The Second Day

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina Evgenyevna RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 c5 7.Bxb4 cxb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Qb3 a5 10.a3 Na6 11.Nbd2 d6 12.Ne1 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 e5 14.e3 exd4 15.exd4 Qd7 16.Nc2 bxa3 17.bxa3 Qc6+ 18.Qf3 Qxf3+ 19.Nxf3 d5 20.Rab1 Rab8 21.Ne3 dxc4 22.Nxc4 Nd5 23.Nfe5 Rfc8 24.Rfc1 Rc7 25.Nd6 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 f6 27.Nec4 Nac7 28.Rb1 a4 29.Nb5 Ne6 30.Nb2 Ra8 31.Re1 Kf7 32.Nc4 Ke7 33.Nbd6 Rd8 34.Nf5+ Kd7 35.Rb1 Kc6 36.Nce3 g6 37.Nxd5 Kxd5 38.Ne3+ Kxd4 39.Rxb6 Re8 40.Rb4+ Kc5 41.Rxa4 f5 42.h4 Rf8 43.Rc4+ Kd6 44.a4 f4 45.Nc2 fxg3 46.fxg3 Ra8 47.Nd4 Kd5 48.Nxe6 Kxc4 49.Kf3 Rxa4 50.Ng5 Ra7 51.Ke4 Re7+ 52.Kf4 Kd5 53.h5 gxh5 54.Nh3 Rg7 55.Kf3 Ke5 56.Nf4 Rf7 57.Ke3 Rf5 58.Ng2 Kf6 59.Nh4 Ra5 60.Kf2 Kg5 61.Ng2 Ra2+ 62.Kf3 Ra3+ 63.Kf2 Kg4 64.Nf4 h4 0-1

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, Seyyed Mohammad Amin IRI"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 g6 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.Bxf5 gxf5 9.Ne5 e6 10.Qa4 Qb6 11.Nd2 Be7 12.O-O-O a6 13.Kb1 Qb5 14.Qxb5 axb5 15.a3 Na5 16.Nd3 Nc4 17.Kc2 Rg8 18.Rhg1 Ne4 19.f3 Nexd2 20.Bxd2 Bd6 21.g3 h5 22.Rde1 Kd7 23.Bf4 Be7 24.Ne5+ Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Rg6 26.Kd3 Rag8 27.Ke2 h4 28.Kf2 hxg3+ 29.hxg3 Bd6 30.Bxd6 Kxd6 31.f4 Kc6 32.Kf3 Kb6 33.Rg2 Rh8 34.Ke3 Ka5 35.Kd3 Rh3 36.Reg1 Rgh6 37.Kc2 Rh2 38.Kb3 R2h3 39.Ka2 Ka4 40.b3+ Ka5 41.Kb2 Rh2 42.Kc2 Kb6 43.Kb2 Kc6 44.Kc2 Rh8 45.Kb2 Kd6 46.Kc2 Ke7 47.Kd3 R2h3 48.a4 bxa4 49.bxa4 Rg8 50.Ke3 Kf6 51.Kf3 Rc8 52.Rc1 Rc4 53.Rb2 Rxa4 54.Rxb7 Ra2 55.c4 Rhh2 56.Rc3 dxc4 57.Rc7 Rhf2+ 0-1

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny Yuryevich RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Nc6 7.c3 e6 8.d3 Be7 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Nbd2 d5 11.e5 Ne8 12.Nf1 Nc7 13.Ng3 b5 14.d4 c4 15.Nh5 b4 16.Bg5 bxc3 17.bxc3 h6 18.Bh4 Qd8 19.Bg3 Rb8 20.Qd2 Bg5 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.Qxf4 Ne7 23.h4 Ng6 24.Qg4 Ne8 25.Re3 Rb2 26.Ng3 Qb6 27.h5 Ne7 28.Qh4 Rxa2 29.Rxa2 Qb1+ 30.Re1 Qxa2 31.Qxe7 Qa5 32.Ne2 Nc7 33.Rb1 Qa2 34.Re1 Nb5 35.Qb4 Rb8 36.Ng3 a5 37.Qb1 Qb3 38.Qa1 Qxc3 39.Ne2 Qxa1 40.Rxa1 Ra8 41.Ra4 Kf8 42.Kf1 Ke7 43.Ke1 Kd7 44.Kd2 Kc6 45.Nc3 Nxc3 46.Kxc3 Kb5 47.Ra2 a4 48.Nd2 Ka5 49.Rb2 a3 50.Ra2 Kb5 51.Nb1 Kc6 52.Rxa3 Rb8 53.Nd2 f6 54.Ra6+ Kd7 55.Ra7+ Kc6 56.Ra6+ Kd7 57.f4 fxe5 58.fxe5 Rf8 59.Nf3 Rf5 60.Ra7+ Ke8 61.Rxg7 Rxh5 62.Rg6 Kf7 63.Rg4 Rh1 64.Rh4 Rc1+ 65.Kd2 Ra1 66.Rxh6 Ra2+ 67.Ke3 Rxg2 68.Rh7+ Ke8 69.Rc7 Rg3 70.Kf4 Rg2 71.Ng5 Rf2+ 72.Ke3 1-0

