第三轮 (Round Three)

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Evgeny Yuryevich Tomashevsky

4th Rapid “Tournament of Stars”; time control: 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move; Moscow, June 27, 2024

Spanish Game C89

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Rae8 ½–½.

If one is interested in theory as a set of Großmeister-Remisen, there is still much to be learned by heart: 18. f3 Bh3 [18. ... Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21. Bd2 Qg4 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Bf8 26. a4 Nb6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bf2 g6 29. Qe4 Nd5 30. Kg2 h5 31. Bd1 Nf6 ½–½ 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – M. Adams, 10th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, Catalan Bay 2012] 19. Qf2 Rxe1+ [19. ... f5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nf1 f4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Qg6+ 24. Ng3 h5 25. Re1 h4 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qe2 Qf7 28. Nf1 Qg6+ 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Ne3 Qd6 32. Ng2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Qxf4 34. Qe5 Qd2+ 35. Kh3 Qxb2 36. Qd6+ Ke8 37. Qxa6 Ke7 38. Qb7+ Kd6 39. Qb6+ Kd7 40. Qb7+ Kd6 41. Qxg7 Qxa2 42. Qe5+ Kc6 43. Qe8+ Kb6 44. Qb8+ Kc6 45. Qc8+ Kd6 46. Qc5+ Ke6 47. Qxb5 1–0 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – A. O. Muzychuk, FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2011–12, 1st stage, Rostov-on-Don 2011] 20. Qxe1 Bf4 21. Bxd5 Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Qxd5 23. Qe4 Qd7 24. Re1 Be6 25. a3 Re8 26. g4 f6 27. h3 Bf7 28. Qf4 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 h6 30. Qe4 Bd5 31. Qe3 Qe6 32. Kf2 Qxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Kf7 34. h4 g6 35. Bg3 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Bd6 ½–½ 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Lékó, 75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Wijk aan Zee 2013.

They tacitly agreed to save their energy for tomorrow. Photo: Sergey Sergeevich Moiseev.