Sunday, June 22, 2014

答案在风中飘荡 (Blowin’ in the Wind)

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Nafisa Muminova
Women’s Grand Prix 2013–2014; 5th stage; Lopota, June 19, 2014
Spanish Game C65

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6. Simplification. 5. ... dxc6 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. Nc4 0-0-0 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Be3 f6 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Bd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Rfb1 Ng6 15. h3 Nf4 16. Qd2 Nxh3+? As Alina l’Ami pointed out then: “Instead, 16. ... g5!! was the way forward, the point being 17. hxg4 h5!!, opening the h-file. Black’s initiative could have been very unpleasant in a practical game and 逸凡 (Yìfán) mentioned this opportunity as well”. 17. gxh3 Bxh3. Nolens volens. Muminova probably overlooked that 17. ... Bxf3 simply loses a piece after 18. Qf4! Bh5 19.Qf5+. 18. a4 Qf7. The deadly threat is ... Qf7-g6+, but it would have been more stubborn 18. ... g5, “as [Nafisa] suggested afterwards, rolling everything forward, preventing Qd2-f4 and hope for a safe”, Alina l’Ami writes. 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qh2 Be6 21. Nfd2 f5 22. b5 c5


23. b6! A break-up sacrifice. 23. ... axb6. Else 23. ... cxb6 24. Rxb6! and wins (24. ... axb6 25. Nxb6 mate) 24. a5! f4. Useless, but after 24. ... fxe4 25. axb6 Qf4 26. Nxe4 White also scores a point. 25. axb6 cxb6. Also after 25. ... Kb8 26. Ne5 Black’s is a lost cause. 26. Nd6+! Rxd6 27. Ra8+ Kc7 28. Rxh8 Rd7 29. Qh6 Qe7. Or 29. ... Qg6 30. Qf8 with a mating net. 30. Nc4 1 : 0.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) vs. Nafisa Muminova. Photo: Alina l’Ami.

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