Pentala Harikrishna – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
7th 海南 (Hǎinán) 儋州 (Dānzhōu) Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament “人民网 (People’s Daily Online) Cup”; 儋州 (Dānzhōu), July 17, 2016
Queen’s Gambit Declined D38
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. e3 Qa5 10. Qd4 0-0 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Nd4 g5 15. Bg3 Ndxc5 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Kg7 18. g4 Be6!? The first new move. The line contemplated by the reference book was 18. ... f5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. c4 Rae8 21. Kd2 Ne6 22. cxd5 Nxd4 23. exd4 Bg6 24. Bd3 Rf4 25. Bxg6 Kxg6 26. Kd3 Rd8 27. Rae1 Rxd5 28. Re6+ Kf7 29. Rhxh6 Rdxd4+ 30. Ke2 g4 31. Rd6 ½ : ½ Potkin – Matlakov, 16th European Individual Chess Championship, Jerusalem 2015. 19. Kd2 Rac8 20. Be2 Bd7. Back to the future. 21. Rab1 Rc7 22. Rhc1 Rfc8 23. Bd1 b6
24. Bb3. Of course, not 24. Nb3? because of 24. ... Na4 and the White Pawn at c3 is doomed. With no more than a draw to play for, Indian Grandmaster decides to be content with it as it is. 24. ... Nxb3+ 25. Rxb3 Rc5 26. Rb4 Ra5 27. Ra1 Rac5 28. Rc1 Ra5 29. Ra1 Rac5 30. Rc1 Ra5 ½ : ½. Thus 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) takes 7th-9th prizes ex-aequo with a score of 4 points out of 9, jumping to 93rd place in the World Chess Ranking!
Pentala Harikrishna vs. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) was awarded 9th prize
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Pentala Harikrishna was awarded 2nd prize
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