Artwork © con1011
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Will Or Won’t
Taiwanese jazz-R&B-pop artist 9m88’s behind-the-scenes compilation from her video for her hit song 《決定不想你》 (Decided not to yearn for you). |
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Am I Armenian, am I Italian?
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, November 30, 2023
My relation with Armenia — first and foremost with the Armenian language — has something both intimate and legendary. Many years ago, Gianfranco Contini, a philologist for whom I had and have the greatest esteem, told me that the surname of Agamben is certainly Armenian in origin. The Armenian surname of Aganbeghyan would have been shortened to Agamben, just as the Italian surname of Gianni derives from the Armenian Gianighyan. And this was later confirmed to me, not without a hint of contempt, by a monk from the convent on the Island of the Armenians in Venice. In my family traditions, however, there was no trace of such an origin, and the surname — which we are the only ones to have in Italy — was explained in other and more fantastic ways, perhaps invented to hide its exotic origin.
My identity is therefore divided, but this split seems to me to contain something like a precious indication. Am I Armenian, am I Italian? And what does it mean to be an Italian of Armenian origin? The more one adheres to a language and a culture — as I did as best I could to Italian — the more there needs to be a way out. Perhaps, for me, Armenian is this way out. From where and to where? Not from Italian towards another more original identity or, even worse, towards a generic universality. Rather towards that unthought elsewhere which is buried in the centre of every language and every identity and towards which all identities and languages have always set out on a journey. Being Italian, being Armenian is not an origin from which to start; it is a destination which perhaps we shall never be able to reach, but towards which it is worth travelling. And in any case, as the poet wrote for Ulysses e and his native island, it will be the destination that gave you the journey: “Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey. / Without her you wouldn’t have set out. / She has nothing left to give you now”.
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, November 30, 2023
My relation with Armenia — first and foremost with the Armenian language — has something both intimate and legendary. Many years ago, Gianfranco Contini, a philologist for whom I had and have the greatest esteem, told me that the surname of Agamben is certainly Armenian in origin. The Armenian surname of Aganbeghyan would have been shortened to Agamben, just as the Italian surname of Gianni derives from the Armenian Gianighyan. And this was later confirmed to me, not without a hint of contempt, by a monk from the convent on the Island of the Armenians in Venice. In my family traditions, however, there was no trace of such an origin, and the surname — which we are the only ones to have in Italy — was explained in other and more fantastic ways, perhaps invented to hide its exotic origin.
My identity is therefore divided, but this split seems to me to contain something like a precious indication. Am I Armenian, am I Italian? And what does it mean to be an Italian of Armenian origin? The more one adheres to a language and a culture — as I did as best I could to Italian — the more there needs to be a way out. Perhaps, for me, Armenian is this way out. From where and to where? Not from Italian towards another more original identity or, even worse, towards a generic universality. Rather towards that unthought elsewhere which is buried in the centre of every language and every identity and towards which all identities and languages have always set out on a journey. Being Italian, being Armenian is not an origin from which to start; it is a destination which perhaps we shall never be able to reach, but towards which it is worth travelling. And in any case, as the poet wrote for Ulysses e and his native island, it will be the destination that gave you the journey: “Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey. / Without her you wouldn’t have set out. / She has nothing left to give you now”.
(English translation by I, Robot)
Charles Blackman, Alice’s journey, 1957. Courtesy of WikiArt.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Play It Again, Bobby
American actor and director Woody Allen lent his voice as a narrator to the 7-minute shortfilm Mr. Fischer’s Chair, directed by Xosé Zapata and Lorenzo Degl’Innocenti, which will premiere next year. The short is dedicated to Bobby Fischer, the mythical 11th World Chess Champion, as well as to his swivel chair, which attracted the suspicions of the Soviet delegation in the behind-the-scenes diplomacy of the Match of the Century.
Monday, November 27, 2023
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Sunday, November 26, 2023
Light My Fire
Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) making a plea in her new capacity as 江苏 (Jiāngsū) Firefighting Public Welfare ambassador. Video: 江苏 (Jiāngsū) Fire and Rescue New Media Matrix. |
Saturday, November 25, 2023
A Pearl Necklace
Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), in red dress, with pearl necklace, posing for a picture with chess coach Ravshan Shukurov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Friday, November 17, 2023, on the eve of the two-day 3rd “Zakovat-Gambit” Blitz Tournament that ended Sunday, November 19. Photo: Ravshan Shukurov. |
Friday, November 24, 2023
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Tomorrow Never Knows
When asked by Jennifer Shahade and Daniel Naroditsky whether she will ever get back again to chess full-time (for money, or for prestige, or for both), 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) replied, quite evasively: “It’s really hard to say, but at the moment I do not have the clear plan that I will come back full-time, but I wouldn’t really say in a certain word for the future”. Screenshot from the live stream. |
Minutes Matter
Harika Dronavalli – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship “Julius Bär” Main Event; Final match game 4; time control: 5 minutes plus 1 second per move; chess.com, November 22, 2023
Sicilian Defence B22
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc4 Nbd7 8. Be3. Pretty dubious, indeed.
8. ... b5 9. Na5 Qd6. Possibly more intriguing is 9. ... Ng4 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bd6 12. Qc2 Qh5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rad1 Qh6 15. Qf2 Nf6 16. h3 Ra7 17. e4 Bf4 18. Qe1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc7 20. Nb3 Nh5 21. Qh4 g5 22. Qe1 Ng3 23. Rf2 g4 24. Nh2 e5 25. dxe5 gxh3 26. Rf3 Qg5 27. Qf2 Bxe5 28. Nf1 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Bg4 30. Re3 hxg2 31. Rfe1 f6 32. Qxg2 Rg7 33. Nc5 Bd4 0–1 Tari – Caruana, 11th Norway Blitz, Stavanger 2023 (time control: 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move).
10. a4 Qc7 11. dxc5 Ng4 12. b4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bxc5 14. axb5 axb5! Improving on 14. ... Bxe3 15. Nc4⩲ Harika – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), 5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship “Julius Bär” Main Event, chess.com, November 22, 2023, Final match game 2 (time control: 5 minutes plus 1 second per move).
15. Bxb5 Bxe3 16. Qd3 Bb6
8. ... b5 9. Na5 Qd6. Possibly more intriguing is 9. ... Ng4 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bd6 12. Qc2 Qh5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rad1 Qh6 15. Qf2 Nf6 16. h3 Ra7 17. e4 Bf4 18. Qe1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc7 20. Nb3 Nh5 21. Qh4 g5 22. Qe1 Ng3 23. Rf2 g4 24. Nh2 e5 25. dxe5 gxh3 26. Rf3 Qg5 27. Qf2 Bxe5 28. Nf1 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Bg4 30. Re3 hxg2 31. Rfe1 f6 32. Qxg2 Rg7 33. Nc5 Bd4 0–1 Tari – Caruana, 11th Norway Blitz, Stavanger 2023 (time control: 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move).
10. a4 Qc7 11. dxc5 Ng4 12. b4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bxc5 14. axb5 axb5! Improving on 14. ... Bxe3 15. Nc4⩲ Harika – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), 5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship “Julius Bär” Main Event, chess.com, November 22, 2023, Final match game 2 (time control: 5 minutes plus 1 second per move).
15. Bxb5 Bxe3 16. Qd3 Bb6
17. Rd1? A mistake which loses a Pawn. The comparatively best is 17. Qc4! Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Bb7! 19. Bb5! Bxa5 20. bxa5 Ke7 21. 0-0 Nc5 with more or less equality.
17. ... Bxa5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. c4
17. ... Bxa5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. c4
19. ... 0-0! The pointe: if now 20. Bxd7 then 20. ... Rd8 recovering the piece with at least one Pawn ahead.
20. 0-0 Nc5 21. Qe3 Bb7 22. Rd2 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 h6 24. h3 Qe5 25. Re2 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Ra1 27. Ree1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rd8 29. Rf1 f5 30. Re1 Ne4 31. Bc6. Perhaps White should have sought to somehow arrange an exchange of Queens, because, as things go now, Black meets no obstacles in consolidating her material advantage.
31. ... Nf2+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+. Or 32. ... Qxc4 32. Qxf2 Qxc6 remaining with two Pawns ahead.
33. Kg1. Again, if 33. Qg3 then 33. ... Qxc6 34. Qxf2 Qxc4 with two Pawns to the good.
33. ... Nd3 34. Rd1
20. 0-0 Nc5 21. Qe3 Bb7 22. Rd2 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 h6 24. h3 Qe5 25. Re2 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Ra1 27. Ree1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rd8 29. Rf1 f5 30. Re1 Ne4 31. Bc6. Perhaps White should have sought to somehow arrange an exchange of Queens, because, as things go now, Black meets no obstacles in consolidating her material advantage.
31. ... Nf2+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+. Or 32. ... Qxc4 32. Qxf2 Qxc6 remaining with two Pawns ahead.
33. Kg1. Again, if 33. Qg3 then 33. ... Qxc6 34. Qxf2 Qxc4 with two Pawns to the good.
33. ... Nd3 34. Rd1
34. ... Qc5+. 34. ... Ne5! at once is decisive.
35. Kh2 Qxc4 36.Bb7 Kh7! 37. Bc6? Ne5! 0–1.
35. Kh2 Qxc4 36.Bb7 Kh7! 37. Bc6? Ne5! 0–1.
As Chance Would Have It
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "101"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 h6 6.c3 d6 7.a4 a6 8.Re1 Ba7 9.
