Odds and evens

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[Black "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 Nc4 14.Bd3 Nb6 15.Ng3 Rfe8 16.Qe2 Rab8 17.Be3 g6 18.Bg5 Kh8 19.Rac1 Ng8 20.Be3 Bf8 21.Kh1 Rbc8 22.Qd2 Be6 23.d5 Bd7 24.Nh2 Bg7 25.Rf1 Re7 26.f4 exf4 27.Bxf4 Rce8 28.Nf3 Bc8 29.Rf2 Nd7 30.Rcf1 f6 31.Bc2 a5 32.Bd3 Ba6 33.a4 Rb8 34.axb5 Bxb5 35.c4 Ba6 36.Ra1 Rb4 37.Qc2 Bh6 38.Ne2 Qb6 39.Ra2 Bxf4 40.Nxf4 Ne5 41.Nxe5 dxe5 42.d6 Qxd6 43.Nd5 Rd7 44.Rxa5 Rb8 45.Qa4 Bb7 46.Qa3 Bxd5 47.cxd5 Rb4 48.Rc2 Rdb7 49.Bc4 Nh6 50.Qe3 Nf7 51.b3 Rc7 52.Rca2 Qe7 53.Ra6 Nd6 54.R2a5 Kg7 55.Rxc5 Nxc4 56.Rxc7 Qxc7 57.bxc4 Qxc4 58.Qa7+ Kh6 59.Qe3+ Kg7 60.Ra7+ Kg8 61.d6 Qf1+ 62.Kh2 Rb2 63.Ra8+ Kg7 64.Ra7+ Kg8 65.Ra8+ Kg7 66.Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Be7 10.f4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.e5 d5 13.Kb1 Bd7 14.Qe3 f5 15.g4 fxg4 16.h3 gxh3 17.Bxh3 Qc7 18.f5 O-O-O 19.Rhf1 Kb8 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Rf7 d4 22.Rxd4 Bc5 23.Ne2 h5 24.b4 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 Rc8 26.Bg2 Rhg8 27.Nc6+ Ka8 28.Rxd7 Qxd7 29.Nb8+ 1-0

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[Black "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nc6 12.d5 Na5 13.Nbd2 g6 14.b3 Bd7 15.Nf1 Nh5 16.Be3 Bf6 17.Kh2 Nb7 18.g3 Qc7 19.Qd2 Bg7 20.Qe2 Qc8 21.Ng1 Qe8 22.Bd2 f5 23.exf5 gxf5 24.Nf3 c4 25.b4 a5 26.a3 Nf6 27.Ne3 axb4 28.axb4 Rxa1 29.Rxa1 f4 30.Nf5 Qh5 31.N5h4 e4 32.Bxe4 Re8 33.g4 Qf7 34.Ng5 Qe7 35.Ra8 Bf8 36.Rxe8 Bxe8 37.Nf5 Qe5 38.Qf3 Nxe4 39.Nxe4 Kh8 40.Ng5 1-0

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Bc6 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qc5 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rhe1 Rfd8 18.Bf1 Nf8 19.Qe3 Ng6 20.g3 b5 21.h4 Rd5 22.Bc3 b4 23.Rxd5 Bxd5 24.Bd2 h6 25.Bd3 a5 26.Qd4 Rc8 27.Kb1 Qc7 28.h5 Rd8 29.Qe3 Nf8 30.g4 Bc4 31.Be4 Bd5 32.Bd3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[Black "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.d5 Nc4 13.b3 Nb6 14.a4 Bc8 15.Na3 Ne8 16.Bd2 Bd7 17.axb5 axb5 18.Qe2 Nc7 19.Bd3 Rb8 20.Nc2 Kh8 21.Ne3 Ra8 22.c4 b4 23.Nf5 Nc8 24.Nxe7 Nxe7 25.Kh2 Ng6 26.g3 h6 27.Kg2 Kg8 28.Nh2 Qc8 29.h4 f5 30.Rxa8 Nxa8 31.exf5 Bxf5 32.h5 Ne7 33.f4 Nb6 34.fxe5 dxe5 35.g4 Bxd3 36.Qxd3 Nd7 37.Qg3 Qa6 38.Be3 Qa2+ 39.Bf2 Nc8 40.Re3 Nd6 41.Kg1 Qb1+ 42.Be1 Ne4 43.Qg2 Ng5 44.d6 e4 45.Qd2 Kh8 46.Kh1 Ne5 47.d7 Nd3 48.Qg2 Qa1 49.Qg1 Qd4 50.Bh4 Qxd7 51.Bxg5 hxg5 52.Re2 Qd4 53.Nf1 Rf2 54.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 55.Kg2 Nxg4 56.Qxd4 cxd4 57.c5 Ne5 58.Nd2 e3 59.Nf3 d3 60.Nxe5 d2 0-1

