Russian's Women's Championship

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2020...igorieva_Yulia Interesting game. Mostly strategic with an interesting endgame.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2020...ina_Aleksandra Quite the fight.

[Hans Jung]

Polina Shuvalova is the news of the tournament. She has a perfect 5 win score so far.

[Bob Armstrong]

I believe Polina is an IM, not a WGM or GM??

Bob A

[Wayne Komer]

Russian's Women's Championship

December 10, 2020

Polina Shuvalova through the first six rounds

Russian Women’s Championship Superfinal
Round 1, Dec. 5
Shuvalova, Polina – Guseva, Marina
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 Be6 9.Bg2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nbd7 13.O-O Be7 14.c3 bxc3 15.Nxc3 Rb8 16.a5 h4 17.Qe2 Nc5 18.Be3 Nfd7 19.Rfb1 Rb3 20.Na4 hxg3 21.fxg3 O-O 22.Kh2 Nxa4 23.Rxa4 Qb8 24.Bf2 Qb7 25.Rc4 Rb5 26.Qc2 Bd8 27.Be1 Nb8 28.Be4 f5 29.Bxf5 Qxd5 30.Rd1 Qf7 31.Rxd6 Qxf5 32.Qxf5 Rxf5 33.Rxd8+ Kh7 34.Bc3 Rf2+ 35.Kg1 Rf6 36.Kg2 Nc6 37.Rh4+ Kg6 38.Rd7 Nxa5 39.Rg4+ Kf5 40.Rgxg7 Nc4 41.Kf3 Ke6+ 42.Ke2 Nxb2 43.g4 Rf8 44.Rge7+ Kf6 45.h4 Rc5 46.g5+ Kg6 47.Rg7+ Kh5 48.Rh7+ Kg4 49.Bxb2 Rc2+ 50.Rd2 Rf2+ 51.Kxf2 Rxd2+ 52.Ke3 Rxb2 53.g6 Kf5 54.g7 Rb3+ 55.Kd2 Rb2+ 56.Kd1 Rg2 57.h5 a5 58.h6 a4 59.Rh8 a3 60.Ra8 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 6
Kashlinskaya, Alina – Shuvalova, Polina
E15 Queen’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.Nfd2 Ba6 8.b3 O-O 9.e4 Nbd7 10.e5 Ne8 11.Re1 Nc7 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Bb2 c5 14.cxd5 cxd4 15.d6 dxc3 16.dxe7 Qxe7 17.Bxc3 Rfd8 18.Qg4 Nd5 19.Bd4 Nb4 20.Be4 Nc5 21.Be3 Rd7 22.Bg5 Qf8 23.Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.Qxb4 Kg8 25.Qh4 Bb7 26.Nc4 Nd3 27.Re3 Qc5 28.Rf1 Qd5 29.f3 Ba6 30.Bf6 gxf6 31.Re4 Rxc4 32.bxc4 Qc5+ 33.Kh1 f5 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Rh4 Qxe5 36.Rh7 Bxc4 37.Qh4 Kg8 38.g4 f4 39.g5 Nb2 40.Rg1 Be2 41.Kg2 Bxf3+ 0-1

Round 3, Dec. 7
Shuvalova, Polina – Kosteniuk, Alexandra
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nd5 8.O-O Nxc3 9.bxc3 Be7 10.Rb1 Ra7 11.a4 b6 12.Nxc4 O-O 13.e4 Nd7 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Bf4 Nf6 16.Qc2 h6 17.h3 Ne8 18.Rbd1 Nd6 19.Ne5 Qe8 20.c4 f6 21.Nd3 Bc6 22.Qa2 Bxa4 23.c5 Nf7 24.Rd2 bxc5 25.Qxe6 cxd4 26.e5 f5 27.Qxf5 Ng5 28.Qg4 h5 29.Bd5+ Kh8 30.Qe2 Nxh3+ 31.Kg2 g6 32.Bh6 Qd7 33.Bxf8 Qxd5+ 34.Kxh3 Bxf8 35.Nf4 Qf7 36.Rxd4 Bb5 37.Qe4 c5 38.Rd8 Kg7 39.e6 Qf6 40.Qxg6+ Qxg6 41.Nxg6 Be7 42.Nxe7 Rxe7 43.Rd5 Rc7 44.Rxh5 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 8
Shuvalova, Polina – Getman, Tatyana
E01 Catalan, Closed

