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Sarasadat Khademalsharieh – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)

2nd “一带一路” (“One Belt One Road”) Women’s World Chess Summit; time control: 15 minutes plus 5 seconds per move; 西安 (Xī’ān)/chess.com, December 5, 2020

2r5/p4p1K/2P2k2/R4ppp/3n3P/P2B1P2/8/8 b - - 3 51

Position after 51. Bc2-d3

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) showed her mercy to Sarasadat Khademalsharieh in the penultimate round game, when, from the position of diagram, she continued: 51. ... gxh4? Instead of 51. ... g4! which wins immediately (because now 52. Rd5 does not work: 52. ... g3 53. Bf1 Nxf3−+) 52. Rd5!= Ne6 53. Rxf5+ Ke7 54. Be4 f6 55. Rxh5 h3 56. Bf5 Rxc6 57. Bxe6 Kxe6 58. Rxh3 Rc3 59. Kg6 Rxa3 60. Rh7 a5 61. Ra7 Rxf3 62. Ra6+ Ke5 63. Rxa5+ Ke4 64. Ra4+ Ke5 65. Ra5+ Ke6 66. Ra6+ Ke5 67. Ra5+ ½ : ½.