First Take

[Event "1st Women’s World Chess Summit “Qín Nóng Bank Cup”"]
[Site "西安 (Xī’ān) CHN"]
[Date "2019.12.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "25+10"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Bf5 7.d3 Qd7 8.Re1 Bh3 9.Bh1 h5 10.Rb1 h4 11.Nd5 hxg3 12.hxg3 Nf6 13.Bd2 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bc3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 b6 18.e4 Rh7 19.e5 dxe5 20.Rxe5 Bg4 21.Bf3 Qd6 22.d4 cxd4 23.cxd4 Bd7 24.Qd3 Kf8 25.Rbe1 Re8 26.Qa6 Qf6 27.Qa3 g5 28.Be4 Rh8 29.Qf3 Qh6 30.Bf5 Qh2+ 31.Kf1 Bb5+ 32.R1e2 Qh1+ 33.Qxh1 Bxe2+ 34.Kg1 Rxh1+ 35.Kxh1 Bf3+ 36.Kg1 Rd8 37.a3 Rxd5 38.Rxd5 Bxd5 39.f4 e6 40.Bd3 g4 41.f5 Ke7 42.Kf2 exf5 43.Bxf5 Be6 44.Bd3 Kd6 45.Ke3 a5 46.Be2 Bd7 47.Bc4 f6 48.Ke4 b5 49.Bd3 b4 50.axb4 axb4 51.d5 Kc5 52.Bc2 Kc4 53.d6 Kc5 54.Bb3 Kxd6 55.Kd4 Be6 0-1

[Event "1st Women’s World Chess Summit “Qín Nóng Bank Cup”"]
[Site "西安 (Xī’ān) CHN"]
[Date "2019.12.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[Black "沈阳 (Shěn Yáng)"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "25+10"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.h3 h6 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 Bb6 9.Bb3 Be6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Ba4 a6 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Ne7 14.Bc2 Ng6 15.d4 c5 16.d5 Qc8 17.Be3 Bd8 18.b4 cxb4 19.cxb4 b5 20.a4 Qb7 21.a5 Be7 22.Bd3 Rac8 23.Nh2 Rc7 24.Ng4 Nxg4 25.hxg4 Bg5 26.Bxg5 hxg5 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.gxf5 Nf8 29.Qh5 Nh7 30.Re3 g4 31.Qxg4 Qc8 32.Qd1 Rc3 33.Qd2 Re7 34.Bf1 Rec7 35.Rxc3 Rxc3 36.Bd3 Nf6 37.g3 Nd7 38.Kg2 Rc7 39.Qg5 Nf6 40.Rh1 Rc3 41.Qh4 Kf8 42.Qh8+ Ke7 43.Qxg7 Rxd3 44.Rh6 Nxd5 45.Re6+ Kd7 46.Qxf7+ Kc6 47.exd5+ Rxd5 48.f6 e4 49.Rxe4 Rf5 50.Re2 1-0

[Event "1st Women’s World Chess Summit “Qín Nóng Bank Cup”"]
[Site "西安 (Xī’ān) CHN"]
[Date "2019.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna Yuriyivna"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "25+10"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Be7 9.Qc2 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.Nc3 N7f6 13.Rfd1 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Be4 15.Qd2 Qd5 16.Ne1 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 Rfd8 18.f3 c5 19.Kh1 Qb7 20.Qe1 Nd5 21.dxc5 Nxc3 22.Qxc3 bxc5 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Nf4 Bf6 25.Qb3 Qc7 26.Rc1 Bg5 27.Rc4 Bxf4 28.Rxf4 Rd2 29.Qb5 g5 30.Re4 Qd6 31.Kg2 h6 32.Kf2 Qd5 33.a3 Rc2 34.Qxa5 Rxb2 35.Qc3 Rb1 36.Qc2 Ra1 37.a4 Qd8 38.Rc4 Qa5 39.Qc3 Rxa4 40.Rxc5 Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Women’s World Chess Summit “Qín Nóng Bank Cup”"]
[Site "西安 (Xī’ān) CHN"]
[Date "2019.12.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "25+10"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d3 Rb8 9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Bb6 11.h3 Ne7 12.d4 Ng6 13.Re1 h6 14.Bc2 Re8 15.a4 c6 16.Nf1 c5 17.Ng3 Qc7 18.b4 cxb4 19.cxb4 Be6 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bd3 Bd7 23.Qd2 Rec8 24.Bxh6 gxh6 25.Qxh6 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Rd1 Bd8 28.Ng5 Nf4 29.dxe5 dxe5 30.Bb1 Be6 31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.Qg5+ Qg7 33.Qxe5 Bc7 34.Qb2 Bb6 35.Kf1 Rf8 36.Ba2 Kh8 37.Rd2 Kh7 38.Qe5 Qc7 39.Qxc7+ Bxc7 40.Ne2 Ra8 41.g3 Nxh3 42.Bxe6 Ng5 43.Bf5+ Kg8 44.Nc3 Be5 45.Nxb5 Rb8 46.Nd4 Ngxe4 47.Bxe4 Nxe4 48.Re2 1/2-1/2

Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion and Rhodes Scholar 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) scored two wins and two draws in today’s last four rounds of the inaugural eight-woman world summit in 西安 (Xī’ān), thus taking first prize, a half point ahead of Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk. Photo: International Mind Sports Association.