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Ne5 Bd6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Ndc4 Be7 11.Bf4 c6 12.Ne3 Nh5 13.Nf5 Nxf4 14.gxf4 g6 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Rc1 f6 17.Nd3 Nd7 18.e3 f5 19.Qa4 Rfc8 20.Rc3 a5 21.Rfc1 Qd6 22.Qb3 Kg7 23.a3 Rab8 24.Qc2 Qe6 25.Qa4 Kh6 26.Bf3 Rc7 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Ra8 29.Qb3 Rcc8 30.b5 cxb5 31.Rc7 Rxc7 32.Rxc7 Ra1+ 33.Kg2 Ba8 34.Qxb5 Ra3 35.Rxd7 Rxd3 36.Ra7 1-0

Round 5, Dec. 9
Gunina, Valentina – Shuvalova, Polina
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Ne4 7.Rc1 Nc6 8.Nd2 g5 9.Be3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Ba3 11.Rb1 f5 12.g3 Bd6 13.Rg1 Qe7 14.Nf3 f4 15.gxf4 gxf4 16.Bd2 b6 17.Qb3 Be6 18.c4 dxc4 19.Qb5 Bd7 20.Qh5+ Kd8 21.Qd5 Qe6 22.Qxe6 Bxe6 23.Ng5 Bd5 24.e4 fxe3 25.fxe3 h6 26.Rb5 c3 27.Bxc3 Ne7 28.Nh3 Bxh2 29.Rg4 Bd6 30.Nf4 h5 31.Rg5 Bxf4 32.exf4 c6 33.Rb2 Ke8 34.Rh2 h4 35.Bb4 Kf7 36.Bd6 Rh6 37.Be5 Rg8 38.Bd3 h3 39.Rxg8 Kxg8 40.f5 Bg2 41.Kf2 Kf7 42.Kg3 Nd5 43.Be2 Rh7 44.Kg4 Nf6+ 45.Kf4 b5 46.Bd1 a5 47.Bb3+ Bd5 48.Bd1 a4 49.Ke3 Rh4 50.Kd3 Bg2 51.Bg3 Rh8 52.Ke3 Nd5+ 53.Kd2 Ra8 54.Be5 Rg8 55.Bh5+ Ke7 56.Kd3 Rg5 57.Bg6 Rg4 58.Kd2 b4 59.Bh5 Rg8 60.Bd1 b3 61.axb3 a3 62.Kc1 Ra8 63.f6+ Kf8 64.Bd6+ Kg8 65.f7+ Kxf7 66.Bh5+ Ke6 67.Bxa3 Rxa3 68.Bg4+ Kd6 69.Bxh3 Bxh3 70.Kb2 Ra8 71.Rxh3 Kc7 72.Rh1 Kb6 73.Rc1 Rf8 74.Ka3 Rf4 75.Rc4 Rf2 76.Rc1 Rd2 77.Rc4 Nc7 78.b4 Nb5+ 79.Kb3 Rd3+ 0-1

