🔸 FIDE Women's World Championship 2018
🔸Today in Game 2
✴️ Before the match, the two players had only played 16 classical games against each other. Tan had won three vs. two for Ju, and 10 draws. Today Ju equalized the score, and grabbed the lead with a win with the black pieces.
Playing 1...e5 for the first time against the English, it was her time to surprise and it worked well. She equalized comfortably and then got a strong initiative in an endgame with heavy pieces.
Tan again defended well, initially, but in time trouble she stumbled in a double-rook endgame and then came one tempo short.
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🔸Today in Game 2
✴️ Before the match, the two players had only played 16 classical games against each other. Tan had won three vs. two for Ju, and 10 draws. Today Ju equalized the score, and grabbed the lead with a win with the black pieces.
Playing 1...e5 for the first time against the English, it was her time to surprise and it worked well. She equalized comfortably and then got a strong initiative in an endgame with heavy pieces.
Tan again defended well, initially, but in time trouble she stumbled in a double-rook endgame and then came one tempo short.
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📘 19.R×b4?
Nakamura missed an opportunity to seize the advantage.
19.Nb3! B×b7 20.B×b7 Nc6 21.N×a5 N×a5 22.Be4 or B×a8 +-
19...B×g2 20.Rf4 Qc6 21.Qa4 B×d2 22.B×d2 Rfe8 23.R×e8 R×e8 24.Q×c6 B×c6
Nakamura missed an opportunity to seize the advantage.
19.Nb3! B×b7 20.B×b7 Nc6 21.N×a5 N×a5 22.Be4 or B×a8 +-
19...B×g2 20.Rf4 Qc6 21.Qa4 B×d2 22.B×d2 Rfe8 23.R×e8 R×e8 24.Q×c6 B×c6
📘 15...b5?
White intends to launch an attack on the Kingside by playing Qf2 and Ne5. Black should have met the threats with...Be7 and ...f6.
16.Qf2 b4 17.Ne2 b3 18.Ne5 B×e5 19.Q×f7+ Kd8 20.d×e5 b×a2 21.Kd2 +-
White intends to launch an attack on the Kingside by playing Qf2 and Ne5. Black should have met the threats with...Be7 and ...f6.
16.Qf2 b4 17.Ne2 b3 18.Ne5 B×e5 19.Q×f7+ Kd8 20.d×e5 b×a2 21.Kd2 +-
📘 97.Kd4!
The correct plan to win the game is transferring the king to the e5-square, since If he had played 97.d6+??, Black would have obtained a draw with 97...Ke6=.
97...Re2 98.Ne3 Rd2+ 99.Ke5 Re2 100.Bf4 Kd7 101.K×f5 +-
The correct plan to win the game is transferring the king to the e5-square, since If he had played 97.d6+??, Black would have obtained a draw with 97...Ke6=.
97...Re2 98.Ne3 Rd2+ 99.Ke5 Re2 100.Bf4 Kd7 101.K×f5 +-
20... Qf7?
20... f4!
The only continuation to hold the game.
A)21. Nf2 ... fxg3 22. Nxh3 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. Kg2 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qxe3 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. hxg3 Re2+ 28. Kf3 Rxb2 =
B)21. exf4 Nxf3+ -+
C)21. gxf4 Qh4 22. Nf2 Re6 -+
21. Nf2 Qh5 22. Qh4 Qxf3 23. Qxh3 Qxe3 24.Bh5 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Qg2 Qb3 27. Nh3 +-
20... f4!
The only continuation to hold the game.
A)21. Nf2 ... fxg3 22. Nxh3 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. Kg2 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qxe3 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. hxg3 Re2+ 28. Kf3 Rxb2 =
B)21. exf4 Nxf3+ -+
C)21. gxf4 Qh4 22. Nf2 Re6 -+
21. Nf2 Qh5 22. Qh4 Qxf3 23. Qxh3 Qxe3 24.Bh5 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Qg2 Qb3 27. Nh3 +-
📕13.Qc1!
As well as preparing to monitor the dark squares on the kingside White also toys with the idea of c3-c4 in the event of Black castling queenside.
13...Rg8 14.Nb3 Bxd3?! 15.Bxd3 a5?! 16.f4! gxf3 17.Rxf3 b6 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Qxg5 Rxg5 20.Rh3+/-.
As well as preparing to monitor the dark squares on the kingside White also toys with the idea of c3-c4 in the event of Black castling queenside.
13...Rg8 14.Nb3 Bxd3?! 15.Bxd3 a5?! 16.f4! gxf3 17.Rxf3 b6 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Qxg5 Rxg5 20.Rh3+/-.