[Event "Women's World Cup 2025"] [Site "Batumi, Georgia"] [Date "2025.07.01"] [Round "39.1"] [White "Lei, Tingjie"] [Black "Koneru, Humpy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2536"] [Variant "Standard"] [Annotator "WGM Sabina Foisor"] [FEN "8/1p2kBb1/2p3P1/p3p3/P3Pr2/1PPK4/8/4R3 b - - 0 48"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "Women's World Cup"] [ChapterName "Lei, Tingjie - Koneru, Humpy"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/fB3lLxYD/CQ4Nkz0l"] [FEN "8/1p2kBb1/2p3P1/p3p3/P3Pr2/1PPK4/8/4R3 b - - 0 48"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { In the first game of the second tie-break, Humpy was struggling to defend in a pawn-down position. Here, she played } 48... b6?? { which would have allowed White to create some weaknesses on the queenside. } (48... Rf3+ 49. Kc2 Rf2+ 50. Kd1 Rf3 51. Kd2 Bh6+ 52. Kc2 Rf2+ { It seems that White cannot escape checks or the trade of the rooks which would lead to a drawish opposite-colored bishop endgame. }) 49. Kc4? (49. b4! Rf3+ 50. Kc2 Rg3 51. Rb1 $18 { and now White finds a way to activate the rook on the b-file and the king can find its shelter from checks on c4. }) 49... Rf3 50. Re2 Kf6? (50... Rg3 { Now it is a bit more difficult for Black, but this still had to be tried. } 51. b4 (51. Ra2? Re3) 51... axb4 52. cxb4 Ra3 53. Rc2 Re3 54. a5 Rxe4+ 55. Kb3 Re3+ 56. Kc4 Re4+) 51. Be8 { There is no way to save the pawn on the queenside, so White went on to convert her advantage. } 51... b5+ 52. axb5 cxb5+ 53. Kxb5 Rxc3 54. Bf7 Bf8 55. Kxa5 Bc5 56. b4 Bd4 57. Rg2 Kg7 58. Bd5 Ra3+ 59. Kb5 Rc3 60. Be6 Rc1 61. Bf5 Rc7 62. Rh2 Rb7+ 63. Kc4 Rc7+ 64. Kd5 Kf6 65. Rh7 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0