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 Ne7 14.Ncb4 Be6 15.Bg2 a5 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Nd5 Qb7 18.O-O b4 19.c4 Rfc8 20.Qd3 a4 21.Rfd1 Bxd5 22.exd5 g6 23.Re1 Qa7 24.Rad1 Rc7 25.Qe2 Rac8 26.Bf1 Rc5 27.Kg2 Qc7 28.f3 f5 29.Qc2 Qd7 30.Bd3 Rb8 31.Qf2 Bf6 32.Kh1 b3 33.a3 Qg7 34.Rb1 Rf8 35.Qd2 Bd8 36.Rf1 Ba5 37.Qg2 Rc7 38.g4 Bb6 39.gxf5 gxf5 40.Qd2 Kh8 41.Rbe1 Rg8 42.Qe2 Qg6 43.h3 Rcg7 44.Qh2 Qh5 45.Be2 Qh4 46.Bd3 e4 47.Bxe4 fxe4 48.Rxe4 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Kazan (RUS)"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[Black "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 g6 13.d5 Ne7 14.a4 Bd7 15.b3 c5 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.Nf1 Be6 18.Ne3 bxa4 19.b4 Qc8 20.Rxa4 Rd8 21.c4 a5 22.b5 Nb4 23.Bd2 Qc5 24.Bxb4 axb4 25.Bd3 Nd7 26.Bf1 Nb6 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Qc2 Ra3 29.Rb1 Rc3 30.Qb2 Bxc4 31.Nxc4 Nxc4 32.Qxb4 Qxb4 33.Rxb4 d5 34.Ra4 dxe4 35.Rxc4 Rxc4 36.Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8 16.b3 Kh8 17.O-O f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nce3 Bg6 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Bxe3 22.fxe3 h6 23.Raa1 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Ne7 25.Nxe7 Qxe7 26.c4 Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Qxf8 28.Qd5 Qb8 29.Qxa5 Qxb3 30.Qa8+ Kh7 31.Qe4+ g6 32.h3 h5 33.c5 dxc5 34.Qxe5 Qb1+ 35.Kh2 Qf5 36.Qc7+ Kh6 37.e4 Qf8 38.Kg1 h4 39.e5 Kg5 40.Qd7 Qf4 41.Qe7+ Kh5 42.Qxc5 Qg3 43.Qb4 Qxe5 44.Qg4+ Kh6 45.Qxh4+ Kg7 46.Qg4 Kh7 47.Kf2 Kg7 48.Qd7+ Kh6 49.Qd2+ Kh7 50.Qe3 Qf6+ 51.Kg3 Qd6+ 52.Qf4 Qd3+ 53.Kh2 Kg7 54.h4 Qc2 55.Qe5+ Kh7 56.h5 gxh5 57.Qxh5+ Kg7 58.Kh3 Kg8 59.Qd5+ Kg7 60.Kg4 Qe2+ 61.Qf3 Qe6+ 62.Kh4 Qa2 63.Qg4+ Kh7 64.Qe4+ Kh6 65.Kg4 Qg8+ 66.Kf3 Qa2 67.Qe5 Kg6 68.g3 Qf7+ 69.Kg2 Qb7+ 70.Kh2 Qh7+ 71.Kg1 Qa7+ 72.Kf1 Qa6+ 73.Ke1 Qd3 74.Qe6+ Kg5 75.Qg8+ Kh5 76.Qf7+ Kg4 77.Qf4+ Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "沈阳 (Shěnyáng) CHN"]
[Date "1999.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[Black "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 a5 10.a4 b4 11.d3 Ba6 12.Qc2 Rb8 13.Nbd2 Qc8 14.Nc4 Qb7 15.Rb1 bxc3 16.bxc3 Bxc4 17.dxc4 Qa6 18.c5 Nd7 19.cxd6 Bxd6 20.Qa2 Qc8 21.Be3 Qd8 22.Red1 h6 23.Qe2 Qf6 24.Qa6 Nb6 25.Ba2 Ra8 26.Qe2 Nc8 27.Nd2 Rd8 28.Nc4 N8e7 29.Nxd6 cxd6 30.Bb6 Rd7 31.Rd3 Ng6 32.g3 Nd8 33.Rb5 Ne6 34.Qg4 Ngf8 35.Rxa5 Rxa5 36.Bxa5 Ra7 37.Bb4 Rxa4 38.Bxe6 Nxe6 39.Rxd6 Ra2 40.Qf5 Qxf5 41.exf5 Ng5 42.Kg2 Ne4 43.Rd8+ Kh7 44.Kf3 Nxf2 45.h4 h5 46.c4 Rc2 47.Rc8 g6 48.f6 Ng4 49.Be7 Rc3+ 50.Ke4 Re3+ 51.Kd5 Rd3+ 52.Kc6 e4 53.Re8 e3 54.Bc5 g5 55.hxg5 Kg6 56.Bb6 Kxg5 57.Kb7 Kxf6 58.c5 Ne5 59.c6 e2 60.Ba5 Rb3+ 61.Kc7 Rb1 62.Rh8 Kg6 63.Rg8+ Kf5 64.Rh8 e1=Q 65.Bxe1 Rxe1 66.Rxh5+ Kg6 67.Rh8 f6 68.Rc8 Kf7 69.Kd6 Rd1+ 70.Kc5 Rc1+ 71.Kd5 Nc4 72.Rc7+ Kg6 73.Rb7 Na5 74.Rb6 Nc4 75.Rb5 Ne3+ 76.Kd6 Nf5+ 77.Kd7 Rd1+ 78.Kc7 Nxg3 79.Kb8 Rc1 80.c7 Nf5 81.Rd5 Ne7 82.Rd8 Kf7 83.Rh8 f5 84.Rh7+ Ke6 85.Rh8 Rb1+ 86.Ka8 Kd7 87.c8=Q+ Nxc8 88.Rd8+ Ke6 89.Rxc8 f4 90.Ka7 Ke5 91.Ka6 f3 92.Ka5 Ke4 93.Rf8 Ke3 94.Re8+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "沈阳 (Shěnyáng) CHN"]
[Date "1999.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Kh1 O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Bf3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Bf6 16.Qd3 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 exd5 18.c3 Rfe8 19.Rfe1 Re4 20.Kg1 g6 21.Rad1 Rd8 22.g3 Be7 23.Kf2 f5 24.Rd3 Kf7 25.Red1 Ke6 26.Kf3 h6 27.h4 Rd7 28.a3 h5 29.R1d2 b5 30.Rd1 Bf6 31.R1d2 a5 32.Bb6 Bd8 33.Bc5 Bc7 34.Bd4 Bd8 35.Bc5 Bf6 36.Bb6 a4 37.Bf2 Bg7 38.Rd1 Rd6 39.Bc5 Rd7 40.Bf2 Bh8 41.R1d2 Bf6 42.Rd1 Rc4 43.Re1+ Re4 44.Red1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "沈阳 (Shěnyáng) CHN"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[Black "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bb7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.a4 d5 16.Nxe5 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nxc4 bxc4 19.b3 Qd5 20.Re3 cxb3 21.Bxb3 Qf5 22.Rg3 Bd6 23.Rg4 Qf6 24.Qc2 Re7 25.Ba3 Bxa3 26.Rxa3 Rae8 27.Ra1 c5 28.dxc5 Qe5 29.Re1 Kh7 30.Qd2 f5 31.Rg3 Qxc5 32.h4 Qc7 33.h5 Rd8 34.Qc1 Qe5 35.c4 f4 36.Rc3 Rf8 37.c5 Bc6 38.Rh3 Qg5 39.Qc2 Kh8 40.a5 Bd7 41.Rh2 Bc6 42.Qc4 e3 43.fxe3 f3 44.Kh1 fxg2+ 45.Kg1 Rxe3 46.Rb1 Ref3 0-1