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak IND"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bd3 d4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Be4 Nxc2+ 13.Qxc2 Bxe3 14.Bxa8 Bxf4 15.Rd1 O-O 16.Bc6 Qc7 17.Be4 Qxe5 18.g3 Bg5 19.O-O g6 20.Bf3 Nf6 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 b4 23.Rfe1 Qa5 24.b3 Bf6 25.Kg2 Kg7 26.Re2 Bc3 27.Qd3 Qb6 28.Qd6 Qb5 29.Qd3 Qc5 30.Qd6 Qxd6 31.Rxd6 a5 32.Re3 e5 33.Red3 f5 34.Ba8 e4 35.Rd1 g5 36.Rd8 Be6 37.Rxf8 Kxf8 38.Bd5 Ke7 39.Bxe6 Kxe6 40.Rd8 f4 41.Re8+ Kd5 42.Rd8+ Ke5 43.Re8+ Kd4 44.gxf4 gxf4 45.Kf2 Kd3 46.Rf8 Bd4+ 47.Kg2 f3+ 48.Kg3 f2 49.Kg2 e3 50.Rd8 e2 51.Rxd4+ Kxd4 52.Kxf2 Kd3 53.Ke1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour Boris oghlu AZE"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bf1 e5 9.a4 b6 10.Na3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.h4 Bb7 14.h5 Rfe8 15.a5 Bc6 16.axb6 axb6 17.Rxa8 Bxa8 18.h6 Bf6 19.g3 b5 20.Ncd2 Bd8 21.Bg2 c4 22.d4 N5f6 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Rxe5 26.Nf3 Rxe1 27.Qxe1 Qc6 28.Bg5 Kf8 29.Qe5 Be7 30.Qd4 Ke8 31.Qf4 Nd7 32.Bxe7 Kxe7 33.Kg1 f6 34.Nd4 Qd5 35.Qc7 Qh5 36.Qc6 Qc5 37.Qe6+ Kd8 38.Qg8+ Ke7 39.Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Lagno, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna RUS"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 c5 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Be3 Qc7 17.Qe2 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav Mikhailovich RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.c3 b6 7.Ngf3 Bb7 8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.exd4 Nh5 12.Bg3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 f5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.d5 Nd8 16.dxe6 dxe6 17.Nd4 Bf6 18.Rfe1 Bxd4 19.cxd4 Qc6 20.Ne3 Qd6 21.Rad1 Nf7 22.d5 Bxd5 23.Bxf5 exf5 24.Nxf5 Qf6 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Nxd5 Qg5 27.Nc7 Rad8 28.Ne6 Rxd1 29.Qxd1 1-0

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey Alexandrovich RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.c3 Be7 7.Ne5 Nd7 8.Nxd7 Bxd7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Be8 11.Nf3 f6 12.Qc2 Kh8 13.h3 c4 14.Be2 Bg6 15.Qc1 b5 16.Bd1 b4 17.Bc2 Bxc2 18.Qxc2 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.e4 Rab8 21.Rfe1 Rb7 22.Re3 bxc3 23.bxc3 Rfb8 24.exd5 exd5 25.Rae1 Re7 26.Rxe7 Nxe7 27.Qe2 Rb7 28.Nh2 Qa3 29.Qd2 Kg8 30.Ng4 Kf8 31.h4 Rb2 32.Qe3 Rxa2 33.Kh2 Ra1 34.Rxa1 Qxa1 35.h5 Qa3 36.Qg3 Nf5 37.Qb8+ Kf7 38.Qb7+ Ne7 39.Ne3 Qd6+ 40.g3 Qb6 41.Qd7 Qe6 42.Qxa7 Qe4 43.Kg1 Qf3 44.h6 gxh6 45.Qd7 h5 46.Qd6 h4 47.gxh4 Qe4 48.Qg3 Qg6 49.Kg2 Qxg3+ 50.Kxg3 Ke6 51.Kg4 Nc6 52.Ng2 Na7 53.Nf4+ Kd6 54.Kh5 Nb5 55.Ne2 Ke7 56.Kh6 Nd6 57.Kxh7 Kf7 58.Kh6 Ne4 59.f3 Nd2 60.Nf4 Nxf3 61.Kh5 Nd2 62.Nxd5 Ne4 63.Kg4 Ke6 64.Nf4+ Kf7 65.Ne2 Ke6 66.Kf4 Nd6 67.h5 Nf7 68.Ng3 Nh6 69.Ne4 f5 70.Nd2 Kd5 71.Kg5 1-0

