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Friday, October 18, 2024
Thursday, October 17, 2024
A Life Long Ago
Gina Biella was one of the adversaries of Clarice Benini in both the first two Italian Women’s Chess Championships in 1938 and 1939, but little or nothing is known of her. Nevertheless, a first mention of her — dating back to many years earlier — may be found in the chess column of Il Secolo XX. Rivista popolare illustrata, No. 11, November 1922, p. 814:
To celebrate the anniversary of the foundation of the Italian Chess Federation, engineer commendatore Luigi Miliani (the author of the well-known and highly valuable handbook) held in Varese on September 20, 1922, a simultaneous exhibition on 50 boards against players who came from Milan, Gallarate, Busto Arsizio (branches of Florentine clubs). The outcome could not have been more brilliant: he had only 5 lost games and 10 draws. It is interesting to note that some young women who were as youthful and pretty as they were skilled took part in the challenge. Two of them, Gina e Mina Biella of Milan, opposing with fearless confidence and tranquillity the insidious play of the master were able to take advantage of some of his weak moves to win, with great satisfaction also of their chivalrous opponent, who rather has very kindly allowed us to publish one of these games, knowing and approving the role that this column has always given to the fair sex. |
Luigi Miliani – Gina Biella
50-board simultaneous exhibition; Varese, September 20, 1922
King’s Gambit Accepted C39
50-board simultaneous exhibition; Varese, September 20, 1922
King’s Gambit Accepted C39
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 Nf6 6. Bc4? d5! 7. exd5. The editor, to whom the punctuation is due, let the move in the text pass without a word or a mark, but comparatively better was 7. Bxd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. d3 h6 12. Nge4 Be6 13. Qf2 f3∓ 14. gxf3 Nc6? (14. ... gxf3) 15. fxg4 Qxg4 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxf6 Qd4 18. Ne4 Qxf6 19. Nxf6+ Ke7 20. Rf1 Nd4 21. Rf2 Nxc2+ 22. Rxc2 Kxf6 23. Rxc7 Bd5 24. Be3 ½–½ Gunsberg – Maróczy, Vienna Gambit Tournament, Vienna 1903.
7. ... h6 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. d4 Bd6 10. 0-0 Nh5 11. Nc3 Qxh4 12. Bxf4 Nxf4 13. Ne2
7. ... h6 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. d4 Bd6 10. 0-0 Nh5 11. Nc3 Qxh4 12. Bxf4 Nxf4 13. Ne2
13. ... g3! 14.
Rxf4+ Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qh2+ 16. Kf1 Qh1+ 17. Ke2 Bg4+ 0–1.
The Hidden Things
“Although the board is black and white, chess is a colourful kaleidoscope of meaningful significances”, the queen of chess, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), said, speaking to the students of Peking University in the framework of a conference broadcasted on CETV Channel 1 Sunday, December 17, 2023. “The more one learns about chess and gets involved with it, the more one realises that it hides the deeps below its surface. I’d say, in short, that there are more things one doesn’t understand than things one does!”. |
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Thrilla in Manila
On Sunday, October 13, 2024, 9m88 made her triumphal Philippines debut on the stage of World Trade Centre Metro Manila at ASIYA Asian Music Festival & Conference. Photos: Ber García & Iya Forbes. |
Monday, October 14, 2024
Sunday, October 13, 2024
London Nights
Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) enjoying her leisure time with admirers and friends at the gala dinner held on Friday evening at Raffles London at The OWO. Photos: Michał Walusza/Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. |
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Peoples who have lost their language
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, October 11, 2024
What about European peoples today? What today we cannot but see is the spectacle of their getting lost and memoryless in the language in which at one time they had found themselves. The modes of this getting lost vary for each people: the Anglo-Saxons have already completed the entire way towards a purely instrumental and objectifying language — basic English, by which one can only exchange messages that are more and more similar to algorithms — and the Germans seem to be headed down the same path; the French, despite their cult of the national language and perhaps even because of it, lost in the almost normative relation between the speaking and the grammar; the Italians, cunningly settled on that bilingualism that was their wealth and that, everywhere turns into a senseless jargon. And, if the Jews are or at least were part of European culture, it is well to remember Scholem’s words in the face of the secularisation carried out by Zionism of a sacred language into a national language: “We live in our language like blind men walking on the edge of the abyss... This language is laden with future catastrophes... The day will come when it will turn against those who speak it”.
