侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Natalia Oleksandrivna Zhukova
15th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival; Catalan Bay, January 25, 2017
French Defence C19
Notes by International Master Sagar Shah, ChessBase.com, January 26, 2017.
15th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival; Catalan Bay, January 25, 2017
French Defence C19
Notes by International Master Sagar Shah, ChessBase.com, January 26, 2017.
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. Qb1 c4 10. h4 Nbc6 11. h5 h6 12. g3 Bd7 13. Bh3 0-0-0 14. 0-0 Rdf8 15. Qb2 b6 16. Rae1 Kb7 17. Re2 Nf5 18. Ne1 g6 19. Ng2 Nce7 20. Bg4 Rh7 21. Qc1 Rfh8 22. Nf4 Rg8 23. Kh2 Bc8 24. Rh1 Bd7 25. Kg1 Bc8 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Bf3 Rf7 28. Bg2 h5 29. Nh3 Nc6 30. Kh2 Rgf8 31. Bg5 Rh7 32. Nf4 Nce7 33. Bh3
The position is complicated. However, more often than not top players always get the better minor piece on the board after the complications. This is what happened in this game as well.
33. ... Rg8? A careless move by Zhukova that lets 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) get what she wanted. Natalia had to ask what her opponent wanted. 33. ... Qe8! This keeps the Rook on the f-file. 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 35. Bxf5 Rxf5⩱ Now the position is not so simple anymore as the f4 square is not an outpost. The Knight can be kicked anytime with ... g6-g5.
34. Bxe7! Rxe7 35. Bxf5! gxf5 36. Kg2±. And just like that we see that it is 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) who is left with a clearly superior minor piece and a weakness on h5 to attack. This was a result of Zhukova not being prophylactic and not understanding what her opponent’s threats were.
36. ... Rh7 37. Rxh5 Rgh8 38. Rxh7+ Rxh7 39. Re1 Qe8 40. Rh1 Qh8 41. Rh3 Kc6 42. Ng6 Qg7 43. Qg5 Kb5 44. Rxh7 Qxh7 45. Qf6 f4 46. g4 f3+ 47. Kg3 a5 48. g5 1 : 0.
33. ... Rg8? A careless move by Zhukova that lets 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) get what she wanted. Natalia had to ask what her opponent wanted. 33. ... Qe8! This keeps the Rook on the f-file. 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 35. Bxf5 Rxf5⩱ Now the position is not so simple anymore as the f4 square is not an outpost. The Knight can be kicked anytime with ... g6-g5.
34. Bxe7! Rxe7 35. Bxf5! gxf5 36. Kg2±. And just like that we see that it is 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) who is left with a clearly superior minor piece and a weakness on h5 to attack. This was a result of Zhukova not being prophylactic and not understanding what her opponent’s threats were.
36. ... Rh7 37. Rxh5 Rgh8 38. Rxh7+ Rxh7 39. Re1 Qe8 40. Rh1 Qh8 41. Rh3 Kc6 42. Ng6 Qg7 43. Qg5 Kb5 44. Rxh7 Qxh7 45. Qf6 f4 46. g4 f3+ 47. Kg3 a5 48. g5 1 : 0.
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) successfully took over the Bastille and got the best of her opponent. Photo © Sophie Triay. |
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