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.02"]
[Round "18.2"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra Yuryevna RUS"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 h6 7.a4 a5 8.Re1 O-O 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.h3 Bxc4 11.Nxc4 Re8 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Nxe3 Ne7 14.Nh4 Qd7 15.Qf3 Kh7 16.Nhf5 Nxf5 17.Nxf5 Re6 18.Ne3 Ree8 19.Nc4 b6 20.Qg3 Nh5 21.Qg4 Qxg4 22.hxg4 Nf4 23.Rad1 f6 24.f3 Ne6 25.Ra1 Nf4 26.Red1 Kg6 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.Ne3 Rad8 29.b4 Ra8 30.Nc4 d5 31.Nb2 dxe4 32.dxe4 Ke7 33.Nc4 axb4 34.cxb4 b5 35.axb5 Rxa1 36.Rxa1 Rb8 37.Ra7 Kd8 38.b6 Ne6 39.b5 cxb6 40.Nd6 Nc7 41.Nf5 g6 42.Nxh6 Nxb5 43.Rg7 g5 44.Ng8 Nd4 45.Nxf6 b5 46.Rxg5 Rb7 47.Nd5 Kd7 48.Rg7+ Kc6 49.Nb4+ Kb6 50.Rxb7+ Kxb7 51.Nd3 Nc6 52.g5 Kc7 53.g3 Kd6 54.f4 exf4 55.gxf4 b4 56.g6 Ke6 57.f5+ Kf6 58.Ke3 b3 59.Kf4 Kg7 60.e5 Nb4 61.Nb2 Nc6 62.Ke4 Kh6 63.Kd5 Nb4+ 64.Kd6 Kg7 65.e6 1-0

Come on, Edna, you gotta show ’em what they’d been missing for years

Artwork © Steffie/Frankie (@artzy_aries)

Sweet Sugar

Chess Quickies & Trickies

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina Evgenyevna RUS"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.Nf3 Qb6 11.Re1 Ba6 12.Be3 c5 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.c4 d4 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Rb1 Be7 17.Re4 h6 18.Ne1 Ra7 19.Qg4 g6 20.Nd3 Nb4 21.Bxb4 axb4 22.Ra1 h5 23.Qe2 Kd7 24.Rf4 Rf8 25.h3 Qc6 26.Rf3 g5 27.Rg3 Rh8 28.Rf3 Ke8 29.Ne1 Bd8 30.Rd3 Bc7 31.a3 Qb7 32.Rb3 Qa6 33.Rd1 Ba5 34.axb4 Bxb4 35.Nc2 Qa4 36.Rf3 g4 37.Rg3 gxh3 38.Rxh3 h4 39.b3 Qa5 40.Nxb4 Qxb4 41.Qe4 Qb7 42.Rxh4 Qxe4 43.Rxe4 Ke7 44.Rf4 Rb8 45.Rd3 Ra1+ 46.Kh2 Rb1 47.Rff3 Rb2 48.Kg3 Rg8+ 49.Kh2 Rb1 50.Rg3 Rh8+ 51.Rh3 Rg8 52.Rdf3 Re1 53.Rh7 Rf8 54.Rh5 Re4 55. Rg3 Rf4 56.f3 d3 0-1

