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Humpy Koneru – 谭中怡 (Tán Zhōngyí)
Women’s Grand Prix; 4th stage; 成都 (Chéngdū), July 5, 2016
Queen’s Gambit Declined D31

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. a4 0-0 8. Ba3 Re8 9. cxd5 cxd5!? 9. ... exd5 followed by the development of the light-squared Bishop on the h7-b1 diagonal might well be simpler. 10. Nf3 Nc6. 10. ... b6 transposes into well-known paths; for instance: 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bd6 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 e5 16. d5 Bf5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nc4 Ne7 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bg3 Qxd5 21. Nd6 Red8 22. Qxd5+ Nxd5 23. c4 Nb4 24. 0-0 Rd7 25. a5 Rad8 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rfb1 Nc6 28. Rxb6 Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. c5 Re6 31. Ra8+ Re8 32. Raa6 Ne5 33. Ra7 Rc8 34. Rbb7 Kf8 35. h3 Rxc5 36. Rb8+ Be8 37. Raa8 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Re5 39. Kg3 Re7 40. Ra4 Kf7 41. Rc4 Ne1 42. Rd4 Bc6 43. Rb6 Re6 44. Rc4 Bd5 45. Rxe6 Kxe6 46. Rc7 g5 47. Rxh7 Nf3 48. Ra7 Nh4 49. Ra6+ Ke5 50. Ra5 Ke6 ½ : ½ 赵骏 (Zhào Jùn) – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), 42th Chinese Chess Championship, 兴化 (Xīnghuà) 2011. 11. Bd3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. 0-0 Qc7 15. c4 Rh5 16. f4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Qb6. The Bishop cannot be taken because of back rank mate. 18. Qd2 Ne4. Maybe it was better to play 18. ... Be6 19. Rfb1 Qc6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 with a slightly inferior but apparently tenable position. 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Re8

22. d5! Koneru totally outplayed her opponent positionally. 22. ... Rh6 23. a5! Rf6 24. g3 h5 25. Bd3 Nd6 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Rc1 Bb5 28. Bb1 Bd7 29. Rc7 Bg4 30. h4 Bf5 31. Bxd6 Bxb1 32. Bb4 Rf5 33. d6 Rd5 34. d7 1 : 0.

Humpy Koneru vs. 谭中怡 (Tán Zhōngyí)
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