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Alice Lee vs Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova
United States Women's Championship (2024), Saint Louis, MO USA, rd 10, Oct-22
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense. Main Line (D07)  ·  1-0

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Oct-23-24
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  keypusher: A real heartbreaker for Black.

Lee makes a last winning attempt from here:


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42.f5+ Kxg5 43.Rxg7 Kf4 44.f6 Kxe4


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45....Ke5 46.Rf4! Kxf4

Going in to a R+2P v. Q ending, because if 46....Rc3 47.f7 Rc8 48.f8/Q Rxf8 49.Rxf8 and both pawns fall.

But if Tokhirjonova had played 45....Kd5 -- one square closer to the a-pawn! -- then 46.Rf4 Rc3 47.f7 Rc8 48.f8/Q Rxf8 49.Rxf8 Kc4 (only move) and it's a draw, e.g. 50.Ra8 Kb4 51.Kg2 h3+ 52.Kxh3 a4 53.Kg2 Kb3 54.Kf1 a3 55.Ke2 Kb2 56.Kd2 a2 57.Rb8+ Ka1!


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A well-known trick. The king can't come any closer, and if 58.Rf8 Kb2 59.Rb8+ Ka1, etc. White is just one tempo short of a win.

Lee made winning Q v. R+2P look easy.

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