[Event "FIDE Women/^s Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.03.23"] [Round "13.3"] [White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"] [Black "Muzychuk, Anna"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2516"] [BlackElo "2522"] [Annotator "IM Tatev Abrahamyan"] [GameId "2299071314017531"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "2026 Candidates Rounds 12-14"] [ChapterName "Assaubayeva, Bibisara - Muzychuk, Anna"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/MQhG3IR8/oR1mAmIA"] [FEN "8/p2k2p1/3p1p2/1P5p/P1b4P/2B1KP2/2P3P1/8 b - - 0 32"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] 32... a6?? (32... Ke6! { Improving the position of the king. But, it turns out, this move is also quite concrete: } 33. Bd4 { White can make Black push the pawn, getting a similar position to the game. } 33... a6 34. b6 Bd5! { The bishop is very active here, controlling the pawn and also preventing White's other idea. } 35. g4 { can now be met with } 35... g6 { Aad the difference is that the f6-pawn is still defended. }) 33. b6 Bf7 (33... Bd5 { Compared to the line with 32. ... Ke6, White can now play } 34. g4! hxg4 { and Black has to exchange. } (34... g6? 35. Bxf6 $18) 35. fxg4 { White wants to play h4-h5, with the idea of sacrificing on f6 and creating two passed pawns on opposite sides of the board. } 35... Ke6 { It makes sense for Black to bring the king to the kingside and try to keep the bishop on the long diagonal, but eventually she will get zugzwanged. } 36. h5 Bb7 37. Kf4 { There is no sacrifice on f6, so White will improve her king. } 37... Bc6 38. a5 Bb7 39. g5 fxg5+ 40. Kxg5 Kf7 41. Bb4 { Black will lose another pawn or suffer a locked-in bishop. } 41... d5 (41... Ke6 42. Kg6 $18) 42. Bc3 { Attacking the g7-pawn in order to tie down Black's king to its defense. } 42... Bc6 43. Kf5 Bb7 44. Bd4 Bc6 45. Bc5 { And the white king will march over to the queenside with Kf5-e5-d6. Black is helpless. } 45... Bb7 46. Ke5 Ke8 47. Kd6 Kd8 48. Bd4 $18) 34. a5 Bg6 35. Kd2 Bf5 36. Bd4 { White needs a few moves to consolidate. } 36... Kc6 37. c3 Bc8 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. g4 { Finally, this move comes. Similar to the lines we saw before, Black is helpless. } 39... g6 (39... hxg4 40. fxg4 Ke6 41. h5 Kf7 42. Kf4 { We already saw this line and the winning idea with g4-g5. }) 40. Bxf6 Bb7 41. Kf4 Ke6 42. Kg5 Kf7 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. f4 { Black is down two pawns and will also lose the h5-pawn. For example: } 44... Bd5 45. f5 Bf3 46. Bd4 { Black is in zugzwang already. } 46... Ke7 47. Kg6 Be4 48. Kg7 { And one of the pawns will promote. } 1-0