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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Babu M.R. Lalith
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival; Catalan Bay, January 30, 2015
Caro-Kann Defence B19

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. 0-0-0 Be7 13. Kb1 0-0 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Be3. For 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. Rhe1 c5 19. c4 Qd6 20. g4 cxd4 [better 20. ... Nd7 21. Ba5 b6 22. Qf3 Bf6! with equality, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Gunina, 3th SportAccord World Mind Games; Women’s Rapid Event; 北京 (Beijīng) 2013] 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Nd7 23. Nxf7! Kxf7 24. Rxd4! Qb6 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Qg4 Rg8 27. Rde4 e5 28. Rxe5+! see 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Gunina, 3th SportAccord World Mind Games; Women’s Blitz Event; 北京 (Beijīng) 2013. 17. ... Rad8. For 17. ... Ng4 18. Bc1 Rfd8 19. Ne5 see Negi – Lalith, 48th Indian Chess Championship, New Delhi 2010. 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nd3 Qb5 20. f4. The alternative was 20. Bc1 Bf6 21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Nf4 Rfe8 ½ : ½ So – Bruzón Batista, Montreal 2012. 20. ... c5. A novelty, one may suspect. For 20. ... Nb6 21. c3 c5 22. dxc5 Na4 see Nasuta – Powierski, Iași 2014. 21. g4 Nb6. A strong rejoinder. 22. dxc5 Na4

23. c4. Luckily enough, the text move is both near-forced and good. 23. ... Qxc4 24. Qc2 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. Bxc5 Rc8 28. b4 b6 29. Rd7 a6 30. a4 bxc5 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Rb8 33. Rb1 f5 34. gxf5 Rxf5 35. Kc3 Rxf4 36. Rg1 Rxb5 37. Rgxg7+ Kf8 38. Rh7 Kg8 39. Rxh6 Rbb4 40. Rg6+ Kh8 41. Rh6+ Kg8 ½ : ½.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) vs. Babu M.R. Lalith
Photo: Sophie Triay