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tabatabaei, Seyyed Mohammad Amin IRI"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.h3 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Qe2 e5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Qe7 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.O-O Bf5 16.Rfe1 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rfe8 18.b4 Rad8 19.Qe4 a6 20.a4 Qg6 21.Qxg6 hxg6 22.b5 Na5 23.bxa6 bxa6 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Nxe5 Rd5 26.Nf3 Rc5 27.Rb1 f6 28.Rb6 Rxc3 29.Rxa6 Nb3 30.Ra8+ Kh7 31.a5 Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Rc2 33.a6 Rxf2 34.Rb8 Ra2 35.Rxb3 Rxa6 36.h4 Ra4 37.Kh3 Rc4 38.Rd3 Ra4 39.g3 Rb4 40.Rd7 Ra4 41.Nd4 Ra6 42.Re7 g5 43.Nf5 Kg6 44.g4 1-0

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny Yuryevich RUS"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Bd7 4.e3 e6 5.Nb5 Bxb5 6.Bxb5+ c6 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Qf3 Bxf4 9.Qxf4 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Qb8 11.Qg5 Qd6 12.O-O-O g6 13.Ne5 Qe7 14.f3 Nh5 15.Qg4 O-O-O 16.Qh3 Nhf6 17.Qg3 Nxe5 18.Qxe5 Nd7 19.Qg3 h5 20.h4 Nb6 21.Qg5 Rde8 22.Qxe7 Rxe7 23.e4 dxe4 24.Bxe4 Rd8 25.c3 Nd5 26.Rhe1 Red7 27.Bxd5 cxd5 28.Kd2 Rc7 29.Kd3 Kd7 30.a4 Ke7 31.Ra1 b6 32.a5 b5 33.a6 Rb8 34.Ra5 Kd6 35.Rea1 Kc6 36.Kc2 Kb6 37.Kb3 Rg8 38.R5a2 Rc4 39.Rd1 Rgc8 40.Rd2 Rb8 41.Rd1 Kc6 42.Ra5 b4 43.Kc2 Kd6 44.Rd3 bxc3 45.Rxc3 Rxd4 46.Rac5 Rb6 47.Rc7 Rxa6 48.Rxf7 Rxh4 49.Rf6 g5 50.Re3 Ke7 51.Rg6 Rc6+ 52.Kd3 g4 53.fxg4 Rxg4 54.Rxg4 hxg4 55.b3 Rb6 56.Kc3 a5 57.Rg3 Rb4 58.Rd3 Kd6 59.Rd2 Kc5 60.Re2 Re4 61.Ra2 Re3+ 62.Kd2 Rxb3 63.Rxa5+ Kd6 64.Ke2 Rb2+ 65.Kf1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Qd2 e6 7.b3 Nge7 8.h4 h6 9.Bb2 Nf5 10.e3 O-O 11.Nge2 Rb8 12.h5 g5 13.f4 d5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Be6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Ndc3 Nb4 18.O-O-O Qa5 19.fxg5 Bxb3 20.Qb2 Bxd1 21.Rxd1 hxg5 22.a3 Nc6 23.Nd5+ f6 24.Rf1 Nce7 25.Nec3 b5 26.h6+ Kxh6 27.Be4 b4 28.Nxe7 bxc3 29.Nxf5+ Kg6 30.Qa2 c4 31.Rh1 Rb3 32.Nd6+ Kg7 33.Nxc4 Qb5 34.Rh7+ Kg8 35.Rb7 1-0

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour Boris oghlu AZE"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 a6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.exd5 exd5 7.O-O c4 8.Re1+ Be7 9.Bf1 O-O 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.g3 Be6 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.Ne2 Rfe8 14.c3 Rad8 15.Qc2 h6 16.Nf4 Bd6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Rxe6 fxe6 20.Bxh6 c5 21.Bh3 Kf7 22.Be3 Rh8 23.Kg2 cxd4 24.Bxd4 Bc5 25.Re1 Re8 26.Bxf6 Kxf6 27.Bg4 Qb7 28.Bh5 1-0

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.01"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Lagno, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.Ne2 Rb8 15.Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav Mikhailovich RUS"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.O-O Qc7 8.c4 e6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.b3 b6 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.Ba3 Nc5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Qxe5 Rc8 15.Qxc7 Rxc7 16.Bc1 Nfe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bb2 Bc5 19.Bd4 Ke7 20.Bxc5+ bxc5 21.Rd3 Nd6 22.Ne1 e5 23.Nc2 Be4 24.Rd2 Bxc2 25.Rxc2 Nf5 26.Bf3 Nd4 27.Rc3 f5 28.Re1 e4 29.g4 Kf6 30.Bd1 g6 31.f3 Re8 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.fxe4 Rxe4 34.Rxe4 fxe4 35.Rh3 Ke5 36.Kf2 Rf7+ 37.Ke1 Kf4 38.Kf2 Nf5 39.Be2 Rd7 40.Ke1 Rg7 41.Kf2 e3+ 42.Kf1 Rd7 43.Rf3+ Ke4 44.Rh3 Rd2 45.a3 Nd4 46.Rh4+ Ke5 47.Rh5+ Kf4 48.Rh4+ Kg5 49.Rg4+ Kf5 50.Rg2 Ke5 51.Rg5+ Kf6 52.Rg2 a5 53.a4 Ke5 54.Rg5+ Kf4 55.Rg4+ Kf5 56.Rg2 Rxe2 57.Rxe2 Nxe2 58.Kxe2 Ke4 59.h3 h6 0-1

