侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Anna Vadimovna Sharevich
37th Women’s Chess Olympiad; Turin, June 4, 2006
Sicilian Defence B42
37th Women’s Chess Olympiad; Turin, June 4, 2006
Sicilian Defence B42
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. 0-0 Qc7. Or, likewise, 9. ... Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bd2 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rae1 0-0 14. Nd4 g6 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. Nf3 Bf8 17. e5 Nh5 18. Be4 Ng7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ne4 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Nf2 f5 23. Bc3 Ne6= 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Caruana, 2nd Ruy López International Chess Festival, Mérida 2008.
10. f4 b6 11. Bd2!? Bb7 12. Qf3 Nbd7 13. Rae1 0-0. 13. ... g6 will also bring good luck to 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán): 14. Qh3 h5 15. Nd1! b5 16. Ba5! Qb8 17. Bc3 b4 18. Bxb4 Bxe4 19. Bc3↑ 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Vitiugov, 6th Aeroflot Open, Moscow 2007.
14. Qh3 g6? Deep in her heart, White was asking nothing else than a breakpoint! More appropriated was 14. ... Rad8 15. g4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. g5 Nh5 18. f5 Qd7 19. Nd5 exd5 20. cxd5 g6 21. Be2 f6 22. Bg4 Qe8 23. Bc3 Bc8? (after 23. ... fxg5 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. f6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rd6 Black’s position was still defensible) 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. Qg2! (that’s the difference!) 25. ... fxg5 26. f6! with a crushing attack, Naiditsch – Macieja, 48th Spanish Team Chess Championship, Ciudad Real 2004.
15. f5! exf5 16. exf5 Ne5 17. Bg5 Qd8 18. Be2 Ra7 19. Qh4 Bc8. 19. ... h6 20. Qxh6 Nfg4 21. Bxe7 Nxh6 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Nd4 leaves White a Pawn up with a dominating positional advantage. The text certainly does not produce better results.
20. Nd4 Rc7 21. Nf3 h6 22. Qxh6 Nfg4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Qf4 Bxf5 25. Nd4 Ree8 26. h3 Ne3 27. Qxe3 Nd3
10. f4 b6 11. Bd2!? Bb7 12. Qf3 Nbd7 13. Rae1 0-0. 13. ... g6 will also bring good luck to 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán): 14. Qh3 h5 15. Nd1! b5 16. Ba5! Qb8 17. Bc3 b4 18. Bxb4 Bxe4 19. Bc3↑ 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Vitiugov, 6th Aeroflot Open, Moscow 2007.
14. Qh3 g6? Deep in her heart, White was asking nothing else than a breakpoint! More appropriated was 14. ... Rad8 15. g4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. g5 Nh5 18. f5 Qd7 19. Nd5 exd5 20. cxd5 g6 21. Be2 f6 22. Bg4 Qe8 23. Bc3 Bc8? (after 23. ... fxg5 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. f6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rd6 Black’s position was still defensible) 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. Qg2! (that’s the difference!) 25. ... fxg5 26. f6! with a crushing attack, Naiditsch – Macieja, 48th Spanish Team Chess Championship, Ciudad Real 2004.
15. f5! exf5 16. exf5 Ne5 17. Bg5 Qd8 18. Be2 Ra7 19. Qh4 Bc8. 19. ... h6 20. Qxh6 Nfg4 21. Bxe7 Nxh6 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Nd4 leaves White a Pawn up with a dominating positional advantage. The text certainly does not produce better results.
20. Nd4 Rc7 21. Nf3 h6 22. Qxh6 Nfg4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Qf4 Bxf5 25. Nd4 Ree8 26. h3 Ne3 27. Qxe3 Nd3
White concludes in style:
28. Qg3! Nxe1 29. Nxf5 Nc2 30. Bd3 Nb4 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7 g5 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. Qf5 1–0.
28. Qg3! Nxe1 29. Nxf5 Nc2 30. Bd3 Nb4 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7 g5 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. Qf5 1–0.
