Dragonmaster

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Bibisara Erkhanovna Assaubayeva

“Satty Zhuldyz” Rapid Tournament; time control: 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move; Astana, April 22, 2023

Sicilian Defence B38

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Qd2 d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. f3 0-0 11. Be2 a5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 a4 14. 0-0 Qa5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. f4 Rfc8 17. b3 axb3 18. axb3 Re8 19. Qe3 Bg4

20. e5 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Nh5 (21. ... Nd7 22. Nd5!)
22. b4 Qxb4 23. Nd5 Qb3 24. Rf3 Qa2

25. Rd2? (25. Qxa2 Rxa2 26. g4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 dxe5 28. Rf2)
25. ... Qa5 26. Rf1 (26. g4 e6!)
26. ... e6 27. Nf6+ Nxf6 28. exf6 Bf8 29. Rb2 e5 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Be3 Qc7 32. h3 e4 33. Bf4 Qc6 34. Be3 Ra4 35. Rb6 Qxc4 36. Qxc4 Rxc4 37. Rxb7 Rc3 38. Re1 Rec8 39. Bd4 R3c4 40. Bf2 R8c6 41. Rb6 Rxb6 42. Bxb6 Rc6 43. Bd4 Rd6

44. Bc5 Rxf6 45. Bxf8 Kxf8 46. Rxe4 ½ : ½.

“Best by test”. Photo: Maria Alekseevna Emelianova and Damir Kuzhumov for Satty Zhuldyz.