BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 11 – HAMOONGA vs RAYA

This game is from round 11 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Linda Banti Hamoonga with White against Alnaimat Raya Lopez with Black.

Today’s game features a Kings Indian Defence.

Hamoonga,Linda Banti (1767) - Raya,Alnaimat (1676)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women Batumi (11.1), 05.10.2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 0–0 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0–0 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 c6 10.Qd6 E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0–0: Various Black 7th moves

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10...h6N [10...Re8 11.Rfd1 Qb6 (11...Bf8 12.Qd2 Qb6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.h3 Nh5 15.a3 Nf4 16.b4 Nf6 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.e5 Nd7 19.Ne4 c5 20.Qxf4 Bg7 21.Rd5 Nxe5 22.Rxc5 Nxf3+ 23.Qxf3 Qe7 24.Rd1 Bf5 25.Ng3 Bc2 26.Rd2 Bernal,G (2174)-Bernal,L/Buenos Aires 2004/CBM 102 ext/1–0 (47)) 12.Qd2 Nc5 (12...Ng4 13.Bf1 h6 14.h3 hxg5 15.hxg4 Nf6 16.c5 Qxc5 17.Rac1 Qe7 18.Qxg5 Bxg4 19.Rd3 Bxf3 20.Rxf3 Rad8 21.Bc4 Rd6 22.Qxg6 Nd5 23.Qg4 Rg6 24.Qf5 Rg5 25.Qxf7+ Qxf7 26.Rxf7 Kxf7 27.exd5 Perisic,R (2138)-Grbac,B (2227)/Bosnjaci 2005/CBM 104 ext/½–½ (37)) 13.Be3 Nfxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qd3 Nc5 16.Qa3 Bf8 17.b4 Qa6 18.Qb2 Na4 19.Qb3 b5 20.Ng5 Be6 21.Nxe6 Rxe6 22.c5 Rae8 23.Rd7 R6e7 24.Rad1 Kg7 25.Bg4 Tran Quoc Dung (2125)-Truong Tuan Kiet/Vung Tau 2002/CBM 087 ext/1–0 (34)] 
11.Bh4 

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11...g5 Black threatens to win material: g5xh4 
12.Bg3 e5 seems the pivot of the position. White threatens to win material: Bg3xe5 
12...Ne8 Black threatens to win material: Ne8xd6 [12...Qb6 13.Qd2= (‹13.Nxe5 Qxb2 14.Qd4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Qxc3µ; 13.Bxe5? leads to nothing 13...Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Ne8–+) ] 
13.Qd2 Black's piece can't move: c8 
13...Qe7 White has an active position 
14.Rad1 Nef6 15.Qd6 Qxd6 16.Rxd6 

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16...Nh5 Black's piece can't move: c8 
17.Rfd1 Nxg3 

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18.hxg3 Black has the pair of bishops 
18...Re8 [¹18...Nf6= would allow Black to play on] 
19.Rxd7± Bxd7 20.Rxd7 Rab8 21.g4 Red8 22.Rd3 Rxd3 23.Bxd3 Rd8 24.Ne1 Bf8 25.a3 Bc5 26.Kf1 Bd4 27.Nd1 f6 28.Ke2 Kf7 29.Nc2 Bb6 30.Nce3 Kg6 31.Nf5 

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31...h5? [¹31...a5!?±] 
32.gxh5++- Kxh5 33.b4 [33.c5 Ba5+-] 
33...a5 [33...Bd4 34.c5+-] 
34.Nde3 [¹34.c5!? Bc7 35.b5 cxb5 36.Bxb5+-] 
34...axb4 35.axb4 

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35...Rd7? [¹35...Bxe3 36.Kxe3 Ra8±] 
36.c5+- Bd8 37.Bc4 b5 38.Be6 Ra7 39.Nc2 Kg6 40.Kd3 Be7 41.Ke3 Bf8 42.Nd6 

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42...Bh6 [42...Be7 43.Kf3+-] 
43.g4 Bf8 [43...Re7 44.Bd5! doomsday 44...Rc7 45.Ne8+-] 
44.Nc8 Rc7 45.Kd3 Kh6 46.Ne3 

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46...Rh7 [46...Kg7 does not solve anything 47.Nf5+ Kh8 48.Nb6+-] 
47.Nf5+ Kg6 48.Ng3 [48.Nb6 might be the shorter path 48...Rc7+-] 
48...Rh2 [48...Rc7+- hoping against hope] 
49.Ke2 Rh8 50.Nh5 

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50...Bg7 [50...Kh7 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 51.Na7 Bg7 52.Nxc6+-] 
51.Ne7+ Kh7 52.Nxc6 Ra8 

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53.Nxg7 [¹53.Ne7 makes it even easier for White 53...Ra7 54.Nf5 Bf8 55.Nxf6+ Kh8+-] 
53...Kxg7 54.Na5 Kf8 55.c6 Ke7 56.Bd5 Rc8 57.Bb3 [¹57.Nb7 seems even better 57...Rh8+-] 
57...Kd6 58.Bd5 

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58...Rh8?? forfeits the clear win [58...Ke7 59.Nb7 Rc7+-] 
59.Nb7++- Kc7 60.Nc5 Rh1 61.Nd7 Rh6 62.Nf8 Rh8 63.Ne6+ 

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63...Kd6 [63...Kc8 what else? 64.Ng7 Kc7+-] 
64.c7 Rc8 65.Bb7 Rxc7 66.Nxc7 Kxc7 67.Bd5 Kb6 68.Kd3 Kc7 69.Kc3 Kb6 70.Bf7 Kc7 71.Be8 Kb6 

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72.Bxb5! Boing! 
72...Kxb5 73.Kb3 Kb6 74.Kc4 Kc6 75.b5+ Kb6 76.Kb4 Kc7 77.Kc5 Kb7 78.Kd6 [78.Kd6 Kb6 79.Ke7 Kxb5 80.Kxf6+-]  1–0