JU vs LAGNO – GAME 3 FIDE WOMENS WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 FINAL

Kateryna Lagno

This is game 3 from the Final of the 2018 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship, fully annotated. It is between Wenjun Ju with White against Kateryna Lagno with Black.

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

Ju,Wenjun (2568) - Lagno,Kateryna (2556)

FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (6.3), 21.11.2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 0–0 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bg5 h6 E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0–0 6 Nge2

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9.Bh4 [9.Bf4 exd5 10.cxd5 Re8 11.Ng3 a6 12.a4 Qc7 13.0–0 Nbd7 14.Qc1 Kh7 15.Re1 Rb8 16.Be2 h5 17.Bg5 c4 18.Qf4 Kg8 19.Bh6 Bh8 20.h3 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.b4 Ne5 23.Qe3 Bd7 Jussupow,A (2575)-Suetin,A (2460)/Moscow 1981/MCL/1–0 (90)] 

9...exd5 

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10.Nxd5 [10.cxd5 Nbd7 (10...a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.0–0 Qc7 13.h3 Re8 14.f4 (14.b3 Rb8 15.f4 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.Bg3 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 c4 21.bxc4 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Rb4 23.Bf2 Qg5 24.Ra4 Rxa4 25.Qxa4 Ne4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Qc2 Nf6 28.Ng3 Re8 Raeva,E (2213)-Plazaola,M (2087)/Instanbul 2005/CBM 109 ext/0–1 (53)) 14...c4 15.Bc2 Nc5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.e5 dxe5 18.f5 Nd3 19.fxg6 Qb6+ 20.Kh2 fxg6 21.a5 Qd8 22.Ne4 Bf5 23.Bxd3 cxd3 24.N2g3 Bg7 25.Qxd3 Georgiev,V (2567)-Valuet,B (2303)/Differdange 2007/CBM 119 ext/1–0 (38)) 11.0–0 Ne5 12.f4 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Re8 14.Ng3 b5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.e5 dxe5 17.f5 e4 18.Ncxe4 Bd4+ 19.Kh1 gxf5 20.Rxf5 Bxf5 21.Nxf5 Kf8 22.d6 Bxb2 23.Rf1 Re6 24.Nxc5 Rg6 Georgiev,V (2567)-Vandevoort,P (2364)/Charleroi 2007/CBM 119 ext/1–0] 

10...g5 Black threatens to win material: g5xh4 

11.Bg3 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Bxb2 13.h4 g4 

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14.Rb1 White threatens to win material: Rb1xb2 

14...Bg7 15.0–0 White castles and improves king safety 

15...Re8 16.Nf4 

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16...c4 Black threatens to win material: c4xd3 

17.Bxc4 Rxe4 

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18.Bd3 White threatens to win material: Bd3xe4 

18...Re5 19.f3 h5 20.Be2 Qd7 

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21.Rb4 Black's piece can't move: c8 [21.Be1 Na6²] 

21...Na6 22.Re4 Rxe4 

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23.fxe4 Black has a new backward pawn: f7 

23...Nc5 24.e5 dxe5 25.Nxh5 Ne4 26.Be1 f5 27.Nxg7 

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27...Qxg7 White has the pair of bishops 

28.Bd3 

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28...Bd7 Begins the maneuver Bc8-d7-b5-d3 [28...Nd6!?= should be examined more closely] 

29.Bxe4² 

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29...fxe4 Opposite coloured bishops appeared.  

30.Bg3 In the style of Nimzovich 

30...Rf8 31.Re1 Bb5 32.Qb3 

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32...Bd3 The black bishop is well posted. 

33.d6+ Pushes the passed pawn 

33...Qf7 

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34.Qc3 White threatens to win material: Qc3xe5 

34...Qe6 35.Qxe5 Qxe5 36.Bxe5 Kf7 

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37.g3 White has a new protected passed pawn: h4 

37...Ke6 Black threatens to win material: Ke6xe5 

38.Bf4 b5 39.h5 a5 

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40.h6 White advances the passed pawn 

40...b4 41.Rc1 a4 42.Rc7 

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42...b3 [¹42...e3!? 43.Re7+ Kd5 44.Rxe3 Be4±] 

43.axb3+- axb3 44.Re7+ Kd5 45.Rb7 e3 46.Rxb3 Ke4 47.Kg2 

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47...e2 [¹47...Kd4 48.Rb4+ Kc5+-] 

48.Rb4+?? gives the opponent counterplay [¹48.Rb7 White missed this excellent chance 48...e1N+ 49.Kf2+-] 

48...Kd5= 49.Kf2 

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49...Re8 Black has a mate threat 

50.Bd2 

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50...Rf8+ [50...e1Q+ 51.Bxe1 Re2+ 52.Kf1 Re6+ 53.Kg2 Rxh6 54.Rxg4 Rxd6 55.Bc3=] 

51.Bf4 [51.Rf4 Rxf4+ 52.Bxf4± (52.gxf4?! Kxd6 53.Ke3 Bh7=) ] 

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52.Bd2 Twofold repetition 

52...Rf8+ 53.Rf4 Rxf4+ 

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54.Bxf4 [54.gxf4?! Kxd6 55.Ke3 Bh7=] 

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