Notes and Fragments

Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin – Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina
27th Russian Team Chess Championship; Sochi, November 26, 2020
Spanish Game C67

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 0-0 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1. The alternative is 10. Re2 Nc4 11. b3 Nb6 12. c3 c6 13. Nd2 d5 14. h3 Bf5 15. Nf3 Be4 16. Ne5 Bg5 17. f3 Bf5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rxc1 f6 21. Ng4 h5 22. Ne3 Bd3 23. Ree1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 g6 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Kf7 27. Kf2 Rh8 28. Rh1 Rae8 29. Ng2 Nc8 30. Nf4 Nd6 31. Nd3 g5 32. a4 a5 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Kf2 Rh8 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Kf2 Rh8 38. Kg2 Re8 39. Kf2 Rh8 40. Kg2 Re8 ½ : ½ 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) – Goryachkina, 上海 (Shànghǎi) 2020, Women’s World Chess Championship match game 2. 10. ... Re8 11. Nc3. Andreikin is not interested to test Goryachkina’s insights on 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. a4 d5 14. a5 Be7 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. b3 Bf5 18. c4 c6 19. Bb2 a6 20. Ne5 Qf8 21. Qc3 Rd8 22. Nd3 Ng6 23. g3 Be4 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ne7 26. c5 Bc7 27. Qb4 Rb8 28. Re1 Qd8 29. Bc3 Ng6 30. Qa3 h5 31. f4 Qf6 32. Qb2 Nh4+ 33. Kh1 Nf5 34. Qe2 Qg6 35. b4 Qd8 36. Qf3 f6 37. Qe2 Kh7 38. Nf2 Rd7 39. Qd3 Re7 40. Rxe7 Nxe7 41. Qxg6+ Kxg6 42. Kg2 h4 43. Kf3 hxg3 44. hxg3 f5 45. Nd1 Kf6 46. Ne3 Ng6 47. Be1 Nf8 48. Nd1 Ne6 49. Bf2 g5 50. Be3 Kg6 51. Nc3 Bd8 52. Ne2 Kh5 53. Bf2 Bf6 54. Be3 gxf4 55. gxf4 Bh4 56. Ng3+ Bxg3 57. Kxg3 Ng7 58. Bc1 Ne8 59. Bd2 Nf6 60. Be1 Ne4+ 61. Kh3 Kg6 62. Kg2 Kh6 63. Kh2 Nf6 64. Kh3 Ne8 65. Kg3 Kh5 66. Kh3 Nc7 67. Bc3 Ne6 68. Kg3 Kg6 69. Kf3 Ng7 70. Be1 Kh6 71. Kg3 Nh5+ 72. Kh2 Nf6 73. Bd2 Ng4+ 74. Kh3 Kg6 75. Kg2 Nf6 76. Kh2 Nh5 77. Kh3 Kh6 78. Kh2 Ng7 79. Kg2 Ne8 80. Kh3 Kg6 81. Kg2 Nc7 82. Bc3 Ne6 83. Kg3 Ng7 84. Kg2 Nh5 85. Bd2 Kh6 86. Kh2 Nf6 87. Kg2 Ng4 88. Kf3 Kg6 89. Kg2 Nh6 90. Kh2 Kh5 91. Kh3 Nf7 92. Kg3 Nd8 93. Be1 Ne6 94. Bc3 Nf8 95. Kh3 Kg6 96. Bd2 Kh6 97. Kg2 Ne6 98. Be3 Kh5 99. Kg3 Nc7 100. Bc1 Ne8 101. Bd2 Nf6 102. Kh3 Kh6 103. Kh2 Ng4+ 104. Kg2 Kg6 105. Kh3 Nf6 ½ : ½ 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) – Goryachkina, 上海 (Shànghǎi) 2020, Women’s World Chess Championship match game 6. 11. ... Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Bxd4 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. f4 c6 19. fxe5 cxd5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bd3 Bd7

22. Qf2. White now has at least two critical continuations: (a) 22. Qc3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Qxh4 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Rxb7 Rc8 26. Qd2 Re8 27. g3 Qg4 28. Rxa7 Bf5 29. Bc6 Rc8 30. Re7 h6 31. Qxd6 Qg5 (Kosteniuk – Harika, Women’s Grand Prix 2019–2020, 3rd stage, Lausanne 2020) and now Kosteniuk should have contented herself with a Pawn after 32. h4! Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qxc2+ 34. Bg2 (for Black cannot play 34. ... Qxa2?? on account of 35. Qe5+−); (b) 22. Qg3 Bc6 23. Bf5 Kh8 24. Qh3 Qe7?? (24. ... Qc7! Δ 25. Bxf6 gxf6∞) 25. Bxh7!+− M. O. Muzychuk – Lagno, 7th World Women’s Team Chess Championship, Astana 2019. 22. ... Ng4!?TN (22. ... Bc6 23. Qd4 Qc7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qxf6 Rf8 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. h3 d4 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Qd8 30. Bc4 Qg5 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qg8+ Kh6 33. Qf8+ Qg7 34. Qxd6+ Qg6 35. Qf8+ Qg7= Blomqvist – Holm, 14th Eliteserien 2019–2020, Oslo 2019) 23. Bxd8 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Rxd8 25. Rxb7. White is temporarily a Pawn down, but the superior degree of activity of his pieces allows him to easily win it back, with an easy draw. 25. ... a6 26. Ke3 Bb5 27. Rb6 Kf7

28. a4 Bxa4 29. Rxa6 Be8 30. Kd4 Kf6 31. Bxh7 g6 32. Bg8 Bb5 33. Ra5 Rxg8 34. Rxb5 Rc8 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Rb4 g5 37. c3 Ra8 38. Rb2 Ra1 39. Re2+ Kf6 40. Rf2+ Ke6 41. Re2+ Kf6 42. h3 Rg1 43. Ke3 Rc1 44. Kd2 Rf1 45. Re3 Rf2+ 46. Re2 Rf1 47. Kd3 Rg1 48. Rf2+ Ke5 49. Ke3 Rc1 50. Kd3 Rg1 51. Ke3 ½ : ½.

No doubt, today Goryachkina went back to the notes she had prepared for her recent Women’s World Chess Championship match with 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn). Photo: Vladimir Leonidovich Barsky/Russian Chess Federation.