Nbd2 O-O 10.h3 Ne7 11.Nf1 c6 12.Ng3 Ng6 13.Bb3 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.d4 exd4
16.Nxd4 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Be3 Bd7 20.Ndf5 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 Rd8
22.Qd4 Bc6 23.a5 Qe5 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Ngf5 Qxd4 26.Nxd4 Ne5 27.Kf1 g6 28.Ng4
Nxg4 29.hxg4 Kg7 30.f3 Bd7 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Kxe1 Kf6 33.Kd2 Ke5 34.Ke3 h5
35.gxh5 gxh5 36.Ne2 h4 37.Nf4 Be6 38.Nd3+ Kd6 39.Kd4 h3 40.gxh3 Bxh3 41.
Nf4 Be6 42.Nd3 Kc6 43.Nc5 Bc8 44.b4 Be6 45.Nd3 Kd6 46.Nf4 Kc6 47.Ke5 Kb5
48.Nxe6 fxe6 49.Kxe6 Kc4 50.f4 Kxc3 51.Kxd5 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "125"]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Na3 a6 7.Nc4 Nbd7 8.Be3 b5
9.Na5 Qd6 10.a4 Qc7 11.dxc5 Ng4 12.b4 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Bxc5 14.axb5 Bxe3 15.
Nc4 Bb6 16.Qd6 Bb7 17.Rd1 axb5 18.Nxb6 Qxc3+ 19.Nd2 Qe3+ 20.Be2 Qxb6 21.
Qxb6 Nxb6 22.Bxb5+ Ke7 23.O-O Rhd8 24.Nc4 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Nxc4 26.Rd7+ Kf6
27.Bxc4 Bc6 28.Rc7 Be4 29.b5 Rd8 30.Kf2 Rd6 31.g3 g5 32.Ke3 Bg6 33.Rc5 Ke7
34.Rc7+ Rd7 35.Rc8 f5 36.b6 Kd6 37.Bb5 Rb7 38.Rc6+ Kd5 39.Ba4 Be8 40.Rc7
Rxb6 41.Bxe8 Rb3+ 42.Kd2 Rb2+ 43.Rc2 Rxc2+ 44.Kxc2 f4 45.Kd2 fxg3 46.hxg3
Ke4 47.Ke2 Kf5 48.Bh5 e5 49.Kf3 e4+ 50.Ke3 g4 51.Be8 Kg5 52.Kxe4 h5 53.
Bxh5 Kxh5 54.Kf5 Kh6 55.Kf4 Kg7 56.Kg5 Kf7 57.Kf5 Kg7 58.Kxg4 Kg6 59.Kf4
Kf6 60.g4 Kg6 61.g5 Kg7 62.Kf5 Kf7 63.g6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4
Qb6 9.a3 Bc5 10.Ncb5 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 O-O 12.b4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 f6 14.Qxb6 Nxb6
15.Bd3 a5 16.Kd2 Bd7 17.Ke3 Bxb5 18.Bxb5 fxe5 19.fxe5 Rf5 20.Bd3 Rxe5+ 21.
Kd4 Rg5 22.Rae1 Kf7 23.Rhf1+ Ke7 24.Bf5 Nc4 25.Bxe6 Kd6 26.h4 Rxg2 27.Bxd5
Rd2+ 28.Kxc4 b5+ 29.Kxb5 Rxd5+ 30.Kc4 a4 31.Kc3 Rc8+ 32.Kb2 Rd2 33.Rc1 Rc4
34.Rf7 Rxh4 35.Rxg7 Kc6 36.Ra7 h5 37.Rxa4 Rhh2 38.Ra6+ Kb5 39.Ra5+ Kb6 40.
Rc5 h4 41.Re1 Rhe2 42.Rxe2 Rxe2 43.Rh5 Re4 44.Kb3 Re3+ 45.c3 h3 46.a4 Kb7
47.a5 Rg3 48.b5 Kc7 49.Kb4 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Na3 a6 7.Nc4 Nbd7 8.Be3 b5
9.Na5 Qd6 10.a4 Qc7 11.dxc5 Ng4 12.b4 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Bxc5 14.axb5 axb5 15.
Bxb5 Bxe3 16.Qd3 Bb6 17.Rd1 Bxa5 18.bxa5 Rxa5 19.c4 O-O 20.O-O Nc5 21.Qe3
Bb7 22.Rd2 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 h6 24.h3 Qe5 25.Re2 Qd4+ 26.Kh1 Ra1 27.Ree1 Rxe1
28.Rxe1 Rd8 29.Rf1 f5 30.Re1 Ne4 31.Bc6 Nf2+ 32.Kh2 Qd6+ 33.Kg1 Nd3 34.Rd1
Qc5+ 35.Kh2 Qxc4 36.Bb7 Kh7 37.Bc6 Ne5 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "138"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.a4 g5 7.a5 a6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.
Ne2 Bg4 10.c3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Qd7 12.Ng3 Ne7 13.Qb3 O-O 14.d4 Qh3 15.dxe5 Ng6
16.Nf5 Nxe5 17.Be2 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Qxf3 19.Ng3 Rab8 20.Qd1 Qxd1 21.Rxd1 Rfe8
22.Ra4 Ng4 23.Rc4 Rbc8 24.Rb4 Rb8 25.Rc4 Re7 26.Nf5 Rd7 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.f4
gxf4 29.Bxf4 Re8 30.Rb4 c5 31.Rc4 Nf6 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.Bxd6 Rxe4 34.Rxc5
Re2 35.Be5 Rxb2 36.Rd5 Rb1+ 37.Kg2 Re1 38.Bd4 Kg6 39.Bxf6 Kxf6 40.Rd6+ Re6
41.Rd7 Re7 42.Rd6+ Kg7 43.Rb6 Rc7 44.Rb3 Kg6 45.Rb6+ f6 46.Rb3 Kg5 47.Kf3
h5 48.Kg3 h4+ 49.Kf3 f5 50.Kf2 Kg4 51.Rb4+ f4 52.h3+ Kxh3 53.Rxf4 Rxc3 54.
Rb4 Rc7 55.Rb3+ Kg4 56.Rb4+ Kg5 57.Rb3 Rf7+ 58.Kg2 Rf5 59.Rb4 Rb5 60.Ra4
Rb2+ 61.Kf3 Rb3+ 62.Kg2 h3+ 63.Kh2 Kf5 64.Rc4 Ke5 65.Rc7 Kd6 66.Rc8 Kd7
67.Rc5 Rb5 68.Rc4 Rxa5 69.Kxh3 Kd6 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O h6 5.c4 d4 6.b4 Nc6 7.b5 Nb8 8.d3 Nbd7 9.
e3 e5 10.exd4 exd4 11.Re1+ Be7 12.Qe2 Nf8 13.Ne5 Ne6 14.f4 O-O 15.f5 Ng5
16.h4 Ngh7 17.g4 Bd6 18.g5 Re8 19.Bf4 hxg5 20.hxg5 Nxg5 21.Nd2 Bxe5 22.
Bxe5 Bxf5 23.Bxf6 Rxe2 24.Bxd8 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rxd8 26.Bxb7 Bxd3 27.a4 Rd7
28.Bc6 Rd6 29.a5 Ne6 30.Kf2 Kf8 31.a6 Nc7 32.Ra1 g5 33.Be4 Rf6+ 34.Kg3 Be2
35.Bf3 Bd3 36.Be4 Be2 37.Bb7 Nxb5 38.cxb5 Bxb5 39.Ne4 Re6 40.Nxc5 Re3+ 41.
Kf2 Rc3 42.Ne4 Rc2+ 43.Kg3 d3 44.Rd1 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.e5 Qd8 8.Qd2 c5
9.a3 Qa5 10.h4 Nc6 11.Rh3 Bd7 12.Rb1 Bxc3 13.bxc3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qxd2+ 15.
Kxd2 b6 16.Rg3 g6 17.c3 Na5 18.Bd3 Rc8 19.h5 g5 20.Nh2 Ke7 21.Ng4 Ba4 22.
Rf3 Nb3+ 23.Rxb3 Bxb3 24.Rf6 Bc4 25.Bc2 Bf1 26.g3 Rcf8 27.Nxh6 Bh3 28.Bd3
a5 29.Ke3 Bg2 30.f3 Bh3 31.g4 Rc8 32.Rxf7+ Ke8 33.Bb5+ Kd8 34.Rd7+ Ke8 35.
Rh7+ 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "109"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Bf4 c5 7.a4 Nc6 8.e4 b6 9.
Nc3 Bb7 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.d4 Bf6 13.Be3 Rc8 14.c3 Na5 15.Nd2
cxd4 16.cxd4 Nc6 17.Nb3 Ba6 18.Re1 Nb4 19.Rc1 Qd7 20.a5 h6 21.axb6 axb6
22.Bf3 Rxc1 23.Nxc1 Qc6 24.Be2 Bb7 25.Rf1 Nc2 26.Nd3 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Bg5 28.
Nf4 Re8 29.Qd2 Qd6 30.Bf3 Qe7 31.Kf2 Qd6 32.Rc1 Bd8 33.Qc3 g6 34.Qb3 Bg5
35.Re1 Bxf4 36.exf4 Rxe1 37.Kxe1 Qe6+ 38.Kf2 Kg7 39.Qb5 g5 40.Qe2 gxf4 41.
gxf4 Qxe2+ 42.Kxe2 Kf6 43.Ke3 Kf5 44.h3 f6 45.Bg4+ Kg6 46.Be6 f5 47.Kd2
Kf6 48.Bg8 Bc6 49.Kc3 Kg7 50.Be6 Kf6 51.Bc8 Kg6 52.Kb4 Kf6 53.Kc3 Kg6 54.
Kb4 Kf6 55.Kc3 1/2-1/2
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.c3 f5 5.d3 f4 6.d4 Qe7 7.b4 g5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.
Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qh5+ Kd8 11.Na3 c6 12.Bb3 Nf6 13.Qxg5 Nxe4 14.Qh5 Nf6 15.Qe2
Bg4 16.f3 Bf5 17.Nc4 Nd7 18.O-O Kc7 19.Rd1 Re8 20.Nd6 Bg6 21.Nxe8+ Qxe8
22.Bd2 Bh6 23.Re1 Rf8 24.Qf2 e4 25.fxe4 Ne5 26.Qxa7 Bf7 27.Bxf7 Rxf7 28.
Rad1 Rg7 29.Qa5+ Kb8 30.Bxf4 Bxf4 31.Rd8+ Qxd8 32.Qxd8+ Ka7 33.Qa5+ Kb8
34.Rd1 Nf3+ 35.Kf2 Bc7 36.Rd8+ 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 Bg4 7.c3 e6 8.h3
Bxf3 9.Nxf3 Bd6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Bxg3 13.fxg3 Qc7 14.g4 Qg3+ 15.
Kd2 Ne4+ 16.Kc2 Nf2 17.Qd2 Nxh1 18.Bb5 Nf2 19.Ne5 Ne4 20.Qe2 O-O 21.Bxc6
bxc6 22.Rf1 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.c3 d6 7.Bb3 Ba7 8.Re1 h6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Qd7 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.d4 Qf7 15.Be3
exd4 16.cxd4 d5 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Bxa7 Rxa7 21.Rxe4
Raa8 22.Rd4 Qf5 23.Qe2 Rad8 24.Rad1 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Rf8 26.a4 a5 27.h4 b6 28.
g3 Kh7 29.Kg2 Kg8 30.Rf4 Qg6 31.Rd4 h5 32.Qc4 Qf5 33.Qe2 Rf7 34.Rf4 Qg6
35.Rxf7 Qxf7 36.Qe4 Qe8 37.b3 g6 38.f3 Kg7 39.Qf4 Qf7 40.Qd4 Qe7 41.Kh3
Qf7 42.Kg2 Qe7 43.Kh3 Qf7 44.Kg2 1/2-1/2
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 h6 5.c4 c6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Nc3 e6 8.c5 Qxb3
9.axb3 Nbd7 10.b4 a6 11.b5 cxb5 12.Nxb5 Rc8 13.Nc3 Ne4 14.O-O g5 15.Nd2
Nxd2 16.Bxd2 Bg7 17.e3 b6 18.b4 Bd3 19.Rfc1 a5 20.Na4 axb4 21.Nxb6 Nxb6
22.cxb6 Rxc1+ 23.Bxc1 Kd7 24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 Kc6 26.Ra7 Kxb6 27.Rxf7 Rc8
28.Bb2 Rc7 29.Rxc7 Kxc7 30.Ke2 Kc6 31.Kd3 Kb5 32.f3 Ka4 33.e4 Kb3 34.Bc1
Ka2 35.h4 b3 36.Kc3 Bf8 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.exd5 exd5 39.f4 gxf4 40.gxf4 Ba3
41.Bxa3 Kxa3 42.f5 b2 43.f6 b1=Q 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Qe7+ 7.Qe2 Qxe2+ 8.
Kxe2 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nb3 Bd6 12.Be3 a5 13.Bc5 Kd7 14.a4 f6
15.Nfd4 Ne7 16.Kd2 Re8 17.g3 Kc7 18.Rae1 Bd7 19.h4 Ng6 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.
Bxd6+ Kxd6 22.Nxa5 Ne5 23.Nb7+ Kc7 24.Nc5 Bg4 25.Kc3 Nd7 26.Nxd7 Bxd7 27.
b4 Kd6 28.Rb1 Rc8 29.Nb3 Re8 30.Kd2 Bf5 31.a5 Kc7 32.Nd4 Bd7 33.Re1 Rb8
34.Kc3 Kd6 35.Nb3 Rf8 36.Nc5 Ra8 37.Kd4 Rb8 38.c3 g6 39.f4 h5 40.Nd3 Bf5
41.Nc5 Bg4 42.a6 Ra8 43.Nb7+ Kd7 44.Nc5+ Kd6 45.Ra1 Kc7 46.c4 dxc4 47.Kxc4
Be2+ 48.Kc3 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "127"]
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2
O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.Nb5 d5 12.Nc7 Bxc4 13.Nxa8 Qxa8 14.Re1 Rd8 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Bc5 17.Qxc4 dxc4 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.Kg2 Kf8 20.Red1 Ke7 21.
Rac1 b5 22.Bg5 Rc8 23.b3 Ba3 24.Rc2 c3 25.e4 h6 26.Bxf6+ gxf6 27.Rd3 Bb2
28.f4 a5 29.Kf3 b4 30.Ke2 Ra8 31.Rd4 Ba3 32.Kd3 a4 33.bxa4 e5 34.fxe5 fxe5
35.Rd5 Rxa4 36.Rxe5+ Kd6 37.Rd5+ Ke6 38.Rh5 Bb2 39.Rxh6+ f6 40.Kc4 Rxa2
41.Kxb4 Ra1 42.Kc4 Re1 43.Kd3 Rd1+ 44.Ke2 Rd4 45.Rh4 Ke5 46.Rf4 Rd8 47.h4
Rg8 48.Kf3 Ke6 49.Rf5 Rd8 50.Rd5 Ra8 51.Rc5 Ra1 52.h5 Rf1+ 53.Kg4 Re1 54.
Rc4 Rh1 55.Rf2 Ke5 56.Rf5+ Ke6 57.Rc6+ Ke7 58.Rc7+ Ke6 59.Rfc5 Rh2 60.
R7c6+ Ke7 61.e5 fxe5 62.Rxe5+ Kf7 63.Rec5 Rh1 64.Rb5 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 g5 7.c3 Bg7 8.a4 a5 9.
Qb3 Qe7 10.Na3 O-O 11.Nc2 Nh5 12.Ne3 g4 13.Nd2 Nf4 14.Ndf1 Qg5 15.Ng3 Ne7
16.d4 h5 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Qc2 h4 19.Ngf5 Nxf5 20.Nxf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 g3 22.
fxg3 hxg3 23.hxg3 Qxg3 24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Re7 Bf6 26.Rxc7 f3 27.Rxb7 Be5 28.
Qf2 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 Qh1+ 30.Qg1 fxg2+ 31.Kf2 Qh4+ 32.Kxg2 Kh8 33.Qh1 Rg8+ 34.
Kf3 Rg3+ 35.Ke2 Rh3 36.Qd5 Rh2+ 37.Kd3 Qh3+ 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "101"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 d5 8.e3 c5 9.
Nc3 dxc4 10.bxc4 Nc6 11.Qe2 Qd7 12.Rfd1 Rfd8 13.d3 a6 14.Ne1 Na5 15.Bxb7
Qxb7 16.Rab1 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Nxb5 Qxb5 19.Bxf6 Qd7 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Nf3
Nc6 22.Rb2 h6 23.Rbd2 Ra3 24.d4 cxd4 25.Nxd4 Nxd4 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Qa7
28.Rd8+ Kh7 29.Qc2+ f5 30.Qc8 Ra6 31.h4 Kg6 32.Rd7 Qa8 33.Qc7 Qf8 34.Qc4
Rb6 35.Qd4 Rb1+ 36.Kh2 Qf6 37.Qxf6+ Kxf6 38.a4 Ra1 39.Ra7 g5 40.hxg5+ hxg5
41.Kg2 g4 42.a5 Ke5 43.Ra8 Ke4 44.a6 Ra2 45.a7 e5 46.Rb8 Rxa7 47.Rb4+ Kd3
48.Rb3+ Ke4 49.Rb4+ Kd5 50.Rb5+ Ke4 51.Rb4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "88"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g5 7.a4 Bg7 8.a5 Ne7 9.
d4 exd4 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 O-O 12.cxd4 Nfd5 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Qb3 c6 15.Re1
Rb8 16.Bd2 b5 17.axb6 axb6 18.Ra7 Rc8 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Qf3 b5 21.Bd3 Qb6
22.Raa1 Qxd4 23.Bc3 Qf4 24.Qxf4 Nxf4 25.Be4 b4 26.Bxb4 Bxe5 27.Bxf8 Kxf8
28.g3 Bxb2 29.Rab1 Bc3 30.Re3 Bd4 31.gxf4 Bxe3 32.fxe3 gxf4 33.exf4 c5 34.
