Tuesday, March 4, 2008

That Little Something

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Viorel Iordăchescu
7th Aeroflot Open; Moscow, February 19, 2008
Caro-Kann Defence B19

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. 0-0-0 Ngf6 16. Kb1 0-0 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qc2!?TN a5 19. a3 a4 20. Ne2 Ng4 21. Nf4 Ndf6 22. Bc1 Ra5 23. Qe2 Bf8⇆


24. Nh4 (24. g3 c5) 24. ... e5 25. dxe5 (25. Ne6?! fxe6 26. f3 e4! 27. fxg4 Qg3) 25. ... Rxe5 26. Qc2 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qa5 28. Re2 Nxh5 29. Nd3 Rd4 30. Nf3 Rd8 31. Nfe1


31. ... b5 32. c5 Ngf6? (32. ... Qa7! 33. f3 Ng3 34. fxg4 Nxe2 35. Qxe2 Bxc5) 33. Ne5 Rd5 (33. ... Qc7 34. g4 Rd5 35. N1d3 Nd7 36. Nxc6!) 34. N1d3 Nd7 35. Nxc6 Qc7 36. Ne7+ Bxe7 37. Rxe7 Qd8 38. Re1 Nhf6 39. c6 Nb6 40. Nb4 Rd4 41. Be3 Rc4 42. Rd1 Qb8 43. Qf5 Na8 44. Bxh6 1 : 0.