SOCKO vs ALINASAB – FIDE WOMENS WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 ROUND 2

Mobina Alinasab

This game is from round 2 of the 2018 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship. It is between Monika Socko with White against Mobina Alinasab with Black.

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Socko,Monika (2463) - Alinasab,Mobina (2236)

FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (2.1), 06.11.2018

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Bxc4 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.0–0 e6 8.a4 b4 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rd1 Be7 D29: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 Qe2 with early ...Nbd7 

12.e4 [12.Nc4 0–0 13.Bd2 Bd5 14.Rac1 Qc7 15.Be1 Rac8 16.Ncd2 Qb7 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Rfd8 19.Na5 Qb6 20.Nc4 Qb7 21.Na5 Qb6 22.Nc4 Qb7 1/2–1/2 (22) Li,C (2732) - Ponomariov,R (2694) Riadh 2017] 

12...cxd4 13.e5 Nd5 And now ...Nf4 would win.The position is equal. 

14.Ne4 [14.Nxd4= Qc7 15.Nc4] 

14...Qb8 15.Ng3 

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15...d3N [15...Nc5 16.Nxd4 Nxb3 17.Nxb3 0–0 18.Na5 Rc8 19.Qg4 1/2–1/2 (62) Quintiliano Pinto,R (2308)-Zampronha,W (2159) Sao Paulo 2013] 

16.Qe1 [16.Rxd3= was the only way to keep the balance. 16...Nc5 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 exd5 19.Nf5] 

16...0–0 17.Bc4 Nc5 18.Bxd3 Nxd3 19.Rxd3 

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19...Rc8ƒ Black is in control. 

20.Ne4 a5 21.Bg5 Bf8 22.Rc1 h6 23.Bd2 Ba6 24.Rd4 Qb6 

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25.g4 [25.h3 keeps fighting.] 

25...Rxc1–+ 26.Bxc1 Be7 27.g5 h5 

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28.Ng3 [28.Qd1µ was necessary.] 

28...g6 29.Ne4 Rc8 

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30.Rd1 [¹30.Be3 Qc6 31.Qd1] 

30...Bb7 31.h3 Rc2 32.Rd2 Qc7 33.Rxc2 Qxc2 

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34.Qd2? [34.Nd6 Ba8 35.Qf1] 

34...Qxe4 0–1