Monday, January 12, 2015

公益

Ivan Šarić – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
77th Tata Steel Chess Tournament; Wijk aan Zee, January 12, 2015
Sicilian Defence B27

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nb6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 d5 10. exd6 Bf5 11. Qe2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 exd6 13. Rxd6 Qc8 14. Qb5 Re8. For 14. ... Bg4 15. Bd3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd4 see Esserman – Perelshteyn, Philadelphia 2008. 15. h4 h5 16. a4? This move looks extremely committal. 16. ... Bxc3! 17. bxc3 Re4! The pointe. 18. Be3. White thought about 30 minutes.


18. ... Qf8!?? More natural and, in fact, much more straightforward would have been 18. ... Rxa4 19. Qb2 Qc7 with an almost won game. 19. Bc5 Qh6+ 20. Be3 Qf8 21. Bc5 Qh6+ 22. Be3 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Rd2 a6. “Aquiescing in a draw. 24. ... Qxc3 25. Qb2 Qxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Nxa4+ (26. ... Rc8!?) 27. Ka3 Nb6 would have been more ambitious”, Dennis Monokroussos wrote. 25. Qb3 Na5 26. Qb4 Nc6 27. Qa3 Na5 28. Qb4 Nc6 29. Qa3 Na5 30. Qb4 Nc6 ½ : ½.


侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
Photo: Alina l’Ami

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