Thursday, December 27, 2012

Burnt Cream

谭中怡 (Tán Zhōngyí) – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2011–12; 2nd stage; 深圳 (Shēnzhèn), September 14, 2011
Catalan Opening E06

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Qc2. If 12. Be3 then 12. ... Nd5 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Ne1 c6 17. Nd3 Qb6 18. Qc3 b4 19. Qd2 a5 20. Rdc1 ½–½ Kasparov – Karpov, World Chess Championship 1984, Moscow 1984, match game 8.
12. ... Bd6 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Rad1. The debate is open about which of the two Rooks should go to d1: 12. Rfd1 c5 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. a4 b4 15. a5 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Na4 Rac8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Rd4 Rb5 22. Ra4 b3 23. Rdb4 Nd5 24. Rxb5 axb5 25. Ra3 b4 26. Rxb3 f5 27. Ne5 Rc8 28. f4 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Ra1 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxb4 g5 32. Rb8+ Kg7 33. b4 g4 34. Rd8 h5 35. Ke3 h4 36. gxh4 Rh1 37. a6 Rxh2 38. Rxd5 exd5 39. a7 Rh3+ 40. Nf3 1–0 Gupta – Sanikidze, 47th World Junior Chess Championship, Gaziantep 2008.
14. ... c5 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. e4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 h6 18. Be3 Bc5. “It was unclear opening and I’m not sure but maybe my position after 18. ... Bc5 is ok for me with chances to get some slight advantage in the future”, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) said afterwards.
19. h3 Rfd8


20. Nce2? This is 谭中怡 (Tán Zhōngyí)’s mistake and the cause of all her trouble. She ought to have taken measures for extricating her from her uncomfortable situation with 20. b4! Bxb4 21. Ndxb5 Bc5 22. Na4 Qxb5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxc5 27. Rd7 Rac8 28. Rfd1 Qc7! 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8⩱ saving herself in a Queen ending a (meaningless) Pawn down.
20. ... Rac8 21. Qb1 b4 22. Rd2 a5 23. Rfd1 Ne5 24. b3 Rd7 25. Kh1 Ba6 26. Qa1 Rcd8 27. f4. “Of course my move 27. f4 was losing”, said 谭中怡 (Tán Zhōngyí), but actually there weren’t any good moves for White; for example: 27. Ng1 Nd3! 28. Rxd3 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 e5 winning material.
27. ... Bxe2 28. fxe5 Bxd1 29. exf6 Bh5 0–1.

This was no easy day for 谭中怡 (Tán Zhōngyí). Photo: Anastasia Valeryevna Karlovich and 贺龙 (Hè Lóng).

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