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Bg3 Nf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4, avoiding the complications that occurred in the game.
30. Ke2 Ke8 31. Kxe3 Ne7 32. Ke4 Ra5 33.
Nb4 Rh5
Better is 33. ... Ng6!
a. 34. Bg3 c5 35. Nd5 Rxa2 wins a pawn.
b. 34. Bf6 Nf8 35. a3 Nxe6 also winning
a pawn.
34. Bxe7?!
I am not sure of the point of this move.
Perhaps to trade down and get more swindling chances?
34. ... Kxe7 35. Nd5+ Kd6 36. Nf4 Re5+ 37.
Kd3 c6 38. a4 Re1!
Winning a pawn or leading to a win
for Black.
39. b3 Rb1 40. Kc4 Rf1 41. g3 Rxf4+!
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After 41. ... Rxf4+
Leads to a won endgame.
free Black’s position and see how White
would proceed. But, 14. ... Nxd5! may
have been stronger: 14. ... Nxd5! 15. exd5
Ne7 16. Kb1 Qd7 17. h5 Nf5 18. Bf2 Bxf2
19. Qxf2 Rfe8 with a less complicated
position for Black.
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7
White’s 15th and 16th moves are
unnecessary. With four minor pieces off
the board, Black’s position has become a
lot easier to handle.
17. e5?
A miscalculation from White.
17. ... dxe5 18. fxe5 f4 19. Rhf1 Be3 20. Qxe3
fxe3 21. Rxf7 Rxf7
If White played 19. Bf2, she would have
lost a pawn with ... Nxe5. I assume White
decided to give up an Exchange instead
of a solid pawn because there would have
been drawing chances.
22. Nc5 b6 23. Nd3 Raf8 24. Re1 Rf1 25. c3
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After 25. c3
25. ... R8f5?!
25. ... Rxe1+! 26. Bxe1 Re8 27. Bg3 Ne7
28. Kd1 Nf5 29. Be1 Kf7 30. g4 Nh6 31.
g5 Nf5 would have given even more
advantage to Black.
26. Kd1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 g5 28. e6 gxh4 29.
Bxh4 Kf8
I missed 29. ... Ne5 30. Nc1 Ng6 31.
“I am proud to have found the Exchange
sacrifice at the end, and to have correctly
evaluated the resulting king-and-pawn
endgame,” Rajendra said.
Winners in each section of the All-Girls
National Chess Championships qualify
to represent the United States in the
FIDE World Youth Championships in
Slovenia this fall. Among those winners is
Joie Wang, whose annotated round six
game is below.
Queen pawn opening (D02)
WFM Evan Xiang (1769)
Joie Wang (1756)
All Girls National Championships (6),
Chicago, 04.22.12
Notes by Wang
uschess.org
PHOTO: JORGE BARRERA
Rajendra receiving her trophy from KCF’s Michael Khodarkovsky and
USCF President Ruth Haring.
42. gxf4 Kxe6 43. Kd4 Kf5 44. Ke3 h5 45. b4 h4
46. Kf3 h3 47. a5 h2 48. Kg2 Kxf4 49. c4 Ke5
50. Kxh2 Kd4 51. c5 bxa5 52. bxa5 Kxc5 53.
Kg3 Kb5 54. Kf4 Kxa5 55. Ke3 Kb4 56. Kd2
Kb3 57. Kc1 c5 58. Kb1 c4 59. Kc1 c3 60. Kb1
c2+ 61. Kc1 a5 62. Kd2 Kb2 63. Kd3 c1=Q 64.
Ke4 Qd2 65. Kf3 Qe1 66. Kf4 Qe2 67. Kg3 Qf1
68. Kg4 Qf2 69. Kg5 Qf3 70. Kg6 Qf4 71. Kg7
Qf5 72. Kh6 Qg4 73. Kh7 Kc3 74. Kh8 Kd4 75.
Kh7 Ke5 76. Kh8 Kf6 77. Kh7 Qg7 mate.