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雷挺婕 (Léi Tǐngjié) – 叶诗雯 (Carissa Yip)

1st Julius Bär Challengers Chess Tour; 3rd stage; Kramnik Challenge; time control: 10 minutes plus 5 seconds per move; chess24.com, August 15, 2021

King’s Indian Defence E91

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nf3 c6 6. e5 Ne8 7. Be2 d6 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. exd6 Nxd6 10. 0-0 c5 11. dxc5 (11. d5 Nb6 12. Qb3 Bg4 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Qd7 15. Rad1 Na4 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qf5 18. Bg3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 b6 ½ : ½ Cao – Trois, “Parque Hotel” International Tournament, Montevideo 1976) 11. ... Nxc5 12. Rc1 Nf5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bd2 b6 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qa3 a5 17. b5 Nc5 18. Rfd1

18. ... e6? A truly bad move which gives White even more than she wished. ⌓ 18. ... e5! was obviously the correct play. 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Ne5 Qc8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Ne4 e5 23. Be3 Qc7 24. c5! bxc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Qb8? The exchange of Queens would also leave White with a very much better ending, but it was Black’s best chance.

Now White finishes in brilliant style: 27. Bc4 Nd4 28. b6 Qd8 29. Bxf7+! Kxf7 30. Nd6+ Kf8 31. Nxe8+ Kxe8 32. b7 Rb8 33. Qc7 Bh6 34. Qxb8! 1 : 0.