侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – 章晓雯 (Zhāng Xiǎowén)
2nd “火炬地产杯” (“Torch Real Estate Cup” Chinese Chess League; 石家庄 (Shíjiāzhuāng), April 25, 2006
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.
Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qf2 Qa5 11. Rb1!?TN (11. Ra2 Qb6 12. Ne2 b4 13. Nd2 a5
14. Nb3 c4 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. c3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Bxa3⩱ Hodgson – Chandler, Watson Farley Williams Tournament, London 1990) 11. ... b4 12. axb4 Qxb4 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. 0-0 0-0 18. Ne2 a5 19. Nd4 Ba6? A catastrophic mistake. 19. ... Nxd3 20. cxd3 Ba6 was correct and good enough to hold balance.
20. Bxh7+! “Elementary, my dear Watson”. 20. ... Kxh7 21. Nc6. 21. Qh4+ Kg8 22. Nc6 transposes into the game. 21. ... Qb7 22. Qh4+ Kg8. (22. ... Kg6? 23. g4! Rh8 24. f5+ exf5 25. gxf5 mate) 23. Ne7+ Qxe7 24. Qxe7 Bxf1
25. Qxc5 Rfc8 26. Qf2 Bc4 27. b3 Bb5 28. f5 exf5 29. Qxf5 Rc6
30. c4! Bxc4 (30. ... dxc4 31. e6!+−) 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Qd7 Re6 33. Rf1 Rxe5 34. Rxf7 Rg5
35. h4 Rg6 36. Qd5 Raa6 37. Rf6+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ 1 : 0.
