[Event "Antwerp InventiChess"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8.
O-O g6 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qe2 Bxd4 13. Rad1 c5 14. Be4 O-O
15. Na4 Qc8 16. Nxc5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. Bf3 Re8 20. Bxg4 Qxg4
21. Qe5 Na6 22. Nxa6 bxa6 23. b3 Qc8 24. Rd5 e6 25. Rd4 Rd8 26. Red1 Rxd4 27.
Rxd4 Qb7 28. h4 h5 29. Rd6 Rc8 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. c5 e5 32. Qd5 Kg7 33. b4 Rc7 34.
g3 e4 35. Qd4+ Kh7 36. Rd8 f6 37. Rd6 Kg7 38. Rxa6 Rb7 39. a3 1-0

[Event "Marianske Lazne Czech Coal m"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 b6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bc6 Rb8 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. O-O-O Re8 14. g4
c5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. g5 Nc4 18. Qe2 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc8
21. Rhd1 e5 22. Rd5 e4 23. h5 Rc7 24. c3 Qe6 25. h6 Rc5 26. Rd8 Rc8 27. R8d6
Qc4 28. a3 Qc5 29. R1d4 Qb5 30. Kc2 Rc4 31. R6d5 Qa4+ 32. Kd2 Rxd4+ 33. Qxd4
Qxd4+ 34. cxd4 gxh6 35. gxh6 Kf8 36. Re5 Rd8 37. Ke3 Rd6 38. Rh5 Rf6 39. Rh2
Ke7 40. Kxe4 Kd6 41. d5 Rg6 42. f4 f6 43. Rh3 Kd7 44. a4 Kd6 45. b4 f5+ 46.
Kxf5 Kxd5 47. b5 Kd4 48. Rh1 Kd5 49. Rd1+ Kc5 50. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Muzychuk,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 9th round. At that very moment my opponent was
leading, 1.5 points ahead of his closest rivals. So, our game was not decisive,
but as a rule the games between young players are often interesting and not at
all humdrum.} 1. e4 c5 {I have to admit that already the 1st move was a little
surprise for me. In all other 4 games at this tournament after 1.e4 Anish
replied with 1.. .e5. The Petroff Defence had lately became the main weapon of
Giri and most of all I also expected the reply of 1...e5 in my game. The
choice of the Sicilian meant that Black did not intend to play just for
equality.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Bg4
$146 {According to my database this move is a novelty. Black wants to take the
knight on f3 and make weaknesses in the pawn structure} ({A similar idea with .
..Bg4 was seen in the game Girinath,P-Zhang Zhong/Kuala Lumpur 2007. In that
game Black continued with} 7... Rc8 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 {here or 9.Nfd2
is also possible}) 9... Nf6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 g6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bg7 14.
Ndf3 O-O 15. Qh4 Bc6 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Ndxc6 bxc6 18. Re2 Rfd8 19. Be3 Qb7 20.
Bc5 $14 {0-1 Girinath,P-Zhang Zhong/Kuala Lumpur 2007/CBM 120 ext (56)}) (7...
b5 $5 {was played against me by Vugar Gashimov in a rapid game, just a month
before my game with Anish.} 8. Nc3 bxc4 9. Qxc4 e6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Be3 Ng6 12.
b4 $6 (12. Bd4 $14) 12... Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. b5 Bf6 15. Bd4 Nf4 16. b6 $4 Rc8
17. Qb4 Rxc3 $19 18. e5 Rxf3 19. exf6 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Rf4 21. Rfd1 e5 22. Qxd6
Rxd4 23. Qxe5 Re8 {0-1 Muzychuk,A-Gashimov,V/Warsaw POL 2009/The Week in Chess
789}) (7... e5 $5 8. Qd3 b5 9. Na3 Qb6 10. O-O h6 11. b3 Nf6 12. Re1 Be7 13.
Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Bc6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Be3 Qb7 17. Nc2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rfc8 {
1-0 Tiviakov, S-Babula,V/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (41). Later on White won the
game, but the current position is quite ok for Black.}) ({The simple} 7... Nf6
{may be also a good option} 8. Bg5 (8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b3 Rc8
12. Rac1 Kh8 13. Rfe1 Bc6 14. Qd3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mednis,E-Giorgadze,T/Lugano
1985/EXT 2000 (41)}) 8... Bc6 9. Nc3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Rad1 Qa5
13. Qd2 Qb6 $2 (13... Qc5 $11) 14. Nd5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Girinath,P-Sitanggang,S/
Singapore SIN 2007/The Week in Chess 685 (49)}) 8. Nc3 e6 9. Be3 Nf6 ({Quite
an unusual position could happen after} 9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nf6 {White has an
advantage in development, but Black has the better pawn structure. As it is
just the opening, this position needs to be analysed more deeply.}) (9... Ne7 {
with the idea of ...Nc6 and then ...Be7 was also an interesting try.}) 10. Nd2
$1 ({The sharp move} 10. e5 {did not give anything and after} dxe5 11. Nxe5
Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf5 {Black has a good position with the advantage of 2 bishops.})
10... Be7 11. h3 e5 ({Now Black faces some problems with the bishop on g4. If
he played} 11... Bh5 {then I was going to continue with} 12. f4 (12. g4 {
was over-optimistic as after} Bg6 13. f4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 O-O {
Black has more than good compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 12... e5 13.
fxe5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 O-O 15. O-O Bd6 (15... Bg6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf6 18.
Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. c5 {with an obvious advantage for White.}) 16. Qd4
Re8 17. Nd5 Nd7 18. Rae1 {and in my opinion, here the compensation for the
pawn is insufficient.}) 12. Qb6 ({In this position I spent quite lot of time
while choosing between 12.Qb6 and 12.Qd3. To keep the queens on the board was
more in my style of playing but I could not estimate the position after} 12.
Qd3 Be6 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 {Now I think that} 16. Nd5 {
has to give a slight advantage for White, but in the game I preferred another
move.}) 12... Qxb6 13. Bxb6 Be6 $6 (13... Bd7 {was a better move with the
following ...Bd8 as the position should be about equal. The main idea is that
now after 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Black does not have to make one more move with a
bishop as in the case with 13...Be6?!}) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 ({Still I would prefer
} 14... Bd8 15. Bxd8 Kxd8) ({or} 14... Rc8) 15. cxd5 Bd8 16. Bxd8 Kxd8 17. Rc1
{Now it is clear, that White has an advantage in the endgame, but it is quite
difficult to transform it into a full point.} b5 $2 ({The move ...b7-b5 seems
to be a mistake. Black weakens the important c6-square and gives one more move
for White to improve the position. Anish wanted to prevent me from playing Nc4
at some moment, but the simple} 17... Rc8 {was stronger:} 18. Ke2 Ke7 19. Ke3
Nd7 20. Nb3 b6 {not allowing Na5 and it should not be difficult for Black to
hold the position. Even though after} 21. Nd2 {there are still some problems.})
18. Ke2 Kd7 19. Rc6 Rhc8 20. Rhc1 Rxc6 $2 ({It may be difficult to state, but
as Anish and I realised after the game, the position after 20...Rxc6 is almost
lost for Black. The correct move was} 20... Ng8 $1 {with the following lines:}
21. a4 Ne7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 (22... Nxc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rc3 {and there are
still problems with the b5-pawn.}) 23. Rxc8 Kxc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kd3 Kc7 26.
Kc3 Ng6 27. Kb4 Kb6 $1 (27... Nf4 $2 28. Kxb5 Nxg2 29. b4 Nf4 30. Ka6 {the
b-pawn is very dangerous.}) 28. g3 Nf8 29. Nb1 Nd7 30. Nc3 Nc5 31. Nxb5 Nd3+ (
31... Nxe4 32. f3 Nxg3 33. Nxd6 {threatening to take the pawn on f7, or in the
event of 33...f6 34.Nc4, followed by Kc5 White has chances to win the game as
the b- and d-pawns will cause many problems.}) 32. Kc3 Nxf2 33. Nxd6 Kc5 34.
Nxf7 Nxe4+ {and the game should end in a draw.}) 21. Rxc6 Ng8 22. a4 $1 Ne7 23.
Rb6 {This is the difference! Without the exchange of rooks this move was
impossible due to the hanging rook on c1.} Kc7 24. a5 Ra7 25. Nf3 {The idea is
26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.d6+ or, if Black replies with 25...Kd7, then 26.Ng5, that is
why} f6 26. Ne1 {now the knight changes direction, coming closer to the
b4-square.} Nc8 27. Rc6+ Kd7 28. Nd3 Ne7 29. Rc3 {The rook was forced to leave
the 6th rank, but the black pieces are remaining passive. 29...Rc7 is bad in
view of 30.Nb4, so the black rook cannot move, the king and knight must
control the c-line. The next plan of White is to create new weaknesses in the
position of Black, but on the other side.} f5 30. f3 f4 31. Kf2 Ra8 32. h4 g6
33. g3 fxg3+ 34. Kxg3 {Now lines on the king's side are going to be opened. My
next idea is to play f4 at the right moment and then transform the pieces to
the king's side, while Black will not have enough time for consolidation.} g5 {
It is not easy to say, whether this move is good or a mistake. To be objective
White is easily winning after 34...g5, but from the practical point of view
Black tries to make the game being more unclear.} 35. hxg5 Rg8 36. Kh4 h6 37.
gxh6 Rg1 (37... Rg2 {would be met by} 38. f4 exf4 39. Nxf4 {and now there is
the possibility to play Rh3 after ...Rh2.}) 38. Rc1 ({Compared with 37...Rg2,
now} 38. f4 {is not that effective as after} Ng6+ {the move Kh3 does not
threaten to take the rook. But still after} 39. Kh5 exf4 40. Nf2 {the position
is winning.}) 38... Rg6 39. f4 ({During the game I spent about 20 minutes on
calculating} 39. Kh5 {which was the most logical move and the easiest way to
win the game:} Rg3 (39... Rg2 40. Rh1 Ng6 41. h7 Nh8 (41... Ke7 42. Rc1 $18)
42. Rc1 Rg7 43. Rc6 $18) 40. Nb4 (40. Nf2 {is winning very easily, but for
some reason this move did not come to my mind.}) 40... Ng6 41. Nxa6 Nf4+ 42.
Kh4 Rg2 43. Rc7+ Ke8 44. Rg7 Ng6+ 45. Rxg6 Rxg6 46. Kh5 Rg2 47. Nc7+ Kd7 48.
Ne6 {and White is winning, but in the game I decided that 39.f4 is safer.
Unfortunately, the general rule, that after a long time of thinking the best
move is rarely made, was true in my case.}) (39. Nb4 {is not so clear because
of} Rxh6+ 40. Kg3 Rh8 {and after} 41. Nxa6 {Black takes the pawn back.} Ra8)
39... Rxh6+ 40. Kg3 exf4+ 41. Nxf4 Ng6 42. Ne6 (42. Rc6 {could give good
chances for Black:} Nxf4 43. Kxf4 Rh2 44. Rxa6 Rf2+ 45. Ke3 Rxb2 {and as is
well known, there is a tendency in rook endings with pawns that there are lots
of positions which can be saved.}) (42. Nd3 {was also an interesting idea as
after} Ne5 43. Nxe5+ dxe5 44. Rc6 Rh1 (44... Rxc6 45. dxc6+ Kxc6 46. b4 {
White is winning}) 45. Rxa6 Rb1 46. Kg4 Rf1 47. Rb6 {in this rook ending I
will have 2 pawns more. But the problem is that Black can play 42...Rh4!})
42... Ke7 43. Nd4 Kf6 44. Nf5 (44. Rc6 {was one more move, but the following
line should have been calculated until the very end:} Ke5 45. Nf3+ Kxe4 46.
Rxd6 Ne7 {(this tricky move I saw in the game and stopped looking at this line)
} 47. Ng5+ Ke3 48. Rxh6 Nf5+ 49. Kh3 Nxh6 50. d6 {and nothing can prevent the
d-pawn from becoming a queen.}) 44... Rh5 45. Rc8 Rg5+ 46. Kf3 (46. Kf2 Ke5 47.
