(4) Cmilyte,Viktorija - Stefanova,Antoaneta

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Ankara, 19.09.2012

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 Cmilyte choses rear agressive line with long castle. 7...Qe7 [Better not to decide about Queens position yet 7...0–0 8.0–0–0 

(8.Bd3 Qe7 9.0–0–0 (More timid castle is useless in this system 9.0–0 e5! This central counterstrike is key element of Blacks plan 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e4 exd4 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Ne5! 14.Nxe5 (14.Nxd4 Qh4 (14...Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Qe5 16.Nf3 Qxb2 17.Ng5 f5 18.Bc3 Qb6 19.Rfe1 Bd7 20.Ne6±) 15.f4 Ng4 16.Nf3±) 14...Qxe5 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.f4 Qxd5 17.Be4 Qh5 (17...d3 18.Bxd5 dxc2 19.Be4 Rd8 20.Bc3±) 18.Qd3 Bg4 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.h3 Bc8=  Georgiev,K (2615)-Khalifman,A (2645)/Pardubice 1994) 9...e5!? 10.e4?! (10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5) 10...dxc4 11.Bxc4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Be2 Bc5! 14.Be1 (14.Be3 Nfg4) 14...Rd8і 15.Nb3 Be6! 16.f3 (16.Nxc5 Qxc5і) 16...Be3+ 17.Kb1 a5 18.Rxd8+ Qxd8 19.Bg3 Nc4?! (19...Nfd7і) 20.Nd1!= 1/2 Lutikov,A-Vaganian,R/Moscow 1972) 8...c5 (Very interesting is typical pawn sacrifice 8...b5!? 9.cxb5 c5 10.e4 Bb7 11.exd5 exd5 12.Qf5 g6!? N (12...Re8; 12...Qc7) 13.Qh3 c4 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxf6 Nd7 17.Bg5 a6 18.b6 Nxb6 19.Bh6 Rfe8 20.Qf3 Re6 21.h4 Rae8 22.h5 Qe7ч Timoshchenko,V (2520)-Sveshnikov,E (2585)/Moskva (rapid) 1994) 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Ng5 h6!? 11.h4!? Re8! 12.Bd3!? Nf8!? … hg5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nf3 Be6?! (14...Bg4 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Bf5 Bxf5 17.Qxf5 Qd7ч) 15.Nd4!? Rc8 16.f3 N6d7!? 17.Kb1 (17.g4!? Ne5 18.Be2 Bxd4 (18...Nc4 19.Bxc4 Bxd4 20.Bb5 Bxc3 21.Bxc3І) 19.exd4 Nc4ч) 17...a6 … b5-b4„« 18.Nxe6 (18.g4 Ne5 19.Be2 b5 20.g5 h5 21.f4 Bxd4 22.exd4 Bg4!і) 18...fxe6 19.f4!? … f5 Чd5 19...b5 20.f5 Nf6 (20...b4 21.fxe6 Nf6 22.Ne2 Bxe3 23.Qb3 Bxd2 24.Rxd2ѓ) 21.Qb3 with very sharp play, Avrukh,B (2550)-Gurevich,M (2620)/Antwerpen (open) 1997.M.Gurevich] 8.0–0–0 dxc4 [Possible was 8...0–0 9.Kb1 (9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 e5 12.Bg5 Qe6 (№12...Nf6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Kb1 f5) 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Rxd6 Qxd6 15.Nxe5 Re8 16.Bf4 f6 (16...g5 17.Bg3 f5 18.c5 Qxc5+ 19.Qc4+±) 17.Bd3 g6 18.c5 Qe7 19.Re1 Qxc5+ 20.Qc4+ Qxc4+ 21.Bxc4+ Be6 22.Bxe6+ Rxe6 23.Nd3 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 Rd8 25.Be3 with unsufficient Blacks compensation, Erdogan,H- Salgado Lopez,I,Konya 2009 (73)) 9...a6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd3 Rd8 12.g4 Nf8 13.g5 Nh5 14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Ng3 Rdc8 16.Bc3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 g6 18.Qe2 b5 19.e4 with advantage, Kholmov,R-Kiriatsky/Lithuania 1955] 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 [Not very much promising was 10...b4 11.Ne2 0–0 12.e4 e5 13.Kb1 Bb7 14.dxe5 Bxe5 (14...Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.f4 Bc7 17.e5±) 15.Ng3 c5 16.Nf5 Qd8 17.Rhe1 with clear advantage.] 11.e4 e5



