MUZYCHUK vs ALINASAB – FIDE WOMENS WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 ROUND 3

Mariya Muzychuk

This game is from round 3 of the 2018 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship, fully annotated. It is between Mariya Muzychuk with White against Mobina Alinasab with Black.

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Muzychuk,Mariya (2545) - Alinasab,Mobina (2236)

FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (3.2), 10.11.2018

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.0–0 Be6 7.Bb5 Bc5 8.b4 Bb6 9.a4 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.a5 Ba7 D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4

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12.Bb2 d4 draws heavy fire 

12...Qd6 Black threatens to win material: Qd6xb4 [12...Nf6 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Bxd4 Nxe4 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Be5 Bh3 17.Bg3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Qxd1 19.Rxd1 Be6 20.Nc3 Rg4 21.Rab1 Rb8 22.f4 Bf5 23.Rb2 Rxg3 24.Na4 Kf8 25.Nc5 Ra8 26.Kf2 Rc3 27.Rbd2 Aronian,L (2759)-Shirov,A (2699)/Elista 2007/CBM 119/½–½ (68)] 

13.Na3N [13.Qc2 Ne7 14.Rd1 Bg4 15.Nbd2 0–0 16.Nc4 Qe6 17.Nce5 f5 18.Nxg4 fxg4 19.Nxd4 Qf7 20.Rd2 Rad8 21.Rad1 Rd6 22.Bc3 c5 23.bxc5 Bxc5 24.Bb2 Ba7 25.Ba3 c5 26.Bxc5 Bxc5 27.Qxc5 Rf6 Huang Qian (2410)-Korbut,E (2445)/Nizhniy Novgorod 2007/CBM 119 ext/1–0 (40)] 

13...Qxb4 14.Qc1 Ne7 

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15.Nc2 White threatens to win material: Nc2xb4 

15...Qc4 16.Ncxd4 

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16...c5 [16...0–0!?= is interesting] 

17.Nxe6± Qxe6 18.Bxg7 Rg8 19.Be5 0–0–0 20.Bg3 Nc6 

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21.Qf4 White has a mate threat 

21...Rd7 22.h3 f6 23.Rfd1 Re7 24.Kh2 

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24...Rgg7 [24...c4 25.Ra4 Ne5 26.Nd4 Bxd4 27.Rxd4±] 

25.Nh4 Rd7 26.Nf5 Rgf7 

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27.Ne3 [27.Qg4 Nd4±] 

27...Rxd1 28.Rxd1 

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28...Nxa5 [28...Ne5!?±] 

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37...Kd8?? a blunder in a bad position [¹37...Kb7+-] 

38.Nxc7 [¹38.Bh4+ and the result of the game is clear: White will win 38...Kc8 39.Ne7+ Qxe7 40.Bxe7 Rxd1 41.Qxc6+-] 

38...Rxd1 39.Qxc6 

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39...Rd4 [39...Bb8 what else? 40.Ne6+ Ke7 41.Qb7+ Rd7 42.Qxb8 Qxf5+-] 

40.Ne6+ [¹40.f6 and White has triumphed 40...Bb8 41.Ne6+ Qxe6 42.Qxe6 Bxg3+ 43.fxg3+-] 

40...Ke7 41.Nxd4 cxd4 

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42.f6+! Double attack: a7/e7[42.f6+ Qxf6 43.Qb7+ Ke8 44.Qxa7+-]  1–0