Saturday, September 22, 2012

Economy Class

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Viktor Láznička
7th Aeroflot Open; Moscow, February 15, 2008
Spanish Game C67

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Be6. Another way is 12. ... Bd7 13. Rd2 Be6 14. Rfd1 Be7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Nd4 Rd5 18. Nc3 Rd7 19. Na4 Rd5 20. Nc3 Rdd8 21. Ne4 Rd5 22. Nc3 ½ : ½ 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Howell, 800th Anniversary Summit Chess Match UK–China; Liverpool 2007.
13. a3!?TN h6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Nd4!? Nxe5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Bxg7 Rh7 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 Nxb2 (20. ... Nxe3? 21. fxe3±)
21. Rb1 Bxa3 22. Ne4 Rf7 23. Bxh6 b5 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Nc4 26. g4 a5 27. g5 a4 28. Rbe1 Be7? (28. ... Kd7!)
29. h4 a3 30. g6 Rf5 31. Ng3 Rxf4?! (31. ... Rd5 32. h5 Kd7 33. h6)
32. Rxf4 a2 33. Rfe4? (33. g7! Kd7 34. h5 a1=Q 35. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 36. Kh2+−)
33. ... a1=Q


34. Rxe7+ Kd8 35. g7 Qd4+ 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kh3? (37. Kh2! Nd6 38. R1e6!+−)

37. ... Nd6? (37. ... Kc8! Δ 38. Re8+ Kb7 39. Rxa8 Qd7+)
38. R1e6!+− Qxe6+ 39. Rxe6 Kd7 40. Rg6 Rg8 41. h5 1 : 0.
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  1. Post ScriptumNovember 19, 2022 at 10:45 PM

    Leonard Barden, The Guardian, Saturday 1 March 2008 (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/mar/01/chess.sport):

    "Aeroflot's other significant result came when Hou Yifan achieved a 2605 rating performance and her first grandmaster score at men's level. Two more such successes for the gifted Beijing 13-year-old will break the all-time age record set by Judit Polgar, the best-ever woman player, and by India's Koneru Humpy, who both became full GMs just after their 15th birthdays.

    Black puts his trust in the solid Berlin Wall and is well in the game below until 22...Rf7 (Ke7) and 28...Be7 (Bb4) give White's pawn passers a free run - so much so that White can ignore Black's own queened pawn".

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