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 Borisovich 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

[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Madaminov, Mukhiddin UZB"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 a6 4.e3 c5 5.dxc5 Qa5 6.Qd2 e6 7.Nf3 Bxc5 8.Nd4 Bb4 9.a3 Ne4 10.Nb3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 e5 15.Bd5 exf4 16.Bxe4 fxe3 17.fxe3 Bd7 18.O-O Rc8 19.Nc5 Rc7 20.Rab1 Bc8 21. Nxb7 Ke7 22.Nc5 Ne5 23.Nd3 Nc4 24.Nb4 Be6 25.Nxa6 Ra7 26.Nb4 Rxa3 27.Nc6+ Kd6 28.Nd4 Rxe3 29.Bd3 Nd2 30.Rfe1 Rxd3 31.cxd3 Nxb1 32.Rxb1 Rc8 33.Kf2 Ke5 34.Ke3 Bd5 35.Rb5 g6 36.g3 Kd6 37.Rb6+ Kc5 38.Rb5+ Kd6 39.Ra5 Re8+ 40. Kd2 Be6 41.Ra7 h5 42.Nb5+ Ke5 43.d4+ Kf6 44.Nd6 Rd8 45.Ne4+ Kf5 46.Ke3 Bd5 47.Ra5 Ke6 48.Ra6+ Kf5 49.Ra5 Ke6 50.Nc5+ Kf6 51.h4 Re8+ 52.Kf4 Rd8 53. Ra6+ Be6 54.Ke4 Ke7 55.Ra7+ Kf6 56.Ra6 Ke7 57.Rb6 Bf5+ 58.Ke5 Bg4 59.d5 Kf8 60.d6 Re8+ 61.Kf6 Re1 62.d7 Rf1+ 63.Kg5 Ke7 64.Rb8 Bxd7 65.Rb7 Rd1 66. Kh6 Rd5 67.Ne4 Rd4 68.Nc5 Rd5 69.Ne4 Re5 70.Ng5 Re3 71.Kg7 Rxg3 72.Nxf7 Rg4 73.Ne5 Rd4 74.Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Saydaliev, Saidakbar UZB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Nf3 Qd5 15.Qe2 Qc4 16.Qxc4 Bxc4 17.Rd1 O-O 18.Nd4 Rfd8 19.Nc6 Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 Bf8 21.Bf3 Re8 22.b3 Bd3 23.Be3 Bf5 24.Rd1 Nd3 25.g4 Bg6 26.Bd4 Nb4 27.Nxb4 Bxb4 28.Bb2 c5 29.Bc6 Rb8 30.f4 h5 31.f5 Bh7 32.h3 g6 33.e6 c4 34.Bf6 fxe6 35.fxe6 Kf8 36.Rd7 Bc5+ 37.Kg2 1-0

[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir Borisovich FID"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Qc7 10.Ba2 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.c4 cxd4 13.exd4 Nbd7 14.Rc1 Rfd8 15. Ng3 Rac8 16.d5 exd5 17.Nf5 Re8 18.cxd5 Qf4 19.Rxc8 Bxc8 20.Qf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Ba6 22.Rc1 Re2 23.Bc4 Rxb2 24.Bxa6 Nc5 25.Bc4 g6 26.Ne7+ Kf8 27.Nc6 Rd2 28.Nxa7 Nxd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5 30.Nc8 Nd7 31.Rb1 Rd3 32.Nxb6 Nxb6 33.Rxb6 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek UZB"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 Ng6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.exd5 Qxd5 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Qe2+ Be6 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.O-O O-O 13.d5 Bxc3 14.dxe6 Bf6 15.exf7+ Kh8 16.Be3 Qb5 17.Qxb5 axb5 18.Bc5 Rfd8 19.Rad1 b6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Be3 Na5 22.Bc2 Nf8 23.b3 Rd7 24.Rd1 Rxf7 25.Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir UZB"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bd3 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 b5 9.Qd2 Bb7 10.Bh6 Bxh6 11.Qxh6 b4 12.Nce2 Qa5 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.a3 Nc6 15.O-O bxa3 16.Rxa3 Nb4 17.Na5 Rg8 18.Qd2 Nxd3 19.cxd3 g5 20.Rc1 Qb6+ 21.d4 Bc8 22.Rb3 Qd8 23.Nc6 Qd7 24.Ng3 g4 25.f4 Bb7 26.d5 Kf8 27.e5 dxe5 28.fxe5 Bxc6 29.exf6 Bxd5 30.Rd3 Qa7+ 31.Kh1 e6 32.Rxd5 exd5 33.Qb4+ Ke8 34.Qd6 Qd7 35.Qb4 Kd8 36.Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin UZB"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 e5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3 g6 8.h4 h6 9.h5 g5 10.a3 f5 11.b4 Nf6 12.Nd5 Bg7 13.bxc5 dxc5 14.Bb2 O-O 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Nxd5 17.Bxg7 Ne3 18.fxe3 Qxg7 19.O-O fxe4 20.dxe4 Rxf1+ 21.Qxf1 Rf8 22.Qd1 Qc3 23.Kh1 Kh8 24.Rb1 Qxc4 25.Qd6 Rf1+ 26.Rxf1 Qxf1+ 27.Kh2 c4 28.e5 Qf5 29.e6 Qe4 30.e7 Qh4+ 31.Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Zakovat-Gambit Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.11.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Nigmatov, Ortik UZB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 d4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O Nge7 7.Be4 b6 8.cxd4 cxd4 9.Na3 Bb7 10.Nb5 Nf5 11.d3 Qd7 12.Re1 Bc5 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.Nd6+ Kf8 15.Nxb7 Qxb7 16.a3 a5 17.Nh4 g6 18.Bh6+ Kg8 19.Nxf5 Qd7 20.Ng3 Be7 21.Qf3 Re8 22. Rac1 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.