[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. d4 O-O 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. a4 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. b4 cxb4 15.
axb5 a5 16. cxb4 axb4 17. Ra6 Rc8 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Ba7 Qd7 20. b6 Rfd8 21. Ra5
b3 22. Rb5 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Bg4 24. Rd5 Bxe2 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Kxe2 b2 27. Bb5
Rc2+ 28. Kf3 Rb7 29. Ba6 Rc1 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kg1 Rd7 32. b7 Rxb7 33. Bxb7 Rc7
34. Bd5 Rxa7 35. Rf2 Bh6 36. Rxb2 Be3+ 37. Kf1 Bd4 38. Rb7 Rxb7 39. Bxb7 Kg7
40. Bc8 Kf6 41. Ke2 Bg1 42. h3 Kg5 43. Kf3 f5 44. Nd2 f4 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Nf3
Bb6 47. Kd3 Bc5 48. Kc4 Ba3 49. Kd5 Bb2 50. Ne1 Bd4 51. Nd3 Bc3 52. Nc5 Kg5 53.
Bg4 h5 54. Bf3 Kh4 55. Nd7 Ba5 56. Ke6 Bc3 57. Kf7 g5 58. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 b5 5. Bf4 exd5 6. cxd5 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. e4
Be7 9. Nc3 b4 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Bd3 d6 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. O-O O-O 15. e5
dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rfd1 Nb6 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21.
Rxc5 N8d7 22. Rb5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kf1 Rd1+ 26. Ke2 Ra1
27. Ra5 f6 28. Nc6 Nc4 29. Rxa7 Nxb2 30. Nxb4 Nc4 31. Nc6 Nd6 32. Nd4 Ne4 33.
Kf3 Re1 34. g3 h5 35. a4 g5 36. a5 g4+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. a6 Nh3 39. Nf3 Re2 40.
Kf1 gxf3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bf4 f6 13. Ne4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 fxe5
15. Qxc4 Ba5 16. e3 Bc7 17. Rd2 a5 18. Rad1 a4 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ra5 21. e4
Rd5 22. R6xd5 exd5 23. exd5 Qf7 24. Rd2 Bd7 25. Qxa4 cxd5 26. Qb3 e4 27. Qxd5
Bc6 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rd4 Ke6 30. Rb4 Ke5 31. Kf1 Ra8 32. a3 Ra5 33. Ke1 Rc5
34. Kd1 Rd5+ 35. Kc1 Rc5+ 36. Kb1 g5 37. Rb3 Rd5 38. Rc3 Rd2 39. Rc2 e3 40.
Bxc6 e2 41. Rxd2 e1=Q+ 42. Kc2 bxc6 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.03.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 {
Mariya's most powerful weapon.} d5 ({Other moves have bene tried against her
here} 7... h5 8. h3 d6 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. a4 g5 12. Na3 g4 13. h4 Ng6
14. Bg5 $18 {Muzychuk,M (2464)-Pogonina,N (2501)/Moscow 2010}) (7... O-O 8. Bg2
d6 9. O-O a6 10. f4 Qh6 11. Kh1 f5 12. exf5 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxf5
15. Qd3 c6 16. Nd2 d5 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. c4 {Muzychuk,M (2464)-Skripchenko,A 
(2456)/Moscow 2010 with pressure in the centre.}) 8. Bg2 dxe4 ({Here} 8... Nxd4
{has been played:} 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 13. O-O
O-O 14. c4 (14. Rb1 b6 15. Qh5 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxf5 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19.
Rfe1 f6 {Muzychuk,M (2462)-Harika,D (2525)/Antakya 2010/ with equality.}) 14...
Bf5 15. Bg2 Rad8 16. Qb3 Rd7 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Qg6 20. Rd4 {
Muzychuk,M (2462)-Harika,D (2525)/Antakya 2010 The white central pawn is very
strong.}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Bb6 11. Re1 {Mariya switched to this move after
not being successful with} (11. Nxe4 Qg6 12. Nb5 (12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Nc5 (13.
