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Expressly annotated by Miss Lonelyhearts

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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Antoaneta Stefanova
Lopota, June 24, 2014
English A35

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 d6. The alternative is 4. ... Nf6, e.g. 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 d6 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 d5!? with even chances, Inkiov – Tal, Saint John 1988. 5. h3. If 5. dxc5 then 5. ... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc5 with equality, Tartakower – L. Steiner, Debrecen 1925. 5. ... Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 Nge7 8. 0-0 cxd4. For 8. ... 0-0 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nh2 see I. Nej – Rantanen, Tallin 1975. 9. exd4 Nf5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. d5 Ncd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Be3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 (16. ... b5!?) 17. cxd5 Qxd5? A poisoned Pawn. 17. ... Qa6 is mandatory, although after 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Rac1 Kd7 20. Rc6 White stands clearly better. 18. Bf4+ Kf8 19. Rfd1 Qf5 20. Bxd6+ Kg8 21. Rac1 h5 22. Rc7 b5 23. Rd3 Rc8?? A gross blunder, but also after 23. ... Qf6 24. Rd7 Black is doomed (24. ... Qxb2? 25. Qf3+-). 24. g4. Sic et simpliciter. 24. ... hxg4 25. hxg4 1 : 0.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) vs. Antoaneta Stefanova
Lopota, June 24, 2014
Photo: Alina l’Ami