[Event "Wch U20 Girls 37th"] [Site "New Delhi"] [Date "2019.10.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Shuvalova, Polina"] [Black "Assaubayeva, Bibissara"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2412"] [BlackElo "2381"] [Annotator "USER"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [FEN "5q1k/7p/1r1b2p1/2p1p1Pn/2B1Q2P/pP2BP2/P2R4/1K6 w - - 0 43"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/tXaenEL9/MweOacOV"] [Orientation "white"] [ChapterMode "gamebook"] { As mentioned earlier, after winning the World U18 Championship in 2019, Polina also won the World U20 Girls Championship held that same year in New Delhi. Among her games from that later competition, I have decided to single out her 8th-round game against another young strong female player that is making strides nowadays - Bibissara Assaubayeva from Kazakhstan. --- The game not only features a very nice concluding combination but was also very important from the competitive standpoint, as it was played very late in the tournament - in round 8. --- We join the action on move 43. Polina has a completely won position - but here she found a nice simplifying combination, ending the game on the spot. } 43. Bxc5 { A very nice tactic on the theme of overloaded piece (the queen on f8). } (43. Rd3 { To be fair, White's position is soo good that virtually any move wins, but the resulting combination is quite pretty all the same. }) 43... Bxc5 44. Qxe5+ { Of course, we take the pawn here as that was one of the points of diverting the bishop- } 44... Ng7 45. Qxc5 { The queen is immune to capture + Black has to agree to the exchange of the queens. } { [%cal Gd2d8] } 45... Rb8 (45... Qxc5 46. Rd8+ { Leads to mate. } 46... Ne8 47. Rxe8+ Kg7 48. Rg8#) (45... Qb8 { Moving the queen out of the way doesn't quite help due to } 46. Qe7 { With massive threat of Rd8 that wins on the spot. } { [%cal Gd2d8] }) 46. Qxf8+ Rxf8 47. b4 { The endgame is easily won and Polina converted without any problem! } 1-0