Democratic Underground - T. Kosintseva - Dzagnidze, Round 5

Tatiana Kosintseva
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Tatiana Kosintseva - Nana Dzagnidze
Women's Grand Prix, Third Leg, Round 5
Nalchik, 30 April 2010

Closed Caro-Kann Game: Short Opening

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7

If 5...c5 6.Be3 then:

If 6...Nd7 then:

If 7.0-0 Ne7 8.c4 dxc4 9.Na3 then:

If 9...c3 10.Nb5 Nd5 11.Nxc3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 then:

12...Be7 13.Qb3 0-0!? 14.Qxb7 Rb8 15.Qxa7 cxd4 16.exd4 Ra8 gives Black counterplay (Morozevich-Kamsky, Tal Mem, Moscow, 2008).
12...cxd4 13.exd4 Be7 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.a4 0-0 16.a5 b5 17.axb6 Rxb6 18.Qa2 is equal (Knebel-Johansson, Corres, 1994).

9...Nd5 10.Nxc4 b5 11.Bg5 Qb8 12.Ne3 h6 13.Bh4 Nxe3 14.fxe3 a6 15.a4 b4 16.Nd2 g5 17.Bg3 Qa7 18.Nc4 gives White a tactical edge in the center (Halsinger-Stratling, Op, Hoogeveen, 2008).

If 7.Nbd2 then:

If 7...c4 then:

8.a4 h6 9.b3 cxb3 10.Nxb3 Rc8 11.Ra2 Qc7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Ne7 14.0-0 Qc4 15.Rb1 b6 16.Qf1 Nc6 is equal (Svidler-Topalov, IT, Nanjing, 2008).
8.c3 b5 9.0-0 Nh6 10.Ne1 Bg6 11.g4 f6 12.exf6 gxf6 13.Ng2 Nb6 14.b3 Nf7 15.a4 Nd6 16.axb5 Nxb5 17.Qc1 Qc7 18.bxc4 dxc4 19.Qb2 makes Black's King safety a major concern (Alekseev-David, Euro ChT, Kallithea, 2008).
8.0-0 b5 9.Ne1 Bg6 10.g4 Bb4 11.c3 Ba5 12.Ng2 Ne7 13.Nf4 b4 14.Rc1 bxc3 15.bxc3 Nb6 16.h4 h5 17.Nxg6 Nxg6 18.gxh5 Nxh4 19.Bg4 Qe7 also presents Black with some difficulty bringing the King to safety (Rublevsky-Dreev, Russian ChT, Sochi, 2005).

7...Ne7 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.Nb3 Bg4 10.Nfd4 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Ndxe5 12.f4 Nc4 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bd4 Qh4+ 15.g3 Qe7 is equal (Short-Adianto, IT, Djakarta, 1996).

If 6...cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 then:

8.Bg5 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Bg6 10.Nb3 Qb6 11.Nb5 Nec6 12.Be3 Qd8 13.f4 a6 14.Nc3 Bb4 15.Qd2 0-0 16.a3 Be7 17.0-0 Nd7 18.Rad1 h6 19.Rfe1 Nb6 is equal (Staudler-Lauritsen, Corres, 1999).
8.c4 Nbc6 9.Qa4 a6 10.Nc3 dxc4 11.0-0-0 Bd3 12.Bxd3 cxd3 13.Rxd3 Qa5 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.f4 Rd8 16.Rhd1 h5 17.h4 Nec6 18.Nxc6 Rxd3 19.Rxd3 Nxc6 20.a3 Rh6 draw (Inarkiev-Ivanchuk, Euro Ch, Kusadasi, 2006).

If 5...Nd7 6.0-0 Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nh6 8.Nb3 then:

If 8...Be7 9.Ne1 then:

9...0-0 10.Nd3 Rc8 11.c3 b6 12.Nf4 c5 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.g4 c4 15.Nd2 g5 16.Bf3 b5 17.Bg2 b4 18.h3 Rb8 is equal (Ganguly-Antonio, Asian Ch, Subic Bay, 2009).
9...Nf5 10.Nd3 0-0 11.c3 Qb6 12.Bf4 Rac8 13.g4 Nh4 14.Bg3 Bxd3 15.Bxd3 c5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 Rxc5 draw (S. Zhigalko-Galkin, Euro ChT, Rethymnon, 2003).

