侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Mitra Hejazipour
18th World Youth Chess Championship Girls U-10; Kallithea, October 28, 2003
Spanish Game C96
18th World Youth Chess Championship Girls U-10; Kallithea, October 28, 2003
Spanish Game C96
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d3 Nc6 12. Nbd2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. d4 Qc7 15. Bg5 Be7 (15. ... Nd7 16. Ne3⩲ Vujošević – Le Bellac, First Saturday IM November 1993, Budapest 1993) 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Ne3
Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rad8 20. c4
20. ... Nd4 (20. ... bxc4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ba4 Re6!∞) 21. Nxd4 exd4
22. cxb5 axb5 23. Qd3 c4! 24. Qxd4 Nxd5 25. Qh4 g6 26. Be4? 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) plays with fire. She had nothing better than 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 with approximate equality. 26. ... Bxg5
27. Qxg5 Re5 28. Qh4 Rde8 29. f3 Qc5+ (29. ... Rh5 30. Qf2 Nf4−+) 30. Qf2 Qb4 31. a3 Qa5
32. Qh4 Kg7 33. Rad1 f5 34. f4
34. ... Rxe4? What may seem an innocent inversion of moves is instead cause for immediate regret, as after 34. ... Qa7+! 35. Kh2 (the crucial difference is that now the White King can’t go to f1: 35. Kf1? fxe4 36. fxe5 Rf8+−+) 35. ... Rxe4 36. Rxe4 fxe4 37. Rxd5 e3−+ White could resign. 35. Rxe4 Rxe4. Or, even better (but not enough), 35. ... fxe4 36. Rxd5 Qa7+ 37. Kf1! e3 38. Re5! Rxe5 39. fxe5 Qd7 40. Kg1! e2 41. Kf2 Qd1 42. Qe7+ drawing by perpetual check. 36. Rxd5
Qa7+ (36. ... Qe1+ 37. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kh2 Rb1 39. Rxb5 c3=) 37. Kh2 Qc7 38. Rxb5 Rxf4 39. Qg3 Qc6? (39. ... Kf7) 40. Ra5? 40. Re5! Re4 41. Rxf5 wins a valuable Pawn. 40. ... Re4? (40. ... Qe4!=)
41. Ra7+? 41. Rxf5 goes into the line mentioned in the note after 40. Ra5. 41. ... Kg8 42. Qb8+ Re8 43. Qc7 Qxc7+ 44. Rxc7 Rb8 45. Rxc4
Rxb2 46. Rc7 Ra2 47. Ra7 f4 48. Kg1 h6 49. a4 Kh8 50. a5 Kg8
51. a6 Kh8 ½ : ½.
