GIRYA vs OSMAK – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 2

This game is from round 2 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It features Olga Girya with White against Iulija Osmak with Black.

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

Girya,Olga (2479) - Osmak,Iulija (2405)

23rd European Women Club Cup 2018 Halkidiki (2), 13.10.2018

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.Nh3 A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3 

6...e6 [6...d6 7.0–0 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.e4 0–0 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Qe2 Qe8 12.Nc4 f4 13.gxf4 Qg6 0–1 (27) Paciencia,E (2335)-Borisek,J (2578) Batumi 2018] 

7.0–0 d6 8.e4 White is better. 

8...fxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 0–0 

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11.Ng5N [11.Bg2 Kh8 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.Qe2 Qf6 1–0 (31) Summermatter,D (2315)-Preiss,M (2270) Switzerland 1996] 

11...Ne7 12.f4 d5 13.Bg2 Qd6 14.Be3 Bd7 15.Bf2 b6 16.Re1 Bf6 17.Nf3 Rac8 18.Ne5 Bxe5 [Black should try 18...c5² ] 

19.Rxe5 c5 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.Qd2 Nc6 22.Re2 Nd8 [22...a5± might work better.] 

23.b4!+- 

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23...Nb7 [23...cxb4 is a better defense. 24.cxb4 Bb5] 

24.c4! cxb4 [24...dxc4 25.Bxb7] 

25.cxd5 Nd8 26.Bxa7 Bb5 27.Rf2 Bc4 28.dxe6 Qxd2 29.Rxd2 Threatens to win with e7. 

29...Bxe6 30.Rd6 b3 31.axb3 Bxb3 32.Rb1 Nf7 33.Rf6 Bc4 34.Rc1 Bb3 35.Rb1 Bc4 36.h3 Rfd8 37.Rc1 Bb3 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Rb6 Bc4 40.Kf2 Rd8 41.Rb4 Bd5 42.Bb6 Rd7 43.Ba5 Bxg2?? [43...h5± 44.Rd4 Be6 45.Rxd7 Bxd7] 

44.Rb8+ [44.Kxg2 Rd2+ 45.Kf1 Rd3±] 

44...Kg7 

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45.Bc3+! [Less strong is 45.Kxg2 Kf6±] 

45...Kh6 46.Kxg2 Endgame KRB-KRN 

46...Rd3 47.Bf6 Rd6 

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48.Be7 [White must play 48.Bb2!+- ] 

48...Rd2+± 49.Kf3 Kg7 50.Bf8+ Kg8 51.Be7+ Kg7 52.g4 

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52...h6 [52...Nd6± 53.Rd8 Nc4 54.Rxd2 Nxd2+ 55.Ke3 Nc4+ 56.Kd4 Nb2] 

53.Bf8+ Kh7 54.Rb7 Kg8 55.Bc5 Rd5 56.Be3 h5 57.Rb8+ Rd8? [57...Kh7 58.Rb7 Kg8] 

58.Rxd8++- Nxd8 59.gxh5 gxh5 KB-KN 

60.Ke4 Kf7 61.Kf5 Ne6 62.Bc1 Nd4+ 63.Kg5 Ne2 64.Be3 Ng3 65.Bd4 Ne2 66.Be5 Ke6 67.Bb8 Ng3 

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68.Kh4? [68.Kg6+- And now h4 would win. 68...h4 69.Bc7] 

68...Ne4 69.Kxh5 Black must now prevent Kg6. 

69...Kf5 

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70.Kh4? [70.h4= Ng3+ 71.Kh6] 

70...Nf6? [70...Nc3=] 

71.Kg3 Nd7 72.Bc7 Nf6 73.Kf3 Nd5 74.Be5 Ne7 75.Bd6 Nc6 76.h4 Nd4+ 77.Ke3 Nc2+? [77...Nb5=] 

78.Kd2 Nd4 79.h5 Nc6 80.Ke3 Nd8 81.h6 Kg6 82.Bf8 Nf7 83.Ke4 Nd8 84.f5+ Kh7 85.Ke5 Nc6+ 

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86.Kd5 [86.Kf6+- Nd4 87.Ke5 Nc6+ 88.Kf6] 

86...Nd8 87.Kd6 Nf7+ 88.Ke7 Ng5 89.Bg7 Nf7 90.Bf8 Ng5 91.Ke8 Ne4 92.Kd7 Kg8 93.Ke7 Ng3 94.f6 Nf5+ 95.Ke8 Kh7 96.f7 Nh4 

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97.Bg7 [97.Ba3+- Ng6 98.f8Q Nxf8 99.Bxf8 Kg6 100.Bg7 Kh7 101.Kf8 Kg6 102.Kg8] 

97...Ng6 1–0