BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 9 – MUELLER-SEPS vs RYJANOVA

This game is from round 9 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Monika Mueller-Seps with White against Julia Ryjanova with Black.

Today’s game features a Queens Pawn Game.

Mueller-Seps,Monika (2230) - Ryjanova,Julia (2330)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women Batumi (9.2), 03.10.2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 [5.c3 e6 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4 Nh5 8.Bg5 f6 9.Be3 Bd6 10.Bb5 0–0 11.0–0 Ne7 12.Re1 Bd7 13.Bd3 g6 14.Bh6 Rf7 1/2–1/2 (83) Caruana,F (2822) -Aronian,L (2767) chess.com INT 2018] 

5...Qb6 6.dxc5 D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4 

6...Qxb2 7.Rb1 Qc3 8.Bb5 The position is equal. 

8...a6 [8...e6=] 

9.Bxc6+!² bxc6 10.0–0 Nd7 

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11.e4N [11.Rb3 Qxc5 1–0 (49) Korley,K (2389)-Brown,M (2489) Philadelphia 2017] 

11...e6! 12.Rb3 Qxc5 13.Qa1 Be7? [13...Qa5= and Black is okay.] 

14.Qxg7+- Bf6 15.Qg3 

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15...Qxc2 [15...Qf8± was called for.] 

16.Rbb1! dxe4 [¹16...Qxa2 17.e5 Be7] 

17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 f6 19.Qg7 White wants to mate with Bd6. 

19...Rf8 20.Bd6 

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20...Qxd2? [20...Rf7+- 21.Qh8+ Nf8] 

21.Qe7#  1–0