In any case, what has happened is the loss of the poetic relation with the language and its replacement with an instrumental relation in which the one who believes he is using language is instead unknowingly used by it. And since language is the very form of anthropogenesis, of the living homo-becoming human, it is the very humanity of man that now appears threatened. The decisive point, however, is that the more a people gets lost in its own language, which becomes somehow foreign or too familiar to it, the less it is possible to think in that language. This is why now we see the governments of European peoples, that have become incapable of thinking, imprisoning themselves in a lie which they can’t sort out. A lie of which the liar is not aware is in reality simply an impossibility of thinking, the inability to interrupt, at least for an instant, the purely instrumental relation with one’s own word. And if men can no longer think in their own language, no wonder if they feel obliged to transfer thought to artificial intelligence.
It goes without saying that this getting lost of the peoples in the language that was their vital dwelling has first and foremost a political significance. Europe will not come out from the dead end into which it is falling unless it first recovers a poetic and thinking relation with its words. Only at this price will a Europan policy — one which today does not exist — become eventually possible.
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, October 11, 2024
What about European peoples today? What today we cannot but see is the spectacle of their getting lost and memoryless in the language in which at one time they had found themselves. The modes of this getting lost vary for each people: the Anglo-Saxons have already completed the entire way towards a purely instrumental and objectifying language — basic English, by which one can only exchange messages that are more and more similar to algorithms — and the Germans seem to be headed down the same path; the French, despite their cult of the national language and perhaps even because of it, lost in the almost normative relation between the speaking and the grammar; the Italians, cunningly settled on that bilingualism that was their wealth and that, everywhere turns into a senseless jargon. And, if the Jews are or at least were part of European culture, it is well to remember Scholem’s words in the face of the secularisation carried out by Zionism of a sacred language into a national language: “We live in our language like blind men walking on the edge of the abyss... This language is laden with future catastrophes... The day will come when it will turn against those who speak it”.
In any case, what has happened is the loss of the poetic relation with the language and its replacement with an instrumental relation in which the one who believes he is using language is instead unknowingly used by it. And since language is the very form of anthropogenesis, of the living homo-becoming human, it is the very humanity of man that now appears threatened. The decisive point, however, is that the more a people gets lost in its own language, which becomes somehow foreign or too familiar to it, the less it is possible to think in that language. This is why now we see the governments of European peoples, that have become incapable of thinking, imprisoning themselves in a lie which they can’t sort out. A lie of which the liar is not aware is in reality simply an impossibility of thinking, the inability to interrupt, at least for an instant, the purely instrumental relation with one’s own word. And if men can no longer think in their own language, no wonder if they feel obliged to transfer thought to artificial intelligence.
It goes without saying that this getting lost of the peoples in the language that was their vital dwelling has first and foremost a political significance. Europe will not come out from the dead end into which it is falling unless it first recovers a poetic and thinking relation with its words. Only at this price will a Europan policy — one which today does not exist — become eventually possible.
(English translation by I, Robot)
Saturday, October 12, 2024
On the High Wire
When a picture is worth a thousand words! Photo: Michał Walusza/Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. |
Friday, October 11, 2024
The Long Weekend
Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
2nd Tech Mahindra Global Chess League; Group Stage; Triveni Continental Kings – Alpine SG Pipers; time control: 20 minutes per player without increment; London, October 11, 2024
French Defence C01
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. Qc2. Likewise 13. a4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Rab8 is comfortable for Black, Kosteniuk – Martínez Reyes, *** SCC Grand Prix: Titled Tuesday Blitz, chess.com, June 23, 2020 (time control: 3 minutes plus 1 second per move).
13. ... a4 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. g3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Raa8 20. f3
13. ... a4 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. g3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Raa8 20. f3
20. ... h6! The plan followed out by this and the next few moves gives Black a slight initiative, which is not too reassuring against 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán).
21. Be5 Nh7 22. f4 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Qg4! 24. Kg2 Re7 25. h3 Qd7 26. Bd6 Ree8 27. Be5 Re7 28. Bd6 Re6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6
21. Be5 Nh7 22. f4 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Qg4! 24. Kg2 Re7 25. h3 Qd7 26. Bd6 Ree8 27. Be5 Re7 28. Bd6 Re6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6
30. f5? Kosteniuk steps out of her drawing zone, decisively weakening her position. Maybe she was not happy with her situation, but if nothing else 30. Be5 would have kept things steady.
