Toronto, Kanada
11.kolo
Open
Praggnanandhaa R 0-1 Hikaru Nakamura
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 0-1 Ian Nepomniachtchi
Gukesh D ½-½ Fabiano Caruana
Alireza Firouzja 1-0 Nijat Abasov
Stanje posle 11.kola
1.Ian Nepomniachtchi -7
2-3.Gukesh D i Hikaru Nakamura -6,5
4.Fabiano Caruana -6
5.Praggnanandhaa R -5,5
6.Vidit Gujrathi -5
7.Alireza Firouzja -4,5
8.Nijat Abasov -3
Žene
Tan Zhongyi 1-0 Kateryna Lagno
Humpy Koneru 1-0 Nurgyul Salimova
Vaishali Rameshbabu 1-0 Aleksandra Goryachkina
Lei Tingjie ½-½ Anna Muzychuk
Stanje posle 11.kola
1.Tan Zhongyi -7,5
2.Lei Tingjie -7
3-5.Aleksandra Goryachkina, Koneru Humpy i Kateryna Lagno -5,5
6-7.Anna Muzychuk i Vaishali R. -4.5
8.Nurgyul Salimova -4
FIDE Turniri kandidata ulaze u svoje završne faze i napetost je očigledna. Mnoge partije u 11. kolu bile su neizvjesne, a igrači su propustili mnogo šansi.
Partija Iana Nepomniachtchija protiv Vidita Santosh Gujrathija bila je poslednja koja je završena danas.
Bijeli, Vidit je napravio ozbiljnu grešku. Nepomniachtchi je mislio da je Vidit bio „u nekoj vrsti panike“, u vezi s potezom 60. Nb2+. Nakon toga, partija je bila izgubljena. Ova pobjeda je vrlo važan rezultat koji Nepomniachtchija ponovo stavlja kao jedinog lidera sa 7 poena.
Ko-lider Nepomniachtchija pred 11.kolo, Gukesh D, odigrao je solidnu remi partiju protiv Fabijana Karuane i sada zaostaje pola poena.
Velemajstor Evgenij Barejev, najbolji šahista Kanade i bivši učesnik nekoliko turnira kandidata, odigrao je ceremonijalni potez 1. d4 u partiji između Praggnanandhaa R i Hikaru Nakamure. Američki igrač je solidno kontrolisao partiju crnim figurama prije nego što je iskoristio greške protivnika i postigao važnu pobjedu. Praggnanandhaa je mogao da ide na remi nekoliko puta u partiji. Umjesto toga, uvijek je birao složeniji nastavak i nastavljao igru, što je rezultiralo sve boljom pozicijom Nakamure. Američki igrač je precizno iskoristio svoju prednost, ne ostavljajući šanse za protivničku kontra igru.
Alireza Firouzja je iskoristio grešku Nijata Abasova i pobjedio je za samo 24 poteza.
Sa tri kola pred nama, Ian Nepomniachtchi je ponovo jedini lider sa 7 poena. Prati ga Gukesh i Nakamura sa po 6.5 poena. Važno je napomenuti da Nakamura još ima dvije partije bijelim figurama i sastaće se sa Nepomniachtchijem sa crnim figurama u 13. kolu, a zatim sa Gukeshom sa bijelim figurama u poslednjem kolu.
Na FIDE Turniru kandidata za žene, Tan Zhongyi je pobjedila važnu partiju protiv Katerine Lagno. S obzirom na to da je Lagno imala malo vremena, Tan je odabrala da igra rizično i agresivno, dajući svojoj protivnici šansu za pobjedu.
Lei Tingjie,, Tanova sunarodnica, takođe je igrala hrabro i agresivno danas protiv Ane Muzychuk. Lei je žrtvovala figuru sa 19. Bxh6 za napad na kraljevom krilu i bila je vrlo blizu pobjede. Put do pobjede bio je težak, i nakon partije, Lei je rekla da nije razmatrala pravi pobjednički nastavak. Kasnije je upala u probleme i jedva spasila remi vječitim šahom.
Vaishali R je pomogla kineskom dvojcu tako što je pobedila Aleksandru Gorjačkinu u intenzivnoj borbi punoj grešaka. Vaishali je iznenadila svoju protivnicu u otvaranju, postepeno nadmudrila Gorjačkinu i na kraju pobjedila, a Gorjačkina praktično izgubila šansu za pobjedu na turniru i plasman u meč protiv šampionke svijeta.
