[Event "FIDE Women's World Cup"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2021.07.14"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Wafa, Shahenda"] [Black "Skripchenko, Almira"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2106"] [BlackElo "2411"] [Annotator "Beukes, Dante"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C76"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation"] [StudyName "Africans at the World Cup 2021 Round 1 tiebreaks"] [ChapterName "Wafa, Shahenda - Skripchenko, Almira"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/WicUTFjZ/f1ypfC9v"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,121,19,38,25,7,30,15,16,3,35,2,3,-5,57,40,59,44,55,49,62,46,40,33,29, 31,31,25,23,-43,-21,10,-16,-5,-10,-20,-9,-16,8,-27,-11,-53,-54,-38,-3,-4,-27, -23,5,-117,-39,-99,-5,-33,42,-39,-48,-128,-202,-321,-127,-78,-65,-12,-12,-17, 17,-4,2,-16,0,-3,0,-52,-44,-49,-280,-623,34,-48,31,-502,50,0,0,0,0,-683,130, 102,99,79,140,140,199,216,254,254,254,206,208,179,259,160,228,215,219,280,305, 277,267,267,421,436,523,606,791,849,1172,1188,29991,29992,29993,29994] } 1. e4 e5 { Skripchenko had played the Caro-Kann in the previous game, but now chose to play the Modern Steinitz variation of the Ruy Lopez } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Nh6 9. h3 Nf7 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. g4 f5 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. O-O-O f4 18. Bd2 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Kb1 b4 21. Ne2 c5 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Qb3 Rfb8 24. Nc1 { [#] Black to play and win. } 24... Ra7 (24... Ra3!! 25. bxa3 bxa3 26. Qxb8+ Nxb8 $19 { and White's king is in a lot of trouble. }) 25. h4 Bf6 (25... Ra3!! { was still possible }) 26. Rdg1 Bd8 (26... Ra3 { now White has } 27. Qd1) 27. Ng5 Nd4 28. Qd1 (28. Qxf7 Qxf7 29. Nxf7+ Rxf7 { trading queens would give White a much needed respite. }) 28... Qc6 29. f3 Qa6 30. Bxf4 Rc8 31. Nxf7+ Rxf7 32. Be3 { [#] Black to play. How woud you continue the attack? } 32... Bb6 (32... Rxc1+! 33. Bxc1 Ra7 34. a3 bxa3 35. bxa3 Qb6+ 36. Bb2 Nb5 37. Ka2 Rxa3+ 38. Bxa3 Nc3+ 39. Ka1 Nxd1 40. Rxd1 Qa6 $36) 33. Bxd4 Bxd4 34. Qb3 Rcf8 35. Rf1 Rg7 36. Nd3 Rg2 37. h5 Rd2 38. Rd1 { [#] Black to play and win } 38... Rg2 (38... Qxd3+! 39. Qxd3 Rxb2+ 40. Ka1 Ra8 41. Qc4 Rbxa2+ 42. Kb1 Rb2+ 43. Kc1 Ra1#) 39. h6 Qa7 40. Qe6 { [#] Black to play. How would you continue the attack? } 40... Rg6 (40... b3 41. Qxb3 (41. a3 Rxb2+! 42. Nxb2 Qxa3 { with a mating attack }) 41... Rb8 $40) 41. Qc4 Rg2 42. Rc1 b3 43. a3 { [#] Black to play and win. } 43... Ra8 { [#] Black has not found the decisive moves and now White has a chance to strike back. How? } (43... Rxb2+! 44. Nxb2 Qxa3 $19) 44. Rh2! Rg3 (44... Rxh2?? 45. Qc8+ Rxc8 46. Rxc8#) 45. Qe6 (45. Qxb3 $18) 45... Rf8 46. Qxd6 Rgxf3 47. Nxe5 Rf1 48. Rh1 R1f2 49. Nd3 R2f6 50. Qd5 Be3 51. Rce1 Bxh6 52. e5 Rg6 53. e6 Qe7 54. Qxb3 Bg7 55. Nb4 Rg2 56. Rxh7+! Kg8 { [#] How did Wafa finish the game? } 57. Rxg7+! Rxg7 58. Nc6 Qb7 59. Qd5 Rf2 60. e7+ Kh7 61. Qh5+ { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0