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

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) enjoys her last hours in the OKO Tower. Photos: Sergey Sergeevich Moiseev.