Tuesday, November 10, 2009

A Jubilee Year

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Roi Reinaldo Castiñeira
Jubiläums-Open “200 Jahre Schachgesellschaft Zürich” Alois Nagler Memorial; Zürich, August 15, 2009
Philidor Defence C41

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d3 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c3 c6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 h6 12. Bc2 g6 13. Nf1 Bg7 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Be3 Be6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rad1!?TN (17. Nh2 d5 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Red8 21. Qc1 Bxe5 22. Nf3 Bg7 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Kg7 25. Qe3 Bd5 26. Ng3 Be6 27. c4 c5 28. Nb5 Qe7 29. Ne4 a6 30. Nbc3 Bxc4 31. Na4 Be6 32. Qc3+ f6 33. Nb6 Rab8 34. Nxc5 Qf7 35. Ne4 Bd5 36. Nxd5 Rxd5 37. Nxf6 1 : 0 Ghindă – Mascariñas, Lvov 1981) 17. ... Rad8 18. Qc1 Bc8 19. Nd2 Ne6 20. Nf3 b6 21. b4 Nf8 22. a4 N8d7


23. h4 Nf8 (23. ... Ng4!?) 23. ... Nf8 24. h5 Bg4 25. hxg6+ fxg6 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nh2 Bc8 29. f4 exf4? (29. ... c5! 30. b5 c4 31. f5⩲) 30. Bxf4 Qe7 31. e5 Nd5 32. Bd2 Qh4 33. Ne4 Ne6 34. Nf3 Qe7


35. Nd6! Threat: 36. Bxg6+ Kxg6 37. Qb1+ Kh5 38. Qf5+ Ng5 39. g4 mate. 35. ... Rxd6 36. exd6 Qxd6 37. Nh4 Ndf4. 37. ... Nf8 38. Re8 is also hopeless. 38. Bxf4 Nxf4 39. Re8 Be6


40. Qxf4! 1 : 0. The Queen is taboo due to 41. Bxg6 mate.

From August 9–15, 2009 at the Jubiläums-Open “200 Jahre Schachgesellschaft Zürich” Alois Nagler Memorial in Zürich, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) won the “best female player” prize. Photo: Schachgesellschaft Zürich SZ.