Upside Down

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – 雷挺婕 (Léi Tǐngjié)

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

8/N1p5/1n6/7R/p3r3/k7/2K5/8 b - - 1 76

Position after 76. Nc6-a7

The position of diagram is a telling example of the many upside downs that arose in today’s game between 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) and 雷挺婕 (Léi Tǐngjié): 76. ... Ka2? (76. ... Rc4+! 77. Kb1 Kb3−+) 77. Nb5 Rc4+ 78. Nc3+ Ka3 79. Kd3? The losing move. Correct was 79. Rb5!= Nc8 80. Kd3 Nd6 81. Nb1+ Ka2 82. Rb8 forcing the draw. 79. ... Kb3−+ 80. Rb5+ Rb4 81. Rc5 a3 82. Rxc7 Rc4 83. Rxc4 Nxc4 84. Kd4 Nd6 85. Kd3 Nc8 86. Kd2 Ne7 87. Ne2 Kb2 88. Nc1 Nd5 89. Nd3+ Kb1 90. Nc1 Nb6 91. Nb3 a2 92. Kc3 Nd5+ 93. Kd4 Kb2 94. Kc4 Ka3 95. Na1 Kb2 96. Nb3 Ne3+ 97. Kb4 Nc2+ 98. Kc4 Nd4! 99. Na1 Kxa1 0 : 1.