Bxb6 axb6 14. Re1 Be6 15. a3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Qb5 h6 18. h3 Bf5 19. Re3
Rfe8 20. Rae1 Re5 {Muzychuk,M (2464)-Lagno,K (2539)/Moscow 2010 no problems
for Black,.}) 13... Re8 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Qb3 Ne5 16. Qd5 c6 17. Qd4 Nf3+ 18.
Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Qf4 Qh5 {Muzychuk,M (2464)-Kosintseva,N (2533)/Moscow 2010/
White will have problems with the light squares.}) 12... Bf5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14.
Nbd6 Rad8 {Muzychuk,M (2464)-Kosintseva,T (2515)/Moscow 2010 The pin is very
bad,.}) 11... Nxd4 12. Nxe4 Qf5 13. Bxd4 ({It is dubious whether White can get
anything real after the pawn sac:} 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Nxe3 16.
Rxe3 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Ra3 Qe5 19. Qd2 c6) 13... Nc6 14. Bxb6 ({A similar
sacrifice was} 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Be4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qf6 17. dxc5 Qxb2 18. Qa4 c6)
14... axb6 15. f4 Be6 16. b3 h6 17. h3 Ra3 ({It as better to centralise the
rook:} 17... Rad8) 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. b4 Qa4 20. g4 $1 {Miss TAKTIKA burns all
bridges behind her!} Rd8 21. Qf2 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 23. b5 (23. g5 {was not so
strong:} hxg5 24. Nxg5 f6) 23... Na7 24. g5 hxg5 ({Not opening up the king was
possible:} 24... h5) 25. Nxg5 {White plays for all or nothing and here it was
necessary to exchange the rooks.} {Instead she blundered with} f6 $4 ({After
the correct} 25... Rd1 $1 {Black would be OK. Now the weakness of the back
rank is exposed by MISS TAKTIKA!}) 26. Qd2 $1 Rf8 27. Bd5+ $1 Bxd5 28. Qxd5+
Kh8 29. Qf7 $1 {A fast and powerful attack!} 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.03.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
e5 $5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 $13) 10... Bb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bd2
(12. b3 {is the other plan to develop the B to the long diagonal} Bg4 $13)
12... a6 (12... Bg4 {is the main move} 13. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qd6 15. g3 Bxf3
16. Nxf3 Ne4 17. Bc3 Rc8 $13 {0-1 (63) Le Quang Liem (2709)-Nguyen Ngoc Truong
Son (2613) Ho Chi Minh City VIE 2014}) 13. Nbd4 (13. Nxe5 Bxe5 $132) 13... Ne4
{Black's play is very logical. The N is well-placed on e4.} 14. Rad1 (14. Bb4 {
is better} Re8 15. Rac1 Bg4 16. Rfd1 Qf6 17. Be1 $14 {1-0 (49) Kracht,J (2419)
-Borwell,A (2275) ICCF email 2001}) 14... Qd6 (14... Qb6 {is also worth
considering.}) 15. Qb3 $1 {White activates the Q, while preparing dangerous
threats.} (15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Qb3 a5 $13) 15... Nc5 $1 {Attacking
the Q.} 16. Qa3 b6 $6 {After this move White gets a nice edge.} (16... Nxf3+ $1
17. Nxf3 Bg4 $132 {is fine for Black.}) 17. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 18. f4 $1 Qf6 19. Bb4
$1 Bd6 20. Nb5 $1 {These are very good moves, White is better.} Bb7 (20... Bg4
21. Bxg4 axb5 22. Qc3 $14) 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bf3 (22. e4 $1 $14 {would be very
strong to get rid of the weak P.}) 22... Rfe8 (22... Rfc8 $1 23. e4 a5 24. Bxc5
Rxc5 25. exd5 $14 {White is better, but the text move is worse.}) 23. e4 $1
Rac8 (23... a5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. exd5 $16) 24. exd5 a5 25. Be1 $2 (25. Bxc5 $1
Rxc5 26. Qa4 $16) 25... Ba6 $1 26. Rf2 Rcd8 $6 (26... Bb5 $1 {would be very
strong} 27. Bc3 Qg6 $13) 27. Rfd2 (27. Rc2 $14 {is also good.}) 27... Qxf4 28.
