Tatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
2nd “鄞州杯” (“Yínzhōu Cup”) Women’s World Team Chess Championship; 宁波 (Níngbō), September 6, 2009
Sicilian Defence B45
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4!? Nge7 7. Be3 a6 8. Nb3 b5 9. a3. 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qf3 g5!∞ gave rise to a complex struggle which the all-time No. 1 woman succeeded in turning into one of her most grandiose victories, Shirov – J. Polgár, Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky Chess Tournament, Buenos Aires 1994 9. ... Ng6 10. Qe2. Theoretically speaking, probably the best is 10. g5 Be7 (10. ... Bb7 11. h4 Nge5 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Nd4 d5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Qd2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rf1 Qc7 19. Qc3 h6 20. 0-0-0 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rh3 22. f5 0-0-0 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qe5 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Bg8 28. Qa7 Be7 29. Qxa6+ Kc7 30. Kb1 c3 31. Qa5+ Kc8 32. Qa8+ Kc7 33. Qa5+ Kc8 34. Qxc3+ Qc7 35. Qxg7 Qc4 36. Rf3 Qa2+ 37. Kc1 Qe6 38. Qc3+ Kb7 39. Rf6 Bxf6 40. gxf6 Qa2 41. Qd4 Be6 42. Kd2 Kc6 43. Kc3 Qa1 44. Kb4 Qc1 45. Qc5+ Kd7 46. Qe7+ 1 : 0 Gallagher – Klauser, 103rd Swiss Chess Championship, Silvaplana 2003) 11. h4 h6 12. gxh6 ½ : ½ Mrdja – A. Y. Sokolov, 4th International Open, Saint-Chély-d’Aubrac 2004. 10. ... Nge5
11. Bg2. 11. h4 Nc4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bc1 was probably White’s last chance to claim her right to the initiative. 11. ... Bd7 12. Rd1
Be7 13. 0-0 g5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 0-0
16. f4? White quickly falls apart after this velleitary move. ⌓ 16. h3 Rc8⩱ followed by ... Ne5-c4. 16. ... gxf4 17. Rxf4
Bg5 18. Rff1 Qe7 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. e5 d5 22. Rde1
Rac8?! Better is 22. ... Nxb2 23. Rf3 Rac8 transposing to the game. 23. Rf3? (⌓ 23. Nd1) 23. ... Nxb2 24. h4 Qxh4 25. Rh3 Qg5 26. Bxd5 Rxc3
27. Rxc3 exd5 28. Qg2 Nc4 29. Qxd5 Qxg4+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+
31. Kxg2 Re8 32. Rg3+ Kf8 33. Rg5 Re6 0 : 1.
Kosintseva came to the board prepared, but 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) showed up better prepared. Photo: Sina Corporation. |