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "沈阳 (Shěnyáng) CHN"]
[Date "1999.07.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Be3 Be7 8.f4 O-O 9.Qd2 a6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5 13.Be3 b5 14.f5 Bb7 15.Bf3 b4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 e4 18.g5 exf3 19.gxf6 Bxf6 20.Rhf1 a5 21.Bd4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Rac8 23.Qd3 Rfe8 24.Rxf3 Re5 25.Rf2 Qc4 26.b3 Qh4 27.Rfd2 Qf6 28.Kb1 Rxf5 29.Qa6 Qd8 30.Re1 g6 31.Qb7 Rb8 32.Qa7 Ra8 33.Qb7 Rb8 34.Qa7 Kg7 35.Qd4+ Qf6 36.Qa7 Re8 37.Red1 Rf1 38.Qa6 Ree1 39.Qd3 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "沈阳 (Shěnyáng) CHN"]
[Date "1999.08.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[Black "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.a3 Re8 10.d4 h6 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Ba2 Bd7 13.b4 a5 14.Qb3 Re7 15.d5 Na7 16.c4 axb4 17.axb4 bxc4 18.Nxc4 Qb8 19.Na5 c6 20.h3 Qb5 21.Be3 cxd5 22.exd5 Bf5 23.Nd2 Rc7 24.Rac1 Rac8 25.Rc4 Rxc4 26.Ndxc4 Rc7 27.Na3 Qa6 28.Qb2 Bd3 29.Rc1 Qc8 30.Rd1 Qa6 31.Rc1 Qc8 32.Rxc7 Qxc7 33.Qc1 Qxc1+ 34.Bxc1 Nb5 35.Nxb5 Bxb5 36.Be3 Ne4 37.Bc4 Bxc4 38.Nxc4 Nc3 39.Na3 Nxd5 40.b5 Nb4 41.Nc4 f6 42.Bd2 d5 43.Bxb4 Bxb4 44.Ne3 Kf7 45.Nxd5 Bd6 46.b6 Ke6 47.Ne3 Kd7 48.Nf5 Bf8 49.g4 Kc6 50.Kg2 Kxb6 51.Kf3 Kc6 52.Ke4 Kc5 53.f3 Kc6 54.h4 g6 55.Ng3 Kd6 56.h5 f5+ 57.gxf5 gxh5 58.Nxh5 Ke7 59.Kxe5 Kf7 60.Nf4 Bg7+ 61.Ke4 Bb2 62.Nd3 Bc3 63.Nf4 Bb2 64.Nd5 Ba1 65.Kf4 Bb2 66.Kg4 Ba1 67.Ne3 Bb2 68.Nc4 Ba1 69.Kf4 Bg7 70.Nd6+ Ke7 71.Ne4 Kf7 72.Nf2 Bb2 73.Ng4 Bg7 74.Ke4 Ke7 75.Kf4 Kf7 76.Kg3 h5 77.Nf2 Be5+ 78.f4 Bc7 79.Ne4 Bb8 80.Kf3 Bc7 81.Ng3 h4 82.Ne4 h3 83.Ng3 h2 84.Nh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "沈阳 (Shěnyáng) CHN"]
[Date "1999.08.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Nc6 10.g4 Nd7 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.g5 b4 14.Ne2 Qa5 15.Kb1 e5 16.Be3 Nc5 17.Nc1 Be6 18.Bh3 Rad8 19.g6 Bxh3 20.gxh7+ Kh8 21.Rxh3 f5 22.Bg5 Qc7 23.Qxb4 fxe4 24.fxe4 Rb8 25.Qc4 Qb7 26.Nb3 Bxg5 27.hxg5 Nxe4 28.Rh5 d5 29.Qa4 Rf2 30.g6 Qc7 31.Rc1 Rg2 32.Qxa6 Nf6 33.Rh3 Rxg6 34.Qd3 Rg4 35.a3 d4 36.Rf1 Rg2 37.Nd2 Qb7 38.Nc4 Qd5 39.Qf3 Qxf3 40.Rfxf3 Rg1+ 41.Ka2 Re8 42.Rf5 Re1 43.Nd6 Rf8 44.Rh4 Re2 45.a4 g6 46.Rg5 Nxh7 47.Rxg6 Rxc2 48.Re6 Rb8 49.Nb5 Kg8 50.Rxe5 d3 51.Rd5 Nf6 52.Rxd3 Kf7 53.Rf4 Rb6 54.Rdf3 Ke7 55.Rf2 Rxf2 56.Rxf2 Ke6 57.Ka3 Nd7 58.Rh2 Kd5 59.Rh5+ Kc6 60.Kb4 Kb7 61.Rh7 Kc8 62.b3 Rg6 63.Na3 Ne5 64.Nc4 Rg4 65.a5 Nxc4 66.bxc4 Kb8 67.Kb5 Rg1 68.Kb6 Rb1+ 69.Kc6 Ra1 70.Rh8+ Ka7 71.Kd6 Rd1+ 72.Kc7 Rg1 73.c5 Rg5 74.Kd6 Rg6+ 75.Kd7 Rg7+ 76.Kc8 Rg2 77.c6 Rd2 78.Rd8 Rc2 79.c7 Rc1 80.Kd7 1-0

