[Event "Women's World Cup 2025"] [Site "Batumi, Georgia"] [Date "2025.07.14"] [Round "22.5"] [White "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"] [Black "Dronavalli, Harika"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2428"] [BlackElo "2488"] [Annotator "Foisor,Sabina"] [FEN "3r1rk1/1pp2p2/6p1/pP3NQ1/2b2R2/2q1P2P/6P1/1R4K1 b - - 0 28"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "Tactics Tuesday 7/29/2025: Women's World Cup, Pt. 1"] [ChapterName "Tsolakidou, Stavroula - Dronavalli, Harika"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/exHv2lwY/MZkM2byO"] [FEN "3r1rk1/1pp2p2/6p1/pP3NQ1/2b2R2/2q1P2P/6P1/1R4K1 b - - 0 28"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { Today's puzzles begin a series from the Women's World Cup, with puzzles selected by WGM Sabina Foisor, who annotated games for all seven rounds of the knockout tournament. In our example, Black erred with } 28... Be6?? { Instead, } (28... Bd3! { , removing the knight before it could do more damage, was better. If } 29. Ne7+ Kg7 { the knight might have a hard time getting out, although apparently } 30. e4! { , sacrificing an entire rook, is equal! }) 29. Ne7+ { is winning for White, who instead erred with: } (29. Nd4?? Qxe3+ { and White resigned in Tsolakidou – Dronavalli. But now }) 29... Kg7 { reaches today's second puzzle. } 0-1