Tuesday, December 30, 2008

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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Dronavalli Harika
2nd Asian Indoor Games; Team Classical Chess; Macau, October 29, 2007
Sicilian Defence B31

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. d3 Ne6 13. Ned2 Qd5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Rd8 16. b3. Another line of play is 16. Be3 h6 17. Qe2 Kg8 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. c4 Qd6 20. Bxc5 Bh2+ 21. Nxh2 Qxc5 22. Nf3 Kg7 23. Qe4 Rd6 24. a3 Rhd8 25. g4 a5 26. Ne5 a4 27. h4 Nd4 28. Kg2 Rf6 29. Re3 Ne6 30. Kg3 Rd6 31. Nf3 Nd4 32. Ne5 Nc2 33. Re2 Nd4 34. Ree1 Ne6 35. f3 Rf4 36. Qe3 Qxe3 37. Rxe3 Rfd4 38. Rde1 Nc5 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Nxd3 41. Nxd3 Rxd3 42. Rxe7 Rd7 43. Re8 Rd8 44. R8e7 Rb3 45. R1e6 Kf8 46. Re4 Kg7 47. Rf4 Rf8 48. Rf6 Rxb2 49. Rxc6 Rb3 50. Ra7 Rxa3 51. Rxb6 Ra1 52. Rba6 Rc8 53. Rf6 Rf8 54. Rc6 a3 55. Rcc7 a2 56. Kf4 Kg8 57. c5 Rb8 58. Ra4 Kg7 59. Rca7 Rc1 60. Rxa2 ½–½ 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Gomes, 24th World Junior Chess Championship Girls U-20, Yerevan 2006.
16. ... h6? A weak and weakening move that gives White an imposing advantage. Black’s best seems to be 16. ... f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. Bb2 Kf7 so as to oppose Rooks on the open e-file.
17. Bb2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4


19. e6! Bf6. If 19. ... fxe6 then 20. Nh4! followed by Re1-e4, Qd1-e2 and Ra1-e1 and White will soon regain her Pawn with consequences similar to those of the game.
20. exf7 Kxf7 21. Re4 Rd6 22. Qe2 Re6. A bad move, but maybe there were no good ones.
23. Re1 Rxe4 24. dxe4 Qb5


25. e5 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Bg7 27. Nxd4. The d4-Pawn has fallen, but much worse things await Black.
27. ... c5 28. e6+ Kf6 29. Nc6 Rc8 30. Nxa7 Ra8 31. Nb5 Rxa2 32. Nc7 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Kf5


34. g4+ Kf4. If 34. ... Kf6 then 35. f4 g5 36. f5 with unavoidable mate on d5 or e8.
35. Kg2 Rd1 36. c4 Rd3 37. Nd5+ Kg5 38. Nxe7 b5 39. f4+! 1–0.