Wolf Girl

Tatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2009–11; 3rd stage; Nalchik, April 26, 2010
French Defence C18

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxe5?! A very dubious adventure instead of 12. ... a6! 13. Qd3 Bd7 — which is the “tabiya” of the variation.
13. Nb5 Qb8

14. Be2! Much stronger than 14. fxe5?! Qxe5+ 15. Kd1 a6= Guimard – Frydman, Buenos Aires Circulo Tournament, Buenos Aires 1941.
14. ... N5g6 15. 0-0 Bd7 16. Rb1. Even more convincing is 16. Bd3! a6 17. Bxg6 Rxg6 18. f5! Nxf5 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Nxa8 Qxa8 22. Bd6+ Nxd6 23. Qxg6 1 : 0 Kokarev – Turutin, 14th Master Open, Voronezh 2010.
16. ... a6 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Bd2 0-0-0 19. Rb3 Nc6 20. Rc3 Rdf8 21. Be3 Qa5 22. Rd3 Qd8 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Bc5 Nh4

25. Rg3?! The Rook does not stand too well here as it is subject to the attack of the Black Knight. Better was 25. Rf2 so as to meet 25. ... Rh8 by 26. Qg7 Nf5 27. Qe5 with the better game.
25. ... Rh8 26. Qd3 Nf5 27. Bxf8 Nxg3 28. Qxg3 Qxf8 29. Qc3 Rg8 30. Bf3 Qd6 31. Qb4 Kc7. Black could also exchange Queens with a tenable endgame.
32. h4 f6 33. h5 e5

34. fxe5 Qxe5? After this grave mistake, White has no difficulty in penetrating into her opponent’s camp. Correct was 34. ... fxe5! with a well-defended game.
35. Re1 Qg3 36. Rf1 Qe5 37. Qh4 Bb5 38. Re1 Qf5 39. Kh1 Rg7 40. Qh2+ Kb6 41. Qd6+ Ka7 42. Qc5+ b6 43. Re7+ Rxe7 44. Qxe7+ Qd7 45. Qxd7+ Bxd7 46. Bxd5 Bf5 47. c4 b5 48. cxb5 axb5 49. Bg8 Kb6 50. h6 Ka5 51. h7 Bxh7 52. Bxh7 Ka4 53. Bd3 1 : 0.

“Today’s game was difficult and interesting. I was successful with the chess opening and received a big overweight in time. The position remained difficult and dynamic. In the endgame the Black made a mistake by taking the Pawn on e5 by the Queen. Black came in troubles and after a couple of mistakes I won”, Kosintseva finally said. Photo: FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2009–11.