侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Antoaneta Stefanova
8th Russian Women’s Team Chess Championship; Dagomys, May 9, 2007
Spanish Game C78
8th Russian Women’s Team Chess Championship; Dagomys, May 9, 2007
Spanish Game C78
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5
exd4 13. cxd4 0-0 14. Nc3 b4 15. Ne2 Rab8!?TN (15. ... Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Qd2 Qe6 18. Ng3 a5 19. Rfe1 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Re5 Qd7 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. Nf5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Nd6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. b3 Nc8 27. Nd5 f6 28. Nxb6 cxb6 29. Re3 Rd8 30. h3 Ne7 31. Nh4 Nf5 32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. Rd3 Qd5 ½ : ½ Movsesian – Malaniuk, 33rd Chess Olympiad, Elista 1998) 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17. a5
Nxa5 18. Bxb7. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), who was then only 13 years of age, shows an amazing tactical acuteness. If 18. Rxa5 there would have followed 18. ... c6! (18. ... Bxa5? 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qxa6+−) 19. Bxf7+ Qxf7 20. Rf5 Qe7 with a complex but balanced game. 18. ... Nxb7 19. Rxa6 Nd8
20. b3 Qg6 21. Ng3 d5 22. Ne5
dxe4 23. Qb5 (23. Nxe4 Qf5=) 23. ... Qe6. “In hindsight, it’s just too easy to recommend 23. ... c6 24. Qxb4 Rxe5 25. Rxb6 (25. dxe5 is unplayable due to 25. ... Bxf2+) 25. ... Rxb6 26. Qxb6 Rd5”, International Master Ilya Beniaminovich Odesskiy wrote in his notes for the Chess Federation of Russian web site. 24. Nd7 Rb7? Tougher was 24. ... Qc6! 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Nxe4 Nxd4 with good chances of compensation. 25. Nc5 c6
26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Nxe6
Rxa6 28. Nc7 Ra3 29. Nxe8 Rxb3 30. Nd6 e3 31. fxe3 Rxe3
32. Rb1 b3 33. Ngf5 Rd3 34. Ne4 Ne6 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Nxc6 Nxd4
37. Nxd4 Rxd4 38. Nc5 Rc4 39. Nxb3 Rc2 40. Nd4 Ra2
41. Rb7 Kg8
42. Nf3 Ra5 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Ra5 45. h4 g6 46. Rb4 Kg7
47. Kf4 Rc5 48. Ne5 Rc1 49. Rb7 Rf1+ 50. Ke4 Re1+ 51. Kd5 Rd1+
52. Ke4 Re1+ 53. Kf4 Rf1+ 54. Nf3 Ra1 55. g4 Ra4+ 56. Kg3 Ra5
57. Nd4 Rd5 58. Nf3 Ra5 59. Rd7 Rc5 60. Nd2 Rc3+ 61. Kf4 Rh3
62. Nf3 Rh1 63. Ne5 Rf1+ 64. Ke4 Kg8 65. Kd5 Rf4
66. Kd6. The enfant terrible doesn’t bait the hook: 66. Rxf7?? Rxf7 67. Nxf7 Kxf7 68. g5 Ke7!! 69. Ke5 h5 is only a draw. 66. ... Rf6+
67. Kc7 Rf4 68. Kd8 Kg7 69. Ke8 Kf6 70. Re7 h5 71. g5+ Kf5
72. Rxf7+. Now it’s okay. 72. ... Kxe5 73. Rxf4 Kxf4 74. Kf7 Kf5 75. Kg7 Kg4 76. Kxg6
Kxh4 77. Kf5 1 : 0.
