[Event "Cairns Cup"] [Site "St Louis"] [Date "2023.06.06"] [Round "4"] [White "Koneru, Humpy"] [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2510"] [Annotator "IM Nazi Paikidze"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [FEN "3r2k1/1p1q4/p3RpP1/3p2p1/3p2P1/8/PP3P2/1K2Q3 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/sLZyX0Nq/rI2FmD0P"] [Orientation "white"] { The critical moment in this game happened on move 38, when Humpy only had one minute left on the clock and two moves to make before reaching the time control. } { Annotations by IM Nazi Paikidze } 1. f3?? { Missing a big win } (1. Re7! Qd6 (1... Qxg4 2. Re8+ Rxe8 3. Qxe8+ Kg7 4. Qf7+ Kh6 5. Qh7#) 2. Re8+ Kg7 (2... Rxe8 3. Qxe8+ Qf8 (3... Kg7 4. Qf7+ Kh6 5. Qh7#) 4. Qd7!! { threatening mate in one } 4... Qg7 5. Qxd5+ Kh8 6. Qd8+ Qg8 7. Qxf6+ Qg7 8. Qd8+ Qg8 9. Qxd4+ Qg7 10. Qd8+ Qg8 11. Qxg5 { White picks up three pawns with checks and wins the game. }) 3. Qh1!! { This is not an easy move to find, especially in time trouble. } 3... Kxg6 (3... Rxe8 4. Qh7+ Kf8 5. Qf7#) 4. Qh5+ Kg7 5. Qh8+ Kg6 6. Rxd8 $18) 1... d3 2. Qe3?? { A huge blunder by Humpy, as the position was still even if White played: } (2. Re3) 2... Qc8!! { Now Black is winning. White's king is alone and unprotected. } 3. Rd6 { Humpy flagged here before reaching move 40, but her position was already hopeless. } 0-1