8...Nf5 9.Bd2 Rc8 10.Rc1 transposes into And. Volokiitin-Jobava and accompaning branches (see note to White's sixth move).

6.0-0

If 6.Nbd2 Bg6 7.0-0 Nf5 8.Nb3 Nd7 then:

If 9.Bd2 then:

If 9...Rc8 10.Rc1 then:

10...Bh5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 c5 13.dxc5 Nxe5 14.Re1 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Be7 16.c4 dxc4 is equal (And. Volokitin-Jobava, Euro Ch, Budva, 2009).
10...Be7 11.g4 Nh6 12.h3 0-0 13.Bd3 Kh8 14.Qe2 Ng8 15.Kg2 c5 16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.c3 c4 gives Black a slight advantage in space and the initiative (Rublevsky-Asrian, Russian ChT, Sochi, 2008).
10...a6 11.c4 dxc4 12.Rxc4 Be7 13.Na5 Rc7 14.Qb3 Qa8 15.g4 Nh6 16.Bb4 Nb6 17.Bxe7 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Rxe7 gives Black the advantage of the exchange (And. Volokitin-Anastasian, Euro Ch, Plovdiv, 2008).

If 9...Be7 10.g4 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.f4 then:

12...f5 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Nc1 Qb6 15.Nb3 Qc7 16.c4 fxg4 17.Bxg6+ hxg6 18.Qc2 Nf8 19.cxd5 exd5 20.f5 0-0-0 21.Bf4 gxf5 22.e6 Bd6 23.Qxf5 Re8 24.Nc5 Bxf4 25.Rxf4 b6 26.e7+ draw (Radjabov-I. Popov, Russian ChT, Sochi, 2008).
12...f6 13.f5 Bf7 14.g5 exf5 15.Bd3 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 fxg5 17.Bxf5 Bg6 18.Qg4 Qe7 19.Rae1 0-0-0 20.Bxd7+ Qxd7 21.e6 Qe7 22.Nc5 h5 23.Qg3 h4 24.Qg4 Bh5 25.Qh3 Kb8 26.Re5 b6 27.Nd7+ Kb7 28.Qe3 Rh6 29.Rff5 Bg6 30.Qxg5 Re8 31.Qxe7 Rxe7 32.Rf8 Kc7 33.Ra8 Kb7 34.Rb8+ Kc7 35.Ra8 Kb7 36.Rb8+ Kc7 draw (Rublevsky-Jobava, World Cup, Khanty Mansyisk, 2005).

9.a4 then:

If 9...Be7 10.g4 Nh6 11.h3 0-0 12.Be3 Kh8 13.Qd2 Ng8 14.Ne1 f6 15.f4 fxe5 16.dxe5 c5 17.c4 d4 18.Bf2 Bh4 19.Bxh4 Qxh4 gives Black a slight advantage in space (Li Chao-Rodshtein, World Jr Ch, Gaziantep, 2008).

6...Nd7 7.Nbd2

If 7.Nh4 then:

If 7...Bg6 8.Nd2 c5 9.c3 then:

If 9...Nc6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.Be3 a6 13.g3 then:

13...g5 14.Kg2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nf8 16.a3 f6 17.h3 Qd7 18.b4 Bd8 19.Rc1 gives White the advantage in space (I. Smirin-Li WenLiang, IT, Beijing, 1996).
13...b5 14.h4 Nb6 15.b3 c4 16.Kg2 a5 17.Nd2 Rc8 18.Rc1 a4 19.bxc4 bxc4 20.Qc2 a3 21.Rb1 Ra8 22.Bg4 Na4 23.Nf3 Qd7 24.Rh1 Kd8 25.h5 gives White the advantage in space (Efimenko-L'Ami, Euro Ch, Plovdiv, 2008).

If 9...cxd4 10.cxd4 then:

If 10...Nc6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Nf3 Be7 13.Be3 then:

13...Nb6 14.b3 0-0 15.g3 a5 16.a4 Rc8 17.Rc1 Rc7 18.h4 Qb8 is equal (Amonatov-Malakhatko, Chigorin Mem, St. Petersburg, 2009).
13...Qb6 14.Rb1 a6 15.g3 0-0 16.h4 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Bc3 is equal (Rosito-Martínez, Op, Buenos Aires, 1995).

