It is round eight of the 2025 European Women’s Championship in Rhodes. Serbia’s Teodora Injac has Black against Bella Khotenashvili. In this individual championship, every encounter contributes to the score that determines the final standings.
This win comes from round eight of the 2025 European Women’s Championship in Rhodes, where Teodora Injac went on to take gold. Playing Black against Bella Khotenashvili, she builds a strong pawn centre while White looks for play on the queenside.
The character of the game changes with 26...Bxg3. Accepting with fxg3 allows the rook to enter on e2 with check. After Kh3, the g- and h-pawns join the attack. The white king picks up material but moves further away from its own pieces. Watch how Injac brings her queen into the final attack: until then, the rook and pawns have done most of the work.