Wednesday, April 21, 2010

诙谐曲 (Scherzo)

诸宸 (Zhū Chén) – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2009–2011; 3rd stage; Nalchik, April 29, 2010
Nimzo-Indian Defence E32

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Qe8!? An invention by Grandmaster Raymond Keene. 7. b4 d6 8. Bb2 b6. 8. ... Nbd7 9. e3 a5 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Qc2 Qa4 also gave Black a very comfortable equality in Arlandi – Tatai, 49th Italian Chess Championship, Chianciano Terme 1989. 9. Qf3 d5 10. Rc1 c6 11. e3 a5 12. bxa5 bxa5 13. Qd1 Ba6 14. Nf3 Nbd7 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Bc3 Qe7 18. Ra1 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Be2 Nd5 21. Bxa5 Rb3 22. 0-0 Rxa3 23. Qc2 Ra8


24. e4?? A dramatic blunder that loses at once. 24. Qb2 was called for with a view to regaining the Pawn. 24. ... Nf4 25. Bf3 Rxf3! The Rook is obviously taboo because of ... Qe7-g5+ followed by mate. 26. Bd2 0 : 1.

A symbolic handover: from Qatar to China. Photo: Ilya Akhobekov, Eldar Mukhametov.