Green Tea vs. Coca-Cola

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Antoaneta Stefanova
17th European Women’s Chess Club Cup; Eilat, October 12, 2012
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 Bd7 10. Rd1. Despite her young age, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) has already a good experience on the Berlin endgame: 10. h3 Kc8 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 a5? 13. g4 Ne7 14. Ng5 Be8 15. f4 h5 16. Kg2 Kb7 17. Rad1 a4 18. Kg3 axb3 19. axb3 Ng6 20. Ra1! Rxa1 21. Bxa1 Be7 22. Nce4 with an overwhelming advantage for White, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – 阮露斐 (Ruăn Lùfěi), 30th Chinese Women’s Chess Championship, 无锡 (Wúxī) 2006. 10. ... Kc8 11. Ng5 Be8 (11. ... f6?? 12. Nf7 Rg8 13. e6+−) 12. Nge4 b6 13. f3 (13. h3 Kb7 14. g4 Ne7 15. Bf4 h5 16. f3 c5 17. Kf2 Nc6 18. Nd5 Nd4 19. c3 Ne6 20. Bg3 Bc6 21. Rd2 hxg4 22. hxg4 c4 23. Kg2 Rd8 24. Rad1 Ba4 25. Re1 Bc6 26. Red1 Ba4 27. Re1 Bc6 ½ : ½ Kasparov – Kramnik, Kortschnoi’s 70th Birthday K.O., Z¨rich 2001. match game 1) 13. ... Kb7 14. Kf2 c5 15. Nd5 Rd8 (15. ... h6 16. g4 Ne7 17. c4 h5 18. h3 hxg4 19. hxg4 f5 20. exf6 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bg6 22. Bf4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 gxf6 24. Rh1 c4 25. Rxh8 Bc5+ 26. Kg3 Rxh8 27. Rc1 b5 28. b3 Ba3 29. Rc2 a5 30. bxc4 b4 31. Be3 Rh1 32. c5 a4 33. c6+ Kc8 34. Rc5 b3 35. Ra5 Bd6+ 36. Kg2 Rh2+ 37. Kf3 Rh3+ 38. Ke2 Kd8 39. axb3 axb3 40. Rb5 Rh2+ 41. Kd3 b2 42. g5 Ke7 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Bd4+ Be5 45. d6 cxd6 46. Bxe5+ dxe5 47. Rxb2 Rxb2 48. c7 Rb3+ 49. Kc2 Rb4 50. c8=Q Rxe4 51. Kd3 Rd4+ 52. Ke3 Rf4 53. Qc6+ Kf5 54. Qd5 Kf6 55. Qd6+ Kf5 56. Qe7 Re4+ 57. Kf3 Rf4+ 58. Kg3 Rg4+ 59. Kh3 Rd4 60. Qf7+ Kg5 61. Qe6 Rd3+ 62. Kg2 Kf4 63. Kf2 Rd2+ 64. Ke1 Rd3 65. Ke2 Re3+ 66. Kd2 Rg3 67. Qf6+ Ke4 68. Qh4+ Kf3 69. Kd3 Kf2+ 70. Ke4 Kg2 71. Kxe5 Ra3 72. Qg4+ Kf2 73. Qd4+ Kf3 74. Qd1+ Kg3 75. Ke4 Kh2 76. Qd2+ Kh3 77. Kf4 Ra4+ 78. Kf3 Ra3+ 79. Kf2 1 : 0 Inarkiev – Hammer, 12th European Individual Chess Championship, Aix-les-Bains, 31 marzo 2011) 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. c4 h6 18. Bd2 Nd4 19. Bc3 Ne6 20. Rd2 Rd8 21. Rad1 a5 22. h4 h5. This can turn out to be weakening. 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. hxg5

24. ... Bc6? After 24. ... h4 25. f4 (25. g6!?) White stands better, but the game is far from over. 25. Nf4 Rxd2+ 26. Rxd2 Be7 27. g6 fxg6 28. Nxg6 Re8 29. Re2 a4 30. f4 Bd7 31. e6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Bh4+ 33. Nxh4 Rxe6 34. Bxg7 Re4 35. Ng6 Rxc4 36. f5 a3 37. bxa3 Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Rxa2 39. f6 Rxa3+ 40. Kh4 c4 41. f7 Ra8 42. Kxh5 c5 43. Kg4 b5 44. f8=Q Rxf8 45. Bxf8 Kc6 46. Kf3 1 : 0.

Green tea vs. Coca-Cola. Photo: Anastasiya Valeryevna Karlovich.