[Event "2026 Fremont All-Girls Chess Championship"] [Site "Fremont, CA"] [Date "2026.04.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Sasha Anjali Chugh"] [Black "Aditi Sinha"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1180"] [BlackElo "1106"] [TimeControl "G/30;d5"] [Annotator "Pranavi Pramod"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: London System, with e6"] [StudyName "Fremont All-Girls"] [ChapterName "Sasha Anjali Chugh - Aditi Sinha"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/vkX3sQLi/IuKUmWaO"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Na5 15. Be2 Qc8 16. Ne5 c5 17. Bf3? { Instead of this, White could have played 17. Qb2 to target the weak b-pawn. } (17. Qb2 Nd5 (17... b5 18. a4! { would disrupt Black's queenside. }) 18. Bg3 b5 19. a4 { with an initiative. }) 17... cxd4 18. exd4 Nd5 (18... Bxf3 { was a way to take control of the queenside: } 19. gxf3 (19. Nxf3 Nc4 { is a nice blockade on White's backwards c3-pawn. }) 19... Nc4 { With ... Nf6-d5 coming, Black has targets on White's queenside and nicely controls the light squares in the center. }) 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qd3 Rb8 21. Qg3 g5?? { Voluntarily weakening her own kingside is a bad idea here, and White can indeed sac immediately. } (21... Rb7 { was best, activating the rook's defensive capacities along the second rank while stepping out of possible discovered attacks. }) 22. h4?! { White could have sacrificed the bishop here. If Black accepts the sac, White mates. If black doesn't take the bishop, however, White would be up a pawn with a crushing attack. } (22. Bxg5! hxg5 23. Qxg5+ { forces mate. Sample lines: } 23... Kh7 (23... Kf8 24. Qf6 Qc7 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Qh8#) (23... Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Ng6#) 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Qxf7+ Kh6 26. Qg6#) 22... Kh7 23. hxg5 Rg8 24. Qh4 { Switching targets! White is still completely winning here. } 24... Qf8 25. Nxf7 Kg7 26. Nxh6 Rh8 27. Be5+ Kg6 28. g4 Rxh6 29. gxh6 Qxh6? { Black is already losing, but now White can force mate. } 30. Qxh6+?! { It's good not to over-complicate things when you're winning, but White did miss a mate here. } (30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qf7+ { The bishop and queen coordinate perfectly. } 31... Qg7 32. Qxg7#) 30... Kxh6 31. Bxb8 $18 { White is up more than enough material, and converted smoothly from here. } 31... Nc4 32. Bf4+ Kg6 33. Re3 Nxe3 34. Bxe3 b5 35. Kh2 Bf3 36. Kg3 Bd5 37. f4 Be4 38. Rf1 a5 39. Rc1 Bd5 40. f5+ exf5 41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Rb1 Bc4 43. d5 Ke5 44. Bd4+ Kxd5 45. Kf4 a4 46. Rh1 Bd3 47. Rh5+ Kc4 48. Ke3 Bf1 49. Kd2 Kb3 50. Bc5 Kb2 51. Rh4 Bc4 52. Bb4 Ba2 53. Ke3 Bc4 54. Kd4 Kc2 55. Kc5 Kb3 56. Rh5 Be2 57. Rg5 Bc4 58. Kb6 Bd3 59. Rxb5 Bc4 60. Rc5 Bg8 61. Ka5 Bc4 62. Rxc4 Kxc4 63. Kxa4 Kd5 64. Kb5 Ke6 65. c4 Kd7 66. Kb6 Kc8 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0