Kf2 f5 35.Bc2 Rd8 36.Ke3 Ke7 37.Rb7+ Rd7 38.Rb8 c4 39.Rh8 Rd6 40.Rxh6 Rb6
41.Rh7+ Kf6 42.Rh6+ Ke7 43.Rh7+ Kf6 44.Rh6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "154"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.d3 c5 9.e4 d6 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.h3 a6 12.Qd2 Rb8 13.Rfe1 Nd7 14.Ne2 b5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.cxb5 axb5 17.d4 cxd4 18.Nexd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Qb6 20.Nc2 Nf6 21.Qd4 Qxd4 22.Nxd4 b4 23.Rac1 Rfc8 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Rc1 Bb7 26.Rc7 Bxe4 27.Nxe6+ Kg8 28.Ng5 Bxg2 29.Kxg2 Nd5 30.Ra7 Rf8 31.Ne4 Rd8 32.Ra6 Nc3 33.Nxc3 bxc3 34.Rc6 Ra8 35.a4 Kf8 36.Rxc3 Ke7 37.Kf3 Ke6 38.Ke4 d5+ 39.Kd4 Rb8 40.Rc6+ Kd7 41.Rf6 Rxb3 42.Rxf7+ Ke6 43.Ra7 h5 44.h4 Rb4+ 45.Ke3 Rb3+ 46.Kf4 Rb4+ 47.Ke3 Rb3+ 48.Ke2 Rb2+ 49.Ke1 Ra2 50.a5 Kf5 51.a6 d4 52.Ra8 Kf6 53.a7 Kg7 54.f3 d3 55.Kd1 Kh7 56.g4 hxg4 57.fxg4 Kg7 58.h5 gxh5 59.gxh5 Kh7 60.h6 d2 61.Ke2 d1=Q+ 62.Kxd1 Ra1+ 63.Kc2 Ra2+ 64.Kb3 Ra1 65.Kb4 Ra2 66.Kc5 Ra1 67.Kb6 Rb1+ 68.Kc6 Rc1+ 69.Kd6 Rd1+ 70.Ke6 Re1+ 71.Kf6 Rf1+ 72.Ke5 Re1+ 73.Kd6 Rd1+ 74.Kc6 Rc1+ 75.Kb6 Rb1+ 76.Ka6 Ra1+ 77.Kb6 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "19"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Nd2 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Qf5 13.Re1 Bd6 14.Qf3
Qxc2 15.Bxf6 Qxd2 16.Rad1 Qh6 17.Be5 Bxe5 18.Rxe5 c6 19.Rde1 Qd6 20.g3 d4
21.Qd3 Rad8 22.R5e4 g6 23.h4 h5 24.Re5 c5 25.Re6 Qd7 26.Re7 Qd5 27.R1e5
Qd6 28.R5e6 Qxe6 29.Rxe6 fxe6 30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.Qh6+ Kg8 32.Qg6+ Kh8 33.Qh6+
Kg8 34.Qxe6+ Kg7 35.Qe5+ Kg8 36.Qg5+ Kh8 37.Qxh5+ Kg8 38.Qxc5 d3 39.Qg5+
Kh8 40.Qh6+ Kg8 41.Qg6+ Kh8 42.Qh6+ Kg8 43.Qg6+ Kh8 44.Qh6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.b3 Ne4 7.d4 c5 8.Bb2 O-O
9.e3 d5 10.cxd5 Bxd5 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Rd1 e6 13.dxc5 Bxb2 14.Qxb2 bxc5 15.
Nfd2 Nxd2 16.Rxd2 f5 17.Nc3 Ne7 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Bxd5+ Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 Rad8 22.Qd2 Rxd5 23.Qxd5+ Rf7 24.Rc1 Qa5 25.Rxc5 Qxa2 26.Rc7 Qa1+ 27.
Kg2 Qf6 28.Rxa7 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "21"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Bf4 Nd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Nf3 e6 10.Bd3 c5 11.c4 Qh5 12.d5 exd5 13.Qe2+ Kd8 14.O-O Be7 15.Rfe1 Re8 16.Bd6 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.b3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O d6 6.Bb2 Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.e4 a5 9.
c4 a4 10.b4 c5 11.b5 Nbd7 12.a3 Nh5 13.Nc3 g6 14.Nxa4 Ng7 15.Nc3 f5 16.
exf5 gxf5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Nf6 19.Nd2 Qd7 20.a4 f4 21.Nc4 Rab8 22.Ra2
Qf5 23.Bc3 Nd7 24.Be4 Qf7 25.Nd2 Nf6 26.Qb3 Qh5 27.Bg2 Ng4 28.h3 Nf6 29.
Ne4 Nxe4 30.Bxe4 Qxh3 31.Bg2 Qh5 32.g4 Qxg4 33.f3 Qg6 34.Be1 Nf5 35.Qd1
Kh8 36.Qe2 Rg8 37.Rf2 Ng3 38.Qb2 Qh5 39.Bc3 Bf6 40.Ra1 Nf5 41.Re1 Ne3 42.
Ree2 Rg6 43.a5 bxa5 44.b6 Rbg8 45.b7 Rh6 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "23"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "148"]
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.h3 b5 6.Be3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.a3 Nbd7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 c5 11.e5 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 dxe5 13.dxc5 e4 14.Nxe4 Ne5 15.Qe2
Nxd3 16.cxd3 Nd5 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.d4 h6 19.Nc3 f5 20.Qf3 Nxc3 21.bxc3 g5 22.
Bd2 Kh8 23.Re6 Qd7 24.Rce1 Bf6 25.Qxf5 Kg7 26.Qe4 Rf7 27.Rxa6 Rcf8 28.Re6
Qa7 29.Bc1 Qa5 30.Qc2 Qa8 31.R1e2 Qa5 32.Qd3 Qa4 33.c6 Qa7 34.Qxb5 Rb8 35.
Qd3 Qc7 36.g3 Rb3 37.Kg2 Qa5 38.Bd2 Qxa3 39.c7 Qa8+ 40.Qe4 Qc8 41.Rc6 Rb7
42.Qe6 Rf8 43.Qxc8 Rxc8 44.h4 gxh4 45.gxh4 Rbxc7 46.Rxc7 Rxc7 47.h5 Kf7
48.Kf3 Ra7 49.Ke4 Ra5 50.d5 Ra4+ 51.Kd3 Rh4 52.f4 Rxh5 53.c4 Rh3+ 54.Ke4
h5 55.c5 h4 56.c6 Ra3 57.Be3 Ra8 58.Kf5 h3 59.Rh2 Rd8 60.Ke4 Rh8 61.c7 Ke8
62.Bd4 Kd7 63.Bxf6 exf6 64.Kf5 Kxc7 65.Kxf6 Kd6 66.Kg7 Rh5 67.Kg6 Rh8 68.
f5 Kxd5 69.f6 Ke6 70.Kg7 Rh4 71.f7 Rg4+ 72.Kh6 Kxf7 73.Rxh3 Rg6+ 74.Kh5
Rf6 1/2-1/2
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "114"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.
h3 Nbd7 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Qd2 Ne6 12.Rad1 c5 13.Bh6 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Ne2 f5
16.exf5 gxf5 17.Nc3 Kh8 18.Rde1 Rb8 19.a3 f4 20.g4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Ng5 22.Kg2
Nxf3 23.Kxf3 Qh4 24.Rh1 Nf6 25.Qe2 Rg8 26.Reg1 Rbd8 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.cxd5
Qe7 29.Qe4 b5 30.h4 Qb7 31.g5 c4 32.h5 cxd3 33.g6 Rc8 34.gxh7 Qxh7 35.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 36.Rxg8 Rxg8 37.Rd1 Rg5 38.Rxd3 Rxh5 39.Ke4 Rh2 40.Rb3 Rxf2 41.
Rxb5 Re2+ 42.Kf3 Re3+ 43.Kf2 Kg6 44.Rb7 Kf5 45.Rxa7 Rd3 46.Ra6 Rxd5 47.b4
Kg4 48.a4 e4 49.b5 Rd2+ 50.Ke1 e3 51.Ra8 f3 52.Rg8+ Kf4 53.Rf8+ Ke4 54.
Re8+ Kd3 55.Rf8 f2+ 56.Kf1 Rd1+ 57.Kg2 Rg1+ 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "25"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.f4 b5 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.a4 b4 9.
Ne2 c5 10.Ng3 Qc7 11.O-O Ngf6 12.c3 Ng4 13.Bd2 h5 14.h3 h4 15.Ne2 Ngf6 16.
e5 Ne4 17.Qc2 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 cxd4 19.cxd4 dxe5 20.fxe5 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 Qb6 22.
Kh1 O-O 23.Raf1 a5 24.Qg5 Rad8 25.Bc4 e6 26.Rxf7 Rxf7 27.Rxf7 Kxf7 28.
Bxe6+ Qxe6 29.Qxd8 Qf5 30.Qxh4 Nf8 31.Ng3 Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Qxb2 33.Ne4 Kg8 34.
Ng5 Qc3 35.e6 Qc7+ 36.Kh1 Qe7 37.Qf4 b3 38.Ne4 b2 39.Nd2 Qxe6 40.Kh2 Qe1
0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.22"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "127"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nfd2 c5
9.Nc3 a6 10.e4 Rb8 11.Rb1 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.b4 cxb4 14.Rxb4 Bd7 15.Bb2
Ng4 16.Ne2 Ne5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.f4 Bg7 19.Kh1 Qc7 20.a3 Rfc8 21.Nf3 Nc4 22.
Rb3 Qa7 23.Ned4 b4 24.axb4 Ba4 25.Qa1 Nd2 26.Nxd2 Bxd4 27.Qa2 Bxb3 28.Qxb3
Rc3 29.Qb1 Ra3 30.Nf3 Ra1 31.Qd3 Rxf1+ 32.Bxf1 Rxb4 33.Kg2 Rb2+ 34.Be2 Bc5
35.e5 Qa2 36.Kf1 Qb1+ 37.Qxb1 Rxb1+ 38.Kg2 Rb2 39.Kf1 dxe5 40.Nxe5 Rd2 41.
Bc4 Rxh2 42.d6 exd6 43.Nxf7 Kg7 44.Ng5 Rf2+ 45.Ke1 Rg2 46.Ne4 Rc2 47.Bd5
Bb4+ 48.Kd1 Rh2 49.Kc1 h6 50.Kd1 g5 51.fxg5 hxg5 52.Kc1 Kg6 53.g4 Rh4 54.
Be6 Rh2 55.Bf5+ Kh6 56.Be6 Re2 57.Bd5 Rg2 58.Be6 Rh2 59.Kb1 Bc5 60.Bd5 Re2
61.Kc1 Rh2 62.Kb1 Rh4 63.Be6 Be3 64.Kc2 1-0
And thus 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) triumphed for the second time in the Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship, after her first title in 2021. For those who believe in superstition it is of interest to note that both times she defeated Harika in the Final. Screenshot from the live stream. |
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Ring a Ring o’ Roses
Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) performing a simultaneous exhibition in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Saturday, November 18, 2023. Photos: Podrobno News Agency and “Zakovat” intellektual klubi. |
Behind Her Times
[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Madaminov, Mukhiddin UZB"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "138"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.d3 d6 7.h3 c6 8.a3 h6 9.
