Pune R11: Goryachkina repite

[Event "WJCC U20 Girls"] [Site "Pune"] [Date "2014.10.17"] [Round "11"] [White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"] [Black "Zhai, Mo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2339"] [PlyCount "163"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. O-O Na5 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Ne4 Rfd8 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bc6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Qb3 Be4 20. Rac1 Qg5 21. Bf1 Qa5 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. axb4 a6 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 d5 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. f3 Bg6 28. c4 dxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. e4 f6 33. Ke3 Be8 34. f4 f5 35. d5 Bf7 (35... exd5 36. Bxd5 b6 37. e5 Bd7 {White has a small edge, but it is not clear whether it is enough for a win.}) 36. exf5 exd5 37. Bd3 h5 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. g3 Be8 40. h3 Ba4 41. Be2 h4 42. gxh4 Bc2 43. f6 gxf6 44. h5 Ke6 (44... Be4 45. h6 Ke7 46. Bf3 Kf7 47. Bxe4 dxe4 48. Kxe4 b6 $11) 45. h6 Kf7 46. Kxd5 Kg6 47. h4 $2 (47. Bf3 $1 {Threatening Kc5 was the easiest way to win.} Kxh6 48. Kc5 Kg6 (48... b5 49. Bb7 Kg6 50. Bxa6 Kf5 51. Bxb5 Kxf4 52. Be2 $18) 49. Bxb7 Kf5 (49... Bd3 50. Bc8 $18) 50. Bxa6 Kxf4 51. Be2 Kg5 (51... Ba4 52. h4 f5 53. Kd6 Be8 54. Bd3 Kg4 55. h5 $1 Kxh5 56. Bxf5 $18) 52. b5 Be4 53. Bc4 Bb7 54. Bd5 Bc8 55. Kc6 $18) 47... Kxh6 48. Ke6 Kg7 49. Bf1 Bb3+ 50. Ke7 Bd1 51. Bd3 Bf3 52. Ke6 Bg4+ 53. f5 Bf3 54. Ke7 Bd1 55. Ke6 Bf3 56. Kd6 Kh6 57. Kd7 Kg7 (57... Kh5 58. Ke7 $18) 58. Kc7 Kh6 59. Kd6 Kg7 60. Bc2 Kh6 61. Bb1 $6 {Now the black king is actively placed and the bishop on b1 is poor. It was the right time for concrete action with b6!} Kh7 $2 (61... b6 $1 62. Kc7 Be2 63. Kxb6 Kh5 $11) 62. Ba2 Kg7 63. Be6 {White has successfully activated the bishop and now has good winning chances.} Kh6 $2 (63... Be4 64. Kc7 Kh6 65. Bc8 Kh5 66. Bxb7 Bxf5 67. Bxa6 Kxh4 $11) 64. Ke7 Kg7 65. Kd7 $6 (65. Bc8 Be4 66. Ke6 Bf3 67. Kd7 Bc6+ 68. Kc7 Be4 69. Bxb7 Bxf5 70. Bxa6 $18) 65... Bc6+ $2 ( 65... Be4 66. Kc7 Kh6 67. Bc8 Kh5 68. Bxb7 Bxf5 69. Bxa6 Kxh4 $11) 66. Kc7 Be4 67. Bc8 Kh6 68. Bxb7 Bxf5 69. Bxa6 Kh5 (69... Be4 70. Bc4 Kh5 71. Kd6 Kxh4 72. b5 $18 {[%cal Gc4d5]} f5 73. b6 Bb7 74. Bd5 Ba6 75. Kc6 f4 76. Bc4 Bc8 77. Kc7 $18) 70. Be2+ $1 Kxh4 71. b5 Be4 72. b6 Ba8 73. Bb5 f5 74. Bc6 Bxc6 75. Kxc6 f4 76. b7 f3 77. b8=Q Kh3 78. Qf4 Kg2 79. Qg4+ Kf2 80. Kd5 Ke3 81. Qe4+ Kf2 82. Kd4 {A very complicated ending.} 1-0

[Event "WCh U20 Girls"] [Site "Pune"] [Date "2014.10.16"] [Round "10"] [White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"] [Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2366"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2014.10.06"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 {This move has been becoming popular of late. The idea is to keep the knight on b1, reserving the option of developing it on d2 instead of the usual c3 square. Andreikin has used that with great success and has beaten Kramnik and Topalov with it.} c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 (7. Nc3 $6 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ne4 $15) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ne4 9. Bh4 $2 {This move shows how important it is to be alert at all times. White now just loses a piece!} (9. Bf4 $1 g5 10. Bc7 $1 Qxc7 11. Nxe4 $14 {was the key idea. And here White can even boast of having an edge.}) 9... g5 $1 {The threat is to simply play g4 and win a piece because Bb4 is coming up next. And this is not the first time a player has lost this way. Already three games have continued in a similar fashion.} 10. Bg3 g4 {Totally depressed with the way, the opening went, Sara decided to call it a day.} 11. -- (11. O-O Nxg3 12. fxg3 gxf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pune IND"] [Site "Pune IND"] [Date "2014.10.17"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Grigoryan, Karen H"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2591"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2014.10.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 {A very weird choice by Karen. He is an aggressive and active player. The Petroff doesn't really suit his style.} 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 $5 {Not as popular as the main line but good enough to be tried by players like Anand, Topalov, Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Naiditsch etc.} (8. c4 {is of course the main line.}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Rb1 Rb8 {White's play in this position is quite easy. He puts his rook on e1, the bishop on f4 and then tries to double on the e-file with Re3.} 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf5 O-O 13. Qd3 Bg6 (13... g6 {was bad because of} 14. g4 $1 gxf5 15. gxh5 $16 {and the black king looks weaker than the white one.}) 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bf4 Bd6 $2 {A horrible mistake.} (15... Bxf5 16. Qxf5 g6 17. Qg4 Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd6 cxd6 $11 {gives Black a fine position. The position resembles what happened in the game, but the queen on g4 cannot do much harm to Black.}) 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qb5 $1 {Maybe Karen had planned to defend with Qe6 here but later must have realised that it loses to Qxc6!} Qd7 ( 19... Qe6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rxb8+ Kh7 22. Ng5+ $18) 20. Qxd5 $16 {White is just a pawn up and went on to confidently convert his position.} Ne7 21. Qe4 d5 22. Qf4 Nc6 23. Re1 f6 24. Qg3 Kf7 25. Qf4 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. h4 b5 28. Nd2 Nd8 29. Nb3 Qe6 30. Nc5 Qe7 31. Qf3 Ne6 32. Qxd5 Nxc5 33. dxc5 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2 35. Qe4+ Kf7 36. Qd4 Qf5 37. c6 Qc8 38. Qxa7+ Ke6 39. Qb7 Qd8 40. c7 Qd6+ 41. Kh3 1-0