Bg3 Qf6 29. Bc7 $16 {White is better, the rest should be easy.} Rd7 30. d6 Bb7
31. Bg4 Qg5 32. Bxd7 Re3 33. b3 Rd3 34. Re1 Re3 35. Qc1 $4 (35. Rf1 Nxd7 36.
Qa4 $18) 35... Nd3 $19 36. Bd8 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Qc5+ 38. Kf1 Nxe1 39. Kxe1 Qc1+
40. Ke2 Ba6+ 41. Ke3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 (7...
Qa5 {wir ebenfalls gespielt, mit dem bekannten Klassiker:} 8. cxd5 Rd8 9. Qa4
Qxa4 10. Nxa4 Nxd5 11. Bb5 Nxf4 12. exf4 Be6 13. b3 Bd5 14. Nf3 Bxf3 15. gxf3
Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ke2 Bh6 18. Rc4 e5 19. fxe5 Rd2+ 20. Kf1 Rxa2 21. Kg2 Be3
22. Rf1 Rb8 23. Kg3 Bd2 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rb2 26. Rd1 R2xb3 27. Rxb3 Rxb3
28. Rd6 Rc3 29. Rxc6 a5 30. Kf4 Kf8 31. Rc7 a4 32. c6 a3 33. Kg3 a2 34. Ra7
Rxc6 35. Rxa2 Kg7 36. Ra7 Re6 37. f4 Rb6 38. h3 Rc6 39. f5 gxf5 40. Kf4 Kg6 41.
Rd7 Rc4+ 42. Kg3 h5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Capablanca,J-Reshevsky,S Holland 1938}) 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 e5 11. Bg3 ({Der Hauptzug ist} 11. cxd5 {z.B.:} exf4
12. dxc6 Qe7 13. fxg4 Qxe3+ 14. Be2 Nxg4 15. Nh3 Rad8 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Kf1 Nxc6
18. Rd1 Nd4 19. Qe4 Nf5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qxe3 fxe3 22. g4 Nd4 23. Kg2 Nxe2 24.
Nxe2 Rd2 25. Kf3 Rxb2 26. Ng5 Rxa2 27. Rb1 Rc2 28. Rxb7 Be5 29. h3 h5 30. Nxf7
hxg4+ 31. hxg4 Bg7 32. Ng5 Be5 33. Rxa7 Rxc5 34. Ra8+ {1-0 (34) Khalifman,A 
(2678)-Shipov,S (2589) Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 11... d4 {[#]} 12. Nb5 $2 {Ein neuer
Zug, aber keine Verbesserung.} (12. fxg4 dxc3 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Rxc3 h6 15.
Nh3 Ne4 {ist etwas besser für Schwarz.} 16. Rb3 Nxc5 17. Rb5 Bf8 18. Be2 a6
19. Rb6 Na4 20. Rb3 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Nc5 22. Rxb4 Nxb4 23. Bxe5 Ne4 24. Bf3 Nd2+
25. Ke2 Nxc4 26. Bd4 Nc2 27. Bc3 Rd7 28. Nf2 N2xe3 29. b3 Re8 30. Ne4 Nd5 31.
Rc1 Nd6 {0-1 (31) Sokolov,I (2656)-Avrukh,B (2588) Bugojno 1999}) 12... h6 ({
Stark war auch} 12... Bh6 $1 13. Bh4 Nd7 $19) 13. exd4 exd4 14. fxg4 hxg5 15.
Bd3 Re8+ {[#] Die weiße Stellung ist völlig zertrümmert.} 16. Kf2 Nb4 17.
