Notes by Alina l’Ami
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Valentina Gunina
4th SportAccord World Mind Games; Women’s Rapid Event; 北京 (Beijīng), December 12, 2014
Caro-Kann Defence B10
1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 Nf6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8.
Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Nb3 Re8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Be5 13. a3 Qc7 14. Kh1 Rad8
15. Qd3 Ne7 16. Bd2 Ng6 17. Rae1 b6 18. Re2 h6 19. Rfe1 Re7 20. g3 a5 21. Bg2 a4
22. Nc1 Bd6 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. f4 h5 25. Ne2 h4 26. g4 Nd5 27. Qxd4
27. ... Bc5. We enter the game at the moment fortune is falling Gunina’s way. 28. Qc4? Simply 28. Qxa4, as mentioned later on by Hóu Yìfán herself, would have kept White’s advantage, though Black is definitely still kicking after 28. ... Be3!. 28. ... Bf2! 29. Qxc7. Hóu Yìfán had missed that after 29. Bxd5 Qxc4 30. Bxc4 Bxe1 31. Bxe1 Black wins with 31. ... Rd1!. 29. ... Nxc7. Hitting both the d2–Bishop and the Rook on e1. Suddenly Hóu Yìfán is in trouble. 30. Rf1. Or 30. Rd1 Be3!. 30. ... Rxd2 31. Rxf2 Rxc2 32. Kg1 Rxb2 33. Nc3 Rb3 34. Nxa4 b5
35. Nb6 Rxa3 36. Rc2 Nxf4!? Adding even more gas on the fire! There was also nothing wrong with the counter-attack 36. ... Ra6!. 37. Rxc7 Ra1+ 38. Bf1 Nxh3+ 39. Kh2 Ng5. At this point Hóu Yìfán was terribly short on time which made the task of defending this position even harder. 40. Bd3 g6 41.
Nd5 Nf3+ 42. Kh3 (42. Kg2 Ne1+) 42. ... Rg1! Suddenly the White King is under very serious threats. The only way to avoid immediate disaster is by playing... 43. Nf6+ Kf8 44. Ne4. ... but after 44. ... f5! Black won the Knight and soon after, the game! 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Be2 fxe4 47. Bxf3
exf3 48. Rc3 Ke7 49. Re3+ Kd6 0 : 1. (Notes by Alina l’Ami).
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) vs. Valentina Gunina
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