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Jovanka Houska – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)

1st FIDE World Rapid Team Chess Championship; Chess Pensioners – WR Chess; time control: 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move; Düsseldorf, August 28, 2023

Neo-Queen’s Indian Defence A47

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd1 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2

9. ... a6. A vintage reference is 9. ... 0-0 10. 0-0 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Nb4 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Ne1 Ba6 19. Kf1 Nc2 20. Rd1 Nxe1 21. Kxe1 Rc2 22. Rd2 Rc1+ 23. Rd1 Rc2 24. Rd2 Rc1+ 25. Rd1 ½ : ½ Lundin – Tartakower, Interzonal Tournament, Saltsjöbaden 1948.
10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nc3 d6 12. e3 Rb8 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nf4

17. ... Bxg2. In fact, Black’s position is so sound that she has more than one way to equalise comfortably (for example: 17. ... Nf3+!).
18. Kxg2 Qc7 19. Nd3 Qc6+ 20. f3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 b5 23. Qd2 Rfd8 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rc1 Qa6 26. e4 Ra8 27. Rc2 Ra7 28. Qb4 Rad7 29. Rcd2

29. ... h5 30. h4 Qc6 31. Qc3 Rc8 32. Qb4 Rcd8 33. Rc3 Qb7 34. Rcd3 Qc6 ½ : ½.