In the Still of the Night

[Event "6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-01"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.Nd2 Be7 9.Nc4 Be6 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bb6 Qd7 12.h3 Nf6 13.Be3 Bxc4 14.Bxc4 O-O 15.O-O Qc7 16.Qd3 Nbd7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Nf6 19.Bb3 Rac8 20.a5 Qc6 21.Ra4 Rfd8 22.Rd1 Qd7 23.Bb6 Rf8 24.c3 Nh5 25.Be3 Kh8 26.Qe2 Nf6 27.Qd3 Nh5 28.Rd2 Rc7 29.Qc2 Rcc8 30.Ra1 Qc7 31.Bb6 Qd7 32.Be3 Qc7 33.Qd3 Qd7 34.Ba4 Qe6 35. Rf1 Nf4 36.Bxf4 exf4 37.Qc2 Rc5 38.Bb3 Qg6 39.Bd5 f3 40.g3 Bf6 41.Qd3 Be5 42.Qxf3 Rxa5 43.Bxb7 Rb8 44.Bd5 Rab5 45.Bxf7 Qg5 46.Qd3 Bf6 47.b4 Rf8 48. Bd5 Be5 49.Kh2 Qg6 50.f4 Bf6 51.Ra2 Rc8 52.Ra3 Rbb8 53.Be6 Rc7 54.Qxd6 Rbb7 55.Qf8+ Kh7 56.Qg8# 1-0

[Event "6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-02"]
[White "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nb3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.g5 Nfd7 9.Be3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Ne5 11.Qe2 Nc4 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.f4 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 b4 15.Nd5 exd5 16.exd5+ Be7 17.Rhe1 h6 18.Nd4 Ne5 19.h4 hxg5 20.fxe5 O-O 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.dxc6 gxh4 23.Kb1 Qc7 24.Bd5 dxe5 25.Rg1 Bf6 26.Qh6 Qd6 27.Rxg7+ Bxg7 28.Qxd6 1-0

[Event "6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-03"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.Rfd1 Ng4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.Nd5 Rb8 15.a5 Be6 16.Nb6 Qc7 17.c3 Ne5 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Qe2 Nd7 20.Ra4 Nxb6 21.Bxb6 Qd7 22.Rb4 e5 23.Qc2 Kh8 24.Qb3 Rbc8 25.Be3 Rc7 26.Qd5 Rc6 27.Rb3 Qc7 28.Ra3 Qd7 29.Raa1 Qc8 30.Rd2 Rc4 31.h4 Rc6 32.Kf2 h5 33.Rh1 Bf6 34.Qb3 Kh7 35. Rh3 Bg7 36.Bg5 Bh6 37.Bxh6 Kxh6 38.Rd5 Rc5 39.Rh1 Qc7 40.Ra1 Qc6 41.Rad1 Qc7 42.Qb4 Rc4 43.Qa3 Rc8 44.Kg3 Rc5 45.Rxc5 Qxc5 46.Qxc5 Rxc5 47.Ra1 g5 48.hxg5+ Kxg5 49.Kf2 Kg6 50.Ke3 Kg5 51.g3 Rc6 52.Kd3 Kg6 53.Rh1 Kg5 54.b4 Kg6 55.f4 exf4 56.gxf4 Rc8 57.f5+ Kg5 58.Kd4 h4 59.c4 Kg4 60.Rg1+ Kf3 61. Rg7 h3 62.Rh7 Kg2 63.Rg7+ Kf3 64.Rh7 Kg2 65.Rg7+ Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-04"]
[White "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d6 8.Be3 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Re1 Ne5 12.Bg5 Be7 13.a4 b4 14.Na2 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Qc5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nb3 Qb6 18.a5 Qc7 19.Nxb4 Bxb2 20.Ra4 O-O 21.Qd3 Rfc8 22.Rd1 Be5 23.Nd4 Qc4 24.f3 h6 25.Ne2 Qc7 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.c4 Rac8 28.Nc2 Bc6 29.Ra2 Rb8 30.Ne3 Rb4 31.Nc2 Rb7 32.Ne3 Rdb8 33.f4 Rb3 34.Qd2 Bf6 35.Ng3 Bc3 36.Qc2 Bxa5 37.f5 Rxe3 38.fxe6 fxe6 39.Nh5 Re1+ 40.Rxe1 Bxe1 41.Ra1 Qf7 42.Qe2 Bc3 43.Rf1 Qe7 44.Qg4 Be5 45.h3 Rf8 46.Rd1 Be8 0-1

