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| Wenjun Ju |
This game is from the Quarter Final of the 2018 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship, fully annotated. It is between Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova with White against Wenjun Ju with Black.
This game features a Petroff Defence. To learn more about the Petroff Defence, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.
Tokhirjonova,Gulrukhbegim (2435) - Ju,Wenjun (2568)
FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (4.2), 13.11.2018
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 0–0 [8...Ne5 9.0–0–0 0–0 10.h3 Nxf3 11.gxf3 Bf5 12.h4 Re8 13.h5 Bf6 14.Rg1 Qe7 15.Kb1 d5 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rad8 18.Rg4 Kh8 19.a3 b6 20.Rdg1 h6 21.Qd2 Kh7 22.Bd4 Rg8 23.Re1 Leko,P (2751)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120/½–½ (100)]
9.0–0–0 c6 [9...Re8 10.h4 Nc5 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.g4 Qd7 14.g5 Qc6 15.Rh3 Qc4 16.Kb1 Nc5 17.Nd4 Ne4 18.Qe1 Bf8 19.f3 Nc5 20.Qd2 Na4 21.f4 c5 22.Nb3 Qb5 23.Qd5 Nb6 24.Qg2 Kalashyan,V (2059)-Priya Panneer,R (2129)/Yerevan 2007/CBM 120 ext/½–½ (52)]
10.h4 Re8
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11.c4N [11.h5 Nf6 12.Bd3 Nd5 13.Bg5 Bg4 14.Rdg1 h6 15.Bxh6 gxh6 16.Qxh6 f5 17.Qg6+ Kh8 18.Qh6+ Kg8 19.Qg6+ Kh8 20.Qh6+ ½–½ Moll,A (2180)-Hopman,P (2304)/Amsterdam 2006/CBM 113 ext]
11...a6 12.h5 h6 Covers g5
13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Bd4
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14...b5 Black has a cramped position
15.Rde1 Be6 Black threatens to win material: Be6xc4
16.Nh4 bxc4
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17.Bf5? [17.Rxe6!? cxd3 18.Ree1µ]
17...Nd5–+ 18.Bxe6
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18...Bg5 [18...Bxh4 is the weaker alternative 19.Bxd5 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 cxd5 21.Be3²; 18...fxe6?! 19.Ng6 e5 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.Bc3µ]
19.f4??
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White has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position [¹19.Be3 c3 20.bxc3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Bxh4 22.g3 Bxg3 23.Reg1–+]
19...Bxf4
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[19...Bxh4?! is not possible 20.g3 c3 21.bxc3 Rxe6 22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.gxh4³]
20.Bxf7+
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20...Kxf7 21.Ref1
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21...Re1+!! Decoy: e1
22.Rxe1 Bxd2+ 23.Kxd2 Qg5+ 24.Kd1 Qxh5+ 25.Kc1 Kg8 [25...Qg4 and Black can already relax 26.Rd1 c5 27.Bxg7 Qg5+ 28.Kb1 Kxg7 29.g4–+]
26.Kb1 [26.g4 is not much help 26...Qg5+ 27.Kb1 c5 (27...Qxg4?! 28.Bxg7 Qxg7 29.Rhg1–+) 28.Bxg7 Qxg7–+]
26...c5 [¹26...Qg4 and Black has prevailed 27.Nf3 c5–+]
27.g4 Qxg4 [¹27...Qg5!? seems even better 28.Bxg7 Qxg7 29.Nf5–+]
28.Bxg7 Kxg7 [¹28...Qxg7!? 29.Rhg1 Rf8–+]
29.Rhg1 Qxg1! Mate threat
30.Rxg1+ [30.Rxg1+ Kf7 Combination; 30.-- Qxe1# Mate threat]
30...Kh7 31.Nf5 White threatens to win material: Nf5xd6
31...Rf8 Black threatens to win material: Rf8xf5
32.Nxd6 c3 33.bxc3 Nxc3+ 34.Kb2 White threatens to win material: Kb2xc3
34...Ne2 35.Rg2 Nf4 Black threatens to win material: Nf4xg2
36.Rd2 Rd8 37.Kc3 h5 38.Kc4 White threatens to win material: Kc4xc5
38...Ne6 39.Kd5 Ng5 40.Rh2 Nf7 41.Kxc5 Rxd6 42.Rxh5+ Kg6 43.Rd5 Re6 44.a4 Kf6 45.c4 Ke7 46.Rd1 Ne5 47.Rh1 Nd7+ 48.Kb4 Kd6 49.Rh5 Kc7 50.Rh7 Rc6 51.Rg7 Kc8 52.Rg8+ Kb7 53.Rg5 Rc7 54.Rh5 Nb8 55.Rh4? [¹55.Kb3–+]
55...Nc6+ 56.Kc5 Na5+ 57.Kb4 Kb6 58.Rg4 [58.Kc3 Nb7–+]
58...Nc6+ 59.Kb3 Re7 60.Rg3 Kc5 61.Kc3 Re4 62.Rg5+ Ne5 63.Rh5 Rxc4+ 64.Kb3 Re4 65.Kc3 a5 66.Rf5 Re3+ 67.Kd2 Kd4 68.Rf8 Nc4+ 69.Kd1 Kc3 70.Rc8 Kb3 71.Rb8+ Kxa4 72.Kc2 Na3+ 73.Kd2 Rh3 74.Rg8 Kb4 75.Rb8+ [75.Kc1 doesn't change the outcome of the game 75...a4 76.Ra8 Rb3–+]
75...Nb5 76.Kc2 [76.Kc1 hardly improves anything 76...a4–+]
76...a4 77.Kb2 [77.Rf8 does not save the day 77...Rh2+ 78.Kd3 a3–+]
77...a3+ 78.Ka2 [78.Kb1–+ hoping against hope]
78...Rh2+ 79.Ka1 [79.Kb1 cannot change destiny 79...Ka4 80.Rb6 Nc3+ 81.Kc1 a2 82.Ra6+ Kb4 83.Ra3 Rh1+ 84.Kb2 Rb1+ 85.Kc2 Kxa3 86.Kd3 a1Q 87.Kd4 Rb4+ 88.Ke5 Ne4+ 89.Kf5 Qf6+ 90.Kg4 Rb3 91.Kh5 Qg5#]
79...Ka4 80.Rc8 [80.Kb1 doesn't improve anything 80...Nc3+ 81.Kc1 a2 82.Ra8+ Kb3 83.Ra3+ Kb4 84.Ra8 Na4 85.Rb8+ Ka3 86.Rb1 Rh1+ 87.Kd2 axb1Q 88.Ke3 Qf5 89.Ke2 Qe4+ 90.Kf2 Rh2+ 91.Kg3 Rg2+ 92.Kh3 Qg4#]
80...Kb3 81.Rc1 Nc3 [81...Nc3 82.Rxc3+ Kxc3 83.Kb1 Kb3 84.Kc1 a2 85.Kd1 a1Q#] 0–1
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