1/18/2020 – With a convincing win in game eight, challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina took the lead in the Women's World Championship match against defending champion Ju Wenjun. After 8 of 12 games, it is now 4½ : 3½ to Goryachkina. | Photo: Eteri Kublashvili / wwcm2020.fide.com
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A crucial win in Game 8
In games six and seven of the competition, Goryachkina had the black pieces twice in a row and was able to successfully neutralize her opponent's first-move advantage. In game eight, the challenger successfully took the initiative when it was her turn to move first. In a variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, Goryachkina was able to demonstrate the advantages of her bishop and a compact pawn structure.
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1.c4e62.Nc3d53.d4Nf64.cxd5exd55.Bg5c66.e3h67.Bh4Be78.Bd3Ne49.Bg3Nxg310.hxg3Nd711.Nf3This natural looking move is actually a novelty.Nf612.Qc2Be613.0-0-0Qc714.Kb10-0-015.Na4Kb816.Nc5Bxc517.dxc5Bg418.Rc1Bxf319.gxf3The engines rate the post-exchange position as roughly balanced. But in the game the bishop comes into its own.d420.e4g521.Qd2Nd7?!After this knight retreat Goryachkina launches her pawns into the fray.The engines recommend21...Qe7and after22.f4to cold-blodedly take on e4, e.g.Nxe423.Qe1Rhe824.f3Nf625.Qxe7Rxe726.Rxh6Nd727.fxg5Re328.Be4Ne5with equality.22.f4f623.Rh5gxf424.gxf4Nf825.f5Qg726.Qf4+Ka827.Qh2!The white queen is surprisingly good on h2: she
increases the pressure on the black h6-pawn, supports her own pawns and also keeps an eye on the black king.Nd728.f4Qf8?!After this black falls into hard times.Tougher was28...Kb8to avoid the pin which soon proves fatal.29.b4b630.e5bxc531.Qh1!Nb832.Be4Rh733.Rxc5Rb734.Bxc6Nxc635.Qxc6White has won a pawn,
but the white king is exposed and the black d-pawn looks menacing. Yet, the
white queen on c6 paralyzes Black's counterplay and the passed d-pawn alone can't do much.d336.Rb5Rdb837.e6Qd838.Rh1d239.Rd5Qc840.Qxc8Rxb4+41.Ka1Rxc842.Rxd2Kb7Nach42...Rxf443.e7Re444.Rd8Kb7decides45.Rb1+43.Rd7+Kb644.e7Re845.Re1Black gave up. Sooner or later the e-pawn will cost her a rook.1–0
With this victory, the 21-year-old Goryachkina has come a big step closer to winning the world title. Ju must now win at least one of the four remaining games to defend her title.
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