Natalia Oleksandrivna Zhukova – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
Women’s World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament; match game 2; Yekaterinburg, March 14, 2006
Nimzo-Indian Defence E32
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 b6 10. Ne2 c5 11. 0-0 Ba6
12. Qa3! More energetic than 12. Rac1, which was seen in Ig. Jelen – Kurajica, Zonal Tournament, Dresden 1998. 12. ... Bb7 13. f3 Qe7 14. e4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Rad1 Rfd8
17. Rfe1 Ng6 18. Bf2 Nd7 19. Bf1 Nc5 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nc3 a5
22. Bg3 Ba6 23. b3 h5 24. h3 Qg5 25. Bh2. 25. Bxd6? Rxd6! 26. Rxd6 Qe5 would give Black the upper hand. 25. ... Ra7 26. Qb2 Rad7
27. Kh1 Bb7 28. b4 axb4 29. Qxb4 Qf6 30. Na4 Nxa4 31. Qxa4 d5
32. cxd5 exd5 33. e5 Qe6 34. Qd4 Rc7 35. Bg1 Rc6 36. Rb1 Ne7
37. Bd3 Ra8 38. Rb2 Ba6 39. Bb1 Bc4 40. Qh4 g6
41. g4? Zhukova has methodically increased her advantage so far, but now she gives her opponent an unexpected target for counterplay. After 41. Bd4 there would be hard times for Black. 41. ... Ra3! 42. Kg2 Bd3 43. Bxd3 Rxd3 44. Qf6 d4 45. Qxe6?! (45. Re4 Nd5 46. Qg5 Rc4=) 45. ... fxe6 46. Re4 Rc4
47. Rxb6? ⌓ 47. Kg3! Nd5 48. Kh4 Kg7 49. Kg5 Rxf3 50. Rxd4 Rc1 51. Rxd5! exd5 52. Bxb6 was White’s best chance, leaving Black with a material advantage hard to realise. 47. ... Rc2+ 48. Kg3 (48. Kh1 Rxf3)
48. ... g5! Threatening ... h5-h4#. 49. h4. If 49. gxh5 then 49. ... Nf5+ 50. Kg4 Rg2#. 49. ... Ng6? A moment of uncertainty by the young prodigy. 49. ... Rd1! 50. Bxd4 Rdd2!−+ was elegant and winning. 50. gxh5? White ought to play 50. Rb8+ Kf7 51. Rb7+ and a draw is most likely. 50. ... gxh4+ 51. Rxh4
Nxh4 52. Kxh4 Rd1 53. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 54. Kg5 Rd7 55. Rxe6 Rg2+
56. Kf5 Rf7+ 57. Ke4 Re2+ 58. Kd3 Rxa2 59. Re8+ Rf8 60. Kd4
0 : 1.
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