12.dxe5 Bxe5 [Very strong initiative would obtain White after 12...Nxe5 13.Nxe5 (13.Nxe5) 13...Bxe5 14.f4 Bd4 15.e5 Ng4 16.Ne4 0–0 17.Kb1 c5 18.h3 Nh6 19.Nd6 Bxg2 20.Rhe1] 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bg5 [More precise was to keep Bishops pair 14.Be2 Ng6 (14...0–0 15.f4 Nc4 16.e5 Nd5 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.Ne4 c3! 19.Bxc3 Ne3 20.Qf2 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 c5 22.Nd6 with very strong compensation for exchange.) 15.h4! h5 16.Bg5 with clear advantage.] 14...Qe6 [After 14...h6 15.Bh4 b4 16.Na4 0–0 17.Nc5 White would block important squares on the Queens flank.] 15.f4 Nxd3+ 16.Qxd3 0–0


17.Qd6?! [Much more precise was to improve the pawn position before Queens swap 17.f5 Qe5 18.Qd6 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Ng4 20.h3 and Black Knight is in huge trouble.] 17...Qxd6 [17...Ng4 18.Be7 Nf2 (18...Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Rfe8 20.Rd7 Bc8 21.Rc7 Nf2 22.Rf1±) 19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.Rhf1 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 c5 22.Qxe6 fxe6 23.Nxb5 Bxe4 24.g3 and would have problems with weakness in pawn structure.] 18.Rxd6 Ng4 19.h3



 [More precise was clear way to advantage 19.Be7! Rfe8 20.Rd7 Bc8 21.Rc7 a5 22.Nd1!] 19...Ne3? [Only chance to fight for draw was transfer into opposite Bishop end with a pawn down 19...b4! 20.hxg4 bxc3 21.bxc3 c5] 20.Rd3?!



 [Better chances promised 20.Re1 f6 (20...Nc4 21.Rd7 f6 22.Bh4 Rab8 23.Red1 Nb6 24.Rc7) 21.Rxe3 fxg5 22.fxg5 b4 23.Ne2 c5 24.Ng3] 20...Nc4? [Now Black could activate seriousely own pieces at the cost of one doubled pawn 20...f6 21.Rxe3 fxg5 22.fxg5 b4 23.Ne2 Rf2] 21.Be7! Rfe8 22.Bc5! Now Black Bishop is blocked and White kept all other advantages of her position. 22...Bc8 [Slightly better was 22...a5 ] 23.Rhd1 f6 [To great advantage of White led 23...f5 24.Rd8 Be6 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.g4 Be6 28.Re1 Bf7 29.b3 Nb6 30.Re7] 24.b3 Na5 25.Rd6! Nb7 Black wants at the price of the pawn to activate own pieces a bit 26.Rxc6 Nd8 [Winning position obtained White after 26...Nxc5 27.Rxc5 a6 28.Rc7 Be6 29.Kb2 Rad8 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Kc2] 27.Rc7 Ne6 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Bxa7 Nxf4 30.Nxb5 Bb7 31.Nd6 Ra8 32.Be3 [Very good was 32.Bc5 Bc6 33.Rd2] 32...Nxg2 33.Nxb7 Nxe3 34.Rd3 Ng2



White connected pawns decide the game. 35.a4 Kf7 36.a5 Nf4 37.Rd8 Ra7 38.Rd7+ Kf8 39.b4 h5 40.b5 Nxh3 41.b6 Ra6 42.Nd6 1–0