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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Beata Kądziołka-Zawadzka
24th World Junior Chess Championship Girls U-20; Yerevan, October 5, 2006
Sicilian Defence B56

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qe1 Rc8 11. Kh1 Nb4 12. Qh4 Nxd3!? 12. ... Qa5 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. Qf2 a6 15. Rac1 Ng4 16. Qe1? (16. Qb6) 16. ... Nxd3 17. cxd3 Bb5∓ 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Qh4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nf6 21. e5 Nd5 22. d4 Qxb2 23. a4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. f5 dxe5 26. dxe5 Ra8 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Qe1 b4 29. e6 Ra1? (29. ... f5−+) 30. Rc8+ Bf8 31. exf7+ Kg7 32. Bc1 Qf6 33. Ng5 Nc3? (33. ... Nf4 34. Qh4 Nh5 35. Qe1 Nf4=) 34. h4+− Qf5 35. Ne6+ Qxe6 36. Qxe6 Rxc1+ 37. Kh2 Rf1 38. Rxf8 Kxf8 39. Qc8+ 1 : 0 T. L. Petrosian – Timofeev, 5th Aeroflot Open, Moscow 2006. 13. cxd3 Qa5 14. f5!⩲↑ b5? (14. ... gxf5!?) 15. Bh6 b4 16. Ne2 Rc2 17. Nf4 Rxb2 18. Ng5 (Δ Nf4-d5) 18. ... Rxa2 19. Rab1 Qe5? The worst place for the Queen, as here there is an imminent danger of entrapment. 19. ... Qc5 is a little better, though 20. Nd5 Qc2 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Rg1 Qf2 23. Qh3 leaves White with a powerful attack.

20. fxg6? 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd5 wins on the spot, as after 21. ... h6 (as well as 21. ... Nh5) there would follow 22. Nf3 trapping the Queen. 20. ... hxg6. Now after 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd5 Nh5 23. Nf3 Her Majesty can take refuge on e6. 21. d4?? Nerves and broken dreams make 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) throw herself into the fray. 21. ... Qxd4 22. Ne2 Rxe2 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxf6. That’s the position which 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) was aiming for — a totally lost one. But the incredible happens.

24. ... Rh8?? (24. ... Rxe4!−+) 25. Rxf7+ Kh8 26. Qf4 Qe5 27. Rf8+ Kg7 28. Qf7+ Kh6 29. h4 Rxf8 30. Qh7+ 1 : 0.