[Event "World Blitz Championship (Women)"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.29"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Dronavalli Harika"] [Black "Polina Shuvalova"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2507"] [BlackElo "2502"] [Annotator "USER"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [FEN "8/p6p/4r3/2p1pk2/2P1Rp2/3P1r2/P2K4/7R b - - 0 49"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/tXaenEL9/KzOK2GYS"] [Orientation "black"] [ChapterMode "gamebook"] { Last but not least - at the end of 2022, Polina achieved one of the biggest successes of her career so far by winning the Bronze Medal at the World Blitz Championship for Women, held in Almaty, Kazahstan. Along the way, she beat several top female players, but her game against one of the best Indian players, GM Harika Dronavalli, was particularly impressive. Polina outplayed her opponent throughout the entire game - and on move 49, she decided the game with the elegant little combination. } 49... Rxd3+ { A nice way to wrap up the game, exploiting the fact that the rook on e4 is insufficiently protected. } { [%cal Rd2d3] } 50. Kxd3 Rd6+ 51. Ke2 Kxe4 { Perhaps not the most remarkable combination of all time, but I wanted to include a game from the 2022 World Blitz Championship. Given the class of the opponent and the competitive significance of the event, I feel that this decision is fully justified. } 0-1