A Woman in a Hurry

[Event "5th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.06.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak IND"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a3 Nc6 8.Qe2 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 e5 10.Be3 Be6 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Qe1 Qc7 13.Bd3 Be7 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 O-O 16.Kb1 Ng4 17.Qg3 Ne5 18.h4 Rfe8 19.Rhf1 Qa5 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Bf6 22.Bd2 Qd8 23.Rxf6 Nxd3 24.Rxd6 Qc7 25.Bc3 Ne5 26.Rf6 Ng6 27.d6 Qd7 28.Rf3 Rc4 29.h5 Rg4 30.Qf2 Nf8 31.h6 gxh6 32.Rh3 Rg6 33.Qd4 f6 34.Qd2 Re6 35.Bb4 Qg7 36.d7 Rxg2 37.Qxg2 Qxg2 38.d8=Q 1-0

[Event "5th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.06.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina Evgenyevna RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 b6 6.cxb6 c5 7.Bf4 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Qd4 Qd6 11.e3 Nbd7 12.Be2 e5 13.Qd2 Nxb6 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfd1 Rd8 16.Rac1 h6 17.h3 Bb7 18.a4 Rac8 19.b3 Nbd7 20.Qb2 Qe6 21.b4 Nb6 22.a5 Nc4 23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.Nd2 Qc6 25.f3 Rd3 26.Nf1 Qd7 27.Rxd3 cxd3 28.Nd2 e4 29.Ncxe4 Nxe4 30.fxe4 Qe6 31.Rxc8+ Qxc8 32.Kf2 Bxe4 33.b5 Qf5+ 34.Kg1 axb5 35.Qb4 Bb7 36.Qd4 Qd5 37.Qxd5 Bxd5 38.e4 Bb7 39.Kf2 b4 40.Ke3 Ba6 41.Nb3 Kf8 42.Nc5 Bb5 43.a6 Ke7 44.a7 Bc6 45.Kxd3 Kd6 46.Kc4 b3 47.Nxb3 Bxe4 48.g3 Bd5+ 49.Kc3 Kc7 50.Nd4 g6 51.Nb5+ Kb7 52.Kd4 Be6 53.h4 Bd7 54.Nd6+ Kxa7 55.Nxf7 h5 56.Ke5 Kb6 57.Kf6 Bf5 58.Ne5 Kc5 59.Nxg6 Bg4 60.Nf4 Kd4 61.Kg5 Ke4 62.Nxh5 Kf3 63.Nf6 1-0

[Event "5th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.06.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Alexandrovich Karjakin, Sergey RUS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.Bc4 Rc8 12.b3 Nb6 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Bxe6 Qxe6 15.O-O O-O 16.Qd3 Nd7 17.Rfd1 Rc6 18.Nd2 Rd8 19.Nc4 Nf6 20.Ne3 g6 21.f3 h5 22.Rd2 Qc8 23.Qe2 Rc3 24.Nd1 Rc5 25.Ne3 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.c4 bxc4 28.bxc4 Kg7 29.Qf2 Qc7 30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.cxd5 Rc1+ 32.Rd1 Rc2 33.Rd2 Rc3 34.h4 Rc8 35.Kh2 Qe7 36.Ra7 Qf6 37.Qg3 Rc1 38.Rb2 R8c7 39.Rxc7 Rxc7 40.Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.06.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra Yuryevna RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Na3 a6 7.Nc4 Nbd7 8.a4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qh4 O-O 11.Be2 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Be3 Qc6 14.Bxc5 Nxc5 15.Nce5 Qc7 16.Rad1 h6 17.Rd4 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Nce4 19.h3 Rxd4 20.Rxd4 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Ng4 Qd6 23.Nxf6+ Nxf6 24.Qd4 Qxd4 25.Nxd4 Kf8 26.Nb3 Nd7 27.a5 b5 28.f3 Ke7 29.Kf2 Kd6 30.Ke3 Bd5 31.Nd2 Nc5 32.b4 Nd7 33.c4 bxc4 34.Nxc4+ Kc7 35.Kd4 f6 36.h4 Bb7 37.g4 e5+ 38.Kc3 Nf8 39.Ne3 Ne6 40.Bd1 Nf4 41.Nf5 Nd5+ 42.Kb3 Bc8 43.Nxg7 Bd7 44.Nh5 Kd6 45.Be2 Bc8 46.Ng3 Nf4 47.Ne4+ Ke7 48.Bf1 Be6+ 49.Ka3 Bc8 50.Nc5 Ng6 51.Bxa6 Bxa6 52.Nxa6 Kd6 53.Nc5 Nxh4 54.a6 Nxf3 55.a7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "5th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.06.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Lagno, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna RUS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg5 f6 7.Be3 Nxe3 8.fxe3 Na5 9.Nxe5 fxe5 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qxe5+ Qe7 12.Qxh8 Qxe3+ 13.Kf1 Nxc4 14.dxc4 Qc1+ 15.Kf2 Qxh1 16.Nc3 Qxa1 17.Nd5 Be6 18.Qe5 Kf7 19.Qxc7+ Ke8 20.Qe5 1-0

