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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Dinara Mergenovna Dordzhieva-Wagner

8th Online Women's Speed Chess Championship Main Event; Round of 16 match game 5; time control: 5 minutes plus 1 second per move; chess.com, July 13, 2026

Sicilian Defence B86

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Nc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. f4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. 0-0-0 Qc7 13. g4 b5 14. Rhe1 b4? (14. ... Bd7)

15. Nd5! Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Kb1 Bd7

19. Nf5! White boldly sacrificed both Knights, so as to fulfil the aims of late Serbian tactician Dragoljub Velimirović.
19. ... exf5 20. exf5+ Kd8 21. Qe7+ Kc8 22. Rxd6 Ra7 23. Red1 Rd8 24. Qxf6 Rc7 25. Rxa6 Qc5 26. Ra8+ Kb7 27. Qa6# 1–0.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) defeated Wagner 13½ – 2½ and advances to the quarterfinals! Screenshot from the live stream.