Re8+ Kf4 48. Nxd6 Rh5 49. Re6 {is also winning, but I did not want to give
Black this initiative with an active king.}) 46... Rg1 47. Nxd6 Rb1 (47... Ke5
48. Nf5 {and Re8.}) (47... Ne5+ 48. Ke3 $18) 48. Re8 Rxb2 49. Re6+ Kg5 (49...
Kg7 50. Ne8+ Kf7 51. Rf6+ $18) 50. Nf7+ Kh5 51. Ke3 Rb3+ 52. Kd4 Rb4+ 53. Kc5
Rc4+ 54. Kb6 b4 (54... Rd4 55. Kxa6 b4 56. Kb7 b3 57. Rb6 Rxe4 58. d6 (58. Rxb3
$2 Re7+)) 55. Rxg6 {Black resigned in view of 55...Kxg6 56.Ne5+.} 1-0

[Event "Kazan FIDE GP (Women) 4th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 ({The main line was
also played in this tournament, but it gives White a slight advantage, which
was demonstrated by the World Champion:} 12... Qc7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. c4 Qe7 17. a3 Bb6 18. Bc3 Ng4 19. Qe2 Rhe8 20. Kb1 Bc7 21. Ka2 f5
22. Nh4 Nf6 23. Ng6 Qf7 24. b3 Ne4 25. Bb2 Rd7 26. Rhe1 Red8 27. g4 Ng5 28. f4
Ne4 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Qe6 32. Qe3 Kb8 33. Rf1 b5 34. Rc1 Rb7
35. d5 cxd5 36. cxd5 Qxd5 37. Rxf5 Ng5 38. Rc5 Qd7 39. e6 Qxe6 40. Rfe5 Qf7 41.
Rxb5 Rxb5 42. Rxb5+ Ka8 43. a4 Qd7 44. Re5 Qh3 45. Qc5 Qc8 46. Qa5 Rd7 47. Rc5
Qb7 48. Qc3 Rd8 49. Rc7 Ne4 50. Qc2 Qd5 51. Rc8+ {1-0 Yifan,H (2623)-Danielian,
E (2484)/Kazan, RUS 2012}) 13. Kb1 ({The direct transfer of the knight is
possible too, but it allows Black to obtain an endgame:} 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 Nd6 19. Ne5 Nf5 20. g4 Nxe3
21. fxe3 Bf6 22. Nd3 O-O-O 23. Kc2 Rhe8 24. Rhf1 Re7 25. Rf3 b6 26. Rdf1 Rg8
27. b4 Kc7 28. a4 Rd7 29. c5 Rd5 30. Kc3 {Muzychuk-Batsiashvili,Gaziantep 2012;
with slightly better play.}) 13... Qc7 14. Ne4 Rd8 {Here Black has a better
option in my opinion:} (14... c5 $1 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. dxc5 O-O 17. g4 Rfd8 18.
Qe2 Qxc5) ({But} 14... O-O {is risky:} 15. g4 $1 Nxg4 16. Rdg1 f5 17. Qc4 Rf7
18. Qxe6 Nf8 19. Qc4 $16) 15. Nxf6+ ({A more risky move is} 15. c4 O-O 16. Bc3
b5 $1 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Qxb5 Ne4 20. Ba5 Rb8 21. Qa6 Qf4 22. Be1
Rfc8 {Kudrin,S (2562)-Kacheishvili,G (2590)/Sturbridge 2009; with big
compensation for the pawn.}) 15... Nxf6 16. Ne5 ({The logical move is} 16. Qe2
c5 ({Specialists prefer} 16... Qb6 17. Bc1 Qb5 18. c4 Qf5+ 19. Ka1 Nxh5 20. Ne5
Nf4 21. Qe3 Ng6 22. g4 Qf6 23. f4 {1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2677)-Dreev,A (2705)/
Albox 2005}) 17. dxc5 Bxc5 $2 (17... Qxc5 {was an improvement:} 18. Ne5 Rd4 19.
Nd3 Qb5 20. Bc3 Ra4 21. b3 O-O 22. Qe5 Qa5 {1/2 Hou,Y (2513)-Kachiani
Gersinska,K (2375)/Ekaterinburg 2007}) 18. Ne5 O-O 19. g4 Bd4 20. Nd3 Rd5 21.
Rhg1 Rc8 22. c3 Bc5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Be7 25. h6 {Xie Jun (2569)-Kachiani
Gersinska,K (2441)/Mallorca 2004; with a serious attack.}) 16... O-O (16... Qb6
$2 {is wrong:} 17. Qg3 Qxd4 18. Qxg7 Rh7 19. Qg3 Rd5 20. Nf3 Qb6 21. c4 Ba3 22.
b3 Rd3 23. Kc2 Ne4 24. Qg8+ Bf8 25. Qxh7 Nxf2 26. Ne5 {1-0 Korbut,E (2330)
-Kachiani Gersinska,K (2456)/Warsaw 2001}) 17. Bf4 ({The direct} 17. Rh4 {
is weaker:} Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rg4 Kh8 20. Re4 c5 21. Bc3 Bf6 22. d5 Bxc3
23. Qxc3 exd5 24. Qxc5 Qf5 25. Re2 Qxh5 26. Red2 Qg6 27. g3 a6 28. Qb4 Rfe8 29.
Qxb7 d4 30. Qf3 Rc8 31. Qd3 Re4 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Qf6 34. Rd3 {1/2
Garnelis,J (2228)-Lenderman,A (2542)/Puerto Madryn 2009}) 17... Nd5 $6 (17...
Bd6 {was better, preparing c6-c5.}) 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. c4 Nb4 ({The retreat would
allow White to improve the centre:} 19... Nf6 20. f4) 20. Qb3 ({It was
possible to conduct this plan in a more exact way:} 20. Qf3 Rxd4 21. Nd7 Qa6
22. a3 Qxc4 23. axb4 Rd8 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qxb4 26. Bc7 Rc8 27. Be5 $16)
20... Rxd4 ({A slightly better version was} 20... c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. a3 Nc6
23. Nd7 Qf5+ 24. Ka1 Rfe8 25. Qxb7 Rc8 26. Bc7 $14) 21. Nd7 $5 ({It would be
very difficult to find the correct way} 21. Qf3 Rfd8 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qf3)
21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qa5 23. a3 ({It was not easy to see how to cut off the
black queen:} 23. Be5 $1 Rd8 24. a3 Na6 25. Qg3 f6 26. b4 Nxb4 27. axb4 Qxb4+
28. Bb2 Kh8 29. Qc3 Qa4 30. Rd3 $14) 23... Qf5+ 24. Ka1 Nc2+ 25. Ka2 Rd8 (25...
Re8 {was better.}) 26. Bc7 $1 Re8 27. f3 $16 {Now Black has a huge problem
with her knight.} Bg5 28. g4 Qh7 {Playing against such an opponent as Anna
with a queen out of action like this is hopeless.} 29. f4 $6 (29. Ne5 {was
very strong.}) 29... Bh4 30. Rd2 Ne1 31. Qe3 (31. f5 {was very powerful:} exf5
32. Qxb7) 31... b6 32. Ne5 c5 33. Qe2 $1 Bg3 34. Nc6 g5 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Ne5
$1 g5 ({There is a very simple win after} 36... Qxc7 37. Rd7 Qc8 38. Qe4) 37.
Nd7 Qf7 38. fxg5 $5 (38. Be5 {was simpler.}) 38... Bxc7 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. Qxe1 (
{Or} 40. Nxe8 Nf3 41. g6) 40... Bf4 ({Black's position is also hopeless after
the best} 40... Rd8 41. Re2 Bf4 42. Rxe6 Bxg5 43. Qe5 Bf4 44. Qe4) 41. Rd7 Re7
42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Qe4 hxg5 44. Nh5+ 1-0

[Event "Kazan FIDE GP (Women) 4th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.06.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Be3 Nf5 $5 {A new fresh idea
in a classical position. Other possibilities are:} (12... Bg4 13. h3 (13. Be2 {
is weaker:} Re8 14. Nfd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Ng6 16. Nf5 Bc7 17. Rad1 Re5 18. Qf3 Qd7
19. Ng3 Nh4 20. Qe2 Bb6 21. Rd3 {1/2 Rausis,I (2515)-Gerstner,W (2370)/
Badenweiler 1995}) 13... Bh5 14. Be2 Re8 15. Nfd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Ne5 17. Rad1
N7g6 18. Nf5 Bc7 19. Qb5 Qf6 20. Nbd4 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Qxd5 Rae8 23. Rfe1
Qa6 24. Nf5 Rd7 25. Qe4 Red8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bd4 f6 28. f4 Ng6 29. Qe8+ Nf8
30. Ne7+ Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Qxa2 32. Rxc7 {1-0 Godena,M (2528)-Pihlajasalo,A (2436)/
ICC INT 2008}) ({Very logical seems to be} 12... Bf5 13. Re1 Re8 14. h3 Qd7 15.
Bc5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ng6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nbd4 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qg3 Qf6 21.
Rad1 Rac8 22. Re2 {1/2 Godena,M (2508)-Renet,O (2573)/Switzerland 2004/EXT 2005
}) 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Bxf5 $2 {The technique of choosing the correct exchange is
the problem of even top women players sometimes.} (14. Re1 {was correct.}) ({or
} 14. Qd2 {with chances to fight for a small advantage.}) 14... Bxf5 15. Bxd6 (
{After} 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bc7 $1 17. Nfd4 Bd7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Bd7
20. g3 Qf6 {Black would have a very comfortable position.}) 15... Qxd6 16. Nfd4
Bg6 17. Qd2 ({It was better to try not to let the knight come to c4:} 17. Qf3
Ne5 18. Qg3) 17... Ne5 18. Qf4 ({It was necessary to try to fight the powerful
knight on c4:} 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qf2 Be4 20. Nd2) 18... Qb6 19. Rae1 Nc4 {A
strategy like this in this kind of a French was a favourite of Rafael Vaganian.
He won many games with this position where White is forced into complete
passivity.} ({Not so powerful and safe woud be the knight position on d3:} 
19... Nd3 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qd2 Re7 22. Ne2 a5 23. Nec1) 20. Qc1 ({Activation
did not work:} 20. Nf5 Kh7 21. Ne7 Be4) 20... Rac8 21. f3 a5 22. a4 Bf5 $3 {
A beautiful strategic manoevre - the bishop controls a lot of squares, but
they all are empty. So, it is necessary to find some target and with the help
of the previous move Anna creates a weakness - the pawn on a4!} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8
24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Bd7 26. Qa1 {A shameful position for the queen, but how
can she defend the a4-pawn?} ({In such positions its better to die like a
warrior, i.e. with} 26. Qe7) 26... Qg6 {And now the black queen is ready to
penetrate White's position.} 27. Kf2 (27. Ne2 {did not offer any encouragement:
} Qc2 28. Ned4 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Nxb2 30. Nxa5 Bc8 31. Kf2 Nxa4) 27... Qg5 $1 {
Now the queen comes close to the opponent's king - a decisive attack follows.}
28. Nc5 Qd2+ 29. Kg3 Bc8 30. Qf1 b6 31. Nd3 Qg5+ 32. Kf2 Qe3+ 33. Kg3 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Muzychuk,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 {This move came as a small surprise as in
many previous games Sasikiran had played 11.e4. Before this one there were no
games in which he played 11.a3.} a5 12. e4 e5 13. Rd1 (13. dxe5 {is much more
popular, but lately strong grandmasters have switched to 13.Rd1.}) 13... Qc7 (
13... Qe7 {was another option, but I am not sure that after} 14. h3 {the queen
is better on e7, rather than on c7.}) 14. h3 Rfd8 $146 ({14...Rfd8 is a
novelty. Before our game there were just 2 games, both played by strong
players and both in 2012! 14...Rfe8 was played there but in my opinion White
is slightly better after 14...Rfe8, so I chose a new move in this position.
The aforementioned games continued like this:} 14... Rfe8 15. Be3 Rac8 (15...
exd4 16. Nxd4 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Nce2 Qd6 19. Rac1 $14 {1/2 Jakovenko,D 
(2736)-Grachev,B (2680)/Tyumen RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 920 (61)}) 16. Rac1
Qb8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxe4 22. Qc2
Nf6 23. Bd4 $14 {0-1 Bacrot,E (2714)-Korobov,A (2660)/Warsaw POL 2011/The Week
in Chess 893 (48)}) 15. Bg5 $6 {Looking at the fact that after ...h6 White
went back with the bishop to e3, there is a big question as to whether it was
needed. After analysing different lines, I could not see where it wass better
for White that Black had played the additional move ...h6. The only plus could
be if White managed to put the knight on f5 and then the move ...g6 would not
be possible, but in the variations White could not make it.} ({I think that} 
15. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Be3 {or immediately 15.Be3 were better
possibilities than the move in the game.}) (15. Be3 $5) 15... h6 16. Be3 (16.
