1. d4 f5

The Dutch Defense from Zatonskih, which was quite a surprise for everyone except Zenyuk! The last time she played it was in 2005.

2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d6 6. O-O

6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d5 e5 9. f4 e4 10. Nf2 h5 11. Rb1 c5 12. b3 Na6 13. e3 Bd7 14. Bb2 Qe8 15. Qe2 Qg6 16. Kh1 Kf7 17. Rg1 Rh8 18. a3 Rh6 19. Ba1 Rah8 20. Bf1 h4 21. g4 fxg4 22. Bh3 Nh5 23. Rxg4 Ng3+ 24. hxg3 Bxg4 25. Nxg4 R6h7 26. f5 Qh5 27. Ne5+ dxe5 28. g4 Qh6 29. Nxe4 Re8 30. d6 Bg5 31. Rd1 Rhh8 32. d7 1-0 David,A (2579)-Zatonskih,A (2435)/Port Erin 2005

6... Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Qc7 9. Nd2 e5 10. c5 d5 11. dxe5 Ng4!?

The other option was to play 11... Nfd7 but Zatonskih has other plans for the d7-square.

12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Nf4 Nxc5 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Bc3

Played after a long think, maybe 40 minutes.

15... Qa3

The a-pawn is poisoned 15... Qxa2 16. Nd4! Qa6 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. Ba5

16. h3 Nh6 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Bxe4?!

The start of a bad plan to capitalize on Black's out of play queen. The simple 18. Qc2 keeps a very slight edge although the game is still very much alive.

18... fxe4 19. Nc2 Qa6 20. Nb4 Qb5 21. a4 Qb6

21... Qc5!? Zatonskih mentioned in the post-mortem commentary that she had looked at this move but rejected it for some reason. It could have definitely been a tougher move for Zenyuk to meet given the time trouble she was in. 22. e3

22. Nbxd5

Practically a forced move.

22... cxd5 23. Qxd5+ Nf7

After 23... Kh8 Zenyuk said she was looking at 24. Ba5 Qa6 25. Rc7 and thought her position was good. However, after 25... Rxf4! the usual silicon beast refutation begins, 26. gxf4 Qg6+ 27. Kh2 Bxh3! 28. Kxh3 (28. Rg1 Qh5 threatening ...Be6+) 28... Qg4+ and it's mate in a few moves, 29. Kh2 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Ng4 31. Rh1 Qxf2+ 32. Kh3 Qh4+ 33. Kg2 Ne3+ 34. Kg1 Qg3#

24. Ba5 Qh6 25. Rc7 Qg5 26. h4?

Played in severe time trouble. 26. e6! Qxd5 27. Nxd5 Bd6 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Kg2 and White will be doing ok, or possibly even better than ok.

26... Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxe7 Nc6 29. Rxe4 Nxa5 30. b4 Nc6 31. b5 Bf5 32. Re3 Na5

The dust has settled a little bit although both players were still in time trouble, Zenyuk just have seconds to complete each move. Black has a material advantage that should probably be enough. The remaining moves were played very quickly.

33. Nd5 Rf7 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nxf5 Rxf5 36. f4 Rc5 37. Re4 Re8 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. e4

Zenyuk played this move but her flag fell before she could hit the clock. However, the final position is definitely losing as Zatonskih was about to start picking off pawns.

0-1 [Bird C.]