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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Irene Kharisma Sukandar
19th Asian Games — Women’s Team Standard; 杭州 (Hángzhōu), October 5, 2023
Spanish Game C84

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0-0 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg5. The alternative is 14. ... c6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qg3⩲ Domínguez Pérez – Eljanov, 50th Capablanca Memorial, Havana 2015 — “White has a slight edge, nothing more”, Grandmaster Ioan-Cristian Chirilă argues.
15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qg4 c6 17. Nf4

17. ... Kh8. An advisable precaution as 17. ... g6 18. Nxg6! hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qxd6 Bf6 21. f4 left White with more than enough for the sacrificed Knight, Libiszewski – Zelesco, 29th Australasian Masters, Melbourne 2017.
18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Qf4 Ng6 21. Qf5 Qb6?! (⌓ 21. ... Bf6 22. Qg4 Ne5 23. Qg3 Qb6 24. Kh1⩲)

22. g3 Bd8 23. h4 Bc7 25. Rae1 Rae8 26. Kg2 d5?! (⌓ 26. ... Ng8! Δ ... Ng8-f6)
27. exd5 Nxd5

28. Ng1! Heading for g5.
28. ... Rd8 29. Nf3 Nf6 30. Qf5 Bd6 31. Re2 c5 32. Rfe1 Qc6 33. Kg1 Qc8. Seeking simplification, but White’s attack will continue even without Queens.
34. Qxc8 Rxc8 35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 Ng4 37. Re7 g6 38. Bxf7 Rc6 (38. ... Nxf2 39. Ra7 Ng4 40. Ree7+−)
39. Be6 Nf6 40. Bc4 Ng4 41. Ra7 h5 42. Ree7 Nf6 43. Bxa6 1 : 0.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) shining in a bloom of red. Photo: Sina Sports.