DZAGNIDZE vs SHVAYGER – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 1

This game is from round 1 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It features Nana Dzagnidze with White against Yuliya Shvayger with Black.

This game features an English Opening. To learn more about the English Opening, here isthe best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

Dzagnidze,Nana (2509) - Shvayger,Yuliya (2375)

23rd European Women Club Cup 2018 Halkidiki (1), 12.10.2018

 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 0–0 5.g3 b6 [5...d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 (6...Qxd5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.0–0 Qh5 9.Re1 Rd8 10.d3 Bh3 11.Bh1 Rac8 12.a3 Be6 13.Qc2 Na5 14.Nbd2 c5 15.Ne5 Bd5 16.e4 Be6 17.Ndc4 Nc6 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Na5 Rb6 20.f4 Ne8 21.Bxg7 Lappalainen,T (2188)-Stenson,J (2099)/Stockholm 2005/CBM 104 ext/½–½ (41)) 7.Bxg7 Kxg7 8.Bg2 a5 9.0–0 c6 10.Qc1 Na6 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Qxc3+ f6 13.d4 Nc7 14.a3 Bf5 15.Rfd1 Qd6 16.Ne1 Rfd8 17.e3 e5 18.Qb2 exd4 19.Rxd4 Qe7 20.Nf3 Eingorn,V (2601)-Jacimovic,D (2486)/Yerevan 2001/CBM 086/½–½] 

6.Bg2 Bb7 7.d4 A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6

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7...e6N [7...a5 8.0–0 d6 9.d5 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Nc5 11.Qc2 e5 12.a3 Bc8 13.e4 Bg4 14.Nh4 Be2 15.Rfe1 Bg4 16.h3 Bd7 17.Bc3 Nh5 18.Ndf3 Qc8 19.Kh2 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Ng5 Bf6 22.f4 Vukanovic,S (2350)-Chain,E/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext/1–0 (53)] 

8.0–0 d6 Consolidates e5 

9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 f5 12.Ne1 Bxg2 13.Nxg2 c5 Black threatens to win material: c5xd4 

14.Nf4 White threatens to win material: Nf4xe6 

14...Qe7 15.d5 White gains space 

15...Bxc3 16.Qxc3 e5 Black threatens to win material: e5xf4 

17.Ne6 White threatens to win material: Ne6xf8. 'the knight is the knight!' 

17...Rc8 18.f4 Nc6 

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19.fxe5 [Worse is 19.dxc6 Qxe6 20.e4 fxe4=] 

19...dxe5 20.e4 Nd4 21.Rae1 fxe4? [¹21...f4!? 22.gxf4 Nxe6 23.Qxe5 Re8 24.dxe6 Qxe6 25.Qxe6+ Rxe6±] 

22.Rxe4+- Qd6 23.Qe3 [23.Nxd4?! cxd4 24.Qd2 Rf8=] 

23...Nxe6 24.Rf6 [24.dxe6?! Rf8 25.Rxe5 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Re8±] 

24...Rf8 25.Rxe6 Qd7 26.R4xe5 

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26...b5 [26...Qf7 27.Qe1+-] 

27.cxb5 [¹27.Re7 might be the shorter path 27...Qh3 28.Qe2+-] 

27...Qxb5 28.Qe2 Qb4 [28...Qxe2 29.Rxe2 Rad8 30.R2e5+-] 

29.Qd3 Qg4 30.d6 Rad8 31.Kg2 Rd7 [31...Rf7 32.Re4 Qf5 33.Re8+ Rxe8 34.Rxe8+ Kg7 35.Qxf5 gxf5 36.Rc8+-] 

32.Qd5 [¹32.Re7 and White has triumphed 32...Rxd6 33.Qxd6+-] 

32...Rdf7 

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33.Re7 White plans d7 

33...Kg7 [33...Qd4 34.Rxf7 Qxd5+ 35.Rxd5 Kxf7 36.Rxc5 Rd8 37.Rc7+ Kf6 38.Rxh7 Rxd6 39.Rxa7 Rd2+ 40.Kh3 Rb2+-] 

34.d7 Rxe7 35.Rxe7+ [35.Rxe7+ Kh6 36.Qd2+ Qg5 37.Rxh7+ Kxh7 38.Qxg5+-]  1–0