Restless Journey

Just a confirmation. “The Girls’ section saw four players finishing with nine out of 13, with the Gold won by 17- year-old Chinese WGM 沈阳 (Shěn Yáng). Second place and the Silver went to Chinese wunderkind, 12(!)-year-old 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), and Salome Melia from Georgia won the Bronze medal”, FIDE Master Aviv Friedman wrote on Chess Life, January 2007, p. 35.

Tatev Abrahamyan – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
24th World Junior Chess Championship Girls U-20; Yerevan, October 16, 2006
Sicilian Defence B90

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. fxe6 axb3 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Nb6. Also after 19. ... Rxa2 there would follow 20. Nc1 with even better effect than in the game.
20. Nc1 d5 21. exd5 Nd6 22. Kb1 Nbc4 (22. ... Rf3 23. h4 Na4 24. Qe2 Rg3? 25. Bf2 Rc3 26. Qxe5 Nxb2 27. Bd4 Bf8 28. Kxb2 Rf3 29. Bd3 Kh8 30. Qe2 Rf4 31. Qh5 Nf5 32. g6 1 : 0 Topalov – Vallejo Pons, 22nd Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Linares, Linares 2005)
23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qe2 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 (25. g6 Nxd1 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxd1 Bd6 28. Qe4 Kg8 29. Rf1 Qa5 30. Rf3 Rc8 31. Qf5 Qc7 32. Nb3 g6 ½ : ½ Zambrana – Vera González-Quevedo, 40th Capablanca Memorial, Havana 2005)
25. ... Bxg5 26. Qb3 Qd6

27. Rhe1? It is certainly not an improvement on 27. Nd3 e4 28. Nxb4 Rf2 29. Rdf1 Rxf1+ (29. ... e3! would give Black powerful compensation for the Pawn) 30. Rxf1 Rb8 31. a3 Bd2 32. Qc4 Bxb4 33. axb4 Qxb4 34. Qxb4 Rxb4 35. d6 Rd4 36. Rf4 g5 37. Rg4 h6 38. h4 Kg7 39. hxg5 h5 40. Rh4 Kg6 41. d7 Kxg5 42. Rxe4 Rxd7 43. Kc2 h4 44. b4 h3 45. Re1 h2 46. Rh1 Rh7 47. Kc3 Kf4 48. Kc4 Kg3 49. b5 Kg2 50. Rxh2+ Rxh2 51. Kc5 Kf3 52. b6 Ke4 53. b7 Rb2 54. Kc6 Rxb7 55. Kxb7 ½ : ½ Afshari – Ibrahimov, 2nd Iranian Team Chess Championship, Tehran 2005.
27. ... Rfa7! 28. Re4 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 (29. Kxc1 Rxa2 30. Rxb4 Qh6+ 31. Kc2 Qxh2+ 32. Rd2 Rc8+ 33. Kb1 Qxd2 34. Kxa2 Ra8+−+)
29. ... Rxa2

30. Rc6 Ra1+ 31. Kc2 Qf8 32. d6+ Kh8 33. Qd3 Qf2+ 34. Re2 (34. Qe2 Qg1−+)

34. ... b3+! 35. Kxb3 Rb8+ 36. Kc3 Rc1+ 37. Rc2 (37. Kd2 Qf4+−+)
37. ... Rxc2+ 38. Qxc2 Qd4# 0 : 1.