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居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) – 王珏 (Wáng Jué)
“Jolimark Cup” Chinese Chess League Division A; 深圳 (Shēnzhèn), December 4, 2016
King’s Indian Defence E63

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 c5 12. a4 Qb6!? A new idea, but hardly an improvement over 12. ... e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Rc1 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Qe7 17. e3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb4 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Ne1 b5 22. axb5 ½ : ½ Stohl – Kindermann, Schachbundesliga 1995/1996, somewhere in Germany, 1996. 13. Ra3 e6 14. Qc2 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Rb1 Rbc8 18. e4 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Bg4 20. Kg2 Qc7 21. Rc1 Qd8 22. Ng1 Bd7 23. Qb1 Qb6 24. Nf3

24. ... Rc7? The Knight on a5 is a little misplaced, so 王珏 (Wáng Jué) should have hurried on a rescue mission, even at the cost of a Pawn: 24. ... c4!? 25. b4 Nb3 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Nxd2 28. Nxd2 h5! and Black could hope for a compensation, thanks to the Bishop pair and her volatile initiative on the dark squares. 25. b4! Now White forces the gain of a Pawn under much more favourable circumstances. 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) will convert her material plus quite routinely, if a little laboriously. 25. ... cxb4 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qxb4 b6 28. Bxa6 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Re3 Rf8 31. h3 g5 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Qc4 34. Qb5 Qxb5 35. axb5 Nc4 36. Bc3 Ra8 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Rc3 Ra4 39. Nd4 Kf6 40. Nc6 Kf5 41. Rf3+ Ke4 42. Rf6 Kxd5 43. Rxh6 Kc5 44. Rg6 Kxb5 45. Ne7 Ka6 46. Rxg5 b5 47. Rg4 Kb6 48. Nd5+ Kc5 49. Nc3 Ra3 50. Rg5+ Kb4 51. Nd5+ Kb3 52. Rg8 Ne5 53. Rb8 Kc4 54. Ne3+ Kc5 55. h4 b4 56. h5 Nc6 57. Rb7 b3 58. h6 Nb4 59. Nd1 Ra8 60. g4 Kc4 61. g5 Nd3 62. h7 Nf4+ 63. Kg3 Ng6 64. Rg7 Kd5 1 : 0. So 上海 (Shànghǎi) won Chinese Chess League with one round yet to go. 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn), who was just back from Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, joined 上海 (Shànghǎi) just in time to contribute to today’s (decisive) win against 北京 (Běijīng) (4–1).

居文君 (Jū Wénjūn)
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