VAZQUEZ MACCARINI vs KOSTENIUK – FIDE WOMENS WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 ROUND 1

Alexandra Kosteniuk

This game is from round 1 of the 2018 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship. It is between Danitza Vazquez Maccarini with White against Alexandra Kosteniuk with Black.

This game features a King’s Gambit. To learn more about the Kings Gambit, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

Vazquez Maccarini,Danitza (2065) - Kosteniuk,Alexandra (2543)

FIDE WCC 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk (1.1), 03.11.2018

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Na4 C30: King's Gambit Declined

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7...Qd7N [7...Nd7 8.Nxc5 dxc5 9.0–0 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nce5 11.Nxe5 Bxd1 12.Nxf7 Qf6 13.Raxd1 Rf8 14.Bxc7 Qxb2 15.Rf2 Nf6 16.Be5 Qb6 17.Nd6+ Kd7 18.d4 Ng4 19.Rfd2 Qb4 20.c3 Qxc3 21.Rd3 Qb2 22.R3d2 Spielmann,R-Maroczy,G/Vienna 1907/HCL/½–½ (44); 7...0–0 8.Nxc5 dxc5 9.0–0 (9.c3 Na5 10.Bb5 a6 11.Ba4 b5 12.Bc2 Nc6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qd6 15.0–0 Rad8 16.Be3 Nd7 17.f5 f6 18.g4 a5 19.h4 a4 20.g5 Rfe8 21.Rad1 Kh8 22.Kh1 Ne7 23.Qh5 Ng8 Tartakower,S-Opocensky,K/Baden 1914/HCL/1–0 (68)) 9...Qd6 (9...Nh5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxf4 12.Bxf4 Nd4 13.Bxe5 Nxf3+ 14.Rxf3 Kh8 15.Bc3 f6 16.Re1 c6 17.a4 Qd7 18.e5 fxe5 19.Rg3 b5 20.Bb3 Rae8 21.Rxe5 b4 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Rxg7 Qxg7 24.Bxg7+ Forster,R (2459)-Mikhalchishin,A (2535)/Leipzig 2002/CBM 089/0–1 (40)) 10.f5 Nd4 11.a4 a6 12.c3 b5 13.cxd4 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 bxc4 15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.Bf4 Qd4+ 17.Be3 Qxb2 18.Bxc5 Rfe8 ½–½ Fedorov,A (2646)-Marin,M (2557)/Eforie Nord 2000/CBM 081; 7...exf4 8.Nxc5 dxc5 9.Bxf4 Nh5 10.Be3 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxd1 12.Bxf7+ Ke7 13.Bxc5+ Kf6 14.0–0+ Kxe5 15.Rf5# 1–0 Alekhine,A-Tenner,O/Cologne 1911/MainBase; ¹7...0–0!? is an interesting alternative 8.Nxc5 dxc5=] 

8.Nxc5² dxc5 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 0–0–0 Black castles and improves king safety 

11.Bb5 Rhe8 12.fxe5 Rxe5 

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13.Bf4 White threatens to win material: Bf4xe5 

13...Re6 14.0–0–0 a6 15.Bxc6 Qxc6 16.Bg5 c4 17.dxc4 Rde8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Rd4 Rxe4 20.Rxe4 Rxe4 21.b3 Qe6 22.Rf1 Re1+ 23.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 24.Kb2 Qe5+ 25.Kb1 Qe6 26.g4 h6 27.a4 Qe1+ 28.Kb2 Qe5+ 29.Kb1 c6 30.Qd3 h5 31.Qh7 hxg4 32.Qg8+ Kd7 33.hxg4 Qe8 34.Qh7 Qe1+ 35.Ka2 Ke7 36.Qd3 Qe6 37.Qf3 Kf8 38.Qf4 

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38...Qe5 Black threatens to win material: Qe5xf4 

39.Qf2 Kg7 40.Qb6 White threatens to win material: Qb6xb7 

40...Qe7 41.Qf2 

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41...Qe4 Black threatens to win material: Qe4xg4 

42.Qg3 [42.Kb2!?= should be investigated more closely] 

42...Qxc2+µ 43.Ka3 Qc1+ 44.Ka2 Qd2+ 45.Ka3 Qd8 46.c5? [46.Ka2!?³] 

46...Qd4µ 47.b4 

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47...a5! Deflection: a5 

48.Qe1 [48.bxa5 Qxc5+ Double attack(48...Qxc5+ Deflection; 48...Qxc5+ Decoy) ] 

48...Qxg4 [48...Qe5!? 49.Qd2 Qg3+ 50.Kb2 Qxg4 51.bxa5 Qxa4–+] 

49.bxa5µ Black has a new passed pawn: f6 

49...Qf3+ 50.Kb4 Qf4+ 51.Kb3 Qg4 52.Ka3 Twofold repetition 

52...Qf4 53.Qg1+ [53.Kb3!?= is interesting] 

53...Kf8µ 54.Kb3 [54.Qd1 Qe5 55.Kb4 Qe4+ 56.Kc3 Qe7µ] 

54...Qe5 55.Qf2 [¹55.Qc1!?µ] 

55...f5–+ 56.Qd2 f4 57.Qd8+ [57.Qh2 Qd5+ 58.Kb4 f3 59.Qh6+ Ke7 60.Qe3+ Kf6–+] 

57...Kg7 58.Kc4 [58.Qh4 Qd5+ 59.Kb4 Qd4+ 60.Kb3 Qd3+ 61.Ka2–+] 

58...Qe6+ 59.Kd3 Qe3+ 60.Kc4 [60.Kc2 desperation 60...Qxc5+ 61.Kb2–+] 

60...f3 61.Qc8 Qf4+ 62.Kd3 f2 [62...f2 63.Qh3 f1Q+ 64.Qxf1 Qxf1+ 65.Kc3 Qe1+ 66.Kd3 Qxa5–+]  0–1