Torta de aceite

雷挺婕 (Léi Tǐngjié) – Sergio Estremera Paños

43rd Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla “Memorial Antonio Romero Briones”; Sevilla, January 17, 2018

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Chinese Grandmaster 雷挺婕 (Léi Tǐngjié) won the 43rd Open Internacional “Ciudad de Sevilla” with 8 points out of 9, which ranks her at number 7 on the women’s world list and China’s number 3 female player just behind 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) and 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn). 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 c6 10. Kb1 Nc5 11. h4!? If 11. Nd4 then 11. ... Ne4 12. Qd3 d5= Terán Álvarez – Vázquez Igarza, 79th Spanish Chess Championship, Linares 2014. 11. ... Ne4 12. Qe1 Bf6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. f3

15. ... Nxg5? 15. ... Nxc3+! 16. bxc3 Qa5 was very unclear, but basically okay for Black. 16. Bxf5 Ne6 17. Qd2 Qa5 18. g4 Nf8. The more materialistic 18. ... d5 was probably better. 19. h5 Re7 20. h6 g6 21. Qxd6. Instead, now, the d6-Pawn has fallen, leaving White free way for quite an easy win in the ending. 21. ... Rxe3 22. Qxf6 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd3 Ne6 25. Bc4 Re8 26. Rd7 b5 27. Bxe6 R5xe6 28. a4 g5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Rxa7 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Ka2 Kf8 33. Ra5 Rh1 34. Rxb5 f6 35. Rb7 Rxh6 36. c4 f5 37. gxf5 Ra6+ 38. Kb3 h5 39. Rh7 h4 40. f4 1 : 0.

雷挺婕 (Léi Tǐngjié) being awarded first prize in the 43rd Open Internacional “Ciudad de Sevilla”. Photo: openajedrezsevilla.com.