1.e4 e5
I chose the Petroff defence because a draw in the
last round would give me the title of Russian Champion. I was
ready to accept an offer but White played very badly in the opening
and I quickly got a very good position.
2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3
[6.bxc3
6...d5 7.Ne3 Be6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 Qd7 10.Qe2
0-0-0 11.a4?!
White is starting the assault of the Black's
fortress and forgets about her development. 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.Bb5
Rhe8
11...f5 12.b4?! Ne5 13.a5 f4 14.Nd1 Nxd3 15.cxd3
g5
Black is already much better.
16.b5 Re8 17.b6 cxb6 18.axb6 a6 19.f3?
After that Black wins.
19...Bf5 20.Qd2 Bc5+ 21.d4 Bxb6 22.Nb2 Qb5
23.Na4 Ba7 24.Ra2 Bd3 25.Rf2 Re6 26.Rb2 Rhe8! 27.h4
27.h3? Re1+ 28.Kh2 Qxa4 29.Qxd3 Rxc1 30.Qf5+ Qd7
31.Qxd7+ Kxd7 32.Rxb7+ Kc6 33.Rxa7 Ree1-+
27...Re1+ 28.Kh2 Qxa4 29.Qxd3
29... Qd1??
The blunder that could have cost me the
Championship. After 29...Rxc1-+ 30.Qf5+ Qd7 31.Qxd7+ Kxd7
32.Rxb7+ Kc6 33.Rxa7 Ree1 34.Kh3 h5 35.g4 (35.g3 Rh1+ 36.Rh2
g4+-+) 35...Rh1+ 36.Rh2 hxg4+ 37.fxg4 Rxc3+!-+ the move
that I didn't see during the game 38.Kg2 Ra1 Black gives checkmate
in 6 moves.
30.Qf5+ R8e6
Here I realized that after 30...Kb8 31.Rxb7+ Kxb7
32.Qd7+!+- I get checkmated in 5 moves, I absolutely didn't see Qd7
before.
31.Qf8+?
White could have won with a nice tactical shot
after 31.Rf1 Move that I didn't see before I played Qd1, but when I
did play Qd1 I saw this move immediately but it was already too late
31...Qxc1 32.Re2!!+- winning.
31...Kc7 32.Qf7+
32.Rf1! Rxf1 33.Qf7+ Kd6 34.Qf8+ Kc7 35.Qf7+=
32...Re7 33.Bxf4+ gxf4 34.Qxf4+ Kc6 35.Rf1 b5
36.Qf6+ Kd7 37.Qf5+?
Even here White had a draw: 37.Qxa6 Rxf1
38.Qxb5+ Kd8 39.Qxd5+ Rd7 40.Qa5+ Ke8 41.Qe5+ Kf8 42.Qf6+ Kg8
43.Qg5+ Kh8 44.Qe5+ Rg7 45.Qe8+ Rg8 46.Qe5+=
37...Kc7 38.Qf6 Rd7 39.Rxe1
39.Qxa6! was the last chance to complicate the
game. 39...Bb6 40.Qxb5 Rd6
39...Qxe1 40.Ra2 Bb8 41.Rxa6
41... Kb7+ 0-1
So the 55th Russian Super-final came to its end.
Of course I was very happy to win such a strong tournament, but I
was sad to miss so many opportunities and to make so many mistakes
in the last rounds. Especially I was sad about my 29. ...
Qd1?? in this game instead of Rc1!, but tout est bien qui finit
bien.
Thank you very much for reading my comments and
supporting me. I hope to be able to give you many more interesting
games in the future.
Sincerely yours, Alexandra
