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王玥 (Wáng Yuè) – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
44th Chinese Chess Championship: 兴化 (Xīnghuà), April 23, 2013
Queen’s Gambit Declined D31

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 0-0. If 6. ... c5 then 7. Bd3 (7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Ne2 Rc8 is roughly equal, Hertneck – Lautier, 16th Interpolis Chess Tournament, Tilburg 1992) 7. ... Nc6 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. exd4 (Hertnech – Lautier, 6th SKA-Mephisto International Chess Tournament, Munich 1993) 9. ... 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. a3⩲ (Hertnech’s analysis). 7. Bd3 c5 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. 0-0 Nxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3. Black renounces the “small Exchange” for no apparent good reason. 11. ... a6!? 12. Be5 Ng4 13. Bg3⩲ was probably sounder. 12. bxc3 Bg4 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Bb5 Qd8 16. Bf1 b6 17. f3 Be6 18. Ba6 Rc6 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. Qa3 Bd7 21. Bf1 a5 22. Rab1 Re8 23. Be5 Bf5 24. Rbc1 Nd7 25. Bf4 Rc6 26. Qb3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Nf8 28. Qa3 Re6 29. Rxe6 Bxe6 30. Qd6 Nd7 31. Bb5 h5 32. Bd2 Qc8 33. Kf2 Kh8 34. h4 Kg8 35. Bf4 Qd8 36. g3 Qc8 37. Qc7 Qxc7 38. Bxc7 f6

39. c4! Naturally 王玥 (Wáng Yuè) doesn’t bite the bait, as after 39. Bxd7?? Bxd7 40. Bxb6 a4 the Bishops of opposite colour make White’s extra Pawn merely symbolic (idem to say meaningless). 39. ... dxc4 40. d5! The pointe. 40. ... Bf5 41. Bxc4 Kf7 42. Ke3 Ne5 43. Be2 Bb1 44. a3 Nd7 45. Kd4. The ending is only a suffering for 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán). 45. ... Ke7 46. Bc4 Bf5 47. d6+ Ke8 48. f4 Bg4 49. Bd5 Kf8 50. Be4 Kf7 51. Bc2 Kf8 52. Bd3 Kf7 53. Bf1 Bf3 54. Bc4+ Kf8 55. Bb5 Bg4 56. Bf1 Bf3 57. Bb5 Bg4 58. Bc6 Kf7 59. Be4 Ke8 60. Bg2 Kf7 61. Kd5 Bd1 62. Kc6 Ba4+ 63. Kb7 Ke6 64. Bf3 g6 65. Bg2 Bc2 66. Bc6 Bf5 67. Kc8 Nc5 68. Kd8 Be4 69. Bxe4 Nxe4 70. d7 Nc5 71. Bxb6 Nxd7 72. Bxa5 Nc5 73. Bb4 Ne4 74. a4 Kd5 75. Be1 g5 76. a5 gxf4 77. gxf4 Nc5 78. Kc7 Ke4 79. Bf2 Na6+ 80. Kb7 Nb4 81. Bc5 Nd3 82. Bd6 1 : 0.

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