神童 (Wunderkind)

Ray Robson – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
19th World Youth Chess Championship Under-10; Heraklion, November 13, 2004
Sicilian Defence B84

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Ne7 12. g4. Not 12. e5? because of 12. ... dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Bxf3!∓ 15. gxf3 0-0 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Ndb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qc6! 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxc2 21. Rg1 Ne8 22. Rg2 Qd3 23. Ra3 Qd7 24. Rg1 g6 25. Qe3 Qb7 26. Qd4 Ng7 27. Rd1 Nf5 28. Qd7 Qxd7! 29. Rxd7 Rfd8!−+ 30. Nc7 Rxd7 31. Nxa8 Rd1+ 0–1 Zhukhovitsky – Polugaevsky, 37th USSR Chess Championship, Moscow 1969. Instead, it’s worth considering 12. Qe2 Δ 12. ... Rc8?! 13. e5!± Tan – Browne, Interzonal Tournament, Manila 1976. Finally, if 12. Qe1 there may follow 12. ... Rd8 13. Qg3 0-0 14. f5 e5 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Nb3 Kh8 17. Be3 Nef6 18. Qf2 Rfe8 19. Rad1 h6 20. Rd2 Bc6 21. g4 Qb7 22. Qg2 Nh7 23. Bf2 Ng5 24. h4 Nxf3 25. Qxf3 Nf6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 e4 28. Qg2 Nh7 29. Re1 Bf6 30. Rxe4 Bxb2 31. g5 Qd7 32. Rde2 Re5 33. Rxe5 Bxe5 34. Qg4 b5 35. Nd4 bxa4 36. Nc6 Re8 37. gxh6 gxh6 38. Bd4 Nf6 39. Qf3 Bxd4 40. Nxd4 Rxe2 41. Nxe2 Qe8 42. Ng3 Qe5 43. Qa3 Qxd5+ 44. Kh2 Qd4 45. h5 Ng4+ 46. Kg2 Ne3+ 47. Kf3 Qg4+ 48. Kf2 Qf4+ 0–1 Pogonina – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), 15th European Women’s Chess Club Cup, Plovdiv 2010. 12. ... Nc5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bd2 g6 15. f5 e5 16. Nb3 g5 17. a5 b5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Rfe1. If 19. Nd5 then 19. ... Nxd5 20. exd5 0-0-0 with approximate equality. 19. ... 0-0-0 20. Be3 h5 21. Bxg5? After this Black’s attack will spread its wings. Just like Marmaduke Wyvill against Serafino Dubois over a century and half ago (!), Robson too took the g5-Pawn instead than the h5-Pawn (best was 21. gxh5), and both took the wrong Pawn at move 21! I mean: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Nd5 Qf7 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Ne3 Nd7 10. Be2 0-0-0 (according to the Italian mode of Castling: Ka8/Ra8) 11. Nxf5 Qxf5 12. Bg4 Qf7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Be3 d5 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. a3 Rhf8 18. h3 h6 19. c3 g5 20. g4 h5 21. Bxg5? (21. gxh5) 21. ... hxg4 22. h4 Nh5 23. 0-0-0 (according to the Italian mode of Castling: Ka1/Re1) 23. ... Rxf2 24. Be3 g3!−+ Wyvill – Dubois, Rome 1846. 21. ... hxg4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 f6 24. Be3? A little better seems 24. Bc1 (so that the Rook on e1 may keep protecting the e4-Pawn), though after 24. ... Rdg8 25. Qf3 Bd6 Black’s attack continues vehemently. 24. ... b4−+ 25. Na4 Rdg8 26. Qf3

26. ... Rh4! 26. ... Rh3!!−+ might have been even stronger. 27. Nb6+ Kb8 28. Bg1 Rf4 29. Qd3 Rd8 30. Nd5 c4 31. Qd2 Rxd5 32. exd5 Qd7 33. Rad1 (33. Red1 Rd4! 34. Bxd4 Qxd5+ 35. Kg1 exd4−+) 33. ... Rd4! A deadly interference. 34. Bxd4 Qxd5+ 35. Kg1 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qg2+ 37. Ke3 Qf3# 0–1.

Heraklion, November 2004: 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán). Photo: GreekChess.com.