Saturday, January 19, 2008

The Tea Road

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul
14th Russian Women’s Team Chess Championship; Sochi, May 6, 2007
Spanish Game C67

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 Ne7 11. Rd1 Ke8. This is quite natural. A recent game went instead 11. ... Ng6 12. Bg5+ Be7 13. Rd2 Ke8 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Kh2 h5 17. Ne4 Bd5 18. Neg5 Rad8 19. Rd4 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Re8 22. Re4 Kf8 23. Re3 Rd8 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Ke7 26. Re1 Rd5 27. Kg3 c5 28. a4 b6 29. Re3 Rd1 30. c4 Nf8 31. a5 Rc1 32. axb6 cxb6 33. Nh4 g6 34. f4 Rxc4 35. f5 Rc2 36. e6 Rxb2 37. g5 Nxe6 38. fxe6 c4 39. exf7+ Kxf7 40. Rf3+ Ke8 41. Nxg6 Rb3 42. Ne5 b5 43. g6 Rxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Kf8 45. Ke4 Kg7 46. Kd5 a5 47. Nxc4 ½ : ½ Karjakin – 章钟 (Zhāng Zhōng), 3rd Aeroflot Open, Moscow 2004 12. Bf4 h6 13. Rd2 Ng6 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Bxc7 Rc8 16. Bg3 Bb4 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rd8 19. Re2 Kd7 20. Nd4 Rhe8 21. Rd1 Ke7? His Majesty takes the wrong path; correct was 21. ... Kc8 and if 22. Rde1 then again 22. ... Kd7 offering to repeat moves. 22. Rd3 c5? One mistake after another. After 22. ... Kf8 23. Rxe6! fxe6 24. Nxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rxd8+ Ke7 26. Rc8± White comes out a healthy Pawn up, but the game goes on.


23. Bd6+! A pretty pseudo-sacrifice which wins two Pawns and the game. 23. ... Kd7. Neither 23. ... Kxd6 24. Nxe6+ nor 24. ... Rxd6 25. Nf5+ are feasible. 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxc5+ Kc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxa7 e5 28. Re4 h5 29. Rc4+ Kb5 30. Rb4+ Ka6 31. Bc5 1 : 0.