[Event "WCh Women 2025"] [Site "Shanghai Chongqing CHN"] [Date "2025.04.14"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Black "Ju, Wenjun"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2561"] [PlyCount "106"] [GameId "2166582771400219"] [EventDate "2025.04.03"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.05"] {[%evp 0,106,11,27,22,16,26,-5,6,-9,9,4,20,19,25,30,34,16,20,-6,16,19,-1,28,27,23,44,93,55,26,49,11,5,7,46,33,74,35,5,58,12,6,15,-5,-3,-12,-19,-69,-62,-66,-88,-101,-116,-94,-137,-104,-83,-127,-143,-145,-152,-42,-145,1,-149,-176,-78,-164,-2,-130,-134,-106,-265,-59,-111,-134,-38,-102,-118,-158,-133,-98,-135,-56,-126,-165,-135,-154,-118,-127,-137,-173,-268,-253,-275,-319,-319,-346,-346,-334,-395,-318,-304,-395,-368,-365,-409,-415,-419]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 (3... Nxe4 {would have been more entertaining, but it's best to avoid such silliness in a World Championship. Still, it would be nice to see the Frankenstein-Dracula line} 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 (5. Qxe5+) 5... Nc6 (5... Be7) 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 {tested in such an event.}) 4. d3 Bb4 (4... Bc5) (4... Na5) 5. Nf3 (5. Nge2) 5... d6 ({Black can also play more directly.} 5... d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 (7... Nxc3 $6 8. bxc3 Bxc3 $2 {is unwise, as White whips up a dangerous attack after} 9. Ng5 $1 $18) 8. bxc3 O-O (8... Bg4)) 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O (7... h6) 8. Bg5 {The pin is slightly annoying, but Black can at least eliminate White's bishop pair.} h6 9. Bh4 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 {Now it's time to break the pin.} Qe7 12. Re1 $146 ({White took a very different approach in the following high-level rapid game:} 12. c4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g5 15. Bg3 Ne8 16. Qe3 c5 17. b4 Ng7 18. c3 b6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Ra6 Ne6 21. Rfa1 Rfb8 22. h4 Rb3 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Qc1 Kg7 25. Qc2 Rb7 26. Qa2 Rh8 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Qxa7 Qf6 29. Re1 g4 30. Kf1 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Ke2 f3+ 33. gxf3 Qxf3+ 34. Kd2 Rh2 35. Re2 g3 36. Qe7 Qf4+ {0-1 Anton Guijarro,D (2655)-Abdusattorov,N (2713) Aimchess Rapid Prelim chess24.com INT 2022 (3)}) 12... Qe6 ({Perhaps} 12... g5 13. Bg3 a5 {or}) (12... Bg4 {is a little better.}) 13. d4 (13. c4 $14) 13... Nd7 14. Qd3 (14. c4) 14... a6 (14... f6) (14... a5) 15. Rad1 (15. Bg3 $1 {is best - not for the bishop's sake but for the knight's: Nh4-f5 is the idea.}) 15... Re8 $11 16. Bg3 b5 $5 {Grabbing space, but potentially making a slight weakness of the a-pawn.} (16... a5 $142 $11) 17. Nd2 (17. Ra1) 17... Nf6 18. b4 Nh5 {First one bishop, then the other.} 19. Nb3 Qg6 20. dxe5 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rxe5 22. Na5 (22. f4 {isn't bad, though it's the sort of move one might come to regret later if White's half of the kingside opens up.}) 22... Bd7 23. Re3 (23. f4) 23... Rae8 24. Rde1 f5 25. Qd4 $6 ({Black is winning a pawn - sort of - but White can defend with} 25. exf5 $1 Bxf5 26. Qd2 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Bxc2 29. Qa7 $11) 25... Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 fxe4 28. c4 $2 {Probably the losing move, though the trend has been against White for some time.} (28. Qa7 Kh7 $1 29. Nb3 $1 (29. Qxc7 $2 e3 $1 30. fxe3 Bf5 {Black is winning, in part because White's king will be very weak after ...Qxg3. White can try} 31. Kf2 {, but this only makes things worse after} Qf6 32. Kg1 Qe5 33. Kf2 $2 Qe4 $19 {and Black is closing in for the kill.}) 29... e3 $1 30. Qxe3 Qxc2 31. Nd4 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qg4 $15 {/? Black has some winning chances, but White should probably hold this with perfect defense.}) 28... e3 $1 29. Qxe3 Qxc2 $19 30. Qa7 $2 {Too late.} bxc4 31. Qxc7 Bb5 {The c-pawn is a huge asset.} 32. Nb7 c3 33. Nxd6 Qd3 34. Qf7+ Kh7 35. Nf5 Qd7 36. Qxd7 (36. Ne7 Qe8 37. Qf5+ g6 38. Qc5 c2 $19) 36... Bxd7 37. Nd4 {It might seem as if White should be okay, as she can prevent the c-pawn from (safely) queening and her king seems able to get to the queenside before Black's king gets there. All true, but it's not good enough.} Ba4 38. Ne2 c2 39. f3 Kg6 40. Kf2 Bb5 41. Nc1 h5 42. Ke3 Kg5 43. Kd2 {The king gets the c-pawn, liberating the knight. Unfortunately for White, her kingside will be in tatters.} Bf1 44. Nb3 Bxg2 45. Nd4 {Hoping the barricades will hold...} Bxf3 $1 {Breaking the "fortress".} 46. Nxf3+ Kg4 47. Nd4 Kxg3 48. Nf5+ Kg4 49. Ne3+ Kf3 50. Nxc2 h4 51. Ne1+ Kg3 52. Ke3 h3 53. Nf3 h2 (53... h2 54. Nxh2 Kxh2 {White can neutralize (and win) the g-pawn only at the cost of losing the b-pawn. Either way, Black will promote one of her pawns.} 55. Kf4 Kg2 56. Kg5 Kf3 57. Kg6 Ke4 $19 {etc.}) 0-1