Sunday, July 13, 2025

Ça arrive

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – André Tulliez
100th Paris City Chess Championship; time control: 1 hour and 30 minutes plus 30 seconds per move at the finish; Paris, July 12, 2025
Richter–Veresov Attack D01

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. e3 a6 7. Na3 Qe7 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. 0-0 f6 12. c4 Nb4 13. cxb5 (13. Bb1)
13. ... g5 (13. ... Nxd3)
14. Bg3 h5 (13. ... Nxd3)
15. Bxe4 dxe4


16. Nc4! h4 (16. ... Bb6 17. Bd6!)
17. Be5! Nxa2? The crucial mistake. Also erroneous is 17. ... fxe5? 18. Nfxe5 winning at least the Exchange. After the comparatively best 17. ... exf3 18. Qxf3 Nd5 19. e4 0-0! 20. exd5 fxe5 21. d6! cxd6 22. Qxa8 Bb7 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qxa8+ Bxa8 25. Nxa5 White has more than enough for the Queen, but the game is still on.
18. Nxa5 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 0-0 20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Bxc7 exf3 22. b6!


The nail on the coffin. Black is bound and helpless and cannot but wait for the inevitable.
22. ... fxg2 23. Kxg2 Rf7 24. Rc1 Kg7 25. e4 Rd7 26. Rd1 Kg6 27. d5 exd5 28. exd5 f5 29. d6 g4 30. Re1 Kf6 31. Kf1 Rg7 32. b7 Bxb7 33. Nxb7 Ra7 34. Bd8+ Kg6 35. Nc5 g3 36. fxg3 hxg3 37. hxg3 1–0.

Cherchez la femme... Photo: Ligue d’Île-de-France des Échecs.

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