The Irish Chess Union

[Event "World Schools Championships Girls U17 2017"] [Site "Iasi ROM"] [Date "2017.04.30"] [Round "9"] [White "Krzysztynska, Anna"] [Black "Mirza, Diana"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1619"] [BlackElo "1895"] [ECO "B22"] [Annotator "Mirza, Diana"] [ICUid "32299"] [UsedInIcuSite "true"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Qb3 Nd7 10. Bf4 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Bb5 O-O { Up until here has been opening prep. I was confident she would play this because I had seen in previous games she always went Qb3. } 13. Bxd7 { I forgot to look over this move before the game and during the game, I moved instantly Bxd7, I should have at least considered Bxe5. I was so ahead on time here, I had 1hr 35 (more than what I started with) vs her time which was under an hour. } 13... Bxd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxb7 { I realised I had lost a pawn and got a little nervy, even though i had compensation. At this point I thought I had messed up my theory so I started to bluff and move fast to intimidate her. Which to my luck worked because I was gaining more and more time. } 16... Rfb8 17. Qf3 Qa6 { Not letting her castle of course. } 18. Qe2 Qc6 (18... Qa3 { Qa3 here is significantly better, attacks the pawn on c3 and supports the rook coming on the second rank. }) 19. Qf3 Qc4 { still keeping the pressure } 20. h4 { her only move. She has to create some sort of play and bringing the rook in, is her only way of creating some play. } 20... Re8 { this move is a little innaccurate and unnecessary, I played it too fast. My ideas are of opening the position with e5, however e5 straight away works too. } (20... e5 21. dxe5 Re8) 21. Rh3 e5 22. d5 e4 23. Qd1 Rad8 24. Qb3 Qxd5 { recuperating the pawn. Here I felt I had a slightly better position, my rooks are both in the centre, I have a better pawn structure and white's king is still in the centre. } 25. Rd1 Qxd1+ $2 { Qxd1+ is a silly move made by me. I lose any string of advantage I had and I enter a drawn rook endgame. I thought I had better chances than her in the rook endgame however I should have thought more. Any queen move would have been fine. The king is in the centre, therefore swapping the queens is incorrect. } (25... Qh5 { A better move! }) 26. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 f5 28. c4 Rc8 29. Rc3 Kf7 30. Ke2 Kf6 31. Ke3 Ke5 32. g3 g6 33. Ra3 Rxc4 34. Rxa7 Rc3+ 35. Kd2 Rd3+ 36. Ke2 h6 { This position is a draw. All white has to do is keep checking the king. However both of us are playing for a win. } 37. a4 g5 38. h5 f4 { in this positon I feel I gain a slight advantage. White needs to take the pawn back but in this moment she blunders. } 39. g4 $4 { First major mistake in the game. This move is just losing! } 39... f3+ 40. Ke1 Kf4 41. Ra6 Kxg4 42. Rxh6 Ra3 $2 { not a great move by me. 42... e3 would have won the game easily. } (42... e3 43. fxe3 Rxe3+ 44. Kd1 (44. Kf1 Kg3) 44... f2 45. Rf6 Rf3) 43. Rh8 Rxa4 44. h6 Ra1+ $2 (44... e3 { Again e3 with the same idea. I had plenty of time I don't know why I didn't even look at this move. I guess I was too relaxed because board two's result was in my favour and I knew a draw would still secure me first place. }) 45. Kd2 Ra2+ 46. Ke1 Kh5 (46... e3) 47. h7 Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kxh7 49. Rxg5 { This position with accurate play is a draw. At this point white wasn't doing so great on time, I was still confident I would win the game. } 49... Re2+ 50. Kf1 Kh6 51. Re5 Kg6 52. Rc5 Kf6 53. Rd5 Ke6 54. Ra5 Rd2 55. Kg1 $2 { Another major mistake made by white. } 55... Rd5 $6 (55... Rd1+ { Again missing an easy win. } 56. Kh2 e3 57. Kg3 e2 $19) 56. Ra1 Kf5 57. Kh2 Kf4 58. Ra4 Rg5 59. Kh1 Rg2 $4 { This move cost me half a point. Thankfully I only needed a draw. However it's funny because during the game I saw that Rxe4+ is a possibility and that I am unable to capture the rook since it is stalemate, but for some reason I thought I just move the king out of the way and I win a rook. I guess I was just exhausted. } 60. Rxe4+ Kf5 61. Rf4+ Kxf4 { Throughout the game she was offering me draws and I declined everytime. She got her way in the end! } 1/2-1/2