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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – 王秦萱逸 (Wáng Qínxuānyì)
15th National Games | Chess Finals; Round-Robin Women; time control: 25 minutes plus 10 seconds per move; 深圳 (Shēnzhèn), September 23, 2025
Sicilian Defence B40

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nb5 a6 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. exd6 0-0 10. d4 Nc6 11. c4 Nf6 12. Be2 Ne4 13. 0-0 f5 14. d5 Na7 15. Ne5 exd5 16. cxd5 Nc8 17. b4 Ncxd6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qa4 Nb5 20. Bc4 d6 21. Nc6 Qg5 22. Qc2 Kh8 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. f3 Nf6 25. f4 Qh5


26. Ne7? Had White foreseen what might come, she would have played her cards much more coolly (26. Rfe1).
26. ... Rc7? Luckily for 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), Black missed here a brutal refutation in 26. ... Ng4! 27. h3 Ne3 winning material.
27. Nxf5 Ng4? Now too late. Black had to play 27. ... Nd4! 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Bxd4 Nxd5 with an approximate balance.
28. h3 Rxf5? Black commits her third mistake in a row with irreparable consequences. She should have retreated the Knight.
29. hxg4 Qxg4 30. Be2 Qg6 31. Bd3 Bc8 32. Rde1 Kg8 33. a4 Na7


34. Re6! Bxe6 35. dxe6 Qxe6 36. Bxf5 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 d5 38. Be5 Rc6 39. Rf3 Rh6+ 40. Bh3 1–0.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) scored a win and a draw in the first two rounds of the Finals of the 15th National Games. Photo: 梁子铭 (Liáng Zimíng).

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