After this White stabilizes the center in her favor.
1. d2d4  1... g7g6  2. e2e4  2... f8g7  3. c2c4  3... d7d6 Kosteniuk is in a must-win situation, thus the appearance of the KID could have been predicted. 4. b1c3  4... b8d7  5. c1e3  5... g8f6  6. f2f3 Switching to the solid Saemisch line. 6... a7a6 One of the rare continuations. Black's strategy becomes clear: she wants her opponent out of the opening books as early as possible. 7. f1d3  7... a8b8  8. g1e2  8... c7c6  9. a2a4 There is a reason why certain opening continuations are off the beaten path. They provide the opponent easy play, as in this case. Goryachkina completed her development comfortably and even got a chance to block the opponent's queenside ambitions. 9... e8g8  10. a4a5 A logical novelty. 10... b7b5 Kosteniuk has to weaken her structure, otherwise the whole setup makes no sense. 11. a5b6  11... d8b6  12. c3a4  12... b6c7  13. e1g1 