JU vs LAGNO – GAME 5 FIDE WOMENS WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 FINAL

Kateryna Lagno

This is game 5 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 Queen’s Gambit Accepted. To learn more about the Queen’s Gambit Accepted, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

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

FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (6.6), 23.11.2018

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 Exerts pressure on the backward pawn 
8.f3 Bh5 9.Nbc3 e6 10.Be3 Bg6 11.Bb5 Be7 D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4

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12.Bxc6+ [12.0–0 0–0 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nc1 (14.Ne4 Nd5 15.Bf2 Qb8 16.Qc2 Qb5 17.N2c3 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Rfb8 19.Rfc1 Rb6 20.a4 Qxb2 21.a5 Qxc3 22.Rxc3 Rb2 23.Rxc6 Bd8 24.g4 h5 25.h3 Rab8 26.Rd1 hxg4 27.hxg4 Ra2 28.d5 exd5 Gajewski,G (2556)-Markowski,T (2573)/Polanica Zdroj 2007/CBM 120/0–1 (42); 14.Bf2 c5 ½–½ Safin,S (2518)-Mirzoev,A (2414)/Abu Dhabi 2000/CBM 077 ext) 14...c5 15.dxc5 Qxd1 16.Nxd1 Nc4 17.Nb3 Rfd8 18.Rc1 Rxd1 19.Rfxd1 Nxe3 20.Rd4 Nd5 21.g3 f6 22.exf6 Bxf6 23.Rd2 Rb8 24.Rc4 Bb1 25.Ra4 Bxa2 26.Rxa2 Rxb3 Gretarsson,H (2370)-Najer,E/Bratislava 1993/TD/0–1 (38)] 
12...bxc6 Black has the pair of bishops 
13.Nf4 Bf5 14.Qe2 0–0 15.0–0 h6 16.Rac1 Qd7 17.Rfd1 a5 18.Ne4 Nd5 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.Rxc5 Nxf4 

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21.Bxf4 Opposite coloured bishops appeared 
21...Rfb8 

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22.Qd2 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 
22...Rb5 23.Rxb5 cxb5 24.Rc1 

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24...a4 Black wins space 
25.a3 c6 26.Rc5 Rc8 

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27.h3 Prevents intrusion on g4 
27...Bg6 28.Be3 Bf5 29.Qc1 Bd3 

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30.Rc3 White threatens to win material: Rc3xd3 
30...Bg6 

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31.Kf2 White king safety dropped 
31...Bf5 32.h4 h5 33.Qd2 Qd5 34.Rc5 Qb3 35.Qc3 Qxc3 36.Rxc3 Kf8 37.Kg3 Ke8 38.Kf4 Kd7 

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39.g4 White threatens to win material: g4xf5 
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48.Bc5 Praise the bishop! 
48...Ke8 49.Rg3 Rh7 50.Rg1 Kd7 

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51.Bb4 Black's piece can't move: h5 
51...Rh8 52.Re1 Rg8 53.Re3 g5+ 54.hxg5 Bg6 55.Re1 Rh8 56.Kg3 Bf5 57.Bd2 Rh3+ 58.Kg2 Rh4 59.Be3 Rh8 60.Rc1 Bh3+ 61.Kg3 Bf5 62.Bf2 Rh3+ 63.Kg2 

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63...Rh5 Black threatens to win material: Rh5xg5 
64.Be3 Bh3+ 65.Kg3 Bf5 66.Kg2 Bh3+ 

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67.Kg3 Twofold repetition 
67...Bf5 68.Kg2 ½–½