[Event "6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-05"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Qd3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nd5 O-O 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bg5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Ne5 14.Qe4 h6 15. Be3 f5 16.Qb4 Qd7 17.f4 Ng4 18.Bb6 Kh7 19.Rae1 Nf6 20.Bf3 Rf7 21.a4 Ne8 22.Re2 Bf6 23.Rfe1 Ng7 24.h3 Re8 25.Bd4 h5 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Qd4 Rf7 28.a5 Qc7 29.b4 Rc8 30.Re3 Kg8 31.Be2 Rb8 32.Kh2 Ne8 33.Rg3 Kh7 34.Bd3 Nf6 35. Rge3 Re8 36.Re6 Qd7 37.c4 Qc7 38.Qe3 h4 39.Qf2 Nh5 40.Qxh4 Qd7 41.g4 1-0

[Event "6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-06"]
[White "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 e5 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d3 a6 8.a4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10.h3 Rb8 11.Nd5 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bd5 Nb4 15.Nd2 Nxd5 16.exd5 Be7 17.f4 exf4 18.Rxf4 Bg5 19.Rf1 Be3+ 20.Kh2 Qg5 21.Ne4 Qh6 22.Qf3 f5 23.Ng3 Rb7 24.Nh5 Rbf7 25.Nf4 Bxf4+ 26.Qxf4 Qxf4+ 27.Rxf4 b4 28. d4 Bb7 29.dxc5 dxc5 30.d6 Be4 31.Ra5 Rc8 32.Rf2 Rd7 33.Rd2 Kf7 34.Be5 g5 35.Kg1 Ke6 36.Bh2 f4 37.Re2 Kf5 38.Ra6 Rcd8 39.g4+ Ke5 40.Ra5 Rc8 41.c3 bxc3 42.Ra4 c4 43.bxc4 c2 44.Ra1 Rxd6 45.Kf2 Rxc4 46.Rc1 Rd1 47.Re1 Rd2+ 48.Re2 Rd1 49.Re1 Rxc1 50.Rxc1 Rb4 51.Ke2 Rb3 52.Bg1 Rxh3 53.Bb6 Rg3 54. Bc7+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-07"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Qd3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nd5 O-O 10.c3 Nd7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Nc5 13.Qc2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Qd1 g5 16.Bg3 Ne4 17.Bd3 e6 18.Ne3 d5 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.cxd4 Bxd4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Nc4 Qf6 23.Qe2 b5 24.Nd6 Bxb2 25.Rad1 Rad8 26.Nxe4 Qg7 27.Nc5 Rde8 28. Nd7 Rf7 29.Ne5 Bxe5 30.Bxe5 Qg6 31.Rd6 Rc8 32.Rfd1 Bc2 33.Rc1 Rff8 34.Rd7 Bf5 35.Rxc8 Rxc8 36.h3 Kf8 37.Bd6+ Kg8 38.Be5 Kf8 39.Rg7 Qe8 40.Qd2 Qd8 41.Qb4+ Ke8 42.Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-08"]
[White "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Bf4 d6 11.Qd2 h6 12.Rad1 e5 13.Be3 Be6 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Qd6 17.f4 Nd7 18.f5 O-O 19.g4 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 Nf6 21.g5 hxg5 22.Qxg5 e4 23.Re3 Kf8 24.Rh3 Rad8 25.c4 Ke7 26.Bxe4 Kd7 27.Bg2 Re7 28.Qg3 Rde8 29.Qxd6+ Kxd6 30.Rb3 Ng4 31.h3 Re1+ 32.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33.Bf1 Ne3 34.Kf2 Rxf1+ 35.Kxe3 Kc7 36.Ke4 Re1+ 37.Re3 Rb1 38.b3 Kd6 39.Kf4 Rf1+ 40.Kg4 Rg1+ 41.Rg3 Rf1 42.h4 Ke5 43.Re3+ Kf6 44.d6 Rd1 45.Re7 b5 46.Rc7 bxc4 47.bxc4 Rd4+ 48.Kg3 Rxc4 49.Rc6 Rd4 50.Rxa6 Kxf5 51.a4 Ke6 52.a5 Ra4 53.Kf3 g6 54. Ke3 f5 55.Kd3 f4 56.Ke2 Ra3 57.Kf2 Kd7 58.Ke2 c4 0-1

