BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 11 – PEPTAN vs PAEHTZ

This game is from round 11 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Corina-Isabela Peptan with White against Elisabeth Paehtz Lopez with Black.

Today’s game features a London System.

Peptan,Corina-Isabela (2374) - Paehtz,Elisabeth (2513)

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

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 0–0 5.Nbd2 d6 6.h3 Nfd7 7.Bc4 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.e4 Nc6 A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems

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11.0–0 White castles and improves king safety 

11...Kh8N [11...Nb6 12.Bb3 Na5 13.Be3 Qc6 14.Qe2 Nxb3 15.axb3 f5 16.Nc4 Nd7 17.Na5 Qe6 18.Rfd1 f4 19.Bd2 b6 20.Qc4 Nf6 21.Ng5 Qxc4 22.Nxc4 h6 23.Nf3 Nxe4 24.Ncxe5 g5 25.Be1 Re8 26.Nd3 Zilberman,N (2400)-Yurtaev,L (2360)/Frunze 1983/MCD/0–1 (41)] 

12.Nb3 f5 13.Be3 f4 Black gets more space 

14.Bd2 Nf6 [14...Nb6 15.Bd3²] 

15.Re1 g5 16.Nxg5 Qg6 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.Bxe6 Nxe4 

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19.Qg4 [19.Bg4!?² is worth consideration] 

19...Ng5³ Black threatens to win material: Ng5xe6 

20.Bd5 h5 21.Be4 hxg4 22.Bxg6 gxh3 23.Be4 hxg2 24.Kxg2 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 White king safety dropped 

25...Rad8 26.Kf3 Rd5 27.Bc3 Nd8 

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28.Bb4 White threatens to win material: Bb4xf8 

28...Ne6 29.Rh1+ Kg8 30.Rh5 c5 31.Bc3 Nd4+ 32.Kg4 Rfd8 33.Nd2 R8d6 

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34.Rg5 [34.Bxd4!? cxd4 35.Nf3³] 

34...Ne6 35.Rxg7+ 

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35...Nxg7 [35...Kxg7?! 36.Bxe5+ Kf7 37.Bxd6 Rxd2 38.Bxf4 Rxc2 39.b4³] 

36.Nc4 Rg6+ 37.Kf3 Ne6 38.Rxe5 Rxe5 39.Nxe5 Rh6 40.a4 Kf8 41.Nd3 Ke7 42.b3 Rh4 43.Ke4 

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43...c4! Skewer: c4, f4-f3 

44.Ne5 [44.bxc4 f3+ Skewer] 

44...Rh2 45.Ng4 Rg2 46.Kf5 cxb3 47.cxb3 Kd8 48.b4 f3 49.Be5 Rg1 50.Nh2 Nc7 51.Bd4 Rb1 52.Bxa7 Rxb4 53.Nxf3 b6 54.Ne5 Kc8 55.a5 bxa5 56.Nd3 [56.Bc5 Rb5 57.Bf8–+] 

56...Rb1 57.Bc5 a4 58.Ne5 Nb5 59.Nc4 Kb7 60.Ke4 [60.Be7 is one last hope 60...Rc1 61.Ne5–+] 

60...Rc1 61.Nd6+ [61.Kd5 does not save the day 61...Nc7+ 62.Kd4 Ne6+ 63.Kd5 Nxc5 64.Kxc5 a3–+] 

61...Kc6 62.Nxb5 [62.Nb7 is still a small chance 62...Kxb7 63.Bf8–+] 

62...Kxc5 [62...Kxc5 63.Nc7 a3 64.Ne6+ Kc4–+]  0–1