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[Event "Satty Zhuldyz Blitz Tournament"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir Borisovich"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 g5 8.f4 d6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e4 gxf4 11.gxf4 Ne7 12.Nf3 d5 13.Qe2 Ba6 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.b3 Bd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Na4 dxe4 18.dxe4 Rg8 19.Nc5 Bb7 20.Kf2 Qb6 21.b4 Rd8 22.Rhg1 Rxg1 23.Rxg1 a5 24.a3 axb4 25.Bxb4 Ba6 26.Qd3 Qa7 27.Rg7 Bc8 28.Rh7 Ng8 29.Qg3 Nf6 30.Rh8+ Ke7 31.Nxe6+ Kxe6 32.f5+ 1-0

[Event "Satty Zhuldyz Blitz Tournament"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon Grigori"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qd3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bc8 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.Na5 f5 14.c4 e4 15.Qc2 Ne5 16.Bc3 Qc7 17.f4 exf3 18.Bxf3 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Qxc4 20.Qf2 Bd7 21.Rac1 Rac8 22.Qg3 g6 23.Qf2 Qc5 24.Rfe1 Qxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Bh4+ 26.g3 Bg5 27.Rcd1 Rfe8 28.h4 Bd8 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8 30.Re1 Kf7 31.Re2 Bd7 32.Ke1 Bf6 33.Bxf6 Kxf6 34.Kd2 Re8 35.Rh2 a5 36.Rh1 b6 37.Rc1 Rc8 38.Re1 h6 39.Re3 b5 40.Ra3 a4 41.Re3 Rc5 42.Rc3 Rxc3 43.Kxc3 g5 44.hxg5+ hxg5 45.Kd4 f4 46.gxf4 gxf4 47.Ke4 Kg5 48.Be2 b4 49.a3 bxa3 50.bxa3 Bg4 51.Bb5 Bd1 52.Bd7 Bb3 53.Be6 Bc2+ 54.Kf3 Bf5 55.Bf7 Bg4+ 56.Ke4 Bd7 57.Bg8 Be8 58.Be6 Bg6+ 59.Kf3 Bh5+ 60.Ke4 Be8 61.Kf3 Bg6 62.Bd7 Bh5+ 63.Ke4 Bd1 64.Be6 Bc2+ 65.Kf3 Bf5 66.Bf7 Bg4+ 67.Ke4 Bd7 68.Bg8 Bh3 69.Bf7 Bg2+ 70.Kd3 Kg4 71.Be8 Kg3 72.Bxa4 f3 73.Ke3 f2 74.Bb5 f1=Q 75.Bxf1 Bxf1 76.Ke4 Kg4 77.a4 Kg5 78.a5 Ba6 79.Kd4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Satty Zhuldyz Blitz Tournament"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Qd2 e6 7.b3 Nge7 8.Bb2 b6 9.Nd5 exd5 10.Bxg7 Rg8 11.Bf6 Bb7 12.cxd5 Ne5 13.e4 Qd7 14.f4 Ng4 15.Bh3 h5 16.Nf3 Qb5 17.Bxg4 hxg4 18.Ng5 Ba6 19.Rd1 Qd7 20.O-O O-O-O 21.b4 Rgf8 22.a4 Rde8 23.a5 Bb7 24.axb6 axb6 25.bxc5 dxc5 26.Qa2 Nxd5 27.exd5 Bxd5 28.Qa6+ Bb7 29.Qxb6 Qd5 30.Ne4 Re6 31.Qxc5+ Qxc5+ 32.Nxc5 Rxf6 33.Rb1 Bd5 34.Ne4 Rc6 35.Ra1 Re8 36.Ra8+ Kd7 37.Ra7+ Ke6 38.Re1 Rec8 1-0

[Event "Satty Zhuldyz Blitz Tournament"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik Mikaeli"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Nf5 11.c3 d5 12.Bf4 c6 13.Nd2 Bg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Nf3 Qf6 16.Bd3 Nd6 17.Ne5 Bf5 18.Qf3 Rad8 19.Re2 Be4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qh3 Rfe8 22.Rae1 Qe6 23.Qxe6 Rxe6 24.f3 exf3 25.Nxf3 Rxe2 26.Rxe2 Kf8 27.Kf2 f6 28.a4 Kf7 29.Nd2 b6 30.Ne4 Nf5 31.g4 Ne7 32.Kf3 Ng6 33.Kg3 Rd5 34.h3 h6 35.Re1 Ne7 36.Kf3 Ng6 37.Kg3 c5 38.dxc5 bxc5 39.Re3 c4 40.Kf2 Ne5 41.Ke2 Nd3 42.b4 Nf4+ 43.Kf2 Kg6 44.Kg3 Nd3 45.Nd2 Ne5 46.Nf3 Nd3 47.Nd2 Nb2 48.Re2 Rd3+ 49.Kf2 Nd1+ 50.Ke1 Nxc3 51.a5 Nxe2 0-1

[Event "Satty Zhuldyz Blitz Tournament"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.Nge2 e6 6.O-O d6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nf6 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bxb7 Ra7 13.Bg2 Bc5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 O-O 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Qb6 18.c3 Nf6 19.Qe2 Raf7 20.Rf1 Qc5 21.Bd3 Nd7 22.a4 bxa4 23.Bxa6 Rf5 24.Bd3 R5f7 25.Bc4 Qb6 26.Bb5 Rb8 27.c4 Qa5 28.Rd1 Qa7 29.Red3 Nf6 30.Rd8+ Rf8 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.Qxe5 Qxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Ng4+ 34.Ke2 Nxe5 35.Ra1 Nxc4 36.Bxc4 Rxb2+ 37.Kf3 Rxh2 38.Bxe6+ Kf8 39.Rxa4 Ke7 40.Bc4 h6 41.Ra7+ Kf6 42.Ra6+ Ke7 43.Kg4 Rc2 44.Bd3 Rc5 45.Bf5 Kf7 46.Kf4 Rc4+ 47.Be4 Rc5 48.Rd6 Ra5 49.Bd5+ Ke7 50.Re6+ Kf8 51.Ke5 Ra3 52.Rg6 Re3+ 53.Kd4 Re1 54.Be4 Ra1 55.Ke5 Ra5+ 56.Bd5 Ra1 57.Rb6 Re1+ 58.Kd6 Re3 59.Rb7 Re1 60.Rf7+ Ke8 61.Rxg7 Re3 62.Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Satty Zhuldyz Blitz Tournament"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Lagno, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 e6 8.c4 Nc5 9.Nc3 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 b6 11.f3 Bb7 12.Be3 Be7 13.Rac1 O-O 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Na4 Nd7 16.Qe2 Rac8 17.b3 Nc5 18.Nc3 Rfe8 19.Qf2 Qb8 20.Qg3 Nd7 21.Bg5 Bf8 22.Be3 g6 23.Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Satty Zhuldyz Blitz Tournament"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander Igorevich"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.f4 b5 6.Nf3 b4 7.Ne2 Nf6 8.Ng3 h5 9.Bd3 h4 10.Ne2 Bb7 11.Ng5 Bh6 12.Qd2 a5 13.e5 Bxg5 14.fxg5 Nd5 15.Nf4 dxe5 16.dxe5 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Qd5 18.O-O-O Nc6 19.Kb1 O-O-O 20.Rhe1 Qe6 21.Qf2 Kb8 22.b3 Rd4 23.Be3 Rd7 24.Bc4 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Qxe5 26.Bf4 Qf5 27.Bd3 Qd5 28.Be2 Qf5 29.Bd3 Qd5 30.Be2 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Satty Zhuldyz Blitz Tournament"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Vakhidov, Jahongir Tahirovich"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.e4 Bxc3 4.dxc3 d6 5.Qg4 Qf6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nf3 e5 8.f5 g6 9.Bg5 Qg7 10.Nh4 h6 11.Bd2 g5 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.Qg3 Nh5 14.Qg4 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Nf3 f6 17.Qh5+ Qf7 18.Qxf7+ Kxf7 19.O-O-O b6 20.h4 Bb7 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Nd4 Ne5 23.Rhe1 Rae8 24.Bf1 Re7 25.Ne6 Bc8 26.Nd4 Bb7 27.Ne6 Ng4 28.c5 bxc5 29.Bc4 Ke8 30.Bb5+ Kf7 31.Bc4 Ne5 32.Bb3 c4 33.Bc2 Bc8 34.Nd4 Bd7 35.b3 Rh2 36.Rd2 cxb3 37.Bxb3+ Kg7 38.Kc2 Re8 39.Rb1 Rb8 40.Re1 a5 41.Ne6+ Bxe6 42.Bxe6 Ng4 43.Kd3 Ne5+ 44.Kc2 f3 45.Rg1 fxg2 46.Rgxg2 Rxg2 47.Rxg2 Rh8 48.Kb3 Rh4 49.Re2 g4 50.Ka4 g3 51.Rg2 Rh3 52.Kxa5 Nd3 53.Bc4 Nf4 54.Rg1 g2 55.Bf1 Rg3 56.Bc4 Rxc3 57.Kb4 Rh3 58.Bf1 