侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Radoslav Dimitrov
18th Corsican Circuit; Round of 16 match; tie-break game 2; time control: 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move; Bastia, October 19, 2014
Caro-Kann Defence B10
1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5!? e6
8. 0-0 Be7 9. d4 0-0 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bf6. The alternative was 12. ... Bd7 13. d5 Nd8 14. Bd3 Re8 15. c4 exd5 16. cxd5 Bf8 17. Be3 b6! 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bb1 Nb7 20. Qd3 g6 21. Qd2 h5 22. Bf4 Nd6? (correct was 22. ... Bd6 23. Bh6 Bg4!=) 23. Ne5 Ba4 24. Rc1 Qd8 25. Nc6 Qd7?! 26. Be5 with advantage to White, Damljanović – Matulović, 53th Yugoslav Team Chess Championship, Herceg Novi 2001. 13. Bd3 b6 14.
Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 h6? Better was 15. ... g6, although after 16. Qe4 (Δ Qe4-h4) 16. ... Kg7 17. Re3 White would have kept a powerful initiative. 16. Qe4 g6
17. Nxf7! Qxf7. Not 17. ... Kxf7 because of 18. Qxg6+ Ke7 19. d5! nor 17. ... Rxf7 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Qxh6+ Ke7 20. d5! with an overwhelming attack in both variations. 18. Qxc6 Bd7 19. Qe4 Qxf2+
20. Kh1 Qf6 21. Re3 Rac8 22. Rg3 1 : 0.
A hand of steel in a velvet glove. Photo: Lega Corsa di Scacchi.
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