Bxf6 {is not promising for White} Nxf6 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5
20. Ne2 c5 $11 {Black equalises.}) (16. Bh4 {was the most logical move,
following the idea of 15.Bg5. After that there are different interesting lines:
} exd4 17. Nxd4 g5 $1 (17... Bh2+ 18. Kh1 g5 19. Bg3 (19. Nf5 gxh4 20. g3 hxg3
21. fxg3 Ne5 22. Kxh2 Bc8 $13) 19... Bxg3 20. fxg3 Nc5 21. Qf2 (21. Nf5 Bc8 $1)
21... Nh5 22. Nce2 $13 {the situation is very unclear but I think I would
prefer White's position as it is easier to play and create an attack}) 18. Bg3
(18. Nf5 gxh4) 18... Bxg3 19. fxg3 {and now we could have faced some unusual
position. Black's king is weak but White has problems with black squares.} {
I believe that after} Ne5 {it is possible to keep the balance; moreover after
Nf5 there is the nice defence of ...Bc8! Nxh6+ Kg7 and suddenly Black's
position becomes better.} (19... c5 $5 {is also playable} 20. Nf5 (20. Ndxb5
Qxg3 21. Rf1 (21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Ne5 $11) 21... Nh5 (21... Ne5 $5 22. Rxf6
Ra6 $11) 22. Rf3 Qb8 {, planning Nf4 or Ne5, followed by c4 and Bc6}) (20.
Ncxb5 $2 Qb6 $19) 20... c4 21. Be2 (21. Nxh6+ Kf8 22. Bf1 Qxg3) (21. Bf1 Qc5+
22. Kh2 Ne5 $11 {[%cal Ye5g4]}) 21... Kf8 $1 $13) 20. Qf2 (20. Bf1 Qb6 21. Qf2
Nfg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Qd2 c5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 27.
Rxd4 Ne3 $11) (20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Rxd5 23. Rf1 Rad8 24. Rdf3
Rxd4 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Qf5+ $11) (20. Nf5 Bc8 $1) 20... Neg4 21.
hxg4 Nxg4 22. Qe2 (22. Qf3 Ne5 $11) 22... Bc8 23. Nf3 (23. Bc2 Qb6) 23... b4 $1
{the most precise} (23... Qb6+ 24. Kf1 (24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Ng4+ $11) 24...
Ne3+ 25. Ke1 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 g4 $13) 24. axb4 Qb6+ 25. Kf1 Ne3+ 26. Ke1 Nxd1 27.
Nxd1 Qxb4+ 28. Kf2 Be6 {with a nearly equal position, but keeping practical
chances for both sides.}) 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 $6 (17... b4 $1 {I could
level the position but during the game it was a bit dangerous to play in such
a way} 18. Na4 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 c5 20. Nb5 Qe5 {It looked quite strange, but
actually Black is doing fine. Now the e4-pawn is hanging and if White plays 21.
f3, then the counterplay with ...Nh5 works. Therefore, 21.Qc1 is strong
underlining the strange position of the bishop on h2.} 21. Qc1 Qb8 {now the
e4-pawn is hanging again} (21... Bxe4 22. f4 Qb8 23. Bc4 Bg3 24. Nd6 Bg6 {
maybe this is also ok for Black but it looks very dangerous}) 22. f4 (22. Nxc5
Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Be5 $11) 22... Bg3 23. e5 Ba6 $1 24. Nd6 Bxd3 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26.
Rxd3 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Qxe5 $11) (17... Bh2+ $6 {is not that good} 18. Kh1 Bf4 19.
Bxf4 Qxf4 20. f3 $14 {[%csl Yb7] and White gets a typical advantage.}) 18. Bf1
{Now the position is better for White again. The main problem is with the
bishop on b7.} Ng6 ({19.f4 was threatening and ...b4 is not so good as the
line shows:} 18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Na4 $14 Nxe4 22. Nf5 $5 (
22. Ne6 fxe6 23. Bb6 Qb8 24. Bxd8 c5 25. Bh4 $14)) (18... Neg4 $2 {was the
first move that came to my mind but obviously the tactics with ...Ng4 do not
work here.} 19. hxg4 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Nxg4 21. Qe2 {White is simply a piece up. No
time for the ...Bg1 idea or transfering the queen to h4.}) 19. Nf5 Bh2+ 20. Kh1
Be5 21. Rac1 (21. Bc5 $5 $14) (21. Ne2 $5 $14) 21... Rxd1 22. Nxd1 Rd8 23. Nc3
{Here I spent quite a lot of time as it was not so easy to make a move.
Actually I did not like my position at this moment. I intended to play ...Bc8,
transferring the bishop to a better position, but now it was not possible in
view of Nb5. 23...Qb8, the move which I played, kept this idea but weakened
the c6-pawn.} Qb8 (23... b4 24. Na4 $14) (23... Bc8 24. Nxb5) (23... Rd7 {
was possible, defending from Nb5, but it was not clear what to play after that
and how to solve the problem with the bishop.} 24. Ne2 $14) 24. Bb6 $6 (24. Ne2
$1 $14 {It was not an easy move but quite standard for this type of position.
The idea is to take control over the d4- and f4-squares, also increasing the
pressure on the c6-pawn. One more point is that the idea with Ned4 appears.} c5
25. f3 c4 26. a4 $1 (26. Ned4 a4) 26... bxa4 (26... b4 27. Ned4) 27. Ned4 Bf4
28. Bxf4 (28. Rd1) 28... Qxf4 29. Rd1 $14) 24... Bc7 {This was a critical
moment as while making the next moves White started to lose the thread of the
game and in just a few moves I equalised and even started to play for an
advantage. As Krishnan told me after the game, he wrongly calculated my reply
of 24...Bc7, thinking that he wins a pawn after 25.Bxc7 Qxc7 26.Nxb5. But
after 26...Qf4 I would have got good counterplay.} 25. Be3 $6 ({After 25.Be3 I
got an easy game. That is why White had to choose between 25.Bc5 or still 25.
Bxc7.} 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. f3 (26. Nxb5 Qf4 27. Nbd6 Rxd6 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 $13)
26... Nh5 27. Ne2 a4 $11) (25. Bc5 Re8 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Bc8 $14 {/=}) 25...
Bf4 26. a4 $6 {Wrong idea as Black does not need to react.} Qe5 27. Re1 $2 (27.
f3 {maintained equality.}) 27... b4 {Now Black gets the initiative.} 28. Bxf4 (
28. Nb1 c5 29. f3 (29. Nd2 Nxe4 $19) 29... Bxe3 30. Nxe3 Qg3 $17) 28... Qxf4 (
28... Nxf4 $5 {was also a good option:} 29. Nb1 c5 30. Ng3 (30. f3 Bc8 $17)
30... h5 $17) 29. Nd1 Rd2 $2 {Difficult to believe, but the move which
everyone would like to make, especially in time trouble, is a mistake. In this
position it was too early. The problem is that after 30.Qc1 White has some
tactical motifs, looking at the point that the rook on d2 is pinned.} (29...
Ne5 $5 $17 {or 29...Bc8 was correct.}) 30. Qc1 c5 31. f3 $2 (31. Ng3 {After 31.
f3 Black's position became winning. 31.Ng3 was the only move:} Nd7 (31... h5
32. f3 $1 $11 {The idea which both my opponent and I missed during the game.
It is difficult to find, but this trick shows why the move ...Rd2 was not that
good.}) 32. b3 Rd4 $15) 31... Ne5 $1 ({Immediately taking on e4 was a mistake:
} 31... Nxe4 $2 32. fxe4 Bxe4 33. Ng3 $1 (33. Nde3 Rf2)) (31... Bxe4 {is
better than 31...Ne4 and leads to a position with advantage for me, but 31...
Ne5 is the most precise.} 32. Nde3 (32. Nfe3 Rc2 $19) 32... Rxg2 $1 33. Nxg2
Qxf3 34. Nxh6+ gxh6 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Ne5 $15) 32. Be2 (32. Re2 Nxf3 $19)
32... Bxe4 {Now everything is forced, but 32...Ba6 was another interesting
winning possibility.} (32... Ba6 $5 $19) 33. fxe4 (33. Nde3 Rxe2 $19) (33. Nfe3
Rc2 $19) 33... Nxe4 34. Rf1 (34. Nde3 {could not save the game, but was the
most stubborn.} Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nxh3+ $1 36. gxh3 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 g6 $19) 34... Qg5
35. h4 Qd8 36. Ba6 (36. Re1 g6 $19) 36... Rxd1 (36... g6 $5) 37. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38.
Qxd1 Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Nxd1 40. b3 c4 0-1

[Event "Ankara FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Ankara"]
[Date "2012.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.09.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 {There is a strange fashion for a
completely drawish variation! But it is not as harmless as it looks! Black has
to be extremely careful, which was shown in old games of the greats,
particularly those of Rudolf Spielmann. Even the great Lasker suffered here
terribly!'} exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 ({To be honest it is not
clear why it is necessary to hurry with d7-d5, which allows this check on e2,
as there is no difference for Black to start with} 7... O-O) 8. exd5 cxd5 ({
In recent top games there arose an endgame in which Black faced real problems:
} 8... Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Nxd5 (9... Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Nxd5 (10... cxd5 11. Nb5 Kd8 12.
Rd1 c6 13. c3 (13. Nd4 Kc7 14. c4 Bd6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Kf1 c5 17. Nc2 d4 18. b4
cxb4 19. Bb2 Rae8 20. Bxd4 a5 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxe8
Bxe8 25. Bxh7 Kb6 26. Ke2 Kc5 27. Kd3 a4 {1/2 Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2485)
-Mikhalchishin,A (2530)/Havana 1982); and I managed to draw a difficult
endgame.}) 13... Re8+ 14. Kf1 Bf8 15. Nd4 Kc7 16. Bf4+ Kb6 17. a4 a5 18. b4
axb4 19. a5+ Kb7 20. cxb4 Ne4 21. Nxc6 ({There was a simple win after} 21. a6+
Kb6 22. Rdc1 Bd7 23. Be3) 21... g5 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Nd8+ Ka6 24. Bxg5 $18 {
1/2 Spielmann,R-Lasker,E/Moscow 1935}) 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 (12. Bb5+ Bd7 13.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Rd1 Rhe8+ 15. Be3 Kc6 16. c4 $1 dxc4 17. Rd4 $1 $16 {Oll,
L-Beliavsky,A Manila ol 1992 Inf 55/313/}) 12... c6 13. c3 Be7 14. Rhe1 Be6 15.
Rac1 Kd7 16. c4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 19. Rxc4 Rhe8+ 20. Kd2 Rxe1
21. Kxe1 Kxd6 22. Rd4+ Ke6 23. Kd2 ({real chances for win gave} 23. Ra4 Rb8 24.
b3 Rb7 25. Kd2) 23... Rb8 24. Kc3 Rb5 25. Rb4 Re5 26. Kd3 Rd5+ 27. Rd4 Rb5 28.
b3 h5 29. h4 {1/2 Hou,Y (2599)-Dronavalli,H (2503)Istanbul 2012. White still
kept an advantage, but did not manage to convert it into a full point.}) 10.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. a3 Ba5 (11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Be6 13. O-O f6 14. c4 Nb6 15. Be4
Bxc4 16. Re1 $14 {Lautier,J-Karpov,A Biel 1992}) 12. b4 Bb6 (12... Bxb4 13.
axb4 Nxc3 14. Bb2 Nd5 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Be5 $16 (16. Bd4 Rxg2 17. c4 Nf6 18.
