肢体语言 (Body language)

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk

Women’s Grand Prix 2011–12; 4th stage; Kazan, June 18, 2012
Vienna Game C26

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 d6 6. Ne2 0-0 7. h3 Nbd7. Kosteniuk deviates from 7. ... exd4 8. Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qd1 Re8 10. 0-0 Na6 11. g4 Be6 12. Bg5 Qe7 13. Qc1 h6 14. Bh4 Bc4 15. Re1 d5? (15. ... Bxe2 16. Rxe2 g5 17. Bg3 Nc7) 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qd2 Qd6 (Black also stands very badly after 17. ... Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxh4 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Nf4) 18. Ng3 Qb6 19. b3 Bb4 20. a3 Ba5 21. b4 Nxb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Reb1 a5 24. Na4 Qc6 25. c3 Be7 26. Nb6 Rad8 27. Nxc4 Qxc4 28. Nf5 Bc5 29. Re1 1 : 0 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – 谭中怡 (Tán Zhōngyí), 1st China Women Masters Tournament, 无锡 (Wúxī) 2011. 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Be3 Ba5 10. a4 a6 11. g4 Nf8 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nxf4 15. Rxf4 Nd7 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Rb1 Ne5 18. Qd1 Ng6 19. Rf2 Qd8 20. Nce2 Bc7 21. Qd2 d5?! 21. ... c5 22. c3 cxd4 23. cxd4 f6 24. Nh5 d5 25. exd5 Nh4 seems good for Black. 22. e5 Be6 23. Rbf1 c5 24. c3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rf8 (25. ... Bb6 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. Nh5→) 26. Nh5 Qh4 27. Neg3 f6

28. Nxg7! “I was satisfied with the position I’ve got after the opening but then I started to make moves which I could not really explain and got into a trouble. I think 28. Nxg7 simply wins in that position”, Kosteniuk eventually said. However, there was at least a “dual”: 28. Rxf6! gxf6 29. Qh6 Rf7 30. Nf5+− winning easily. 28. ... Kxg7 29. Nh5+ Kh8 30. Qh6 Rg8 31. Rxf6 (31. exf6+−) 31. ... Rae8. “I was not sure actually about 28. Nxg7 because I think Black could have defended more precisely by playing 31. ... Bb6. There are some chances to give a perpetual check there”, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) said afterwards. This sounds like a very strange comment, because after 31. ... Bb6 32. Kh1! White wins in all lines.

32. Rf7! Bxf7 33. Rxf7 Nf8 34. Rxc7 Rg6 35. Rxh7+! Nxh7 36. Qxg6 Rg8 37. Qf7 Qg5 38. Qxd5 Nf8 39. Kh2 Qd2 40. Qd6 Nh7 41. e6 Qe3 42. d5 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Qf4 Qxf4+ 45. Nxf4 Kg7 46. Nh5+ Kh6 47. d6 1 : 0.

Put simply, body language speaks louder than words! Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich.