Rifqah Fahada vs Mathilde, Round 9 game, WYCC 2010

31st October 2010, Porto Carras – Based on the excellent performance of Puteri Rifqah Fahada bt Azhar, Malaysia, in the recently concluded World Youth Chess Championship in Greece in which she participated in the Girls Under-10 age category and she finished in 11th position of her age-category.

Here is one game in which she played against a French girl with a FIDE rating of 1634 in her ninth round of the World Youth Chess Championship 2010. The London and Colle system transpired during the game.

[Event "World Youth Chess Ch 2010, Girls U10"]
[Site "Porto Carras, Chalkidiki, Greece"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Puteri Rifqah Fahada, Azhar"]
[Black "Mathilde, Broly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "1634"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 d5 7. e3 O-O 8.c3 Bf5 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O c6 11. Ne1 Re8 12. f3 Qc7 13. g4 Be6 14. Bg3 Qb6 15.Nd3 a5 16. Nf4 Rf8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f4 Nf6 19. Bf3 a4 20. g5 Nd7 21. Bg4 c5 22. h4 Rad8 23. Kg2 Rf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rh1 Kf7 26. h5 Qe6 27. hxg6+ hxg6 28. b3 Qe4+ 29. Kf2 a3 30. Rac1 b5 31. Qc2 Qxc2+ 32. Rxc2 Re8 33. Rhc1 Nb6 34. Ke2 c4 35. bxc4 Nxc4 36. Rb1 Rb8 37. Rb3 Bf8 38. Rc1 e6 39. Rcb1 Nb2 40. R1xb2 axb2 41. Rxb2 Ke7 42. a4 Kd7 43. axb5 Bd6 44. Be1 Kc7 45. Kd3 Kb6 46. Bd2 Rc8 47. Bc1 Ba3 48. Rb1 Bxc1 49. Rxc1 Kxb5 50. Rh1 Kc6 51. Rh7 Rc7 52. Rh8 Rg7 53. Rf8 Kd6 54. c4 dxc4+ 55. Kxc4 Rc7+ 56. Kd3 Rg7 57. e4 Rh7 58. exf5 Rh3+ 59. Ke2 gxf5 60. Kf2 Ke7 61. Ra8 Rh4 62. Kg3 Rg4+ 63. Kf3 Kf7 64. Ra7+ Kf8 65. Ra2 Kg7 66. Rd2 Kf7 67. d5 e5 68. fxe5 Rxg5 69. Rg2 Rxg2 70. Kxg2 Ke7 71. Kf3 Kd7 72. Kf4 Ke7 73. Kxf5 Kf7 74. d6 Ke8 75. Ke6 Kd8 76. d7 Kc7 77. Ke7 1-0

Puteri Rifqah ended with a winning endgame with two pawns up against the French lass as shown in the diagram.

Rifqah catapult her ranking to 9th position after this win and the Ranking After Round 9 Table is shown below.

To read more games of the WYCC 2010, Greece, please click here.