侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Carla Heredia Serrano
Women’s World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament; match game 1; Antakya, December 4, 2010
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. 0-0-0 Be7. It’s popular lately to castle short in Caro-Kann. However Black must know [her] stuff well, otherwise a disaster can happen. Like in this game... 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 b5?! Rare move, which is even though quite typical for Caro-Kann positions, isn’t so apropriate here. 15. ... 0-0 is the main move and now the attacking scheme like in the game isn’t so simple anymore — 16. Ne5 (16. g4!?) 16. ... c5!. 16. Ne5 Qd5 17. Kb1 0-0 18. g4. The usual roll starts... 18. ... Nd7 19. Nf3! Wise decision to keep more pieces on board! It’s always unpleasant to meet such moves... 19. ... c5 20. g5!? Typical strong sacrifice which is more natural than ever, but would 侯 (Hóu) face a computer, I would advise her to be more pationed and prepare it first. 20. Rhg1! and Black isn’t in time with [her] counterplay in the centre — 20. ... cxd4 21. g5 Nc5 22. Qe2 d3 23. cxd3 it turns out Black can’t exchange Queens and thus [she] achieved nothing and will be crushed soon. 20. ... hxg5 21. Rdg1 c4. 21. ... f6 is too early here. Queen is ready to jump to g6 at any time — 22. h6 Rf7 23. Qg6 Raf8 24. Nh4!! and the threat is 25. h7+ Kh8 26. Qxf7 followed by Nh4-g6 mate. It wins. 22. Qe3 b4? Black decided to burn the bridges, but she could have made it much more difficult for 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) with the more natural 22. ... f6! now I suppose White did see the shot 23. Nh4! with dangerous initiative, but as long as Black defends well, she is far from crushed here — (23. h6?! g6 and it’s hard to make any progress at all) 23. ... Rf7 (23. ... gxh4?? 24. Rxg7+!! is the whole idea: 24. ... Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Rg1+ winning) 24. Ng6 Nf8 and as I said white does have compensation but it’s not easy to launch an attack since the logical 25. f4 is answered by 25. ... g4!.
23. Bxb4!! Crushing blow! From now on White has a smooth attack and there is nothing Black can do about it anymore. 23. Nxg5 c3. 23. ... Bxb4 24. Rxg5 f5 25. h6 Rf7. 25. ... g6 might have been a bit more tough practically, but after 26. Rhg1 with idea 26. ... Kh8 27. Nh4 White would win easily as well. 26. hxg7 Rxg7 27. Rhg1 Bf8 28. Rxg7+ Bxg7 29. Qh6. The piece is back and attack is still just mating. 29. ... Kf8 30. Rxg7 Ke8 31. Qh4 Qd6 32. Ng5 Qb4 33. Qh5+ Kd8 34. Nxe6+ Kc8 35. Qe8+ 1 : 0. Not a bad way to start the Championship!
Not a bad way to start the Championship! Photo: Turkish Chess Federation.
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