10...Nf5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Nf3 Be7 13.Bd3 Nb8 14.Bd2 Nc6 15.Bc3 a6 16.b3 is equal (Anand-Karpov, IT, Brussels, 1991).

7...Be4 8.Nd2 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.g3 Be7 12.Ng2 cxd4 13.cxd4 0-0 14.Be3 Nb6 15.Rc1 Nd5 16.Qc2 Qb6 17.Qxe4 Qxb2 18.Bd3 gives White the initiative (I. Smirin-Anand, Op, Villarrobledo, 1998).

7...Ng6

If 7...h6 8.Nb3 then:

If 8...Bh7 then:

If 9.Bd2 Ng6 10.Rc1 Be7 11.c4 dxc4 then:

12.Bxc4 0-0 13.g3 Re8 14.Re1 Bf8 15.Na5 Rb8 16.b4 Ne7 17.Bf1 Nd5 18.a3 N7b6 19.Qb3 Re7 is equal (Malakhov-Jobava, Euro Club Cup Rd 4, Kallithea, 2008).
12.Na5 Rb8 13.Bxc4 Nb6 14.Bd3 Nf8 15.Be2 Nfd7 16.b4 0-0 17.Ne1 Nd5 18.a3 f6 is equal (Malakhov-Saltaev, Euro Club Cup Rd 7, Kallithea, 2008).

9.c3 Rc8 10.Bd2 Nf5 11.a4 Be7 12.g4 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.f4 f5 15.Bd3 0-0 16.h3 Qe7 17.Be3 Rf7 18.Kg2 Rcf8 19.Qc2 Kh8 is equal (Pavasovic-Macieja, Cyberspace, 2006).

If 8...Nc8 9.a4 Be7 10.a5 a6 then:

If 11.c4 Na7 12.Be3 0-0 13.Nfd2 then:

13...dxc4 14.Nxc4 Be4 15.Nc5 Nxc5 16.dxc5 gives White the advantage in space (Vachier Lagrave - Nakamura, French ChT, Metz, 2008).
13...Bh7 14.f4 f5 15.Bd3 g5 16.Nf3 g4 draw (Sebag-Kallai, French ChT, Metz, 2008).

11.Ne1 c5 12.c3 Na7 13.g4 Bh7 14.f4 Nc6 15.Be3 c4 16.Nd2 Nxa5 gives Black an extra pawn (Bologan-Drazic, Euro Ch, Rijeka, 2010).

8.Nb3 h5!?

8...Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 f6 11.Bh5 fxe5 12.dxe5 Ndxe5 13.Re1 Kd7 14.Nd4 Bc5 15.Bxg6 Qf6 16.Rxe5 Qxe5 17.Nf3 Qg3 18.Qe2 hxg6 gives Black a material edge and more activity (Svidler-Jobava, Euro ChT, Novi Sad, 2009).

9.Be3

The game is equal.

9...Be7 10.Ne1

If 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Rc1 h4 12.h3 0-0 then:

13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 a5 15.Ng5 Qc8 16.Qe2 gives White more space in the center.
13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.Nxg5 f6 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Bg4 Qf4 is equal.

10...h4 11.f4 Nb6

If 11...Qb6 12.c4 then:

12...dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qd8 14.Bd3 Nb6 15.Nc5 Nd5 16.Qe2 remains equal.
12...0-0 13.c5 Qc7 14.Bg4 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 b6 16.f5 gives White the advantage in space.

12.Nd2 c5!?

Black provokes White into the opening of the center.
12...Qc7 13.a4 0-0-0 14.a5 Nd7 15.Nd3 remains equal.

BLACK: Nana Dzagnidze
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Position after 12...c6c5

13.dxc5!

White seizes the initiative and opens the center, for which she is better prepared in the first place.

13...d4 14.Bf2 Nd5 15.Bxd4

White emerges a pawn to the good.
15.Nb3 Ngxf4 16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.Nxd4 Bg6 18.c4 also leaves White with an extra pawn.

