Chess is 99 percent tactics.
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[Event "US Women's Championship"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Camilla Baginskaite"]
[Black "Elizabeth Vicary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[ECO "E11"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
{ Ms. Spiegel was the The University of Texas at Dallas 2019 Chess Educator of
the Year. Ms. Spiegel says this is her best game. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. b4 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. f4 Rab8 18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 Rb6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. c5 Rxb4 22. Nxb4 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Nxb4 24. Qb3 Rb8 25. Qc4 Qd6 26. Qe2 c5 27. Nc4 Qe6 28. Rfc1 Bb5 29. Bf1 { The game losing move. } ( { Better is the hard to find move: } 29. Qe3 Bxc4 30. Qxc5 Bd3 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Qxb4 ( 32. Qc8+ Qe8 { Black wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 32... h5 { Giving the black king much needed air. White
maintains a small material advantage. } ) 29... Nxe4 30. Qe3 ( { Of course not: } 30. Qxe4 Bc6 ) 30... Bc6 31. Bg2 f5 { Supporting the knight's post. } 32. Nd2 { The knight
most go. } 32... f4 { A very good move that opens lines of attack against white's
king. } 33. gxf4 exf4 34. Qe1 ( { The queen retreates because capturing the pawn
is unthinkable. } 34. Qxf4 Rf8 35. Qe3 ( 35. Qxe4 Bxe4 36. Nxe4 { Black wins
with a large material advantage. } 36... Nd3 37. Rc2 Qe5 38. Rd1 Rf4 39. Re2 c4 40. h3 h6 41. Ng3 Qd4 42. Kh2 Rf2 43. Rdd2 Rxe2 44. Rxe2 Nf4 45. Rc2 Nxg2 46. Kxg2 Qd3 47. Re2 c3 48. Re8+ Kh7 { Ending white's counter-play. Black's
outside passer will win easily. } ) 35... Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Qxe3 ) 34... Ng3+ { Another
excellent move. } 35. hxg3 ( 35. Kg1 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qg6+ 38. Kf2 Nxc1 39. Rxc1 Nd3+ { Forking all the major pieces. } ) 35... Qh3+ { And mate next. } 0-1