Ba2 O-O 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Ne2 Bb6 12.Ng3 d5 13.Qf3 Be6 14.O-O Re8 15.Nf5
dxe4 16.dxe4 Bxf5 17.Qxf5 Qe7 18.c3 Rad8 19.a4 a5 20.Qf3 Qd6 21.Bc4 Rf8
22.g3 Nd7 23.Kg2 Nf6 24.b3 Bc5 25.Ra2 Qe7 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Bxd2 Rd8 28.Bc1
Ba3 29.Be3 Bc5 30.Qe2 Bxe3 31.Qxe3 Qc7 32.Be2 Rd7 33.Rb1 Qd8 34.Rb2 h5 35.
h4 g6 36.Bc4 Kg7 37.Qc5 Ng4 38.Be2 Qf6 39.Bxg4 hxg4 40.Qe3 b5 41.Qe2 Qf3+
42.Qxf3 gxf3+ 43.Kxf3 Rd3+ 44.Ke2 Rxc3 45.axb5 cxb5 46.Ra2 Rxb3 47.Rxa5 f5
48.Ra7+ Kf6 49.Ra6+ Kf7 50.exf5 gxf5 51.Rb6 b4 52.Kf1 Rb1+ 53.Kg2 b3 54.h5
Kg7 55.Rb5 b2 56.Rb6 Kh7 57.h6 f4 58.gxf4 exf4 59.Kf3 Rh1 60.Rxb2 Kxh6 61.
Kxf4 Kg6 62.Rb6+ Kf7 63.Kg5 Rc1 64.f4 Rc7 65.Rh6 Kg7 66.f5 Ra7 67.f6+ Kg8
68.Rh1 Ra2 69.Rg1 Kf7 1/2-1/2
[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saydaliev, Saidakbar UZB"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 b6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Be3 d6 8.Bd3 Nf6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rc1 Nc5 11.f3 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Be7 13.Rfd1 O-O 14.b4 Qc7 15.Nb3
Nd7 16.Na4 Bc6 17.Nb2 a5 18.b5 Bb7 19.Na4 Rfd8 20.Bf4 Nc5 21.Naxc5 bxc5
22.a4 Qb6 23.Qe2 h6 24.Rd3 Rd7 25.Rcd1 d5 26.Be3 d4 27.Bd2 e5 28.Rf1 Bd6
29.Qe1 Bc7 30.h4 Re7 31.h5 f5 32.exf5 e4 33.f6 Qxf6 34.fxe4 Qb6 35.Bf4
Rxe4 36.Qd2 Bxf4 37.Rxf4 Rae8 38.Rg3 Qd6 39.Rxe4 Bxe4 40.Rg4 Bf5 41.Rf4
Re3 42.Nxa5 Qxf4 0-1
[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir Borishovich FID"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "120"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 g6 7.g4 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Bxg7 Nxg7 14.e5 Ra7 15.exd6
Rd7 16.Ne4 Bb7 17.O-O-O Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Rxd6 19.Qe3 Qc7 20.Rxd6 Qxd6 21.Rd1
Qe6 22.Bd5 Qxe3+ 23.fxe3 Nf5 24.Rd3 Rb8 25.b4 Kg7 26.Kb2 Nd6 27.e4 f6 28.
h4 h6 29.gxh6+ Kxh6 30.e5 fxe5 31.Re3 e4 32.Kb3 g5 33.Bxe4 gxh4 34.Bd3 Rb7
35.a4 Kg5 36.axb5 axb5 37.Re6 h3 38.Rg6+ Kf4 39.Rh6 Kg3 40.Rg6+ Kf4 41.Rh6
Rb6 42.Rxh3 e5 43.Rh4+ Kg5 44.Rh8 e4 45.Be2 Nf5 46.c3 Kf4 47.Rf8 Ke3 48.
Rxf5 Kxe2 49.c4 e3 50.cxb5 Kd3 51.Rd5+ Ke4 52.Rd8 Rxb5 53.Re8+ Kf3 54.Kc4
Rb7 55.b5 e2 56.Kc5 Rc7+ 57.Kd6 Rc1 58.Rxe2 Kxe2 59.b6 Rb1 60.Kc7 Rxb6
1/2-1/2
[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11-18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek UZB"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "63"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9.f3 O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 a6 13.a4 Rac8 14.b3 e6
15.Qd3 Qc6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Ne2 Nd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Nc5
21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.b4 Rd2 23.Kf2 Nb3 24.Rb1 Nd4 25.Ke3 Rxe2+ 26.Kxd4 Rxg2 27.
b5 Rxh2 28.c5 axb5 29.axb5 Rd2+ 30.Ke5 Kf8 31.c6 bxc6 32.b6 1-0
[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir UZB"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O
d6 9.Be3 a6 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.fxe5 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16.Bd3 Be6 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qe2 Rad8 19.Bd4 Bc5 20.c3 Qb6 21.Rf4
Bxd4 22.cxd4 Rc8 23.Qe3 Qd8 24.Raf1 Qg5 25.Qf2 Rc7 26.h3 Rfc8 27.Kh2 Rc1
28.Rxc1 Rxc1 29.Rf3 Rd1 30.Qe2 Rd2 31.Qf1 Rxb2 32.a4 bxa4 33.Bxa6 Qd2 34.
Rf4 a3 35.Kg3 a2 0-1
[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin UZB"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "130"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Be3 a6 8.O-O
b5 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.f4 e5 11.fxe5 Qxe5 12.Bf4 Qe6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.
Qxd5 cxd5 16.Be3 Be6 17.a4 b4 18.a5 Be7 19.c3 O-O 20.cxb4 Bxb4 21.Rfc1
Rfc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Bb6 Bd7 24.Rc1 Kf8 25.Rc7 Ke8 26.Kf2 Be7 27.Rc2 Bd8
28.Bxd8 Kxd8 29.Ke3 Rb8 30.Kd4 Bb5 31.Bf3 Bc4 32.Bxd5 Bxd5 33.Kxd5 Rb5+
34.Kd6 Rxa5 35.e6 fxe6 36.Kxe6 Rb5 37.Kf7 g5 38.Kf6 h5 39.Kg6 h4 40.Kh5
Ke7 41.Kg4 a5 42.Rf2 Ke6 43.Re2+ Kf6 44.Rf2+ Kg6 45.Rc2 Rb4+ 46.Kf3 g4+
47.Ke3 a4 48.Rc6+ Kf5 49.Rc5+ Kf6 50.Rc6+ Ke5 51.Rc5+ Kd6 52.Rc2 Kd5 53.g3
h3 54.Rd2+ Ke5 55.Rc2 Rb3+ 56.Kf2 Kd4 57.Rd2+ Kc4 58.Rc2+ Kb4 59.Re2 Rf3+
60.Ke1 Kb3 61.Re4 Rxg3 62.hxg3 h2 63.Re3+ Ka2 64.Ra3+ Kxb2 65.Rxa4 h1=Q+
0-1
[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nigmatov, Ortik UZB"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c4 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Be3 d6 8.f3 Nf6
9.Be2 Be7 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.g4 Ne5 12.g5 Nfd7 13.h4 Rc8 14.b3 Nc6 15.Nxc6
Bxc6 16.Qd2 Ne5 17.f4 Nd7 18.Rg1 Nc5 19.Bf3 b5 20.cxb5 axb5 21.b4 Nd7 22.
Qd3 O-O 23.h5 d5 24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 exd5 27.Bd2 Qb6 28.Kf1
g6 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Bxd5 Rd8 31.Qb3 Qd4 32.Bxf7+ Kf8 33.Bxg6 Qc4+ 34.Qxc4
1-0
“Young players are especially inspired by playing stronger opponents. That’s why such events are an opportunity for growth”, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) said. “And as for me, too, when I was 6 or 7 years old, I played the best players in China, and that greatly encouraged me”. Photos: Novosti Uzbekistana. |
The Last Weekend
14th World Chess Champion Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (centre) and four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) (first from right) graced with their presence the 3rd “Zakovat-Gambit” Blitz Tournament held on November 18–19, 2023, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Amidst them stands Saida Shavkatovna Mirziyoyeva, assistant to the President of Uzbekistan, while next to Kramnik, on the left, is Komil Ismailovich Allamzhonov. Photo: Saida Shavkatovna Mirziyoyeva. |
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) and Kramnik attending the final press conference. Photo: Novosti Uzbekistana. |
Monday, November 20, 2023
From Stage to Screen
Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) was one of the six special guests invited to deliver their lectures at the educational TV program “Champions Talk: From the Arena to the Workplace”, co-produced by the Peking University Youth League Committee and China Education Television (CETV) and recorded on 17–19 October at 李莹厅 (Lǐyíng Hall), Peking University.
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) shared with the audience her journey from first learning chess to winning the Women’s World Championship, and her career transition from World Chess Queen to University Professor in what she now regards as her highest intellectual accomplishment. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) observed that competition is a process of constantly understanding the gap between ideals and reality, as well as the difficulty of ruthless competition. The road to success is full of obstacles and opportunities, but persistence allows one to succeed. In her teaching class she lays particular emphasis on physical and educational development and artificial intelligence technology so as to help her students deeply understand and explore themselves and life through chess. Photos: Peking University Youth League Committee/China Education Television. |
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Sunday, November 19, 2023
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Friday, November 17, 2023
Random Lengths
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Finally, asked whether she’d like Fischerandom chess to be included in the programmation of the Online Speed Championship, four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) answered diplomatically that it might be interesting, of course, although its guiding principle of avoiding theory and schematizations does not make so much sense with such a format, where the fast and superfast time controls would make the random arrays more unfamiliar and therefore more difficult to cope, behind and beyond the screen. Screenshot from the live stream. |
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Just a Queen
Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship “Julius Bär” Main Event; Semifinal match game 4; time control: 5 minutes plus 1 second per move; chess.com, November 16, 2023
Sicilian Defence B92
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Bf3. White’s last two moves appear to be quite questionable. Yet now, after 12. f3 d5! Black would achieve all her strategic goals in one blow.
12. ... a5!? 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) claims the honour of the initiative by instinctual means. Theoretically speaking, the reference is at least consistent with what is happening on our board today: 12. ... Rfd8 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rac1 Ng6 18. Qe3 Nh4 19. Nd2 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Ne4 Qg6 23. Qh3 Rxc2!! 24. Qxh4 Rd4! 25. Qd8+! Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Rxc2 Qxe4 28. Rc1 Qe2! 29. Rb1 f5! 30. Rdd1 e4 31. Re1 Qc4 32. a3 Qa2! 33. g3 Kg6⩱ (L. M. Evans – Rossolimo, 17th U.S. Chess Championship, New York 1965) and, as International Master Mark Izrailevich Dvoretsky wrote in his homonymous “Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual” (Russell Enterprises, Milford, 2000, p. 377), “here Evans should have seized the opportunity to activate his position, as shown by Yuri Averbakh: 34. Rbc1! Qxb2 35. Rb1 Qxa3 36. Rxb7 or 35. ... Qd2 36. Rb6+ Kg5 37. Re3”.
13. a4 Rfc8 14. Ra3 Rc4 15. Nd2 Rc6 16. Rd3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. b3 b5 19. axb5 Rxb5 20. Qa1 h6 21. Rd1 Rb6 22. Nf1 Nd7 23. Ne3 Nc5
13. a4 Rfc8 14. Ra3 Rc4 15. Nd2 Rc6 16. Rd3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. b3 b5 19. axb5 Rxb5 20. Qa1 h6 21. Rd1 Rb6 22. Nf1 Nd7 23. Ne3 Nc5
24. R3d2?! The “tricky” 24. Nf5! Bxf5 25. exf5 Raa6 26. Rd5 a4⩱ may be easier for Black, but it probably was a defensible compromise.
24. ... a4 25. Qa3 Qb7 26. Rxd6?? A deadly poisoned Pawn. White first ought to play 26. b4! Rxb4 27. Rxd6 Rb8⩱ keeping her disadvantage to more manageable proportions.
26. ... Rxd6 27. Rxd6
24. ... a4 25. Qa3 Qb7 26. Rxd6?? A deadly poisoned Pawn. White first ought to play 26. b4! Rxb4 27. Rxd6 Rb8⩱ keeping her disadvantage to more manageable proportions.
26. ... Rxd6 27. Rxd6
27. ... axb3! The b-Pawn is going to queen without hindrance.
28. Qb2 (28. Qxc5 b2−+)
28. ... Na4 29. Qb1 b2! 30. Nd1 Ba2! 0 : 1.
28. Qb2 (28. Qxc5 b2−+)
28. ... Na4 29. Qb1 b2! 30. Nd1 Ba2! 0 : 1.
When asked by Jennifer Shahade and Keti Tsatsalashvili how she could play so sharply despite playing so rarely, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) replied: “Am I playing sharp!? I didn’t really feel like that. It’s hard to say, probably it’s something born in nature...”. Screenshot from the live stream. |
Top Spot
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 Qc7 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O dxe4 7.dxe4 Be7 8.Nbd2
Be6 9.h3 h6 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Qe2 b5 13.Nh4 Bc5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5
Rfe8 16.g4 Nb6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Nd5 19.Qf3 Rad8 20.Rad1 Nf4 21.Bc1 b4
22.Bxf4 exf4 23.Bxc6 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Re7 25.Kg2 Bb6 26.Rd2 Qe5 27.Bd7 Qc3 28.
Rd5 Qxc2 29.Bb5 Qc7 30.Rd1 Qc2 31.Bc4 Re3 32.Qxf4 Qxd1 33.fxe3 Qd2+ 34.Kf3
Qd1+ 35.Kg2 Qd2+ 36.Kf3 Qd1+ 37.Be2 Qh1+ 38.Kf2 Qc1 39.Qb8+ Kh7 40.Qb7
Qxe3+ 41.Ke1 Qc3+ 42.Kf1 Qxh3+ 43.Ke1 Qc3+ 44.Kf1 Qe3 45.Qf3 Qg1# 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "115"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4
Bb7 9.Be2 c5 10.O-O Qb8 11.Nd6+ Bxd6 12.exd6 c4 13.Bxc4 Qxd6 14.Be2 Qc6
15.Bf3 O-O 16.b3 Qc3 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.c4 Nf6 19.Bc3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 e5 21.Rfd1
a5 22.Bb2 Rfe8 23.Qf5 Ra6 24.Rd3 a4 25.Re1 axb3 26.axb3 Rae6 27.Rg3 h6 28.
Bc1 Nh7 29.Rd1 d6 30.Rgd3 Qb6 31.Qe4 Nf6 32.Qe3 Qxe3 33.Bxe3 Rb8 34.Rb1
Ne8 35.Bc1 f5 36.Ba3 Kf7 37.b4 e4 38.Rd5 g6 39.b5 Ra8 40.Bc1 Rc8 41.b6 Rb8
42.h4 Nf6 43.Rdb5 Nd7 44.Bxh6 d5 45.cxd5 Rexb6 46.Rxb6 Rxb6 47.Rd1 Ne5 48.
Be3 Rb7 49.Kf1 Rd7 50.Ra1 Rxd5 51.Ra7+ Ke6 52.Ra6+ Kf7 53.Bg5 Nd7 54.Ke2
Rd3 55.Ra7 Rd5 56.Ra6 Rd3 57.Rc6 Rd5 58.Ra6 1/2-1/2
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 Qc7 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ne2 e5 9.
c3 c5 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.b4 Qd7 13.b5 Nd8 14.a4 Ne7 15.Bb4 h5 16.
Qb3 h4 17.Rac1 h3 18.Bh1 Ne6 19.Rc2 O-O 20.Qa3 Rfe8 21.Rfc1 Bh6 22.Nxe5
Bxc1 23.Qxc1 Qd8 24.Nxg4 Nc8 25.Qh6 Ng7 26.Qxh3 Nh5 27.Bf3 Qg5 28.Bd2 Qe7
29.Nh6+ 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Kostantinovna SUI"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "60"]
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.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nbd7 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Bf3 a5 13.a4 Rfc8 14.Ra3 Rc4
15.Nd2 Rc6 16.Rd3 Nc5 17.Bxc5 Rxc5 18.b3 b5 19.axb5 Rxb5 20.Qa1 h6 21.Rd1
Rb6 22.Nf1 Nd7 23.Ne3 Nc5 24.R3d2 a4 25.Qa3 Qb7 26.Rxd6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 axb3
28.Qb2 Na4 29.Qb1 b2 30.Nd1 Ba2 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "96"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 Bg4 6.f3 Bd7 7.Nb5 Bxb5 8.
Bxb5+ Nc6 9.c3 e6 10.Qd2 Bd6 11.h4 Nh5 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Ne2 Ng3 14.Rh3 Nxe2
15.Qxe2 O-O-O 16.O-O-O Kb8 17.Kb1 Ne7 18.h5 h6 19.Bd3 Nc6 20.Rh4 Rd7 21.
Rg4 f6 22.Rh4 a6 23.a3 Ka7 24.Rhh1 b5 25.Rhe1 Re7 26.Qf2 Rb8 27.f4 Rb6 28.
f5 a5 29.fxe6 b4 30.axb4 axb4 31.c4 dxc4 32.Bxc4 Na5 33.b3 Kb8 34.d5 Rbb7
35.Re2 Nxc4 36.bxc4 b3 37.c5 Qa6 38.Rb2 Rb4 39.Qe2 Qa5 40.Rd3 Qxc5 41.
Rdxb3 Qg1+ 42.Kc2 Rc7+ 43.Kd2 Qc1+ 44.Kd3 Qc4+ 45.Kd2 Rxb3 46.Rxb3+ Qxb3
47.Qd3 Qb2+ 48.Ke3 Rc3 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O c4 7.Re1+ Be7 8.Bf1
O-O 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Nb4 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Rxe7 Qxe7 14.c3 Bg4 15.
Nbd2 a5 16.cxb4 axb4 17.Bb2 Rxa1 18.Qxa1 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Ne5 Bf5 21.
Nec4 Qg5 22.Ne3 Bd7 23.Qa7 Qb5 24.d5 f6 25.Ndc4 Qa6 26.Qxa6 bxa6 27.Nb6
Bb5 28.Nbc4 Rd8 29.Na5 Kf7 30.h4 h6 31.h5 Be2 32.Nc6 Ra8 33.d6 Bb5 34.Nxb4
Ke6 35.Nbc2 Kxd6 36.Nf5+ Kc5 37.Nxg7 Bd3 38.Ba3+ Kd5 39.Ne3+ Kc6 40.Ngf5
Rb8 41.Bb2 Rxb3 42.Nd4+ 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "103"]
1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.h4 c6 5.h5 Qb6 6.Rb1 Ne4 7.Nxe4 fxe4 8.h6 Bf5
9.e3 Nd7 10.Be2 gxh6 11.Bxh6 Bxh6 12.Rxh6 O-O-O 13.Nh3 e5 14.c3 Rhg8 15.
Kf1 Rdf8 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nf4 Ng6 18.Nxg6 Bxg6 19.Qd4 Qxd4 20.cxd4 Rg7 21.
Bg4+ Kc7 22.Ke2 a5 23.b3 Bf5 24.Bxf5 Rxf5 25.g3 Rgf7 26.Rh2 Kb6 27.Rc1 h5
28.a3 Kc7 29.Rch1 Kb6 30.Rg2 Kb5 31.Rc1 Kb6 32.a4 Ka6 33.Rh1 Kb6 34.Rh4
Kc7 35.Rgh2 b5 36.Rxh5 bxa4 37.bxa4 Rxh5 38.Rxh5 Rf8 39.Rh7+ Kb6 40.g4 Rg8
41.f3 exf3+ 42.Kxf3 Rf8+ 43.Kg2 Re8 44.Rh3 c5 45.dxc5+ Kxc5 46.g5 Kb4 47.
Rh4+ Kc3 48.Kf3 Rf8+ 49.Rf4 Rg8 50.Rg4 Rf8+ 51.Ke2 Rb8 52.g6 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "119"]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4
Be7 9.Nc3 Qd6 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bg3 O-O 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.h3 Qb6 15.Re1
Rfd8 16.Bd3 Ncb4 17.Nc7 Rac8 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Re2 Rxc1 20.Qxc1 Rc8 21.Qb1
h6 22.Bh7+ Kf8 23.Rc2 Rxc2 24.Bxc2 Bc6 25.Bb3 Nf6 26.Qd1 Bd5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5
28.Qc2 Qd8 29.a3 Nf6 30.Be5 Kg8 31.Nd2 Nd7 32.Bf4 Nb6 33.Be5 Qc8 34.Qxc8+
Nxc8 35.Kf1 Nb6 36.Ke2 Kf8 37.Kd3 g6 38.Bb8 a6 39.Ne4 Nd7 40.Bf4 g5 41.Be3
f5 42.Nc5 Bxc5 43.dxc5 Ke7 44.Kc4 Ne5+ 45.Kd4 Nc6+ 46.Kc4 f4 47.Bd2 e5 48.
Kd5 Kf6 49.Bc3 Kf5 50.f3 h5 51.b4 g4 52.hxg4+ hxg4 53.a4 gxf3 54.gxf3 Ne7+
55.Kd6 Ng6 56.Kc7 e4 57.fxe4+ Kxe4 58.Kxb7 f3 59.Be1 Ne5 60.c6 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 Qc7 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O dxe4 7.dxe4 Be7 8.Nbd2
Be6 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 h6 11.Qe2 b5 12.Ne1 O-O 13.Nd3 c5 14.c4 bxc4 15.Nxc4
Bxc4 16.bxc4 Bd6 17.f4 Rfe8 18.Rae1 Nh7 19.Bc3 Nhf8 20.f5 Nh7 21.Nf2 Nb8
22.Ng4 Nc6 23.f6 h5 24.Ne3 g6 25.Nd5 Qd7 26.Rb1 Nd4 27.Qe3 Rab8 28.h3 Bf8
29.Kh2 Qd6 30.Qf2 Rxb1 31.Rxb1 Qc6 32.h4 Qd6 33.Bh3 Rb8 34.Rf1 Rb7 35.g4
hxg4 36.Bxg4 Qb8 37.h5 gxh5 38.Bxh5 Rb1 39.Qg2+ Kh8 40.Bxf7 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "113"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O c4 7.Re1+ Be7 8.Bf1
O-O 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.c3 Bh5 13.Nbd2 Bg6 14.Bxg6 hxg6
15.Ne5 Bd6 16.Ndf3 Ne4 17.c4 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bb4 19.Rf1 dxc4 20.Qxd8 Rfxd8
21.bxc4 Rdc8 22.Be3 a5 23.Rfc1 Nc3 24.Rc2 Rxc4 25.e6 fxe6 26.Ne5 Rc7 27.
Nxg6 Rac8 28.Nf4 Rc6 29.Nd3 Nd5 30.Rxc6 Rxc6 31.Nxb4 axb4 32.Kf1 Ra6 33.
Rb1 Kf7 34.Bd2 Ra4 35.Ke2 Ke7 36.Kd3 Kd6 37.Kc4 Kc6 38.Kb3 Kb5 39.Re1 Ra3+
40.Kb2 Ra6 41.Re4 Rc6 42.h4 Rc4 43.Rxe6 Rxh4 44.Re5 Kc4 45.f3 Rd4 46.Bc1
Rd3 47.Re4+ Kb5 48.Rg4 Nb6 49.Rg5+ Ka4 50.Rg4 Rb3+ 51.Ka2 Rc3 52.Bb2 Rc2
53.Kb1 Re2 54.Bxg7 Kb3 55.Kc1 Nc4 56.Kd1 Ra2 57.Ke1 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nd3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nf4 Nf6 7.d4 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Bf5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Na3 Be7 11.Nb5 Bd8 12.d5 Ne5 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.h4 c5 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16.Be3 Nfg4 17.Bd2 Bb6 18.Nh5 g6 19.Ng3 c5 20.Nb5 c4 21.Nxd6+
Ke7 22.Nge4 f5 23.Bg5+ Ke6 24.f4 Nd3+ 25.Bxd3 cxd3 26.O-O-O fxe4 27.Nxe4
Bc6 28.Rhe1 Be3+ 29.Nd2 Kf5 30.Kb1 Bxg2 31.Nc4 Bc5 32.b4 Bf8 33.Kb2 h6 34.
Be7 Bxe7 35.Rxe7 Rad8 36.Rxa7 Bf3 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Qd8
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bf4 Bd7 13.a3 Rac8 14.b4 Be7 15.Bd6
Bxd6 16.Rxd6 Ne7 17.Rad1 Bc6 18.Ne5 Nf5 19.R6d2 b6 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.g4 Ne7
22.g5 Nfd5 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.cxd5 Rc3 25.d6 Ng6 26.d7 Rd8 27.Bb5 Nf4 28.Re1
Ne6 29.a4 Kf8 30.h4 Ke7 31.Re3 Rxe3 32.fxe3 Nf8 33.Rd4 Nxd7 34.Re4+ Kd6
35.Rd4+ Ke7 36.Re4+ Kd6 37.Rd4+ Ke7 1/2-1/2
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "103"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Bxe4 Bd6 8.
d3 h6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.h3 c5 12.Re1 Re8 13.b3 Bb7 14.Bb2 Qf6 15.
Nd2 Qg6 16.Qg4 Qh7 17.Qh5 Re6 18.Re3 Rg6 19.Nf3 e4 20.dxe4 Re8 21.Rae1
Rge6 22.Nd2 Bf4 23.R3e2 Bxd2 24.Rxd2 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 Qxe4 26.Qg4 Qxg4 27.hxg4
Bc6 28.f3 f6 29.Kf2 c4 30.Bc3 cxb3 31.axb3 Kf7 32.Ba5 Re7 33.Rd8 Rd7 34.
Rxd7+ Bxd7 35.Bxc7 Ke6 36.Ke3 g6 37.Kd4 Bc8 38.Kc5 Bb7 39.Bb8 a6 40.Kb6
Bc8 41.Kc7 Bd7 42.c4 f5 43.gxf5+ gxf5 44.Kb6 Bc8 45.Bf4 h5 46.b4 Kd7 47.c5
Kd8 48.c6 Ke8 49.Kc7 Be6 50.Kd6 Kf7 51.Bg5 h4 52.Bxh4 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "104"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 b6 8.h4 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.h5 h6 11.Ne2 Nb8 12.Qd3 Nbc6 13.g4 Qc7 14.f4 cxd4 15.Bd2
O-O-O 16.O-O-O Kb7 17.Kb1 Rc8 18.Rc1 Rhe8 19.Rhe1 Qd7 20.b3 Rc7 21.Kb2
Rec8 22.a4 Ng8 23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Ne7 25.Qd3 Nc6 26.f5 d4 27.f6 gxf6 28.
exf6 Qd5 29.Qe4 Qd8 30.Rf1 Qh8 31.Rf3 Rd7 32.Rcf1 Rd5 33.Rd3 Rcd8 34.Qf4
Ne5 35.Rg3 d3 36.c3 Qh7 37.Re1 Nd7 38.Re4 Nc5 39.Rc4 e5 40.Qe3 e4 41.b4
Nxa4+ 42.Kb3 b5 43.Rxe4 R8d7 44.Re7 Nb6 45.Rxd7+ Rxd7 46.Qf3+ Rd5 47.Qf4
Qg8 48.Re3 Qc8 49.Re7+ Ka6 50.Re1 Nc4 51.Ra1+ Kb7 52.Ra2 Qe6 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 c6 6.d3 d5 7.Bb3 Bg4 8.exd5
Bxf3 9.gxf3 cxd5 10.Ba4+ Nc6 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.Rg1 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Bg5 Kh8
15.f4 exf4 16.O-O-O Rb8 17.Qf3 Qb6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.b3 Qd4 20.Nb1 Rg8 21.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 22.c3 Qe5 23.Kc2 Qf5 24.Nd2 Re8 25.Rg1 Bf8 26.Qg2 Bh6 27.Qf3 a5
28.a4 c5 29.h4 Qe6 30.Kd1 f5 31.Qh5 Qf6 32.Kc2 Bg7 33.Nb1 c4 34.Qg5 cxb3+
35.Kxb3 Qb6+ 36.Kc2 Re2+ 37.Nd2 Qf6 38.Qxf6 Bxf6 39.f3 Bxh4 40.Kd1 Re3 41.
