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Batchimeg Tuvshintugs – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2013–2014; 1st stage; Geneva, May 5, 2013
Queen’s Indian Defence E14

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. 0-0 d5 6. c4 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ng3 f5 14. Qc2 Rf7 15. Qe2 g5 16. Rc2 g4 17. Bxe4 fxe4? It is probably Black’s most serious mistake, for by then White gets the upper hand, and not to let it slip! 17. ... dxe4 was obvious and perfectly sound. 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxg4+ Rg7?! Worth considering was 21. ... Kh8!? 22. b4! a5!? 23. b5 d4!? so as to fish in muddy waters and aim for counter-play. 22. Qf5 Qd6 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Qh5 Qe6 25. b4 c6 26. Ne2 Qe7 27. Nf4 Qf6 28. Qe2 Rg5 29. h4 Re5 30. g3 Qd6 31. a3 c5? This is Black’s last error, probably due to the impatience to break the siege. 31. ... Re7 32. Rdc1 Rf6 was comparatively best, but very unpleasant. 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Rb2 Ba8 34. Rdb1 d4 35. Rb6 Qd7 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Rb8 Rd8

Now 38. Qxa6 is sufficiently devastating, but Tuvshintugs does not resist the temptation of a pretty Queen sacrifice: 38. Ne6! Bd5 39. Nxd8 Re8. “Amazing upset: perhaps 侯 (Hóu) had missed that after 39. Nxd8 Bxc4 40. Ne6+ mates as the Ne6 ‘interferes’ with both the Rook’s retreat to e8 and the Bishop’s to g8!”, luzhin says. 40. Qxc5 d3 41. Qd4+ 1 : 0.

Tuvshintugs vs. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán). Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich.