Thursday, December 12, 2019

剪影 (Contre-Jour)

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Vladimir Vasilyevich Fedoseev
“一带一路” (“One Belt One Road”) 6th China–Russia Junior Match of Friendship “国奥棋院杯” (“Guó Ào Qíyuàn Cup”); match game 1 (15+10); 济南 (Jǐnán), December 12, 2019
Queen’s Pawn Game D02

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. d4 Nb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. c4 e6 7. 0-0 h6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nd3 Be7 11. f3 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Ne2 Nh7 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 cxd4 17. e5 Nc5? After 17. ... 0-0 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bg2 Nc5 Black’s position, though a little inferior, was still tenable.


18. Qg4! Nxd3 19. Qxg7 Kd7 20. Rd1 Nxc1? Best was 20. ... Qg8, but then after 21. Qxg8 Raxg8 22. Rxd3 White wins at least a Pawn with the much better game. 21. Rxd4+ Kc7 22. Rxd8 Raxd8 23. Qxf7 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Kd8 25. Qf3 Re1 26. Qxb7 Nf8 27. Qa8+ 1 : 0.

After the first four rapid games, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) is leading 2½ – 1½. Photo: Ekaterina Murzina/Russian Chess Federation.

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