大钢蛇

Magnus Carlsen – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
77th Tata Steel Chess Tournament; Wijk aan Zee, January 17, 2015
Sicilian Defence B32

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Be2 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. b3 h6 16. h3. Charmless is 16. Bf3 Qa7 ½ : ½ A. Kovacević – Grigore, 34th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2000. 16. ... Qa7 17. Bf3 Ne7 18. Ne3 Nc6 19. Bg4 Nd4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nc2 Nxc2 22. Rxc2 Rd7 23. Qe2 Rad8 24. Rd3 Qc5 25. Na4 Qc6 26. Re3 b6 27. Nb2 Rf7 28. Rd2 Nd7 29. Nd3 a5. “Where did 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) go wrong today? Only 29. ... a5 jumps out at me. Tough game to understand”, Jan Gustafsson tweeted. 30. Nb2 Nc5 31. Nd1 Rdf8 32. Qe1 Rd8 33. Nc3 Rfd7 34. Qd1 Na6 35. Qh5 Nc7 36. Rg3 Kh8 37. Rdd3 Re7 38. Rg6 Qe8 39. Rdg3 Rdd7 40. Nd1 Rf7 41. Qe2 Rf4 42. Qe3 b5 43. Nb2 Rdf7 44. c5! Qc6 45. Nd3 b4 46. Qe2 Rh4 47. R6g4 Rxg4 48. Qxg4 Kg8 49. Qh5 Nb5 50. Rg4? A serious slip. The immediate 50. Qxh6 Qxe4 51. Qxe6+− was called for. 50. ... Nc3 51. Qxh6

51. ... Nxe4? Correct was 51. ... Qxe4! for after 52. Rxe4 gxh6 53. Rg4+ Kh7 54. cxd6 Rd7 55. Nxe5 Rxd6 White is a Pawn ahead, but there’s still lots of play left. 52. Qxe6 Nxf2? From bad to worse, but also after 52. ... Nxc5 53. Nxe5 Nxe6 54. Nxc6 Rc7 55. Nxa5 Rc1+ 56. Kh2 Rc2 57. Rxb4 Rxa2 58. Nb7 White should win. 53. Nxe5! Nxh3+ 54. Kh2! 1 : 0. “Magnus has played incredibly well today, he has slowly outplayed her”, then Carlsen’s second Peter Heine Nielsen said to TV 2.

This time the “battle of sexes” was won by the man. Photo: Alina l’Ami.