Turning Tables

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk

1st World Mind Sports Games; Women’s Teams Blitz Tournament; time control: 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move; 北京 (Běijīng), October 10, 2008

Giuoco Piano C54

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 f5. 11. ... Qf6 (Lane – Anand, 75th British Chess Championship, Blackpool 1988) is probably best here.
12. Ng5 Qe8 (12. ... g6 13. Nf7+ Rxf7 14. Bxf7 fxe4 15. Bd5⩲)

13. Bf7! Rxf7 14. Qxh5 g6 15. Nxf7+ Qxf7 16. Qe2 (16. Qf3! f4 17. Be3⩲/±)
16. ... f4 17. Nh2 g5 18. b4 Bd7 19. Bb2 Rg8 20. d4 h5 21. Red1 g4 22. hxg4? 22. Kh1!∞ was called for. Now Black’s attack suddenly becomes irresistible.
22. ... hxg4 23. g3 Qh5 24. Rd2 Rg7 25. gxf4 exf4 26. Qf1 g3 27. fxg3 fxg3 28. Qf8+ Kh7 29. Kh1 Bh3 30. Qf3 Qh6 31. Re2 Ne5! 32. Qf8 0 : 1.