To the Last Pawn

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov

1st Online Global Chess Championship Knockout Tournament; round of 64 match game 2; time control: 15 minutes plus 2 minutes per move; chess.com, September 16, 2022

Spanish Game C65

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. h3. Or 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. h3 Nb8 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Kh2 h6 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Rad1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nf4 19. Bb5 Qe7 20. g3 Ng6 21. Qe2 Qe6 22. Ng1 Rad8 23. Ne3 Nce7 24. Bc4 Qb6 25. Rd2 Be6 26. Red1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Qc5 29. Nf3 f6 30. Ne3 Nf8 31. Qd3 Ne6 32. Qd7 Kf7 33. Rd5 Qc6= with equality (but after further 66 moves White resigned!), 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – 雷挺婕 (Léi Tǐngjié), 2nd “一带一路” (“One Belt One Road”) Women’s World Chess Summit, 西安 (Xī’ān)/chess.com, December 5, 2020 (time control: 15 minutes plus 5 seconds per move).
9. ... Qe7 10. Ba4 h6 11. Re1 b5! 12. Bc2 (12. Bxb5? Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qc5+)
12. ... Rd8 13. Qe2 b4 14. Bb3 Nh5 15. Nf1 Ba6 16. Bc4

16. ... Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qc5+ 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Qf1 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Bxd3 21. Qg1 Bxe4

22. Kg3. “I look at this position, I think I’m more nervous for Black than I am for White!”, Grandmaster Robert Hess commented.
22. ... f5 (22. ... Bxf3 23. gxf3 bxc3 24. Nf5 Nd4)
23. Nxf5 Qxg1 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Nxg1 Bg6 26. Bxh6 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rd5 28. Rad1 Rad8 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Nf3 Rc5 31. Bd2 Bd3 32. h4 a4 33. Re3 Rd5

34. Kf2 Bb1 35. a3 e4 36. Nd4 Ne5 37. Rg3+ Kf7 38. Bf4 Nc4 39. Bc1 c5 40. Ne2 e3+ 41. Bxe3 Nxa3 42. Rg5 Rxg5 43. Bxg5 Nc4 44. Nc1 a3 45. Nb3 a2 46. Na1 Bf5 47. Be3 Na3 48. Bc1 Nb5 49. Be3 Nxc3 50. Kf3 c4 51. g4 Bd3 52. h5 Nd5 53. g5 c3 54. g6+ Kg7 55. Bd4+ Kh6 56. g7 Kh7 57. h6 c2 58. Bb2 Kg8 59. Kf2 Kh7 60. Ke1 Bf5 61. Kd2 Ne7 62. Nxc2 Bxc2 63. Kxc2 Nf5 64. Kb3 Nxh6 65. Kxa2 Nf5 66. Bc3 Nxg7 ½ : ½.

A stoic performance by 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) Screenshot from the live stream.