USHENINA vs SHVAYGER – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 4

This game is from round 4 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It is between Anna Ushenina with White against Yuliya Shvayger 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.

Ushenina,Anna (2451) - Shvayger,Yuliya (2375)

23rd European Women Club Cup 2018 Halkidiki (4), 15.10.2018

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 Na6 9.Nd2 Nc5 10.0–0 h6 11.Be3 E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0–0: Various Black 7th moves

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11...Nfd7 [11...Bd7 12.b3 Qc8 13.a3 Ng4 14.Bxg4 Bxg4 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Na6 19.Qb3 f5 20.f3 Rf7 21.c5 dxc5 22.bxc5 Bf8 23.Qc4 c6 24.d6 Be6 25.Qa4 Qd8 26.Nc4 Lev,R (2480)-Murey,J (2530)/Tel Aviv 1990/CBM 020 ext/1–0 (56); 11...Ne8 12.a3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nf6 16.Qc2 Qe8 17.Rae1 Qg6 18.Bf3 Bd7 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Na6 21.Qb3 Ng4 22.Nb5 Ne5 23.Kh1 c5 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Nxd6 Nxf3 26.c5+ Pons Carreras,D (2240)-Garrido Dominguez,J (2347)/Cartagena 2007/CBM 118 ext/1–0 (33)] 

12.Qc2N [12.f4 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Qc2 f4 16.Bf2 Qe7 17.Nde4 b6 18.Bf3 Rb8 19.Rad1 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Bb7 21.c5 Nf6 22.Nxf6+ Rxf6 23.Bh4 bxc5 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Qg6+ Bg7 26.b3 Qd6 Velasquez,H-Sammut Briffa,P/Thessaloniki 1988/TD/1–0 (60); 12.b3 f5 13.f3 Nf6 14.a3 Nh5 15.b4 (15.Re1 Nf4 16.Qc2 Nxe2+ 17.Nxe2 fxe4 18.fxe4 Bg4 19.Nc3 Kh7 20.Rf1 Bf6 21.h3 Bh5 22.Kh2 Qe7 23.g4 Bxg4 24.hxg4 Bg5 25.Rae1 Bf4+ 26.Kh3 h5 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.gxh5 Qg5 29.Rf3 Kg7 Camarena Gimenez,R (2375)-Ibanez Aullana,J (2261)/Valencia 2002/CBM 089 ext/0–1) 15...axb4 16.axb4 Rxa1 17.Qxa1 Na6 18.Rb1 Nf4 19.Bf1 g5 20.c5 fxe4 21.fxe4 dxc5 22.bxc5 Nb8 23.c6 Nxc6 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Rb8 Qf6 26.Qa8 Bd7 Agamaliev,G (2518)-Ardeshi,M (2339)/Teheran 2003/CBM 096 ext/1–0 (41)] 

12...b6 Secures c5 

13.Rab1 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 Black has a cramped position 

15...e4 Black has a new protected passed pawn: e4 

16.Nb5 Nf6 

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17.h3 Consolidates g4 

17...Bd7 18.Nd4 Kh8 19.Rbd1 Qe8 20.Kh2 Qg6 White king safety dropped 

21.Rg1 Rae8 22.Nf1 h5 23.g3 Bh6 24.Kh1 Re7 25.Bf2 Qh7 

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26.Be3 Blocks the pawn on e4 

26...Rg7 27.Qc3 Na4 28.Qd2 Nc5 29.b3 Controls a4 

29...Rfg8 30.Qc3 Qg6 

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31.Nh2 [¹31.a3!?² should be examined more closely] 

31...Qf7³ 32.Qe1 Kh7 [32...h4 33.Nf1³] 

33.Qf2 Qe7 34.Rg2 [34.Qe1!?= is worth consideration] 

34...Nd3µ 35.Bxd3 exd3 36.Rdg1 Ne4 Black threatens to win material: Ne4xf2 [36...h4 37.Nf1 Ne4µ] 

37.Qf3³ h4 

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38.gxh4? [¹38.g4!? Ng3+ 39.Rxg3 hxg3 40.Rxg3³] 

38...Qxh4–+ 39.Rxg7+ [39.Nf1–+] 

39...Rxg7 40.Nf1 

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40...Rxg1+?? Black has let it slip away [¹40...Qe1 ends the debate 41.Rg2 Rxg2 42.Kxg2 d2 43.Nxd2 Nxd2–+] 

41.Kxg1µ Qe1 

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42.Bf2?? causes even greater problems [¹42.Qg2µ] 

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