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A. R. Saleh Salem – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
FIDE Grand Prix 2017; 3rd stage; Geneva, July 12, 2017
Giuoco Piano C54

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. Bg5 Be7 7. a4 d6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bxf6. If 9. Bh4 then 9. ... Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb8 12. Nf1 c6 13. Ne3 Na6 14. g4 Nc7 15. Nf5 d5 16. Bb3 Bf6 17. Qe2 Ne6 18. g3 Re8 with comfortable equality, Vachier-Lagrave – Kramnik, 3rd Grand Chess Tour, 2nd stage, Rapid YourNextMove, Leuven 2017. 9. ... Bxf6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ne3 c6 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Qa2 Ng6 14. Rd1 Bg5 15. 0-0 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qe7 17. d4 Kh8. The Pawn is taboo, for after 17. ... exd4 18. exd4 Qxe4?? 19. Bxf7+! Rxf7 20. Qxf7+! Kxf7 21. Neg5++ White wins the Exchange without any compensation for Black. 18. Qa3 Bg4 19. Ba2 Rbd8 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 f5! 22. dxe5. Both 22. Rxf5 Nh4 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8∓ and 22. exf5 Nh4 would give Black an ideal attacking game. 22. ... Qxe5 (22. ... Nh4) 23. Qb4 f4∓ 24. Qd4 Qg5 25. exf4 Nxf4 26. Qd2 Rf6 27. Kh2 Rdf8 28. Rg3 Qe5 29. Qd4 Qh5 (29. ... Ng6!∓) 30. Qd2? (30. e5! Rg6!∞)

30. ... Ne2!−+ 31. Rf3 Rxf3 0 : 1.