Kino-Eye

Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina – Daniil Aleksandrovich Yuffa
4th FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament; Samarkand, September 12, 2025
Bogo-Indian Defence E11

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. e3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Be2 a4 11. Qc3 Qf6 12. 0-0 d6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Qc2 Ra5 16. Ne4 Qh6 17. f4 0-0 18. Nc3 Rh5 19. h3 f5 20. d5 Nc5 21. Be2 Rh4 22. Nxa4 Ne4 23. Nc3 exd5 24. cxd5 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Bxd5 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4+ Rf7 28. a4 g5 29. a5 bxa5 30. Rxa5 Qf6 31. fxg5 Rxc4 32. gxf6 Rxf6 33. Raxf5 Rxf5 34. Rxf5 Rb4 35. Rf2 Rb3 36. Re2 Kf7 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Rc2 c5 39. g4 Rb5 40. Kf3 Ke5 41. h4 Rb4 42. Rh2 Rb8 43. g5

White is up a Pawn, but the Rook endgame is very drawish.
43. ... Rf8+? 43. ... d5 would have saved time and perhaps further mistakes.
44. Kg4! Ke4 45. Kh5 Kxe3 46. Kh6 Rf7 47. h5 d5 48. g6 hxg6 49. hxg6 Rf8 50. g7 Rb8 51. Kh7 c4 52. Rh3+ Ke4 53. Rh4+? By this unhappy check, White dramatically throws away the win. 53. Kg6 would have left Black without resource.
53. .. Kd3 54. Rh3+ Kc2 55. Rh2+ Kb3? Goryachkina is lucky enough to be given a second chance. Black ought to play 55. ... Kc1 (or also 55. Kb1) 56. Kg6 Rg8 57. Kf7 Rxg7+ 58. Kxg7 d4 with a draw.
56. Rd2 Ka2 57. b4+ Kb3 58. b5 c3 59. Rxd5 Kb4 60. Rg5 c2 61. Rg1 Rb7 62. Kh8 1–0.

Goryachkina scored her second win at the open FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament over Russian-Spanish Grandmaster Yuffa. Photo: Vladimir Leonidovich Barsky.