Round 9 of 10th Menchik Memorial 2025, London

MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,166,62354%2421---
1.d4947,29855%2434---
1.Nf3281,60256%2441---
1.c4182,10256%2442---
1.g319,70256%2427---
1.b314,26554%2427---
1.f45,89748%2377---
1.Nc33,80151%2384---
1.b41,75648%2380---
1.a31,20654%2404---
1.e31,06848%2408---
1.d395450%2378---
1.g466446%2360---
1.h444653%2374---
1.c343351%2426---
1.h328056%2418---
1.a411060%2466---
1.f39246%2436---
1.Nh38966%2508---
1.Na34262%2482---
1.e4 3 c5 7 2.Nf3 5       Nc6 5 3.d4 6 cxd4 3 4.Nxd4 6 e5 5 5.Nb5 6 d6 3 6.N1c3 7 a6 8 7.Na3 4 Be7 32 8.Be3 1:32 Be6 11:12 9.Nc4 10:17 b5 1:44 10.Nb6 18 Rb8 8 11.Nbd5 38 Nf6 2:16 12.a4 5:34 B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations. b4 20:49 12...bxa4! 13.Bxa6 13.Rxa4 Rxb2 14.Bxa6 Bxd5 13...0-0 13.Nxf6+± 1:00 Bxf6 6:30 14.Nd5 9 White is better. Bxd5 15:52 15.exd5 4:41 Nd4N 13 15...Na5 16.Bxa6 0-0 17.0-0 Bg5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Qe1 Qd8 20.Bb5 b3 21.Qd1 bxc2 22.Qxc2 1-0 Antolak,J (2212)-Chan,N (1909) EU-ch (Women) 19th 2018 (6) 16.Bxd4 2:10 exd4 10 17.Bxa6 1:53       Black has weak pawns 0-0 20 18.0-0 26 d3 7:38 19.Qxd3 2:03 Bxb2 7 20.Rae1 46 Re8 3:40 21.Bb5 22 Re7 2:06 22.Bc6 2:21 Bc3 3:27 Black is weak on the light squares 23.Rxe7 30 Qxe7 2 24.a5 2:06       Qa7 23 25.a6 56 Bd4 13 26.g3 2:18 Bc5 4:04 26...g6± 27.Kg2 h5 27.Kg2 2:35 Qe7 29 28.Rb1 2:26 Rf8 1:35       29.Rd1 7:35       White is more active. Qf6 2:34 29...f5± 30.f3 g6 30.Rd2 1:11 g6 30 31.Re2 25 Kg7 18 32.h4 2:50 h5 11 33.Qf3 2:04 Rc8 7:54 34.Qxf6+ 4:51 Kxf6+- 3       Endgame KRB-KRB. White is a pawn up. 35.Bb7 15 Rc7 34 36.Re8 1:39 Ba7 3:26 37.Bc6 7:27 Re7 41 38.Ra8 2:05 Bc5 2:24 39.Kf1 5:28 Prevents Re2. Ra7 20 40.Rxa7 26 Bxa7 2 KB-KB. White is a pawn up. 41.f3 39 Ke7 1:12 42.Ke2 38 42.g4+- 42...Kd8 42 42...f5± 43.Bb5 Bc5 43.Kd3 1:03 Bf2? 1:54
Black cannot hold the game after this. 43...f5± was called for. 44.Kc4 Bc5 44.Ke4 2:39 Ke7 57 44...Kc7 45.f4 Kd8 45.Kf4 1:17 Kf6 27 46.Bb5 1:32 Kg7 1:18 47.Be2? 49
47.g4 Black must now prevent gxh5. hxg4 48.fxg4 47...Kf6? 25 47...f5 48.g4 hxg4 48.g4 44 Bc5? 3:10 48...hxg4 49.fxg4 Ke7 49.gxh5 6 White is clearly winning. gxh5 2 50.Ke4 15 Bf2 56 51.f4 10       Kg6 54 52.f5+ 16 Kh6 44 53.Kd3 18 Bc5 46 54.Kc4 14 Kg7 15 55.Bxh5 12 Kf6 3 56.Bg4 9 Ke5 4 57.h5 15       Kf6 43 58.h6 18 Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.61 Loses game: --- Black=1 Mistake: White=2 Black=7 Inaccurate: White=1 Black=2 OK: White=15 Black=6 Best: White=6 Black=2
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Sliwicka,A2342Yao,L22941–02025B3310th Menchik Memorial 20259.1
Hunt,H2296Zimina,O2293½–½2025C6510th Menchik Memorial 20259.2
Schulze,L2313Toma,K21771–02025B4010th Menchik Memorial 20259.3
Unuk,L2301Navrotescu,A2288½–½2025D0210th Menchik Memorial 20259.4
Mirzoeva,E2272Van Foreest,M23520–12025D3710th Menchik Memorial 20259.5
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