30. ... Qe8 31. Rd4 Nf6 32. a3 Qe3. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) could also play at once 32. ... Ne4!, reaching the same position as in the game after Black’s 36th move.
33. Qd2 Qe8 34. Qc2 Qe1 35. Qd1 Qe8 36. Qc2 Ne4! 37. Rxa4 Rxa4 38. Qxa4
30. ... Qe8 31. Rd4 Nf6 32. a3 Qe3. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) could also play at once 32. ... Ne4!, reaching the same position as in the game after Black’s 36th move.
33. Qd2 Qe8 34. Qc2 Qe1 35. Qd1 Qe8 36. Qc2 Ne4! 37. Rxa4 Rxa4 38. Qxa4
38. ... Nxd6? Black contents herself now with a draw, when her team desperately needed her to win! She should have boldly played 38. ... Ng5! with a crushing attack.
39. cxd6 Qe2+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ ½–½.
39. cxd6 Qe2+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ ½–½.
Alpine SG Pipers missed its season, just in time for the weekend. Photos: Michał Walusza/Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. |
Thursday, October 10, 2024
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A Matter of Time
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Rameshbabu Vaishali
2nd Tech Mahindra Global Chess League; Group Stage; Alpine SG Pipers – Ganges Grandmasters; time control: 20 minutes per player without increment; London, October 10, 2024
French Defence C11
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 g5 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. fxe6 Bxe6 16. 0-0-0 Rc8 17. Be2 Ke7 18. Rd4 Rc5 19. Rhd1 Rhc8 20. Bd3 h6 21. Rb4 R8c6 22. Re1 a5 23. Rb5 d4 24. Ne2 Bc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Kb1
26. ... a4? As it turned out, this was the beginning of all of Vaishali’s trouble, giving White a very superior endgame which 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) has no difficulty in turning into a winning one. Much better was 26. ... R4c5 27. Nxd4 Rxb5 28. Nxb5 Rc5 29. Nd4 (29. Nd6 Nc4 30. Nf5+ Ke6 31. Nd4+ Ke7 transposes) 29. ... Nc4 30. e6 f6 31. g4 Re5 with near-equality.
27. Rd1 R4c5 28. Rb4 Rxe5 29. Nxd4 Rd6 30. g4 Kf8 31. Rd3 Kg8 32. Ka2 Kh7 33. Rf3 Kg6 34. Nf5 Rde6 35. Nd4 Rd6 36. Nf5 Rde6 37. Rh3 Kh7 38. Nxh6 Rxh6 39. Rxh6+ Kxh6 40. Rxb6+ Kg7 41. Rxb7 Re2 42. Rb4 Rxc2 43. Rxa4 Rxh2 44. Rb4 Rf2 45. a4 Rf4 46. Ka3 f5 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. gxf5 Rxf5 50. Rb4 Kg6 51. Rb8 g4 52. Rg8+ Kh5
27. Rd1 R4c5 28. Rb4 Rxe5 29. Nxd4 Rd6 30. g4 Kf8 31. Rd3 Kg8 32. Ka2 Kh7 33. Rf3 Kg6 34. Nf5 Rde6 35. Nd4 Rd6 36. Nf5 Rde6 37. Rh3 Kh7 38. Nxh6 Rxh6 39. Rxh6+ Kxh6 40. Rxb6+ Kg7 41. Rxb7 Re2 42. Rb4 Rxc2 43. Rxa4 Rxh2 44. Rb4 Rf2 45. a4 Rf4 46. Ka3 f5 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. gxf5 Rxf5 50. Rb4 Kg6 51. Rb8 g4 52. Rg8+ Kh5
53. Kb4? The no-increment time control produces its dramatic effects like in the old good days, and from here on it will be a succession of twists and turns. Let’s start with the first one — White throws all away without a moment’s thought, when instead 53. b4+− would be a technical win for her.
53. ... Kh4? 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) is lucky that her opponent missed 53. ... Rg5!= (which would have drawn the game).
54. a5! Of course the only winning move!
54. ... g3 55. a6 Rf7 56. Ka5 Rf5+ 57. Kb6? (57. Kb4+−)
57. ... Rg5!= 58. Rh8+ Kg4 59. Rh1 g2 60. Rg1
53. ... Kh4? 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) is lucky that her opponent missed 53. ... Rg5!= (which would have drawn the game).
