Fasthand

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – 张鹏翔 (Zhāng Péngxiáng)
40th Chinese Chess Championship; 兴化 (Xīnghuà), June 4, 2009
Sicilian Defence B45

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. 0-0 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Qd3 d5 10. Ba3

10. ... f5! A novelty in place of 10. ... Ne7 and 10. ... Qa5:
a) 10. ... Ne7 11. c4 0-0 12. cxd5 exd5 13. c4 Be6? (⌓ 13. ... Re8 14. Rad1 Ng6) 14. Bf3± Em. Lasker – N. N., 32-board simultaneous exhibition, Groningen 1923;
b) 10. ... Qa5 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nd6+ Nxd6 13. Bxd6 Qd8?! (13. ... Ne7! may be a critical improvement) 14. Qg3! with a powerful initiative, Gashimov – Belikov, 22nd Cappelle-la-Grande Open, Cappelle-la-Grande 2006.
11. f3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nf6 13. c4 Kf7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. g4 Re8 16. Bd3 fxg4 17. fxg4 Kg8 18. Rf4 Be6 19. Raf1 Qb6 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Qf2

21. ... Rac8 22. Bxa7 Ne4 23. Qe3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5= 26. Rb1 Rc7 27. g5 Bf7 28. Rfb4 Ree7 29. Kf2 Bg6 30. R1b2 Kf7 31. Rf4+ Ke6 32. Ke3 Ke5 33. h4

33. ... Rc3 34. Rb5 Bxd3 ½ : ½. For after 35. cxd3 Rxd3+ 36. Kxd3 Kxf4 37. Rxd5 a draw is inevitable.