Monday, September 27, 2010

Overland Through Asia

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Juliana Sayumi Terao
39th Women’s Chess Olympiad; Khanty-Mansiysk, September 21, 2010
Sicilian Defence B43

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qf3 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 b6. Maybe 9. ... Ne5!? 10. Qg3 h5!? deserved consideration here.
10. Rae1 Bb7 11. Qg3 g6 12. f4 Bg7 13. Kh1 0-0 14. f5! e5 15. Nf3 b5 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Ng5 Nc5. 17. ... h6 18. Nxf7!? (18. fxg6 hxg5 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Bxg5 Rf8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Kg8 23. Bf5 Nh7 24. Be7 seems also good enough) 18. ... g5 19. Nxg5! hxg5 20. Qxg5 leaves White with three Pawns for the Knight and attack.
18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nd5 Nxd5? Thus the only defender of the Kingside leaves the board.
20. ... Bxd5 21. exd5 c4 22. Be4! wasn’t appealing, but Black had nothing better to do.
21. exd5 Bxd5


22. Nxh7!+− Re7. If 22. ... Kxh7 then 23. Qxg6+ followed by mate.
23. Qxg6 1 : 0.