[Event "FIDE Women's Olympiad"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11"] [White "Koneru, Humpy"] [Black "Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2586"] [BlackElo "2322"] [Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D85"] [Opening "Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation"] [StudyName "2022 FIDE Olympiad - Annotated Games"] [ChapterName "Koneru, Humpy - Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/cS8lSqW7/GLKkqSHE"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,80,27,15,27,0,42,34,52,51,45,45,40,40,40,18,41,32,7,3,17,24,2,26,33, -8,30,36,43,43,82,80,97,36,26,0,14,-34,-16,-16,-37,-39,-18,0,7,-66,-80,-105, -116,-114,-91,-142,-157,-140,-31,-77,-19,-16,0,0,0,0,0,-65,16,-68,-73,-73,-54, -97,-75,-88,-44,-34,-30,-36,-44,-40,-40,-42,-42,-42,-42] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5! { Tokhirjonova fears no one in Grunfeld and repeats her opening choice from round 9 against Greece. } 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 e5 10. Bg5 Bf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd3 exd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. e5 Qe7 15. O-O Re8 16. e6!? { An interesting attempt at messing with Black's coordination. } 16... fxe6 17. Rfe1 cxd4 18. Qb2 Nc5 19. Bc4 d3 { White has compensation for the sacrificed pawns but certainly no more than that. Black could also have considered } (19... b6 20. Nxd4 Qf6 { and Black has a comfortable position. }) 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. Rad1 Qg7?! { The computer calls } (21... Qf6 { more precise. }) 22. h4 { Thematic but } (22. Qa3!? { was probably better, for instance, } 22... Qf8 (22... b6? 23. Nxd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 { and White has a strong initiative }) 23. Qc3 Qf6 24. Re3 { and White has the initiative and excellent play for the sacrificed material. }) 22... b6 23. Re3?! Bb7 24. h5 g5?! (24... Rd6!) 25. h6? (25. Qc1 { would have kept the chances about even. }) 25... Qxh6 26. Nxd3 Qg7? (26... Be4! { would have been unpleasant for White, killing off White's knight and leaving the knight on c5 to reign surpreme. }) 27. Qc1 Bd5 28. Nxc5 Bxc4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxc4 bxc5 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 { Black has an extra pawn but in heavy piece endings, king safety is paramount and, as we all can see, Black's king position is rather drafty. } 32. Qc6 (32. Re1 { was probably better. }) 32... Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qd4 34. g3 Rf8 35. Kg2 Qf6 36. Qxf6+ Rxf6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Rc8 Ra6 39. Rxc5 Kf6 40. Rc2 h5 { A very solid performance by Tokhirjonova. } 1/2-1/2