[Event "FIDE Women's Candidates 2024"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "2024.04.05"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2521"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [WhiteFideId "8603642"] [BlackElo "2475"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [BlackFideId "5091756"] [Annotator "Zaven Andriasyan"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D01"] [Opening "Rapport-Jobava System"] [StudyName "FIDE Candidates"] [ChapterName "Tan Zhongyu vs Vaishali"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/4cmeeRC9/YPMJpTOc"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. a3 Qc7 14. Na2 Rac8 15. c3 Ne4 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Nb4 Nb3 18. Rad1 a5 19. Nd3 a4 20. Nfe5 Na5 21. f3 Nd6 22. Nf4 Nac4 23. Ned3 Rfe8 24. Qf2 Re7 25. Re2 Rce8 26. Rde1 b6 27. g4 { The game has been quiet so far, but things start escalating very quickly. } 27... Nb5 { The Black Knights are beautifully positioned, but at the same time, they're out of the game. Black needed to pay more attention to their kingside. } 28. Qh4 Qd6 29. Nh5 f6 30. g5 f5 { Now Black is in a hopeless position! Vaishali tries to keep the kingside closed, but a better move would have been taking on g5! } 31. Rg2 Kh8 32. Ndf4 e5 33. Nf6 { A knight sacrifice for the final touch. } 33... gxf6 34. Ng6+ Kg7 35. Nxe7 Rxe7 36. gxf6+ { A double check with a forced mate coming in 12 moves. } 1-0