1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Be74.cxd5exd55.Bf4c66.e3Bd67.Bxd6Qxd68.Bd3Nf69.Nge2O-O10.Ng3Re811.O-Og612.Qd2Nbd713.f3Nf814.Rad1Bd715.Bc2h516.e4h417.e5Qe618.Nh1Nh519.Nf2Qe720.Ne2...The opening
has gone White's way. Some slow play has allowed White to achieve her model
Carlsbad plan with f2-f3 and e3-e4, eventually getting up to e4-e5. After the
game, she admitted she was worried about Black's counterplay after her next
move.20....c521.Rfe1Bc621...cxd4is still advantageous for White, but far
more testing.22.f4(22.Nxd4Ne6is the sort of position Black can try to
suffer through.)Rac823.Bb1Qc524.Nxd4Ne625.Nb3Qb6and now
White has the advantage if she is willing to pull the trigger with26.f5!but loses it after anything else, including capturing the hanging d-pawn,
which illustrates why Atwell's choice to defend the d-pawn on move 21 was
based on a misevaluation of the position.(26.Qxd5?Bc6∓)Nef427.Nd4gxf528.Nxf5Bxf529.Bxf5Rc730.g3±22.Ng4Ne623.f4Bb5Now, White's pieces spring to life and the weakened black king is doomed.24.Nc3Nxd424...Bc625.f5!was the point:gxf526.Bxf5Qg527.Bxe6Qxd228.Bxf7+!Kxf729.Rxd2+−25.Nxd5Qe626.Ngf6+Nxf627.Nxf6+Kg728.f5Nxf529.Bxf5Qxf530.Nxe8+Rxe8Black does not have compensation.31.Qc3Bc632.Rd2Re633.Qxc5h334.Rf2Qg535.g3b636.Qe3Qd837.Ref1Re738.Rd2Rd7At this point, the game is over, but White finds the cleanest finish with39.Rxf7+!...Exploiting the pinned rook and decoying the king into a pawn-fork!39....Kxf740.e6+Kg841.exd71-0 White wins.1-0