IM Miaoyi Lu (Medicina Timisoara, 2400) beat GM Nino Batsiashvili (CSM Iasi 2020, 2459) in 55 moves in round 3 of the Romanian women's Super League, and Medicina Timisoara won the match 2½–1½. It was the only match CSM Iasi 2020 lost on the way to the title.
Batsiashvili played 40...h3 with 12 seconds left. Stockfish wanted 40...Re1. It counted White clearly better before (+1.79) and winning after (+5.74), and 41.Qf3, its first choice, came straight back. The black pawn still got through, 41...hxg2 and 42...g1=Q+, but 46.Qxg1 took the new queen. Then the white f-pawn ran from f4 to f8, and 55.f8=Q was the last move.
Lu finished unbeaten, on 4½/6.
Go back to 40...h3 and find 40...Re1. Then play it on against the engine.
- White
- IM Miaoyi Lu, 2400 · Medicina Timisoara
- Black
- GM Nino Batsiashvili, 2459 · CSM Iasi 2020
- Result
- 1–0 in 55 moves
- Opening
- Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation · C45
- Event
- Romanian Team Chess Championships 2026, Women’s Super league, Round 3 · Eforie Nord, Romania
- Key move: {0}
- 40...h3
- Engine’s choice
- 40...Re1