[Event "Women's World Chess Championship"]
[Site "沈阳 (Shěnyáng) CHN"]
[Date "1999.08.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa Mikhailovna"]
[Black "谢军 (Xiè Jūn)"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Na3 c6 7.Rb1 a5 8.b3 Bf5 9.d3 Qd7 10.Re1 Bh3 11.Bh1 Na6 12.Nc2 Nb4 13.a3 Nxc2 14.Qxc2 Rfe8 15.Bb2 Nh5 16.Ng5 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 Nf6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Rbc1 Bg4 20.f3 Be6 21.f4 Rac8 22.Nf3 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Nd4 Qd8 25.Rxc8 Qxc8 26.Qc2 Kf8 27.Bf3 Qxc2 28.Nxc2 Bg4 29.Nd4 Bxf3 30.Nxf3 Nd7 31.Kf2 Nc5 32.Nd2 e6 33.Ke3 Ke7 34.Kd4 Kd6 35.e4 h6 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Na6 38.Kc3 g5 39.e5+ Ke7 40.fxg5 hxg5 41.h3 f6 42.Nf3 Nb8 43.b5 Nd7 44.Kd4 b6 45.exf6+ Kxf6 46.g4 Nc5 47.Nd2 Ke7 48.Ke3 e5 49.Nf3 Kf6 50.d4 Nd7 51.h4 gxh4 52.Nxh4 Kg5 53.Nf3+ Kxg4 54.dxe5 d4+ 55.Kxd4 Kxf3 56.e6 Nf6 57.Ke5 Ne8 58.e7 Ke3 59.Kd5 Kf4 60.Ke6 Ke4 61.Kd7 Nf6+ 62.Kc6 Ke5 63.Kxb6 Ke6 64.Kc6 Kxe7 65.b6 Nd7 1/2-1/2

