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-1480,-29983,-1663,-1714,-29988]1.d4d62.Bf4Nd73.Nf3g64.e3Bg75.h3e56.Bh2Ne77.c4...7.Be2This flexible move is more popular, but afterO-O8.O-Ob6Black has a good score, for instance after9.c4Bb710.Nc3exd411.Nxd4both of Black's bishops have good prospects, and White has neither
space nor coordination to show for it.7....O-O8.Nc3Nf59.Be2exd410.exd4Re811.O-ONf812.d5!...White correctly stops the Black knight from
re-routing to the e6-square.12.Re1As is often the case in these slower
openings, one passive move would give Black the initiative, for instance afterNe613.d5Ned412....Nd713.Re1...13.Rc1Black's knight is re-routing to
the c5-square, which makes b2-b4 an appealing move for White. So she should
play something that defends her c3-knight.13....Nc514.Qc2...14.Qd2Keeping an additional unit of pressure on the d4-square.Nh415.b4Ne4(15...Qf616.bxc5Qxc317.Rad1)16.Nxe4Rxe4(16...Bxa1?!This move is too
greedy, but requires both calculation and careful evaluation to reach this
conclusion.17.Nxd6!Nxf3+18.Bxf3Rxe1+19.Qxe1cxd620.Qxa1where
White stands better due to the powerful central pawns and bishop pair.)17.Rac1White's position should be fine.14....Nh415.Nxh4?...15.b4?This does not work as well now, because afterQf616.bxc5Qxc3there is a
very subtle tactical nuance with White's queen on c2 instead of d2.17.Rac1(17.Qxc3Bxc3)Qxc218.Rxc2Nxf3+19.gxf3Bf5!20.Rcc1Bh6!15....Qxh416.Bg3Qd817.Qd2Bf518.Rac1Bxc319.Qxc3Ne420.Qb3Nxg321.Qxg3Qf622.Qb3b623.Bf1Bd724.Qc2a525.Qd2Rxe126.Rxe1Re827.Rxe8+Bxe8Black follows a tested and true strategy in the war of experience against
youth, trading into a roughly equal endgame.28.b4?!...White jumps at the
first opportunity to inject dynamics in position. This is not an obviously
wrong strategy, as her light-squared bishop is restricted by her pawns,
compared to her counterpart's free range.28....axb429.Qxb4...But now she has a
permanent weakness in terms of the split queenside pawns, which will matter
long after queens are traded.29....Kf830.Be2?...30.Qa3White's compensation
for the split pawns comes on the a-file, so this move seemed intuitive.Qe731.Qa8Kg732.a4h533.a5White has equalized, as she has solved her
a-pawn problem and has a more active queen to compensate for her passive
bishop.30....Qa1+31.Kh2??...White misses a simple tactic, but it is
instructive to see how a few impatient and indecisive moves contributed to the
situation.31.Bf1Qxa232.Qc3White's quest for activity continues, as
Black's queen remains relatively sidelined.Kg833.Qf6Bad bishops can make
good defenders: White can pressure the backwards pawn on c7 while Black will
struggle to make headway against the pawn on c4.31....Qe5+32.Kg1Qxe233.a4Qc234.Qa3Qxc435.a5bxa536.Qxa5c637.dxc6Qxc638.Qa1Kg839.Qf6d540.Qd8Kg741.Qg5Qe642.Qf4Qe443.Qd6d444.Qb4Bc645.f3Qe3+46.Kh2Qc347.Qd6d348.f4Be449.Kg1d250.Kf2Bd30-1 Black wins.0-1