GUNINA vs TOKHIRJONOVA – FIDE WOMENS WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 ROUND 3

Valentina Gunina

This game is from round 3 of the 2018 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship, fully annotated. It is between Valentina Gunina with White against Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova with Black.

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Gunina,Valentina (2497) - Tokhirjonova,Gulrukhbegim (2435)

FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (3.2), 10.11.2018

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nc3 c5 D25: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3: sidelines and 4...Bg4

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7.Qa4+N [7.h3 Bh5 8.d5 ½–½ Bareev,E (2729)-Ivanchuk,V (2699)/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 093 ext] 
7...Nbd7 8.Ne5 cxd4 9.exd4 a6 Secures b5 
10.Nxg4 

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10...Nxg4 White has the pair of bishops 
11.Be2 Ngf6 12.Bf3 White threatens to win material: Bf3xb7 
12...Qb6 13.g4 h6 Covers g5 
14.h4 Bd6 15.Bd2 Rc8 16.0–0–0 h5 17.gxh5 

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17...Qc7 [¹17...Bb4!?² should be investigated more closely] 
18.Kb1± Kf8 19.Bg5 Nb6 20.Qb3 White prepares d5 
20...Nxh5 21.d5 Nf4 22.dxe6 Nxe6 23.Ne4 

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23...Nxg5? [¹23...Nc4!? 24.Nxd6 Nxd6±] 
24.Nxd6+- [24.hxg5 Rxh1 25.Rxh1 Bf4±; 24.Nxg5?! Nc4 25.Bd5 Be7 26.Ne6+ fxe6 27.Bxc4 Rh5±] 
24...Rd8 

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25.Qb4 [25.hxg5?! Rxh1 26.Bxh1 Rxd6 27.Bxb7 a5±] 
25...Qe7?? leading to a quick end [25...a5 26.Qa3 Kg8+-] 
26.Rhe1 [26.Nf5 Rd6 27.hxg5 Rxh1 28.Rxh1 Ke8 29.Nxd6+ Kd7 30.Bg4+ Qe6 31.Bxe6+ Kxe6 32.Qxb6 Ke5 33.Nxf7+ Ke4 34.Qxb7+ Kd4 35.Rd1+ Kc5 36.Rd5+ Kc4 37.Ne5#] 
26...Ne6+- 27.Qxb6 Rxh4 [27...Kg8+- there is nothing else anyway] 
28.Nf5 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 

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29...Rb4 [29...Qf6 doesn't change anything anymore 30.Nxh4 Qxh4 31.Qd6+ Kg8 32.Qb8+ Nf8 33.Rd8+-] 
30.Qa5 [30.Rh1 Rh4 (30...Rxb6?? materialistic play, which will be punished 31.Rh8#+-) 31.Rxh4 Qxh4 32.Nxh4 g6 33.Nxg6+ Kg7 34.Ne5 Kf6 35.Nd3 Kg6 36.Bxb7 Kg7 37.Bd5 Kf6 38.Qxa6 Kf5 39.Qa7 Kf6 40.b4 Nd8 41.b5 Ne6 42.b6 Ng5 43.b7 Kg7 44.b8Q Kg6 45.f4 Kh6 46.fxg5+ Kh5 47.Qf4 Kg6 48.Qaxf7#] 
30...b6 [30...Rb5 cannot change what is in store for ? 31.Qxb5 axb5 32.Nxe7 Kxe7 33.Bxb7+-] 
31.Qe5 [¹31.Rh1 and White has prevailed 31...Rh4 32.Rxh4 Qxh4 33.Qa3+ Kg8 34.Nxh4+-] 
31...Qc7 

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32.Qxc7 [¹32.Rh1 keeps an even firmer grip 32...Kg8 (32...Qxe5?? a tasty morsel with a slight problem... 33.Rh8#+-) 33.Qxc7 Nxc7 34.Ne7+ Kf8+-] 
32...Nxc7 33.Rd8+ Ne8 

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34.Bc6 [34.Bc6 Kg8 35.Rxe8+ Kh7 36.Re4 Rxe4 37.Bxe4+-]  1–0