Final position
WIM Yildiz (2214) – GM Koneru (2621) [B30]
Women’s Grand Prix (3), 09.03.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0–0 Nge7 5.b3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.Bb2 b5 8.a4 b4 9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 e5 11.Ne1 Be7 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 0–0 14.Rf1 f5 15.Nef3 Be6 16.Qe2 Qd7 17.Rae1 Qa7 18.Nc4 Rae8 19.Qd2 f4 20.Qf2 Qc7 21.Ncd2 Ne5 22.h3 Bf6 23.Ba1 Bc8 24.d4 cxd4 25.Nxd4 Ng6 26.N4f3 Ne5 27.Nd4 Bb7 28.Kh1 Ng6 29.N4f3 Bxa1 30.Rxa1 Bxe4 31.Qd4 Bxf3 32.Nxf3 Qxc2 33.Qxb4 d5 34.Qb7 Ne7 35.Rfe1 Qb2 36.Qxa6 Nf5 37.Rab1 Rxe1+ 38.Rxe1 Ne3 39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.Rg1 Qxb3 41.Ne5 Qb7 42.a5 Qc7 43.a6 Nc4 44.Nd7 Ra8 45.Re1 Ne3 46.Ne5 h6 47.Ng6+ Kh7 48.Ne7 Qc2 49.Rg1 Qe4 50.Qxe4+ dxe4 51.Ra1 Nc2 52.Ra2 Nb4 53.Ra4 Nxa6 54.Rxe4 Re8 55.Ra4 Nc5 56.Rc4 Nd3 57.Nd5 Re1+ 58.Kh2 g5 59.h4 Nf2 60.Nxf4 gxf4 61.Rxf4 Ne4 62.g4 Re2+ 63.Kg1 Kg6 64.Rf8 Rc2 65.Rf4 Ng3 66.Ra4 Ne2+ 67.Kf1 Ng3+ 68.Kg1 Re2 69.Ra6+ Kg7 70.Ra7+ Kf6 71.g5+ hxg5 72.hxg5+ Kxg5 73.Ra4 Kf5 74.Rb4 Ra2 75.Rc4 Ne4 76.Rb4 Kf4 77.Rb8 Ng3 78.Rb4+ Kf3 79.Rb3+ Kg4 80.Rb8 Nh5 81.Rb3 Nf4 82.Kf1 Ng2 83.Rc3 Kf4 84.Rc8 Kf3 85.Rf8+ Nf4 86.Ke1 Ke3 87.Re8+ Kd4 88.Rd8+ Nd5 89.Kf1 Rb2 90.Re8 Nf6 91.Rd8+ Ke3 92.Kg1 Ng4 93.Rf8 Nh2 94.Re8+ Kf4 95.Rf8+ Kg3 96.Rg8+ Ng4 97.Kf1 Ra2 98.Ke1 Kf3 99.Rf8+ Ke4 100.Re8+ Ne5 101.Kf1 Rb2 102.Kg1 Re2 103.Kf1 Kf3 104.Rf8+ Ke3 105.Re8 Kd2 106.Ra8 Ke3 107.Re8 Rf2+ 108.Kg1 Rf5 109.Kg2 Ke4 110.Ra8 Rg5+ 111.Kf1 Ke3 112.Re8 Rh5 113.Kg2 Rf5 114.Ra8 Rg5+ 115.Kf1 Nd3 116.Re8+ Kf3 117.Rf8+ Nf4 118.Rf7 Rd5 119.Kg1 Rd1+ 120.Kh2 Rd8 121.Kg1 Rh8 122.Rf6 Rg8+ Game drawn ½–½
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R+N vs. R is usually a draw and is easier to defend than R+B vs. R.
Was Humpy disrespectful of her opponent for trying too long to win?
The only move to draw now is: Kf1.
Kh1 or Kh2 loses.
The fifty-move rule took effect.
In 1996 Kasparov won an endgame like this against J. Polgar, after a blunder. I think it was a rapid finish, though.
“Was Humpy disrespectful of her opponent for trying too long to win?”
She had a 400-point rating advantage over her opponent. She simply could not accept that she would only get a draw.