Bxa7 Bb7 19. Bc5+ Kd8 20. O-O-O Ra1+ 21. Bb1+ Kc8 22. Kb2 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Rg4
24. Kb3 Ba6 25. Rbc1 Ne4 26. Be3 Nd6 27. c5 Nf5 28. Rhg1 Rh4 29. Rg8+ Kb7 30.
Rf8 Bd3 31. Ra1 Nxe3 32. Raa8 {1-0 Czerniak,M-Rellstab,L/Reggio Emilia 1951/MCD
})) (12... Nxc3 13. bxa5 $16 {Karpov}) 13. Bb2 (13. Ne2 Nf6 (13... Rd8 14. Bb2
f6 $6 (14... Nf6) 15. Bxh7 $16) 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. O-O a5 (15... Be6 16. Nf4 $16)
16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. a4 Ba6 18. Bc3 $1 (18. Bxa6 $6 Rxa6 19. Bc3 Ne4 20. Bxg7 Rd2
$17) 18... Bxd3 19. cxd3 Ra6 (19... Rad5 20. a5 Ba7 21. d4 $14) 20. a5 Bc5 (
20... Ba7 21. Rfe1 Kf8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nf4 $16) 21. Rfc1 {Pugachov,A (2455)
-Notkin,M (2360)/Podolsk 1993; with a big advantage.}) 13... a5 14. O-O Nf4 15.
Rae1+ Ne6 16. Na4 f6 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Re3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Rb1 b5 21. c4
$1 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2785)-Volokitin,A (2709)Istanbul 2012; with a very
unpleasant position - the king in the centre plus a dangerous white bishop
pair make Black's task very difficult.} Bd7) 9. Qe2+ ({The classical line
promises just a microscopic advantage to White:} 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 (10. Bg5 c6
11. Qf3 Be7 (11... Bd6 12. Rfe1 Rb8 13. Rab1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16.
Ne2 Re8 17. b3 Bd7 18. Ng3 Bb4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Kf1 Kf8 $11 {Szczepkowska,K 
(2375)-Pogonina,N (2448)Istanbul 2012}) 12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 $2
15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxf6 {Yildiz,B (2341)-Pokorna,R (2353)Istanbul 2012; with an
extra pawn.}) 10... Re8 11. Qf3 c6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Rfe1 c5 15. Rad1
Qb6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nf4 Rab8 (17... Rad8 $142) 18. b3 Qb6 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Rg5
Rbd8 $4 (20... h6 21. Rg3 Qe5 $11) 21. Qg3 Qf8 22. Nh5 {Muzychuk,M (2466)-Zhao,
X (2549)Istanbul 2012; and Anna's younger sister won.}) 9... Be7 ({It's clear,
that after the Karjakin game most players will avoid the endgame!} 9... Qe7 10.
Bd2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 c6 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Be3 O-O 14. f3 $1 $14 {Shirov,A-Karpov,A
Moscow 1992/}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 c5 ({Much more logical was a timid strategy
} 11... c6 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. h3 Bd6) 12. Rad1 (12. Rae1 {would not be bad:} Be6
13. b3 a6 14. Na4 {with next c2-c4.}) 12... Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Bc4 Re8 $6 ({
The correct idea was} 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxd5
Bxd5 18. Qd2 Qb6 {led to the same}) 15... Qxd6 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18.
Qd2 Qb6 19. Qxd5 Qxb2 20. Qxc5 Rfc8 $11) 15. Bb5 $1 Bd7 (15... Rf8 {was bad:}
16. Bc6 Rc8 17. Bb7 $16) 16. Nxd5 $1 {This is the start of a forced line which
led to a better endgame for White.} Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Bxb5 ({Very interesting was} 
17... Bf6 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxe8+ Qxe8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Rb1 Re2 22. c3 g5 23.
Bb8 a6 24. a4 Kg7 25. Kf1 Rc2 26. b4 Rxc3 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 c4 {with strong
counterplay.}) 18. Rxd8 Bxe2 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Re1 Bf6 ({It was possible to
obtain an opposite-coloured bishop endgame:} 20... Bxf3 21. Rxe7 Bd5 22. b3 c4
23. b4 Bc6 24. Kf2 a6 25. c3 {but it would be still big fight for a draw for
Black.}) 21. Rxe2 Bxb2 22. Re7 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 h6 24. Ke2 {White has much more
active pieces plus Black's pawns are weaker than White's. Slowly it will
become clear, that the defence is a tremendously difficult task.} g5 25. Bg3 a6
({The best chance was the activation} 25... Bf6 26. Rc7 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Rd8+ 28.
Kc1 Re8 $1 29. Rxa7 Re2 30. c4 Rxg2 31. a4 Ra2 32. a5 Ra4) 26. Kd3 Rc8 27. Kc4
Rc6 28. c3 Bf6 (28... Bg7 {was slightly better:} 29. a4 Bf8) 29. Rd7 $1 {
Threatening to exchange rooks after Rd6.} Kg7 30. Rd6 Rc8 {Black has to
sacrifice the pawn and to try to activate her own rook, but it was necessary
to do it earlier!} 31. Rxa6 Re8 32. a4 Re2 ({More problems would be created
after} 32... Re3 33. a5 Rxc3+ 34. Kb5 Rc2 35. Rc6 Rxg2 36. a6 Bd4 37. a7 Rb2+
38. Kc4 Rc2+ 39. Kd5 Ra2 40. Rc7 Be3 41. h3 Kg6 42. Kc4 Kf6 43. Rb7 Ke6 44. Bc7
f5 45. Bb6 $18) 33. Rc6 Rc2 ({A position similar to the previous variation
arose after} 33... Rxg2 34. a5 Rc2 35. a6 Rxc3+ 36. Kb5 Bd4 37. a7 Rb3+ 38. Ka4
Rb4+ 39. Ka5 Rb1 40. Bd6 Ra1+ 41. Kb6 c4+ 42. Bc5 $18) 34. Rxc5 ({Possibly
more precise was} 34. a5 Rxc3+ 35. Kb5 Bd4 36. a6 Rb3+ 37. Kc4 Rb4+ 38. Kd5 Ra4
39. Bb8 $18) 34... Rxc3+ 35. Kb4 Rd3 36. Be5 $1 {Going into a rook endgame
with a passed pawn is the simplest solution.} ({More complicated, but also
winning was} 36. a5 Be7 37. Kc4 Ra3 38. Rb5 Ra2 39. Kb3 Ra3+ 40. Kb2 Kg6 41.
Rb6+ f6 42. a6 $18) 36... Rd2 37. Bxf6+ ({In such situations White usually
creates a powerful base on f5 for her rook:} 37. g4 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Rxh2 39. a5
Ra2 40. Kb5 Kf6 41. Rf5+ Ke6 42. a6 h5 43. Rxg5 h4 44. Rh5 Kd6 45. Rxh4 Rb2+
46. Ka5 Kc6 47. Rh6+ Kc7 48. Rf6 $18) 37... Kxf6 38. a5 Rxg2 39. a6 Rb2+ (39...
Rxh2 $2 {loses immediately:} 40. a7 Ra2 41. Ra5) 40. Ka5 $2 {It makes no sense
to give up a pawn.} (40. Ka3 $1 Rb8 41. a7 Ra8 42. Rc7 Ke6 43. Kb4 f5 44. Kc5
Ke5 45. Kb6 h5 46. Kb7 {but Anna explained that she had the natural desire to
move forward with the king but never back!}) 40... Rxh2 41. Kb6 $2 ({Here was
last chance to win in a forced way} 41. a7 $1 Ra2+ 42. Kb6 Rxa7 43. Kxa7 h5 44.
Kb6 h4 45. Kb5 h3 46. f4 $1 g4 47. Rh5 h2 48. Rxh2 Kf5 49. Rf2 $1 {only move!}
g3 50. Rf1 Ke4 51. f5 g2 52. Rg1 Kf3 53. Kc5 Kf2 54. Rxg2+ Kxg2 55. Kd6 $18)
41... Re2 42. a7 Re8 43. Ra5 h5 44. a8=Q (44. f4 {does not win:} gxf4 45. Rxh5
Ke6 ({Also possible is the immediate} 45... Ra8 46. Kb7 Rxa7+ 47. Kxa7 f3 48.
Kb6 f2 49. Rh1 Ke5 50. Rf1 Ke4 51. Rxf2 f5 52. Kc5 f4 53. Kc4 f3 54. Kc3 Ke3)
46. Ra5 Ra8 47. Kb7 Rxa7+ 48. Rxa7 f5 49. Kc6 Ke5 50. Kc5 f3 51. Kc4 f2 52. Ra1
Ke4 53. Rf1 Ke3 54. Kd5 f4 55. Ke5 f3 56. Ra1 Ke2 57. Kf4) 44... Rxa8 45. Rxa8
Ke5 $1 {It is always useful to bodycheck the opponent's king!} 46. Kc5 (46. Rf8
{did not win either:} g4 47. Rxf7 g3 48. f4+ Ke4 49. f5 g2 50. Rg7 Kxf5 51.
Rxg2 h4 52. Kc5 Kf4 53. Kd4 h3 54. Rg7 h2 55. Rh7 Kg3 56. Ke3 Kg2 57. Rg7+ Kf1
$11) 46... h4 47. Rf8 f5 $4 ({It was necessary to sneak with the king to
support the h4-pawn:} 47... Kf4 48. Rxf7+ Kg3 49. Kd4 h3 50. Ke4 h2 51. Rh7 Kg2
52. Kf5 Kxf3 53. Rxh2 g4 54. Ra2 g3 55. Ra3+ Kf2 56. Kf4 g2 57. Ra2+ Kf1 58.
Kf3 g1=N+ 59. Ke3 Nh3 {with a theoretical draw!}) 48. Kc4 Kf4 (48... h3 {
did not help:} 49. Kd3 h2 50. Rh8 Kf4 51. Ke2 Kg3 52. Rh5 g4 53. fxg4 fxg4 54.
Kf1 $18) 49. Kd3 Kxf3 50. Rxf5+ Kg4 51. Rf8 Kg3 52. Ke2 g4 53. Kf1 Kh2 54. Rf4
h3 55. Rxg4 Kh1 56. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Ankara FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Ankara"]
[Date "2012.09.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.09.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The most important game of the tournament. A draw would allow Koneru to be
well on the way to her second match for the World Championship.} 1. Nf3 c5 2.
c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 {In his latest article
Aleksey Kuzmin believes, that the next move does not promise anything to White.
} 7. Bg5 ({Better chances are promised by} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bg7
10. d5 Na5 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Nxb3 13. axb3 e6 14. d6 Bd7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3
Bc6 17. Bc5 e5 18. b4 {Potkin,V (2642)-Alekseev,E (2677)/Tyumen RUS 2012; with
a strong initiative.}) 7... Be6 (7... Ne4 {is not so logical:} 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9.
bxc3 Qxd5 10. c4 (10. Qb3 $5) 10... Qe4+ 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Qg4 13. O-O O-O
14. Be2 Qd7 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bd4 Qd6 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Re1 Qd6 20.
Bf3 Bd7 21. Qd4 {Timman,J (2635)-Ljubojevic,L (2635)/Beograd 1989. With his
central position White is certainly better.}) 8. Bxf6 ({Even positionally
dangerous for White is} 8. Rc1 Bg7 9. c5 O-O 10. Be2 Ne4) 8... exf6 9. Be2 ({
In such cases it is necessary to study from the old masters} 9. c5 Bg7 10. Bb5
O-O 11. h3 Ne7 (11... Rc8 12. O-O f5 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 Qh4 (
15... g5 16. f4 $1) 16. f4 g5 (16... Kh7) 17. Ne2 Bf6 18. Rf2 Kh8 (18... g4 19.
g3 $1) 19. g3 $1 Qh5 20. g4 $1 {Zaitsev,I-Shamkovich,L/Moscow 1967; with a
serious advantage.}) 12. O-O f5 13. Re1 h6 14. Qd2 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. cxb6 (16.
