侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Gleb Evgenievich Dudin
100th Paris City Chess Championship; time control: 1 hour and 30 minutes plus 30 seconds per move at the finish; Paris, July 14, 2025
Sicilian Defence B53
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qd3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nfd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. b3 Nc6 14. Bb2 f5! 15. Rad1 f4 16. Na4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Qe6 18. Qd3 Qf6 19. Na4 f3! 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 b6 22. Kg2 Ne5 23. Rd5 Nxf3
24. Nb2? Due to her long absence from agonistic chess, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) is obviously “rusty” and struggles to interpret the dynamisms correctly, showing staticity in her planning. Thus her sophisticated Knight manoeuvre doesn’t take into account Black’s possibility of developing a straight initiative on the Kingside. 24. Rd3! was now called for.
24. ... Rf6 25. Nd3 Raf8 26. e5?! (26. Kg3 h5)
26. ... dxe5 27. Kg3. If there was a reason behind White’s 26th move, it cannot be identified in 27. Nxe5? because of 27. ... e6 28. Rb5 a6 winning a piece.
27. ... e4 28. Nb2 e6 29. Rd6
24. ... Rf6 25. Nd3 Raf8 26. e5?! (26. Kg3 h5)
26. ... dxe5 27. Kg3. If there was a reason behind White’s 26th move, it cannot be identified in 27. Nxe5? because of 27. ... e6 28. Rb5 a6 winning a piece.
27. ... e4 28. Nb2 e6 29. Rd6
29. ... Rf5! With threat of mate by ... Rf5-g5#.
30. h4 Rf4 31. Rd8 Rxh4 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Nd1 h5 34. Ne3 Ke7 35. b4. With a last vain hope that the c-Pawn may queen. But no, of course not, it can’t.
35. ... Kf6 36. Ng2 Rh2 37. Ne1 h4+ 38. Kg4 Nxe1 39. Rxe1 Rxf2 40. Kxh4 Ke5 41. Rc1 Rxa2 42. c5 bxc5 43. bxc5 Rh2+ 44. Kg3 Rh7 45. c6 Rc7 46. Kf2 0–1.
30. h4 Rf4 31. Rd8 Rxh4 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Nd1 h5 34. Ne3 Ke7 35. b4. With a last vain hope that the c-Pawn may queen. But no, of course not, it can’t.
35. ... Kf6 36. Ng2 Rh2 37. Ne1 h4+ 38. Kg4 Nxe1 39. Rxe1 Rxf2 40. Kxh4 Ke5 41. Rc1 Rxa2 42. c5 bxc5 43. bxc5 Rh2+ 44. Kg3 Rh7 45. c6 Rc7 46. Kf2 0–1.
Duel of fates. Photo: Ligue d’Île-de-France des Échecs.
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