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Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina – Aleksandr Andreevich Rakhmanov
74th Russian Chess Championship Superfinal; Ufa, October 14, 2021
Queen’s Gambit Declined D35

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 f5 13. Nf3. Goryachkina insists on the Exchange Variation of the Queen’s Gambit Declined which yet gave her but little satisfaction: 13. g3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nf6 15. Nf4 Nh5 16. Kd2 Nxf4 17. exf4 Ke7 18. Be2 h5 19. Rae1 Kd6 20. Bd3 Rae8 21. Re3 Rxe3 22. fxe3 a5 23. a3 b6 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ra8 26. b5 c5 27. dxc5+ bxc5 28. Rb1 Kc7 29. b6+ Kb7 30. Rb5 Rc8 31. Be2 f6 32. Ra5 Rc6 33. Ra7+ Kxb6 34. Rd7 Re6 35. Rxd5 Kc6 36. Bf3 Rd6 37. Rd3+ Kc7 38. Bd5 Be8 39. Kc3 Bb5 40. Rd2 Ra6 41. Bb3 Bd7 42. Rg2 Be6= Goryachkina – 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn), Vladivostok 2020, Women’s World Chess Championship match game 10. From a theoretical standpoint White has a slight advantage, but with no particular exploitable targets as Black’s doubled Pawns on f7 and f5 are not a significant weakness.

13. ... a5 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Bb4+ 16. Kd1 Ne4 17. Ned3 Bd6 18. Ke1 Ke7 19. g3 a4 20. a3 Ra5 21. Be2 h6 22. Rc1 Bh7 23. Rc2 Rg8 24. f3 Ng5 25. Kf2 Ne6 26. Rhc1 Bg6 27. Rd2 Bh7 28. Bd1 Bg6 29. Ne2 Rga8 30. Ndf4 Kf6 31. Nc3 Nc7 32. Be2 Ne6 33. Bd3 Bxf4 34. gxf4 Nc7 35. Na2 Ne8 36. Nb4 Nd6 37. Rdc2 Ke7

38. Rg1 Ke6 39. h4 Rg8 40. Be2 Raa8 41. Nd3 f6 42. Nc5+ Ke7 43. Rcc1 Bf7 44. Rxg8 Bxg8 45. Bd1 b5 46. Be2 Bf7 47. Nd3 Rc8 48. Nb4 Be8 49. Bd1 Nc4 50. Rc2 Bd7 51. Be2 Nd6 52. Rc1 Be8 53. Bd3 Bd7 54. Be2 ½ : ½.

What you get is what you see is what you take. Photo: Eteri Kublashvili/Russian Chess Federation.