Bc2 Nc6 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 Rb8 19. Nf4 $14) 16... Qxb6 17. Bb3 Qb4 18. Rad1 a5
19. Na4 Rfb8 20. Qe3 Qd6 21. Nc5 f4 22. Qe2 Rb6 23. Rd2 Ra7 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25.
Qd1 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2710)-Bologan,V (2665)/Melilla ESP 2011; with a very
slight advantage.}) 9... Bb4 (9... Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 ({nothing can be
expected from} 11. Qa4 f5 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. Qa3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Bf1 Qe7
16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Bh6 20. Rxc8 Nxc8 21. Ba4 Nd6
22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Bb3 Rc1 24. Rxc1 Bxc1 25. Nd3 {1/2 Laznicka,V (2693)-Dominguez
Perez,L (2725)/Havana CUB 2012}) 11... dxc4 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Bxc4
Bf5 15. d6 Qh4 (15... Qb6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Bb3 Bg4 18. Qg5 $1 Bxd1 19. Rxd1
$44) 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Rad1 e4 $2 (17... Qb4 $142) 18. Qd5 $1 {1-0 Speelman,J 
(2645)-Kortchnoi,V (2595)/Reykjavik 1988. White managed to support his own
passed pawn seriously.}) (9... Bh6 $5) 10. O-O (10. c5 Bxc3+ (10... O-O 11. O-O
Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. Qa3 Na5 15. Rab1 Rfe8 16. Rb2 Bg4 17. Qb4 Rab8
18. cxb6 axb6 19. h3 Bf5 20. Bb5 Rec8 21. Re1 Be6 22. Re3 Kg7 {Kislinsky,A 
(2392)-Malakhatko,V (2512)/Kiev 2003. Black's prospects are certainly brighter.
}) (10... Qa5 11. Qd2 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qf4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Kg7
16. h4 h6 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. Rae1 Qa7 19. Nh2 Qc7 20. Qf3 Ra3 21. h5 g5 {Bryson,
D (2365)-Summerscale,A (2420)/Edinburgh 1999. Black started to take the
initiative.}) 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nd2 Na5 13. O-O b6 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. a4 Qc7 16. a5
bxc5 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nxc5 Bd5 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. f3 Qf4 21. Na6 Rad8 22. Nb4
Ba8 23. Qc1 {Teterev,V (2519)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2666)/Rogaska Slatina 2011. White
certainly keeps an advantage.}) (10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxd5 (12. Rc1
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 14. Bb5 Rc8 15. Nd2 a6 16. Bc4 Na5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nb3 Nc4
19. Re1 b6 20. Rc2 Nd6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re2 Rc8 {Shahade,G (2355)-Shamkovich,
L (2380)/Hawaii 1998. Black succeeded in the blockade.}) 12... Qxd5 13. Qd3
Rad8 14. Rfd1 Ba5 15. Qb5 Bb6 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. Bc4 Rd7 18. Bb5 Rfd8 {Brkic,A 
(2436)-Dizdarevic,E (2520)/Rabac 2004; with very strong pressure against the
passed pawn.}) 10... Bxc3 {Anna hurries to fix the structure, which she likes.}
(10... O-O {was not bad:} 11. c5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Qa4 Qc7) 11. bxc3 dxc4
12. Rb1 ({Black would have no real problems after} 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 Bxc4
14. Nxc4 Rc8 15. Ne3 f5 16. g3 Qd6 {The white passed pawn looks dangerous; in
reality in the long run it is only White can face troubles.}) 12... b6 (12...
Qa5 {would be too risky:} 13. Rxb7 Qxc3 14. d5 Rd8 15. dxe6 Rxd1 16. exf7+ Kf8
17. Rxd1 $18) 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 ({The tempting tactics} 14... Nxd4 15.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 {did not work because of the double attack} 16. Rfd1 $1 Bxc4 17.
Rxd4+ $18) 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. Rfe1 ({White would just face problems after} 16. d5
Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Qd3 Qd6 20. a4 Rc5) 16... Rac8 17. h3 ({
Every the attempt to create a strong central structure would be answered with
a powerful attack on it:} 17. Qd3 Na5 18. Nd2 f5 19. c4 Rc7 20. d5 Rfc8) 17...
Rfd8 ({It was not a very logical decision to exchange knights, as it would
decrease White's problems:} 17... Ne5 18. Qe2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 f5 20. Rbc1) 18.
Qd3 Qd6 ({Without any counterplay Black could efficiently block White's
central pawns after} 18... Qc7 19. Rbc1 Na5 20. h4 Nc4 21. Nd2 b5) 19. Qa6 Rc7
20. Nd2 Kg7 ({Anna improves her position slowly, but it was possible to
accelerate a bit:} 20... Ne7 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. Qa3 f5 23. Nd2 Qd6 24. Qb3 b5 25.
Qxb5 Rxc3 26. Nf3 Nd5 27. Qa5 Ra3 {with much more active play.}) 21. Nc4 Qd5 ({
Simpler and safer was} 21... Qd7) 22. Ne3 Qa5 23. Qc4 Rcc8 24. Qb3 Qg5 ({
Anna tries to prepare some counterplay on the kingside, as logical moves would
allow White to keep the balance.} 24... Rd7 25. d5 Ne5 26. c4 Rdc7 27. d6 Rc6
28. Red1 Rd8 29. f4 Nd7 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. cxb5) 25. Nc4 ({It was better to
establish a safe defensive setup:} 25. Rbd1 Rc7 26. Qb2 Ne7 27. Rd3) 25... Qd5
26. Ne3 Qd7 $5 {Humpy is ready for a draw, but Anna - not!} 27. Rbd1 ({It was
much better to protect the weak pawn by} 27. Rbc1 Na5 28. Qb4 f5 29. d5 Qd6 30.
g3 $11) 27... Na5 28. Qb4 f5 29. d5 Qd6 30. Qd4+ ({Black would build an ideal
blockade after} 30. Qh4 Nb7 31. c4 Qf6 32. Qf4 Nd6) 30... Qf6 31. c4 $2 {
After this move Koneru loses a pawn.} ({White had to try to use the power of
her own passed pawn at any cost:} 31. Qf4 Rxc3 32. d6 Rc5 33. d7 Qe5 34. Qh4 {
and Black has nothing better than to repeat moves:} Qf6 35. Qf4 $11) 31... f4
32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. Ng4+ Kg7 34. Ne5 {Koneru decided to try to save a rook
ending, as with knights developments looked even bleaker for her.} (34. Re7
Nxc4 35. Rxa7 Rc5 36. Rd4 g5 37. h4 h6 38. Ra4 b5) 34... Nxc4 35. Nxc4 Rxc4 36.
Re7 Ra4 ({After} 36... a5 {things were more complicated:} 37. Rb7 Rd6 38. h4 h6
39. Rd2 Rc5 40. Rd4 g5 41. a4 Kg6) 37. Rd2 Rd6 38. f3 ({More chances were
promised by the activation of the rook:} 38. Rc2 Rxd5 39. Rcc7 Rf5 40. Rxa7
Rxa7 41. Rxa7 Ra5 42. Rb7 b5 43. h4 Kf6 44. f3 h5 45. a3 {but a courageous
activation of the king would decide the game:} Ke5 $1) 38... a5 39. Kf2 Rb4 40.
Re4 Rxe4 ({White would obtain a very difficult rook ending after} 40... Rb5 41.
Rxf4 Rbxd5 42. Re2 Rd2 43. Rfe4 b5 44. Re5 R6d5 45. Rxd5 Rxd5) 41. fxe4 Kf6 42.
Kf3 Ke5 43. Rb2 (43. Rc2 {did not help:} f5 44. exf5 Kxf5 45. Rc6 Ke5 46. Rc4
g5 47. Kg4 Rxd5 48. Kxg5 Rd2 $19) 43... h5 44. a4 g5 {With this move Anna
starts to execute a plan of a few steps to cash in on her pawn majority on the
kingside.} 45. Rb1 Rg6 $1 {Rule of pawn majority - just push it maximally!} 46.
Rd1 g4+ 47. hxg4 hxg4+ 48. Ke2 Rd6 49. Kd3 f5 $1 50. Re1 fxe4+ 51. Rxe4+ Kxd5
52. g3 Kc5+ 53. Kc3 f3 $1 {The simplest way to finish the game. Sacrifice the
pawn to create a passed pawn and activate her own king.} 54. Rxg4 Rf6 55. Rc4+
Kd5 56. Rd4+ Ke5 57. Rd1 f2 58. Rf1 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Geneve FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:28"]
[BlackClock "0:00:35"]

{A very important game between the 1st and 2nd seeded players in the
tournament. Mucychuk said, that she had not won against Hou Yifan for a long
time - her last win was in Krasnoturjinsk in 2007! So, the game was very much
a key one and Anna decided not to play main lines, but to choose a side line,
which has promised White good results recently. Even World Champion Anand has
lost twice here.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 {The World Champion plays
this line regularly, she has just once played a sharper move} (3... Nd7) 4.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11.
O-O a6 $5 {(Kasparov) The logical plan is to try to control the black squares.}
(11... Qd8) 12. a4 e6 13. Nxc6 $1 {A very logical novelty. In the past the
following have been tested:} (13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Qe2 Rfc8 $1 15. b3 d5 $1 16. cxd5
(16. f4 Neg4 17. e5 Nxe3 18. exf6 (18. Qxe3 Ng4 19. Qe2 dxc4 $1 20. Rfd1 cxb3
21. Nxb3 Qe7 22. Qxg4 Qa3 $15) 18... Nxf1 19. fxg7 dxc4 20. Rd1 cxb3 $13) 16...
exd5 17. f4 $1 Rxc3 $5 18. Rxc3 Nxe4 19. Rc2 Ng4 $1 (19... Nc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6
21. Qd3 $14) 20. Rfc1 h5 $1 (20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Re8 22. Qd3 Qd8 23. Nf3 $14)
21. Rc7 Qd6 $5 {Sadvakasov,D (2585)-Kasparov,G (2835)/Astana 2001; with big
complications.}) (13. Nde2 Qc7 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. b3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Na5
18. Qa2 Ncxb3 19. Rxb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Rd3 $1 {Zagrebelny,
S (2526)-Shipov,S (2593)/Russia 2004; with a slight advantage.}) 13... bxc6 (
13... Qxc6 {would be clearly worse:} 14. Rc1 Qxc4 $2 15. Nd5 Qa2 16. Ra1 Qxb2
17. Bd4 Nxd5 18. Bxb2 Bxb2 19. exd5) 14. a5 ({It is necessary to keep the
d6-pawn weak:} 14. c5 d5 15. e5 Ne8 16. f4 Rb8 {with very serious counterplay.}
) ({Muzychuk considered here} 14. b4 {but decided that} Ng4 {is very unpleasant
}) 14... Qc7 ({It would be safer to go to the other side with} 14... Qe7) 15.
Bb6 ({Sharper and probably equally good was} 15. Na4 d5 16. Bb6 Qf4 17. g3 Qg5
18. f4 Qh6) ({Anna said that she did not like to allow her opponent to build a
strong structure by} 15. Qd2 c5) 15... Qb8 ({Still it was not too late to go
the other way by} 15... Qe7) 16. Na4 ({Very unclear developments would follow
the rook transfer} 16. Ra3 Nd7 17. Rb3 Nxb6 18. Qd3 Qd8 19. Rxb6 Qg5) 16... Nd7
17. Be3 {Anna said, that she had to return with her bishop as c6-c5 threatened
to cut it off.} c5 18. Qd2 Qc7 ({Black has a problem with the d6-pawn and it
could be solved in a slightly unusual way:} 18... Rc8 19. Rfd1 Rc6) 19. Rfd1
Ne5 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Ra3 {A typical rook transfer to increase the attacking
power.} Nc6 ({An aggressive approach could lead to many weaknesses:} 21... f5
22. Bg5 Rde8 23. exf5 (23. Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nf7) 23... Rxf5 24. Bh4 Bf8
25. Bg3) 22. Rd3 Rfe8 23. Bg5 ({There was a positional trap:} 23. Rxd6 Bd4 24.
Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Qe1 Qd6 {and, a pawn down, Black creates huge
pressure on the open file.}) 23... Rb8 ({White keeps a serious advantage after
} 23... f6 24. Bf4 Nd4 25. b4) 24. Rxd6 Nd4 ({Another way did not work either} 
24... Bd4+ 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26. Bf6 Qd6 27. Qh6 Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. b4 Rfe8 30.
Bxd4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 {White would have total control over the most important
files for the sacrificed exchange.}) 25. Rd7 Qc6 26. Ra7 Rxb6 {After the game
Hou Yifan said, that she has not seen any other way, as activity does not help.
