Lost & Found

Alina Anatolyevna Kashlinskaya – 朱锦尔 (Zhū Jǐn’ěr)
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2022–23; 1st stage; Astana, September 28, 2022
Nimzo-Indian Defence E57

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Rad1 h6!? Once upon a time long, long ago: 12. ... Nd5 13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Rd2 Ne7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nge4 Nd5 21. Qg3 Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Bd5 23. f4 Qd7 24. h3 Rc6 25. Qe3 Rd8 26. Re1 Rd6 27. Qg3 Kh8 28. Qd3 Bc6 29. Red1 Ba4 30. Nxa4 Qxa4 31. f5 Rd5 (31. ... e5! 32. d5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Kh7⩱) 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Qe3! Qd7 34. Rf2! e5 35. Rdf1 exd4?? (35. ... Rxd4) 36. Rf8+! Rxf8 37. Rxf8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ g6 39. Re8! Qd6 40. Re6 Qc5 41. Qxg6+ 1 : 0 Anderssen – Schwarz, 12th Westdeutscher Schachbund Congress, Frankfurt 1878.
13. Bc1 Qd6 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Ba2 Rfe8

A standard isolated d-Pawn position has arisen, whose potential was gravely overestimated by White:
16. Bxh6? This seems to be much exaggerated.
16. ... gxh6 17. Rxe6!? The pointe, but...

17. ... Qf4! This is kind of a refutation, and, unfortunately for White, was not too difficult to spot. Of course 17. ... fxe6?? was unplayable because of 18. Qg6+ K~ 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ K~ 21. Ng5+− winning at once.
18. g3? Another mistake, and a losing one. White’s best was 18. Rxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne5, though after 19. ... Be4 20. Bxf7+ Kg7 21. Qe2 Bb7 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 Black firmly holds the upper hand, but victory must still be won.

18. ... Nb4!−+ 19. gxf4 Nxd3 20. Rxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxd3 Rxd4 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Rd3 24. Kf2 Bxc3 0 : 1.

After a couple of days of eclipse, the sun finally returned to shine brightly for 朱锦尔 (Zhū Jǐn’ěr). Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE.