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[Event "Blitz Women Teams Match Kazakhstan vs. the World"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[Black "Saduakassova, Dinara Ramazanovna"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nge2 a6 6.h3 d6 7.d3 Be6 8.Nd5 h6 9.O-O Qd7 10.Kh2 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.c3 Ba7 13.f4 Bxd5 14.exd5 h5 15.Qe2 O-O-O 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Kb8 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Rae1 Nxd5 20.Qxe5 f6 21.Qe6 h4 22.Qxd7 Rxd7 23.d4 hxg3+ 24.Kxg3 Ne7 25.Re4 c6 26.a4 a5 27.Kf2 Kc7 28.Rfe1 Nd5 29.Re8 Rxe8 30.Rxe8 Nf4 31.Bf1 b6 32.Kf3 Nd5 33.Bd3 Ne7 34.h4 Nd5 35.h5 Re7 36.Rxe7+ Nxe7 37.Be4 Kd6 38.Kf4 c5 39.dxc5+ bxc5 40.Bf3 Ke6 41.Be2 Nd5+ 42.Ke4 Nb6 43.Bb5 Nc8 44.Bc4+ Kd6 45.Kf5 Ne7+ 46.Ke4 Nc6 47.Bb5 Ne5 48.Kf5 Ke7 49.Be2 Kd6 50.Bb5 Ke7 51.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blitz Women Teams Match Kazakhstan vs. the World"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kamalidenova, Meruert"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 b6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Qe2 d6 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.f4 Be7 12.Bd2 Rd8 13.b3 O-O 14.Rae1 Rfe8 15.Bb1 Bf8 16.Qf3 g6 17.Bc1 Bg7 18.Bb2 Nc5 19.Qd1 e5 20.Nf3 exf4 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Qxd5 Bxb2 24.Ng5 Bf6 25.Ne4 Be5 26.Nd2 Nd7 27.Nf3 Nf6 28.Qd2 Kg7 29.Rd1 Ng4 30.Rfe1 Ne3 31.Rc1 Bf6 32.Nd4 Qc5 33.Nc2 Ng4 34.Rf1 Be5 35.Ne1 Bd4 36.Nd3 Qh5 37.Qxf4 Re4 38.Qxf7+ Kh8 39.h3 Nh6 40.Qf3 Qxf3 41.Rxf3 Nf5 42.Nc5 Re7 43.Nxa6 Rde8 44.Bxf5 Re1+ 45.Rf1 Rxc1 46.Rxc1 gxf5 47.Nb4 Kg7 48.Nd5 Re2 49.Rd1 Bc5 50.b4 Bf2 51.a4 Bg3 52.Nxb6 Rb2 53.b5 Kf6 54.a5 Ra2 55.a6 Bf2 56.Nd5+ Ke5 57.Rf1 Bc5 58.Rb1 Kd4 59.b6 Rxa6 60.b7 Ba7 61.Nc7 Ra2 62.Nb5+ Kxc4 63.Nxa7 1-0

[Event "Blitz Women Teams Match “Kazakhstan vs. the World"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara Erkhanovna"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.c4 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qh4 h5 11.h3 d6 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Qf4 Rb8 14.Rad1 Nce5 15.Nd4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nc5 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Nd5 e6 19.Nc3 Rbd8 20.Qc2 Qb7+ 21.Kh2 h4 22.g4 Nc6 23.Ncb5 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 d5 26.Nf3 Qe7 27.Kg2 Ne4 28.cxd5 exd5 29.Rd4 Rfe8 30.Rfd1 Ng5 31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Ne6 33.Qd2 Qf6 34.e3 Nc5 35.Qd4 Qe7 36.Re5 Ne6 37.Qe4 Kg7 38.Nd4 Qf6 39.Nxe6+ fxe6 40.g5 Qe7 41.Qxh4 Rh8 42.Qd4 Kf7 43.Qf4+ Kg7 44.Re4 Rf8 45.Qe5+ Kf7 46.Rf4+ Kg8 47.Rh4 Qb7+ 48.e4 1-0