Bb1 d3 18. Rf1 Ne4+ 19. Kg1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bd4+ (20... Bd4+ 21. Kh2 Kg7 {[#]})
0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 cxb6 17. Na3 Rfd8 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Ncd4 Nb4 20. a3 Nbd3 21.
Rd2 Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Rc1 Rdc8 25. Rdc2 Rab8 26. Rxc5 Rxc5
27. Rxc5 Rxb2 28. h3 Rb3 29. Ra5 {[#] Weiß hat hier einen kleinen Vorteil,
weil der Le6 recht passiv steht und der a6 schwächer ist als der a3. Koneru
greift nun zu einem taktischen Schlag, der wegen der Grundreihenschwäche
nicht funktioniert.} Bxh3 $2 ({Besser} 29... h6 {und falls} 30. Rxa6 {dann}
Bxh3 31. Nd2 Rd3 $11) 30. Rxd5 {Das Problem ist das Matt auf d8.} (30. Nd2 $2
Rd3 $11) 30... h6 31. Nd2 {Mit Figurengewinn. "Der Rest ist Technik."} Rxa3 32.
gxh3 Rxh3 33. Nc4 Rh4 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Nd6 Rd4 36. Rf8 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Re1 38.
Nxf7 g5 39. Re8 a5 40. Re6 a4 41. Ra6 (41. Rxh6+ $4 Kg7 $11) 41... a3 42. Rxa3
Kg6 43. Ra7 g4 44. Nh8+ Kf5 45. Rf7+ Kg5 46. Rg7+ Kf4 47. Nf7 h5 48. Rh7 Kf5
49. Rxh5+ Kg6 50. Rh1 Rxh1 51. Kxh1 Kxf7 52. Kg2 Ke6 53. Kg3 Kxe5 54. Kxg4 Kf6
55. Kf4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Women) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Rc1 d6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Rac8 14. Qe1 Rfe8 15.
Qf2 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Bd8 17. g4 Ne5 18. g5 Nfd7 19. Na4 d5 20. cxd5 Rxc1 21. Bxc1
exd5 22. f4 Nc4 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Nf5 Be6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Rxd7
Kg8 28. Qd4 Bxg5 29. Qxc4 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Qe8 31. Rd5 Bh4 32. Nxb6 Re2+ 33. Kh3
Bf6 34. Qc8 Qxc8+ 35. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,87,31,32,54,55,46,32,5,15,36,36,47,43,43,-4,4,-2,15,15,30,13,9,-17,
-12,26,22,34,46,57,27,47,24,33,40,36,63,74,84,76,68,70,70,73,94,104,98,101,145,
146,144,82,10,50,69,33,34,23,119,145,138,144,177,174,167,187,184,185,192,192,
187,194,199,158,215,216,212,214,214,195,214,214,294,224,224,240,283,275,290,
295]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4
f5 15. Qf3 Qb7 {Not the most popular continuation, however, enough for
equality. Black is threatening 16...d5 17.cxd5 fxe4 followed by 18...d5.} (
15... bxc4) ({and} 15... d5 {are main moves. In the latter case after} 16. cxd5
fxe4 17. Bxe4 {Black should play} Rb8 ({as} 17... f5 $2 {doesn't work due to}
18. d6)) 16. exf5 (16. cxb5 $2 d5 $1) (16. Qe2 d5 $1 17. cxd5 fxe4 18. Bxe4 f5
19. Bc2 e4 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Rad1 Bd7 22. Nc2 Qb6 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Bxb2 $11
{1/2 (49) Kosteniuk,A (2537)-Iljin,T (2279) Sochi 2016}) 16... Qxf3 17. gxf3 e4
$1 18. Bxe4 d5 $1 19. Bxd5 Bxf5 $5 {[%mdl 512] The pointe of Black's idea. He
sacrifices an exchange but White can't keep his material advantage due to
Black's powerful bishop pair.} (19... Rb8 {is probably possible, too. It was
successfully tried in the following GM game:} 20. Rab1 (20. Rad1 Bxb2 21. Nc2
Bxf5 22. Ne3 Bh3 $44) 20... Bxf5 21. Be4 Bh3 22. Rfe1 Kh8 $1 23. cxb5 Bxb2 24.