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.01"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey Alexandrovich RUS"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 Ngf6 10.Ng3 O-O 11.O-O c5 12.c3 a5 13.Kh1 e6 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bd2 bxc3 16.bxc3 cxd4 17.cxd4 dxe5 18.fxe5 f6 19.exf6 N7xf6 20.Qe2 Qd6 21.Rab1 Nb4 22.Bc4 Rae8 23.Bxb4 axb4 24.Qd2 Nd5 25.Ne4 Qf4 26.Qxf4 Nxf4 27.Nd6 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Rd8 29.Nb5 Nd5 30.Bxd5 exd5 31.Rxb4 Rfe8 32.Rf1 Re2 33.h3 h5 34.Rbb1 Ra8 35.Ra1 Ra5 36.Rae1 Rxe1 37.Rxe1 Rxa4 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.Rd8 Bxd4 40.Rxd5 Ra1+ 41.Kh2 Bg1+ 42.Kg3 Rb1 43.Nc3 Re1 44.Rd3 Kh6 45.Kf3 Rf1+ 46.Kg3 Bf2+ 47.Kf3 Ba7+ 48.Ke4 Rf2 49.Nd5 Rxg2 50.Nf4 Rg1 51.Rd6 Bb8 52.Rxg6+ Rxg6 53.Nxg6 Kxg6 54.Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2024.07.01"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra Yuryevna RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Bf4 a6 11.a4 Bf5 12.Nh4 Bg4 13.h3 Nh5 14.hxg4 Nxf4 15.gxf4 Qxh4 16.e3 Nd7 17.Bf3 Qe7 18.g5 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nxb5 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 Rb8 22.Nc3 Nb6 23.Qa6 Nd7 24.Qa2 h6 25.gxh6 Bxh6 26.Ne4 Bg7 27.b3 Nf6 28.Ng3 Qb7 29.Rb1 Ra8 30.Qc2 Nd7 31.Kg2 Qb4 32.Ne4 Qb6 33.Ng5 Bf6 34.Ne4 Bg7 35.Rh1 Rb8 36.Nd2 Qd8 37.Nc4 Qe7 38.Qd3 Ra8 39.Qc2 Nf6 40.Rd1 Nd7 41.Rd2 Ra1 42.Rd1 Rxd1 43.Qxd1 Nf6 44.Qc2 Nd7 45.Qa2 Nf6 46.Qa8+ Bf8 47.Qa6 Kg7 48.Nd2 Qc7 49.Qc4 Qa5 50.Qc2 Qc7 51.Qc3 Be7 52.Ne4 Qd8 53.Nxf6 Bxf6 54.Qc2 Qb6 55.Be2 Qb4 56.Bc4 Qc3 57.Qe4 Qa5 58.Qf3 Qc7 59.Qg3 Qd7 60.Bd3 Kf8 61.Qf3 Kg7 62.f5 g5 63.Qg3 Kf8 64.Qg4 Qe7 65.Bc4 Kg7 66.Qf3 Qe5 67.Qg4 Qb2 68.Qg3 Qe5 69.Qxe5 Bxe5 70.Kf3 Kf6 71.Kg4 Bc3 72.f3 Bd2 73.e4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

The first day of blitz went upside down for 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), but she didn’t lose her balance. Photos: Sergey Sergeevich Moiseev.

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“And thence we came forth to see again the stars”

The queen of chess, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), with a splendid evening dress, slit above the knee, was the grand attraction of the Sunday off at Vegas Crocus City in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia, where the “Stars” dispensed their rare and kindly chess gifts upon a crowd of young admirers.

And the stars looked down upon her that night in heavenly stillness. Photos: Sergey Sergeevich Moiseev.