[Event "FIDE Women's Olympiad"] [Date "2022.08.09"] [Round "11"] [White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"] [Black "Kulkarni, Bhakti"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2299"] [BlackElo "2373"] [Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C58"] [Opening "Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line"] [StudyName "2022 FIDE Olympiad - Annotated Games"] [ChapterName "Abrahamyan, Tatev - Kulkarni, Bhakti"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/cS8lSqW7/HSKaDoFn"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,95,19,28,11,18,5,5,5,-1,-16,-16,-21,-24,-11,-10,-10,-64,6,-40,0,0,0,0, 0,-6,-14,-15,-4,-12,21,18,-3,3,13,10,16,49,92,88,55,74,75,85,123,124,157,148, 255,266,269,272,272,270,284,261,293,291,295,310,297,258,261,270,301,318,218, 175,334,375,411,400,403,403,406,404,412,419,418,425,433,455,455,442,488,492, 510,513,507,223,558,560,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. h4 { A somewhat unusual line, aiming to take Black out of her book. The main line is } (9. Nf3 { which has been played countless times in grandmaster games. }) 9... h6 10. Qh5 Qf6 11. Ne4 Qe6 12. Nbc3 Nf4 13. Qf3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 f5 15. Ng3 Be7 16. b3 Rb8 17. Bb2 Rb4? { Very sharp but not particularly good. Black's best was } (17... Nc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. bxc4 Rxb2 20. Rb1 Rxb1+ 21. Nxb1 Be6 22. d3 { when Black has excellent compensation for the sacrificed pawn. }) 18. O-O-O! Rxh4 19. Rxh4 Bxh4 { Black has won back the pawn but her pieces are poorly coordinated, and her pawns are weak. White has a very large advantage at this point. } 20. Re1 O-O 21. Na4 Rd8 22. Qc3 Bg5 23. Rxe5 { Or } (23. Nc5! Qf7 24. Nd3 e4 25. f4! { and White is winning, e.g., } 25... exd3 26. fxg5 hxg5 (26... dxc2 27. gxh6) 27. Nh5! { and Black can resign. }) 23... Qf7 24. Qxa5 Bxd2+ 25. Qxd2 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 { White is completely winning, and this was comfortably converted by Tatev. } 26... Qg6 27. Ne2 Kf7 28. Nf4 Qg5 29. g3 h5 30. Nc5 h4 31. Re3? { Apparently, Tatev got worried about the h-pawn. But } (31. Nd3! h3 32. Re1 { wins easily for White. In the game continuation, the win is never in doubt, it just took a bit longer than necessary. }) 31... Qh6 32. Nce6 Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Qg5 34. Rg6 Qd8+ 35. Ke2 Qe8+ 36. Kf1 Qe4 37. Rxg7+ Ke8 38. Bf6 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qe4+ 40. Kd2 Qb4+ 41. Kc1 h3 42. Nxh3 Qd6 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. Ng5 Qa3+ 45. Kb1 a6 46. Nh7+ Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Ng5 { and Black finally resigned. } 1-0