[Event "80th ch-UKR Women 2020"] [Site "Kherson"] [Date "2020.12.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Babiy, O.."] [Black "Osmak, I.."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2287"] [BlackElo "2438"] [Annotator "OlyaChess"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B66"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviations"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/l40uKG8C/ZH55QWFU"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 { A surprise - I didn't expect this from my opponent. } 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 (8... Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 $132) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. a3 (12. Be2!? O-O 13. e5 Nh7!? (13... Nd7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Qh3 Kg8 16. Rd3! Be7 17. Rg3 Bh4 18. Bxh6 $18 g6 19. Rg4 Bxf2 20. Rf1 Bc5 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qh6 Nxe5 24. Rh4 { 1-0 (24) Wang,H (2709)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Huaian 2017 }) 14. h4 Qa5 15. Rh3!? $13) 12... Ba5 13. Be2 (13. h4 Qb6 14. Qf3 Qa7 15. e5 (15. Be5!? Qe7 16. g4 $40) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3? Ne4 $17 { 0-1 (35) Babiy, O (2330)-Nikolova,A (2339) Konya TUR 2016 }) 13... O-O 14. e5 Nd7 (14... Nh7 15. h4 Rb8 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Bd3 f6 18. g4 $40 { 1-0 (30) Carlsen,M (2840)-Henriquez Villagra,C (2517) Doha 2016 }) 15. g4 { After thinking about this move for a long time, I decided on the straightforward attack. } (15. Qg3 Bc7 16. Kb1 Kh8 $13) (15. Bxh6 gxh6 (15... Nxe5? 16. Bxg7! $18) 16. Qxh6 Nxe5 17. Rd3 Nxd3+ 18. Bxd3 f5 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qh6+) 15... f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Bg3 c5 { This was a surprise. After my next move Black already has a difficult choice. } (17... e5!) (17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 e5 20. c4 Nf6 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rhe1 $14) 18. Na4 (18. h4 d4 19. Qe4 Ra7 20. g5 $40) 18... d4? (18... Bb7! { The best practical solution } 19. Nxc5 Bb6 20. Qxe6+ (20. g5! hxg5 (20... Bxc5 21. gxf6 Bxe3+ 22. fxe3 Nxf6 23. Rhg1 $16) 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rfe8 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Bg4! { Another one intermediate move! } 24... Bxb2+ (24... Nf6 25. Rxd4 $18) 25. Kxb2 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Rhe1 $14 { White is better, but it was difficult to see this line }) 20... Qxe6 21. Nxe6 Rfe8 22. Nf4 g5 23. Nxd5 Rxe2 24. Nxb6 Nxb6 25. Rhe1 Rae8 $15) 19. Qe4 Ra7 20. Bc4 (20. Bd3 Bb7 21. Qh7+ Kf7 { but here I was not sure how to continue. }) 20... Re8 21. Qc6 { Preventing ...Bb7. } 21... Qe7? (21... Kh8!! { was the only option - a strong prophylactic move with the idea of freeing her game with ...e6-e5 } 22. Bb8 (22. Rhe1 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 e5) (22. Nxc5 Qg5+ 23. f4 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. b4 Bb6 26. bxc5 Bxc5) 22... Rb7 $13) 22. Rhe1! { White sacrifices the exchange to continue her attack } 22... Bxe1 23. Rxe1 $18 Nf8 24. Nxc5 Bd7 25. Qb6 Raa8 26. Nxa6 { White regains material equality, but keeps a strong initiative. } 26... Qg5+ 27. f4 Qxg4 28. Qxd4 Red8 29. Qe5 Rdc8 30. Bd3 Ba4 31. Nc5 (31. Nc7 { leads to a winning endgame after } 31... Ra7 32. Nxe6 Qxe6 33. Qxe6+ Nxe6 34. Rxe6 $18) 31... Ra5 32. b4 Ra7 33. Bf2 { The bishop moves to an active central square, and at the same time helps the rook to attack through the g1-square. } 33... Qf3 34. Bd4 Be8 35. Rg1 Rcc7 36. Kb2 Bg6 37. Rxg6 { The easiest way to convert the advantage. } 37... Nxg6 38. Qxe6+ Rf7 39. Qxg6 Qd5 (39... Qxf4 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Ne6+ $18) 40. Ne6 Rfe7 41. Qh7+ Kf7 42. f5 Ra8 43. Qg6+ Kg8 44. Bxg7 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0