The Eleventh Hour

Alisa Mikhailovna Galliamova – 谢军 (Xiè Jūn)

Women’s World Chess Championship match game 11; 沈阳 (Shěnyáng), August 17, 1999

Spanish Game C93

“Galliamova spoiled a perfectly playable position with the wild Rook manoeuvre Re1-e3-g3-g4 and was given no chance to recover”, Grandmaster Jon Speelman wrote in his The Independent chess column of Tuesday, August 24, 1999. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. a4 d5 16. Nxe5. 16. dxe5!? dxe4 seems quite even. 16. ... Nxe4. If 16. ... dxe4 then 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Qe2 Bd5 19. Nf1 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Be3⩲ — analysis by 谢军 (Xiè Jūn). 17. Nxe4. If 17. axb5 then 17. ... axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qa4 Bd5 22. f3 ½ : ½ Matulović – Gligorić, 12th International Tournament, Sarajevo 1969. 17. ... dxe4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. b3 Qd5! A sound novelty, in place of 19. ... cxb3 20. Bxb3⩲↑ Klovans – Shalamberidze, 8th Werfener Schachfestival, Werfen 1993. 20. Re3? Black’s new recipe had its upsetting effect on White’s kitchen. Here, as argued by 谢军 (Xiè Jūn), both 20. Be3 and 20. bxc4!? may keep alive White’s hope for a theoretical edge. 20. ... cxb3 21. Bxb3 Qf5 22. Rg3. International Master Valery Surenovich Tsaturian recommends as better: 22. Bc2 followed by Ra1-b1. 22. ... Bd6 23. Rg4 Qf6 (Δ ... h6-h5) 24. Qc2. 24. Bc2 h5 25. Rg5 e3 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 27. Bh7+ Kxh7 28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. fxe3 Qe6 is assessed by 谢军 (Xiè Jūn) as “∓”, but −+ appears to be a more objective conclusion. 24. ... Re7. Worth considering was 24. ... Bc8!? 25. Rxe4 Bf5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qd1 Qg6 28. Be3 Bxh3 29. Qf3 Bf5 30. Bd5 h5↑ — analysis by 谢军 (Xiè Jūn). 25. Ba3 Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Rae8?! 26. ... Qd6 27. Ra1 Kh8∓ was then recommended by 谢军 (Xiè Jūn) as a substantial improvement. 27. Ra1 c5 28. dxc5 Qe5 29. Re1?! Much better seems 29. Rd1 Kh7 30. Rd6 f5∓ leaving Black her chances — but no certain victory. 29. ... Kh7 30. Qd2 f5 31. Rg3 Qxc5 32. h4

