Wednesday, September 11, 2013

9月11日:侯逸凡来了!

Anna Yuriyivna Ushenina – 侯逸凡 (Hóu​ Yì​fán)
Women’s World Chess Championship match game 1; 泰州 (Tàizhōu), September 11, 2013
Nimzo-Indian Defence E32

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Nb5!? Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7! 12. a3 Be7. If 12. ... a6 then 13. axb4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 Nd5 16. Qd4 f5 17. Ne5!? (Bönsch – Browne, 18th “Dortmunder Schachtage” International Tournament, Dortmund 1990) 17. ... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd6 19. f3 Qc8 20. Qd3∞ (Robert Byrne’s analysis). 13. Bf4 d6 14. Rc1 h6 15. b4 a6 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Qb3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Qb1. “19. Be3 looks annoying for Black”, Woman Grandmaster Tatev Abrahamyan says. 19. ... e5 20. Bd2 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. e4 Ra8 23. Nh4 Rxa3 24. Nf5 Bd7 25. Be3 Be6


26. Nxe7+? White could win back the Pawn and keep also the initiative with 26. Nxb5 Qxb5 27. Nxe7+ — Ushenina, however, has fallen too short of time to make any plan other than moving: 26. ... Qxe7 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 Bg4 29. Rd2 f5 30. Rdc2 f4 31. Rc7 Qf6 32. Bb6 Nd8. Abrahamyan recommends 32. ... Nc5! where if 33. bxc5 then 33. ... fxg3 34. cxd6 gxf2+ with an irresistible attack. 33. Qb2 Rd3 34. Qc2 Bf5 35. Qa2 Nf7 36. Bf1 Ng5 37. Ra7 fxg3 38. hxg3 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 Qg6 40. Bxd3 Qh5+ 41. Kg2 Bh3+ 0 : 1. For after 42. Kh1 Bf1 mate follows.

侯逸凡 (Hóu​ Yì​fán). Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich.

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