[Event "ch-USA w Armageddon 2022"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2022.10.21"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Krush, Irina"] [Black "Yu, Jennifer"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2432"] [BlackElo "2297"] [Annotator "Solon,Nate"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A07"] [Opening "King's Indian Attack: Pachman System"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/dfRDZs7P/m9jn8Aj2"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,94,29,29,28,-9,21,21,9,15,12,12,5,9,2,-2,7,-28,-10,-15,350,369,398, 386,388,375,405,398,405,400,400,398,398,398,410,412,398,398,444,442,442,440, 441,428,415,386,594,33,38,20,14,14,109,129,129,129,129,130,130,128,141,141,126, 134,133,144,174,180,265,265,446,265,279,238,280,297,384,388,784,795,868,897, 922,54,62,49,30,27,110,80,77,42,44,31,143,46,71] } 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 d4 8. Ne1 Nbc6 9. f4 Bg4?? { There's no trick, the bishop can just be taken. An odd echo of their classical game, where Yu also blundered a bishop. } 10. Qxg4 f5 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. Nef3 Rae8 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Ne4 b6 17. Bd2 c5 18. Rf2 Re7 19. Raf1 Rfe8 20. Bh3 Rf7 21. g4? { So far Krush has played sensibly and maintained a completely winning position with the extra piece. She could have continued with the standard strategy of trading pieces when ahead. } (21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Rxf5! Rxf5 23. Qg4+ $18) 21... Nd6 22. Nxd6 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2? { White was still winning, but things have gotten very confusing. The win is still there after } (23. Rxh2! Rxe2 24. Nxf7! Rxh2 { and now most precise is } 25. Nh6+! Kg7 26. Kxh2 { when White has way too many pieces for the queen. }) 23... Qxd6+ 24. Kh1 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Qf3 { White is still winning, but Krush had gotten very low on time now. } 28. g5 Qg4+ 29. Rg2 Qd1 30. Bf4 Qf3 31. Rf2 Qg4+ 32. Bg2 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qe1 34. Bd5+ Kg7 35. Bg3 Qe8 36. Kg2 h5 37. Rf7+ Kh8 38. Kf1 Qe3 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. Rf7+ Kh8 41. Bf2? { A big mistake in time trouble. Now Yu has real chances to hold, especially given the clock situation. } 41... Qc1+ 42. Be1 Qxg5 43. Be4 Qg4 44. Bf2 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qg4+ { Here Krush played the illegal move Kg1, which resulted in Yu getting two minutes added to her clock. But this didn't change the result, as Krush had only two seconds left anyway and couldn't possibly win in time. } 46. Kh2 Kg8 47. Rf3 h4 { Here Krush lost on time. A crazy end to a crazy tournament! } 0-1