Friday, September 29, 2023

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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Nilufar Muradovna Yakubbaeva
19th Asian Games — Women’s Team Standard; 杭州 (Hángzhōu), September 29, 2023
Spanish Games C65

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. 0-0 Nd7 7. Be3 Qe7 8. Qe1 0-0 9. Nc3 Bxe3. Another possibility is 9. ... Re8 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Be6 15. Nf3 Rad8 16. Kh1 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Rd7 19. Rf5 b6 20. Ne2 c5 21. b3 Qd8 22. Qf2 Bxg3 23. Qxg3 Qh4 24. Qxh4 Nxh4 25. Rf2 Ng6 26. Nc3 Ne5 27. g3 a5 28. a4 Nc6 29. Kg2 Nb4 30. g4 Re5 31. Nd1 h5 32. Ne3 Nc6 33. Kg3 Nd4 34. Raf1 f6 35. Nd5 Kf7 36. Ne3 Kg8 37. Nf5 hxg4 38. hxg4 Nxf5+ 39. gxf5 g6! 40. fxg6 Rg5+ 41. Kf4 Rxg6 42. Ke3 Rf7 43. Kd2 Kf8 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. Kc4 c6 46. Rh1 Rg8 47. Rh6 Ke6 48. Rh5 Rfg7 49. c3 Rg5 50. Rh6 R5g6 51. Rfh2 f5 52. Rxg6+ Rxg6 53. exf5+ Kxf5 54. d4 cxd4 55. cxd4 Rg1 56. Rh6 Rc1+ 57. Kd3 Rd1+ 58. Kc2 Rxd4 59. Rxc6 Rb4 60. Kc3 Ke5 61. Rc4 Rxc4+ 62. Kxc4 Kd6 63. Kb5 Kc7 64. Ka6 Kc6 65. Ka7 Kc7 66. Ka6 Kc6 67. Ka7 Kc7 ½ : ½ 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) – Goryachkina, Women’s World Chess Championship 2020, Vladivostok 2020, match game 7.
10. Qxe3. Or, by transposition, 10. fxe3 Re8 11. Nh4 Nf6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 Nd7 14. Qg3 Qb4 15. Rb1 Re6 16. a3 Qe7 17. Rbf1 Rf6 18. h4 Rxf5 19. Rxf5 Re8 20. Nd1 Qc5 21. Qf2 Re7 22. g4 Qd6 23. g5 c5 24. Nc3 c6 25. Qg3 b5 26. Nd1 Re6 27. Nf2 c4 28. h5 cxd3 29. cxd3 c5 30. Qf3 ½ : ½ Khachiyan – Gulko, 51st U.S. Chess Championship, Stillwater 2007.
10. ... c5 11. Nd2 c6 12. Qg3 Nf6 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Qh4 Ng4 15. Qg3 Nf6 16. Ne2 b6 17. a4 Bd7 18. b3 Rad8 19. h3 Bc8 20. Kh1 h6 21. Qe3 Nh5 22. g4 Nf6 23. Ng3 Nh7


24. Nf5 Bxf5? The opening of the g-file will turn out to be disastrous. Black should have played 24. ... Qc7 whereupon if 25. f4 then 25. ... exf4 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27. Rxf4 Ba6 with a tenable defence.
25. gxf5 Qg5 26. f4 exf4 27. Rxf4 Rd4 28. Rg1 Qh5 29. Nd2 f6 30. Rfg4 Rd7 31. Qg3 Qf7 32. Qf4 Kh8


33. Nc4! 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) is not interested in winning the Queen for two Rooks, and continues instead to inexorably increase the attack against the Black King.
33. ... Qf8 34. Qg3 Qe7 35. Ne3 Rg8 36. Ng2 Nf8 37. Nf4 b5 38. Nh5. Threatening both Qg3-e3 and Qg3-h4.


38. ... Kh7 39. Qh4 Qe5 40. Nxf6+. Or 40. Nxg7! Rgxg7 (40. ... Rdxg7 41. Qxh6+!! Kxh6 42. Rh4#) 41. Qxh6+!! and mate in two moves.
40. ... Qxf6 41. Qxf6 gxf6 42. Rxg8 Rf7 43. R8g3 b4 44. Rd1 Rd7 45. Kg2 Rd8 46. Kf2 Nd7 47. Rdg1 Ne5 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Rb7 Rd7 50. Rxd7 Nxd7 51. Rg6 Kh7 52. Ke3 1 : 0.

1 comment:

  1. A 'Spanish' Torture worthy of Tartakower's definition!

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