U poslednjoj partiji ženskog turnira, Humpy Koneru je pobjedila Nurgjul Salimovu u čvrstoj i jednostavnoj partiji, vraćajući se na rezultat od 50%.
Rezultati 11. kola bili su izuzetno važni za raspored na turniru. Tan Zhongyi je sada jedini lider sa 7.5 poena, tijesno je prati prati Lei Tingjie sa 7 poena. Gorjačkina, Koneru i Lagno su tri šahistkinje koje zaostaju dva poena za vodećom – razlika koja je skoro nemoguća za stizanje u tri kola. Sada je jasno da će trka za prvo mjesto na FIDE Turniru kandidata za žene biti između dvije kineske šahistkinje, Tan Zhongyi i Lei Tingjie.
„Ako jedna od nas može postati pobjednica kruna će ostati u Kini, po meni je to dobra stvar za kineski šah“, rekla je Lei Tingjie. „Tan je u vođstvu, tako da sada nemam nikakav pritisak.“
Open
Firouzja,Alireza (2760) – Abasov,Nijat (2632)
FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto (11.4), 17.04.2024
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 Nc6 4.e3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Be2 0–0 8.0–0 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 d5 10.Nd2 Qd6 11.c4 Rd8 12.cxd5 Qxd5 White has an edge. 13.Bf3 Qf5 14.Rc1 Ne8 15.Rc5 e5 [#]
[15…Qe6=] 16.Nc4!± f6 [#] aiming for …Qe6. 17.Rd5! Rxd5 [Avoid the trap 17…Be6? 18.e4+-] 18.Bxd5+ Kh8 19.Bc5 Qd7 20.Bf3ƒ Hoping for Qxd7. Black is under strong pressure. White is much more active. 20…Rb8? [20…Qc7± is tougher.] 21.Bxa7+- White is clearly winning. 21…Ra8
22.Nb6! Qxd1 23.Rxd1 Rxa7 24.Rd8
Black got outplayed after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.45. Loses game: — Black=1 Mistake: — Black=1 Inaccurate: — Black=1 OK: White=4 Black=5 Best: White=2 Black=1 Strong: White=2 — 1–0
Gukesh D (2743) – Caruana,Fabiano (2803)
FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto (11.3), 17.04.2024
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 D35: Queen’s Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation. 7.Bh4 c6 8.e3 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Bd3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.0–0 Nb6 13.Qc2 0–0 14.b4 Qe7 15.Rab1 Be6 16.a4 Nd7N [Predecessor: 16…Nc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.b5 a5 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Rb6 Qc7 22.Rb2 Qc8] 17.a5 a6 18.Na4 Rad8 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.bxc5 f5! 21.Qc3 Rf7 22.Rb4 Qc7 23.Rb2 Re8 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 h5 26.f4 Qd8 27.fxg5 Qxg5 28.Rf3 Qg7 29.Rbf2 Bd7 30.Qb4
[30.Bxf5 Qxe5 31.Qc2 (31.Qxe5 Rxe5 32.Bh3 Rfe7µ) 31…Rxf5 32.Rxf5 Bxf5 33.Rxf5 Qxg3= (33…Qxe3+ 34.Kh2=) ] 30…Bc8 31.Bxf5 Rxf5 32.Rxf5 Bxf5 33.Rxf5 Rxe5 34.Rxe5 Qxe5 35.Qxb7 Qxg3 36.Qxc6 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Qh4+ 38.Kg1 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Qh4+ 40.Kg1 Qe1+ ½–½
Praggnanandhaa R (2747) – Nakamura,Hikaru (2789)
FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto (11.1), 17.04.2024
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.g3 e5 9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bg2 a5 11.Nb5 Bb4+ The position is equal. 12.Bd2 Ke7 13.a3 Bxd2+ 14.Nxd2 a4 15.Nc4 Be6 16.Rc1 Ra6 17.0–0 Rd8 18.Ne3 Ra5 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Nc3 Bb3 21.Nb1 Ra6 22.f4 e4 23.Kf2 Rb6 24.Nc3 g6 25.Rb1 Nd5 26.Rbc1 f5 27.g4 [27.h3³] 27…fxg4!µ [Much worse is 27…Nxf4?! 28.gxf5 Rd4 29.Kg3=] 28.Nxg4 Nxf4 [28…Rf8!µ …Nxc3 is the strong threat. 29.Kg3 Nxc3 30.Rxc3 Bd5] 29.Ke3 [29.Ke1!³ Ne6 30.Ne5] 29…Nd5+–+ 30.Kxe4 Nxc3+ [30…c5!–+ 31.Kf3 h5] 31.bxc3 [31.Rxc3µ Bd5+ 32.Ke3] 31…c5 32.Rf4? [32.Kf4µ might work better.] 32…Bd5+! 33.Ke3 [#]
33…h5! 34.c4 Ba8 35.Nh6 Re6+ 36.Kf2 Rf6 37.Kg3 Rh8 38.Rxf6 Kxf6 Endgame. KRB-KRN 39.Rf1+ [#]
39…Kg7! 40.Nf5+ gxf5 41.Rxf5 KRB-KR 41…Rc8 42.Rxh5 Bb7 43.Kf4 Ba6 44.Ke5 Kg6 45.Rh4 Kg5 Prevents Rg4+ 46.Rh3 Bxc4 47.Rg3+ Kh6 48.e4 Rc6 49.Kf5 [¹49.Rg2] 49…Bf7 50.Ke5 c4 Threatens to win with …c3. 51.Kd4 Rd6+ 52.Kc5 Rd3 Black mates. 53.Kb4 Rb3+ 54.Kxa4 Rxg3
Weighted Error Value: White=0.53/Black=0.10 (very precise) . Loses game: White=1 — Mistake: White=4 Black=2 Inaccurate: White=3 — OK: White=12 Black=13 Best: White=4 Black=6 Strong: — Black=4 0–1
Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi (2727) – Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2758)
FIDE Candidates 2024 Toronto (11.2), 17.04.2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nc3 C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves. 6…Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bg4 8.Qxe7+ Bxe7 9.Rb1 b6 10.d4 Be6 11.a4 0–0 12.Ne3 Bg5 13.c4 [White should play 13.f3= ] 13…Re8 14.h4 Bf6 15.c3 c5 16.Bd3 Nc6 17.d5! Ne5! [17…Bxc3+ 18.Kd1 Nb4 19.Rxb4 cxb4 20.dxe6 fxe6 21.Kc2=] 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Ke2 Rad8 21.g4 [21.Rd1³] 21…g6 [21…Nc6³ 22.Bd2 Be5] 22.g5 Bg7 23.a5 bxa5 24.Rb7 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Rd1 Bf8! 27.Ng4 Rb8! 28.Bf4 Rb2+ 29.Kf3 e5 30.Be3 Nb6 31.Nf6+ Kh8 32.Ke4 a4! 33.Ra1 Rb3 34.Kd3 a3 35.Bc1 a5 [35…Na4!= remains equal.] 36.Bxa3 [Much weaker is 36.Rxa3?! Rxa3 37.Bxa3 Kg7=] 36…d5 37.Kc2 [Better is 37.Nxd5+- Nxd5 38.cxd5 c4+ 39.Kxc4 Rxa3 40.Rxa3 Bxa3 41.Kb5] 37…dxc4 38.Ne4 Rb5 39.Rd1 Be7 40.Re1 Kg7 41.Nd2 Bd6 42.Ne4 Be7 43.Ng3 Rb3! 44.Bc1 [Don’t play 44.Rxe5 Bd6 45.Re6 (45.Bxc5? perishes. 45…Bxe5 46.Ne4 Nd5–+) 45…Bxg3 46.Bxc5 (46.fxg3 Na4³) 46…Nd5 (46…Na4? 47.Bd4+ Kf7 48.Rf6+ Ke8 49.fxg3+-) 47.fxg3 Rxc3+ 48.Kb2 Rxg3³] 44…Nd5 45.Ne4 Kf7 46.Bd2 [46.Be3= should be considered.] 46…a4 47.Ra1 Nb6 48.Be3 Rb5 49.Nd2 Ra5 50.Kb2 Ke6 51.Ka3 [51.f3=] 51…Rb5 52.Rc1 Kf5 53.f3 Nd5 54.Kxa4 Rb8 55.Nxc4 e4 56.fxe4+ Kxe4 57.Bf2 Kd3 58.Bg3 [58.Ne5+= Kd2 59.Re1] 58…Nxc3+ 59.Ka3 [59.Rxc3+!? Kxc3 60.Bxb8 Kxc4 61.Be5=] 59…Rb4 60.Nb2+?
