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.