White Swan

Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
5th Chess World Cup; match game 1; Tromsø, August 11, 2013
Queen’s Gambit Declined D38

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Rc1 Qxc5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. e3 Bd7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Be2 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qc5 17. Qb2 Qb6 18. Qa1 Na5 19. Nd2 Nb3 20. Nxb3 Qxb3 21. c4 Rg8 22. Qxf6 Qxa3 23. 0-0 Qe7 24. Qd4 Qc5 25. Ra1 a5 26. Rfb1 Qxd4 27. exd4 a4 28. g3 Bc6 29. d5 exd5 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxa4 Kf8 32. Bd3 h6 33. Be4 Bc6 34. Rc4 Rg4 35. f4 Rg8 36. Rbc1 Kg7 37. Bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 bxc6 39. Rxc6 Ra8 40. Rc2 Ra3 41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Kh3 Ra5 43. Kh4 Rb5 44. g4 Kg7 45. f5 Rb3 46. Rg2 Ra3 47. Rg3 Ra2 48. h3 Ra6 49. Rb3 Rc6 50. Kh5 Ra6 51. h4 Rf6 52. Rb5 Ra6 53. Rb7 Rf6 54. Rc7 Kh7 55. Rc5 Ra6 56. Rd5 Kg7 57. Rd7 Rf6 58. Rb7 Kh7 59. Ra7 Kg7 60. Rd7 Kh7 61. Rd5 Ra6 62. g5 hxg5 63. hxg5 Ra1 64. Rd7 Kg8 65. f6 Rh1+ 66. Kg4 Rg1+ 67. Kf5 Rf1+ 68. Ke5 Rg1 69. Kd6 Rxg5 70. Rd8+ Kh7 71. Ke7 Ra5 72. Kxf7 Ra7+ 73. Ke6 Ra6+ 74. Rd6 Ra8 75. Ke7 Ra7+ 76. Rd7 Ra8 77. Kf7 Ra1 78. Re7 Ra8 79. Re6

79. ... Rb8! 80. Re1. Or 80. Ra6 Rb7+ 81. Ke6+ Kg6 82. Rd6 Rf7 83. Ke5 Rf8 84. Ra6 Rf7 85. Ra1 Rxf6 86. Rg1+ Kf7 ½ : ½ Tartakower – Spielmann, International Chess Masters’ Tournament, Bad Kissingen 1928. Move 80 was move 83 in Tartakower – Spielmann. 80. ... Rb7+ 81. Re7 Rb8 82. Ra7 Rb1 83. Ke6+ Kg6 ½ : ½.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) showed her virtuoso technique in the endgame of her first game with Shirov. Photo: Anastasiya Valeryevna Karlovich.