LAGOGIANNI vs GUERINI – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 7

Silvia Guerini

This game is from round 7 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It is between Niki Vasiliki Lagogiani with White against Silvia Guerini with Black.

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

Lagogianni,Niki Vasiliki (1152) - Guerini,Silvia jr (1977)

23rd European Women Club Cup 2018 Halkidiki (7), 18.10.2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 d6 6.0–0 Be7 7.Be3 B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines

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7...0–0 Black castles and improves king safety 

8.Nf3N [8.f4 Nbd7 (8...Nc6 9.Kh1 Bd7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Qf3 Rc8 12.Qg3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.e5 Nh5 16.Qh3 g6 17.Qe3 Ng7 18.Bb6 Qb8 19.Ba7 Qc7 20.Bb6 Qb8 21.Ne2 Nf5 22.Bxf5 exf5 23.c4 Suvalic-Udovcic,M/Zagreb 1961/MCD/½–½ (58)) 9.Nb3 b6 10.N1d2 Bb7 11.c3 e5 12.f5 d5 13.Qf3 Qc7 14.Rae1 Rfe8 15.g4 h6 16.Bf2 Rad8 17.h4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Ba6 20.c4 Nf6 21.Bc6 e4 22.Bxe4 Bb4 Wilke,M (2230)-Maiwald,J (2210)/Krumbach 1991/TD/0–1; 8.Kh1 a6 9.Nc3 Qc7 10.f4 b5 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.a3 Nc6 13.Nf3 e5 14.f5 Na5 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.h3 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Nd2 Bf6 20.Ne4 Qc6 21.Qg4 Kf8 22.Nxf6 gxf6 Hardt,H-Rehberg,R (2098)/Unna 2002/CBM 092 ext/0–1 (56)] 

8...Nc6 9.Nc3 Black has a cramped position 

9...Ng4 10.Bd2 a6 White has an active position 

11.h3 White threatens to win material: h3xg4 

11...Nf6 12.Re1 White prepares the advance e5 

12...Bd7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 

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15.Rxe5 Black has a cramped position 

15...Qc7 Black threatens to win material: Qc7xe5 

16.Re1 Bc6 17.Ne4 Rfd8 18.Qc1 Nd5 

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19.a3 Consolidates b4 

19...Rac8 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 Qf4 22.Qxf4 White king safety improved 

22...Nxf4 23.Rad1 Nxd3 24.Rxd3 Rxd3 25.cxd3 Rd8 26.Re3 

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26...b6 Covers c5 

27.f3 Prevents intrusion on e4 

27...Bb5 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn. Black threatens to win material: Bb5xd3 

28.Nf2 Rc8 29.Re2 Rc1+ 30.Kh2 Kf8 31.Rd2 Ba4 32.Kg3 Ke7 33.f4 f5 34.d4 Kd6 

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35.Nd3 White threatens to win material: Nd3xc1 

35...Rc2 Black threatens to win material: Rc2xd2 

36.Ne5?? [¹36.Rxc2 had to be tried to avoid defeat 36...Bxc2 37.Nb4=] 

36...Rxd2–+ 37.Nc4+ Kd5 38.Nxd2 Kxd4 39.Nf3+ Kd5 [39...Kd3 40.b4–+] 

40.Kf2? [40.Ne5 a5µ] 

40...h6 [¹40...Kc4!? 41.g4 Kb3–+] 

41.Ke3µ Bc6 

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42.b3? [¹42.Ne5!?µ] 

42...Kd6–+ 43.Ne1 Be4 44.Kd4 g5 45.g3 gxf4 46.gxf4 Bd5 

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47.Kc3? [47.Nd3 Bxb3 48.Ne5 h5–+] 

47...e5 48.Nd3 exf4 49.Nxf4 [49.Kd4–+] 

49...Ke5 

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50.Nxd5 [50.Nd3+ is the last straw 50...Ke4 51.h4–+] 

50...Kxd5 51.Kd3 f4 52.h4 Ke5 53.Ke2 Ke4 54.h5 

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54...Kf5 [¹54...f3+ and Black has triumphed 55.Kd2 Kd4–+] 

55.Kf3 Kg5 56.b4 b5 57.Ke4 Kg4 58.Kd5 

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58...f3 [¹58...Kxh5 might be the shorter path 59.Kc6 f3 60.Kb6–+] 

59.Kc6 f2 [59...Kh4 60.Kb6 f2 61.Kxa6–+] 

60.Kb6 f1Q 61.Kxa6 

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61...Qd3 [61...Qd3 62.Ka5 Kxh5–+]  0–1