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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Anish Giri
77th Tata Steel Chess Tournament; Wijk aan Zee, January 13, 2015
Two Knights Defence C55

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. h3. If 8. Nbd2 may follow 8. ... Ng4!? (otherwise 8. ... Ng8 Δ ... f7-f5) 9. h3 Nh6 10. Nf1 f5∞. Another try is 8. c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. a5! Rb8! 11. Nbd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4! f6!∞ Spasov – Mozetić, Jagodina 1994. 8. ... Ng8 9. d4 f5 10. dxe5 fxe4 11. Rxe4

11. ... Bf5. The critical alternative is 11. ... Rxf3! 12. gxf3 Bxh3 13. f4 (13. Qd5!? dxe5 14. Qxg8+ Qxg8 15. Bxg8 Kxg8 was worth considering) 13. ... Bf5 14. Nc3 Qe8! as in the game Malakhov – Predojevic, Sarajevo 2006. 12. Re1 dxe5. Or 12. ... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Bb3 Bc5 as in the game Podgursky – Eletskikh, Kishinev 2010. 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Rxe5 Nxc2 16. Ra2 Bd6 17. Re2 Nb4 18. Ra1 Nc2 19. Ra2 Nb4 20. Ra1 Nc2 ½ : ½.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán). Photo: Alina l’Ami.