Thursday, September 12, 2013

暴风雨后的宁静 (The Calm after the Storm)

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Anna Yuriyivna Ushenina
Women’s World Chess Championship 2013; match game 2; 泰州 (Tàizhōu), September 12, 2013
Sicilian Defence B33

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. Ncb4 0-0 14. Be2 a5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Qd3 b4 18. h4. The alternative is 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qb3 (19. Qg3 h6 20. 0-0 Kh8 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. Rad1 f5 23. Bf3 Qa7 24. Nxb4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bg4 26. a3 Bxd1 27. Qxd1 Rbc8 28. g3 Rc1 29. Qe2 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qd4 31. Kg2 Bc1 32. Nd3 Bd2 33. Bf3 Ba5 34. b4 Bb6 35. a4 Qc4 36. Qe4 Qc2 37. a5 Bd4 38. Qg6 d5 39. Bxd5 Rxf2+ 40. Kh3 Rxh2+ 41. Kg4 h5+ 0 : 1 Almasi – Shirov, 26th French Team Chess Championship “Top 16”, Cannes 2005) 19. ... Be6 20. Bc4 Rac8 21. 0-0 Qc6 22. Rac1 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qc5 24. Rc2 g6 ½ : ½ Anand – Kramnik, 25th Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund 1997. 18. ... Bd8 19. g3 Be6 20. Rd1 bxc3 21. bxc3 Bb6. Grandmaster Tatev Abrahamyan wrote in his ChessBase report: “Here, I already prefer Black’s position. The c3 weakness counters the d6 weakness, and after the d8-Bishop goes to b6, Black can start thinking about ... f7-f5. 21. ... Rc8 is a better try to keep the game going”.


22. Nxb6. Still, Abrahamyan says: “Good decision. Otherwise, White can end up in a very unpleasant position”. 22. ... Qxb6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Bxa2 25. Kd2 Rfb8 26. Ra1 Rb2+ 27. Ke3 Rc8 28. c4 Kf8 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Kxd2 Bxc4 31. Rxa5 Bxe2 32. Kxe2 Rc2+ 33. Ke3 f6 ½ : ½.

侯逸凡 (Hóu​ Yì​fán) vs. Anna Yuriyivna Ushenina. Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich.

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