Round 6, Dec. 10
Shuvalova, Polina – Pogonina, Natalija
E01 Catalan, Closed

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qa4 Bd6 9.Qxc4 a6 10.Rd1 Qe8 11.Bg5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Rac1 Rd8 15.a3 Bd7 16.Nc5 Rab8 17.b4 h6 18.h4 Be8 19.e3 Na7 20.Ne5 Nb5 21.Qb3 c6 22.Be4 Nbc7 23.Bb1 f6 24.Nc4 b6 25.Nd3 Bh5 26.Re1 Nb5 27.Nd2 Be8 28.a4 Na7 29.e4 Nc7 30.Qc3 a5 31.bxa5 b5 32.e5 f5 33.axb5 Naxb5 34.Qc5 Qxc5 35.Nxc5 Nxd4 36.Bd3 Rd5 37.Kg2 Ra8 38.a6 Ndb5 39.Ndb3 Nxa6 40.Bc4 Nxc5 41.Nxc5 Rd2 42.Bxe6+ Bf7 43.Bxf5 Raa2 44.Rf1 Bd5+ 45.Be4 Nc7 46.Rc3 Re2 47.Kf3 Bxe4+ 48.Nxe4 Ne6 49.Rd1 c5 50.Re3 Nd4+ 51.Kg4 Rec2 52.h5 Ra4 53.f4 Kf7 54.Rb1 Rb4 55.Ra1 Nb5 56.Ra6 Ke7 57.Rg6 Kf8 58.Rb6 Nd4 59.Nxc5 Rxb6 60.Nd7+ Ke7 61.Nxb6 Rc5 62.Rd3 Ne6 63.Rd7+ Kf8 64.Rd6 Kf7 65.Nd5 Ra5 66.Rd7+ Kf8 67.Nc7 Nc5 68.Rd5 Ke7 69.Kf5 1-0

From Wikipedia:

Polina Shuvalova, born 12 March 2001, is a Russian Chess player. She is an International Master (2020) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) (2019). She is the 2019 World Girls U-20 Champion as well as the World Girl's U18 Champion in 2018 and 2019.

Biography

Polina Shuvalova was a Moscow chess school schoolgirl. In 2017, she won the Russian Junior Chess Championship in the U21 girls age group.

In the 2000s Polina Shuvalova repeatedly represented Russia at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, where she won four medals: two gold (in 2013, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U12 girls age group, and in 2018, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U18 girls age group), silver (in 2017, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girls age group) and bronze (in 2016, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girls age group).

In April 2016, she won the Moscow Women's Chess Championship. In December 2017, in Saint Petersburg Polina Shuvalova made her debut in the Russian Women's Chess Championship Superfinal in which she shared 7st-9st place with Marina Nechaeva (tournament won Aleksandra Goryachkina. In April 2018, she shared 2rd-8th in the European Women's Chess Championship in Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia and earned a spot in the 2020 Women's World Cup. In September 2018, she took 8th place in the Russian Women's Chess Championship Superfinal in Satka. In October 2019, she won World Youth Chess Championship in G18 age group.

In October 2019, Shuvalova won the 2019 World Under 18 Girl's Championship in Mumbai, India with a score of 8.5/11. Shortly after, she won the World Girl's Junior Championship in New Delhi with a score of 9.5/11 and was awarded the Women Grandmaster title.

In 2020, Fide awarded her the International Master title. In November, She Won the 2020 Russian Women's Team Championship, where she played on the first board for the Moscow Chess Federation team.

[Wayne Komer]

Russian's Women's Championship

December 12, 2020

Round 7, Dec. 12
Garifullina, Leya – Shuvalova, Polina
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Flohr-Zaitsev System

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 g6 13.d5 Nb8 14.b3 c6 15.c4 Nbd7 16.Nf1 Qc7 17.Bg5 Rec8 18.Bd3 bxc4 19.bxc4 a5 20.Qd2 Ba6 21.Rec1 Qd8 22.Be3 Rab8 23.Ng3 Be7 24.Ne1 Nc5 25.Bxc5 dxc5 26.dxc6 Rxc6 27.Qc3 Rd6 28.Rab1 Nd7 29.Nc2 Bg5 30.Rd1 Nf8 31.Rxb8 Qxb8 32.Nf1 Ne6 33.Nfe3 Bxe3 34.Nxe3 Rd4 35.Nc2 Rd8 36.Ne3 Rd4 37.Nc2 Rd8 38.Ne3 Rd4 39.Nc2 Rd8 40.Ne3 Rd4 41.Nc2 Rd8 42.Ne3 Rd4 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Dec. 12
Galliamova, Alisa – Kashlinskaya, Alina
E60 King’s Indian

