在黑暗中漫舞 (Dancer in the Dark)

Nana Dzagnidze – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
Women’s Grand Prix 2013–2014; 5th stage; Lopota, June 26, 2014
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The endgame, despite the material equality, is certainly favorable to Black. 42. Rb8 Rd3 43. Nd1? The wrong track. After 43. Nb1 Rb3 44. Rxb3 Nxb3 45. Nc3 Kd6 Black’s superiority is manifest but not yet decisive. 43. ... Ra3 44. Rh8 Ra2+ 45. Kf1. Also after 45. Kf3 Rd2 Black’s position is imposing. 45. ... Nd3 46. Rxh6 Rd2! Yìfán’s deployment of her pieces creates a wonderfully aesthetic impression. 47. Rh7+ Kd6 48. h5 e4 49. Nc3 Rxf2+ 50. Kg1 Rf3. Sharper seems 50. ... Rc2! and White is in Zugzwang. 51. Nd1 Rg3+ 52. Kf1 Ne5 53. Kf2 Rg5 54. h6 Ng4+ 55. Ke2 Rh5 56. Ra7 Rxh6 57. Rxa5 Rh2+ 58. Kf1 Ne5 59. Ke1. As hopeless as anything else. 59. ... Nf3+ 60. Kf1 Rh1+ 0 : 1. For if 61. Ke2 then 61. ... Re1+.

Francesca Lidia Ortenzi
Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”