侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Anna Olehivna Muzychuk
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2011–12; 1st stage; Rostov-on-Don, August 5, 2011
Spanish Game C89
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2011–12; 1st stage; Rostov-on-Don, August 5, 2011
Spanish Game C89
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8.
c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3
Qh3 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Rae8. 17. ... Nf4!? 18. gxf4 Bxf4 was at the time supposed to be a drawing line, but Muzychuk confessed afterwards that she couldn’t calculate all consequences — and maybe she was right as after 19. h4! (19. Qg2 Bh3 20. Qxc6 Bxh2+! 21. Kh1 Bg3! 22. Kg1 Bh2+=) 19. ... Qxh4 20. Qg2 Bh3 21. Nf3! Qh5 22. Bxf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 White remains with a Knight and two Bishops against Queen and Pawn — actually a gratifying compensation. 18. f3 Bh3 19. Qf2 f5. Possibly better is 18. ... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Nf6 21. Qf2 Re8 22. Nf1 Qg6 23. Bd2 h5 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Qb1 26. a4 Kf8 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ne3 c5 29. Nd1 c4 30. Bc2 Qa1 31. b3 cxb3 32. Bxb3 Be6 33. Bxe6 Qxd1 34. Bf5 Nd5 35. Bc2 Qa1 36. Qd2 b4 37. c4 b3 38. Bxb3 Bb4 39. Qd1 Qxd1 40. Bxd1 Bxe1 41. cxd5 Ke7 42. Kf1 Bc3 43. h4 Bxd4 44. f4 g6 45. Ba4 Kd6 46. Ke2 Kxd5 47. Bb3+ Ke4 48. Bxf7 ½ : ½ Motylev – Vajda, 52nd Romanian Team Chess Championship, Predeal 2007. 20. Rxe8
Rxe8 21. Nf1. If 21. c4 then 21. ... Nf4!? 22. c5+!? Kf8 23. cxd6? (23. gxf4! Qg6+ 24. Qg3 Re1+ 25. Kf2 Qe8 26. Ne4 Rf1+ 27. Ke2 fxe4 28. Qxh3! exf3+ 29. Kd3 Qe2+ 30. Kc3 Qe1+ 31. Bd2 b4+! 32. Kc4 Qe2+ 33. Kxb4 Qxd2+ 34. Ka3 Bxc5+ 35. dxc5 Qa5+ 36. Ba4 Qxc5+ 37. b4 Qc3+ 38. Bb3 Rxa1 39. Qc8+ Ke7 40. Qc7+ Ke8=) 23. ... Re2−+ Kapengut – Malaniuk, 14th “Alexey Pavlovich Sokolsky Menorial”, Minsk 1985. 21. ... f4. This temporary sacrifice of the second Pawn may be questionable. 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Qg6+. 23. ... Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Kf8 thereby forcing the exchange on d5 might have been Black’s best chance. 24. Ng3 h5
25. Re1 (⌓ 25. Bc2 Qh6 26. Re1±)
25. ... h4. “Maybe, I should not have exchanged Rooks, instead of 25. ... h4 I should have simply played 25. ... Rf8 and saved the Rook for the attack”, Muzychuk then said, promptly echoed by 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), but actually 26. Qc2! Bf5 27. Qg2 leaves White with two extra Pawns and Black with no attack. 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qe2. 27. Ne4 Qg6+ 28. Kh1 Kf8 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Qg1 (30. Nd2? Qc2−+) 30. ... Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 dxe4 32. fxe4 Ke7 is as materially unbalanced as it is dynamically balanced. 27. ... Qf7 28. Nf1 Qg6+ 29. Kf2 Kf8 (29. ... Qg2+ 30. Ke1 Qg1 31. Qf2 Qh1 32. c4)
30. Bxd5 cxd5? This is the losing move! Correct was 30. .. Bxf1! followed by ... c6xd5 with some drawing chances in spite of her two Pawns minus. 31. Ne3!+− Qd6 (31. ... Be6 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Nxd5+−) 32. Ng2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Qxf4 34. Qe5 Qd2+ 35. Kh3 Qxb2 36. Qd6+ Ke8 37. Qxa6 Ke7 38.
Qb7+ Kd6 39. Qb6+ Kd7 40. Qb7+ Kd6 41. Qxg7 Qxa2 42. Qe5+ Kc6 43. Qe8+ Kb6
44. Qb8+ Kc6 45. Qc8+ Kd6 46. Qc5+ Ke6 47. Qxb5 1 : 0.
Milking the cow for more than a Pawn. Photo: Anastasiya Valeryevna Karlovich. |