Dress Like a Parisian

In referring to the partie sans façon Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) played with Russian tycoon Oleg Vyacheslavovich Skvortsov on January 31, 2014 as a sideline event of the 3rd Zürich Chess Challenge, the Russian Chess Federation web site’s editor-in-chief finally published something about it:

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Oleg Vyacheslavovich Skvortsov
Zürich, January 31, 2014
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“The beautiful win was 24. ... Qg6! 25. fxg6+ fxg6 26. Qd1 Bxh3 or 25. Qd1 Rb1! 26. fxg6+ fxg6. Unfortunately, I didn’t find this unexpected resource, played 24. ... Rb1? and lost”, Skvortsov told Vladimir Leonidovich Barsky. Indeed, after 24. ... Rb1? 25. gxf6! Rxc1+ 26. Kg2 Rc2+ 27. Kg3 Black cannot escape mate; for instance: 27. ... Rc3 28. fxg7! Rxd3+ 29. Kf2 Rxh3 30. gxf8=Q Rxh5 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qg8#.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) and Oleg Vyacheslavovich Skvortsov exchanging gifts and moves. Photos: Vladimir Leonidovich Barsky/Russian Chess Federation.