Monday, February 11, 2008

From the Island

Alina Anatolyevna Kashlinskaya – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
18th World Youth Chess Championship Girls U-10; Kallithea, October 29, 2003
Torre Attack A46

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3. No better is 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qxf6 gxf6 8. c3 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Nc4 Rg8 12. g3 Nd8 13. Ke2 h6 14. Rhe1? (14. Ne3) 14. ... Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Rxc4 16. Kd3 Rc7 17. Nd4 a6 18. f4 Bc5 19. Nc2 d5−+ Wahltuch – Capablanca, International Chess Congress, London 1922 4. ... Nc6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e4. The strategic alternative is 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 d5 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Qe2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. 0-0-0? (in his book of the tournament, Géza Maróczy recommended 12. Nf3 followed by 0-0) 12. ... b5!→ 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Bxb5 Rb8 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Bb1 Bf6 17. Rd2 Ba6 18. Qd1 Bxc3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qc2 Rxb2 21. Rxd5 Qxa2 22. Rh5 Qa1+ 23. Qb1 Rxb1+ 0 : 1 Wahltuch – A. K. Rubinstein, International Chess Congress, London 1922. 6. ... cxd4 7. cxd4


7. ... d5! 8. exd5 (8. e5 Qd8) 8. ... exd5 9. Be2?! 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 is very comfortable for Black, but at least on the short run it saves time and material. 9. ... Bd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nc3 Be6 12. a3?! a6 13. Bd3 (13. h3 g5!→) 13. ... Qh6 14. Ne2 Bg4 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Nxd4. The Pawn has fallen, and Black encounters no particular difficulties in converting into a win. 19. Kg2 Ne6 20. Rad1 g6 21. h4 Rfe8 22. Bb1 h5 23. Ba2 Nf4+ 24. Kf1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rc8 26. Bb3 Rc5 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. Ne2 Nxe2 29. Kxe2 Rb5 30. Rd8 Rxb3 31. Rxd6 Rxb2+ 32. Ke3 Rb3+ 33. Kf4 Rxa3 34. Rxd5 b5 35. Rd6 a5 36. Ke4 Ra4+ 37. Ke3 Rxh4 38. Rd5 Rb4 39. Kd3 h4 0 : 1.

China’s rising star 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán). Photo: Sina Sports.