Rxb2 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 Bg2+ 26. Kg1 Bh3+ 27. Kh1 Bg2+ 28. Kg1 Bh3+ {1/2 (28)
Kokarev,D (2596)-Yakovich,Y (2539) Samara 2011}) 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rae1 (21.
cxb5 Bxb2 22. Nc4 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 axb5 24. Nd6 Bd3 $11 25. Rd1 Ra3 26. Rd2 Kg7
27. Rb2 Ra6 28. Nxb5 Bxb5 29. Rxb5 Rxa2 $11 {1/2 (34) Sarana,A (2613)-Dubov,D 
(2691) Satka 2018}) (21. Rad1 Bxb2 22. Nb1 bxc4 23. Rd5 Be6 24. Rc5 {1/2 (57)
Lyukmanov,V (2380)-Schoen,W ICCF Email 2002} Rd8 $44) 21... Bxb2 (21... Bd3 {
is simpler:} 22. b3 ({White tried} 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Re3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Bxb2 25.
Nxb5 Rxa2 {several times but couldn't make use of his double pawn:} 26. Re2 (
26. Re4 Ra6 27. Nc7 Rc6 28. Nd5 Kg7 29. Rg4+ Rg6 30. Ne7 Rxg4 31. fxg4 Kf6 32.
Nc6 Kg5 {[%cal Yf7f5,Yh7h5] 1/2 (50) Galkin,A (2590)-Saric,I (2469) playchess.
com INT 2007}) 26... Ra1+ 27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Nd6 Kg7 (28... Ra5 29. f4 Rd5 30.
Re8+ Kg7 31. Ne4 Bd4 32. Kf3 f5 33. Ng3 Kf7 34. Rc8 Bf6 35. Rc6 Ra5 {1/2 (74)
Zontakh,A (2543)-Sergeev,V (2377) St Petersburg 2005}) 29. f4 Rd1 30. Ne4 Bd8
31. Ng3 Kg6 32. Kf3 Rd3+ 33. Re3 Rd2 34. Re8 f6 35. f5+ Kf7 36. Re6 Be7 37. Ra6
Rd4 38. Ne4 Rd3+ 39. Kg4 {1/2 (39) Hedlund,T (2520)-Toro Solis de Ovando,G 
(2634) Rochade 5171-Jub15 bd01 2005}) 22... Bf8 23. Nb1 (23. c5 $5 Bxc5 24. Nc2
Kh8 $1 (24... Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rd8 26. Ne3 Kf8 27. Ke2 Bb4 28. Rd1 $14 {1-0 (55)
Fier,A (2527)-Barbosa,E (2165) Santos 2008}) 25. Ne3 Rg8+ 26. Kh1 (26. Ng2 Bf5
{[%cal Rf5h3]}) 26... Bxf1 27. Rxf1 {1/2 (27) Rizzo,R (2473)-De Oliveira,M 
(2569) Rochade 5171-Jub15 bd02 2005} Rd8 $11) 23... bxc4 24. bxc4 Bxc4 25. Nd2
Bxf1 26. Nxf1 {Here, too, White's extra pawn can hardly be converted:} Rb8 (
26... Rc8 $5 27. Re5 $140 Rc3) 27. Re5 Bd6 28. Ra5 Rb6 29. Kg2 Bc7 30. Rc5 Bd6
31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. a4 Bb8 33. Ne3 Rg6+ 34. Kh1 Be5 35. Rc4 Bb8 36. h3 h6 37. h4
Ba7 38. Nf5+ Kh7 39. Rc7 Rf6 40. Rxa7 Rxf5 41. Rxa6 Rh5 42. Kg2 Rxh4 $11 {
1/2 (45) Kitson,K (2557)-Moucka,J (2525) ICCF 2005}) 22. Re3 b4 23. Nb1 $5 $146
{A double-edged continuation.} (23. Nc2 {leads to a drawish rook ending:} Bxc2
24. Re2 Bd3 25. Rxb2 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 a5 27. Ke2 Kf8 28. Kd3 Rd8+ (28... Ke7 $6
29. c5 Kd7 30. Kc4 $14 {1-0 (47) Nilsson,S (2215)-Jansson,A (2189) Vadso 2008})
29. Ke3 Rd1 $11) 23... a5 24. Nd2 a4 25. c5 (25. Rfe1 $5 Kg7 26. Ne4 (26. Re8 {
is senseless due to} Ra6) {, and Black should play} 26... Be6 $1 (26... b3 $143
27. axb3 a3 28. Nc3 $1 a2 $140 29. Nxa2 Rxa2 30. R3e2 $18 {[%cal Ge2a2]}) 27.
