SKRIPCHENKO vs MIHEVC-MOHR – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 3

This game is from round 3 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It is between Almira Skripchenko with White against Narcisa Mihevc-Mohr with Black.

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Skripchenko,Almira (2414) - Mihevc-Mohr,Narcisa (1983)

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

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10.0–0N [10.0–0–0 Qa5 (10...e6 11.Qd3 Qd7 12.Nd4 0–0–0 13.f4 Rg8 14.g3 Kb8 15.Rhf1 Rc8 16.f5 Be7 17.Qe2 Bd8 18.Qh5 Rh8 19.Rd3 Qe7 20.Rfd1 a6 21.Nde2 Bc7 22.Kb1 Rcg8 23.h4 Qf8 24.Nf4 Qe7 25.Rf1 Vasilevich,I (2380)-Airapetian,T (2234)/Sochi 2007/CBM 118 ext/1–0 (51)) 11.Rhe1 (11.Kb1 0–0–0 (11...Rg8 12.Nh4 Rg4 13.Nf5 Rxg2 14.Rhg1 Rxh2 15.Rg8 Qe5 16.Qe3 b6 17.b4 Bb7 18.f4 1–0 Christensen,B (2223)-Morozova,J (2073)/Rewal 2007/CBM 120 ext) 12.Qc4 e6 13.Nd4 Qc7 14.Rd3 Be8 15.Qb3 Kb8 16.f4 a6 17.f5 e5 18.Nd5 Qa5 19.Ne2 Rc8 20.Rc3 Rxc3 21.Qxc3 Qxc3 22.Nexc3 h5 23.Nxf6 Bc6 24.Rd1 h4 25.Rd3 Be7 Zelcic,R (2585)-Stanojoski,Z (2475)/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext/1–0 (53)) 11...Rg8 12.g3 0–0–0 13.Qc4 e6 14.Nd4 Qc5 15.Qxc5 dxc5 16.Nxc6 Rxd1+ 17.Nxd1 bxc6 18.Ne3 h5 19.Nc4 h4 20.Kd2 Kc7 21.Ke2 hxg3 22.fxg3 Rg4 23.Kf3 f5 24.h3 Rg5 Cuartas,C (2350)-Emma,J (2385)/Buenos Aires 1973/MCD/1–0 (34)] 

10...Rg8 Black should quickly conclude development. 

11.Qd3 Qd7 Black has a cramped position 

12.Nd4 e6 Controls d5+f5 

13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Ne2 Rb8 15.b3 Be7 16.c4 Qb7 17.Qh3 c5 18.f3 Rh8 19.Qh5 Bf8 20.Nf4 Ke7 21.Rfe1 Bg7 22.Rad1 Rbg8 [22...Rhg8!?±] 

23.Qh4+- Bf8? [¹23...Re8+-] 

24.e5 

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24...dxe5 [24...Kd7 25.Qxf6 Kc8 26.exd6 Bg7 27.d7+ Qxd7 28.Rxd7 Bxf6 29.Rxf7 Bd4+ 30.Kf1 e5+-] 

25.Nd5+! Decoy: d5 

25...exd5 26.Rxe5+ Kd7 27.Rexd5+ [¹27.Rdxd5+ might be the shorter path 27...Bd6 28.Qxf6 Qb8 29.Qf5+ Kc6 30.Rxc5+ Bxc5+ 31.Rxc5+ Kb6 32.Rb5+ Ka6 33.Ra5+ Kb7 34.Qd5+ Kc8 35.Rc5+ Qc7 36.Qa8+ Kd7 37.Rxc7+ Kxc7 38.Qxa7+ Kd6 39.Qxf7 Rf8+-] 

27...Ke8 [27...Bd6 is still a small chance 28.Rxd6+ Kc8 29.Qxf6 Re8 30.Qf5+ Kb8+-] 

28.Qe4+ [28.Qe4+ Be7 29.Rd8#]  1–0