15...Ndxf4 16.c3

If 16.Bb5+ then after 16...Kf8 17.Nb3 Qd5 18.Nf3 a6 19.Bd3 White still has an extra pawn

16...Qc7 17.b4 f6

If 17...0-0-0 18.Nc4 Kb8 then:

19.Nd6 f6 20.exf6 gxf6 21.Nxf5 exf5 22.Bd3 White will win a second pawn.
If 19.Nd3 then:

19...Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 h3 21.g3 Qc6 22.Ne1 f6 23.g4 wins the Bishop.
19...Nxd3 20.Bxd3 h3 21.g3 Qc6 22.Rf2 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 gives White an extra pawn and the advantage in space.

18.Nc4

If 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Nc4 then:

20...Nxe2+ 21.Qxe2 0-0-0 22.Nd6+ Rxd6 23.cxd6 Qxd6 24.Rd1 leaves White an exchange to the good.
20...0-0 21.Nd6 Rad8 22.Bg4 Be4 23.Qc1 e5 24.Nxe4 leaves White up by a piece.

18...fxe5 19.Nxe5 0-0-0 20.Nxg6 Bxg6 21.Bg4 Kb8

21...Rhf8 22.g3 hxg3 23.hxg3 Nd3 24.Bxe6+ is devastating.

22.Nf3 Bf6 23.Qe1 Rd5

If 23...Bd3 24.Rf2 Rhe8 25.Ne5 then:

25...Rd5 26.Rxf4 Bxe5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.Qf2 Re4 29.Rxe4 Bxe4 30.Qxh4 leaves White up by two pawns.
If 25...g5 26.c6 Rf8 27.Qe3 then:

27...Nd5 28.Bxa7+ Ka8 29.cxb7+ Kxb7 30.Qxd3 Kxa7 31.Ng6 leaves White up by two pawns.
27...Rxd4 28.cxd4 Be4 29.Nd7+ Ka8 30.cxb7+ Qxb7 31.Nxf8 wins for White.

24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Nd4 Re5

If 25...Re8 26.Nb5 Qe5 then:

27.Qxe5+ fxe5 28.Nd6 Rf8 29.Rf2 Rd3 30.c4 gives White a clear advantage in space to go with her extra pawn.
If 27.Nd6 Qg5 28.Rxf4 Rxd6 29.cxd6 Qxf4 30.d7 then:

30...Qxg4 31.dxe8Q+ Bxe8 32.Qd2 leaves White up by an exchange and threatenin mate on the next move.
30...Rd8 31.Qxe6 Bc2 32.Rf1 leaves White two pawns up and wins.

BLACK: Nana Dzagnidze
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WHITE: Tatiana Kosintseva
Position after 25...Rd5e5

26.Qf2!?

White misses an even more powerful move.
White send Black reeling after 26.Qd2! then:

26...Re4 27.Bf3 e5 28.Bxe4 Bxe4 29.Nb5, leaving White up by an exchange.
26...Nd5 27.Nxe6 Qc6 28.c4 Ne3 29.Rxf6 Nxg4 30.Rxg6 leaves White up by three pawns.

26...Re4 27.Nxe6

If 27.Bxe6 h3 28.g3 Qg7 29.Bc4 then:

If 29...Rc8 30.c6 bxc6 then:

31.Ba6 Rc7 32.gxf4 Rxd4 33.cxd4 Bd3+ 34.Qg3 Qxg3+ 35.hxg3 Bxa6 36.Rfc1 gives White an exchange and a pawn.
31.Rae1 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Nd3 33.Bxd3 Bxd3 34.Qf4+ leaves White with an extra pawn.

29...f5 30.c6 Ng2 31.cxb7 Qxb7 32.Bd3 Re5 33.Bxf5 Bxf5 34.Nxf5 leaves White three pawns to the good.

27...Nxe6 28.Qxf6 Rxg4 29.Qxh8+ Qc8 30.Qe5+ Ka8 31.Rad1!?

This inaccuracy should have allowed Black back in the game.
31.Rf6! Qc6 32.Qe2 Re4 33.Qd2 Qe8 34.Rd1 maintains White's winning edge.

31...Be4 32.Rd2 Qg8

Bkack threatens mate in two.

33.Rff2!

The threat is parried.

33...Nf4 34.Qxf4 Rxf4 35.Rxf4 a5?

