[Event "Women's Chess Cup"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2006.07.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Polgar, Susan"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "2006.07.07"]

{This game decided who the World Cup winner is!} 
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.d5 {Pushing hard from the very start! White finds his way 
through the center.} 3...Nf6 4.dxe6 dxe6 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 {What a fight! With just 
a few minutes passed both sides are down a key man. There will now be more 
space all over the pitch but the power of attack might hurt.} 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 
Ke7 8.a3 Bc5 9.b4 Bd6 {The Black winger finds his way to opposite net but as 
for now he fails to complete the job.} 10.Nb5 Ne4 11.Be3 a5 12.Nxd6 cxd6 13.
bxa5 Rxa5 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 Rc5 16.O-O-O {White carefully protect the penalty
area...} 16...Nc6 17.e3 Bd7 18.f4 Rc8 19.Bd3 e5 20.e4 {There's something in the
middle, who wins the ball?} 20...fxe4 21.Bxe4 Nd4 22.fxe5 Rxe5 23.Bg5+ {There's
a shot! The goalie looks helpless...} 23...Rxg5 24.Rxd4 g6 25.Bxb7 {And 
scores!! 1-0 and White is just a few quaters away from heaven.} 25...Rc3 26.
Re1+ {Another shot!} 26...Re5 {Easily blocked.} 27.Rde4 {Building up pressure.}
27...Rc7 28.Ba6 Kf6 {But the ball is out of play. Still there is just one goal 
between the two.} 29.Rf1+ Bf5 {Another shot blocked!} 30.Bd3 {Closing Black at 
his own half.} 30...Kg7 31.Rd4 Bxd3 32.Rxd3 {Clears!} 32...Re2 {Trying to build
up the pressure..} 33.Rd2 Re3 34.Rxd6 Rxa3 {And there is a halftime whistle. 
White is in a small lead but anything might happen. See you back in the second 
half.} 35.Rfd1 Raa7 36.R6d3 Rab7 37.c3 Ra7 38.R1d2 Kh6 39.Kc2 {Both sides are 
looking for their chances in the middle of the pitch.} 39...Ra3 40.Kb2 Ra5 41.
Rd4 Rb7+ {Shoots!} 42.Rb4 {Too easy to deny.} 42...Rba7 43.Rh4+ Kg7 44.Rhd4 {
Apparently White aims at time wasting play.} 44...Ra2+ 45.Kb3 R2a3+ 46.Kc2 Ra2+
47.Kd1 {Black in a positional attack, still far from White's net.} 47...Ra1+ 
48.Ke2 Kh6 49.Rd7 R7a5 50.R7d5 {White is pressing very hard, how can Black 
escape?} 50...Ra6 51.Kd3 Rc1 52.Rd4 Ra3 53.Rc4 Ra7 54.Re2 Rd1+ 55.Kc2 Rda1 56.
Rh4+ Kg7 57.Rhe4 Kh6 {Not a very interesting play at the moment and both sides 
are looking for their chances in the last minutes of the game.} 58.h3 R1a2+ 59.
Kd3 R2a3 60.Re7 R7a6 61.R2e4 Rc6 62.Rc4 Rd6+ 63.Rd4 Rc6 64.Rh4+ Kg5 65.Rc4 Rd6+
66.Ke3 h5 {Now, a risky move, we are slowly running out of time and Black is 
desperately trying to level game score.} 67.h4+ Kf6 68.Rec7 Re6+ 69.Re4 Rd6 70.
Rc5 {Now White takes control over the center, Black is back in deep defence.} 
70...Ra2 71.Rf4+ Ke6 72.Rg5 Kd7 73.Rd4 {Pinning Black's goalkeeper...} 73...Ra6
{What a mistake! This leaves right wing totally unprotected.} 74.Rxg6 {And 
scooores!! 2-0 with just seconds to go. It seems to be all over now. A terrible
mistake from Black.} 74...Rxd4 75.Rg7+ Ke6 76.cxd4 {And the referee points at 
the midfield. It is all over and US team beat Germany 2-0 to take the 2006 
trophy!} 1-0

