Zsuzsa Polgar scored a fine win in the eighth game of her world title match against Xie Jun to extend her lead 51/2-21/2. White's sacrificial attack, beginning with 22.Rg5!?, was highly explosive, but 28...Bf5! and 30...d3! launched a brilliant counter-attack. After 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Qxa8, Black plays 33...Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Qxf4!

As the game went, White continued to pose difficult problems, but finally Black's passed d-pawn decided the issue.

Xie Jun-Polgar, 8th match game.

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Ndb5 Bb4 7 a3 Bxc3+ 8 Nxc3 d5 9 exd5 exd5 10 Bd3 0-0 11 0-0 d4 12 Ne2 Qd5 13 Nf4 Qd6 14 Nh5 Nxh5 15 Qxh5 h6 16 Bd2 Bd7 17 Rae1 Rfe8 18 f4 Ne7 19 Re5 Bc6 20 Bb4 Qf6 21 Bc4 Bd7 22 Rg5 Be6 23 Bd3 Nc6 24 Bd2 hxg5 25 Qh7+ Kf8 26 fxg5 Qe5 27 Bf4 Qd5 28 Be4 Bf5 29 Bxf5 Re2 30 Bh3 d3 31 c3 Ne7 32 Qh8+ Ng8 33 g6 f6 34 b4 Qd8 35 Bg4 Re4 36 Qh5 Qe7 37 Bd2 Rd8 38 Bf3 Re5 39 Qg4 Qd7 40 Qc4 b5 41 Qb3 Qe6 42 Qxe6 Rxe6 43 h4 Ne7 44 h5 Nd5 45 Bg4 Re4 46 Bf3 Re5 47 h6 gxh6 48 Bxh6+ Ke7 49 Rc1 Ne3 50 Re1 Nc4 51 Rd1 Nb2 52 Rb1 Na4 53 Kf1 d2 54 Rd1 Rg5 55 Bxg5 fxg5 56 g7 Kf7 57 Kg1 Nxc3 58 Rf1 Kxg7 59 Bd1 Re8 60 Kf2 Rf8+ White resigns.