Rh1 59.Rxg2+ Nxg2 60.Bxg2 Rb1+ 61.Kc3 Kf8 62.a4 Ke7 63.Bf3 Kd7 64.Be2 Kc6 65.a5 Ra1 66.Kb4 Rb1+ 67.Kc3 Kc5 68.Bd3 Ra1 69.a6 Ra3+ 70.Kc2 Kb6 71.Bc4 Rxa6 72.Bxa6 Kxa6 73.Kd3 Kb5 74.Kd4 c6 75.Kd3 Kb4 76.Kd4 c5+ 77.Kd5 c4 78.Kxd6 c3 79.e5 c2 80.exf6 c1=Q 81.Ke7 Qc5+ 82.Ke6 Qf8 83.f7 Kc5 84.Kf6 Kd6 85.Kg6 Ke7 86.f6+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Satty Zhuldyz Blitz Tournament"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara Erkhanovna"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O c5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qh4 Qc8 11.Nc3 d6 12.Qf4 Nb4 13.Rac1 Qd7 14.Rfd1 Rad8 15.h3 Ne4 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Rxc3 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Bxf3 19.Qh6 f6 20.Bxf3 Nc6 21.Qe3 Ne5 22.Bd5+ Kg7 23.f4 Nf7 24.Be6 Qc6 25.Bd4 Rde8 26.Bd5 Qd7 27.Be6 Qc6 28.Bd5 Qc7 29.Qf3 e5 30.Bb2 Qc5+ 31.Qf2 Qxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Rd8 33.a4 Nh6 34.Ba3 Nf5 35.Be4 Rd7 36.Bxf5 gxf5 37.Bxd6 Rfd8 38.fxe5 Kf7 39.Rc1 Ke6 40.c5 fxe5 41.b4 bxc5 42.bxc5 Rb7 43.Rc4 a5 44.Rh4 Kd5 45.Rh5 Ke4 46.Rh4+ Kd5 47.Rh5 Ke4 48.Rh4+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Satty Zhuldyz Blitz Tournament"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Boris Abramovich Gelfand"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nxd2 9.Nxd2 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nf3 c6 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Qd3 Re8 15.Rfd1 Rc8 16.Rc2 Bd6 17.e4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nf6 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Rdc1 c5 21.Qa6 Qe7 22.dxc5 Rxc5 23.Rxc5 Bxc5 24.Re1 Qd7 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Qxa7 h6 27.Qa6 Qe4 28.Qc8+ Kh7 29.Qd7 Qc4 30.b3 Qe2 31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.Ne5 f6 33.Nd3 Qxa2 34.b4 Bd4 35.Qe4 Qc4 36.b5 Qc3 37.h4 Bc5 38.Qe8+ Kh7 39.Qe4+ Kg8 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qe4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Satty Zhuldyz Blitz Tournament"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2023.04.24"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.O-O b5 8.Bc2 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Ne7 12.Nh4 Ng6 13.Nf5 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Qe2 Qg5 16.Bb3 Bxf5 17.Bxd5 Rad8 18.c4 c6 19.Be4 Bxh3 20.Nc3 Bd7 21.d4 exd4 22.exd4 Rde8 23.cxb5 axb5 24.Qd3 Nh4 25.d5 c5 26.d6 c4 27.Qd5 Re5 28.Qb7 Bh3 29.Kh2 b4 30.Nd5 Rxe4 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Qxe4 Bxg2 33.Qf4 Bxf1 34.Qxg5 hxg5 35.Rxf1 Rd8 36.Rd1 c3 37.bxc3 bxc3 38.a4 f5 39.a5 c2 40.Rc1 Rxd6 41.Rxc2 Re6 42.Nc6 Nf3+ 43.Kg3 Ne5 44.Nxe5 Rxe5 45.Rd2 Re3+ 46.Kf2 Re7 47.a6 Ra7 48.Ra2 0-1

The grande entrée of four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) into the playing hall of Hilton Astana on Monday, April 24, 2023. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy/ChessBase India.