侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – 阮露斐 (Ruǎn Lùfěi)
Women’s World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament; Final match game 1; Antakya, December 20, 2010
Caro-Kann Defence B12
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3!? dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nd7
7. c3 b5 8. Bd3!?TN Ngf6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Bg5 0-0 11. Nbd2 h6
12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. h3 Be6 15. Rae1 Nf4 16. Bg3 Nxd3
17. Qxd3 Rad8 18. Bf2 a6 19. Nh4 Nb6 20. b3 Rfe8 21. Qf3 b4
22. Rc1 bxc3 23. Qxc3 exd4 24. Bxd4 c5? A mistake that could cost dearly, betraying 阮露斐 (Ruǎn Lùfěi)’s nervousness. Better was 24. ... Bf8 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 c5! with good play for Black.
25. Bxg7 Bf4 26. Nhf3
Rxd2
27. Nxd2? 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) misses her best chance for success: 27. Bh8! f6 28. Nxd2 Be5 (28. ... Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Kxh8 29. Qe3+−) 29. Qe3 Kxh8 30. Rxc5 Qg7 31. Rxe5! fxe5 32. Qxb6 Bxh3 33. Qf6 and White stays a sound Pawn ahead. 27. ... Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Kxg7 29. Qc3+ Kh7 30. Qxc5. And now the exchange of Queens will leave White with a better ending: 30. ... Qxc5+ (30. ... Qd8!? 31. Qh5!?∞) 31. Rxc5. 31. ... Ra8 32. Ra5 Nc8 33. Rc1 Nd6 34. e5 (⌓ 34. Ra4! Rb8 35. Rxa6 Nxe4 36. Ra4±) 34. ... Nf5 35. Kf2 h5
36. Rc2 Nd4 37. Rd2 Nc6 38. Rc5 Ne7 39. b4 Kg6 40. a3 Kf5
41. Ke3 Rg8 42. Ra5 Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Rb3 44. Rxa6 Nd5 45. Ra5 Ne3
46. Rc5 Nc4 47. Rc2 Nxa3 48. R2c3 Rb2+ 49. Kg3 Nb1 50. Rf3+
Kg5 51. h4+ Kg6 52. Rc7 Kg7 53. Rf6 Kg8 54. Rf4 Rb3+ 55. Kh2
Rb2 56. Rc5 Na3 57. Rc3 Nb5 58. Rg3+ Kf8 59. Rg5 Nc7 60. Rxh5
Nd5 61. Re4 Kg7 62. Rg5+ Kh7 63. Rc4 Rb3 64. Rg3 Rb2 65. Rg5
Rb3 66. Rd4 Nxb4 67. Rg3 Rb2 68. Rc3 Nd5 69. Rcd3 Ne7 70. Rd2
Rb5 71. Re2 Ng6 72. Rde4 Bf5 73. e6 Bxe6 ½ : ½.
Genius is pain, too. Photo: Turkish Chess Federation.