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

Anna Muzychuk

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

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Muzychuk,Anna (2564) - Bodnaruk,Anastasia (2426)

FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (2.2), 07.11.2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0–0 Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 0–0 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nbd2 B31: Sicilian: 2... Nc6 3 Bb5 g6 

10...Nxd2 [10...Bf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Rxe4 cxd4 14.cxd4 c5 15.Be3 Qd5 16.Qc2 cxd4 17.Rxd4 Qxe5 18.Nf3 Qb5 1/2–1/2 (45) Fedoseev,V (2664)-Motylev,A (2653) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015] 

11.Nxd2 f6 12.e6 White is slightly better. 

12...cxd4 13.cxd4 Qd6 14.Nb3 

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14...f5N [14...Bxe6 15.Bf4 Qxf4 16.Rxe6 f5 17.Qe2 a5 18.Rd1 a4 19.Nc5 Qg4 20.Qd2 1–0 (36) Stefanov,P (2272)-Winkler,T (2342) IECG email 2000] 

15.Bd2 [15.Nc5±] 

15...f4= 16.Rc1 Rb8 17.Qc2! Rb6 18.Ba5 Ra6 19.Qd2 f3 

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20.g3! Rf6 21.Bb4ƒ White has strong initiative. 

21...Qd8 22.a3 Qf8 [22...Bxe6± 23.Nc5 Bc8] 

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23...Bh6 [23...Rb6 was necessary.] 

24.Qd1! Rb6 25.Nc5 

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25...a5? [25...Qe8 26.Rxf3 Bg7 27.Rxf6 Bxf6] 

26.Bxa5 White is clearly winning. 

26...Rxb2 27.Nd7 Bxd7 28.exd7 Rd6 29.d8Q Rxd8 30.Rxf3 Qe8 31.Bxd8 Qxd8 32.Rb3 

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32...Rd2 [¹32...Rxb3 33.Qxb3 Qc7] 

33.Qg4 Bf8 34.Qf4 1–0