[Event "Women's World Cup 2025"] [Site "Batumi, Georgia"] [Date "2025.07.01"] [Round "24.1"] [White "Omonova, Umida"] [Black "Lei, Tingjie"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2211"] [BlackElo "2557"] [Variant "Standard"] [Annotator "WGM Sabina Foisor"] [FEN "1r3qk1/4np1p/3Nn1p1/p2pP3/7P/BP3Q2/5PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 39"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "Women's World Cup"] [ChapterName "Omonova, Umida - Lei, Tingjie"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/fB3lLxYD/59QTYANq"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { In the final moves leading up to the time control, Omonova had a chance to cement her advantage. } 39. Qf6?? { Letting Black off the hook. } (39. h5! { Black has no fully satisfactory defense. } 39... Nf5 (39... Qg7 40. h6! Qf8 41. Qf6 { works now that } 41... Rxb3?? { runs into } 42. Nf5!!) 40. Qxd5 Nf4 41. Qe4 Ne6 42. g3 $18) 39... h5?? (39... Rxb3 { was safe to capture, even after } 40. Nf5 gxf5 41. Bxe7 Qe8 42. Rc7! { when Black enjoys } 42... Rb6! { to tie the position together, even though } (42... Nxc7?? { loses immediately to } 43. Qg5+ Kh8 44. Bf6# { But now, }) 43. Ra7 Qb8 44. Rxa5 $14 { gives White a slight edge to play with. }) 40. Nf5?? { Letting Black off the hook a second time. } (40. f4! d4 (40... Nf5 41. Nxf5 Qxa3 42. Ne7+ Kf8 43. Nxg6+ $18) 41. Ne4 Re8 42. Rd1 { leaves White with a crushing attack, and attempts to liquidate such as } 42... Nd5 { lose to } 43. Bxf8 Nxf6 44. Nxf6+ Kxf8 45. Nxe8 Kxe8 46. g3 $18 { when White is up an Exchange and Black lacks compensation. }) (40. g4!? { was also better than the game move. }) 40... gxf5 41. Bxe7 Qg7 42. Qxf5 { White's extra pawn is not worth much, with the b3-pawn falling eventually. From here, Black held the draw and advanced to the quarter-finals. } 42... Qg6 43. Qf3 Qg4 44. Qxg4+ hxg4 45. Ra1 Rb5 46. Kf1 d4 47. Ke1 Rxb3 48. Rxa5 Rb1+ 49. Kd2 Rb2+ 50. Kd3 Rxf2 51. g3 Rf3+ 52. Ke4 d3 53. Ra8+ Kh7 54. Bf6 Nc5+ 55. Kd5 d2 56. Rh8+ Kg6 57. Rg8+ Kh7 58. Rh8+ Kg6 { Draw. } 1/2-1/2