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.b4 e4 9.Nd2 Re8 10.Bb2 Nf8 11.a4 h5 12.Qb3 N8h7 13.Rfc1 Bf5 14.a5 a6 15.b5 c6 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Qd1 Ng5 18.Bf1 Bg4 19.Qe1 Qd7 20.Ba3 Rad8 21.c5 d5 22.Rcb1 Qf5 23.Rb6 Rc8 24.Rxa6 Bh6 25.Qb1 Ne6 26.Ra2 Qg5 27.Rb6 Bf5 28.Qe1 Ng4 29.Nd1 Qh4 30.h3 Ng5 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.g3 Qh5 33.f4 gxf3 34.Nf2 Kg7 35.Ba6 Rc7 36.Nf1 Rh8 37.Bb7 Bh3 38.a6 Bg2 39.a7 Qh1+ 40.Nxh1 Nh3+ 41.Kh2 Bxe3 0-1

Final Position



Mate in 3. What a game by Alina!

[Hans Jung]

eye popping final position!

[Wayne Komer]

Russian's Women's Championship

December 13, 2020

Round 8, Dec. 13
Shuvalova, Polina – Galliamova, Alisa
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Re8 9.Nc4 b5 10.Na5 Qf6 11.a4 a6 12.b4 Bf8 13.Nb3 Nb6 14.axb5 cxb5 15.Be3 Bg4 16.h3 Bh5 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nfd2 Na4 19.Qc2 Qc6 20.Rac1 Rad8 21.Rfd1 Rd7 22.f3 Red8 23.d4 exd4 24.cxd4 Qxc2 25.Rxc2 Bxb4 26.Rdc1 Ba3 27.Ra1 Bb4 28.f4 Bxd2 29.Nxd2 Bxe4 30.Nxe4 Re7 31.Bf2 Rxe4 32.Rxc7 Rxf4 33.Ra7 h5 34.gxh5 Rd5 35.Ra3 Rxh5 36.Rxa6 Rg5+ 37.Rg3 Rxg3+ 38.Bxg3 Rxd4 39.Ra8+ Kh7 40.Rb8 Rd5 41.Kg2 Rf5 42.h4 Nb2 43.Kh3 Nd3 44.Kg4 Kg6 45.Rb6+ f6 46.Rb7 b4 47.Bb8 Rd5 48.Kf3 Rd8 49.Bg3 Rd4 50.Ke3 Nc5 51.Rb6 Rd3+ 52.Kf4 b3 0-1

Position after Black’s 27…Bb4



she was winning in quiet, then everyone heard she is winning 6/6, then .....

it’s always better to learn in the shadows, work hard, get experienced before you will be on display , it's hard to stand on the light, huge pressure and other things

Shuvalova losing has opened this tournament wide open.

Standings after Round Eight

1 Shuvalova 6.5
2 Goryachkina 6
3 Garifullina 5.5
4-7 Pogonina, Guseva, Kosteniuk, Kashlinskaya 4.5
8 Galliamova 4
9-10 Girya, Gunina 3
11 Getman 1.5
12 Grigorieva 0.5

[Hans Jung]

Adds to the drama.

[Wayne Komer]

