Queen Rhapsody

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – 余泱漪 (Yú Yāngyī)
44th Chinese Chess Championship; 兴化 (Xīnghuà), April 17, 2013
Sicilian Defence B60

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qd2. An inspirational reference is 10. Kh1 a6 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qh5 Qc7 14. Rae1 b5 15. Re3 b4 16. Nd1 Ne7 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Nf3 Ng8 20. b3 a5 21. Ne3 a4 22. e5! dxe5 23. Nxe5 g6! 24. Qg4 h5?? (24. ... Ba6!=) 25. Rh3+− Nh6 26. Rxh5! gxh5 27. Qxh5 Kg7 28. N3g4! Rh8 29. Nxf6 Kf8 30. Nh7+ 1 : 0 R. E. Byrne – Fedorowicz, 25th U.S. Chess Championship, Mentor 1977. 10. ... a6 11. Rae1 Qc7 12. Re3 b5 13. Rg3 Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Nh5 16. Rh3 Nf6 17. Qe2 e5 18. Rg3 Kh8? (18. ... Qd8 19. Bh6 Ne8 20. f5↑) 19. fxe5 dxe5

20. Rxf6! Bxf6 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qh5 Rg8 24. Qxf7 Qf8? (24. ... Rxg3 25. hxg3 Qg8 26. Qxf6+ Qg7 27. Qd8+ Qg8 28. Qe7 Qxg3 29. Nc5+−) 25. Rxg8+ Qxg8 26. Qxf6+ Qg7 27. Qd8+ Qg8 28. Qe7 Bg4 29. Nf6 Qg6 30. Qxe5 Bd1 31. Nh5+ 1 : 0.

Once more 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) showed her amazing talent as an attacking player. Photos: chess.sport.org.cn.