Sweet revenge for Zhao Xue

Russia Women team were given a scare when their star player, women world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk lost to Zhao Xue (picture) of China. Fortunately for them, their board 2 and 4 wins swung the match in their favour.

 

Event "Women's Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Bc1 f5 13. b3 Bd6 14. a4 Qe7 15. a5 Ba6 16. Bb2 b5 17. c5 Bc7 18. Na2 Bc8 19. Nb4 Nb8 20. a6 Bd7 21. Ne5 Be8 22. e3 Nf6 23. f3 Kh8 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Bc3 Ng8 26. e4 f4 27. exd5 exd5 28. Bd2 fxg3 29. hxg3 Ne7 30. Bh3 Nd7 31. Rae1 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Bg6 33. Qb2 Qe8 34. Kg2 Bf5 35. g4 Be6 36. Nc2 Ng6 37. f4 d4 38. Nxd4 Bd5+ 39. Kg1 Qe7 40. Qc3 Rab8 41. Nf5 b4 42. Qe3 Qd8 43. Re2 Ne7 44. Nd6 Nc8 45. Bg2 Ne7 46. Qd3 Bxg2 47. Kxg2 Nd5 48. Rh1 h6 49. f5 Kg8 50. Kg3 Qe7 51. f6 Nxf6 52. exf6 Qxf6 53. g5 Qf5 54. Qxf5 Rxf5 55. Re7 Bxd6+ 56. cxd6 Rd5 57. Bf4 hxg5 58. Be5 1-0

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