[Event "Women's World Cup 2025"] [Site "Batumi, Georgia"] [Date "2025.07.27"] [Round "44.2"] [White "Lei, Tingjie"] [Black "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2527"] [Variant "Standard"] [Annotator "WGM Sabina Foisor"] [FEN "5rk1/1Q3pp1/3Nr2p/p3n3/P2R3P/2P1q1P1/6PK/5R2 w - - 0 32"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "Women's World Cup"] [ChapterName "Lei, Tingjie - Tan, Zhongyi"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/fB3lLxYD/SPAFzTnS"] [FEN "5rk1/1Q3pp1/3Nr2p/p3n3/P2R3P/2P1q1P1/6PK/5R2 w - - 0 32"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { White's extra pawn is not really felt in this position due to her several weak pawns. Still, things are objectively balanced. But after } 32. Nc4?! { Black was able to build up some threats on the kingside. } (32. Ne4 Ng4+ 33. Kh3) 32... Qe2 33. Rff4 g5 34. Rfe4?? { And, suddenly, it's over } (34. Nxe5 { was the only move } 34... gxf4 35. gxf4 Qe1 36. g3 Qxc3 37. Rc4) 34... Nf3+ 35. Kh3 Rxe4?? { And, just as suddenly, White has another chance! } (35... Qf1 { would have won the game in a beautiful fashion } 36. Ne3 (36. Rxe6 h5 $19 { and there's nothing stopping Qh1 or g4. } { and nothing can stop ... Qf1-h1+ or ... g5-g4+. }) 36... Qh1+ 37. Kg4 Nxd4 38. cxd4 Rg6 $19 { With the extra material and White's king stuck in the open, Black in on the way to a win! }) 36. Rxe4 Ng1+ 37. Kh2 Nf3+ 38. Kh3 f5 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. gxf3 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 g4+ 43. Rxg4 fxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Rg8+ 45. Kh5 Qxg3 46. Qf5 Re8 47. Qf7 Rc8 { Despite being down an Exchange, it seemed that White would be able to hold this position by keeping her queen active, but in this position she played } 48. Qd5?? (48. Qf5 { would have kept her chances alive. } 48... Re8 49. Qf7 Qg8 50. Qxg8+ Kxg8 51. Kg4 Ra8 52. Ne5) 48... Rf8! { Now Black has found a way to trade queens in a good circumstance that doens't allow White to gain sufficient material to draw and Tan was able to win the game and finish in 3rd place and automatically qualify for the candidates. } 49. Qd4+ Qg7 50. Qxg7+ Kxg7 51. Kg4 h5+ 52. Kxh5 Rf4 53. Nb6 (53. Nxa5?? { If this would have worked, White could have drawn. But this is the beauty of an active rook and a badly placed king. } 53... Rf5+) 53... Rxf3 54. c4 Rb3 55. Nd5 Rb4! { An emphatic finish! } 0-1