Girl from Nowhere

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Harmen Jonkman
69th Corus Chess Tournament (Group C); Wijk aan Zee, January 13, 2007
Spanish Game C65

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. 0-0 Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Ba4 Qe8 10. Bb3 h6 (10. ... Nh5 11. Nf1 Nd8 12. Ne3 Kh8 13. d4 f6 14. g3 Rc8 15. Bc2 Nf7 16. Ng2 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Nfh4 g5 20. Nf5+ Nxf5 21. exf5 Kh8 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Be4 Bc6 24. Qe2 Ng7 25. Rad1 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Qb5 27. b3 Rfd8 28. h4 h6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Ne3 Kg8 31. Nd5 Kf7 32. Nxc7 Qc6 33. Nd5 Rh8 34. c4 Rh6 35. Kg2 Rch8 36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Rxh1 Rxh1 38. Kxh1 a5 39. Kg1 b5 40. g4 Ne8 41. Qh1 bxc4 42. Qh7+ Ng7 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. bxc4 1 : 0 T. A. Kosintseva – C. A. Foișor, 10th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship, Saint Petersburg 2009) 11. d4 Nh5 12. Nh4 Kh7

13. Nf5. White gives up a Pawn for the initiative. What follows is not precisely forced, though it is quite correct: 13. ... exd4 14. Nxg7 Nxg7 15. Nc4 dxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Qd2 g5 18. f4 f6 19. Ne3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Qxe4 21. Nd5 Qf5 22. Nxc7 Rac8 23. Nd5 Rce8 24. Bb2 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rf1 g4 27. c4 Re6 28. Kh1 h5 29. Qf2 Ne7 30. Nc7 Re4 31. Nb5

31. ... Qc5? At last Black succumbs to emotional pressure. After 31. ... Ne8! Black’s Knight seems to defend everything. 32. Qc2+− f5 (32. ... d5 33. Nc3+−) 33. Qc3 Ne6 34. Qh8+ Kg6 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Qxe7+ Kg6 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Nxd6 Qf2 39. Qxf5+ 1 : 0.