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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Anish Giri

1st Champions Chess Tour; 7th stage; Goldmoney Asian Rapid; Prelims Tournament; time control: 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move; chess24.com, June 26, 2021

Spanish Game C78

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 0-0 13. a4 Rab8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Na3. White has hardly anything better than 15. dxe5 in order to exchange as many pieces as possible with an aim for equality.
15. ... exd4 16. Nxb5 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nd5 Qe5 21. Ne7+ Qxe7 22. Qxd4 Rfb8. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) came out badly from the opening and now she has to pay the price.

23. Ra6. By giving up the b-Pawn — at least in this way — White was probably hoping for dynamic compensation, but nothing of what she waited for is going to happen.
23. ... Rxb2 24. Rc6 R2b4 25. Qc3 Rb1 26. Qc2 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Qf6 28. Rc3 Rb1+ 29. Ke2 Rb4 30. Kf1 Rb1+ 31. Ke2 g6 32. g3 Qd4 33. Kf3 c5 34. Rd3 Qf6+ 35. Kg2 Rb6 36. Qc4 Qe6 37. Qd5 Qxd5 38. Rxd5 f6 39. h4 Kf7 40. h5! A last ditch try.

40. ... gxh5? And it worked! Correct is 40. ... g5! followed by ... Kf7-e6 which leaves Black with a winning endgame.
41. Rxh5 Rb4 42. Kf3 Kg6 43. Rd5 Rd4. The show must go on, but the Pawn ending is also drawn!
44. Rxd4 cxd4 45. Ke2 Kg5 46. f3 f5 47. f4+ Kf6 48. Kd3 fxe4+ 49. Kxe4 h5 50. Kxd4 Kf5 51. Kd5 h4 52. gxh4 Kxf4 53. Kxd6 Kg4 54. h5 Kxh5 ½ : ½.