[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