LAGNO vs LEI – FIDE WOMENS WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 QUARTER FINAL

Kateryna Lagno

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

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

Lagno,Kateryna (2556) - Lei,Tingjie (2457)

FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (4.1), 12.11.2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0–0 C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves 

6...Be7 7.Re1 0–0 8.Bf1 The position is equal. 

8...Re8 9.d4 

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9...c6N [9...d5 10.c4 Bg4 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.h3 Bh5 1–0 (25) Grischuk,A (2766)-Duda,J (2737) chess.com INT 2018] 

10.c4 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nc3 Na6 13.g4 Bg6 14.g5 Nd7 15.Nh4 

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15...Qa5 [15...Nf8²] 

16.Nxg6 hxg6 

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17.Qg4ƒ Black is under strong pressure. 

17...Qf5 18.Bd2 Qxg4+ 19.hxg4 Nc7 20.f4 Ne6 21.Be3 

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21...f6 [21...Bd8± keeps fighting.] 

22.d5+- Nd8 23.dxc6 bxc6 24.gxf6 Bxf6 25.Rad1 Bxc3 26.bxc3 

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26...Nf7 [26...Nb7±] 

27.Bg2 Rec8 

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28.Rb1 aiming for Rb7. 

28...g5 29.fxg5 Nde5 30.Bd4 Nxc4 31.Re7 Nce5 32.Rbb7 g6 33.c4 Rab8 

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34.Rxa7 Hoping for c5. 

34...Rb1+ [34...Re8±] 

35.Kh2 Strongly threatening c5. 

35...Nxg4+? [35...Re1 36.Kg3 Re2] 

36.Kg3 Nge5 37.c5 Rd1 

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38.Bxe5! And now Bf6 would win. 

38...Nxe5 39.cxd6 Nc4 

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40.Rac7 [¹40.Bh3 Rd3+ 41.Kg2 Ne3+ 42.Rxe3! Rxe3 43.Bxc8] 

40...Rd8 [¹40...Rd3+ 41.Kh4 Rd8 42.Rg7+ (42.Bxc6 Nxd6 43.Re6 Nf5+ 44.Kg4 Ng7±) 42...Kh8 43.Rxg6 R8xd6] 

41.Bh3 Rd3+ 42.Kh2 Rd2+ 43.Kg1 Rd1+ 

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44.Kg2 Threatening mate with Be6+. 

44...Rd2+ 

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45.Kf1! White threatens Be6+ and mate. 

45...Rd1+ 46.Ke2 White wants to mate with Be6+. 

46...R1xd6 47.Be6+ Rxe6+ 

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48.Rxe6 KRR-KRN 

48...Ra8 49.Rxg6+ Kf8 50.Rf6+ Kg8 51.Kd3 Ne5+ 52.Ke4 Ng4 53.Rfxc6  1–0