An Aesthetic Idea through Bureaucracy

丁亦昕 (Dīng Yìxīn) – 沈阳 (Shěn Yáng)
2016 Chinese Chess League Division A; 嘉兴 (Jiāxīng), June 24, 2016
Four Knights Game C47

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 Rb4 14. Ne2 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qd6 16. Nh5 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 g6 18. Qf3. Thus she cannot cause Black any worries. More promising is 18. Qg5 Kg7 19. Rae1 Qf6 20. Qe3 with an edge for White, Alsina Leal – Dvirnyy, 39th International Open, Badalona 2013. 18. ... Qf4. 沈阳 (Shěn Yáng) plays safe and ensures herself a comfortable balance. Anyway, 18. ... Rf4 also was good. 19. Qxf4 Rxf4 20. Rfe1 Be6 21. c3 Rd8 22. Rad1

22. ... a5! 23. Ba6 Rb8! 24. Bd3 a4! 沈阳 (Shěn Yáng) is playing so well from so much time that you could well wonder why the superbosses of Chinese chess didn’t call her to join the Olympic women’s team. 25. Bc2 axb3 26. axb3 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. b4 Rf4 29. Re7. White has sufficient life in her to achieve a draw. 29. ... Ra8 30. Re2 Ra3 31. b5 cxb5 32. Rxd5 Rxc3 33. Rxb5 ½ : ½.

沈阳 (Shěn Yáng)
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