MAMMADZADA vs GUNINA – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 5

This game is from round 5 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It is between Gunay Mammadzada with White against Valentina Gunina with Black.

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

Mammadzada,Gunay (2438) - Gunina,Valentina (2525)

23rd European Women Club Cup 2018 Halkidiki (5), 16.10.2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.Rxe5+ Be7 8.Bf1 0–0 9.d4 Ne8 C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0–0 Nxe4

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10.d5 [10.Nc3 Bf6 11.Re1 d5 12.Ne2 Bf5 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.c3 c6 15.Nh5 Be7 16.Bf4 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Qd2 Qd7 ½–½ Gouliev,N (2588)-Aleksandrov,A (2653)/Moscow 2006/CBM 112; 10.c4 Bf6 11.Re1 d5 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Be3 Bf5 14.Nc3 Qd7 15.Qf3 Nd6 16.Nd5 Bd8 17.Bf4 Bg6 18.Rad1 c6 19.Nc3 Ba5 20.Re5 Bc7 21.d5 c5 22.h4 Bf5 23.Rde1 Bd8 24.R5e3 Bc2 Fedorchuk,S (2603)-Petkov,V (2456)/Metz 2007/CBM 117 ext/1–0] 

10...Bc5N [10...d6 11.Re1 Nf6 12.Nc3 h6 13.b3 Re8 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Qd4 Bf8 16.Bd3 Ng4 17.h3 Ne5 18.Bf1 Ng6 19.Ne4 Qh4 20.Ng3 Qxd4 21.Bxd4 a6 22.c4 f6 23.Bd3 Nf4 24.Bc2 Kf7 25.Kf1 Book,E-Horowitz,I/Dubrovnik 1950/MCD/½–½ (41)] 

11.Re1 Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8 

11...Qf6 12.Be3 

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12...Bxe3 Black has a mate threat [12...Qxb2?? Taking that pawn is naive 13.Bxc5 d6 14.Bd4+-] 

13.Rxe3 Qxb2 Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8 

14.Nc3 Qb4 15.Rb1 White threatens to win material: Rb1xb4 

15...Qh4 White king safety dropped 

16.Bd3 d6 

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17.Qe2 Black has a cramped position 

17...Nf6 18.h3 Controls g4 

18...c6 Consolidates b5 

19.Qf3 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Be6 22.Qxd6 Rfd8 Black threatens to win material: Rd8xd6 

23.Qe5 b6 24.a3 Rac8 

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25.Rb4 White threatens to win material: Rb4xh4 

25...Qh6 White has an active position 

26.Ra4 White threatens to win material: Ra4xa7 

26...Rd5 Black threatens to win material: Rd5xe5 

27.Qb2 Rd7 28.Rae4 g6 29.Bc4 White threatens to win material: Bc4xe6 

29...Rc6 30.Qb4 a5 Black threatens to win material: a5xb4 

31.Qa4 White threatens to win material: Qa4xc6 

31...Rd1+ 32.Kh2 

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32...Bd7?? throws away the game [¹32...Rxc4 this is the best bet to save the position 33.Rxc4 Bxc4 34.Qxc4 Qf8=] 

33.Bxf7++- 

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33...Kg7 [33...Kxf7 cannot undo what has already been done 34.Rf3+ Kg8 35.Qb3+ Kh8 36.Re7+-] 

34.Re7 [¹34.Ba2 and White can already relax 34...Rf6 35.Re7+ Kh8 36.Rxd7 Rxd7 37.Qxd7+-] 

34...Kf8 [34...Kh8 35.Qe4 Rc8+-] 

35.Qe4 [¹35.Ba2 ends the debate 35...Re6 36.Rxd7 Rxd7 37.Bxe6 Rd8+-] 

35...Qg5 36.Be8 [¹36.Bb3 makes it even easier for White 36...Be6 37.Re8+ Kxe8 38.Qxc6+ Kf8 39.Qf3+ Bf5 40.Qxd1+-] 

36...Qf5 

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[36...Be6 otherwise it's curtains at once 37.Bxc6 Qxe7 38.Qxe6 Qxe6 39.Rxe6 Kf7+-] 

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37...Qxf3 

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