5 minutes

[Event "1st FIDE World Blitz Team Championship — Pool A"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2024.08.05"]
[White "Samaganova, Aleksandra KGZ"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Round "1.5"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kyrgyz Chess Academy"]
[BlackTeam "WR Chess Team"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 b6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bb2 a6 7.Be2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rac1 Qe7 11.d4 Rac8 12.Qb1 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Ne5 Nb8 15.f4 exf3 16.Nxf3 c5 17.Bd3 h6 18.Be4 f5 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Rcd1 Nd7 21.Qc2 Nf6 22.h3 Rce8 23.dxc5 Bxc5 24.Bd4 Ne4 25.Rfe1 Bd6 26.Be5 Bxe5 27.Nxe5 Qc7 28. Qb2 Rd8 29.Nf3 Qc5 30.Nd4 e5 31.Nc2 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Nf6 33.Qc3 Qe7 34.b4 Rc8 35.a3 Qc7 36.Qb3 Qxc4 37.Qxc4+ Rxc4 38.Ne1 Rc3 39.Rd6 Rxe3 40.Kf2 Ne4+ 41. Kxe3 Nxd6 42.Nd3 Nc4+ 43.Ke2 Kf7 44.a4 Ke6 45.g3 Kd5 46.Kf2 Kd4 47.Ne1 e4 48.Nc2+ Kc3 49.Ne1 Kxb4 50.g4 g6 51.Ng2 fxg4 52.hxg4 g5 53.Ne1 Kxa4 54.Ke2 Kb3 55.Kd1 a5 0-1

Against Samaganova, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) just ate her “all you can eat”. Photo: Maria Alekseevna Emelianova/chess.com.

[Event "1st FIDE World Blitz Team Championship — Pool A"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2024.08.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Shakhman, Asanali KAZ"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTeam "WR Chess Team"]
[BlackTeam "Baiterekchess"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Ne2 Bg4 7.O-O e6 8.Qe1 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Bd6 10.g3 Nf6 11.Bg5 O-O-O 12.a4 h6 13.Be3 h5 14.Na3 h4 15.Nb5 Qd7 16.Nxd6+ Qxd6 17.Bf4 Qd7 18.Kg2 hxg3 19.fxg3 e5 20.Bxe5 Qh3+ 21.Kg1 Qh6 22.Bf5+ Nd7 23.Rae1 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Kb8 25.Qg2 Nb6 26.Bd3 Rde8 27.a5 Nc4 28.Bxc4 dxc4 29.Rxf7 Rhf8 30.Qxb7# 1-0

Thinking of something to do while one is waiting. Photos: Ruslan Mazunin/FIDE.

[Event "1st FIDE World Blitz Team Championship — Pool A"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2024.08.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul BUL"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTeam "GMHans.com"]
[BlackTeam "WR Chess Team"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.c3 Be7 7.h3 Bd6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.e4 Rd8 13.Qe2 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qe7 16.Rad1 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 e5 18.Nd6 Be6 19.c4 f6 20.c5 Bxa2 21.b4 Nxb4 22.Qe4 Nc6 23.Nh4 Be6 24.Rb1 Nd8 25.Nhf5 Bxf5 26.Qxf5 Rb8 27.Qe4 Nf7 28.Qd5 Kf8 29.Nxb7 Nd8 30.c6 Nxb7 31.Rxb7 Rd8 32.Rxe7 Rxd5 33.Rxa7 Rc5 34. c7 Ke8 35.Ra8+ Kd7 36.Rg8 Rxc7 37.Rxg7+ Kd6 38.Rg4 Ke6 39.Kh2 f5 40.Ra4 e4 41.Kg3 Rg7+ 42.Kh2 Ke5 43.g3 Rd7 44.Kg2 Rd2 45.Ra5+ Kf6 46.Kf1 Rb2 47.h4 Kg6 48.Rc5 Rb6 49.Kg2 Ra6 50.Rc2 Kh5 51.Re2 Ra3 52.Rc2 Ra5 53.Rb2 f4 54. Rb4 fxg3 55.Kxg3 Ra3+ 56.Kf4 Rf3+ 57.Kxe4 Rxf2 58.Rb7 h6 59.Ke3 Rf6 60.Rb4 Rf5 61.Rc4 Rf1 62.Rb4 Rh1 63.Kf3 Rxh4 1/2-1/2


Through thick and thin, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) left nothing untried which might contribute to a favourable result. Photos: Olzhabay Arlan/FIDE.

[Event "1st FIDE World Blitz Team Championship — Pool A"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2024.08.05"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "龚倩云 (Gōng Qiànyún) SGP"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTeam "WR Chess Team"]
[BlackTeam "Theme International Trading"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 a6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bg6 6.h4 e6 7.h5 Bxd3 8.cxd3 h6 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Qf3 Bb4 12.Qg3 Rg8 13.Rc1 Bd6 14.Qf3 Qe7 15.a3 c5 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Ne2 Qb6 19.O-O g6 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Qf6 Nd7 22. Qf4 gxh5 23.b4 Rg6 24.Ng3 Kf8 25.Nxh5 Kg8 26.Rc2 e5 27.Qf5 Nf8 28.Qxe5 Rd8 29.Nf4 Rg5 30.Qc7 Qf6 31.Qxb7 Qg7 32.Qc7 Re8 33.Qc6 Re6 34.Qc8 Rf6 35.Qh3 d4 36.Rc5 dxe3 37.fxe3 Rff5 38.Rxf5 Rxf5 39.Qxf5 1-0

