Friday, December 10, 2010

Cantonese Opera

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Nafisa Muminova
16th Asian Games — Women’s Team Standard; 广州 (Guǎngzhōu), November 26, 2010
French Defence C11

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. Be2 b6 10. Nd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. 0-0 Nc5 13. Nf2 (13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd4 Ne4 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Nf2 f5 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. Nf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxd4 Qe7 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. c3 Rc7 22. Rf2 ½ : ½ Kokarev – Volkov, 9th European Chess Individual Championship, Plovdiv 2008) 13. ... f6 (13. ... f5 14. exf6) 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. c3 e5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng4 Ne4 18. Qd3 exf4 19. Rxf4 Bg5 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Bd4 Qe7 22. Rf1⩲ Rf8?! 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Ne5 Bb7?! (24. ... Be8) 25. Qh3


25. ... Kg8? (25. ... g6 26. Bg4 Ke8) 26. Bg4!+− (Δ 27. Be6+ Kf8 28. Ng6+!) 26. ... Qd6 27. Bc8 Nc5 28. b4 Be3+ 29. Bxe3 Qxe5 30. bxc5 Qxc3 31. Qe6+ 1 : 0.