54. a5! Of course the only winning move!
54. ... g3 55. a6 Rf7 56. Ka5 Rf5+ 57. Kb6? (57. Kb4+−)
57. ... Rg5!= 58. Rh8+ Kg4 59. Rh1 g2 60. Rg1
60. ... Rg6+? (60. ... Kf3!=)
61. Ka5!+− Rg5+ 62. Ka4 Kf3. His Majesty now comes too late.
63. b4!+− Rg7 64. b5 Rg8 65. Rxg2! Kxg2 66. Ka5 1–0. Vaishali reportedly flagged, but with no regret, as it was time for her to resign.
61. Ka5!+− Rg5+ 62. Ka4 Kf3. His Majesty now comes too late.
63. b4!+− Rg7 64. b5 Rg8 65. Rxg2! Kxg2 66. Ka5 1–0. Vaishali reportedly flagged, but with no regret, as it was time for her to resign.
Once again, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) made her team dream big. Photo: Michał Walusza/Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. |
Twin Towers
Uzbek fashion blogger Miya Muratta poses for a souvenir picture with four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) in front of the Marriott London Maida Vale Hotel. Photo: Miya Muratta. |
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
King Incognito
Bibisara Erkhanovna Assaubayeva – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
2nd Tech Mahindra Global Chess League; Group Stage; Alpine SG Pipers – American Gambits; time control: 20 minutes per player without increment; London, October 9, 2024
Queen’s Gambit Declined D37
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. 0-0. If 10. h3 then 10. ... Nxf4 11. exf4 g6 with good play for Black, Palac – Bosiočić, 31st Croatian Team Chess Championship, Veli Lošinj 2023.
10. ... Nxf4 11. exf4 Bg4. Possibly more accurate is first 11. ... Qf6 and only after 12. g3 then 12. ... Bg4.
12. Qe1+ Be7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 0-0 15. f4 Qb6 16. Qf2
10. ... Nxf4 11. exf4 Bg4. Possibly more accurate is first 11. ... Qf6 and only after 12. g3 then 12. ... Bg4.
12. Qe1+ Be7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 0-0 15. f4 Qb6 16. Qf2
16. ... f6?! 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) plays with fire and apparently enjoys it! If, on the other hand, 16. ... g6 there would probably follow 17. f5!↑ with the initiative for White.
17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh4+ Kg8 19. Qxg4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Rae8. Alas for her she cannot play 20. ... fxe5?? for then 21. Qe6+ wins at least a piece.
21. Qe6+ Rf7
17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh4+ Kg8 19. Qxg4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Rae8. Alas for her she cannot play 20. ... fxe5?? for then 21. Qe6+ wins at least a piece.
21. Qe6+ Rf7
22. Qd7?! Here Assaubayeva might have missed the bus for a chance of upsetting her illustious adversary by heading with her Knight (via e2) horizons of glory at d4 or g3.
22. ... Rd8 23. Qxb7 fxe5 24. Qxc6 exf4 25. Rad1. 25. Qxa6 is also answered by 25. ... Qc4 with roughly even chances.
25. ... Qc4 26. Qe6 Rd6 27. Qg4 f3!? A tricky invitation.
28. Qg3? A carelessness that could have cost her dearly.
22. ... Rd8 23. Qxb7 fxe5 24. Qxc6 exf4 25. Rad1. 25. Qxa6 is also answered by 25. ... Qc4 with roughly even chances.
25. ... Qc4 26. Qe6 Rd6 27. Qg4 f3!? A tricky invitation.
28. Qg3? A carelessness that could have cost her dearly.
28. ... fxg2+? 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), on her turn, misses the killer move 28. ... Rh6!−+ (Δ Be7-d6).
29. Qxg2 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Bf6 31. Re1 Qc6 32. Rd1 Bxc3 33. bxc3?! 33. Rc1 d4 would lead to a drawish endgame.
33. ... Qxc3 34. Qe2 Qc6 35. Qf3 d4?! The Rook ending does not offer Black any hope for a win, which might still be sought with 35. ... Qe8.