[Only move: 60.Ne5+³ Kd2 61.Rg1] 60…Kd2 61.Rf1 [#]
61…c4! 62.Rf2+ Ne2 [62…Ke3 63.Nxc4+ Rxc4+ 64.Kb3–+] 63.Be5 c3 64.Rf7 Rb7+ [64…Rxb2+ 65.Rxe7 Rb6 66.Rd7+ Kc2 67.Bf6µ] 65.Ka4 c2 66.Nc4+ Kd3 67.Nb2+ Ke4
0–1
Žene
Koneru,Humpy (2546) – Salimova,Nurgyul (2432)
FIDE Womens Candidates 2024 Toronto (11.3), 17.04.2024
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5. 8…Nbd7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qc2 now supersedes 10.Bd3. 10…Qc7 11.h3 Be7 12.0–0–0 0–0–0 13.Be2 Kb8N [Predecessor: 13…Rhe8 14.Kb1 Kb8 15.Rc1 Bd6 16.Bd3 Nf8 17.Qa4 Qd7 18.f3 Bc7 19.Rc2 Nh5] 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.g4 g5 16.Qf5 Nb6 17.Qxg5 Ne4 18.Qf5 [18.Qxg7? loses. 18…Bf6–+ (18…Nxf2 19.Qxf7 Rcf8 20.Qg7µ) ] 18…g6 19.Qf3! [Reject 19.Qxf7 Rcf8 20.Qxg6 Nxf2³] 19…f5 20.Qg2 [Of course not 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Ka1 (21.Qxf5? too greedy. 21…Rcf8–+) 21…Rcf8=; 20.Nxe4!² fxe4 21.Qg2] 20…Rcf8 [20…Nxc3+= 21.Bxc3 Na4] 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Rdf1 g5 23.f3 exf3 24.Rxf3 Rxf3 25.Qxf3 Rf8 26.Qg2 Bd6 27.Bd3 Nc4 28.Bc1 Re8 [#]
[28…Qe7±] 29.e4 [White has to play 29.h4!+- ] 29…Bf4 30.e5 Qb6 [30…Bxc1± keeps fighting. 31.Rxc1 Qa5 32.Bxc4 dxc4] 31.Bxf4 gxf4 32.Qf2 Rd8 [¹32…f3 33.Bxc4 (33.Qxf3? Qxb2#) 33…dxc4 34.Qxf3 Qxd4] 33.Rc1 [33.Qxf4? Qxb2#] 33…Qb4 34.Bxc4 [34.Qxf4? Qxb2#] 34…dxc4 35.Qxf4 c3 36.e6+ Kc8 37.Rxc3 Rxd4 38.Qf5 Rd1+ 39.Kc2 Re1 40.Qd3 [Stronger than 40.e7+ Kc7=; 40.a3+- has better winning chances. 40…Qa4+ 41.b3 Qe4+ 42.Qxe4 Rxe4 43.Rg3] 40…Qa4+ [40…Qe7± was worth a try.] 41.Rb3 Rxe6 42.Qf5 Qc4+ 43.Rc3 Qe2+ 44.Kb1 a5 [44…Qe5 was necessary. 45.Qxe5 Rxe5] 45.a3 [Not 45.Qxa5 Qe1+ 46.Kc2 Re2+ 47.Kb3 Qd2=] 45…a4? [45…Qe4+ 46.Qxe4 Rxe4] 46.g5 Kc7 47.g6 Re5 48.Qf7+ Kb6 49.Qc4 Qf2 50.Qxa4? [50.Ka2 Rg5 51.Qxa4] 50…Rb5 51.Qc2 Qe1+ 52.Ka2 Qe6+ [#] 53.Ka1! Qe1+ [¹53…Rg5 54.Qb3+ Qxb3 55.Rxb3+ Kc7] 54.Qb1 Qxb1+ 55.Kxb1 Rg5 56.h4 [56.Rb3+ Kc7 57.h4 Rxg6=] 56…Rxg6 57.h5 Rh6 58.Rh3 Kc5 59.Kc2 Kd5 60.Kc3 Kc5 61.Rh1 b6 62.Rh3 Kd5 63.a4 Kc5 64.Kb3 Kd5+- 65.Kb4 Kd4 66.b3 Kd5 67.Rh4 Ke5 68.Kc4 Kd6 69.Rh1 Ke5 70.Rh2 Kd6 71.Kd4 Ke6 72.Ke4 Kf6? [72…c5 73.Rh3 Kf7] 73.Kf4 [¹73.b4 Ke6 74.a5 bxa5 75.bxa5] 73…Kf7? [73…c5 is a better defense. 