Friday, December 13, 2013

馬 (Knight)

Tatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
3rd SportAccord World Mind Games; Women’s Rapid Tournament; time control: 20 minutes plus 10 seconds per move; 北京 (Běijīng), December 13, 2013
Sicilian Defence B67

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. g4 b5 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. g5 Nh5 14. f4 b4 (14. ... h6? 15. g6! fxg6 16. Rg1 g5 17. fxg5 Ne5 18. gxh6 gxh6 19. a3 Nf6 20. Rg7 Nfg4 21. Bf4 Bf6? 22. Rxg4! Nxg4 23. Bxd6 Qa7 24. Kb1 Qe3 25. Qg2 Ne5 26. Be2 0-0-0 27. Qf1 Qg5 28. Qf2 Be7 1 : 0 Kosteniuk – Levrand, 114th Swiss Chess Championship, Grächen 2013)
15. Na4 Rb8 16. Be2 g6 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Kb1 e5 19. f5? (19. Qf2)
19. ... Nd8 20. Nb6 Rxb6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Qe2 Bxg5 23. Qxh5 h6 24. Rhg1 Bf6 25. Nd2 Bb5 26. Qf3 a5 27. Rg2 a4 28. Nf1 Bxf1 29. Qxf1 Ke7 30. Qd3 Nb7 31. Qd5 Nc5 32. Qc4 Rc8 33. Rgd2 Rg8 34. Re1 Rg4 35. Qd5 Nxe4 36. Rde2

Position after 36. Rd2-e2

Black to move and win: 36. ... Nc3+! 0 : 1.

A wild Knight rider. Photo: 王亮 (Wáng Liàng).

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