Community property

赵雪 (Zhào Xuě) – 侯逸凡 (Hóu​ Yì​fán)
Women’s Grand Prix 2013–2014; 4th stage; Khanty-Mansiysk, April 17, 2014
English Opening A10

“侯逸凡 (Hóu​ Yì​fán) employed the same system she used against Stefanova earlier, except now 赵雪 (Zhào Xuě)’s Pawn was not on d4 just yet. This gave both players interesting possibilities, and 赵雪 (Zhào Xuě) sacrificed a Pawn for a small initiative. This was never full compensation for the Pawn, but it was enough to hold equality on most lines and eventually the game turned into a drawish endgame”, Grandmaster Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez wrote in his ChessBase report. 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Be2 d6 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. d3 Bb7 10. Bf4 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. d4 Qf6 13. Bf3 c6 14. Bg3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qa4 0-0 17. Rad1 Bd4 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6 Bxb2 20. Rd7 h6 21. Bd6 Rfe8. If nothing else, after 21. ... Rfc8 22. Qb7 Bd4 Black can still hope to keep both the position and the Pawn

22. Rxa7! Rxa7 23. Qxe8+ Kh7 24. Qb8 Ra4 25. Qxb6 Rxc4 26. Bc5 Be5 27. Be3 Qf5 28. h3 Qd3 29. Qb1 Qg6 30. Rc1 Re4 31. Qd3 h5 32. Kf1 Ra4 33. Qb3 Qe4 34. Qc2 Qxc2 35. Rxc2 Kg6 36. Ke2 Kf5 37. Kd3 g5 38. Bc5 g4 39. hxg4+ hxg4 40. g3 Ra8 41. a3 Bc7 42. Rc4 e5 43. a4 Ba5 44. Be3 f6 45. Kc2 Be1 46. Bb6 Ra6 47. Be3 Ra8 48. Kd1 Be5 49. Kc2 Be1 50. Kd1 Ba5 51. Kc2 ½ : ½.

赵雪 (Zhào Xuě) vs. 侯逸凡 (Hóu​ Yì​fán). Photos: Nikolay Bochkarev, Alina l’Ami.