SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 ROUND 4 – CARRETERO ORTIZ vs VEGA GUTIERREZ

This game is from round 4 of the Spanish Championship 2018 tournament. It features Francisco Carretero Ortiz with White against Sabrina Neide Vega Gutierrez with Black.

Today’s game features a Closed Sicilian.

Carretero Ortiz,Francisco (2241) - Vega Gutierrez,Sabrina Neide (2390)

83rd ESP-ch Women-ch 2018 Linares (4), 23.08.2018

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Ne2 e5 5.Nbc3 d6 6.d3 Be7 7.f4 B24: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3 sidelines [7.0–0 Nd4 8.h3 Bd7 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Ne2 Rc8 11.c3 dxc3 12.Nxc3 0–0 13.Be3 a6 14.d4 b5 15.a3 1/2–1/2 (45) Perez Candelario,M (2569)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2722) Linares 2013] 

7...exf4 8.Bxf4 Bg4 

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9.Qd2 White is slightly better. 

9...Qd7N [9...0–0 10.0–0 Qd7 0–1 (58) Haecker,S (2064) -Petrenko,S (2265) Germany 2010] 

10.h3 Be6 11.g4 h6 12.d4 d5 13.0–0–0 0–0–0 [13...Rd8²] 

14.dxc5 [Better is 14.Qe1!± ] 

14...d4!² 15.Nb5 [15.Bh2²] 

15...Bxc5= 16.b4 Bc4 17.bxc5 Bxb5 18.Bd6 Bxe2! 19.Qxe2 aiming for e5. 

19...Qe6! 20.Rd3 Qxa2 21.Rb3 Hoping for Rxb7! 

21...Na5 22.Rb2 Qa1+ 23.Rb1 Qa3+ 24.Kd1 Ne8 [24...Qa2= 25.Qb5 d3] 

25.e5± And now Qb5 would win. 

25...Nxd6 26.cxd6 Black must now prevent Qb5. 

26...Rd7 

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27.Qb5 [27.Be4!±] 

27...Qc3 [27...a6= keeps the balance. 28.Qb6 Kb8 29.Qxa6 (29.Qxd4 Rc8³) 29...Qc3] 

28.Be4 [28.Rf1± Rf3 is the strong threat. 28...Nc4 29.Bxb7+ Kd8 30.Rf2] 

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29.Rh2 [29.Qb4!= Kb8 30.Re1] 

29...Na3!‚ Black wants a kill. 

30.Qa4? [30.Qxd7+µ Kxd7 31.Rxb7+ Kc8 32.Rxa7] 

30...Nxb1–+ Black is clearly winning. 

31.Qxa7 Qa3 32.Qxd4 Nc3+  0–1