[Event "World Junior Open 2014"] [Site "Pune IND"] [Date "2014.10.16"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Lu, Shanglei"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2014.10.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bc5 8. d3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 {Black has absolutely no problem in this position. He looks well developed and has good control in the center.} 10. Re1 h6 11. Be3 {The players are following the game Areschenko-Kramnik. Kramnik preserved the c5 bishop with Bf8. It was quite logical. But Fedoseev plonks his knight on d4.} Nd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 (12... exd4 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Ne2 Qd8 $11 {was a very comfortable position for Black to play}) 13. Qd2 c6 14. Re2 {According to Lu Shanglei in the post game analysis, White has a small edge because the e5 pawn is weak. It is suprising because Black looks very comfortable in this position. } Qb6 $6 {This move looks active but it just misplaces the queen. Lu Shanglei takes full advantage of it.} (14... Bf5 $1 {was the right way to play} 15. Rae1 Qd6 {White cannot increase his pressure on e5 and hence would take on d4.} 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 $11 {And this is the right way for Black to maintain the balance in the position.}) 15. Rae1 Bf5 16. Na4 $1 Qb5 $2 (16... Qc7 17. c3 {and the e5 pawn falls.}) (16... Qa6 {was Lu Shanglei's suggestion but after} 17. b3 b5 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Nc5 Qxa2 22. Bxc6 $16 {White has a good position}) 17. b3 Rad8 {The move looked very normal and was also praised in the commentary as bringing each and every piece into the battle.} 18. c4 $1 {The black queen lacks a good square.} Qa6 19. Nxd4 exd4 (19... Rxd4 {was the lesser evil but White is better here too.} 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxd3 22. Qe2 $18 {[%cal Ga4c5]}) 20. Re5 $3 {The move that Fedoseev must have missed. It is a finishing stroke because Ra5 traps the queen.} b5 {This is as good as resignation but there was nothing better.} 21. cxb5 Qc8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. bxc6 $18 {The speed at which Fedoseev got into a losing position was is very surprising. But there were improvements in the preceding moves, it seemed as if he played the game too casually.} Bxh3 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. Qa5 Qe6 27. Qxa7 Qxc6 28. Qxd4 Nf6 29. Nc5 Qc8 30. a4 Qh3 31. Ne4 Nd7 32. a5 Qf5 33. a6 Ne5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. a7 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Ne5 37. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Junior Open 2014"] [Site "Pune IND"] [Date "2014.10.17"] [Round "11.10"] [White "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Black "Csonka, Balazs"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2412"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2014.10.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qf3 Ne8 11. b3 d5 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Ree1 Qg5 14. Ne2 Qxd2 15. Ng3 Qg5 16. h3 Nf6 {Black has won a pawn and looks quite better here. Though White has some compensation, it should not be enough.} 17. Rad1 Be6 18. c4 Rfe8 19. Bb1 Rad8 20. Bc1 Qh4 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 g6 24. Qc2 d4 25. Bc1 (25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxe1#) 25... Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nc5 27. b4 d3 28. Qb2 Ne4 $19 {It is all but over in this position. Murali Karthikeyan could have just resigned the game. But he fought on.} 29. Be3 Bf4 $1 {Removing the bishop so that the pawn could advance to d2.} 30. Bd4 d2 31. Rd1 Qe7 {Not the best but still completely fine. Black is in control.} (31... Qh5 $1 {was the finishing move.} 32. Bc2 Qe2 $1 {Qe1 is a threat now.} 33. Rf1 Nxf2 $1 34. Bxf2 d1=Q 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ $19) 32. Kf1 b6 (32... Re8 $1 $19 {With the idea of Ng3 and Qe1 cannot be prevented.}) 33. Bh8 {Hoping against hope that Black doesn't see the one move mate trick (Qg7#)!} Bh6 $6 (33... f6 34. Bxe4 Qxe4 35. Qxf6 Rd7 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd7e7,Ge4e1] There is absolutely nothing that White can do. It's just a lost position.}) 34. Qe5 {Now things are looking better for White. He is still worse but there is no finishing stroke here. As is the case with a turning of tide, Black commits a complete suicide.} Qd7 35. Bxe4 Re8 36. Rxd2 Qc8 $2 (36... Rxe5 37. Rxd7 Rxe4 38. f3 Re8 39. Bc3 $16) 37. Qf6 $18 {What a complete turn of events. White is the one who is a piece up and Black has absolutely no compensation.} 1-0