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Natalija Pogonina vs Xue Zhao
Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2015), Sochi RUS, rd 4, Mar-26
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation (E06)  ·  0-1

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Mar-26-15  dumbgai: 54. Rf5 was too eager to trade down. Although BOOC is usually easier for the weaker side to draw without the rooks, in this case the white rook was effectively blocking the black king. It looks like she could have just shuffled her rook along the 5th-rank and black couldn't make progress.
Mar-26-15  Nerwal: Some strange decisions in this game : 23... ♘f6, 29. g4 and 54. ♖f5.
Mar-26-15  Mating Net: I agree with the comments by <dumbgai> & <Nerwal> questioning the wisdom of 54.Rf5. After the trade, Black has an outside passed pawn, a significant asset in a BOOC endgame. The trade does all the hard work for Black.
Mar-26-15
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  HeMateMe: If white doesn't play 54.Rf5 it might be that black will put her Rook behind whites king and attack the e pawn with Rook and Bishop. while white moves her king to defend (advance) the e pawn, black's king penetrates and forces a passed pawn on the king side, the h pawn. These positions seem drawish with Rooks off the board; maybe that is what Natalie was hoping for.
Mar-27-15  OrigamiArtist: 54.Rf5 looks fine as 56.Kf3! (not 56.Kd5) is very close to being a simple theoretical draw
Mar-27-15
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  OhioChessFan: 57. e4, entombing her King, was the problem. Black immediately had King superiority on the King side, and the game was essentially over. 57. Ke4 and all is well.


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