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.