विश्व चैंपियनशिप :टॉप सीड जू बाहर ,हरिका फिर टाईब्रेक में

[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship 2017"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "aakanksha"]
[PlyCount "133"]

{As we saw a fantastic game played by Harika yesterday, today she just needs a
draw to enter the semi-finals. While Dzagnidze will try hard to win with white.
} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {On the previous encounter Harika had opted for the g6
setup and suffered a setback so it is not a surprise that she came up with
different setup similar to Tarrasch.} 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 {
Nana has adopted a safe setup with double fianchetto.} c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 {
And this is a strange decision by Nana very cautious and inviting black to go
for Bennoni kind of structure after d4} b6 9. d4 (9. Nc3 {is mostly played.})
9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Ba6 12. Nd2 Rc8 $11 {Black has
developed all the pieces and Harika must have felt at home with her type of
position- completing all the development and waiting for an opportunity to
strike.}) 11. Nc3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Qb1 (15. Qc2
Qe7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qf5 $16 {and white is getting the d5 pawn.}) 15... Qe7
16. a3 (16. cxd5 {doesn't work because here the knight is not supported} Bb4
$11) 16... Rfd8 ({Engine suggests} 16... Ng4 17. h3 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Qg5 19. Re1
Bd6 $14 {white is slightly better but looks interesting for black.}) 17. cxd5
exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Bxd5 Rd8 (20... Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22.
Kh1 Qf2 {is equal according to engine but its hard to find the accurate moves
when the clock is running low.}) 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 g6 23. Bf6 Rd6 24. Bc3
Rd7 25. a4 Bf8 (25... f5 {kicking the e4 bishop and creating a path for king
to e6 via f7.}) 26. Bd4 Bg7 27. Rd1 Bb7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Kf1 Rc7 30. Ke2 Bxd4
31. Rxd4 Rc2+ 32. Rd2 Rc3 33. Rb2 b5 34. axb5 Rc5 35. Kd3 Kf8 36. e4 Rxb5 37.
b4 Ke7 38. f4 Rb6 39. Kc4 f6 40. b5 Rb7 41. Ra2 Rc7+ 42. Kb4 Kd8 43. Ra6 Re7
44. Kc5 Ke8 45. Kd6 Rb7 46. Ke6 Rxb5 47. Kxf6 Rb7 48. e5 Rf7+ 49. Kg5 Rf5+ 50.
Kg4 (50. Kh6 Rh5+ 51. Kg7 Rxh2 52. Rxa7 $18 {is a simpler win}) 50... Rf7 51.
h4 Kf8 52. h5 Kg7 53. Kh4 Kh6 54. Ra4 Kg7 55. g4 Kh6 56. hxg6 hxg6 57. Kg3 Kg7
58. Ra6 Kh7 59. Kf3 Rb7 60. f5 g5 61. Ke4 Kg7 62. Rg6+ Kf8 63. f6 a5 64. Rh6
Kg8 65. e6 a4 66. f7+ Kg7 67. Rh7+ {As far as my knowledge Harika's attempt to
try a new opening setup against Nana backfired and landed into opening
problems as early as move 15 usually the isolated d5 pawn(or d4 pawn in
white's case) offers black excellent counterplay on the c and e file however
today before Harika could think about any counterplay she was pushed into
defensive position and Harika couldn't recover from it. The only chance for
some survival and trying to complicate the play on move 20 where Harika could
have sacrificed the bishop for two pawns and complicate the game and there was
a possibility she might have got a draw even the engine confirms this,
however it was just a practical possibility and it is really unfortunte that a
sharp player like Harika missed it. As they say chess is a tragedy of one
move after this possibility was missed Harika didn't get a second chance and
Nana showed flawless techniqe to wrapup the game in 67 moves. And the
remaining part after move 22 was just a textbook lesson in the style of all
time great Capablanca. It was indeed a treat to watch the perfect endgame
play by Nana. The fight is not over and we are sure that Harika will
definitely strike tomorrow.} 1-0