涅墨西斯 (Nemesis)

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Baadur Jobava
77th Tata Steel Chess Tournament; Wijk aan Zee, January 23, 2015
Caro-Kann Defence B15

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Qd5!? 7. Nf3 (7. Ne2!? Bd6 8. Nf4 Qe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 0-0 11. Be3 Re8 12. Kd2 Nd7 13. Rae1 c5!=) 7. ... Bd6 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bg4! Δ 10. Qc2? Bxf3 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. gxf3 g6 13. Bxg6 Rg8−+) 8. ... 0-0 9. 0-0 Bc7 10. h3 Bf5! 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Nh4 Be4 13. g3 Rfe8 14. c4 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. Bg4 Nf8 18. Re3 c5 19. d5 Bg6 20. Qe2 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Bd6 22. f4 Qc7 23. a4 Qb8 24. Re1 Bc2 25. Bd1 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Qc8 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Qd3 Ng6 29. Nxg6 fxg6 30. b3 Kf7 31. Re1 h5 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Bd2 b6 34. a5 bxa5 35. Qe3 Qd7 36. Bxa5 Qf5 37. Be1 h4 38. g4 Qc2+ 39. Kf1

39. ... Kg8?? This is indeed an inexplicable mistake, especially since Jobava wasn’t in zeitnot. After 39. ... Kf8 40. Bxh4 a5 41. Be1 a4! Black should be able to hold his own in the ending. 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qxd6. Sic et simpliciter, as Black has no perpetual check. 41. ... Qxb3 42. Kg2 Qxc4 43. Qe6 a5 44. f5 gxf5 45. Qxf5+ g6 1 : 0.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán). Photo: Alina l’Ami.