} (26... f5 27. b4 fxe4 28. bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rxg7+) 27. axb6 Qxb6 28. Rd7 Qb3 29.
Kh1 ({There was possibly a sharper way to cash in on the material advantage:} 
29. Qd3 Qxb2 30. Rb1 Qa2 31. Rbb7) 29... Qxc4 30. Qf4 Rf8 ({A slightly better
try was} 30... e5 31. Qc1 Qb5 32. Ra7 Rb8 33. Qa1) 31. Rb7 Qa4 32. Re1 Nc2 $2 {
A bad move, but the World Champion said that she had not seen anything which
would allow her to continue serious resistance.} 33. Rc1 Nb4 34. Qd2 Nc6 35.
Qd7 h6 36. Be7 Ra8 37. Bxc5 Kh7 38. Bg1 1-0

[Event "Geneve FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:06"]
[BlackClock "0:01:10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {A very interesting choice of Muzychuk,
as Kosintseva is a great specialist in the main lines and Muzychuk herself is
the best technician among the women. So, her idea to play the Fischer
variation is a fantastic technical and psychological choice!} dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 {
This line has become popular recently, but in my opinion it is much more
passive than other lines.} 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc3
$1 {This is considered to be the best.} ({White can try to increase the
pressure in the center with} 10. Rad1 Ng6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Rfe1
O-O-O 14. c3 $146 Rhe8 15. Bc1 Bc5 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. g3 Bb6 18. Kg2 $14 {
Laznicka,V (2596)-Fressinet,L (2640)/Deutschland 2006}) 10... Qd7 ({There are
few other options here:} 10... O-O 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4+ Kh8 13. Rad1 Qe8 14.
Bc5 $14 {Rozentalis,E (2650)-Wedberg,T (2480)/New York 1997}) (10... Ng6 11.
Nd4 (11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Rae1 O-O-O 14. Bc1 Rhe8 15. c3 c5 16. Kh1
Kb8 17. a4 Qd7 18. Re2 Qc6 19. Rfe1 Re7 20. b3 Bf4 21. Ba3 Bd6 22. Re3 Rde8 {
Madl,I (2397)-Kosintseva,N (2565)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2010; and Anna's opponent
obtained a beautiful position here.}) 11... Qe7 (11... Qd7 12. f4 Bf7 13. Nf5
O-O 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Nb3 (15. Nc4 $142 Bxc4 16. Qxc4+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18.
Rxd6 cxd6 19. Nxd6+ Kg8 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Kf2 Rxe4 22. Rd1 $16) 15... Rad8 16.
Ng3 Qg4 17. Rxd6 cxd6 18. f5 Ne5 19. Rf4 Qd1+ 20. Rf1 Qg4 21. Rf4 Qd1+ {
1/2 Hammer,J (2609)-Hebden,M (2539)/Oslo NOR 2011}) 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb3 Qxb3
14. axb3 O-O-O 15. Rfd1 Rd7 16. Nc4 Re8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Kf2 {Chadaev,N (2577)
-Tomashevsky,E (2707)/Taganrog RUS 2011; still, Black did not equalise.}) 11.
Nd4 O-O-O 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb3 $1 {A very good move to exchange queens, as
White's pawn majority on the king's flank will be very dangerous in the future.
} Qxb3 ({A very interesting option is to avoid exchanges:} 13... Qe5 14. f4 Qh5
15. Nc4 Kb8 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Rae1 Re8 18. e5 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rd5 20. Bf4 Nf5 21.
c3 g5 22. Bc1 Qg6 {Mladenov,P (2363)-Colin,V (2425)/Saint Affrique 2010. Black
started to overtake the initiative.}) 14. axb3 Rhe8 $6 ({It seems that the
best way to attack is} 14... f5 15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 Rd7 16. Nc4 fxe4 17. Rd4 Nf5
18. Rxe4 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Bc5 20. Re2 Bd4 {1/2 Shyam,N (2385)-Sriram,J (2507)/
Bhubaneswar 2010}) 15... b5 (15... Rhe8 $142) 16. exf5 $2 {1/2 Radjabov,T 
(2717)-Aronian,L (2756)/Sochi 2006} (16. g3 Rhe8 17. Rfe1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19.
Bg5 $14)) 15. Rfd1 {White has to keep the rook on a1 so as to be ready to play
Ra5 at some moment.} Ng6 16. f3 f5 {I know from a lot of my own practice in
different Spanish variations, that these kinds of position are very difficult
to hold. White has a comfortable pawn majority on the king's flank and will
realise it sooner or later.} 17. g3 $1 ({Another try was possible too:} 17.
exf5 Rxe3 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Kf2 Bc5 20. Kf1 Re5 21. Ne4) 17... Be5 18. c3 f4 $6
{Black tries to block White's pawn structure, but it is simply not possible.} (
{A slightly more active try was} 18... Rd3 19. exf5 Nh4 20. Nc4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Nxf5 22. Bf2 Bf6 23. Kf1 Re6 24. f4 Nd6 25. Nd2) 19. Bf2 Rf8 20. Kg2 fxg3 {
After such a move it is clear that Black's plan failed.} ({Or} 20... Rd3 21.
Nc4 Rfd8 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. h4 h5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. gxf4 Nxf3 26. Ra5 Nd2 27.
Re5) 21. hxg3 Rd3 22. Kf1 $1 h5 23. Ke2 Rd7 24. Nc4 Bf6 ({Maybe it was
necessary to risk} 24... Rdf7 25. f4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Nxf4+ 27. Kd2 Re8) 25. Rxd7
Kxd7 26. f4 {From now on it is clear that White has won the fight on the
kingside and her pawns will continue to put pressure on the black pieces.} h4
27. f5 $1 hxg3 28. Bxg3 Ne7 29. Rg1 {White is ready to attack the weakness on
g7.} c5 30. Bf4 ({Even better was} 30. Kf3) 30... b5 31. Ne3 Nc6 32. Nd5 Re8 ({
A very bad endgame would appear after} 32... Ne5 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Bxe5 fxe5
35. Rg7+ Kc6 36. Rg6+ Kb7 37. Re6) 33. Ke3 b4 34. Kd3 (34. Nxc7 {was very good:
} Rh8 35. Nxa6 bxc3 36. Nxc5+ Ke7 37. bxc3 Bxc3 38. Rg6) 34... bxc3 35. bxc3
Ne5+ 36. Bxe5 Bxe5 37. Rg6 $1 {All Black's weaknesses are now maximally
exposed.} c6 38. Nb6+ Kc7 39. Na4 {The power of the knight is its ability to
attack different targets. Another way of attack was possible:} (39. Nc4 Bf6 40.
Rg1 Rd8+ 41. Kc2 Re8 42. e5 Bxe5 43. Re1) 39... Rh8 40. Kc4 Bf6 {In this rook
endgame White's pawns are much more dangerous.} (40... Rh3 41. Kxc5 Bxc3 42.
Nxc3 Rxc3+ 43. Kd4 Rxb3 44. Rxg7+ Kd8 45. f6 $18) 41. Rg3 $1 {A very fine move,
eliminating the activiation of Black's rook. Now White has a decisive
advantage.} Kd6 42. Nxc5 a5 ({Or} 42... Ke5 43. Re3 Kf4 44. Re1 Rh4 45. b4 Kf3
46. Kd3) 43. Rd3+ Ke5 44. Rd4 $1 Kf4 45. Nd3+ Kg5 46. Rd6 $18 Re8 47. Nc5 Rc8
48. Ne6+ Kh4 ({No difference, Black is losing after} 48... Kg4 49. Nxg7 Bxg7
50. Rg6+ Kf4 51. Rxg7 Kxe4 52. f6 Ke5 53. f7 Rf8 54. Kc5) 49. Nd4 Kg4 50. Rxc6
Ra8 51. Ne6 Ra7 52. Rc7 Ra8 53. Kd5 Rb8 54. e5 Bh4 55. Nd4 {Yes, a game in
Karpov's or Carlsen's style!} 1-0

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 {The Scheveningen
Variation of the Sicilian has been a very strong weapon in Garry Kasparov's
hands.} 6. Be3 Be7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. g4 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12.
g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1 b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. g6 $1 {Very impressive, and Black
didn't find a satisfactory answer. However as the game continued Kosintseva
managed to create a very strong counterplay on the kingside and push a pawn
all the way to f2.} e5 17. Be3 Bc6 18. gxf7+ Kh8 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Qxb4 Rab8 22. Qc4 Qb7 23. b3 Bb5 24. Qb4 Be7 25. Rd5 Bxf1 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27.
Rxf1 Bxh4 28. Rxd6 Rbxf7 29. c4 g5 30. c5 g4 31. c6 gxf3 32. Nb6 f2 {This pawn
is a real distraction for White, but unfortunately for Tatiana she blundered
it in time trouble.} 33. Nd7 Rg8 34. Rdd1 Re7 35. c7 Rc8 36. Nb6 Rcxc7 37. Nd5
Kg7 $2 (37... Rg7 38. Nxc7 Rxc7 {should secure a draw.}) 38. Rh1 Bg5 39. Rdf1
Red7 40. Nxc7 Rxc7 41. Rxf2 {Now Black is simply lost.} Bf4 42. Rg2+ Kf6 43.
Rc2 Ra7 44. Rc6+ Kg7 45. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The last game to end. It was a very tactical and complicated game, but always
with chances for both players. In the endgame that was very close to a draw
Cmilyte made a mistake.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6.
Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 g5 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. g4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bg6 13.
Bxg6 fxg6 14. Bd2 Bg7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rag1 Ne4 17. Be1 e5 18. cxd5 Nxc3+ 19.
Bxc3 e4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 cxd5 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rd2 Rf3 24. Ra1 Rdf8 25.
Ke1 Rxh3 26. Rxa7 Rh1+ 27. Ke2 h5 28. Rxb7 hxg4 29. Rxd5 Rh2 30. Rdd7 Rhxf2+
31. Kd1 Rf1+ 32. Kc2 R8f2+ 33. Bd2 Bxe5 34. Re7 g3 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Rxe5 g2 37.
Rxg5 g1=Q 38. Rxg1 Rxg1 39. b4 Rg2 40. Rd7 g5 41. Kb3 Rgf2 42. Bc3 R2f7 43. Rd4
Kh7 44. Rxe4 Rg8 45. b5 Rb7 46. Rb4 $2 (46. Ka4 g4 47. Be1 Rg5 48. Bh4 {
was a draw.}) 46... g4 47. Be5 Rg5 48. Bf4 Rgxb5 49. Rxb5 Rxb5+ 50. Kc3 Kg6 51.
b4 Rf5 52. Kd4 Kf6 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. Bc7 Rf7 55. Bg3 Rf3 56. Bb8 Kd7 57. b5 Kc8
58. Be5 Kb7 59. Bd4 Rf7 60. Ke5 g3 61. e4 g2 62. Ke6 Rf4 63. Ke5 Rf1 64. Ke6
g1=Q 65. Bxg1 Rxg1 66. e5 Kc7 67. Ke7 Rb1 68. b6+ Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 g6 10. Qg3 Nd4 11. Bd3 Ne6 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. O-O-O b5 14. f4 Nc5
15. f5 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Be5 17. Rhf1 Bb7 18. Nd5 c6 19. Ne3 Qe7 20. Ng4 O-O-O 21.
Qe3 Rhe8 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxf6 Rf8 26. Rxf5 Rf7 27.
Rdf1 Qe6 28. b3 c5 29. Qf4 Re7 30. Re1 b4 31. g4 a5 32. g5 a4 33. Re3 axb3 34.
axb3 Bc6 35. h4 Kb7 36. Rd3 c4 37. Rd4 cxb3 38. Rxb4+ Kc8 39. Rxb3 Bxe4 40.
Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8.
Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O f6 (13... b6
14. Bf3 Bb7 15. a4 Rad8 16. Be4 $16) 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Rab1 d5 16. Bg4 $1 {
This is a powerful improvent over the game between two top specialists:} (16.
c4 Rd8 17. c5 b6 18. cxb6 {1/2 Motylev,A (2690)-Rublevsky,S (2681)/Poikovsky
2011}) 16... Bd7 ({Maybe it was better to retreat the queen:} 16... Qd8) 17. c4
$1 {Now Black's pawn structure starts to have problems.} Ne7 18. Nd4 $6 ({
It was possible to play} 18. Bf2 {with the idea of attacking the e6-pawn later.
