C. Griffiths (2005) - Leili Piarnpuu (2230) [B26]

Olympiad w/Bled SLO (7) 2002


1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2 b4 9. Nd1 Nd4 10. O-O e6 11. Nc1 Ne7 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Ndc6 14. Bh6 O-O white has blitzed out these moves and gained 4 minutes on the clock as the game is proceeding according to preparation. Black is looking less than happy at this point! 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne2 16. Ne3 is the correct theory here 16... Ba6 17. f4 Qd7 18. Ne3 f5 stopping white ever sacrificing a pawn on f5 19. g4?! a duboius move as white trys to be too aggressive. Better is 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5+ exf5= 19... d5 and now black is gaining the upper hand 20. exd5 probably safer is 20. gxf5 dxe4 21. f6+ Rxf6 22. Bxe4 20... exd5 21. gxf5 d4 22. Bxc6? this loses to dxe3 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Nc4 Nxf5=/+ 22... Nxc6 22... dxe3 23. Bxd7 exd2 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. Be6 Rxd3 26. Ng3-+ 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Nc4 gxf5 24... Bxc4 25. dxc4 Qxf5 26. Ng3 Qc5 and black is still better 25. Kf2 Kh8 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Rxg8+ and black settle s for the draw ,having missed her outright winning chances. Possibly still shaken after realising she was outprepared in the opening? 1/2-1/2

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