Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Moka pot

Radoslaw Wojtaszek – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
47th International Chess Festival “In Memoriam Hans Suri”; Biel/Bienne, July 15, 2014
Queen’s Gambit Declined D38

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Qd6!? 7. Nd2. Another try is 7. Bxf6, e.g. 7. ... Qxf6 8. Qb3 Qd6!? 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qa4+! Nc6 11. e3 0-0 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Nd2 Rad8 14. 0-0 and White stands slightly better, Riazantsev – V. Gaprindashvili, Alushta 2000. 7. ... Bf5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bf4. For 9. Qb3 c5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. exd4 Rhc8 14. Rfe1+ Kf8 15. Re5 see 修德顺 (Xiū Déshùn) – 韦奕 (Wéi Yì), 兴化 (Xīnghuà) 2013. 9. ... Qb6 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be5 0-0 13. 0-0. Of course 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5 Qxb2 doesn’t bother Black. 13. ... Rad8 14. Bd4 Bxc3 15. bxc3!? This looks a little contrived. 15. ... Qc6 16. Qc1


19. ... Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. f3. And not 18. Bxa7? on account of 18. ... b6. 18. ... Nd6 19. Qa3 a6 20. Qc5 Rc8 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. a4 h5 23. Ra2 Re8 24. Kf2 Re7 25. Rb2 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Ra1 f6 28. h4 Bg6 29. Rb4 Rec7 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. a5 Be8 32. Ra2 Ra4. Forcing an endgame with opposite-colored Bishops. 33. Rxa4 Bxa4 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Kf7 36. g5 fxg5 37. hxg5 Kg6 38. Kg3 Kxg5 39. Bxg7 Kf5 40. Kf3 Bd1+ ½ : ½.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) before sunset. Photo: @ChessBase

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