MUZYCHUK vs ATALIK – FIDE WOMENS WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 ROUND 2

Ekaterina Atalik

This game is from round 2 of the 2018 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship. It is between Mariya Muzychuk with White against Ekaterina Atalik with Black.

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

Muzychuk,Mariya (2545) - Atalik,Ekaterina (2445)

FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (2.1), 06.11.2018

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4... Bf5 main line 

11.f4 [11.Bf4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Qa5+ 13.c3 Nf6 14.0–0 Ng4 15.Rad1 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Rd8 17.Qxd8+ Qxd8 18.Rxd8+ Kxd8 1–0 (67) Sutovsky,E (2633)-Shankland,S (2722) Batumi 2018] 

11...Bb4+ 12.c3 Bd6 13.Bd2 Ngf6 14.0–0–0 0–0 15.Qf3 Qa5 16.Kb1 Qd5 

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17.c4N [17.Qe2 b5 18.Rhe1 0–1 (45) Papp,P (2325)-Dvirnyy,D (2572) Reykjavik 2016] 

17...Qxf3 [Not 17...Qxd4? 18.Bc3+-] 

18.gxf3 Rfd8 19.Ba5 b6 20.Bc3 Rac8 21.Rhg1 

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21...Bf8 [21...Ne8=] 

22.d5 [22.h5 with more complications. 22...Nh7 23.Ne4 Nhf6 24.Ng4 Kh7 25.Ngxf6+ Nxf6 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.d5] 

22...cxd5 23.Nxd7 

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23...Nxd7 [Don't play 23...Rxd7?! 24.Bxf6 Rxc4 25.Nh5±] 

24.cxd5 exd5 25.Rxd5 Nc5 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Nh5 Ne6 28.f5 Nd4 

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29.Nxg7! Ne2 [29...Bxg7 30.f6] 

30.Ne6+ Nxg1 31.Nxd8= Endgame KBN-KBN 

31...Be7 32.Nc6 Bxh4 33.Nxa7 Bf2 34.Nc6 h5 

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35.Ne5 [35.Kc2!=] 

35...Ne2!µ Hoping for ...Bg3. Black has strong compensation. 

36.Bd2 Bd4 [36...f6!µ 37.Nd3 Bg3] 

37.Nc6? [37.Ng4!= and White is okay.] 

37...Bf6 38.Be1 h4 39.Bxh4 Bxh4 40.Kc2 Nf4 41.a4 Nd5 

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42.b4 [42.Kd3µ] 

42...Ne7 [42...Kg7–+ is more deadly. 43.a5 bxa5 44.bxa5 Kf6] 

43.Nd4 [43.Ne5µ] 

43...Bf2 44.Kd3 Kg7 45.Nb5 Nc6 46.Kc4 Be1 47.Nc7 intending Nd5. 

47...Nxb4 48.Kb5 

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48...Nd3 [Black should try 48...Kf6µ Threatens to win with ...Ke7. 49.Kxb6 Kxf5] 

49.Kxb6³ Ne5 ...Kf6 is the strong threat. 

50.Nd5! Nc4+ 51.Kc5 Nd2 

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52.f4 [52.f6+³ Kg6 53.Kb5] 

52...Ne4+ [52...Nb3+µ 53.Kc4 Na5+ 54.Kb5 Bd2] 

53.Kd4 [53.Kc6!³] 

53...Nd6 54.f6+ Kg6 

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55.Ke5 [55.Kc5µ Ne4+ 56.Kd4 Nxf6 57.Ne7+ Kg7 58.Nc6] 

55...Nc4+!–+ 56.Ke4 Nb2 57.Ke5 Nxa4 

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58.f5+? [58.Ne7+ Kh7 59.Kf5] 

58...Kh7! 59.Kd6 Nc3 60.Ne3 Ne4+ 61.Ke5 Nc5 62.Kd6 Ne4+ 63.Ke5 Ng5 64.Kd6 Bb4+ 65.Kd7 Ne4 66.Nd5 Ba3 67.Ke8 Nd6+ 68.Kf8 Kh6 69.Ke7 Kg5 70.Nb6 Kxf5 71.Nd5 Kg6 72.Nf4+ 

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72...Kh7 [¹72...Kg5 73.Nd5 Bc5 74.Kd7 Ne4 75.Kc6 Nxf6 76.Nc3 Bb4 77.Ne2 Ne4 78.Nc1 f5 79.Kd5 Nf6+ 80.Kc4 Bd6 81.Kd3 Kg4 82.Ke2 f4 83.Kf1 f3 84.Nd3 Ne4 85.Kg1 Bc5+ 86.Kf1 Bd4 87.Ke1 Kg3 88.Kf1 Bf2 89.Nxf2 Nxf2 90.Ke1 Ng4 91.Kd2 Kg2 92.Kd3 f2 93.Ke4 f1Q 94.Kd5 Qb5+ 95.Kd6 Qe5+ 96.Kd7 Qf6 97.Kc8 Ne5 98.Kc7 Qc6+ 99.Kb8 Nd7+ 100.Ka7 Qb6+ 101.Ka8 Qb8#] 

73.Nd5 Kg8 74.Kd7 Ne4 75.Ke8 Bc5 76.Kd7 Bd4 77.Ke7 Bb2 78.Ne3 Bxf6+ 79.Ke8 Bg5 80.Nf5 Nf6+ 81.Ke7 Nd5+ 82.Kd7 Bf4 83.Ke8 Ne3 84.Nd4 Kg7 85.Nc6 Bg5 86.Kd7 Nc4 87.Nd4 Kg6 88.Kc6 Be3 89.Nb5 f5 90.Kd5 Nd2 91.Ke5 Kg5 92.Nc3 f4 93.Nd5 Nc4+ 94.Ke4 

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94...Nd2+? [94...Nd6+ mates 95.Kf3 Nc4 96.Ke4 Bd2 97.Kf3 Kf5 98.Nc7 Ne5+ 99.Ke2 Bb4 100.Nd5 f3+ 101.Kd1 Ba5 102.Ne3+ Ke4 103.Nf1 Kd3 104.Kc1 f2 105.Kd1 Bc7 106.Kc1 Nc4 107.Kb1 Bf4 108.Ka1 Kc3 109.Ng3 Bxg3 110.Ka2 Bh4 111.Ka1 Kb3 112.Kb1 f1Q#] 

95.Kd3? [95.Ke5= Kg4 96.Nxf4 Bxf4+ 97.Kd5] 

95...Nf1 Black mates. 

96.Ke2 Ng3+ 97.Kd3 Ba7 98.Nxf4 Kxf4 99.Kc4 Ke4 100.Kb5 Kd5 101.Ka6 Bc5 102.Kb7 Ne4 103.Kc7 Nf6 104.Kb7 Ne8 105.Kb8 Kc6 106.Ka8 Nc7+ 107.Kb8 Bd4 108.Kc8 Ba7 109.Kd8 Nd5 110.Ke8 Kd6 111.Kf7 Ne7 112.Kg7 Be3 113.Kf6 Bf4 114.Kf7 Bg5 115.Ke8 Nc6 116.Kf7 Ne5+ 117.Ke8 Ke6 118.Kf8 Kd7 119.Kg7 Ke7 120.Kg8 Bh6 121.Kh7 Bf8 122.Kg8 Ng4 0–1