36. Qxc6 Rxc6 37. Rxd4 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rxa2 40. Rd7 Kh7 41. h4 Rc2 42. Ra7 Rc6 43. Kg4 Rg6+ 44. Kf4 Kh6 45. Ra8 Kh5 46. Rh8+ Rh6 47. Rg8 Rf6+ 48. Kg3 Kg6 49. Kg4 Rc6 50. Ra8 Rc4+ 51. Kg3 Ra4 52. Ra7 Kh6 53. Kh3 g6 54. Kg3 a5 55. Kh3 Ra3+ 56. Kg4 a4 57. Kf4 Ra1 58. Kg3 a3 59. Kh3 a2 60. Kg2 Kh5 61. Ra6 Kxh4 62. Ra4+ Kh5 63. Ra5+ g5 64. Ra8 Kg4 65. Ra7 Kh4 66. Kh2 Kg4 ½–½.
29. Qxg2 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Bf6 31. Re1 Qc6 32. Rd1 Bxc3 33. bxc3?! 33. Rc1 d4 would lead to a drawish endgame.
33. ... Qxc3 34. Qe2 Qc6 35. Qf3 d4?! The Rook ending does not offer Black any hope for a win, which might still be sought with 35. ... Qe8.
36. Qxc6 Rxc6 37. Rxd4 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rxa2 40. Rd7 Kh7 41. h4 Rc2 42. Ra7 Rc6 43. Kg4 Rg6+ 44. Kf4 Kh6 45. Ra8 Kh5 46. Rh8+ Rh6 47. Rg8 Rf6+ 48. Kg3 Kg6 49. Kg4 Rc6 50. Ra8 Rc4+ 51. Kg3 Ra4 52. Ra7 Kh6 53. Kh3 g6 54. Kg3 a5 55. Kh3 Ra3+ 56. Kg4 a4 57. Kf4 Ra1 58. Kg3 a3 59. Kh3 a2 60. Kg2 Kh5 61. Ra6 Kxh4 62. Ra4+ Kh5 63. Ra5+ g5 64. Ra8 Kg4 65. Ra7 Kh4 66. Kh2 Kg4 ½–½.
Once again, the king stood and stared at the queen in awe. Photos: Michał Walusza/Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. |
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
One pair
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) and her teammate Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Lagno pick up and sign their own caricatures displayed in the backstage area of Friends House. Photos: Michał Walusza/Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. |
Skim Milk
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Humpy Koneru
2nd Tech Mahindra Global Chess League; Group Stage; Alpine SG Pipers – Mumba Masters; time control: 20 minutes per player without increment; London, October 8, 2024
Spanish Game C70
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. 0-0 Ba7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 0-0 10. Re1 Kh8 11. Nbd2 d6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Nce7
14. Bxd7. Blessed and dearest she has been rather than milking the cow. Who knows, maybe 14. Bc2 Qe8 15. Nf1 might have been a bit more ambitious.
14. ... Qxd7 15. c4 exd4 16. Nxd4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Qf3 Raa8 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Rc3 Raf8 23. f3 Re5 24. Rxe5 Nxe5
14. ... Qxd7 15. c4 exd4 16. Nxd4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Qf3 Raa8 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Rc3 Raf8 23. f3 Re5 24. Rxe5 Nxe5
25. Kf2. If 25. c5 Black can reply 25. ... d5 26. f4 Nc6 holding everything together; for example: 27. Rb3 Rb8 28. Rd3 Rd8 with equality.
25. ... Kg8 26. Nf1 Kf7 27. Ne3 Ke6 28. h4 h5 29. Kg3 c6 30. f4 Nd7 31. Kf3 Nf6 32. Rc2 g6 33. a4 a5 34. Re2 Kd7 35. Nc2 Ng4 36. b3 Ne5+ 37. Ke4 Ng4 38. Kf3 Ne5+ 39. Ke4 Ng4 ½–½.
25. ... Kg8 26. Nf1 Kf7 27. Ne3 Ke6 28. h4 h5 29. Kg3 c6 30. f4 Nd7 31. Kf3 Nf6 32. Rc2 g6 33. a4 a5 34. Re2 Kd7 35. Nc2 Ng4 36. b3 Ne5+ 37. Ke4 Ng4 38. Kf3 Ne5+ 39. Ke4 Ng4 ½–½.
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) satisfied herself with a draw against her archrival Koneru, which, however, was not enough for her team to hold its own. Photo: Shahid Ahmed. |
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