[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2023"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Lang, JJ"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian Defense: Knights Variation"]
[Source "https://lichess.org/study/uDXLUcuQ/mDOse2Gk"]
[Orientation "white"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. a4 b4 5. c4 bxc3 6. bxc3 d5 7. Bg2 Ba6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nc6 Qc8 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Qb7 12. Nb4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. Nxa6 Nxa6 16. c4 O-O 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Qe7 19. Nb5 Nb6 20. a5 Nc4 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. O-O Rc5 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. Qa2 h5 25. Bf1 Ne5 26. Qa3 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nd2 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rd1 Nxe4 30. Qf3 Re5 31. Qf4 f6 32. Nd4 Qb7 33. Nf3?! { Black's rook was only tied down to the e6-pawn when the knight was on d4.
Better was } (33. Qf3 Nac5 (33... Rxa5? 34. Nxe6 $18) 34. Bc4 Nd6 35. Qxb7 Ndxb7) 33... Rxa5 34. Rd8+?! (34. Bc4! Ng5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Bd3+ g6 37. Bxa6 Qxf3+ 38. Qxf3 Nxf3 39. Bc4) 34... Kh7 35. Bxa6? { This is too
simplifying for the player down two pawns. } (35. Bc4 { was again provocative,
as now many moves would be too passive. } 35... g5! (35... Nac5 36. h4! { stopping
...g7-g5 and stabalizing. }) 36. Bd5!? (36. Qe3 Nac5 (36... g4?? 37. Bxe6 gxf3+ 38. Qxf3 { with many elegant points, including } 38... Nec5 39. Rd7+ $18 (39. Bd5 { is even stronger, but the idea of the text is simpler to mere mortals. }))) 36... gxf4 37. Bxb7 Nac5 38. Bxe4+ Nxe4 39. Rd4 Nc5 $17) 35... Rxa6 36. Rb8 Qd5 37. Rb4 Ng5 { Now Black successfully simplifies. } 38. h4 Nxf3 39. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Ra2 41. Rb7 a5 42. Re7 e5 43. Ra7 a4 44. Ke3 Ra1 45. Kf3 Kh6 46. Ra6 a3 47. Ke3 Kg6 48. Ra7 Kf5 49. Kf3 g6 50. Ra4 a2 51. Ra6 g5 52. hxg5 fxg5 53. Ra4 e4+ 54. Kg2 h4 55. gxh4 gxh4 56. Ra8 h3+ 57. Kh2 Kg4 58. Ra3 Kf4 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1