This move has no connection with the action and it is hard to see how it fits into any plan Black might have.
If 35...Bxg2 36.Rxg2 Qe8 37.Re4 then:

If 37...Qd8 38.Rd4 Qe8 then:

If 39.Re2 Qg6+ 40.Kh1 a5 then:

41.Rde4 h3 42.bxa5 Qf6 43.Kg1 Qxc3 44.Re8+ Ka7 45.Kf2 Qxc5+ gives Black a fighting chance.
41.Rxh4? Qf6! 42.Re8+ Ka7 43.Rg4 Qf3+ 44.Rg2 Qd1+ 45.Rg1 Qf3+ etc. draws.

39.Kf1 h3 40.Rg3 a5 41.a3 Qf7+ 42.Kg1 Qe7 43.Rxh3 Qe1+ 44.Kg2 Qe2+ 45.Kg3 Qe3+ 46.Kg4 Qe6+ etc. draws.

37...Qf7? 38.Re7! Qf8 39.Reg7 Kb8 40.Rg8 wins for White.

BLACK: Nana Dzagnidze
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Position after 35...a6a5

36.Rxe4

Black is the equivalent of four pawns up.

36...h3 37.Re3 Qg5 38.Rde2 hxg2 39.Rg3 Qd5

BLACK: Nana Dzagnidze
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Position after 39...Qg5d5

40.Rf2!

White is in no hurry to capture the pawn.
If 40.Rexg2 then Black's improeves her position after 40...Qd1+ 41.Kf2 Qd2+ 42.Kf3 Qxc3+.

40...axb4 41.cxb4 Qd4 42.a3 Ka7

Black's g-pawn is a gonner.
42...Qd5 43.h3 Qe4 44.Rgf3 Ka7 45.Kxg2 wins the pawn.

43.Kxg2

White has a clearly won position, but Black will be able to make advancing the pawns difficult.
43.h3 Ka6 44.Kxg2 Kb5 45.Re2 Qd5+ 46.Kh2 Qf7 47.Rge3 also gives White a won position.

43...Qd5+ 44.Rgf3 Ka6

If 44...Qg5+ 45.Kh1 Ka6 46.h3 then:

If 46...Kb5 47.Rf7 Qd5+ then:

If 48.Kh2 Qe5+ 49.Kg2 Qg5+ 50.Kf3 then:

50...Ka4 51.Ke4 Qh4+ 52.R2f4 Qxh3 53.Rxb7 it looks like White wins, but after 53...Qg2+ 54.Rf3 Qg4+ 55.Ke3 Qg5+ then:

56.Ke4 Qe5+ 57.Kxe5 is stalemate.
56.Kf2 Qh4+ 57.Kg2 Qg5+ 58.Kh3 Qh5+ 59.Kg3 etc. draws.

If 50...Qd5+ then after 51.Kg4 Qe6+ 52.Kg3 Qe3+ 53.R2f3 Qg5+ 54.Kh2 leaves White the equivalent of four pawns to the good.

If 48.R2f3 then after 48...Qe4 49.Kg2 Kc6 50.R7f4 Qg6+ 51.Kf2 Qc2+ 52.Kg3 Qg6+ 53.Rg4 Qe6 54.h4 Qe1+ the struggle continues.

If 46...Qd5 then after 47.Kg2 Qg5+ 48.Kh2 Qe5+ 49.Rf4 like the energizer bunny, the game keeps on going.

45.h4

Well, that's prograss,

45...Kb5 46.Kg3 Ka4 47.Rf5 Qe4 48.R2f3 Qe1+ 49.Kg4 Qg1+

49...Qe4+ 50.R5f4 Qg6+ 51.Kh3 Kb5 52.Rf5 Kc4 53.h5 White makes steady progress.

50.Kh5 Qg8 51.Rf7 Qh8+ 52.Kg4 Qg8+ 53.Kh3 Qg1

53...Qh8 54.R7f6 Qe8 55.R6f5 Qh8 56.h5 makes progress.