74.Rh3 Kg7] 74.Ke5 Re6+ 75.Kd4 Rh6 [75…Rf6 was called for. 76.h6 Kg8 77.h7+ Kh8] 76.b4 Ke6 77.a5 bxa5 78.bxa5 Kd6 79.Ke4 Kc5? [79…c5 80.Kd3 Kd5] 80.Kf5 Kb5 [#] 81.Kg5! Rh8 [#]
82.Ra2! Rg8+ 83.Kf6 Ka6 84.h6 c5 85.h7 Rc8 86.Rh2 Kxa5 87.h8Q Rxh8 88.Rxh8 c4 89.Ke5 c3 90.Kd4 1–0
Lei,Tingjie (2550) – Muzychuk,Anna (2520)
FIDE Womens Candidates 2024 Toronto (11.1), 17.04.2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.0–0 d6 6.c3 a5 C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3. 7.Nbd2 0–0 8.Re1 Be6 9.Bb5 Qb8 10.Nf1 Qa7 11.Re2 a4 12.h3 Qa5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Ng5 Bb6 15.Ng3 h6 16.Nf3 Rfd8 17.Bd2 Qa6 18.Qc1 Qxd3 19.Bxh6! gxh6 [19…Nh7!³] 20.Qxh6 Ne8! 21.Rd2 Qc4! [#]
22.Nxe5 dxe5 23.Rxd8! Rxd8 [23…Bxf2+ 24.Kxf2 Qc5+ 25.Kf3 Rxd8 26.Qg5+ Kh7 27.Qh4+ (27.Qxd8 a3+-) 27…Kg6 28.Qxd8+-] 24.Qg5+ Kf8! 25.Qxd8 [#] 25…a3! 26.Qd2 axb2 27.Qxb2 Qd3 28.Kh2 Nd6 29.Re1 [#] 29…Nb5 [29…Nc4!µ [%cal Rc4b2] 30.Qb4+ c5] 30.c4 [#] 30…Qc3 [Not 30…Bxc4 31.Qxe5 Be6 32.Qf6=; Black should play 30…Bd4! [%cal Rd4b2] 31.Qb4+ Nd6] 31.Qe2 [31.Qxc3µ Nxc3 32.f3] 31…Bxc4 [Black should try 31…Nd6 32.Rd1 Qxc4] 32.Qg4 Nd6 [Not 32…Qxe1 33.Qc8+ Ke7 34.Nf5+ Kf6 35.Qh8+ Ke6 36.Qd8] 33.Qg5! Qxe1 34.Nf5 Nxf5 [Not 34…Bxf2 35.Qd8+ Ne8 36.Qe7+ Kg8 37.Qg5+ (37.Qxe8+ gets mated. 37…Kh7 38.h4 Qg1+ 39.Kh3 Qh1+ 40.Kg4 Qxg2+) 37…Kf8 38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.Ne7#] 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qg5+ Kf8 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Qg5+ Kh8 39.exf5 [#] 39…f6! [Stronger than 39…Bxf2 40.Qh6+ Kg8 41.Qg5+ Kh7 42.Qh5+ Kg7 43.Qg5+ Kh7 44.Qh5+ Kg7 45.Qg5+ Kh7=; Not 39…Bxa2 40.f6; Worse is 39…Qxf2 40.Qh6+ Kg8 41.Qg5+ Kh7 42.Qh5+ Kg7 43.Qg5+ Kh7 44.Qh5+ Kg7 45.Qg5+ Kh7=] 40.Qxf6+ Kg8 41.Qg6+ Kf8 42.Qf6+ [#] 42…Bf7 [42…Ke8!