I continue my examination of the last U.S. Women's Championship - after something of a break - with the round 6 game between Sabina Foisor and Megan Lee. Foisor managed to have two Whites in a row and opened the same way both times for the first three moves. However, instead of again heading for a "Slow Slav" by transposition as in round 5, she chooses to continue with a Colle System setup. The opening seems a bit of a mishmash, as it's not a true Colle-Zukertort, and Black has some chances to play more aggressively in Stonewall fashion. However, by move 10 White has achieved a pleasant game against a more cramped-looking Black.
The early middlegame transition is where White begins going wrong, ending up more cramped for space herself and then allowing an interesting if not quite decisive tactic by Black on move 17, that gives Black the initiatve. By around move 25 White has re-established equality, but Black signals with her move choices that she is not interested in heading for a draw. It's worth following how through stubbornness and rearrangement of her pieces, Lee finally ends up in a classic and decisive Dutch-type attack on the kingside.
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1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.Bd3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bb4+ 6...Ne4!? 7.Bxe4 dxe4 8.Ne5 Bb4+ 9.c3 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Be7= 7.c3 7.Nbd2!? Ne4 8.a3 7...Bd6 8.c4 Ne4 9.0-0 0-0 9...f5 10.Ne5 10.Nc3!? 10...f6 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.f3 Ng5 13.Nd2 13.Nc3!? f5 13...e5?! 14.cxd5 exd4 15.exd4 Qc7 16.h4 Rae8 17.Kh1 17.hxg5? Bh2+ 18.Kh1 Qg3-+ 17...Qd8 18.Qd2 18.hxg5?! fxg5 14.Qd2 13...f5 13...e5 14.Qe2= Be8 15.e4 Bh5 15...Bb4!? 16.a3?! 16.Rad1= 16...Nh3+ 17.Kh1 Qg5 18.gxh3 18.axb4? Nf4 19.Qf2 Nxd3-+ 18...Bxd2 16.e5 Bb4 17.a3?! 17.Rad1 17...Nh3+! 18.Kh1 18.gxh3? Qg5+ 19.Kh1 Bxd2 20.Bc1 Bxc1 21.Raxc1 dxc4 22.Bxc4 Qe7 18...Nf4 19.Qe3 Bxd2 19...Nxd3!? 20.Qxd3 Be7 20.Qxd2 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 f4 22.a4 Bg6 23.Qd2 Qh4 24.Qf2 Qh6 25.cxd5 25.Ba3!? 25...exd5 25...cxd5 26.Rac1 Rfc8= 26.Bc1 26.e6! Bf5 27.e7 Rf6 28.Rfe1 Re8 29.Ba3± 26.Ba3 26...Rae8 27.a5 Bd3 28.Rg1 Qh5 29.Re1 Re6 30.Ra2 Rf5 30...g5!? 31.Rd2 Bb5 32.Qg1?! Qf7 33.Rf2 Rg6 33...Rh5!? 34.h3 Kf8 35.Ba3+ Ke8 36.Rd2? 36.e6!? Rxe6 37.Rc2 Rff6 38.Rcc1= 36.Ra1 36...Qe6 37.Qh2 Rg3! 38.Bc1 Rh5 39.Ra2 g5 40.Bd2 Bd3 41.a6 Bxa6 41...b6 42.Rc1 Qf5 42...Rgxh3 43.gxh3 Rxh3 44.Bb4 Rxh2+ 45.Rxh2 Qf5-+ 43.Be1 Rgxh3 44.gxh3 Rxh3 45.Rxa6 Rxh2+ 46.Kxh2 bxa6 47.Rxc6-+ Qd3 47...g4!? 48.Kg2 Qxd4 49.e6 Qb2+ 50.Bf2 d4 51.Rd6 Ke7 52.Rxd4 Kxe6 53.Ra4 Qxb3 54.Rxa6+ Ke5 55.Rxa7 Qd3 56.Ra5+ Kf6 57.Ra4 h5 58.Rd4 Qa3 59.Rc4 h4 60.Bd4+ Ke6 61.Rc3 Qa2+ 62.Kh3 Qe2 62...Qd5 63.Ra3 63.Rc6+ Kd5-+ 63...Qf1+ 64.Kh2 h3 65.Ra2 Qxf3 66.Rf2 Qd3 67.Ba7 Kf5 68.Kh1 g4 69.Kg1 g3 70.Rf1 h2+ 71.Kg2 Qxf1+ 0–1
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Foisor,S | 2203 | Lee,M | 2226 | 0–1 | D04 | 6 |
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