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After all, in every school worth the name, there can be no midpoint between teacher’s desk and students’ benches. And so today — tonight in China — four-time Women’s World Chess Champion and Rhodes Scholar 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), the youngest Professor ever appointed to a chair of 深圳大学 (Shēnzhèn University), crushed 宁凯玉 (Níng Kǎiyù) 8½–1½ in their round of 16 match of the 1st Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix’s fourth leg to advance to the quarterfinals, where she will face Kazakhstani International Master Zhansaya Daniyarovna Abdumalik. Screenshot from the live stream.

宁凯玉 (Níng Kǎiyù) – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)

1st Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix; fourth leg; match game 2; time control: 5 minutes plus 1 second per move; chess.com, July 15, 2020

Queen’s Pawn Game A40

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 d6 7. Ne2 e5. Varying from 7. ... Nd7 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. d5 a5 12. Nf3 Ng6 13. b3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Bc2 Bc8 16. Ng3 0-0 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. a3 Nb7 20. h3 Rfe8 21. Nh2 Nf4 22. Kh1 h5 23. Nf3 Nd6 24. Nxe5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxf4 Re8 with enough compensation for the Pawn, Batsiashvili – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), 27th FrauenBundesliga, Schwäbisch Hall 2018. 8. d5 Nd7 9. 0-0 a5 10. a3 Nc5 11. Bc2 a4 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Nb5 Ne7

14. Nb1! 0-0?! (14. ... Ra5!? Δ 15. N1c3 Ba6) 15. N1c3 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Nxa4 Nd4 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. b4. White is a Pawn ahead with a much better game, but, by virtue of her greater experience, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) will somehow succeed in complicating things. 20. ... c6 21. Be4 (21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. f3+−) 21. ... cxd5 22. cxd5 Ba6 23. Re1 Bb5 24. Bc2 Qf7 25. Qd2?! (25. f3) 25. ... Ba4?! (25. ... Qf4) 26. Be4 Bb3 27. Qd3? (27. f3) 27. ... Bxd5? (27. ... Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Rxa3!) 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Qh3? Here White misses her last chance to consolidate her extra Pawn by 29. f3 — which she immediately regrets: 29. ... Qxf2+ 30. Kh1

30. ... Bxg2+!? 30. ... Rf3! 31. Qh5 Bxg2+! 32. Kxg2 Rf5+ is another (better) version of the same ending. 31. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Kxh7 33. Rec1? (33. a4!) 33. ... Ra4! 34. Rc6 Rfa8? (34. ... Rf6−+) 35. Rxd6 Rxb4 36. Re1?? (36. axb4 Rxa1 37. b5=) 36. ... Rb2+ 37. Kg1 (37. Kf3 Rxa3+ 38. Ke4 Rb5−+) 37. ... Rxa3 38. Rd5 Raa2 39. Rdxe5 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Raf2#.