CORNETTE vs BRUNELLO – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 4

This game is from round 4 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It is between Deimante Cornette with White against Marina Brunello with Black.

This game features a Sicilian Najdorf Defence. To learn more about the Sicilian Najdorf Defence,here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

Cornette,Deimante (2462) - Brunello,Marina (2294)

23rd European Women Club Cup 2018 Halkidiki (4), 15.10.2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2 [8...Nbd7 9.a4 h6 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bc1 Ngf6 12.0–0 Nc5 13.Nd2 Be6 14.b3 0–0 15.Bb2 Qc7 16.Bf3 Rfd8 0–1 (72) Grischuk,A (2766)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018] 

9.Bxf6 Bxf6 

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10.Qd2 Be7 The position is equal. 

11.0–0N [11.Nd5 Nd7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.Ng5 Nf6 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bd3 0–0 16.c3 1–0 (77) Hovhannisyan,R (2601)-Indjic,A (2623) Batumi 2018] 

11...Nd7 12.Rfd1 Nf6 13.Ng5 

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13...Rc8 [13...Bd7 feels hotter. 14.Bc4 0–0 15.Nf3 b5 16.Bb3 Rb8] 

14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Qe3 0–0 16.Qh3 Qd7 17.Rd3 b5 18.a3 Bd8 19.Rad1 Rc6 20.Bf3 Bb6 21.R1d2 Qe7 22.Nd1 Nd7 23.Ne3 Bd4 24.c3 Bb6 Threatens to win with ...Nc5. 

25.Re2 Rf4 26.Nc2 a5 27.Bg4 Nf8 [27...Rf6³] 

28.Rf3² Rxf3 29.Qxf3 Ng6 30.g3 a4 31.Qd3 

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31...Rc5 [¹31...Rc4] 

32.Nb4 [¹32.Rd2 d5 33.exd5 exd5 34.Nb4] 

32...Rc4 33.Bh3 [33.Nd5± exd5 34.Qxd5+ Kf8 35.Qxb5] 

33...Bc5? [33...Nh8!²] 

34.Rd2 Nf8 35.Bf1 Qg5 

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36.Rd1 [36.Na6!+-] 

36...Qg4 [36...Qf6± 37.Rd2 Qg5] 

37.Be2+- 

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37...Qh3? [37...Qg6 is a better chance. 38.Na6 Ba7 39.Qxd6 Rc8 40.Qxe5 Qf7] 

38.Qf3 Ng6 39.Bxc4 bxc4 40.Qg2? [40.Qe2] 

40...Qg4 41.Re1 Qg5 [¹41...Nh8 42.Qf1 Nf7] 

42.Kf1 

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42...Ne7? [42...Qe7 43.Qf3 Bb6] 

43.Qf3 Qd2 44.Qe2 Qh6? [44...Qxe2+ 45.Kxe2 Kf7] 

45.Qxc4 White is clearly winning. 

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46.Qxe6+ Kf8 47.Nd3 Qh1+ 48.Ke2 Qxe4+ 49.Kd2 Qf3 50.Re2 Qb7 51.Kc1 Qh1+ 52.Re1 1–0