54.h5 Qg5 55.R7f5 Qc1 56.Kh4 Qh1+ 57.Kg5 Qg1+ 58.Kh6

If 58.Kf6 Kb5 59.Kf7 Qh2 60.Kg6 Qg2+ 61.Kh7 then:

If 61...Kc4 62.h6 Qe2 63.Kg7 then:

63...Qe7+ 64.Rf7 Qg5+ 65.Kh7 Qe5 66.R3f5 Qe4 67.Kg8 Qg2+ 68.Kf8 Qb2 69.h7 Qh8+ 70.Ke7 Kd4 71.Kd7 White wins by taking the b-pawn.
63...Qg2+ 64.Kh8 Qb2+ 65.Rf6 Qe5 66.h7 Qc7 67.R3f4+ Kb3 68.Kg8 Qd8+ 69.Kg7 Qe7+ 70.Kh6 Qe8 71.Rf3+ Ka4 72.b5 Ka5 73.c6 gives White a second passed pawn and wins.

61...Qe2 62.h6 Qe7+ 63.Rf7 transposes to the main line.

58...b5 59.R3f4 Qc1 60.Kh7 Kxa3

Black has no way to check the King. White is free to advance the pawn.

BLACK: Nana Dzagnidze
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Position after 60...Ka4a3:p

61.h6

Closer and closer,

61...Kb3

61...Qe1 62.c6 Qe2 63.Rf6 allows White to win on either side of the board.

62.Kg6 Qg1+ 63.Rg5 Qe3

If 63...Qb1+ 64.Kg7 Qb2+ 65.Kh7 Qd2 66.Rf3+ Kxb4 67.Kg6 then:

If 67...Qc2+ 68.Rff5 Qe4 69.h7 Qe6+ 70.Rf6 Qe4+ 71.Rgf5 then:

If 71...Qg4+ 72.Kh6 Qh4+ 73.Kg7 Qg4+ 74.Kf8 Qh3 75.Rf7 Kc4 76.c6 Qh6+ 77.Kg8 Qg6+ then:

If 78.Kh8 Qxc6 79.Rf4+ then:

79...Kd3 80.Rf3+ Ke4 81.Kg7 wins for White.
79...Kc5 loses immediately to 80.R7f5+! Kb6 81.Rf6.

If 78.Rg7? 78...Qxf5 79.h8Q Qc8+ 80.Kh7 Qh3+ 81.Kg8 Qc8+ etc. draws.

If 71...Qe8+ then 72.Rf7 Qe6+ 73.Kg7 Qe3 74.Rf4+ allows White to queen on the next move.

If 67...Qd1 then 68.h7 Qd8 69.Rf4+ Ka5 70.Rh5 Qe8+ 71.Rf7 Qe6+ 72.Rf6 Qe8+ 73.Kg7!! Qxh5 74.h8Q! wins.

BLACK: Nana Dzagnidze
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Position after 63...Qg1e3

64.h7

White is on the brink of victory.

64...Qe6+ 65.Rf6 Qe4+

If 65...Qe8+ then after 66.Rf7 Qe4+ 67.Kh6 Qh4+ 68.Rh5 Qd4 69.Rf8 the pawn cannot be prevented from queening.

66.Rgf5 Qg2+ 67.Kh6

If 67.Kf7 Qh2 68.Kg7 then Black runs out of checks after 68...Qc7+ 69.Kh6 Qh2+ 70.Rh5 Qd2+ 71.Rg5 Qd8 72.Rgf5 Qd2+ 73.Kg7 Qd7+ 74.Rf7 Qd4+ 75.Kg6 Qg1+ 76.Rg5 Qd4 77.Re7 Qd3+ 78.Kh6 Qd8 79.Rge5, leaving White with an easy win.

67...Qh3+ 68.Kg7 Qg4+ 69.Rg6 Qxf5 70.h8Q

BLACK: Nana Dzagnidze
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WHITE: Tatiana Kosintseva
Position after 70.h7h8Q

70...Qd7+

As soon as Black runs out of checks, she will resign.

71.Kg8 Qc8+ 72.Kh7 Qh3+ 73.Rh6 Qf5+ 74.Kg7 Qd7+ 75.Kf6 Qd4+ 76.Ke7 Qe4+ 77.Kd6 Qf4+ 78.Kc6 Qe4+ 79.Kb6 1-0

Black is out of checks.
Ms. Dzagnidze resigns.

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