Tuesday, September 13, 2011

顿河畔罗斯托夫 (Rostov-on-Don)

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Elina Danielian
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2011–12; 1st stage; Rostov-on-Don, August 8, 2011
Caro-Kann Defence B12

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3!? dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 (5. ... exd4 6. Bc4→) 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. 0-0 Ngf6 9. h3 Bh5 (9. ... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 0-0 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 c5=) 10. Nbd2


“I believe the critical moment was before I castled as I could have played 10. ... b5 in order to prevent 11. Nc4”, Danielian said afterwards. “There was also another possibility: 10. ... Qc7 so as to reply to 11. Nc4 with long castling. I’m not sure I chose the best continuation”. 10. ... 0-0 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Qc2 (12. Be3 Rfe8 13. Qc2 Bg6∞ Zvjaginsev – Bareev, 13th Russia Cup, Saint Petersburg 2009)


12. ... Bg6. “I think I had a good position after the opening”, Danielian said. “Maybe somewhere I ought to have played better, for instance not 12. ... Bg6 but 12. ... Rfe8 at once. An interesting game with plenty of ideas for both sides”. 13. Bg5⩲ Rfe8


14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nh4. “I did not prepare much; after 3. f3 the game is very complex, which was what I wanted”, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) then said. “Long castling is a very interesting idea, which by the way I missed during the game. I think that after I took on f6, doubling Black Pawns and conquering f5, I was already better. My game was easier and much more pleasant as Black actually looked quite harmless”. 15. ... Kh8 16. Kh1 Rg8 (16. ... exd4!? 17. cxd4 Rad8) 17. Ne3 (17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nce3±) 17. ... Rae8 18. Ng4 exd4 19. cxd4 c5? (19. ... Bf4 20. Rf3±)


20. Nxg6+! fxg6 (20. ... hxg6 21. e5+−) 21. Bb5! That’s all: Black has to suffer both material and positional losses. 21. ... Rgf8 22. dxc5 Be7 23. b4 a6 24. Ba4 b5 25. Bb3 Ne5 26. Ne3! Nc6 27. Nd5 Qe5 28. a4 Bd8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qd3 Qxe4 31. Qxb5 Nd4 32. Qc4 Re5 33. Rae1 (33. Rf4+−) 33. ... Qxe1 34. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35. Kh2 Re4 36. Qd3 f5 37. Qc3 Bh4 38. Bc2 Be1 39. Qa1 Rh4 40. Qxe1 1 : 0.

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