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A blast from the past.
One of the strongest female players who used to be my student at chess is Mumtaz Muhammad. After graduated she did play fo some time but when the has come (getting married and raising her child) it is "bye-bye" to the chess world.
Below is her game against another great local femal player, in fact she may be our best female player ever produced in our local scene.. Siti Zulaikha.
In this encounter, the readers may find that Siti Zulaikha had been crushed by Mumtaz. However, Mumtaz had failed to deliver the final nail in the coffin and the turning point was so painful.
[Event "National Closed"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mumtaz Muhammad"]
[Black "NWM Siti Zulaikha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Rizal A Kamal"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
Pirc / modern defence: 150 attack
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Ng4 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. f3 Nf6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O-O b5 11. h4 Nbd7 12. h5 Nxh5 13. g4 Nhf6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Nf8 16. Ng3 a5 17. g5
(More energetic is 17. e5 N6d7 18. Nh5! gxh5 19. Rxh5! {Black is crushed!}) 17... N6d7 18. e5 Nb6 {Believe it or not, Black is already completely lost.}
19. f4?
(19. Nh5! gxh5 (If 19... Ne6 20. Nf6+! exf6 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. gxf6 mates) 20. Rxh5)
19... f5 20. gxf6
(20. Nh5 gxh5 (20... Ne6 21. Nf6+ exf6 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+Ke7 24. Rh7+ Ng7 25. Qxg7+ Ke6 26. Qf7#) 21. g6 hxg6 (21... Nxg6 22. Rxh5 Nf8 23. Rg1+ Kf7 (23... Kh8 24. Qg7#) 24. Rg7#) (21... Be6 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Rdg1) 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Rg1+ Kf7 24. Rg7#)
20... exf6 21. f5!?
(21. Nh5 gxh5 22. Bxh7+ Nxh7 23. Rhg1+ Ng5 24. exf6 Ra7 25. Rxg5+ Kf7 26. Qg7+ Ke6
27. Re1#)
21... fxe5 22. fxg6 Ra7 !? {This defensive move is in fact an artificial one. Nevertheless it seems themost practical one}
23. dxe5 (23. gxh7+ Kh8 (23... Nxh7 24. Bxh7+ Kf7 25. Rdf1+ Ke7 26. Qg7+ Ke6 27. Bf5#) 24. Rdg1 Rg7 25. Nf5 $3 Rxg1+ 26. Rxg1 Ne6 27. Nh4)
23... Rxe5 { Now..the winning combination is more problematic than before but after analyzing this position, I still feel, white is still winning}
24. Rdf1 (24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Rdf1 Ne6 26. Rf6 Rg7 27. Nh5 Rg4 28. Nf4 Rxf4 29. Rg6 Rf8 30. Rg8+ Rxg8 31. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rf1+ Nf4 34. Rxf4+ Bf5 35. Bxf5 Re1+ 36. Kd2)
24...Qg5+! 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. gxh7+ {Only now did Mumtaz played this capture..this is no longer dangerous for black}
Nxh7 27. Nge4 Rg6 28. Rf3 Rag7 29. Rhf1 Re6 30. R3f2 b4 31. Nb1 Rge7 32. Rg1+
Kh8 33. Re2 c5 34. Reg2 Re8 35. Nbd2 Bb7 36. Rg4 c4 37. Nxc4 Nxc4 38. Bxc4 d5
39. Bb5 dxe4 40. Bxe8 Rxe8 41. Rg7 Bd5 42. b3 Ra8 43. Rd7 Bc6 44. Rc7 Bd5
45. Rd7 Bc6 46. Rdg7 Bd5 47. Rd7 {White could claim 3 fold repetition} Bc6 { Now black could claim 3 fold repetitions}
48. Rd6 Bb7 49. Rb6 Bd5 50. Rb5 Bc6 51. Rb6 Bd5 52. Kd2 Rd8 53. Ke3 Ra8 54. Kd4
Rd8 55. Ke3 Ra8 56. Rd6 Bb7 57. Rd7 Bc6 58. Re7 Nf8 59. Rc7 Bd5 60. Rc5 Bf7 61.
Kxe4 Bg6+ 0-1
