BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 9 – ATALIK vs GELDIYEVA

This game is from round 9 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Ekaterina Atalik with White against Mahri Geldiyeva with Black.

Today’s game features a Queens Gambit Accepted.

Atalik,Ekaterina (2447) - Geldiyeva,Mahri (2139)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women Batumi (9.1), 03.10.2018

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Be6 D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4 [7...Bg4 8.f3 Bh5 9.Be4 e6 10.0–0 Bg6 11.Be3 Be7 12.a3 Bxe4 13.fxe4 Bg5 14.Bf2 0–0 15.Qc2 f5 1/2–1/2 (39) Grischuk,A (2782)-Caruana,F (2799) Saint Louis 2017] 

8.Nbc3 g6 

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9.0–0N [9.Be4 Bc4 10.Be3 e6 11.h4 Qd7 12.h5 0–0–0 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.a3 Nd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 1–0 (73) Lautier,J (2570)-Adianto,U (2495) Novi Sad 1990 CBM 022 [Lautier,J]] 

9...Bg7 White is better. 

10.Be3 Nb4 11.Be4 N4d5 12.Qc1 c6 13.Bh6 0–0 14.Ng3 f5 15.Bf3 Rc8 16.Rd1 Qe8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.h4 Qf7 19.h5 

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19...a5 [Black should play 19...Nxc3= 20.bxc3 Bd5] 

20.hxg6 [20.Kh2²] 

20...hxg6= 21.Qg5 Threatens to win with Bxd5. 

21...Rh8 22.Rac1 Kf8 23.b3 Ke8 [23...Ra8³] 

24.Kf1 [24.Bxd5= keeps the balance. 24...Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Bxd5 26.f3] 

24...Kd7 [Black should try 24...Ra8µ 25.Qd2 Kf8] 

25.Ke2 

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[25.Bxd5= Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.f3] 

25...a4! 26.Qd2 [26.Bxd5³ Bxd5 27.bxa4; 26.bxa4 Nxc3+] 

26...axb3µ ...Nc4 is the strong threat. 

27.axb3 

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27...Nxc3+! 28.Rxc3 Ra8 [Not 28...Bxb3 29.Rb1±] 

29.Qb2 [29.Ke1µ might work better.] 

29...Ra7 30.Ra1 Rxa1 

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31.Qxa1 And now Qa7 would win. 

31...Bxb3? [31...Ra8!µ 32.Qb1 Bd5] 

32.Bxc6+!² Kd8? [32...bxc6± 33.Qa7+ Ke8] 

33.Bb5? [33.Qa7 Bc4+ 34.Ke1] 

33...Bd5? [33...Ba2 34.Qb2 f4] 

34.Qa7+- Qe6 35.Qb8+ Nc8 36.Qc7#  1–0