BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 11 – NOVOSADOVA vs GVETADZE

This game is from round 11 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Kristyna Novosadova with White against Sofio Gvetadze with Black.

Today’s game features a Catalan Opening.

Novosadova,Kristyna (2231) - Gvetadze,Sofio (2325)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women Batumi (11.3), 05.10.2018

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 Bd6 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.Bg2 0–0 7.0–0 Qe7 8.d4 c6 9.Nbd2 E01: Catalan: Early deviations

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9...a5N [9...b5 10.Ne5 Bxe5 (10...Bb7 11.e4 bxc4 12.bxc4 dxe4 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Be7 16.Qc2 h6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Bc3 c5 19.d5 exd5 20.cxd5 Rab8 21.Rab1 Qd6 22.Qa4 Ba6 23.Kg2 Bf6 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Bxf6 Ricardi,P (2504)-Giaccio,A (2462)/Buenos Aires 2006/CBM 114 ext/½–½ (33)) 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.e4 Ngxe5 13.exd5 exd5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bxd5 Rb8 16.Re1 Qd6 17.Nf3 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Kh8 19.Rac1 Rb6 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Qxf7 Qg6 22.Qxd7 1–0 Vidmar,M-Nimzowitsch,A/New York 1927/HCL; 9...Ba3 10.Qc1 (10.Bxa3 Qxa3 11.Qc2 Re8 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qf4 Rd8 16.Ne5 a5 17.g4 Qe7 18.Rfe1 Ra6 19.Re3 Nd7 20.Nf3 Nf8 21.g5 a4 22.Rd1 axb3 23.axb3 c5 24.d5 Ng6 Grau,R-Ojeda,J/Argentina 1938/HCL/1–0 (41)) 10...Bxb2 11.Qxb2 b5 12.Ne5 bxc4 13.Nxc6 Qd6 14.Ne5 Rb8 15.Qc3 cxb3 16.axb3 Ba6 17.Nc6 Rb6 18.Rfc1 Bxe2 19.Rxa7 h6 20.Ne5 Bb5 21.Bf1 Qb8 22.Nxd7 Nxd7 23.Rc7 Nf6 24.Bg2 Biolek,R (2454)-Vokoun,J (2294)/Marianske Lazne 2006/CBM 110 ext/1–0 (42); 9...Rd8 10.Qc2 Ba3 11.Bxa3 Qxa3 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qe5 Qe7 16.Rad1 b6 17.Qg5 Bb7 18.Ne5 Qc7 19.Qf4 c5 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Rfe1 Qc7 22.Qf3 Rac8 23.d5 exd5 24.cxd5 Garcia,R (2420)-Moritz,B/Tel Aviv 1964/MCD/½–½ (40)] 

10.Re1 Ba3 11.Bxa3 Qxa3 12.Qc1 White threatens to win material: Qc1xa3 

12...Qd6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Rxe4 c5 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Qc3 Ra6 Black's piece can't move: c8 

18.Rd1 Qb4 19.Qxb4 axb4 20.Rd2 

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20...f6 Consolidates e5+g5 

21.Red4 White threatens to win material: Rd4xd7 

21...Nc5 The knight is not easily driven from c5 

22.Rd8 Rc6? [¹22...Ra8!?= and Black has air to breath] 

23.Ne1 Rc7 24.Nc2 Na6? [¹24...Bd7 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Nxb4 Ke7±] 

25.Rxf8++- Kxf8 26.Rd8+ Ke7 

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27.Rxc8! Decoy: c8 

27...Rxc8 28.Bxb7 Rb8 29.Bxa6 Kd6 30.Bb5 Kc5 31.a3 bxa3 32.b4+ Kd6 33.Nxa3 Ra8 34.Nc2 Ra2 35.c5+ Ke5 36.Bd3 [¹36.Ne3 might be the shorter path 36...Ra7+-] 

36...Rb2 [36...Kd5 37.f4+-] 

37.Kf1 [37.Ne3 keeps an even firmer grip 37...Rxb4 38.f4+ Kd4 39.Nc2+ Kxc5 40.Nxb4 Kxb4 41.Bxh7 Kc5+-] 

37...f5 [37...Kd5+- there is nothing better in the position] 

38.Ke2 g5 Black plans f4 

39.Kd2 h5 [39...Rb3 cannot change destiny 40.b5 f4 41.c6+-] 

40.Kc3 Rb1 [40...Ra2+- otherwise it's curtains at once] 

41.b5 f4 42.b6 h4 [42...fxg3 a last effort to resist the inevitable 43.fxg3 Kd5 44.Ne3+ Kxc5 45.Bxb1 Kxb6+-] 

43.gxf4+ gxf4 44.Nb4 [¹44.Ne1! makes it even easier for White 44...Rxe1 45.b7 Rc1+ 46.Bc2 Rxc2+ 47.Kxc2 Kd5+-] 

44...Rc1+ 45.Kd2 Rg1 46.b7 Rg8 47.b8Q+! Decoy: b8.  

47...Rxb8 48.Nc6+ Kd5 49.Nxb8 Kxc5 50.Nd7+ Kd4 51.Nf6 f3 [51...h3 doesn't improve anything 52.f3+-] 

52.Ne4 Ke5 53.Ke3 1–0