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Olga Sergeyevna Badelka – 雷挺婕 (Léi Tǐngjié)

1st Julius Bär Challengers Chess Tour; 1st stage; Polgár Challenge; time control: 10 minutes plus 5 seconds per move; chess24.com, April 8, 2021

Queen’s Pawn Game D02

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 c5 6. Nbd2 Qb6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. c4 Nc6 10. Rc1TN (10. a3 0-0 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qe7 13. 0-0 e5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Nc4 e4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. Qe2 a6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. N2b3 Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Qe5 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Qd4 Qb8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. h3 h5 27. Rc1 Qe6 28. Qb4 Qd5 29. Nd4 a5 30. Qc5 Re5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rc7 Rd7 34. Rc5 Rd5 35. Rc4 Nd7 ½ : ½ D. M. Adams – Bisby, 13th Four Nations Chess League — Division 2, Birmingham 2006) 10. ... d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. a3 0-0 13. b4 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Qe7 15. c5 e5 16. Bc4 e4

17. Ng5? (17. Qe2 b5!) 17. ... h6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Qxf7 20. Qd8+ Kh7 21. 0-0 Qg6 22. Qd6 Bd7 23. Rc3 Bb5 24. Rg3 Qf7 25. Rd1 Nh5 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Qd2 Nf4 28. f3 exf3 29. Rxf3 Bc6 30. Rg3 Be4 (30. ... Bxg2−+) 31. Re1 Qf5 (31. ... Bxg2−+) 32. Qe3. More stubborn was 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qd4+ followed by Qd4xe4 remaining with two Pawns for the Knight. 32. ... Bc6 33. Qd2 Rf6 34. h3 Nxg2? Bad timing. Among many ways to win, 34. ... Rg6 is easy and clear. 35. Rxg2 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Rg6+ 37. Kh2 Qf3

38. Re3?? Audentes fortuna iuvat. 38. Rg1! saves everything for White. 38. ... Qf4+ 0 : 1. Mate in two follows.

Behind the Lines

Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina – Olga Sergeyevna Badelka
20th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship; Antalya, April 21, 2019
Queen’s Gambit Declined D39

A lot of people can still win the European women’s title, but the top seed Goryachkina is not one of them — objectively speaking, she never appeared too interested in it. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14. Rh3 Qb4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Rc3 Bd7!? This is a novelty — but a concept of questionable meaningfulness — as Black returns the Pawn without any prospect of additions. More critical is 17. ... 0-0 18. h5 Rd8∞ 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. Rd1 Qf8 21. Rc7! Qh6! 22. Rxb7 Qf4? (22. ... Bb5! 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Rxb5 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rxa2 should be enough for a draw) 23. g3! Qxe4 24. f3 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. h6± Giri – Harikrishna, 2nd 深圳 (Shēnzhèn) Masters “读特杯” (“Dú Tè Cup”), 深圳 (Shēnzhèn) 2017. 18. Rxb7 Rd8 19. Rb2 (19. h5!? h6 20. Ke1!?±) 19. ... 0-0 20. Rd2 Bb5 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. Qc1 h5 24. Rg3+ Ng6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qh6 Qc7

A pyrotechnic draw concludes the story: 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Qg7 29. Qxh5 Qd7 30. Qg6+ Qg7 31. Qh5 Qd7 32. Qg6+ ½ : ½.