And Short the Season

丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) – 郭琦 (Guō Qí)

Mixed Team Rapid & Blitz Tournament “深新 (Shēnxīn) Media Cup”; 深圳 (Shēnzhèn), June 2, 2017

Caro-Kann Defence B12

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. 0-0 Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Nf5 9. a4 a6 10. a5 Be7 11. g4 Nh6!? An odd looking novelty, which is probably not so bad, but that will be badly followed. Whatever it is, theory gives 11. ... Nh4, e.g. 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. f4 f5 14. Bd3 0-0 ½ : ½ A. Ivanov – Erenburg, 42nd Eastern Open, Bethesda 2015. 12. Ne1 c5 13. c3 c4 14. Nd2 Ng8? But this seems to me a very bad plan, which unveils the “improvisation” of 郭琦 (Guō Qí)’s 11th move. Black aims to open the h-file by ... h7-h5 and... White could not ask for anything better! 15. f4 f5 16. Ng2! h5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Ne3 g6? Another bad move, but 18. ... Nh6 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Bxh5+ Kf8 21. Kh1! was hardly better. 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bxh5+ Kf8 21. Rf2 Nb8. 郭琦 (Guō Qí) succeeded in getting both her Knights back home! 22. b3! cxb3 23. Nxb3 Nh6. Now 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) closes matters with his usual energy: 24. Rg2 Nd7 25. Rg6 Rg8

26. Ra2! Rxg6+ 27. Bxg6 Kg7 28. Rg2 Kh8 29. Bf7! 1 : 0.

丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) vs. 郭琦 (Guō Qí)
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