PAEHTZ vs KLINOVA – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 7

Elisabeth Paehtz

This game is from round 7 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It is between Elisabeth Paehtz with White against Masha Klinova with Black.

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

Paehtz,Elisabeth (2513) - Klinova,Masha (2288)

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

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.0–0 0–0 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Ne1 e5 9.d5 E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without .. .a6 

9...e4 

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10.h3N [10.Nc2 Qd7 11.Re1 cxd5 12.cxd5 Na6 13.Be3 Rac8 14.Bd4 b5 15.a3 Rfe8 16.Ne3 Nc7 1–0 (29) Ikeda,J (2397)-Richards, H (2186) Canberra 2016] 

10...h5 11.Nc2 White is slightly better. 

11...c5 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.Ne3 Nbd7 14.Qc2 Rfe8 

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15.Bg5 Strongly threatening g4! 

15...Qf8 [15...Ne5²] 

16.Nb5 Re5 17.Bf4 a6 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Nc3 Re8 

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20.Kh2 [20.Nxf5± gxf5 21.Nd1] 

20...Bh6² With the idea ...Bxe3. 

21.Ncd1 [Don't play 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 Nxe4µ] 

21...Bc8 22.Kh1 h4 23.g4! Bf4 24.Nc3 

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24...Qh6 [Better is 24...Bxe3 25.fxe3 Qe7] 

25.Ned1 [25.Nxe4± Nxe4 26.Qxe4] 

25...Nxc4 [Black should play 25...Nexg4!² 26.hxg4 Bxg4] 

26.e3ƒ Keeping Black busy. [And not 26.Nxe4 Nxe4 27.Qxc4 Nd2µ] 

26...Bg5 27.Nxe4 Nxe4 28.Bxe4 Nd2 29.Qxd2 Rxe4 30.f4 Bd8 31.Nf2 Re8 

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32.b4 [32.e4+-] 

32...c4 33.Qd4 Bd7 [33...b5±] 

34.Rfe1+- g5 Black wants to play ...Bf6. 

35.Rac1 b5 36.Qa7 Bc8 37.Qb8 Be7 

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38.Kg2 [38.Qc7±] 

38...Kf8 [38...f5= remains equal.] 

39.Qc7± gxf4 40.exf4 Qxf4 41.Rcd1 [41.Kf1!±] 

41...Qg3+= 42.Kf1 Bxg4! 43.hxg4 h3 

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44.Re4! Threatens to win with Rde1. 

44...Qf3! 45.g5! aiming for Qd7. 

45...h2 [45...Bxg5 46.Qxd6+] 

46.Rh4 Qg3! ( -> ...Qg1+) 

47.Rh8+ Kg7 48.Rxe8 

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48...h1Q+?? [48...Qf3= 49.Ke1 h1Q+ 50.Nxh1 Qxh1+ 51.Kf2 Qh2+ 52.Kf3 Qh3+ 53.Kf4 Qh2+ 54.Kf3 Qh3+ 55.Kf4 Qh4+ 56.Kf3 Qh5+ 57.Kg3 Qxg5+ 58.Kf2 Qf5+ 59.Kg2 Qg4+ 60.Kh2 Qh5+ 61.Kg2 Qg4+ 62.Kh2 Qh4+ 63.Kg2 Qg4+] 

49.Nxh1 Qh3+ 50.Kf2 Qf5+ 51.Kg2 Qe4+ 

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52.Kh3! Qf5+ 53.Kh2! Qc2+ 54.Kg3 White mates. 

54...Qxd1 55.Qxe7 Qg1+ 56.Kf4 1–0