[Event "Women's World Cup 2025"] [Site "Batumi, Georgia"] [Date "2025.07.01"] [Round "25.1"] [White "Zhu, Jiner"] [Black "Divya Deshmukh"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2463"] [Variant "Standard"] [Annotator "WGM Sabina Foisor"] [FEN "6k1/5p2/1p4p1/1P1r3p/3p1P1P/1P4P1/3R2K1/8 w - - 0 60"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "Women's World Cup"] [ChapterName "Zhu, Jiner - Divya Deshmukh"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/fB3lLxYD/nHJrqBGV"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { Under some pressure, the overall second seed crumbled here: } 60. b4? (60. Rd3 { was better: } 60... f5 61. Kf2 (61. b4 { is better now, too, without ... d4-d3 available. }) 61... Kf7 62. b4 Ke6 63. Ke2 Rd6 64. Rd2 Kd5 { It may look like Black is winning here, too, as 65. Kd3? Re6! wins. But... } 65. Rc2! { Counterplay! } 65... Ke4 66. Rc6 Kd5 67. Rxd6+ Kxd6 68. Kd2 $10) 60... d3 61. Kf3 Rd4?? { Too slow! } (61... Kg7! 62. Ke3 Rxb5 63. Rb2 (63. Rxd3 Rxb4 $19) 63... Rd5 64. Rd2 (64. Kd2 Kf6 $19) 64... Kf6 65. Rxd3 { does not hold: } 65... Rxd3+! 66. Kxd3 Kf5 67. Kc4 Kg4 68. Kb5 Kxg3 69. Kxb6 { And now, which pawn to take? } 69... Kxh4! { The f4-square allows White's b-pawn to promote with check, and must be avoided. } 70. b5 Kg4 71. Kc7 h4 72. b6 h3 73. b7 h2 74. b8=Q h1=Q $19) 62. Ke3 Rxb4 63. Rxd3?? { Now, Black is winning once again! } (63. f5! { Necessary counterplay. } 63... gxf5 (63... Rxb5 64. fxg6 fxg6 65. Rxd3 Rb4 66. Kf3 { also makes it hard to make progress, as } 66... Kg7 67. Rd6 $10 { White's rook will get behind the b-pawn. }) 64. Rxd3 Rxb5 65. Kf4 { The weakened pawns allow White to hold, e.g. after } 65... Kg7 66. Kg5 { when there's nothing better than } 66... f4+ 67. Kxf4 Kg6 68. Rd6+ f6 69. Rd4 $10 { , while }) 63... Rxb5 { Black converts from here. } 64. Rd6 Rb3+ 65. Kf2 Rb5 66. Rc6 Kg7 67. Kf3 Kf8 68. Kf2 Ke7 69. Rc7+ Ke6 70. Rb7 Rb2+ 71. Kf3 Rb3+ 72. Kg2 f6 73. Kh3 Kf5 74. Rb8 Rb1 75. Rb7 Ke4 76. Rc7 Kf5 77. Rc6 Rb5 78. Rd6 Rb4 79. Rc6 Rb2 80. Rd6 Rb1 81. Rc6 Rb2?! (81... b5 82. Rc5+ Ke4 83. Rc6 f5 84. Rxg6 b4 $19) 82. Rd6 b5 83. Rb6 Rb1 84. Rc6 b4 85. Rb6 b3 86. Rb4 Ke6 87. Rb6+ Kd5 88. Kg2 Kc4 89. Rxf6 Rd1 90. Rb6 Rd5 91. g4 hxg4 92. Kg3 Rb5 93. Rc6+ Kd3 94. Rd6+ Ke2 95. Re6+ Kf1 96. Rd6 b2 97. Rd1+ Ke2 98. Rb1 Kd3 99. Kxg4 (99. f5 gxf5 100. h5 Kc2 $19) 99... Kc2 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1