PAEHTZ vs ALINASAB – FIDE WOMENS WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 ROUND 1

One of the first upsets of the Women’s World Chess Championship was tenth seed Elisabeth Paehtz’ loss with White in game one.

This game is from round 1 of the 2018 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship. It is between Elisabeth Paehtz with White against Mobina Alinasab with Black.

This game features a Queen's Gambit Accepted. To learn more about the Queen's Gambit Accepted, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

Paehtz,Elisabeth (2495) - Alinasab,Mobina (2236)

FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (1.1), 03.11.2018

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.e3 Nd5 [5...Nd7 6.Bxc4 Nb6 7.Qb3 Nxc4 8.Qxc4 e6 9.0–0 Bd6 10.Rd1 0–0 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.e4 e5 13.Nd5 1–0 (53) Epishin,V (2557) -Levin,F (2530) Helmond 2016] 6.Qxc4 LiveBook: 4 Games. D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines 

6...Bf5 [6...e5!?] 

7.a3 

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7...Qd6N [7...Qd7 8.Bd2 e6 9.Be2 Be7 10.0–0 g5 11.b4 a6 12.Nc3 Rd8 13.e4 0–1 (48) Major,V (2156)-Jahnz,F (2201) Berlin 2014] 

8.Nbd2 White is slightly better. 

8...Nb6 9.Qc3 e6 10.Be2 Be7 11.0–0 0–0 12.b3 Bf6 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Rad1 Bg6 15.h3 Qe7 16.Bb5 Rd6 17.Nc4 Nxc4 18.bxc4 a6 19.Ba4 Rdd8 20.Bc2 Bxc2 21.Qxc2 Nb8 22.e4 Qe8 23.e5 Be7 24.d5 

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24...h6 [24...Nd7²] 

25.Nd4!± exd5 26.cxd5 Rxd5 27.Qb3 [27.e6± And now Qb3 would win. 27...Bf8 28.Qxc7 fxe6 29.Qxb7] 

27...Rc5 

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28.Nf5 [Better is 28.e6!² f6 29.Qxb7] 

28...Bf8!= 29.a4 [29.Qg3= remains equal.] 

29...Nc6µ 

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30.f4 [30.Ne3µ was worth a try.] 

30...Qe6!–+ 31.Qxe6 fxe6 32.Ng3 Rc2 33.Ba1 Rd8 34.f5 exf5 35.Nxf5 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Re2 37.Kf1 Re4 38.g4 Rxa4 39.e6 Re4 40.Rd7 Rxe6 41.Bxg7 

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41...Ne7! aiming for ...Nxf5. 

42.Bxf8 [¹42.Rxc7 Nxf5 43.gxf5] 

42...Kxf8 43.Rxc7 Nxf5 

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44.gxf5 Endgame KR-KR 

44...Re7 45.Rc8+ Kg7 46.Kg2 Kf6 47.Rh8 Kg5 48.Kf3 

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48...Re5? [Black should try 48...Kxf5–+ White must now prevent ...Re6. 49.Rxh6 Re6] 

49.h4+!= Kxf5 Threatens to win with ...Kg6. 

50.Rxh6 Re6 51.Rh7 b5 

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52.Rb7? [52.Rh8=] 

52...Kg6? [52...Rh6–+ 53.Kg3 Rg6+ 54.Kh3 Re6] 

53.Kf4 

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53...Kh5 Strongly threatening ...Rc6. 

54.Rb8 Rc6 ...Rc4+ is the strong threat. 

55.Rh8+ Rh6 

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56.Rb8? [56.Rd8=] 

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74...Rd5 75.Rh2 Ke3 76.Rg2 Rc5 77.Rh2 Kd3 78.Rh3+ Kc2 79.Rh5 Rc4 80.Rc5 Rc3 81.Rc8 0–1