狄刻 (Díkē)

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén)
45th Chinese Chess Championship; 兴化 (Xīnghuà), March 15, 2014
Scotch Game C45

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3. “A suggestion of mine, and played occasionally, but not so good as the usual 5. Be3”, Joseph Henry Blackburne wrote in his notes to his games against MacDonnell (Simpson’s Divan Master Tournament, London, 1876). 5. ... Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qf3!? If 7. Bg5 then 7. ... h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qe2 Be6 10. 0-0-0 g5 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. f3 0-0-0 13. Bf2 d5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. Rxd5 Bxd5= Radulov – Smyslov, 48th Hastings International Chess Congress, Hastings 1972/73. 7. ... d6. Another continuation is 7. ... 0-0 8. Bg5 Ne5 9. Qe2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qh4 12. g3 Qg4 13. f4 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Ng6 15. a4 c6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Kf2 Ne7 18. Bf3 Rd8 19. Rhd1 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Nxa5 Bf5 24. Rd2 b6 25. Nb3 Kf8 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Rd3 Rc8 28. g4 Ba4 29. c3 Bd7 30. Kg3 Ra8 31. Rd2 Ra2 32. f5 h5 33. h3 hxg4 34. hxg4 f6 35. Ne2 g6 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxb2 38. Nd4 Be8 39. Rd6 gxf5 40. Rxf6+ Ke7 41. g5 b5 42. Rb6 Rb1 43. Nxf5+ Kd7 44. Kf4 Kc7 45. Ra6 Rc1 46. Ng7 Bd7 47. g6 Rxc3 48. Ne6+ Bxe6 49. Rxe6 Rc1 50. Re5 Kd6 51. Rxb5 Ke7 52. Rf5 Rg1 53. Rg5 Rf1+ 54. Ke4 Kf8 55. Rf5+ ½ : ½ Navara – Melkumyan, 15th European Individual Chess Championship, Yerevan 2014. Furthermore, 7. ... Ne5!? is also worth considering. 8. Bg5 h6?!TN (8. ... Be6) 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. a4! Kd8 13. a5 Bd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. 0-0-0 Nc6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. a6! bxa6 18. Bxa6± Rb8 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Be2 Be4 21. f3 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Re8 23. g3 Nd7 24. Re1 Re6 25. b3 Nc5 26. Rf5 Ke7 27. Kd2 c6 28. Rf4 d5 29. Bf1 a5? ⌓ 29. ... Rxe1 30. Kxe1 a5 31. Kd2⩲ leaves White with a microscopic advantage. 30. Ra1! Nb7 31. Ba6 Nc5 32. Bf1 Rb4 33. Rxb4 axb4 34. Ra7+ Kf8 35. Rc7 Rf6 36. Be2 Kg7 37. Rc8 Nd7 38. Rd8 Nb6 39. f4 c5 40. Bf3 d4 41. Bd5 h5 42. Be4 h4 43. Ke2 hxg3 44. hxg3 Re6 45. Kf3 Re7 46. g4 Rc7 47. g5 Nc8. After 47. ... Rd7 48. Rxd7 Nxd7 49. Bd3! the White King easily penetrates into the enemy’s camp. 48. Bd3 f6 49. g6! f5!? A desperate pawn sacrifice in order to avoid being crushed (49. ... Ne7 50. f5+−). 50. Bxf5 Ne7 51. Rd7 Rxd7 52. Bxd7 Nxg6 53. Ke4 Kf6 54. Bf5 c4 (Δ 55. bxc4?? d3! 56. cxd3?? b3−+) 55. Bxg6 d3 56. Ke3 (56. cxd3?? cxb3−+) 56. ... Kxg6 57. bxc4 dxc2 58. Kd2 Kf5 59. Kxc2 Kxf4 60. Kb3 Ke5 61. Kxb4 Kd6 62. Kb5 1 : 0. 62. ... Kc7 63. Kc5 is an elementary win.

兴化 (Xīnghuà), 12 marzo 2014
修德顺 (Xiū Déshùn) vs. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)