[Event "Ukrainian championship"] [Site "Kharkov"] [Date "2021.12.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Babiy, O.."] [Black "Martynkova"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2259"] [BlackElo "2180"] [Annotator "OlyaChess"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C95"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid"] [StudyName "WGM Olga Babiy Annotated Games for CLO"] [ChapterName "Babiy, O. - Martynkova"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/l40uKG8C/cW5a9Ic1"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 { The Breyer system. } 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 { The game has been developing in a forced manner, and many games have reached this position. } 20. Bxc5 { A less-played continuation that I have tried previously. } (20. Bg5 Be7 21. Ra3 Nfd7 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Rea1 $14 { 1/2 (37) Sanikidze,T (2555)-Baramidze,D (2608) Nuremberg 2013 }) 20... dxc5 21. Qg5 { Here I decided to try a rare and interesting idea, one that was probably unknown to my opponent. } (21. Reb1 Qc7 22. b3 cxb3 23. Rxb3 c4 24. Rbb1 Reb8 25. Qe1 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Ne8 27. Qe2 Nd6 28. Rba1 Bg7 29. Nf1 Bc8 30. Ne3 Rb2 31. Nd2 Bd7 32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Rxa6 Bb5 34. Ra8+ { and eventually I won the game 1-0 (60) Babiy,O (2281)-Martynkova, O (2140) Semifinal of Ukraine 2015 }) 21... Nd7 (21... Bg7!? 22. Nf1 (22. Nxe5? Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Nxd5 $19) 22... Qd6 23. g4 $14) 22. Qxd8 Rexd8 23. Nf1 { After the exchange of queens, White has a very simple plan to push on the kingside. All the games I found in my online chess database had very good statistics for White } 23... Rdb8?! { Black probably wants to get counterplay on the queenside but her options are very limited. } (23... f6 24. Ne3 Nb6 (24... Bh6 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Kg7 27. g5 Bxg5 28. Nxg5 fxg5 29. Ng4 Re8 30. Kg2 Nf6 31. Nxf6 Kxf6 32. Bd1 b4 33. Rc1 b3 34. Be2 a5 35. Bxc4 $16 { 1-0 (62) Michalczak,T (2239)-Kashlinskaya,A (2492) Dortmund GER 2019 }) 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 g5 27. Kg2 $16 { 1/2 (50) Dardha,D (2527)-Kamsky,G (2662) Cap d'Agde FRA 2021 }) (23... Kg7 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nf6 26. Nxe5 Re8 27. Nc6 Nxg4 28. f4 Bxc6 29. dxc6 Rac8 30. Kg2 Rxc6 31. Kf3 Nf6 32. e5 Nh5 33. Ne3 Rce6 34. Nd5 Rd8 35. Rad1 { 1-0 (35) Schwetlick,T (2464) -Ruggeri Laderchi,G (2461) ICCF email 2013 }) 24. g4 { Consistently following my plan. } 24... hxg4 25. hxg4 Bd6 26. g5 Bc8 27. Ne3 Nb6 28. Kg2 $18 Bd7 29. a5 Nc8 30. Nh2 (30. Rh1 Ne7 31. Rh6 Kg7 32. Nf5+!? gxf5 33. Rxd6 $18) 30... Ne7 31. Bd1 Kg7 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. Nexg4 Ng8 34. Nf3 Re8 35. Rh1 f5 36. gxf6+ Nxf6 37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. Rh7 Re7 39. Rxe7 Bxe7 40. Rh1 { Black can't do anything to defend herself. } 40... Ra7 41. Rh7 Rc7 42. Rh8 Rd7 43. Rh7 Rc7 44. Kh3 Rd7 (44... Bd8 45. Rh8 Rd7 (45... Be7 46. Ra8 $18) 46. Re8 $18) 45. Kg4 Rc7 46. Rh8 Rd7 47. Ra8 Rd6 48. Ra7 Bd8 49. Ng5 Be7 50. f4 exf4 51. Kxf4 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0