought good luck to Anna Yuriyivna Ushenina in 2012, but very rarely history does repeat itself exactly. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. b3 e5? That’s in the book, but 10. ... c5! seems much better, Campos Moreno – Franco Ocampos, Mallorca 2000. 11. 0-0 Rd8!? 11. ... exd4 12. exd4! (12. Nxd4 Bc5 doesn’t lead anywhere, Bosboom – Middelburg, 8th Sonnevanck, Wijk aan Zee 1999) 12. ... Bd6 is hardly an improvement, as White takes twice on c4, then gives check with the Rook and places his Knight on f5. 12. bxc4 Bxc4 13. e4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qe6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bb2 Qe6 18. Nf5
18. ... Nd7? This seems Black’s decisive mistake. After 18. ... Nxe4! (“unmounting” the f5-Knight) 19. Bxg7 Rg8 the game becomes quite drawish. 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 21. Rad1! Now Black is tragically stuck in her twosquare reality. 21. ... Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rg6 23. g3. An unneeded safety shield, just before going for mate. 23. ... f6 24. Rd6 Qb3 25. Rxc6 Ne6 26. Rc1 Qxa4 27. Qc4 Kf7 28. Qc8 Rg5 29. h4. 29. Rc7+! is just another mate attack. 29. ... Rg6 30. Qb7+ 1 : 0.
Anna Yuriyivna Ushenina. Photo © Press service of the Women’s World Championship 2018.
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Lilit Maratovna Mkrtchian. Photo © Press service of the Women’s World Championship 2018.
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