BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 8 – MUZYCHUK vs DANIELIAN

This game is from round 8 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Anna Muzychuk with White against Elina Danielian with Black.

Today’s game features a French Defence.

Muzychuk,Anna (2555) - Danielian,Elina (2409)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women Batumi (8.1), 02.10.2018

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.dxc5 C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4 

7...Bxc3 8.Bxc3 d4 9.Bd2 White is slightly better. 

9...Nxe5 

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10.Nf3N [10.f4 Nc6 11.Nf3 Qd5 12.b4 Nf6 13.Bd3 0–0 14.0–0 e5 15.fxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 1–0 (33) Iordachescu,V (2555)-Cioara,A (2414) Condom 2002] 

10...Qd5 11.Be2 Nf6 12.0–0 Nc6 13.b4 0–0 14.c4 Qf5 White must now prevent ...d3. 

15.Qb1 Rd8 [15...Qxb1² 16.Raxb1 (16.Rfxb1 e5±) 16...Ne4] 

16.Bd3+- Qh5 17.Re1ƒ Keeping Black busy. 

17...Ng4 [17...Nd7± 18.Be4 a6] 

18.Be4 a5 [¹18...Re8 19.h3 Nf6 20.Bxc6 bxc6] 

19.b5 Ne7 20.c6 bxc6 21.bxc6 Re8 [¹21...Rf8 22.Qb5 Nf6 23.Nxd4 Qxb5 24.cxb5 Nxe4] 

22.c7 White is clearly winning. 

22...Ra7 23.Qb6 Ra6 24.Qb5 [Don't play 24.Qxd4 f5+-] 

24...f5 25.Bb7 Bxb7 26.Qxb7 Rc6 27.h3 Nf6 28.Nxd4 Rxc4 29.Nxe6 Ne4 30.Nd8 Qh4 31.Be3 [¹31.c8Q Qxf2+ 32.Kh1 Ng3+ 33.Kh2 Qxe1 34.Qxc4+ Qe6 35.Qxe6+ Kh8 36.Nf7+ Kg8 37.Nh6+ Kh8 [#] 38.Qg8+! Nxg8 39.Nf7#] 

31...Nd6 32.Qb3 a4 33.Qd3 Qf6 

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34.Bg5! Qxg5 35.Qxd6 Intending Qe6+ and mate. 

35...h6 36.Qe6+  1–0