[Event "1st FIDE World Blitz Team Championship KO Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2024.08.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene MGL"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTeam "WR Chess Team"]
[BlackTeam "Hunnu Air"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.d5 Nb6 13.Nbd2 g6 14.a4 Bd7 15.b4 Nb7 16. a5 Nc8 17.Nf1 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Ng3 Kh8 20.Qe2 Rf7 21.Nh2 Qg8 22.Kh1 Bh4 23.Nhf1 Ne7 24.Qh5 Bxg3 25.Nxg3 Qg6 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.f4 exf4 28.Bxf4 Nxd5 29.Bd2 Kg7 30.Rad1 Nf6 31.Bf4 Rc8 32.Bb3 c4 33.Bc2 Rc6 34.Ne2 Nh5 35.Be3 Nd8 36.Nd4 Rc7 37.Bg5 Nc6 38.Ne6+ Bxe6 39.Rxe6 Rcd7 40.Rdxd6 Rxd6 41.Rxd6 Ne5 42.Kg1 f4 43.Kf2 f3 44.g4 Nf4 45.Bxf4 Rxf4 46.Rxa6 Nf7 47.Rxg6+ Kf8 48.a6 Ne5 49.a7 1-0

[Event "1st FIDE World Blitz Team Championship KO Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2024.08.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene MGL"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTeam "Hunnu Air"]
[BlackTeam "WR Chess Team"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O c5 12.Bf5 Re8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bg3 Qd5 17.a3 Rad8 18.Qg4 Kh8 19.e6 fxe6 20.Bxe6 Qg5 21.Rfd1 Qxg4 22.Bxg4 Bf6 23.b3 Rd5 24.Rxd5 Bxd5 25.b4 c4 26.Rd1 c3 27.Bd7 Rd8 28. Ba4 b5 29.Bc2 Bc6 30.Rxd8+ Bxd8 31.Kf1 a5 32.Bd6 axb4 33.Bxb4 Bf6 34.Ke2 Bd5 35.f3 Bc4+ 36.Ke1 Bd3 37.Kd1 Bf1 38.Bxe4 Bxg2 39.Kc2 Bg5 40.Bc5 Bf6 41.Bd4 Be7 42.Kb3 Bd6 43.h4 c2 44.Kxc2 Bxa3 45.Bc6 Be7 46.h5 b4 47.Kb3 Kg8 48.Bd5+ Kf8 49.Bb6 Bf1 50.Ba5 Be2 51.Bxb4 Bd1+ 52.Kc3 Bxb4+ 53.Kxb4 Ke7 54.Kc3 Kf6 55.Kd2 Ba4 56.f4 Kf5 57.Bf3 Be8 58.Ke2 Bb5+ 59.Kf2 Bd3 60.Kg3 Bc2 61.Bg4+ Kf6 62.Kf2 Bb3 63.e4 Bc4 64.Ke3 Kf7 65.Kd4 Ba6 66.Kc5 Bd3 67. e5 Ke7 68.Kd4 Bc2 69.Kd5 Bb3+ 70.Kd4 Bc2 71.Bf3 Bb3 72.Bg4 Bc2 73.f5 Bb3 74.Ke3 Bc2 75.Kf4 Bb3 76.Bf3 Bc2 77.Be2 Bb3 78.Bf3 Bc2 79.Bg4 Bb3 80.Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE World Blitz Team Championship KO Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2024.08.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul BUL"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTeam "GMHans.com"]
[BlackTeam "WR Chess Team"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.h3 c5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c3 d5 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Nd7 10.Bg3 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Nf3 Qc8 13.Qe2 a5 14.O-O Ba6 15.Rfe1 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 c4 17.Qc2 f5 18.Nh2 Qc6 19.f3 Nf6 20.Be5 Bd6 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22. f4 h6 23.g4 g5 24.gxf5 exf5 25.Kh1 gxf4 26.exf4 Bxf4 27.Nf3 Kh8 28.Rg1 Qe8 29.Rae1 Qh5 30.Qg2 Rg6 31.Qf1 Rag8 32.Rxg6 Qxg6 33.Re2 Qg3 34.Rf2 Be3 35. Re2 f4 36.Qg2 Qxg2+ 37.Rxg2 Rxg2 38.Kxg2 Bc1 39.b3 cxb3 40.axb3 Bb2 41.Nh4 Bxc3 42.Ng6+ Kg7 43.Nxf4 Bxd4 44.Ne6+ Kf6 45.Nxd4 Ke5 46.Nc6+ Ke4 47.Kf2 Kd3 48.Kf3 d4 49.Ne5+ Kc3 50.Ke4 Kxb3 51.Kxd4 b5 52.Nd7 a4 53.Nc5+ Kb2 54. Nd3+ Kb3 55.Nc5+ Kc2 56.Na6 a3 57.Nb4+ Kb3 58.Kc5 a2 59.Nxa2 Kxa2 60.Kxb5 Kb3 61.Kc5 Kc3 62.Kd5 Kd3 63.Ke5 Ke3 64.Kf5 Kd4 65.h4 Kd5 66.h5 Kd6 67.Kf6 Kd7 68.Kf7 Kd6 69.Kf8 Ke6 70.Kg7 Ke7 71.Kxh6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

One for all and all for one. At least for one day. Photo: Olzhabay Arlan/FIDE.