Russian’s Women’s Championship

December 14, 2020

Round 9, Dec. 14
Girgorieva, Yulia – Shuvalova, Polina
E14 Queen’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 Bd6 8.Bg2 a6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.Rc1 Rfe8 13.Ne1 Ne4 14.Nd3 Rad8 15.Re1 g6 16.Qc2 Rc8 17.Qe2 h5 18.f4 c5 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Ne5 cxd4 21.exd4 Nf6 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Bh3 Rc7 24.Rf1 Ba3 25.f5 Bxb2 26.Qxb2 gxf5 27.Qd2 Nd5 28.Bxf5 e3 29.Qd3 Qg5 30.Nf3 Qh6 31.Re1 Re7 32.Ne5 h4 33.Qe4 f6 34.Be6+ Rxe6 35.Qg4+ Kh7 36.Qf5+ Kg7 37.Qxe6 fxe5 38.Qd7+ Kh8 39.Qxb7 Qf6 40.Qb8+ Kh7 41.Rf1 e2 42.Qb7+ Qg7 43.Qxg7+ Kxg7 44.Re1 exd4 45.Rxe2 hxg3 46.hxg3 Kf6 47.Kg2 Nc3 48.Rd2 Ke5 49.Kf3 b5 50.g4 a5 51.g5 Kf5 52.Rxd4 Kxg5 53.a4 bxa4 54.bxa4 Kf5 55.Rc4 Nd5 56.Rc5 Ke5 57.Rxa5 Kd4 58.Rb5 Kc4 59.Rb8 Nb4 60.Ke4 Na6 61.Ra8 Nc5+ 62.Ke5 Kb4 63.a5 Kb5 64.Ra7 Na6 65.Kd6 Nb4 66.Ra8 Na6 67.Kd7 Nc5+ 68.Kc8 Na6 69.Ra7 Nc5 70.Kb8 Na6+ 71.Ka8 Nc5 72.Rc7 Na6 73.Ra7 Nc5 74.Kb8 Na6+ 75.Kb7 Nc5+ 76.Kc7 Na6+ 77.Kd6 Nb4 78.Rb7+ Kxa5 79.Kc5 Na6+ 80.Kc4 Ka4 81.Rb6 Ka5 82.Rb5+ Ka4 83.Rb1 Ka5 84.Kd4 Nb4 85.Kc3 Na6 86.Kc4 Nc7 87.Rh1 Kb6 88.Rh7 Kc6 89.Rh6+ Kd7 90.Kc5 Ne6+ 91.Kd5 Nc7+ 92.Ke5 Nb5 93.Ra6 Nc7 94.Rb6 Ne8 1/2-1/2

Position after White’s 65.Kd6



Standings after Round Nine

1 Shuvalova 7
2 Goryachkina 6.5
3 Garifullina 6
4-5 Kosteniuk, Guseva 5.5
6-7 Galliamova, Kashlinskaya 5
8 Pogonina 4.5
9 Gunina 3.5
10 Girya 3
11 Getman 1.5
12 Grigorieva 1

[Hans Jung]

Quite the tense save. Knights are amazing even in defence.

[Wayne Komer]

Russian’s Women’s Championship

December 16, 2020

Round 10, Dec. 15
Shuvalova, Polina – Goryachkina, Aleksandra
C67 Ruy Lopez, open Berlin Defence, l’Hermet variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 d5 9.exd6 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd6 11.Qe4+ Qe6 12.Qd4 Qd6 13.Qe4+ Qe6 14.Qd4 Qd6 15.Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 11, Dec. 16
Girya, Olga – Shuvalova, Polina
D24 QGA

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Ne5 Rb8 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Qxc6+ Qd7 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Bxd5 O-O 16.Be3 Bd6 17.b3 a5 18.Rac1 Bd7 19.Rfd1 a4 20.bxa4 Bxa4 21.Rd4 Bd7 22.a4 Be6 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Re4 Rb2 25.g3 Ra2 26.Rcc4 e5 27.Kg2 Kf7 28.Rh4 Kg8 29.Rhg4 Kf7 30.Rh4 Kg8 31.Rhg4 Kf7 32.h4 Rb8 33.h5 Ra8 34.Bc5 Rf8 35.Kh3 g6 36.hxg6+ hxg6 37.Be3 Ra8 38.Kg2 Kf6 39.Kf3 Kf7 40.Rh4 Kg7 41.Kg2 Kf6 42.Rcg4 Kf5 43.Rg5+ Kf6 44.Rh6 Rg8 45.Rg4 Kf5 46.Kf3 Kf6 47.Rh7 Ra8 48.Bg5+ Ke6 49.Be3 Kf6 50.Rh6 Rg8 51.Rc4 Ra8 52.Rhh4 Kf7 53.Rhe4 Kf6 54.Kg4 Kf7 55.f4 exf4 56.Bxf4 Kg7 57.Red4 Ra3 58.Re4 Ra5 59.Bxd6 cxd6 60.Red4 Kh6 61.Kh3 1/2-1/2