}) 18... Qa6 $6 ({It was possible to get counterplay after} 18... dxc4 19. Qxc4
Nd5 20. Bf2 Rac8) 19. c5 $1 {White is ready to play this kind of endgame with
strong pressure on e- and b-files.} Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd3 ({Black would also have
huge problems after avoiding the exchange of queens:} 20... Qc6 21. Qc3 Rf7 22.
Qb3) 21. cxd3 Nc6 22. Rxb7 Nxd4 23. Rxd7 Rf7 24. Rd6 ({A very good move was} 
24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Rb1) 24... Rc8 25. c6 Kf8 26. Bxe6 $1 {This development had
to be calculated very well!} Ke7 27. Rd7+ $1 Kxe6 28. Re1+ Kf6 29. Rd6+ Kf5 30.
Rxd5+ Kg4 31. h3+ Kh4 32. Rxd4 Rxc6 33. Re5 {Now the black king is in a mating
net.} Rc2 34. a4 Rb7 35. Rg5 g6 36. Rdd5 h5 37. Rxg6 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 a5 39. Rh6 $1
({The last stalemate trick is avoided:} 39. Rgg5 $4 Rh1+ 40. Kxh1 Rc1+ 41. Kh2
Rh1+) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Muzychuk,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 {Already a small surprise. In
this position Jan usually plays 5.0-0.} b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {A surprise in return.
Before this game I'd never tried the systems with the bishop on c5.} 7. O-O d6
8. a4 b4 {A less popular move than 8...Bg4 or 8...Rb8.} 9. a5 h6 ({If to start
with} 9... O-O {then} 10. Bg5 {may be unpleasant.}) 10. Nbd2 ({Other plans for
White are the following:} 10. c3 {with the idea to occupy the centre is
probably not so effective:} bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. d4 exd4 (12... Ba7 $5) 13.
cxd4 Ba7 $13 {White has got the central pawns but they are quite weak, under
attack; plus Black has the advantage in development.}) (10. Be3 $5 {is
interesting} Bxe3 (10... O-O 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Nbd2 $14) 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Nbd2
Be6 13. d4 (13. Nh4 Ne7 (13... Nxe4 {is quite dangerous} 14. Ng6 Re8 (14...
Nxd2 15. Nxf8 Bxb3 16. Qxd2 Bd5 17. e4 $14) (14... Bxb3 15. Nxf8) 15. Nxe4 Bxb3
(15... fxg6 16. Qg4) 16. cxb3 (16. Qh5 Be6 17. Nf6+ $1 (17. Nh4 Rf8 18. Rf3 (
18. Rf6 $2 d5 $19) (18. Nf6+ Kh8) 18... Ne7 (18... Kh7 19. Rg3 d5 20. Ng5+ Kg8
21. Qxh6 gxh6 22. Nxe6+ Kh7 23. Nxd8 Raxd8 24. Nf5 $16) 19. Rf6 (19. Raf1 f5) (
19. Nf6+ $5 Kh8 20. Raf1) 19... Ng6 20. Raf1 Qe7 $13) 17... gxf6 18. Qxh6 fxg6
19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qh6+ (20. Rf3 Qd7 21. Qxf6+ Qg7 {'='} 22. Qh4+ Qh7 23. Qf6+
Qg7 $11) 20... Kg8 21. Rf3 (21. Rxf6 Re7 $8 22. Rg6+ Kf7 23. Qh5 Ke8 $8 24.
Rxe6+ Kd7 25. Rh6 Na7 $1 $13) 21... Qd7 22. Rxf6 Re7 23. Rg6+ Rg7 24. Rxg7+
Qxg7 25. Qxe6+ $13) 16... fxg6 17. Qg4 $36) 14. Rxf6 gxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16.
Qg4+ Kf7 17. Qh5+ $11) 13... Bxb3 14. cxb3 {with an interesting, playable
position for both sides.}) 10... O-O 11. h3 Rb8 (11... Be6 $5 {to prevent Bc4.}
) 12. Bc4 Be6 $1 {This was my idea. If now White takes the pawns on a6 - then
he will lose his pawn on a5.} 13. Nb3 $6 (13. Bxa6 Ra8 14. Bc4 (14. Bb5 $6 Nxa5
15. c3 c6 16. Ba4 Qb6 $15) 14... Rxa5 15. Rxa5 Nxa5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. c3 bxc3
18. bxc3 Qd7 $11) 13... Qc8 $6 (13... Bxc4 $1 {during the game I considered
this move, but the estimation was wrong} 14. dxc4 Ba7 {now I thought that if
Black manages to play Nd7-Nc5 and later on prepares ...f5 he would get a nice
position. But I did not know what to do after} 15. Qd3 {For 15...Nd7 - 16.c5
is prepared. Also I thought White threatens Be3 and later on c5. But for the
moment it's Black to move and it is possible to get a nice position in many
ways. For example:} Qc8 {and if} 16. Be3 {Black plays} Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qe6 {
with a preferable postion after} 18. Qd3 Nh5 $15) (13... Nxe4 $5 14. Bxe6 Bxf2+
{is another interesting option} 15. Rxf2 (15. Kh2 Bg3+ 16. Kg1 $11) 15... Nxf2
16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Kxf2 e4 18. dxe4 Ne5 {with quite an unclear position.}) 14.
Bxe6 (14. Nxc5 {is obviously wrong because of} Bxc4 15. dxc4 dxc5 $15) 14...
Qxe6 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. b3 Ne8 ({Trying to win the pawn on a5 is quite
dangerous as White gets a serious initiative:} 16... Rb5 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. Nd2 (
18. Nh4 $5) 18... Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Nxa5 20. Qa1 Nb7 21. f4 $44) 17. Nh4 Nd6 18. f4
$6 (18. Be3) 18... f5 19. Nxf5 (19. Qh5 $5 {maybe objectively not so good, but
it is very interesting in practical play:} Nd4 $1 {I feel this could be the
best choice if White played 19.Qh5 in the game.} ({The computer says 19...fxe4
is stronger and gives quite a big advantage for Black, but for the moment I am
not so sure about this:} 19... fxe4 20. f5 Qe8 21. Ng6 (21. Qg4 Rf6 (21... h5
22. Qg5 Rf6 23. Be3 $13) 22. dxe4 Nd4 $17) 21... Rf6 (21... exd3 22. cxd3 Rf6
23. g4 Qd7 24. Ra2 $13) 22. dxe4 (22. Bxh6 Nxf5 $1) 22... Nxe4 23. Bxh6 Ng3 24.
Qg4 Nxf1 25. Bg5 Rxg6 26. fxg6 Qxg6 27. Rxf1 Nd4 $15) 20. fxe5 (20. exf5 $2
N6xf5) (20. Ng6 Rf6 (20... fxe4 $5 21. Nxf8 Rxf8) 21. fxe5 Rxg6 22. exd6 cxd6
23. exf5 Ne2+ $17) (20. Bb2 Nxc2 (20... fxe4 $5)) 20... fxe4 $1 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8
22. exd6 cxd6 {with very good compensation for the sacrificed piece.}) 19...
Nxf5 20. exf5 Qxf5 $6 ({I did not like} 20... Rxf5 $1 {because of} 21. g4 {
and then f5. From a positional point of view this is not so good for Black,
but tactical ideas make the evaluation different:} Rf7 22. f5 Qd6 23. Kg2 (23.
Be3 e4) 23... Nd4 (23... e4 $5 24. dxe4 Qe5 25. Ra2 Qxe4+ 26. Qf3 Re8 27. Qxe4
Rxe4 28. c3 Rd7 $36) 24. Bb2 (24. Be3 Re7 {[%cal Ye5e4]}) 24... Re8 {with a
possible break of e4 looks quite dangerous for White.}) 21. Be3 exf4 22. Rxf4
Qd5 23. Rc4 $6 {With this move White shows that he is playing for a win.
Eventually it appeared to be a dangerous decision.} (23. Qg4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Re8
$11) 23... Nd4 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice which completely changes the
character of the game.} (23... Rb5 $6 24. Qg4 $14 Ne5 25. Qg3 $16) (23... Rbe8
$5 {is also strong, but it's difficult to find everything over the board:} 24.
Bxc5 (24. Rxc5 Qd6 25. Qd2 Nd4 26. Rc4 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Qg3+ $11)
24... Rf5 {[%cal Yc6e5]} (24... Rf6 $5) 25. Bf2 Rxf2 $1 26. Kxf2 Qe5 27. Re4 (
27. Kg1 Nd4 $11 {[%cal Yd4e2,Ye2g3]}) 27... Qc5+ 28. Kg3 Qd6+ 29. Kf2 Qc5+ $11)
24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxc7 Qd6 $6 {The wrong way of strengthening the attack.} (
25... Qe5 {was more correct and Black has enough compensation in all lines:}
26. Rc6 (26. Ra7 Qe3+ $1 (26... Rf2 $2 27. Qg4 Rxc2 28. Rxa6 $16) 27. Kh1 Rb5
$44) (26. Rd7 Rf2 $1 27. Qg4 Rxc2 28. Rf1 Ra2 $11) 26... Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Rb5 $44)
26. Rc4 (26. Ra7 $5 Rb5 $44 (26... Rf6 $5)) 26... Rbe8 27. Qd2 $2 {Maybe this
does not lose yet, but after Qd2 the queen and rooks are a bit "out of play".}
(27. Qg4 Rf4 28. Qh5 Re3 (28... Re5 $2 29. Rc6 $1) 29. Qc5 Qf6 30. Qb6 Re6 31.
Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qd8 Qf7 33. Qh8+ Kg6 34. Qg8 Qxg8 35. Rxg8 Re2 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37.
Kxf1 Rxc2 38. Rb8 Rc3 39. Rxb4 Rxd3 $11) 27... Re3 28. Rf1 $2 {The last
mistake.} (28. Qxb4 $2 {is obviously wrong in view of} Qg3 $19) ({But} 28. Re1
$1 {saves the situation. It was the only move. The idea is that Black has to
play ...Qe5 or ...Qg3 but then Rf1 is ok. The queen on those squares does not
allow the creation of final blows.} Qg3 (28... Qe5 29. Rf1 {and now after
Rxf1+ Kxf1 there is no ...Re8}) 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 {and again there is no .
..Re8 because of Rxd4.}) 28... Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Re8 $1 {Now there is a serious
threat of ...Qh2 and White has no defence.} (29... Qh2 $2 {was a big mistake}
30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rf8 {and now it is a draw.}) 30. Qxb4 $2 (30. Rxb4 {was the
best practical choice:} Qh2 31. Rxd4 Rf8+ 32. Qf2 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qc7 34. Rc4
Qxa5 {I think this position is winning for Black but still White can try to
build a fortress.}) 30... Qf4+ $1 {Now it is a win by force.} (30... Qh2 $2 31.
Rxd4 Rf8+ 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. b4 {and again White gets the drawing chances.})
31. Kg1 Re2 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rf8 Qg3 34. Qb7 Re1+ 35. Rf1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. h3 Be6 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. c4 Ng6 13. c5 Be7 14. Qe2 O-O-O
15. Nc4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Na5 Qh5 20. b4 g5 21.
Nxc6 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rg8 25. Qc4 Qe8 26. Kf1 Be6 27. Qd3
Bxa2 28. Nd4 Qe5 29. Nc6 Qe8 30. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:36]} 6.
Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} (6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Na5 11.
Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Qe1 Rb8 14. Qg3 Nh5 15. Qf2 Nf6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qh2 Qe7
18. Rf2 Bd7 19. g4 Nf6 20. Raf1 Nh7 21. Qg3 g6 22. Nh4 c4 23. d4 b4 24. Ndf3 b3
25. axb3 cxb3 26. Bd3 Bb5 27. Bxb5 axb5 28. dxe5 Nc4 29. exd6 Nxd6 30. Qe5 Qxe5
31. Nxe5 Ng5 32. Rh2 Rb7 33. Nc6 Nc4 34. Nd4 b4 35. Rc1 Ra8 {Harikrishna,P 
(2706)-Giri,A (2734) Wijk aan Zee 2014 0-1 (71)}) 6... a6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 7.
c3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} d5 {[%emt 0:10:
28]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Ne4 {[%emt 0:05:14]}
Bf5 {[%emt 0:11:26]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:05:56]} b5 $146 {[%emt 0:10:40]} (11...
