One More, One Less

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Nana Dzagnidze

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 4, 2020

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Position after 28. Rf1xd1

Today 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) won four games and lost only one, her loss coming in the fifth round at the hand of Nana Dzagnidze. In the position of diagram it is Black to move. Dzagnidze took her time with a check, 28. ... hxg2+!? But now after 29. Kg1 it’s only matter of time and attention: White must win. Instead, a combination of tiredness and lack of time make everything go wrong for 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán): 29. Kxg2?? Qg4+ 30. Qg3 fxg3 31. Bb5+ axb5 32. Rd8+ Kxe7 0 : 1.