INJAC vs MUZYCHUK – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 3

This game is from round 3 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It is between Teodora Injac with White against Anna Muzychuk with Black.

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

Injac,Teodora (2258) - Muzychuk,Anna (2555)

23rd European Women Club Cup 2018 Halkidiki (3), 14.10.2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 0–0 6.Bd2 e6 D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3

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7.Bd3 [7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 a5 9.0–0 Re8 10.Qc2 b6 11.Rac1 Ba6 12.Rfd1 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 c6 14.Ne5 Re6 15.Be1 Nbd7 16.f4 Qc7 17.Bg3 Qb7 18.f5 gxf5 19.Qxf5 Nf8 20.Rf1 Ne8 21.Qg4 Nd6 Barsov,A (2525)-Goloshchapov,A (2523)/Dhaka 2003/CBM 095/1–0 (34)] 

7...dxc4N [7...b6 8.cxd5 (8.b4 c5 9.bxc5 bxc5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 e5 12.Nde2 Ba6 13.Nb5 e4 14.Bb1 dxc4 15.Qa4 Qb6 16.Na3 Rc8 17.0–0 Nbd7 18.Nxc4 Qb5 19.Qxb5 Bxb5 20.Nd6 Rxc1 21.Nxc1 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Nc5 Trmal,J-Kozma,J/Bratislava 1967/MCD/0–1) 8...exd5 9.0–0 Bb7 10.b4 c6 11.Qb3 Nbd7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 c5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Nd6 Bxf3 16.gxf3 hxg5 17.Bxg6 Qc7 18.Bxf7+ Kh8 19.Qe6 Nh7 20.Bg6 Bxd4 21.Qe7 Bg7 22.Rad1 Macskasy,E-Smejkal,J (2545)/Lugano 1968/MCD/1–0 (37); 7...Nc6 8.0–0 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.a3 a6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.b4 Re8 13.Qb3 Qd7 14.Rc2 Ne7 15.Ne5 Qe6 16.Ne2 c6 17.Rfc1 Nd7 18.Nf4 Qd6 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.b5 axb5 21.Bxb5 Bh6 22.Ne2 Camara,H (2405)-Saidy,A (2425)/Netanya 1973/MCD/½–½ (75)] 

8.Bxc4 b6 9.0–0 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.e4 c5 

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12.dxc5 [12.Rad1!?= has some apparent merit] 

12...Nxc5³ e4 becomes the focus of attention 

13.Rad1 Nfxe4 14.Nxe4 

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14...Bxe4 [Weaker is 14...Nxe4 15.Bb4 Qf6 16.Bxf8 Rxf8 17.Ba6=] 

15.Bf4 Qf6 16.Bd6 

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16...Rfc8 [16...Qxb2?! 17.Qxb2 Bxb2 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Ng5³] 

17.b4? [¹17.Ne5!?³ and White has air to breath] 

17...Bxf3–+ 18.Qxf3 Qxf3 19.gxf3 Na4 20.Ba6 Rc2 21.a3 Nc3 22.Rc1 Ra2 23.Kg2 Rd8 24.Be7 Rd7 25.Bg5 Rxa3 26.b5 h6 27.Be3 Rb3 28.Bc8 Rd3 29.Ba6 Rb2 30.Kh3 Kh7 31.Rfe1 g5 32.Kg2 [32.Ra1 is not the saving move 32...Rd7–+] 

32...f5 

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33.f4 [33.Ra1 no good, but what else? 33...Nd5 34.Bc1–+] 

33...Nd5 [33...Nd5 34.Kg1 gxf4 35.Bxb6 axb6–+]  0–1