Re8 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Rad1 f6 15. Bh4 Rad8 16. Qc1 Rf8 17. d4 exd4
18. cxd4 Bf7 19. Bg3 Qc8 20. Bxa6 Ndb4 21. Bc4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bd6 cxd6
24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxd4 Nc2 26. Nxd6 Qc6 27. Rc4 Qxd6 28. Rxc2 h6 29. Rce2 Rc7
30. Qb1 Qd5 31. Qg6 Rf8 32. Re8 Rcf7 33. a4 Qd4 34. Qc2 Qd7 35. R8e3 Kh8 36. b4
Qd6 37. b5 Rc7 38. Qg6 Qb4 39. Re8 Rc8 40. R8e7 Rg8 41. Qe4 {Rodriguez Vila,A 
(2504)-Roselli Mailhe,B (2428) Mar del Plata 2001 1/2-1/2 (62)}) 12. Bb3 {
[%emt 0:01:29]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 13. Bg5 {[%emt 0:09:26]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:
45]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:16:42]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 15. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:00:57]}
Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 16. d4 $14 {[%emt 0:02:54][%csl Ra7] Zhao Xue certainly
did not equalize from the opening, and once Muzychuk broke the center open
with d4 it was clear that too many of the Chinese player's pieces were
misplaced. the game.} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 17. dxe5 {[%emt 0:10:07]} Nd3 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} 18. exf6 {[%emt 0:05:38] An obvious and simple exchange
sacrifice, which on top of that gave the Slovenian player two pawns, ripped
apart Black's king shelter and from then on it was easy for Muzycuhk to win}
Nxe1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 19. fxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Qxe1
{[%emt 0:01:13]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:17:58]} 21. Nfg5 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Rf5 $2 {
[%emt 0:01:35]} 22. f4 {[%emt 0:10:25]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:08:52]} 23. Qh4 {[%emt 0:
06:42]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:06:54]} 24. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 25.
Qf2 {[%emt 0:05:16]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 26. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qd6 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. g3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 28. Nge6 {[%emt 0:
01:55]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]}
30. Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 32. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 33. Bc2 {[%emt 0:
01:12]} Red8 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 34. f5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 35.
Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque (Women)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. c4 Be6 8. Na3
Nf6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Re1 h5 11. h4 Rc8 12. Bf4 Ng4 13. Qd2 Nce5 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15.
cxd5 Nf6 16. Kg2 O-O 17. Rac1 Qa4 18. f3 Nfd7 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Bf4 Ned7 21. e4
Nb6 22. Bg5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Qxe4+ 25. Kh2 Nxd5 26. Re1 Qf3 27. Bxe7
Be5 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Bg5 f6 30. Bh6 Rc8 31. Nb5 Kh7 32. Nd6 Rc6 33. Nxb7 Rc4
34. Bf8 Rc7 35. N7c5 Ne3 36. Kg1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bg1 b4 12. Nb1 e5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd2 d6
15. N2f3 g6 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. Nf5 axb5 19. Nxd6+ Kf8 20. Qxe5 Ng4
21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Kg8 23. h3 Bh6+ 24. Kb1 Be6 25. b3 Ne3 26. Rd2 Kg7 27.
Bxb4 Rhd8 28. g4 Bf4 29. Nxb5 Bd7 30. Nbd4 Kg8 31. Ne2 Bh6 32. g5 Bg7 33. Bc3
Bc6 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Bxg7 Bxe4 36. Bf6 Rc8 37. Rc1 Bxf3 38. Nd4 Bg2 39. c4
Bxh3 40. Re1 Nf5 41. Nc6 h5 42. gxh6 Kh7 43. Nd8 Nd6 44. Kb2 Bf5 45. Be7 g5 46.
Bxg5 Ne4 47. Bh4 Rc7 48. a4 Kxh6 49. a5 Kh5 50. Rf1 Bg6 51. Bf2 Nd2 52. Rh1+
Kg4 53. Rh4+ Kf3 54. Bb6 Rd7 55. Rd4 Rxd4 56. Bxd4 Ke2 57. a6 Be4 58. c5 f5 59.
c6 f4 60. c7 Bf5 61. a7 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2015.10.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qa4+
Nbd7 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Na4
Rab8 15. Nc5+ Bxc5 16. dxc5 Rhc8 17. b4 b6 18. cxb6 Rc2 19. Bd2 Rxb6 20. f3 Bg6
21. a4 Bd3 22. g4 e5 23. Rh2 Rxb4 24. Rf2 Rbb2 25. Rc1 d4 26. exd4 exd4 27. a5
Rb5 28. Rxc2 Bxc2 29. Kf1 Kc6 30. Kg2 Kd5 31. Rf1 Rb2 32. Rf2 Ra2 33. Be1 d3
34. f4 f5 35. Kf3 Kd4 36. Kg3 Ra1 37. Bd2 g6 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Rg2 Rd1 40. Kf3
Bb3 41. Be3+ Kc3 42. Rg7 Bd5+ 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Bxg1 d2 45. Rc7+ Kb3 46. Bb6
d1=Q 47. Kh4 Qf3 48. Rxh7 Qxf4+ 49. Kh5 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 Ng4 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. f3 Nf6 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 13. Be2 h5 14.
h4 b5 15. a3 Be6 16. f4 g6 17. Rhe1 Ne8 18. Bf3 Bg4 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. g3 Nd6
21. Rd3 Rhd8 22. Nd1 c5 23. Ne3 c6 24. e5 Nc4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nxg4 b4 27. a4
b5 28. b3 Na3 29. a5 c4 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. Nf6 Rxa5 32. Rd7+ Ke6 33. g4 Ra8 34.
Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. e6 fxe6 37. Nh7+ Kg8 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. h5 gxh5 40.
Nh7+ Kg8 41. Nf6+ Kf8 42. g5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbd7 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Nd5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. O-O Ne5 17. c3 Rc5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 h5 20. Be3 Rc6 21. Bg5
Bf6 22. Bxf6 exf6 23. Qb3 b5 24. a4 Rc5 25. Qd1 Kf8 26. b4 Rc4 27. axb5 axb5
28. Ra5 h4 29. Rxb5 Rg8 30. Qh5 Kg7 31. Ra5 Rh8 32. Qe2 Qb8 33. Nxf6 Rxc3 34.
Nd5 Rcc8 35. f6+ Kf8 36. Rfa1 Re8 37. Qa6 Rh5 38. Rb5 Qd8 39. Qb7 Rg5 40. Rba5
Qd7 41. Qxd7 Nxd7 42. Nc7 Rxa5 43. bxa5 Rc8 44. a6 Rxc7 45. a7 Rxa7 46. Rxa7
Nxf6 47. Ra4 Ke7 48. Rxh4 Ke6 49. Kf2 Ke5 50. Kf3 d5 51. Rh8 d4 52. Rd8 Nh5 53.
Re8+ Kd5 54. Re7 f5 55. g4 Kd6 56. Re1 fxg4+ 57. hxg4 Ng7 58. Ke4 Ne6 59. Rd1
1-0

[Event "Chengdu FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Chengdu"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2016.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. O-O Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Ke7
15. a3 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Nc5 17. Ne2 Ne4+ 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nfd4 f6 20. Nxc6+ Rxc6
21. Nd4 Rc5 22. exf6+ gxf6 23. c3 f5 24. Ke3 Kf6 25. g3 Rc4 26. Re2 h5 27. Rg1
Rc7 28. Reg2 Bd5 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Rag1 a5 31. h3 Rh7 32. Rc1 a4 33. Rcg1 Bc4 34.
Nc6 Rg8 35. Ne5 Bd5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rh3+ 38. Rg3 Rgh8 39. Kd4 Rxg3 40.
Rxg3 Rh2 41. gxf5 Kxf5 42. Ke3 Rh1 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Ng4+ Kf7 45. Kd4 Rd1+ 46.
Ke5 Bc6 47. f5 exf5 48. Nh6+ Ke8 49. Nxf5 Bd7 50. Nd6+ Kd8 51. Nxe4 Bc6 52. Nd6
Rd5+ 53. Ke6 Rxg5 54. Nf7+ Kc7 55. Nxg5 Bg2 56. Ke5 Kc6 57. Kd4 Bd5 58. Nh3 Bb3
59. Nf4 Bf7 60. Nd3 Kd6 61. Ne5 Be6 62. Nf3 Bd5 63. Nd2 Ba2 64. Ne4+ Kc6 65.
Nc5 Bg8 66. c4 Bf7 67. Nd3 Be6 68. c5 Bb3 69. Ne5+ Kb7 70. Kc3 Bd5 71. Kb4 Bc6
72. Nf7 Ka6 73. Nd8 Bd5 74. Kc3 Ka5 75. Kd4 Bg2 76. Ke5 b4 77. c6 bxa3 78. bxa3
Kb6 79. Kd6 Bf3 80. c7 Bg4 81. Nc6 Kb5 82. Nd4+ Kb6 83. Nc6 Kb5 84. Nd4+ Kb6
85. Ne2 Bh3 86. Nc3 Ka5 87. Kc6 Bc8 88. Ne4 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Bxc5 7. Bc4 Qc6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Nbd4 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. Bf4 a6
15. b4 Qa4 16. Nc7 Ra7 17. Nd4 Nc6 18. Nc2 Nb8 19. Nxa6 bxa6 20. Bxb8 Ra8 21.
Be5 Bb7 22. Nd4 Bd5 23. Bb3 Bxb3 24. Nxb3 Rfc8 25. O-O Qb5 26. Qe1 Rc4 27. Nd2
Rc6 28. a4 Qd3 29. Nf3 Rac8 30. Bd4 Nd7 31. Rd1 Qf5 32. Qe2 Rc4 33. Kh1 R4c6
34. Rd3 g6 35. Rfd1 R6c7 36. h3 h5 37. Re3 Bf6 38. Bxf6 Nxf6 39. Nd4 Qg5 40.
Rg3 Qh4 41. Nxe6 Rxc3 42. Rxc3 Rxc3 43. Nd4 Rc8 44. Nf3 Qxb4 45. Qxa6 Qc3 46.
Qb7 Re8 47. Kg1 Qc2 48. Ra1 Qc3 49. Rb1 Kg7 50. g3 Qa5 51. Rb4 Rd8 52. Qb5 Qa8
53. Qe2 Re8 54. Qd1 Ne4 55. Qd4+ Kg8 56. Ne5 Ng5 57. Rb3 Nxh3+ 58. Kh2 Nxf2 59.
Qxf2 Rxe5 60. Qb2 Qxa4 61. Rf3 Qb5 62. Qc3 Re2+ 63. Kg1 Qb1+ 64. Rf1 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ng8 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd6 Qxd6 12. exd6 a5 13. b3 Nf6 14. f3 O-O
15. Be3 Ne8 16. O-O-O e5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. Rhe1 f6 20. f4 Re8 21. fxe5
fxe5 22. Rd2 Re6 23. c5 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rde2 Kf6 27. Rf1+
Kg7 28. Ref2 e4 29. Rf7+ Kh6 30. Re7 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solvay"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe3+ Qe6 12. Qg3 c6 13. Nc3 f6 14. Bf4
Kf7 15. Rfe1 Qg4 16. Qe3 g5 17. Bg3 Bf5 18. Rad1 Qb4 19. Rd4 Qxb2 20. Ne4 h6
21. c3 Kg6 22. h4 Re8 23. h5+ Kg7 24. Qf3 Rxe4 25. Rdxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rg8 27.
Rb1 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solvay"]
[BlackTeam "Extremadura Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. a3 Re8 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Nh4 Nc5 17. Nf5 Qd3 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Rad1 Qxc2 20. Bxc2 Red8 21. b4 Ne6
22. c5 Ne8 23. Bb3 a5 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nh4 axb4 26. axb4 Be7 27. Nf3 Bf6 28.
g4 g6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. Bc1 Bc8 32. Bb2 Nc7 33. Ra1 Na6 34. Nd1 Bb7
35. Bc3 Rd8 36. Nb2 g5 37. Kf1 h6 38. Ke2 Kg7 39. Nd3 1-0

