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Aleksandra Goryachkina vs Wenjun Ju
Ju - Goryachkina Women's World Championship Match (2020), Vladivostok RUS, rd 8, Jan-17
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Positional Variation (D35)  ·  1-0

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Jan-17-20  lunchwithgina: Nicely calculated sequence after 29. b4; if black doesn't play 29...b6, white will soon play e5 anyway.
Jan-17-20  paavoh: Fine performance by Goryachkina! I think Black gave away the advantage around moves 16-20 exchanging the Bishop pair and allowing the pawn mass to move forward. The Black d pawn was nicely controlled by the White Bishop.
Jan-17-20
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  HeMateMe: you knew black was finished when she parked a Rook on the back rank as a defender against the passed pawn.
Jan-18-20
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  Gypsy: Lively play by White over the entire board: left, right, center.
Jan-18-20
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  OhioChessFan: Not sure why Black traded off 2 Bishops for 2 Knights...White surely didn't mind doubled Pawns in return.
Jan-18-20  James J. Henderson: Great game by Goryachkina to take the lead in the match!

It seems that Ju's fatal mistake occurred either on move 28 or move 29. Prior to move 28, she had 19:37 left on the clock for her first 40 moves, and she spent 8:29 of that time thinking about move 28. If Ju had managed to come up with 28...Rdg8, she would apparently have a draw by invading with the queen, forcing a trade of queens, and landing a rook on White's first or second rank. She spent another 3:41 thinking about move 29 and by then was in real time trouble. She might still have been able to hold with 29...Qe7 (an admission that her previous move was a mistake); the position looks grim but not completely losing. 29...b6 is completely losing.

Ju had a good position out of the opening. Perhaps after Goryachkina castled queenside, Ju might have considered 13...a5, followed by castling on the opposite side and eventually pushing the pawn to a4.

Jan-20-20
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  An Englishman: Good Morning: Well of course White begins an attack on the Ka8 with Qh1. Happens all the time. Seriously, very creative play by Goryachkina.

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