[Event "Moskow-\"Queen's Gambit\""] [Site "?"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Harmon, Elizabeth"] [Black "Borgov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [Annotator "thechesscorner,@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "105"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.27"] {[%evp 0,105,17,17,17,9,21,-84,8,-64,-22,-22,53,53,61,54,61,57,68,52,54,52,51, 51,64,57,57,57,48,32,37,31,45,29,29,23,28,17,52,57,46,42,38,-48,47,47,50,45,45, 0,13,14,2,2,17,17,17,18,18,0,0,0,11,10,23,0,-12,-12,-30,-71,-71,-54,0,0,18,0,5, 0,0,17,15,8,8,16,16,16,16,0,0,0,236,257,256,252,269,233,292,284,264,264,353, 360,29985,29986,29985,29986,29989,29990]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 $5 3. e4 dxc4 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 Ne7 7. Bxc4 {[#]} Ng6 $5 {[%csl Rf4,Rg6][%CAl Rg6f4] aiming to go to f4} 8. f3 Bd6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Nge2 a6 11. Bb3 b5 12. a4 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rac1 Nh5 15. g3 h6 16. Bc2 Rab8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra1 Ra8 19. Bd3 { [%csl Gb5]} Bb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Qc2 Bc5 22. Nd1 Bd6 23. Nf2 Nhf4 $5 {Knight sacrifice} 24. Rc1 Qg5 25. Kh1 Qh5 26. Ng1 (26. gxf4 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 Nh4) 26... Nxd3 27. Nxd3 f5 $1 {Black is attacking} 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Rf1 Ne7 30. Qd3 fxe4 31. fxe4 Qg6 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Nf3 Ng8 $1 {[%CAl Rg8f6,Rf6g4]} 34. Nh4 Qg4 35. Nf5 Nf6 36. h3 Qg6 {Qg6 was the moved sealed by Borgov who requested to adjourn the game. So far it was a real game played between Ivanchuk(Ukrainian) and Wolff(American) played in Biel 1993. Garry Kasparov selected the final game for the Netflix show.} 37. Ne6 $5 {increasing the tension and improving from the known game. Probably suggested by Garry Kasparov} (37. g4 Bxc5 38. Bxc5 Ra4 39. Rf3 Rc4 40. Be7 Bxf5 41. Rxf5 Rd4 42. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 (72) Ivanchuk, V (2705)-Wolff,P (2585) Biel 1993}) 37... Ra4 $1 {[%CAl Ga4e4]} 38. b3 $1 { brilliant idea} (38. Nexg7 Nxe4 39. Ne6 Nxg3 40. Ne7 $3 Qxd3 (40... Bxe7 41. Rf7+ {winning for white}) 41. Rf7+ Kh8 42. Rf8+) 38... Rxe4 (38... Nxe4 39. bxa4 Nxg3 40. Ne7 Qxd3 41. Nf8+ Kh8 42. Nfg6+ {draw by repetition}) 39. Nxd6 $1 {[%csl Re6,Rf8,Rh7][%CAl Re6f8]} Bxe6 {forced} 40. dxe6 cxd6 41. e7 d5 $1 { The best move, found by Borgov. Back prevents the Rxf6! threat. He looks confident at this moment in the show. Not considered during the analysis by Harmon prior to resuming the game} (41... Nh5 42. Rf8 Qxg3+ (42... Nf4+ 43. Bxf4) 43. Kf1 Qxh3+ 44. Ke2 $18) 42. Bc5 $1 {White needs to defend the e7 pawn. That's Harmon's main asset in this position} Qe8 43. Qf3 Qc6 $2 (43... Kg8) 44. b4 $1 {anchoring the bishop} Qe8 $4 {played with a draw offer, refused by Elizabeth Harmon} (44... Kg8 45. Kh2 Kh7 46. Qf5+ Kg8 47. Qg6 Re2+ 48. Kg1 d4 49. e8=Q+) 45. Qf5+ Kh8 (45... Kg8 46. Qe6+ $1) 46. Qxf6 $3 {Queen's sacrifice} gxf6 47. Rxf6 {[%csl Rf8][%CAl Rf6f8]} Qh5 48. Rf8+ Kg7 49. e8=Q Re2+ 50. Kf1 Qxh3+ (50... Qxe8 51. Rxe8) 51. Kxe2 Qg2+ 52. Rf2 Qe4+ 53. Kd2 $1 {Borgov resigned 1-0 (47) Harmon-Borgov Netflix "Queens Gambit" 1968 [thechesscorner, @gmail.com]} 1-0