GORYACHKINA vs GALLIAMOVA – FIDE WOMENS WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 ROUND 2

Alisa Galliamova

This game is from round 2 of the 2018 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship. It is between Aleksandra Goryachkina with White against Alisa Galliamova with Black.

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

Goryachkina,Aleksandra (2534) - Galliamova,Alisa (2432)

FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (2.2), 07.11.2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 Bg7 6.d4 C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann 

6...exd4 [6...b5 7.Bb3 exd4 8.cxd4 d6 9.h3 Nf6 10.0–0 0–0 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Nb4 13.Nf1 0–1 (33) Hansen,E (2629)-Anand,V (2771) Batumi 2018] 

7.cxd4 b5 8.Bc2 d6 9.h3 Nf6 10.Nc3 0–0 11.0–0 

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11...Bb7N [11...Re8 12.Re1 Bb7 13.a3 1/2–1/2 (31) Acs,P (2588)-Yankelevich,L (2440) Austria 2018] 

12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Qd7 14.a3 Na5 15.Re1 Rfe8 16.Qc1 

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16...Kh7 [16...Nh5= remains equal.] 

17.Qf4 [17.e5!± Nd5 18.Ne4] 

17...Nh5!= 18.Qh2 Nc4 19.g4 Nf6 20.Qf4 

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20...Ng8 [20...Qe6=] 

21.Ne2? [21.b3!² keeps the upper hand. 21...Nxa3 22.Rxa3] 

21...Nxb2µ 22.Ng3 c5 

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23.g5 [23.Ra2µ was necessary. 23...Nc4 24.dxc5] 

23...cxd4 And now ...Rac8 would win. 

24.gxh6 Bxh6 

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25.Ng5+ [#] [¹25.Bg5 Rac8 26.Rec1] 

25...Kg7!–+ 26.Qd2 Nc4 27.Qxd4+ f6 28.Kg2 

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28...Bc8 [28...Bxg5 29.Bxg5 Qe6 30.Bb3µ] 

29.Rh1 

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29...Qa7 [29...Bxg5 30.Bxg5 Qa7 31.Qxa7+ Rxa7 32.Bf4µ; 29...Ne5 30.Nf3–+] 

30.Nf3 Qxd4 31.Nxd4 

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31...Kf7 Strongly threatening ...g5. 

32.Nge2 [¹32.a4] 

32...Bb7 33.f3 d5 34.exd5 Ne3+ [But not 34...Bxd5 35.Bb1–+] 

35.Kf2 

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35...Nxc2 [Less strong is 35...Nxd5 36.Bb3µ; Don't do 35...Bxd5 36.Bd3–+] 

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46...Nf6 Threatens to win with ...Bd4. 

47.axb5 axb5 48.Bg1 Kg6 49.Ng2 Bxg1 50.Kxg1 Rd3 51.Nxb5 Rxf3 

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52.h4? [52.Nd6 Bd5 53.Rb6] 

52...Rg3 53.hxg5 Ng4 0–1