µ 43.Qxc6+ Kd8 44.Qxc4 Kc8 (44…Bxf2 45.Qg8+ Ke7 46.Qe6+ Kd8 47.Qg8+ Ke7 48.Qe6+ Kf8 49.Qh6+ Kg8 50.Qg6+ Kf8 51.Qf6+ Ke8 52.Qe6+ Kd8 53.Qg8+=) ] 43.Qd8+= Be8 44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.Qe7! Bh5 46.Qg5+ Kf8 47.Qf6+! Ke8 48.Qxc6+ Kd8 49.Qd5+= Kc8 50.Qa8+ Kd7 51.Qd5+ Kc8 52.Qa8+ Kd7 53.Qd5+
½–½
Tan,Zhongyi (2521) – Lagno,Kateryna (2542)
FIDE Womens Candidates 2024 Toronto (11.2), 17.04.2024
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.0–0 Be7 5.d4 0–0 6.Nbd2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.c4 Nc6 9.e3 b6 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bb2 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Qe7 13.Ng5 e5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Rad8 16.Qf3 f5 17.Bd5+ Kh8 18.Bxc6 e4 19.Qf4 Bxc6 20.Rfd1 Bd5 21.Ne5 Kg8 22.h4 Qe6 23.Nc4 Be7 [23…Bxc4!? 24.bxc4 Qf7²] 24.Rac1 h6 25.Qc7 b5 [25…Rd7= was preferrable. 26.Qe5 Qf7] 26.Ne5 [26.Qe5!² Rf6 (26…bxc4 27.Qxg7#) 27.Qxe6+ Rxe6 28.Na3] 26…Bf6= 27.Rc5 [#]
[27.Rd2= and White has nothing to worry. 27…Rc8 28.Qd7 Rxc1+ (28…Bxe5 29.Qxe6+ Bxe6 30.Rxc8=) 29.Bxc1] 27…Rfe8? [27…f4!–+ [%cal Rf4e3] 28.exf4 e3 29.fxe3 (29.Rxb5? Be4–+) 29…Qh3 30.Rdxd5 (30.Rcxd5 Qxg3+ 31.Kh1 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Rxd5–+) 30…Qxg3+ 31.Kf1 Qh3+ (31…Qxe3 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Qf7+ Kh8 34.Ng6+ Kh7 35.Nf8+ Rxf8 36.Qxf8=; 31…Bxh4 32.Nd3=) 32.Ke2 Rxd5 (32…Bxh4? 33.Nd3+-) 33.Rxd5 Qg2+ (33…Qxh4? 34.Bd4+-) 34.Kd3 Qxd5+ 35.Bd4 Bxh4 36.Qxa7 Ra8] 28.Rxb5 [28.Nc6? Rc8 (28…Bxc6? 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Rxc6+-) 29.Qf4 Bxb2–+ (29…Rxc6 30.Rxc6 Qxc6 31.Bxf6µ; 29…Bxc6 30.Rd6µ) ] 28…Bxb3? [28…Bxe5?! 29.Bxe5 Rd7 (29…Qxe5? 30.Qa5+-) 30.Qc3+-; 28…f4!= 29.exf4 (29.gxf4 Bxe5 30.Bxe5 Qg4+ 31.Kh2 Qxh4+ 32.Kg2 Qg4+ 33.Kh2 Qh5+ 34.Kg2 Qf3+ 35.Kh2 Qxf2+ 36.Kh1 Qf3+ 37.Kh2 Qe2+ 38.Kg3 Qxe3+ 39.Kg2 Qf3+ 40.Kh2 Qf2+ 41.Kh1 Qh4+ 42.Kg2 Rxe5–+) 29…e3 30.fxe3 Qh3 31.Rdxd5 (31.Rbxd5 Qxg3+ 32.Kh1 Qh3+ 33.Kg1 Qg3+ 34.Kh1 Qh3+ 35.Kg1 Qg3+=) 31…Qxg3+ 32.Kf1 Qh3+ 33.Kg1 Qg3+ (33…Qxh4? 