chess

William Hartston
Thursday 08 February 1996 00:02 GMT
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Zsuzsa Polgar scored an exciting win to equalise the scores after four games of the Women's World Championship match. Xie Jun, the defending champion, charged down the board to open lines against the black king, but 18...Na4! let Black fight for the initiative. The game ended suddenly with White's queen falling into a well-laid trap. Here are the full moves, with Xie Jun playing White, Polgar Black:

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Bg5 Qb6 7 Nb3 e6 8 Qd2 Be7 9 f3 0-0 10 g4 Rd8 11 Be3 Qc7 12 g5 Nd7 13 0-0-0 a6 14 h4 b5 15 h5 Nb6 16 g6 Bf6 17 h6 fxg6 18 hxg7 Na4 19 Nd4 Nxd4 20 Bxd4 Bxd4 21 Qxd4 Nxc3 22 bxc3 Qxg7 23 Qb6 Qe7 24 e5 d5 25 Bd3 Bd7 26 Rdg1 Be8 27 f4 d4 28 cxd4 Rab8 29 Qxa6 Rxd4 30 f5 exf5 31 Bxf5 Qxe5 32 Be6+ Kh8 33 Kb1 Ra4 White resigned.

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