Thursday, November 16, 2023

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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