Kc2 Re2 42.Kd1 Rf2 43.Re1 Bg3 44.Re5 Kg7 45.Rxf5 Kg6 46.Rxd5 h5 47.Rxa5 f5
48.Ra6+ Kg5 49.Ra8 h4 50.Rg8+ Kf6 51.Rh8 Rh2 52.a5 h3 53.a6 Rh1+ 54.Kc2 h2
55.a7 Ra1 56.Nf1 Rxa7 57.Kb3 Rb7+ 58.Kc4 Rc7+ 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "100"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Qg4 g6 8.Qf4 Qa5
9.Bd2 c4 10.a4 h6 11.h4 Bd7 12.g4 Qb6 13.Bc1 Qa5 14.Ne2 b5 15.Bg2 Rb8 16.
Kf1 b4 17.cxb4 Nxb4 18.Bd2 Qa6 19.Rb1 Qxa4 20.Rh3 Qxc2 21.Rc1 Qa4 22.Rf3
Ne7 23.Qxf7+ Kd8 24.Qg7 Re8 25.Qxh6 Nd3 26.Rxd3 cxd3 27.Nf4 Rb2 28.Nxd3
Bb5 29.Ke2 Bxd3+ 30.Kxd3 Qb5+ 31.Ke3 Rb3+ 32.Kf4 Rf8+ 33.Kg5 Rxf2 34.Qh8+
Qe8 35.Qxe8+ Kxe8 36.Bf4 Rxg2 37.Rc7 a5 38.Ra7 Rb4 39.Ra8+ Kf7 40.Rxa5
Rxd4 41.Ra7 Re4 42.Rb7 d4 43.Rd7 Ke8 44.Ra7 Nd5 45.Ra8+ Kd7 46.Ra7+ Kc6
47.Rf7 Nxf4 48.Rxf4 Rxf4 49.Kxf4 d3 50.h5 gxh5 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "17"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.Nc3 d4 7.Ne2 h6 8.h3 c5 9.
Ng3 Nc6 10.Nh4 Ne7 11.Qf3 Be6 12.Nhf5 Nxf5 13.Nxf5 Bf8 14.Qg3 Bxf5 15.exf5
Qc7 16.Bd2 O-O-O 17.O-O-O Rg8 18.Qf3 Bd6 19.g4 Kb8 20.h4 b5 21.g5 hxg5 22.
hxg5 Ne8 23.Bd5 Rf8 24.Rde1 f6 25.g6 Qb6 26.Rh7 Rd7 27.Be6 Rc7 28.Reh1 c4
29.Rh8 c3 30.bxc3 dxc3 31.Be3 Qa5 32.Rxf8 Bxf8 33.Rh8 Qa3+ 34.Kd1 Qe7 35.
Qd5 a6 36.Bb6 Rb7 37.Qd8+ Qxd8 38.Bxd8 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "160"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Qg4 g6 8.Qf4 h6
9.h4 Qa5 10.Bd2 c4 11.a4 Bd7 12.Ne2 Nge7 13.g4 Rh7 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O Rf8
16.Rfb1 Qd8 17.a5 Nxa5 18.Bc1 Nac6 19.Ba3 b6 20.Bd6 Kb7 21.Nc1 Re8 22.Qg3
Nc8 23.Ba3 a5 24.Ne2 Ka6 25.Rb2 N6a7 26.Rba2 Nb5 27.Bc1 Nca7 28.Bd2 Nc6
29.Bf1 Kb7 30.Nf4 Nc7 31.Rb1 g5 32.Ng2 f6 33.h5 f5 34.f3 f4 35.Qe1 Qa8 36.
Qc1 Qa6 37.Qb2 Rb8 38.Qa1 Ka7 39.Bc1 Rhh8 40.Ba3 Nb5 41.Bb2 Nc7 42.Kf2 Nb5
43.Ke2 Nc7 44.Kd2 Nb5 45.Bc1 Nc7 46.Rab2 Rhd8 47.Qa2 Be8 48.Ra1 Ka8 49.
Rbb1 b5 50.Ba3 b4 51.Bxb4 Nxb4 52.cxb4 a4 53.c3 Bb5 54.Qc2 Kb7 55.Qg6 Rh8
56.Ra3 Kc6 57.Ne1 Rbg8 58.Qc2 Ra8 59.Qb2 Rab8 60.Rba1 Ra8 61.Be2 Ra7 62.
Bd1 Rha8 63.Qb1 Qc8 64.Qg6 Qh8 65.Nc2 Kd7 66.Qf7+ Kc6 67.R3a2 Qf8 68.Qg6
Kd7 69.Na3 Bc6 70.b5 Nxb5 71.Bxa4 Rxa4 72.Qh7+ Qe7 73.Qxh6 Rxa3 74.Rxa3
Rxa3 75.Rxa3 Qxa3 76.Qg7+ Kc8 77.Qg8+ Kb7 78.Qf7+ Kb6 79.h6 Qxc3+ 80.Kd1
Nxd4 0-1
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "19"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "153"]
1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nf3 Qc7 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O dxe4 7.dxe4 Bc5 8.Nbd2
O-O 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nc4 Nbd7 12.Bg5 Rfe8 13.a3 a5 14.Ncd2 b5 15.Be3
Bf8 16.Qe1 Nc5 17.Nh4 Bg6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Qe2 Ne6 20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.a4 Rb8
22.Nb3 b4 23.Nd2 Nd4 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Qd3 c5 26.Nc4 Nd7 27.Re1 Bd6 28.b3
Ne5 29.Nxe5 Bxe5 30.Bf1 g5 31.Rad1 g6 32.Qf3 Kg7 33.Bc4 Re7 34.Kg2 Rh8 35.
Rh1 Qd7 36.Rde1 Rh6 37.Qe2 Qc7 38.Qg4 Re8 39.Qxg5 Reh8 40.h4 Rh5 41.Qg4
Qe7 42.f4 Bc7 43.e5 Bd8 44.Qf3 Re8 45.Re2 Reh8 46.Qc6 Qf8 47.Qd7 Be7 48.
Kf3 Qa8+ 49.Qd5 Qf8 50.Qb7 Qd8 51.Kg2 Qf8 52.Qd5 Qe8 53.Bd3 Qf8 54.Be4 Qe8
55.Bf3 R5h6 56.Bg4 Qf8 57.Qd7 Qd8 58.Qxd8 Bxd8 59.Bf3 Be7 60.Bd5 Rd8 61.
Bc4 Rhh8 62.Kf3 Rhf8 63.Rhe1 Rh8 64.Kg4 Rh6 65.Rf1 Rh5 66.f5 Rxf5 67.Rxf5
gxf5+ 68.Kxf5 Rh8 69.Rf2 Rh5+ 70.Ke4 f6 71.exf6+ Bxf6 72.Rf5 Rxf5 73.Kxf5
Be7 74.Ke6 Bf8 75.g4 Kh6 76.Be2 Kg7 77.g5 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "106"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Qg4 g6 8.Qf4 h6
9.h4 Qa5 10.Bd2 c4 11.a4 Bd7 12.g4 Nge7 13.Ne2 Rh7 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O Qc7
16.Rfb1 Na5 17.Bc1 Re8 18.Ba3 b6 19.Bd6 Qd8 20.Qg3 Kb7 21.Nc1 Nec6 22.Na2
Ka8 23.Nb4 Bc8 24.Nxc6 Nxc6 25.Bb4 Nxb4 26.cxb4 a6 27.b5 a5 28.Ra3 Bb7 29.
Rf3 Qe7 30.Rf6 Rc8 31.Qc3 Rc7 32.f4 Ka7 33.Kf2 Rg7 34.Ke3 h5 35.gxh5 gxh5
36.Bf3 Qf8 37.Qe1 Qa3+ 38.c3 Qxa4 39.Qc1 Qa2 40.Qb2 Qxb2 41.Rxb2 Rh7 42.
Rg2 Bc8 43.f5 Bd7 44.Rb2 Kb8 45.Kf4 Rc8 46.Rg2 Kc7 47.Rg5 a4 48.Rg2 a3 49.
Ra2 Ra8 50.Kg5 Rg8+ 51.Kf4 Ra8 52.Kg5 Rg8+ 53.Kf4 Ra8 1/2-1/2
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "21"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 h5 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Bc8 8.e5 d4 9.
Ne4 c5 10.O-O Qc7 11.Bf4 Be6 12.Nfg5 Nd7 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.h4 Nh6
16.Qf3 O-O-O 17.b4 c4 18.dxc4 Rd7 19.Qa3 Kb8 20.c5 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.c6
bxc6 23.Bxc6 Rc7 24.Bg2 Rc3 25.Qa6 Qc7 26.Qb5+ Qb6 27.Qe5+ Qd6 28.Qxh8 1-0
[Event "5th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna SUI"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.b3 Nc6 8.Bb2 b6
9.e4 Bb7 10.Re1 Qc7 11.e5 Nd7 12.Qe2 d4 13.h4 a5 14.a4 Nb4 15.Nc4 Nd5 16.
h5 h6 17.Qd2 Bc6 18.g4 f6 19.exf6 N7xf6 20.Rxe6 Bd7 21.Rxe7 Nxe7 22.g5
hxg5 23.Qxg5 Nh7 24.Qxe7 Rae8 25.Qd6 Qxd6 26.Nxd6 Re2 27.Nh4 Ng5 28.Rf1
Rxc2 29.Bc1 Nh3+ 30.Kh2 Rfxf2 31.Rxf2 Nxf2 32.Bd5+ Kh7 33.Bf4 Ne4+ 34.Kg1
Nc3 35.Be4+ Nxe4 36.Nxe4 Bc6 37.Ng3 Bd5 38.Ngf5 Bxb3 39.Ng6 Bxa4 40.Nfe7
Bb5 41.Nf8+ Kh8 42.Be5 Bxd3 43.h6 Rc1+ 44.Kh2 Rc2+ 45.Kg3 1-0
Once again 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) made it to the Final of a World Championship! Screenshot from the live stream. |
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