[Event "Women"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2024.03.20"] [Round "05-04"] [White "Krush, Irina"] [Black "Lee, Alice"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2367"] [BlackElo "2385"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ChessLifeOnline"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/R6LLNwTu/5cXN4NU9"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 { [%clk 0:15:18] } 1... d5 { [%clk 0:15:19] } 2. c4 { [%clk 0:15:27] } 2... e6 { [%clk 0:15:27] } 3. Nc3 { [%clk 0:15:35] } 3... Nf6 { [%clk 0:15:36] } 4. cxd5 { [%clk 0:15:07] } 4... exd5 { [%clk 0:15:44] } 5. Bg5 { [%clk 0:15:16] } 5... Bb4 { [%clk 0:15:53] } 6. e3 { [%clk 0:15:21] } 6... h6 { [%clk 0:16:02] } 7. Bxf6 { [%clk 0:15:25] } 7... Qxf6 { [%clk 0:16:10] } 8. a3 { [%clk 0:15:34] } 8... Bxc3+ { [%clk 0:16:17] } 9. bxc3 { [%clk 0:15:43] } 9... O-O { [%clk 0:16:21] } 10. Bd3 { [%clk 0:15:45] } 10... Bf5 { [%clk 0:16:29] } 11. Ne2 { [%clk 0:15:50] } 11... Nd7 { [%clk 0:16:38] } 12. c4? { [%clk 0:14:59] } (12. O-O { was played before, but Krush must have reasoned that she could try to stop ... Nd7-b6-c4 by pre-empting Black's play. }) 12... dxc4 { [%clk 0:16:33] } 13. Bxc4 { [%clk 0:13:57] } 13... Qc6 { This is why White should castle before pushing for c3-c4! } { [%clk 0:16:38] } 14. Ng3 { [%clk 0:09:28] } 14... Qxg2 { [%clk 0:15:33] } 15. Rc1 { [%clk 0:08:30] } 15... Bh7 { as good as 15. ... Be6 or anything else. } { [%clk 0:13:58] } 16. Be2 { White is playing for Be2-f3 and Bf3-g4 meeting ... Qg2-h3 with a fork of the queen and d7-knight. But this is not hard to preempt. } { [%clk 0:07:23] } 16... Qd5 { [%clk 0:13:57] } 17. Bf3 { [%clk 0:06:23] } 17... Qa5+ { [%clk 0:11:02] } 18. Qd2 { [%clk 0:06:31] } 18... Qxa3!? { A bit double-edged. } { [%clk 0:09:37] } (18... Qb6 { might be better, as } 19. O-O c6 { is a clean pawn. }) 19. Bxb7 { [%clk 0:04:35] } 19... Rab8 { [%clk 0:09:36] } 20. Bc6? { [%clk 0:04:25] } (20. Rxc7 { Sure, White's king is exposed, but she's gotten here pawn back, and what does Black really have here? } 20... Qa1+ 21. Rc1 Qa3 22. Rc7 { and how does Black play for a win? }) 20... Rb2! { The move Krush must have missed. } { [%clk 0:07:34] } 21. Qc3 { [%clk 0:04:29] } 21... Rb3 { [%clk 0:07:33] } 22. Qd2 { [%clk 0:04:17] } (22. Qa1 Qb4+ 23. Kf1 Ra3) 22... Rd3! { and there is no good square for the queen! } { [%clk 0:07:27] } 23. Bxd7 { [%clk 0:02:48] } 23... Rxd2 { [%clk 0:07:35] } 24. Kxd2 { [%clk 0:02:56] } 24... Qb2+ { 0-1 Black wins. } { [%clk 0:07:40] } 0-1