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万云国 (Wàn Yúnguó) – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
12th Bangkok Chess Club Open; Bangkok, April 15, 2012
Sicilian Defence B88

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bb3 a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 Na5 10. g4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4

12. Qf3!? Not all the new is better than all the old. Better is 12. g5 Nd7 13. Rf1!↑ T. A. Kosintseva – Gara, 35th Women’s Chess Olympiad, Bled 2002. 12. ... Nd7 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. e5 Rb8 15. Qc6

15. ... Qxc6. International Master Oleg Vladimirovich Stetsko recommends 15. ... Bb7! 16. Qxc4 bxc4 17. Rhe1 dxe5 18. fxe5 Bb4⩱ — instead after the text the game moves rapidly towards a draw: 16. Nxc6 Ra8= 17. Rhf1 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bb7 20. Rf4 Be7 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. g5 Kd7 25. c4 Rb8 26. Rf4 Ke8 27. h4 bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rb5 29. Bd4 h6 30. gxh6 gxh6 31. Bc3 h5 32. Kd2 Kf8 33. Ra4 Rb6 34. Rc4 Kg7 35. a4 Kg6 36. Ke3 Kf5 37. Rf4+ Kg6 38. Rd4 Kf5 39. Rf4+ ½ : ½.