Final Standings

1-2 Goryachkina, Shuvalova 8
3-6 Kosteniuk, Guseva, Kashlinskaya, Garifullina 6.5
7-8 Galliamova, Pogonina 6
9 Girya 4
10 Gunina 3.5
11 Grigorieva 2.5
12 Getman 2

Playoff

15+10

Game 1, Dec. 16
Shuvalova, Polina – Goryachkina, Aleksandra
C67 Ruy Lopez, open Berlin Defence, l’Hermet variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 d5 9.exd6 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd6 11.Qe4+ Qe6 12.Qd4 Qd6 13.Qe4+ Qe6 14.Qd4 Qd6 15.Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

Game 2, Dec. 16
Goryachkina, Aleksandra – Shuvalova, Polina
A28 English, Four Knights, Nimzowitsch variation

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.a3 Bc5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Na4 Bd4 9.Rb1 Bg4 10.Be2 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 a5 12.b5 Ne7 13.Bd2 O-O 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bg4 g6 16.Bh6 Re8 17.Qf3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Qxf5 Nf8 21.Be3 Ne6 22.Bxd4 Nxd4 23.Qe4 Ne6 24.Qxb7 Kh8 25.b6 c5 26.Nc3 Rb8 27.Qf7 Nf4 28.Nd5 Rf8 29.Qe7 Qxe7 30.Nxe7 Rb7 31.Nd5 Nxd5 32.cxd5 Rfb8 33.Rb5 Rxb6 34.Rxa5 Rb3 35.Ra6 Rxd3 36.Rxd6 Rxa3 37.Rc6 Rc3 38.d6 Kg7 39.Rd1 Rd3 40.Re1 Rd5 41.h3 Rd8 42.Rc1 R8xd6 43.Rxd6 Rxd6 44.Rxc5 Kf6 45.Kf1 Ra6 46.Rc2 Kf5 47.Ke2 h5 48.Rd2 h4 49.Rb2 Ra4 50.Rb3 Re4+ 51.Kf1 Ra4 52.Rf3+ Ke4 53.Re3+ Kf4 54.Re1 e4 55.Kg1 Ra2 56.Rb1 Rc2 57.Kf1 Ra2 58.Ke1 Ra4 59.Ke2 Ra2+ 60.Kf1 Ra4 61.Rc1 e3 62.fxe3+ Kxe3 63.Kg1 Kf4 64.Rc5 Ke3 65.Rg5 Ra1+ 66.Kh2 Ra4 67.Rf5 Rb4 68.Rf7 Ra4 69.Kg1 Ra1+ 70.Rf1 Ra4 71.g3 hxg3 72.Kg2 Ke4 73.Kxg3 Ra8 74.h4 Rg8+ 75.Kh3 Rh8 76.Rf7 Ke5 77.Kg4 Ke6 78.Rf4 Ke7 79.h5 Rf8 80.h6 Rxf4+ 81.Kxf4 Kf6 82.h7 Kg7 83.Ke4 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

Armageddon, Dec. 16
Goryachkina, Aleksandra – Shuvalova, Polina
A45 Queen’s pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nb5 Na6 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 c6 8.Nc3 c5 9.O-O Bd7 10.Ne5 Rc8 11.a3 Nc7 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bd3 a6 14.Qf3 Nb5 15.Bg5 Nxc3 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nxd7 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Rfd8 19.Nxc5 Rxc5 20.bxc3 Rxc3 21.a4 Rd7 22.Rfb1 g6 23.Rb6 Kg7 24.f4 Kf6 25.Rab1 Rcc7 26.Kg2 h5 27.Kf3 1-0

Position after White’s 16.Bxf6



Polina should have played 16…gxf6 here instead of 16…Qxf6.

Too bad.

( 16...gxf6 { 0.00/22 } 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Qh4 f5 20.Qf6+ Kg8 21.Qg5+ Kh8 22.Qf6+ )

Chat: feel sorry for polina to miss the title after such a great start. but even I saw that gxf6 was better