[Event "Blitz Women Teams Match Kazakhstan vs. the World"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya Daniyarovna"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.a3 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.O-O g6 8.d3 Bg7 9.f4 Ne7 10.g4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nbc6 12.Qd2 h5 13.gxh5 Rxh5 14.Ng3 Rh7 15.Nd5 Ne5 16.Bg5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qd7 18.c3 O-O-O 19.a4 f6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Rxf6 Rxh2 22.Kxh2 Ng4+ 23.Kg1 Nxf6 24.axb5 Qxb5 25.c4 Qb6 26.Qe2 Nf5 27.Qe6+ Nd7 28.Nxf5 gxf5 29.Qxf5 Rg8 30.Qf2 Ne5 31.Rf1 Qc7 32.Qf5+ Kb7 33.Rf2 Qg7 34.Kf1 Ng4 35.Qf7+ Kb6 36.Qxg7 Rxg7 37.Re2 Ne5 38.Be4 Rf7+ 39.Ke1 a5 40.Kd2 Rf1 41.Rh2 Rb1 42.Kc2 Rf1 43.Rh6 Kc7 44.Rh7+ Kb6 45.Rh6 Kc7 46.Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blitz Women Teams Match Kazakhstan vs. the World"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Saduakassova, Dinara Ramazanovna"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 d6 10.e4 Nd7 11.h4 h6 12.b3 a6 13.Rad1 b5 14.d5 bxc4 15.bxc4 e5 16.Ne1 Nb6 17.Qe2 a5 18.Nc2 g6 19.Ne3 h5 20.Bf3 Bf6 21.Nb5 Ba6 22.Qc2 Bg7 23.Rb1 Bh6 24.Rfe1 Nd7 25.Nc3 Bxe3 26.Rxe3 Bxc4 27.Na4 Ba6 28.Rc3 Ra7 29.Rc1 Nb6 30.Kg2 Bb5 31.Nxb6 cxb6 32.Rc8 Qe7 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Qc8+ Qe8 35.Bd1 Bd7 36.Qc3 Kg7 37.Be2 b5 38.Qa3 b4 39.Qe3 Qb8 40.Rc2 a4 41.Rb2 Rb7 42.Bd1 Qc7 43.Qd2 Qc5 44.Be2 b3 45.axb3 Rxb3 46.Rxb3 axb3 0-1

[Event "Blitz Women Teams Match Kazakhstan vs. the World"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[Black "Kamalidenova, Meruert"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.c4 e5 8.Qd3 Ne7 9.Nc3 Ng6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 Be7 12.h4 h5 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.b3 Be6 15.Nf1 Kf7 16.Ng3 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.Nf5 Rbd8 19.Rd1 d5 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Qb7 22.O-O Bxf5 23.exf5 Nxh4 24.Ba5 Rd7 25.Qc4 Qb5 26.Ne3+ Qxc4 27.bxc4 Rb7 28.Rd5 Rc8 29.Rfd1 Ke8 30.Kh2 Bc5 31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Rxd8+ Kf7 33.g3 Bxe3 34.fxe3 Nxf5 35.c5 Rb2+ 36.Kg1 Rc2 37.Bb6 Nxg3 38.a4 h4 39.Rh8 g5 40.a5 Ke6 41.Rh6 Kf5 42.Bd8 Kg4 43.Bxf6 h3 0-1

[Event "Blitz Women Teams Match “Kazakhstan vs. the World"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.19"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara Erkhanovna"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Be7 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Rc1 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 Be4 12.d5 Na6 13.d6 cxd6 14.Bxd6 Nc5 15.Rc1 Re8 16.Qd4 Bf6 17.Ne5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nb7 19.Rfd1 Ra7 20.Qe3 Bg5 21.f4 Nxd6 22.Rxd6 Be7 23.Rxb6 Qc8 24.c5 Rc7 25.Nd3 Qa8+ 26.Kg1 Qa7 27.Rb5 d6 28.Kf2 dxc5 29.a4 Rec8 30.Rc4 h6 31.b3 Rb8 32.Rxb8+ Qxb8 33.Nxc5 Qc8 34.Nd3 Rxc4 35.bxc4 Qxc4 36.Qa7 Bf6 37.Qxa5 Bd4+ 38.Kf1 Qc6 39.Qd8+ Kh7 40.Qxd4 Qh1+ 41.Qg1 Qc6 42.a5 Qa4 43.Qc5 Qd1+ 44.Ne1 Qa1 45.Qb6 1-0

[Event "Blitz Women Teams Match Kazakhstan vs. the World"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya Daniyarovna"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 g6 8.c3 Bg7 9.h3 O-O 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Bc2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nb4 14.Bb1 c5 15.d5 a5 16.a3 Na6 17.a4 bxa4 18.Rxa4 Nb4 19.Ra3 Ba6 20.Nb3 Bb5 21.Bf4 Nh5 22.Bg5 Qb6 23.Qd2 a4 24.Nc1 Nf6 25.Bh6 Bh8 26.Ng5 Qa5 27.Nf3 Nd7 28.Bf4 Qb6 29.Ne2 Bxe2 30.Rxe2 Qb5 31.Bxd6 Nxd5 32.Ng5 N5b6 33.Ba2 c4 34.Qf4 Bf6 35.e5 Qd5 36.Rd2 Bxg5 37.Qxg5 Qe4 38.Re3 Qc6 39.h4 Nd5 40.Rf3 Nf8 41.h5 Ra7 42.h6 f5 43.exf6 Qxd6 44.Qxd5+ Qxd5 45.Rxd5 Rc8 46.Rd4 Rac7 47.f7+ Kh8 48.Rff4 Ne6 49.Rxc4 Rxc4 50.Rxc4 1-0

On the last day of blitz 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) struggled passionately with her emotions. Photo: Stev Bonhage/FIDE.