A Man Called Horse

居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) – 马群 (Mǎ Qún)
13rd Chinese Chess League; 北京 (Běijīng), June 8, 2017
Slav Defence D10

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qa4 e6 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Nf3 a6. For 11. ... Be7 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Rc1 0-0 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. 0-0 Rfc8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne2 Rab8 see 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) – Fressinet, 15th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, Catalan Bay 2017 12. Axc6 Axc6 13. Db3 h6!? 马群 (Mǎ Qún)’s novelty actually appears to be better on 13. ... Be7 14. Ne5 0-0 15. 0-0 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Rab8 19. Qc3 Rfc8 20. Rac1 h5 21. b3 h4 22. h3 Rb5 23. Rc2 e5 24. Rfc1 e4 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. Rc3 g5 27. Qc2 Nb8 28. Qe2 Qg6 29. Nc5 Kg7 30. f3 exf3 31. Qxf3 Re8 32. Rf1 Re7 33. Qg4 Rxc5 34. dxc5 Nd7 35. Qf5 Qxf5 36. Rxf5 Kg6 37. Rf1 Re4 38. Rd1 1 : 0 Radjabov – Vachier-Lagrave, 3rd SportAccord World Mind Games, Rapid Event, 北京 (Beijīng) 2013. 14. Bh4 Bd6 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Ne5 Bxe5! Consistent with his 13th move and well calculated. White has no real way to exploit the weakening of Black’s Kingside, and indeed she will have to play with mood and tone for keeping a sound balance. 18. dxe5

18. ... g5 19. Bg3 Ne4 20. Qd1 Kg7 21. f4 Bb5 22. Re1 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 f5 25. exf6+ Qxf6 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. exd4 g4 29. Be5+ Kg6 30. Bd6 Re8 31. Re3 Bc4 32. a3 Bb3 33. h3 gxh3 34. Rxh3 Bc2 35. Rg3+ Kf7 36. Rf3 Bf5 37. Kf2. The silly 37. g4? Rg8 would lose a Pawn, but probably not the game because of the opposite coloured Bishops. 37. ... Rg8 38. Rg3 Rxg3 ½ : ½.

居文君 (Jū Wénjūn)
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