[Event "5th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.06.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara Erkhanovna KAZ"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Bb4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 d6 10.Ba3 Na5 11.Bb3 Nxb3 12.axb3 Nxe4 13.Re1 f5 14.c4 Be6 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Qd7 17.Bxd6 e4 18.c5 Rd8 19.f3 Qc6 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Qg5 Rd7 22.Rad1 b6 23.b4 bxc5 24.bxc5 h6 1-0

[Event "5th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.06.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny Yuryevich RUS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bf6 13.Nd2 Na5 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Ne4 Bxe4 16.Rxe4 Rc8 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qf3 c5 19.Rd1 Kg7 20.Ree1 Nxb3 21.axb3 Qd7 22.c4 Rc6 23.Bb2 Rce6 24.Re4 Kg8 25.Rde1 Bg7 26.Ba3 Qc7 27.R4e2 Rd8 28.Qe3 Rc8 29.Qd2 Rd8 30.Bb2 Rde8 31.Qc1 bxc4 32.bxc4 e4 33.Bxg7 Kxg7 34.Rxe4 Rxe4 35.dxe4 Qe5 36.Qa3 Re6 37.Qe3 a5 38.f4 Qd4 39.Qxd4+ cxd4 40.Ra1 Rxe4 41.Rxa5 Re2 42.Rd5 Rxc2 43.Rxd4 h5 44.h4 Kf6 45.Kh2 Ke6 46.Kg3 Kf5 47.Rd5+ Kf6 48.c5 Ke6 49.Rd6+ Kf5 50.Rd5+ Ke6 51.Re5+ Kd7 52.Kf3 f6 53.Rd5+ Ke7 54.f5 Rc3+ 55.Kf2 g5 56.hxg5 fxg5 57.g3 Kf6 58.Kg2 h4 59.gxh4 gxh4 60.Kh2 Kg5 61.Re5 Kf6 62.Rd5 Kg5 1/2-1/2

Just a breath of roses. Photo: chessstars.ru.

[Event "5th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.06.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav Mikhailovich RUS"]
[Black "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O h6 5.b3 Nc6 6.Bb2 Qc7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e5 9.Nb5 Qb6 10.N5c3 d4 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Bh3 13.Bg2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Be7 15.c3 Rd8 16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Qc6+ 18.f3 Rxd4 19.Qc1 Qxc1 20.Rxc1 Kd7 21.e3 Rd3 22.Kf2 e4 23.Nc3 exf3 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1+ Ke6 26.Kxf3 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Bxd8 28.Ke4 f5+ 29.Kd3 Ke5 30.Nb5 a6 31.Na3 Kd5 32.Nc2 h5 33.Nd4 g6 34.Ne2 g5 35.h4 gxh4 36.Nf4+ Kd6 37.gxh4 Bxh4 38.Nxh5 Ke5 39.Nf4 Bd8 40.Ng6+ Kd5 41.Nf4+ Ke5 42.Ng2 Kd5 43.Ne1 Bf6 44.Nf3 Bd8 45.Nd4 Ke5 46.b4 Be7 47.a3 Bd6 48.Nb3 Kd5 49.Na5 b6 50.Nc4 Bc7 51.a4 b5 52.axb5 axb5 53.Na3 Bd6 54.Nc2 Be7 55.Nd4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Blitz «Tournament of Stars»"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.06.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) CHN"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour Boris oghlu AZE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bb6 7.Re1 Nge7 8.d4 O-O 9.h3 Ng6 10.Be3 Qf6 11.Bb3 Re8 12.Na3 Nf4 13.Nc4 exd4 14.Bxf4 Qxf4 15.Nxb6 axb6 16.Nxd4 Bd7 17.Re3 Ne5 18.Ne2 Qf6 19.Ng3 g6 20.Qf1 Be6 21.Bxe6 Rxe6 22.f4 Nd7 23.Qf3 Rae8 24.Rf1 R6e7 25.a3 c6 26.Rd1 Nc5 27.Rde1 b5 28.Qd1 Qxf4 29.Rf3 Qe5 30.Ref1 Ne6 31.Qd3 Ng5 32.Rf6 Re6 33.R6f4 d5 34.exd5 Qxd5 35.Qxd5 cxd5 36.h4 Ne4 37.Nxe4 dxe4 38.Rxf7 R8e7 39.Rxe7 Rxe7 40.Rf6 Kg7 41.Rb6 Rd7 42.Rxb5 e3 43.Kf1 Rd2 44.Rxb7+ Kf6 45.a4 Kf5 46.a5 Ke4 47.a6 Kd3 48.Rd7+ Kc2 49.Re7 Kd3 50.Rd7+ Kc2 51.Re7 Kd3 52.Rd7+ Kc2 1/2-1/2

Time for a handshake and a draw. Photo: chessstars.ru.