KRUSH vs GAPONENKO – FIDE WOMENS WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 ROUND 1

This game is from round 1 of the 2018 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship. It is between Irina Krush with White against Inna Gaponenko 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.

Krush,Irina (2434) - Gaponenko,Inna (2420)

FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (1.3), 05.11.2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 c6 8.d5 Na6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne1 Nh6 E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0–0: Various Black 7th moves 

13.f3 Qe7 [13...Nf7 14.Rb1 h5 15.Nd3 Bh6 16.Bf2 Bd7 17.b4 b6 18.bxc5 Nxc5 19.a4 a5 20.Qc2 1–0 (67) So,W (2822)-Shimanov,A (2642) chess.com INT 2017] 

14.Nd3 Bd7 15.a3 Nf7 16.b4 b6 17.b5 Nc7 18.a4 

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18...a5N [18...Rfb8 19.Qc2 Bh6 20.Bf2 1/2–1/2 (60) Ponomarev,A (2471) -Graeber,I (2383) ICCF email 2007] 

19.bxa6 Rxa6 20.Qc2 Rfa8 21.Rfb1 Bh6 22.Bf2 Nd8 23.Ra2 Ne8 24.Bd1 Nb7 25.Rab2 Qd8 26.Qe2 Na5 27.Nc1 

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27...Bxc1 [27...Bg5²] 

28.Rxc1± Nc7 29.Rcb1 Rb8 30.Bc2 Ne8 31.Bd3 Nc7 32.Be3 Ne8 33.g3 Ra7 34.f4 exf4 35.gxf4 Bc8 36.e5 fxe5 37.fxe5 dxe5 

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38.Bxc5! Rab7 [38...bxc5 39.Rxb8] 

39.Bf2 Nd6 

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40.Nb5 [40.Ne4+-] 

40...Bf5? [40...Qg5+± 41.Bg3 Bg4 42.Qxe5 Qxe5 43.Bxe5 Ndxc4 44.Bxb8 Nxb2 45.Rxb2 Rxb8] 

41.Bxf5? [41.Nxd6+- Qxd6 42.Bxf5 gxf5 43.Kh1] 

41...Nxf5= 42.Qxe5 [42.Nc3² keeps the upper hand.] 

42...Nxc4µ 43.Qe6+ 

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43...Rf7! 44.Re2 [¹44.Rc2 Qg5+ 45.Kh1] 

44...Ncd6? [44...Qg5+µ 45.Kh1 Ng7] 

45.Nxd6² 

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45...Qxd6? [45...Nxd6² 46.Bg3 Nf5] 

46.Qxd6+- [Not 46.Bxb6 Qf4=; Inferior is 46.Rxb6 Rxb6 47.Bxb6 Qf4=] 

46...Nxd6 47.Rxb6 Rxb6 48.Bxb6² Endgame KRB-KRN 

48...Rf5 49.a5 Rxd5 

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50.a6 And now a7 would win. 

50...Nc4? [50...Nb5 51.Ra2 Rg5+ 52.Kf1 Rf5+ 53.Kg2 Rg5+ 54.Kh3 Rh5+ 55.Kg3 Rg5+ 56.Kf3 Rf5+ 57.Kg2 Rg5+ 58.Kh3 Rh5+ 59.Kg4 Kf7] 

51.Bf2+- Rg5+ 52.Kh1 Ra5 53.a7 Kf7 54.Rc2 Nd6 55.Rc7+ Ke6 56.Rxh7 Nb5 57.Rb7 Nxa7 58.Rxa7 KRB-KR 

58...Rb5 59.Kg2 Rb4 60.Be3 Kf6 61.Kf3 Rc4 62.Bf4 Rc5 63.h4 Rc6 64.Bg5+ Ke6 65.Re7+ Kf5 66.Rf7+ Ke5 67.Kg4 Rc4+ 68.Rf4 Rc6 

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69.Bd8 White mates. 

69...Rc1 70.Kg5 Rc2 71.Bf6+ Ke6 72.Kxg6 1–0