[Event "American Cup 2023 Women's Championship"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2023.03.27"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Lee, Alice"] [Black "Krush, Irina"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2362"] [BlackElo "2432"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E11"] [Opening "Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/DZGTvv5d/54hgqrtz"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,144,19,31,14,-14,-11,0,31,34,38,35,36,39,28,22,42,2,11,14,6,-6,7,12,9, 8,1,3,27,-12,-22,-37,-34,-23,30,7,16,8,22,45,57,58,43,38,83,84,37,29,54,61,93, -35,-32,-3,-14,-14,-35,-30,-50,-87,-67,-34,-66,-38,-49,-52,-55,-62,-64,-92,-37, -65,-66,-72,-68,-75,-51,-57,-52,-43,-51,-48,-48,-44,-42,-44,-42,-42,-42,-50, -51,-51,-33,-33,-35,-30,-33,-34,-31,-93,-89,-88,-100,-100,-100,-108,-105,-103, -93,-93,-97,-99,-69,-69,-72,-63,-77,-61,-60,-81,-83,-81,-81,-83,-93,-168,-97, -95,-91,-177,-185,-244,-266,-312,-276,-415,-361,-444,-466,-470,-490,-584,-510, -584,-527,-537,-547] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 { Lee has a better version than the previous game because Krush cannot move her bishop to f5 anymore. } 9... Nc6 { This is not necessarily bad here because Black has a development and space disadvantage, with White potentially moving b2-b4 followed by a2-a4 and b4-b5 very quickly. } (9... Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 c6 12. a4 $14) 10. Rc1 Re8 11. O-O Bg4 12. Ne1 Qd6 13. f3?! (13. h3 { does not weaken the kingside as much. } 13... Bd7 14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Qd1) 13... Bh5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Nc2 Bg6 16. Be2 Bxc2?! { This is not a good exchange because White's knight on c2 is not good and Black is left with pieces that are not very useful. } (16... Bf5) 17. Bxg4 Be4 18. f5 f6 19. Rf4 { Krush's bishop looks active on e4, but it cannot move anywhere and blocks her rooks from attacking the e3-pawn. } 19... Re7 20. Nxe4?! (20. Bh5! { preventing Black's rook from moving to e8. } 20... Kh8 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. a3) 20... dxe4 21. Bd1 Nb4 22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Rh4 Nd3 24. Rf1 (24. Qe2 g5 25. fxg6 Nxc1) 24... c5?! (24... Rf8 25. Be6 g5 26. Rh6 (26. Rxe4 Nc5 27. Qc2 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 c6) 26... c5) 25. dxc5? (25. Be6! { cutting off the rook from defending the e4-pawn. } 25... Rxe6 (25... cxd4 26. Rxe4 Nc5 27. Rxd4) 26. fxe6 Qxe6 27. dxc5 $16) 25... Qxc5 26. Qe2 h6 27. Be6 Qe5 28. b3 Nc5 29. Qc2? (29. Qc4 { White needs to put her queen on a more active square. } 29... Rae8 (29... b5 30. Qd4 Nxe6 31. Qxe5 fxe5 32. fxe6) 30. b4 Nxe6 31. Rxe4 Qc7 32. fxe6 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxe6 34. Rc7 $15) 29... Rd8? (29... Rae8 { White will probably lose a pawn. } 30. b4 (30. Qc4) (30. Bc4 b5 31. Be2 Rd8 $19) 30... Nxe6 31. Rxe4 Qc7 { If White's queen were on c4, she could play f5-xe6. In this position, her queen is undefended. } 32. Rc4 Qb6 33. fxe6 Qxe3+ 34. Kh1 Qxe6 $19) 30. b4 Nxe6 31. Rxe4 Qd6 32. fxe6 Rxe6 33. Rd4 Qe7 34. Qc5 Red6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Rc1 Rd2 38. a4 Rb2 39. Rc4 b5 40. Rc8+ (40. axb5 axb5 41. Rd4 g6 42. h4 h5) 40... Kh7 41. a5 (41. axb5? axb5 { loses the pawn. }) 41... Rxb4 42. Rc6 Ra4 43. Rxa6 Ra2 44. Ra8 Kg6 45. a6 h5 46. Rb8 Rxa6 47. Rxb5 Ra2 48. Kf1 Rc2 49. e4?! { Lee loses the pawn by playing this move, but the position is still drawn. } (49. h3) 49... Rc4 50. e5 Rf4+ 51. Kg1 Rf5 52. Rb6 Rxe5 53. Rb7 h4 54. Kf2 (54. h3 { White's position is safe because White can always give checks if Black tries to break through. }) 54... Rf5+ 55. Ke3 (55. Kg1 h3 56. gxh3) 55... h3 56. gxh3 Rh5 57. Kf3 Rxh3+ 58. Kg2 Rc3 59. Kf2 Kh6 60. Rf7 Rc5 61. Kg3 f5 62. Kf4 g6 63. h4?? { Now Lee cannot defend her h-pawn anymore. } (63. Kg3) 63... Rc3 64. Rf8 (64. Ke5 Rh3 65. Kf6 f4 66. Rf8 (66. Rg7 Kh5 67. Rxg6 Rg3) 66... Kh5 67. Rh8+ Kg4 $19) 64... Rh3 65. h5 Rh4+ 66. Ke5 Kxh5 $19 67. Rg8 Ra4 68. Kf6 Ra6+ 69. Ke5 Kg4 70. Rf8 Ra5+ 71. Kf6 f4 72. Kxg6 f3 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1