[Event "World Blitz Women 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.30"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Shuvalova, Polina"] [Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2440"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E92"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense"] [StudyName "World Blitz Championship"] [ChapterName "Shuvalova, Polina - Assaubayeva, Bibisara"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/TO2we2IV/IYgXVqIo"] [Orientation "white"] { Luck will always cut both ways. Black executes a deadly attack in her beloved King's Indian Defense, and manages to have a clear initiative even after the trade of queens. But some missed tactical shots, followed by a strange decision to not go after White's weakest pawns, allows White to consolidate around her strong center pawns and push for a victory. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 Na6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Bg4 Nd6 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qg4 Rf4 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. O-O-O Qf6 21. b3 e4 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Kc2 Bxc3 24. Kxc3 Rxf2 25. Rde1 a4?? (25... Re8 26. Re3 Kg7 27. Rhe1 Rf4 28. Kc2 Kf6 $19) 26. Rhf1 (26. Nxe4! Nxe4+ 27. Rxe4 Rf3+ 28. Kc2 axb3+ 29. axb3 Ra2+ 30. Kb1 Rg2 { Amazingly, this position is drawn. } 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Re7+ Kf6! 33. Rxc7 Rxb3+ 34. Ka1 Ke5 35. Rxc5 { White has too many pawns for Black to be in time with a mating net. }) 26... Rxf1 27. Rxf1 axb3 28. axb3 Rg8 29. Kc2 Rg3 30. h4 e3 31. Nb1 Kg7 (31... e2 32. Re1 Nf5! $19) 32. Nc3 Kg6 33. Rf8 Kh5 34. Rf6 Rg2+ 35. Kd3? Rd2+? (35... Rb2 36. Kxe3 Rxb3 37. Kd2 Rxc3! 38. Kxc3 Ne4+ $19) 36. Kxe3 Rc2? { Suddenly, White is in control. } (36... Rb2) 37. Ne4 Nxe4 38. Kxe4 Re2+ 39. Kd3 Rb2 40. Kc3 Rg2 41. Rf7 Rg3+ 42. Kc2 Rg2+ 43. Kc3 Rg3+ 44. Kc2 Rg2+ 45. Kd3! { White plays for a win, realizing she does not need to settle for a draw, even though a draw would have felt like a thousand victories a few moves ago. } 45... Rg3+ 46. Ke4 Rxb3 47. Rxc7 Rc3 48. Rxc5 $18 Kxh4 49. d6 Rc1 50. d7 Re1+ 51. Kf5 Rf1+ 52. Ke6 Rf8 53. Ke7 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0