Reaching draw knight down | Gunina - Abdumalik | Caro-Kann defense

Valentina Gunina is well know as an attacking player, very sharp and positions she plays quickly became very unusual. Her opening repertoire is not that active, with black she plays a lot of Caro-Kann which is considered to be very calm opening. Her opponent is Kazakhi grandmaster Abdumalik, which is rapidly going up iin ranking. The played pretty much standard classical variation and Valentina started to spice things up with g5, a creative and not so much supported by concrete variations pawn sacrifice.
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Abdumalik, Zhansaya - Gunina, Valentina
Women's World Blitz Championship 2019 round 11
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 e6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Na6 14. c3 O-O-O 15. Qc4 Nc7 16. Bc1 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nd3 Ncd5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. Bxg5 Nxe5 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Qb3 Ng4 25. c4 Nf4 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qf3 Qd3+ 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Rh1 Ndxf2 30. Rh8+ Kd7 31. Rb8 Kc7 32. Rf8 f5 33. b4 Ne3 34. Rf7+ Kb6 35. c5+ Ka6 36. Rf6 Nxg2 37. Rxe6 f4 38. Nf1 Nd3 39. a3 f3 40. Kc2 Ngf4 41. Re3 f2 42. Rxd3 Nxd3 43. Kxd3 Kb5 44. Kc3 Ka4 45. Kb2 a5 46. bxa5 Kxa5 47. Kb3 Kb5 48. Nd2 Kxc5 49. Ne4+ Kd4 50. Nxf2 c5 51. Nd1 Kd5 52. Nc3+ Kd4 53. Nb5+ Kd5 54. Kc3 c4 55. a4 Kc5 56. Na3 b6 57. Nb5 Kd5 58. Kb4 Kc6 59. Kxc4 Kb7 60. Kb4 Ka6 61. Nd6 1-0
The Caro-Kann Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
1. e4 c6
The Caro-Kann is a common defence against the King's Pawn Opening and is classified as a "Semi-Open Game" like the Sicilian Defence and French Defence, although it is thought to be more solid and less dynamic than either of those openings. It often leads to good endgames for Black, who has the better pawn structure. The opening is named after the English player Horatio Caro and the Austrian player Marcus Kann who analysed it in 1886. Kann scored an impressive 24-move victory with the Caro-Kann Defence against German-British chess champion Jacques Mieses at the 4th German Chess Congress in Hamburg in May 1885.
The most common way of handling the Caro-Kann, the Classical Variation (often referred to as the Capablanca Variation after Cuban grandmaster José Raúl Capablanca), is defined by the moves: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 (or 3.Nd2) dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5. This was long considered to represent best play for both sides in the Caro-Kann. White usually continues: 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3. Although White's pawn on h5 looks ready to attack, it can prove to be a weakness in an endgame.
Much of the Caro-Kann's reputation as a solid defence stems from this variation. Black makes very few compromises in pawn structure and plays a timely ...c6-c5 to contest the d4-square. Variations with Black castling queenside gave the Caro-Kann its reputation of being solid but somewhat boring. More popular recently are variations with Black castling kingside and even leaving his king in the centre. These variations can be sharp and dynamic.
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[@talgataltynbekov]

Умница, красавица наша Жансая! ❤🎉😊

[@sjdnfjnj]

Where is the draw?? White won!

[@abdulalharis1452]

My idol, abdumalek

[@waldemarviana5340]

Assistindo do Brasil. Parabéns as duas senhorita! Excelente jogo!

[@imbaha1082]

White has won that game. Instead of Kxc5 maybe black can try b6. Idea behind; exc pawns king will be on b6, later go Ka5 and c5-c4 probably equal

[@VikasSharma30-n7y]

Good end game

[@Rapidchess]

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[@risechess7114]

why u said draw when it is not black resign

[@Rapidchess]

I mean she could have resigned given she was exchange down for literally nothing. She played showed her best sportsmanship and fight till it become complete drawn. Than made mistake which cost her the game.

[@ivankalevnajic3211]

7...е6?? Тотална пасива... 7...е5!! 8.де5: Да5+ 9.Лд2 Д:е5+! је било много активније црној... ( И вероватно боље!)...!

[@Fritz_MUELLER]

Draw ? ??

[@romankusnir45958]

я извиняюсь, конечно.. но король д5 в конце - реально идиотский ход. пешка просто идёт на б5 (рука ведь потянулась сделать этот ход) и на доске элементарнейшая ничья.

[@romankusnir45958]

@Ivo Yaglichev Заставили таки меня поставить эту позицию на доску. Выигрыша всё равно не увидел, но неумолимая железяка тут же нашла 20 перегруппировочных манёвров коня через всю доску, в итоге приводящих чёрных к цугцвангу и поражению. Всего 6 фигур, а какая сложность.. Но всё равно б5 на глазок выглядит гораздо сильнее того, что было сыграно в партии. Едва ли за белых можно было разобраться во всех хитросплетениях, имея считанные секунды. скорее всего дело завершилось бы повторением ходов..

[@user-pl3ud1yz1z]

I think black had draw in the end

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