[Event "2024 Cairns Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2024.06.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Dronavalli, Harika"] [Black "Krush, Irina"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "WGM Begim Tokhirjonova"] [FEN "b2q1bk1/R1r2p1p/3p2p1/1p2p3/1N2P2P/2P3P1/1P3PB1/3Q2K1 w - - 0 1"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "2024 Cairns Cup"] [ChapterName "Dronavalli, Harika - Krush, Irina"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/oG53fNqo/2B7BAfb9"] [FEN "b2q1bk1/R1r2p1p/3p2p1/1p2p3/1N2P2P/2P3P1/1P3PB1/3Q2K1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { Strategically White has a big plus, as she has the better structure and more active pieces. All that White needs is to keep this edge and continue pressing. } 1. Qa1? { Natural, but Black finds a riposte to solve all her problems. Instead, something like } (1. Ra5! { , keeping the status quo, would have given Black a long and difficult defensive task down the road. }) 1... Rxa7 2. Qxa7 d5! 3. Nxd5 (3. Nd3 dxe4 (3... Bg7!?) 4. Nxe5 Qe7 5. Qxa8 Qxe5 6. Bxe4 b4) (3. exd5 Bxb4 4. cxb4 Bxd5) 3... Bxd5 4. exd5 b4! { Black has given up a pawn but achieved opposite-colored bishops where her bishop controls all pawn advances along the a3-f8 diagonal. Krush went on to hold a draw without much effort. } 1/2-1/2