Rb1 a3 28. Rb3 Bxc4 29. Rxb4 Bxa2 30. R1xb2 axb2 31. Rxb2 {with a probable draw
}) 25... Bd4 26. Re7 Be6 ({Here} 26... b3 $5 {was appropriate:} 27. axb3 a3 28.
b4 a2 29. Nb3 Bf6 $44) 27. c6 Rc8 $6 {Wrong!} (27... b3 $1 28. axb3 a3 29. b4 (
29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. b4 Bc3) 29... a2 (29... Bc3 $2 30. Ne4 Bxb4 31. Rb7) 30. Rxe6
fxe6 (30... a1=Q 31. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 32. Kg2 fxe6 33. Nb3 Ra4 34. c7 Ra8 35. Nxd4
Rc8 36. Nxe6 Kf7 {is enough for a draw, too}) 31. Nb3 Be5 32. Re1 Bc7 {with a
probable draw.}) 28. Rb7 $1 Bc3 $2 (28... b3 {was probably a rescue after all
but it required extremely precise play:} 29. axb3 a3 30. c7 Kg7 $1 (30... a2
31. Rb8 {[%cal Rd2c4,Rc4d6]} Kf8 {[%cal Yf8e7]} 32. Re1 $1 a1=Q 33. Rxa1 Bxa1
34. Nc4 Ke7 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Nb6 $18) 31. Ne4 a2 32. Rb4 $1 (32. Nd6 Bh3 $1)
32... Bh3 $3 (32... a1=Q $2 33. Rxa1 Bxa1 34. Nd6 $1 Rf8 35. Rb8 $18) 33. Rd1 (
33. Rxd4 Bxf1 34. Ra4 Rxc7 35. Rxa2 Rc1 $11) 33... a1=Q 34. Rxa1 Bxa1 35. Nd6
Ra8 36. Ra4 $1 (36. Rb8 Ra5 $1 37. c8=Q Rg5+ 38. Qg4 Bxg4 39. fxg4 Be5 $11)
36... Rg8 37. c8=Q Bxc8 38. Nxc8 Rxc8 39. Rxa1 Rb8 40. Rb1 Rb4 {, and Black
should not lose.}) 29. c7 $1 Bxd2 30. Rd1 Bc3 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33.
Rb8 Bh3 34. c8=Q Bxc8 35. Rxc8 $18 {[%mdl 4096] _|_} Kf6 36. Rc5 a3 37. Kf1 Ke6
38. Ke2 Kd6 39. Rc4 Kd5 40. Kd3 Be1 41. Re4 Bc3 42. Kc2 {[%cal Yc2b3,Ye4b4]} f5
43. Rh4 Be5 44. Kb3 1-0

[Event "WchT (Women) 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Russia (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14.
Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. f4 c6 19. fxe5 cxd5 20. exf6
Nxf6 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Qg3 Bc6 23. Bf5 Kh8 24. Qh3 Qe7 25. Bxh7 d4 26. Re1 Qxe1+
27. Bxe1 Nxh7 28. Bf2 Re8 29. Bxd4 Kg8 30. Qg3 Re7 31. h4 Nf8 32. h5 Ne6 33.
Qxd6 Kf7 34. Qg3 Nxd4 35. Qf4+ Kg8 36. Qxd4 Re4 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Qg5 Re2 39. g4
Re6 40. Qf4+ Kg8 41. g5 a6 42. Qc4 Kf7 43. g6+ Ke7 44. Qc5+ Ke8 45. Qf5 Kd7 46.
h6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament (Women)"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 g6 8. d3
Bg7 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15.
Nc5 Bc6 16. e4 Nd6 17. b4 Re7 18. a4 a6 19. Bc3 Qe8 20. Ra1 Nd7 21. Qc2 Nf8 22.
a5 Nb5 23. Bb2 Rd8 24. Bh3 Rd6 25. Rfd1 Nh7 26. Qc1 Qd8 27. Qe3 Re8 28. Rac1
Ng5 29. Nxg5 Qxg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Rc4 Bf6 32. Bg4 Red8 33. Rdc1 Nd4 34. Bxd4
Rxd4 35. Nxa6 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 Bb5 37. Nxc7 Bxc4 38. dxc4 Rd4 39. Nd5 Bd8 40. Bc8
Rxc4 41. Bxb7 f5 42. a6 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Ra1 44. b5 g4 45. h3 f4 46. hxg4 Ra3 47.
gxf4 exf4 48. b6 f3+ 49. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Monaco FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. f3 Kh8 13. b4 f4 14. Nb3 a4 15. Nd2 g5
16. Nxa4 Nf6 17. c5 Ng6 18. b5 b6 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. Bd2 g4 22.
Naxb6 Rxb6 23. Ba5 g3 24. Nxb6 Nxe4 25. Nxc8 gxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Ng3
28. Nxd6 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qh4 30. Bb6 e4 31. fxe4 f3 32. Bxf3 Nxe4+ 33. Ke3 Qf4+
34. Kd3 Nxd6 35. Rb4 Nc4 36. Be2 Nge5+ 37. Kc2 Qe4+ 38. Kb3 Rc8 39. d6 Qb7 40.
Bxc4 Qxb6 41. Qd2 Nxc4 42. Rxc4 Qxb5+ 43. Qb4 Qd5 44. Rfc1 Re8 45. R1c2 Qd1 46.
Qd2 Qb1+ 47. Rb2 Qf1 48. Qc2 Qf7 49. Ka2 Qd5 50. Rb6 h6 51. Rbc6 Rb8 52. d7 Rf8
53. Rc7 Qe6 54. g4 Qd5 55. Rc8 Qxd7 56. Rxf8+ Bxf8 57. Rc7 Qd5+ 58. Qb3 Qd6 59.
Qc3+ Kg8 60. Rc8 Qh2+ 61. Qb2 Qd6 62. Qb3+ Kg7 63. Qc3+ Kg8 64. Qb4 Qh2+ 65.
Kb3 Qg3+ 66. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Cairns Cup (Women) 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2020.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nc5 11. Rb1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 b6 13. Rb4 Bf5 14. Qf3
c5 15. Rf4 Bg6 16. h4 h5 17. g4 Qxh4 18. Qg2 Qe7 19. gxh5 Bxh5 20. Re3 Rfe8 21.
Qh2 g6 22. Rf5 Bg4 23. Rf4 Bh5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rg3 Kh7 26. Rh4 Qf7 27. Rg5 Rg8
28. Kf1 Qf3 29. Rhxh5+ gxh5 30. Qc7+ Kh8 31. Qe5+ Kh7 32. Rxh5+ Kg6 33. Qg5+
Kf7 34. Rh7+ 1-0

