All Hands

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Boris Abramovich Gelfand
FIDE Grand Prix 2017; 3rd stage; Geneva, July 13, 2017
Sicilian Defence B25

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. 0-0 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. Re1 Nd7 (9. ... Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd7 12. Ne4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bc6 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. Re3 b5 16. Rae1 c4 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bxf6 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxf6 20. Bxc4 Qxd2 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6+ Kd7 23. Qg4 Kc7 24. Qc4+ Kd7 25. Qa4+ Kd8 26. Qxa6 Kd7 27. Qb5+ Kd8 28. Re8+ 1 : 0 Grischuk – Gelfand, Grand Prix 2012–2013, 1st stage, London 2012) 10. Bf1 Nde5 11. d3TN (11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Bg2 Bd4 15. Qe2 h5 16. Nd1 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 e5 18. Nc4 b5 19. Ne3 h4 20. c3 Kf8= Demianjuk – Matjushin, 12th Vladimir Yakovlevich Dvorkovich Memorial, Taganrog 2017) 11. ... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Ne2 e5 14. c3 0-0 15. d4 f5 16. exf5 d5 17. Ng3 (18. c4!?) 18. ... cxd4 18. c4 Be6 19. Qg4 Bf7 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Rad1 Qa5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qf4 Rae8 25. Nh5

25. ... Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Rxe1 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rxe1 Qxe1 29. Bxd4 Qb4 30. a3 Qxa3 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qg4+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qxf6 Qf8 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. b4 Bxf3 38. Kf2 Be4 39. Bh3 Ke7 ½ : ½.

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