[Event "6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-09"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 f5 6.d4 Nd7 7.Nf3 Ngf6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.c5 O-O 10.Bc4+ Kh8 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.Ne6 Nb6 13.cxb6 Bxe6 14.Bxe6 Qxe6 15. bxc7 Rac8 16.Qb3 Qe7 17.O-O Rxc7 18.Nb5 Rd7 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Nxa7 Ne4 22.Rd1 Nd2 23.Qc2 Qd8 24.Kh1 Ne4 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Kg1 h5 27.Qc8+ Qxc8 28.Nxc8 Nd2 29.a4 Nc4 30.Bc3 Bf8 31.b5 Bc5 32.a5 Na3 33.a6 bxa6 34. bxa6 Nb5 35.Bxe5+ Kg8 36.Bd4 Bxd4 37.exd4 Kf7 38.a7 Nc7 39.Nb6 Ke6 40.Kf1 f4 41.Ke2 g5 42.a8=Q Nxa8 43.Nxa8 Kd5 44.Kd3 1-0

[Event "6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-10"]
[White "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 e6 7.Be3 Nd4 8.O-O Ne7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Nd1 Rb8 11.Nc1 b5 12.c3 Ndc6 13.Bh6 b4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.f4 bxc3 16.bxc3 Ba6 17.Ne3 f5 18.Rf2 Qa5 19.g4 Rb6 20.gxf5 exf5 21.exf5 Nxf5 22.Nxf5+ Rxf5 23.Be4 Ne7 24.Bxf5 Nxf5 25.Ne2 Bb7 26.Ng3 c4 27.dxc4 Qc5 28. Nxf5+ Qxf5 29.Qd4+ Kh6 30.Qe3 Qg4+ 31.Qg3 Qf5 32.Re1 Rb1 33.Qg5+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kh6 35.Qh4+ Kg7 36.Re2 Rxe1+ 37.Rxe1 Qc5+ 38.Qf2 Qc6 39.Kf1 Qxc4+ 40. Kg1 Qc6 41.Qd4+ Kh6 42.Re2 Qh1+ 43.Kf2 Qxh2+ 44.Ke1 Qg3+ 45.Kd2 Bf3 46.Rf2 1-0

[Event "Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-11"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 f5 6.d4 e4 7.h4 Nf6 8.h5 Nxh5 9. Rxh5 gxh5 10.Qxh5+ Kf8 11.Nh3 c6 12.Nf4 Qe8 13.Qh3 Qf7 14.Be2 Nd7 15.O-O-O a5 16.b5 a4 17.a3 Nb6 18.d5 cxb5 19.Nxb5 Bxb2+ 20.Kxb2 Qf6+ 21.Kc2 Bd7 22. Nc7 Rc8 23.Nce6+ Ke7 24.Rd4 Bxe6 25.Nxe6 h5 26.Nf4 h4 27.Qh1 Nd7 28.Qb1 Nc5 29.Rd1 Nb3 30.Rh1 b5 31.Qb2 bxc4 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.Kc3 Nc5 34.Bxc4 Rb8 0-1

[Event "6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-12"]
[White "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 Qa5 9.O-O d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Qe2 Rfc8 12.Rad1 a6 13.f4 Nh5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qf2 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Bxe4 17.Bd4 Ng7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qd4+ Kg8 20.Qxe4 1-0

[Event "6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship Main Event"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "01-13"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia Mikhailovna RUS"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Nd4 Rc8 12.f4 Qa5 13.Kb1 Rfd8 14.f5 e5 15.Nb3 Qb6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Rc6 19.h4 Rdc8 20.Rd2 Qd8 21. g3 Be7 22.a3 Rc4 23.g4 Qc7 24.Qd3 b6 25.g5 Qc6 26.Re2 a5 27.Rd1 a4 28.Nc1 Rd4 29.Qxd4 exd4 30.Rxd4 Qc5 31.Rxa4 Qg1 32.Ra7 Bf8 33.Rd2 g6 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.e5 dxe5 36.Rdd7 Qf2 37.c3 e4 38.Ra4 e3 0-1

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) made it through to the quarterfinals with a 7½–5½ win over Bodnaruk in the round of 16 of the 6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship “Julius Bä” Main Event. Screenshot from the live stream.