Alpha Girl

Betül Cemre Yıldız – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
16th European Women’s Chess Club Cup; Rogaška Slatina, September 26, 2011
Sicilian Defence B27

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3?! Bg7 6. c4 Nc6. As a consequence of her uninspired opening play, White got herself into an unfavorable Maróczy Bind. 7. Ne2 Ne5 8. Nbc3 d6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. b3 Bd7! A cool novelty. An earlier game between two dei minores continued, in Benkö’s style, 10. ... Nxd3 11. Qxd3 b5!? 12. cxb5 a6 13. Bb2 axb5 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. a4 Qb8 with controversial claims for compensation, Schwab – Hölzl, 47th Austrian Chess Championship, Hartberg 2004. 11. Kh1 a6

12. Nd4? The beginning of the end. 12. a4! was called for, and after 12. ... b5!? 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 Rb8 Black should regain her pawn with comfortable equality. 12. ... b5! 13. cxb5. Of course White cannot take the Pawn with neither of the two Knights because of 12. ... Nxe4! with overwhelming effect. 12. ... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 axb5 15. Bb2 b4 16. Nd5. This loses a Pawn (even if not by force), but 16. Nd1 Ra5! eventually followed by ... Qd8-a8 is also hopeless. 16. ... Nxd5 17. exd5 Ra5 18. Qe4 Re8 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Rxa3 21. Bxa3 f5 22. Qe3 Qa5 23. Bb2 Qxd5 24. Rc1 e5 25. Nf3 Be6 26. Nd2 Qb7 27. Ra1 Rc8 28. Qd3 Bd5 29. f3

29. ... e4! 0 : 1.