Tuesday, December 16, 2014

奇爱博士


Notes by Alina l’Ami


Tatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
4th SportAccord World Mind Games; Women’s Basque Event; 北京 (Beijīng), December 16, 2014
Sicilian Defence B81

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. f4 Qa5 12. Qf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bb6 Qb4 15. 0-0-0. After the first day of Basque, Hóu Yìfán is in 2nd position with 5/6. In round 3 she won both her games against Tatiana Kosintseva. Her Black game was won, using the thematic Sicilian Exchange sacrifice.


15. ... Rxc3! 16. bxc3 Qa3+ 17. Kd2 Be7. Quietly finishing development. Black has fantastic counterplay in the form of good chances against White’s King and the better pawn structure. 18. f5 0-0 19. Rb1 Rc8 20. Rb3 Qxa2 21. Rhb1 Qa4 22. Qe2 Bb5! 23. Rxb5 axb5 24. Rb4 Qa1 25. Rb3 Nd7 26. Qxb5 Bg5+. And the White King didn’t surive long. 27. Ke2 Nxb6 28. Qxb6 Qc1 29. c4 Qxc2+ 30. Kf1 Qxc4+ 31. Kg1 Qc1+ 32. Bf1 Rc2 33. Rf3 Qd2 0 : 1. (Notes by Alina l’Ami).

侯逸凡 (Hóu​ Yì​fán)
Photo: 谷笑冰 (Gǔ Xiàobīng)

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