Sunday, June 20, 2021

Gates of horn and ivory

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Gulnar Mammadova
2nd Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event; round of 16 match game 14; time control: 3 minutes plus 1 second per move; chess.com, June 20, 2021
Modern Defence B06

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h5 6. f3 b5 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. a4 b4 9. Nd1 a5 10. c3 (10. Nh3 Nd7 11. Ng5 Ngf6 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 e6 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Nf2 Nb6 16. 0-0 d5 17. Qc2 Bc6 18. Bc1 Nc4 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Re1 0-0-0 21. Qb3 Ndb6 22. Ba3 Qe8 23. Bc5 Kb7 24. Nfe4 1 : 0 van der Wiel – A. Jones, 29th Chess Olympiad, Novi Sad 1990) 10. ... bxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6. Or similarly 11. ... Nd7 12. Rb1 Qc8 13. Bb5 c6 14. Bd3 Ngf6 15. Ne2 e5 16. Nf2 0-0 17. 0-0 d5?! (17. ... Ba6!?) 18. Bh6⩲↑ Savić – Lee Jun Hyeok, Mix za norme — third Saturday 108, Novi Sad 2019. 12. Nh3 Nbd7 13. Rb1 Nb6. Here 13. ... Qc8 14. Bb5 c6 15. Bd3 Ba6 was worth considering without any obvious disadvantage for Black. 14. Bb5+ Nfd7? This unfortunate move puts Black into a very unpleasant situation. ⌓ 14. ... c6 15. Bd3 Ba6 was probably a better bet. 15. Ng5 e6 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Nf2 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Qd3 Ra8 20. c4? A diversion that could cost dearly. Consistent was 20. f4 (Δ f4-f5) 20. ... d5 21. e5 with a powerful bind. 20. ... d5? (⌓ 20. ... e5!∞) cxd5 exd5 22. e5 Nc4


23. e6! fxe6 (23. ... f6 24. Nf7) 24. Qxg6 Rf6 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Rfe1 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Qxh5 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Ke7


31. Rxe6+! Rxe6 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Nxe6+ Kc8 34. Qe8+ Kb7 35. Qxd7 Bh6 36. Qxc7+ Ka8 37. Qxa5+ Kb7 38. Qb5+ 1 : 0.

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