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Vladislav Mikhailovich Artemiev – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)

1st Champions Chess Tour; 7th stage; Goldmoney Asian Rapid; Prelims Tournament; time control: 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move; chess24.com, June 27, 2021

Torre Attack D03

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 Bb7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 f6 15. exf6. 15. Nf3 fxe5 16. fxe5 Rxf3! gave interesting play in Dragomirescu – Ciolac, 39th Romanian Team Chess Championship, Bucharest 1994.
15. ... Nxf6 16. Qg5 a5 17. Rae1 Ba6? Allows White to push his e-Pawn. 17. ... Rf7 was a better reply: 18. Rd1 Nd7 19. Qg3 c4 20. Bc2 b5 21. Nf3 b4 22. h4 Rg7 23. Rf2 Rf8 24. Rff1 Nf6 25. Rb1 Bc8 26. Ne5 Qc5 27. Rf3 Nd7 28. Ng4 Bb7 29. Qe1 Qe7 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Rf1 Ba6 32. Rd1 b3 33. Bb1 bxa2 34. Bxa2 Nf6 35. Bb1 Qc5 36. Rd2 Bb7 37. g4 Ng8 38. Nxg8 Kxg8 39. Bc2 Bc6 40. g5 a4 41. Bd1 Rgf7 42. Bg4 Qe7 43. Qg3 e5 44. Kh2 exf4 45. Rxf4 Bd7 46. Rxf7 ½ : ½ Manarin – Vahvaselkä, WS/H/645, by e-mail, 2017.

18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. e4 Qf7?! And if it were not enough, this enables White to push his f-Pawn too.
20. f5! exf5 21. exf5 b5 22. fxg6 Qxg6 23. Qe5 Ra7 24. Re3 Rg7 25. Rg3

25. ... Qf7? 25. ... Qe8 was a much tougher defence, when White has probably nothing better than 26. Rxg7+ (the gain of a Pawn by 26. Qxe8 Nxe8 27. Rxg7+ Nxg7 28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Nb3 Ne6 30. Nxa5 Nf4 leads to a Knight ending that looks more drawn than won) 26. ... Kxg7 27. Qc7+ Nd7 28. Nf3!? with a definite edge but no forced win. Now, instead, everything comes very easy to Artemiev:
26. Nb3 c4 27. Nd4 Rxg3 28. Qxg3+ Qg6 29. Qd6 Rf7 30. Nf5 Qg5 31. Qe6 Kf8 32. Nd6 1 : 0.