34.Qf7+ Kh7 35.Qg6+ Kh8 36.Nf3+-; 33…Qxe3+ 34.Kg2=) 34.Kf1 Qh3+ 35.Kg1 Qg3+] 29.Rxd8+- Bxd8 30.Qxa7 Bd1? [30…Bd5 31.Nc6 Bf6] 31.Nc6 Bf6 32.Bxf6 Qxf6 33.Qd7 Bh5 34.Rxf5 Qa1+ 35.Kh2 Qxa2 [#] 36.g4 [36.Rxh5 Qxf2+ 37.Kh3 Qf1+ 38.Kh2 Qe2+ 39.Kh3 Qxh5 40.Ne7+ Kh8µ; ¹36.Ne7+! [%mdl 512] 36…Rxe7 (36…Kh7 37.Nd5) 37.Qxe7] 36…Bg6 [36…Qe6 was necessary. 37.Qxe6+ Rxe6] 37.h5 Bxf5 [¹37…Qe6 38.Qxe6+ Rxe6] 38.Qxe8++- Kh7 39.Kg3 [Inferior is 39.gxf5 Qxf2+ 40.Kh1 Qf1+ 41.Kh2 Qf2+ 42.Kh3 Qxe3+ 43.Kg2 Qe2+ (43…Qf3+ 44.Kh2=) 44.Kg1 Qe3+ 45.Kf1 Qf3+ 46.Kg1 (46.Ke1 Qc3+ 47.Kd1 Qd3+ 48.Ke1 e3=) 46…Qd1+ (46…Qxf5 47.Ne5=) 47.Kf2 e3+ 48.Qxe3 Qc2+ 49.Kg3 Qxc6=] 39…Be6? [39…Qe6 40.Qxe6 (40.Ne7 Bxg4 41.Qg6+ Kh8=) 40…Bxe6] 40.Nd4? [40.g5 [%csl Ge8,Gh5][%cal Rg5g6] 40…Bg8 41.Qxe4+ Kh8 42.gxh6] 40…Bd5? [40…Bg8 41.Qxe4+ Kh8+-] 41.Qe5 Ba8 [41…Bg8+- 42.Nf5 Qa7 43.Qxe4 Qc7+ 44.f4 Kh8] 42.Ne6 Qa7 43.Qf5+ Kg8 44.Qf8+ Kh7 45.g5 hxg5 46.Nxg5+ Kh6 47.Kh4
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Vaishali,Rameshbabu (2475) – Goryachkina,Aleksandra (2553)
FIDE Womens Candidates 2024 Toronto (11.4), 17.04.2024
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.Bc2 seems to push 8.Nc3 aside. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3. 8…Nb4 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Nge2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nxc2+ 12.Qxc2 e6 13.Qd3N [Predecessor: 13.a4 Be7 14.f4 g6 15.a5 Nd7 16.Qb3 0–0 17.0–0 f5 18.a6 b5 19.Qxb5] 13…Rc8 14.0–0 a6 15.Qg3 g6 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bh6 Bf8= 18.Bg5 [18.Bxf8 Kxf8] 18…Be7! 19.Bh6 Rc4 20.Rfd1 Bf8! [20…a5] 21.Bg5 Qc7 22.Rac1 Bg7 23.b3 Rc6 24.Ne2 0–0 25.h4 Rc8 [#] 26.h5! Rc2 27.Qg4 Qd7 [27…Qc6²] 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.hxg6 [Better is 29.Rd3+- ] 29…fxg6 30.Nf4 Rc6 31.Rd3 Qf7 [31…Qe8± 32.Qh4 Nd7] 32.Qh4 Nd7 33.Rh3 [33.Rf3+- Qe8 34.Bf6 Bxf6 35.exf6] 33…Nf8 34.Be7 Qf5 [#]
