Saturday, April 20, 2019

Value of time

Marina Brunello – Olga Alexandrovna Girya
20th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship; Antalya, April 20, 2019
Sicilian Defence B33

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4 Rb8 9. a4 Nf6 10. Bg5 Nb4 11. a5!?


11. ... d5! This is a clear improvement on 11. ... Qc7 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Ra4 Qc5 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ncd5⩲ Fataliyeva – Daulytė-Cornette, 18th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship, Riga 2017. 12. exd5 Nbxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5. Black has comfortably equalised, but apparently Brunello had already decided to take a day off: 14. Qe2?? Ne4! 15. Rd1?? Qxc4 0 : 1. Everyone can agree that freedom and time are worth losing a chess game for.

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