侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – 王晓晖 (Wáng Xiǎohuī)
6th “雅戈尔杯” “Youngor Cup” Chinese Chess League; 宁波 (Níngbō), April 17, 2010
Modern Defence B96
6th “雅戈尔杯” “Youngor Cup” Chinese Chess League; 宁波 (Níngbō), April 17, 2010
Modern Defence B96
1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. Bh6 0-0 9. 0-0-0. 9. h4 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Ng4 11. Qg5 Qxg5 12. hxg5 f6 13. gxf6 Ndxf6 14. Nd2 e5 15. Ne2 exd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. exd5 Re8+ 18. Kf1 Nxd5 ½ : ½ 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Svidler, 3rd NH Chess Tournament “Rising Stars vs. Experience”, Amsterdam 2009. 9. ... e5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7
11. g4!? A straightforward Pawn sacrifice for the initiative. 11. ... Nxg4 12. Rhg1 Ndf6 13. h3 exd4 (13. ... Nh6 14. Rg5⩲↑) 14. Nxd4 Qb4? Here is evidently the cause of all Black’s trouble. The correct 14. ... Nh6 15. f3!? leaves White with enough compensation for the Pawn, but probably no more than that. 15. hxg4 Qxd4 16. f3 h6 17. Ne2 Qc5 18. g5 Nh7. This loses quickly, but 18. ... hxg5 19. Rxg5 followed by the doubling of the Rooks on the g-file would not hold out much longer. 19. gxh6+ Kh8 20. Nf4 g5 21. Nh5 Qe5 22. f4! gxf4 23. Qg2 Rd8
24. Qg7+! Qxg7 25. hxg7+ Kg8 26. e5! f5 27. exf6 Be6 28. f7+! Bxf7 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Nf6+ Kh6 31. Rd2! Bg6 32. Rdg2 Kxg7 33. Rxg6+ Kf7 34. Ne4 Ke7 35. Re1 d5 36. Nd6+ Kd7 37. Nxb7 Rg8 38. Nc5+ Kc7 39. Ne6+ 1 : 0.