[34…h6± is a better defense.] 35.Nd3 [35.Rf3!+- is the precise move to win.] 35…Rc3 [35…h6!²] 36.Rf3 Qe4 [36…g5 was necessary. 37.Qg3 (37.Qxg5 Qxg5 38.Bxg5 Nd7+-; 37.Bxg5 Qg6+-) 37…Qg6] 37.Qh3 Rc6 38.Rf4 [¹38.Bd6 h5 (38…Qxd4 39.Rxf8+ Bxf8 40.Qxe6+ Kg7 41.Qf6+ Kh6 42.Bxf8+ Kh5 43.Qf3+ Qg4 44.Nf4+ Kg5 45.Bh6+ Kxh6 46.Qxg4+-) 39.Rf4] 38…Qe2 39.Bf6 h6 40.Bxg7 [40.Kh2±] 40…Kxg7 41.Rxf8 Kxf8 42.Qxh6+ Ke7 43.Qxg6 Qe4 [43…Kd8=] 44.Qg7+ Ke8 [#]
45.Qg8+? [Stronger than 45.Qxb7 Rc3 46.Qxa6 Kf7 (46…Rxd3 47.Qc6+ Kf8 48.Qd6+ Kf7 49.Qd7+ Kg6 50.Qe8+ Kg7 51.Qe7+ Kg6 52.Qe8+ Kg7 53.Qe7+ Kg8 54.Qd8+ Kh7 55.Qe7+ Kg8 56.Qd8+ Kf7 57.Qd7+ Kf8 58.Qd8+ Kf7 59.Qd7+=; 46…Qxd3 47.Qxe6+ Kf8 48.Qf6+ Ke8 49.Qe6+ Kd8 50.Qxd5+ Kc8 51.Qe6+ Kd8 52.Qd6+ Kc8 53.Qe6+ Kb7 54.Qd7+ Kb6 55.Qd6+ Rc6 56.Qb8+ Ka6 57.Qa8+ Kb6 58.Qb8+ Ka6 59.Qa8+ Kb6 60.Qb8+=) 47.Qb7+ Kg8 (47…Kg6 48.Qa8=) 48.Qb8+ Kh7=; 45.Nc5!± Rxc5 46.Qg8+ Ke7 47.Qg7+ (47.dxc5 Qe1+ 48.Kh2 Qxf2=) 47…Ke8 48.dxc5 Qe1+ 49.Kh2 Qxf2 50.Qh8+ (50.Qxb7 Qh4+ (50…Qf4+ 51.g3 Qh6+ 52.Kg2 Qd2+ 53.Kh3 Qh6+ 54.Kg2 Qd2+ 55.Kh3 Qh6+ 56.Kg4 Qg6+ 57.Kh3 Qh5+ 58.Kg2 Qe2+ 59.Kh3 Qh5+ 60.Kg2 Qe2+ 61.Kg1 Qd1+ 62.Kh2 Qd2+ 63.Kh1 Qd1+ 64.Kh2 Qe2+ 65.Kg1 Qe1+ 66.Kh2 Qe2+ 67.Kg1=) 51.Kg1 Qe1+ 52.Kh2 Qxe5+ 53.g3 Qe2+ 54.Kh3 Qf1+ 55.Kh4 Qf6+ 56.Kh5 Qe5+ 57.Kh4 Qd4+ 58.g4 Qxc5=) 50…Kd7 51.Qg7+ Ke8± (51…Kc6 52.Qf6±) 52.Qf6 Qf5²] 45…Ke7 46.Qg7+ Ke8 47.Qg8+ Ke7 48.Nc5 Qe1+ 49.Kh2 Qxf2 50.Qg5+ Ke8 51.Nxb7 Qxd4 52.Qg8+ Ke7 53.Qg5+ Ke8 54.Qd8+ Kf7 55.Qf6+ Ke8 56.Qg6+ Ke7 57.Qh7+ Ke8 58.Qg8+ Ke7 59.Qg5+ Ke8! 60.Nd6+ Rxd6 61.exd6 Qh8+ 62.Kg3 Qc3+ 63.Kg4 Qb4+ 64.Qf4 d4? [#] [64…Qb6= and Black stays safe.] 65.Qe5! d3+ 66.Kf3 Kf7 67.d7 Qb7+ 68.Qe4 d2 69.d8N++- [¹69.d8Q Qd5 70.Qdxd5 exd5 71.Qxd5+ Kf6 72.Qxd2 Ke7 73.Ke4 Ke6 74.Qd5+ Kf6 75.Qd6+ Kg5 76.Kf3 (76.Qxa6 Kg4 77.Qg6+ Kh4 78.Qg7 Kh5 79.Kf4 Kh4 80.Qh8#) 76…a5 77.g4 a4 78.bxa4 Kh4 79.Qh6#] 69…Kf6 70.Nxb7
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