The full game, Mkrtchian vs Socko, Wroclaw today:
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Rb1 a5 8.a3 e5 9.d3 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Bg7 14.b5 Ne7 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.cxd5 e4 17.dxe4 Rxe4 18.e3 Rea4 19.Qb3 Ra3 20.Qc4 Bf5 21.Rbc1 Bd3 22.Qxc7 Qxc7 23.Rxc7 Ra1 24.h4 Bxf1 25.Bxf1 Rd1 26.Kg2 Raa1 27.Be2 Rdc1 28.Rxc1 Rxc1 29.h5 g5 30.Nh2 Rc5 31.e4 Rc2 32.Kf1 Bd4 33.Ng4 Kg7 34.f4 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Rg1+ 36.Kf3 gxf4 37.gxf4 f6 38.Nh2 Rc1 39.Nf1 Rc3+ 40.Kg2 Be3 41.Kf3 Bd2+ 42.Kg4 Be1 43.Kf5 Rc2 44.Bd3 Rf2 45.Ke6 Rf3 46.Be2 Rxf4 47.Bd3 f5 48.exf5 Bb4 49.Ke7 Rf3 50.f6+ Rxf6 51.Ng3 Rf3 52.Nf5+ Kh8 53.Be4 Rf1 54.Nxh6 Re1 55.Kf8 Rxe4 56.Nf7+ Kh7 57.Ng5+ Kh6 58.Nxe4 Kxh5 59.Ke7 Kg4 60.Nxd6 Kf4 61.Ke6 b6 62.Nc8 Ke4 63.d6 1-0
From an ongoing tournament in Wroclaw, Monika Socko (who eliminated Hou Yifan in the latest knockout World Championship) is black against Lilit Mkrtchian and this is how it looked after 50 moves:
So black is up the exchange. Will it be enough to win or will white be able to draw? Well, she didn't draw... A few moves later black has just played Rf1-e1 pinning the bishop and winning, right?:
Wrong, after Kf8! it was 1-0 (Nf7# can only be stopped by Rf1+ Bf5 Rxf5 Nxf5 or Rxe4 Nf7+ followed by Ng5+, in both cases with quickly won endgames). The winner thanking higher powers after the game: