水稻 (Oryza sativa)

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Olga Zimina
42nd Women’s Chess Olympiad; Baku, September 6, 2016
Spanish Game C65

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. 0-0 Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. d4! “White is trying to open up the centre while the Black King is still there. Black should have responded with 7. ... Bg7, but her next two moves were too extravagant:”, Grandmaster Alexander Evgenyevich Baburin wrote in his Sunday Independent chess column of September 18, 2016.
7. ... Qe7? 8. Nc3! Much stronger than 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. c4 a5 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. b3 Bg7 13. a3 0-0 14. Rb1 which yet gives White a secure edge, Karjakin – Ivanchuk, 3rd SportAccord World Mind Games, Blitz Tournament, 北京 (Beijīng) 2013 (time control: 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move).
8. ... Nb8? 9. Bg5 c6. 9. ... Bxb5 10. Nd5 is likewise catastrophic.
10. dxe5 dxe5

“White is playing the middlegame, while Black is still stuck in the opening. The World Champion finished the game in exemplary fashion:”, Baburin writes.
11. Nd5!! cxd5 12. exd5 Bxb5 13. Nxe5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ng4+ Qe7 16. Qd4 Be2 17. Qxh8 Nd7 18. Qc3 f5 19. Rxe2 Qxe2 20. Re1 Qxe1+ 21. Qxe1+ Kd8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Rc8 24. c3 1 : 0.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) meditating before playing her 9th move.