Man in the Trap

Ernesto Kazbekovich Inarkiev – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)

3rd Russia–China Junior Friendship Match; rapid match game 2; time control: 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move; Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, September 17, 2016

Queen’s Indian Defence E16

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Rc1. A theoretically critical line is 10. d5 Bb4 11. Nb5 exd5 12. Nh4 c6 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. cxd5 Ne4 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Be3 c5 19. Qd7 Bc6 20. Qg4 Nb4 21. Rad1 Qe6 (after 21. ... Qxb2 22. Nf5 Qf6 it seems hard for White to show compensation for her Pawn deficit) 22. Nf5 g6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Qh4 Nc2 25. Ng4 Nxe3 26. fxe3 h5 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qf7+ ½ : ½ Nisipeanu – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), 43rd Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund 2015.
10. ... Ne4 11. d5TN (11. a3 d6 12. Qd3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 f5 14. Qe3 Qd7 15. Rd1 Rae8 16. Rcc1 Qc8 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. Be3 e5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Nxb4 24. Ra1 Na6 25. Bc6 Rxe2 26. c5 Nxc5 27. Ra8 Qe6 28. Bd5 Rxa8 29. Bxe6+ Nxe6 30. Qd5 Ra5 31. Qc6 Raa2 32. Qe8+ Nf8 33. Qc6 Ne6 34. Qe8+ Nf8 35. Qc6 Ne6 ½ : ½ Vyzmanavin – Kholmov, 3rd GMA Baleares Open World Cup Tournament, Palma de Mallorca 1989)
11. ... Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Nc5 13. Rc2 d6 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. e4 Bc8 19. f4 Qf6 20. Qd3 Bd7 21. Rcf2 a4

22. f5 Qh6 23. h4 g6 24. Bh3 f6 25. Rh2 g5 26. Qe3 Rab8 27. Rff2 Rb4 28. Bf1 Kg7 29. Qf3 Be8 30. Rh3 Kh8 31. Rfh2?? A disastrous blunder which costs at least a Rook. Correct was 31. Qe3 Kg7 with approximate equality.

31. ... g4! The deadly blow, delivered with all the effect of a Pawn fork, for if now 32. Qxg4?? then 32. ... Bh5 trapping the Queen.
32. Qc3 gxh3 33. Bxh3 Rg8 34. Kf2 Bh5 35. Bf1 Qg7 36. Bh3. Preventing ... Qg7-g4, but...

36. ... Rxb2+! 37. Qxb2 Qxg3+ 0 : 1.