Gypsy Lou

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Anastasia Mikhailovna Bodnaruk

6th Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship “Julius Bär” Main Event; Round of 16 match game 7; time control: 3 minutes plus 1 second per move; chess.com, August 26, 2024

Sicilian Defence B53

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qd3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Nd5 0-0 10. c3 Nd7. Instead of 10. ... Bg4 as in game 5.
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

27. ... Rde8? (⌓ 27. ... Ba3! 28. Nxa6 Qb2)
28. Nd7 Rf7 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Qg6 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Rfd1 Bc2 33. Rc1 Rff8 34. Rd7

34. ... Bf5? A ruinous mistake. 34. ... Bd3! 35. Qb2 Rxc1 36. Qxc1 Bc4! 37. Rg7+ Qxg7 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. a3 Rf5 still gave hope to the hopeless.
35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. h3! Kf8 37. Bd6+ Kg8 38. Be5 Kf8 39. Rg7 Qe8 (39. ... Qxg7 40. Bxg7+ Kxg7 41. g4+−)
40. Qd2 Qd8 41. Qb4+ Ke8 42. Rg8+ 1–0.