Saturday, November 30, 2024

Good blood does not lie

Oksana Yuryevna Goriachkina has apparently wanted to differentiate herself from her more famous elder sibling, Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina, by transliterating her surname without y, but, as they say, “good blood does not lie”. That’s how, starting from the position in the diagram, she cracked and crushed an International Master in the ongoing 2nd Russian Team Cup:

Erik Igorevich Obgolts – Oksana Yuryevna Goriachkina
2nd Russian Team Cup; Sochi, November 30, 2024
2r2rk1/pp4p1/1q2p2p/1b1p2b1/6Q1/2N1P3/PP1R1PPP/1B2R1K1 b - - 5 24

Position after 24. Rc1-e1

24. ... Bxe3! 25. Rxe3 Or 25. fxe3 Qxe3+! 26. Rxe3 Rf1#.
25, ... Qxe3! 26. h3 (26. fxe3 Rf1#)
26. ... Qe1+ 27. Kh2


27. ... Rxc3 28. bxc3 Qxd2 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Qg6 Qf4+ 31. Kh1 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Kh1 Kg8 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Qg6+ Ke7 36. Qxg7+ Rf7 37. Qh8 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qxb1 39. Qe5+ Kd8 40. Qb8+ Kd7 41. Qxb7+ Ke6 42. Qb8 Qd3 43. f4 Qc4 0–1.

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