Indonesia Chess Open 2013: Hoang Thanh Trang – Oliver Barbosa 1-0
Hoang Thanh Trang – Oliver Barbosa
[…] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♕c2 dxc4 5.♕xc4 ♗g4 6.♘c3 ♘bd7 7.e4 ♗xf3 8.gxf3 e5 9.dxe5 ♘xe5 10.♕e2 ♗c5 11.♗d2 ♘h5 12.f4 ♕xd2+ no Hoang Thanh Trang won’t take with Queen 13.♔xd2
13…♘xf4 14.♕d1 O-O-O+ 15.♘d5 cxd5 16.♕c1 dxe4+ 17.♔c2 ♘ed3 18.♗xd3 ♘xd3 19.♕g5 ♖d5 20.♕xg7 (20.♕xd5 ♘b4+ and forks the Queen giving Black a material edge) 20…♗d4 21.♕xf7 ♖c5+ 22.♔d2 ♔b8 23.♕e7 ♗e5 24.♖he1 ♗f4+ 25.♖e3 ♗g5 26.♕xe4 ♘xf2 27.♕b4 Rd5 or Rd8 were good enough options but Black chose Rf5 27…♖f5 28.♖ae1 ♖e8 yes, the Rook on e3 is pinned, but… here comes white’s play 29.♕d6+ ♔a8 30.♔c2 ♗xe3 31.♖xe3 ♖c8+ 32.♖c3 ♖ff8 33.♖xc8+ ♖xc8+ 34.♔b1 ♘e4 35.♕d7 ♔b8 36.a3 h6 37.♕e6 ♘d2+ 38.♔a2 ♖c6 39.♕e8+ ♔c7 40.♕f7+ ♔c8 41.♕f5+ ♔c7 42.♕a5+ The knight falls… and White heads for a win (42.♕f4+ ♖d6)