Friday, March 29, 2013

Renaissance Goddess

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Hoàng Thị Bảo Trâm
24th World Junior Chess Championship Girls U-20; Yerevan, October 9, 2006
Caro-Kann Defence B17


1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7. The Petrosian Variation.
5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. 0-0 b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 c5!? Or, alternatively, 13. ... Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Ne5 g5 17. Qg4 Nf4 18. Rfe1 Rg8 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. Be4 f5 21. Bxc6 Bxe5 22. Bxb7 g4 23. Qc6 Qxc6 24. Bxc6 Bxd4 25. Rad1 Ne2+ 26. Rxe2 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxd1 28. Rxe6 Rd2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Ke7 31. c4 Kd6 32. Bd5 Re8+ 33. Kf2 f4 34. Bg7 h5 35. Bf7 Rd8 36. Bxh5 Ke7 37. Bc3 Rg8 38. h3 gxh3 39. gxh3 Rg3 40. Bb4+ Kf6 41. Bg4 Ke5 42. Bc8 a5 43. Ba3 a4 44. Bb2+ Ke4 45. Bb7+ Kd3 46. Be5 axb3 47. axb3 Rxh3 48. Bxf4 Kd4 49. Bf3 Kc3 50. Bd5 Kd4 51. Bg3 b5 52. Kf3 bxc4 53. bxc4 Kc5 54. Kf4 Kb4 55. Be1+ Kc5 56. Bf2+ Kb4 57. Ke5 Rh5+ 58. Kd4 Ka5 59. Kc5 Rh6 60. Bg3 Ka6 61. Bd6 Rh8 62. Kc6 Rh7 63. c5 Ka7 64. Be6 Rg7 65. Bd7 Rg6 66. Kc7 Rh6 67. Kd8 Ka6 68. c6 1 : 0 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Sasikiran, 71st Corus Chess Tournament (Group B), Wijk aan Zee 2009.
14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb2 e5 (15. ... f6? 16. Bc4)
16. Bf5 Bxf5? Overclocking! Correct is 16. ... h5 17. Qh3 Ne6 18. Bxe6!? Bxe6 19. Qg3 f6 20. Nh4 Kg8 (20. ... Qxc2? 21. Rad1! Bc5 22. Bxe5!! fxe5 23. Qf3+ Ke7 24. Rd3!+− Vescovi – Miton, 3rd Aeroflot Open, Moscow 2004) 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Qg6 Rh6 23. Qe4 Bc8! 24. c4 g5! 25. Nf3 Bf5 26. Qe2 Rh7 27. Nd2 Qc6 28. Nb1 Qe4= Timman – Erenburg, 21st Reykjavík Open, Reykjavík 2004.
17. Qxf5 Re8 18. Rad1 Kg8 19. Rfe1 f6? From bad to worse, although neither 19. ... e4 20. b4! Na4 21. Ba1± nor 19. ... g6 20. Qg4± was of much help to Black.
20. Nh4 Rd8 21. f4! exf4 22. Ng6 Rh7 23. b4 Nb7


24. Re7!! A most sumptuous sacrifice by 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán).
24. ... Qc4 (24. ... Bxe7 25. Qe6#)
25. Rd5! 1 : 0. For if 25. ... Bc5+ then 26. bxc5 Qxd5 27. Re8+! Kf7 28. Rf8+!+− finis.

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