32. ... Qc7! 33. h5 Rd8 34. Qc1 Qe5 35. c4 f4 36. Rc3 Rf8 37. c5 Bc6! 38. Rh3 Qg5 39. Qc2 Kh8 40. a5 Bd7. Finally reaching the time control. 41. Rh2 Bc6 42. Qc4 e3 43. fxe3 f3 44. Kh1 fxg2+ 45. Kg1 Rxe3 46. Rb1 Ref3 0 : 1. White resigns, as mate follows by force. Both 46. ... Rxb3 and 46. ... Rf1+ would have led to the same result.

In The Middle of Things

谢军 (Xiè Jūn) – Alisa Mikhailovna Galliamova
Women’s World Chess Championship match game 6; Kazan, August 4, 1999
Sicilian Defence B33

“This nice positional game reiterates that while ‘opposite-coloured Bishops’ often lead to draws in the endgame, in the prosecution of middlegame attacks they can be utterly ferocious. After 谢 (Xiè) created a deadpoint with 22. exd5 she was mercilessly crushed”, Grandmaster Jon Speelman wrote in his The Independent chess column of Friday, August 13, 1999. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 0-0 13. g3 Ne7 14. Ncb4 Be6 15. Bg2 a5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. 0-0 b4 19. c4 Rfc8 20. Qd3 a4 21. Rfd1 Bxd5 22. exd5? g6

23. Re1 Qa7 24. Rad1 Rc7 25. Qe2 Rac8 26. Bf1 Rc5 27. Kg2 Qc7 28. f3 f5 29. Qc2 Qd7 30. Bd3 Rb8 31. Qf2 Bf6 32. Kh1 b3 33. a3 Qg7 34. Rb1 Rf8 35. Qd2 Bd8 36. Rf1 Ba5 37. Qg2 Rc7 38. g4 Bb6 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Qd2 Kh8 41. Rbe1 Rg8 42. Qe2 Qg6 43. h3 Rcg7 44. Qh2 Qh5 45. Be2 Qh4 46. Bd3 e4 47. Bxe4 fxe4 48. Rxe4 Rg1+ 0 : 1.

Nothing But Time

Alisa Mikhailovna Galliamova – 谢军 (Xiè Jūn)
Women’s World Chess Championship match game 3; Kazan, August 1, 1999
Spanish Game C96

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Be3!?TN (16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Rac1 c4 21. b4 Nb7 22. Ng3 Nxg3 23. fxg3 Be7 24. g4 ½ : ½ Psakhis – Romanishin, 2nd “Tigran Petrosian Memorial” International Tournament, Yerevan 1986) 16. ... Bf6 17. Kh2 Nb7 18. g3 Qc7 19. Qd2 Bg7 20. Qe2 Qc8. If only partially, the actual game was succinctly analysed by International Master Milos Jovičić in the Chess Informant (Šahovski Informator) issue No. 76, with one line running 20. ... f5?! 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ng5⩲ Δ 22. ... Bd7? 23. Nxh7! Nxg3 24. Nxg3 Kxh7 25. Qh5++− winning easily. 21. Ng1 Qe8 22. Bd2 f5 23. exf5. Grandmaster Marek Vokáč gives 23. f3 fxe4 24. fxe4 with equality, but 23. ... c4!? might well make more sense. 23. ... gxf5 24. Nf3 c4. Jovičić also considers here 24. ... e4!? 25. Nh4 Bf6 26. Ng2 b4 27. cxb4 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Bb5 29. Qe1 which seems to offer White good compensation for the Exchange after, for instance, 29. ... Bxf1 30. Qxf1 Qe5 31. bxc5 Qxd5 (31. ... Nxc5 32. Nf4! Nxf4 33. Bxf4 Qb2 34. Rc1 Rad8 35. Bb1⩲) 32. Bh6 Rf6 33. b4! with very nasty threats, which are hardly summed up by the analyst’s assessment of “⩲”. 25. b4. 25. bxc4 Nc5 is what Black wished for. 25. ... a5 26. a3 Nf6 27. Ne3 axb4 28. axb4 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 f4 30. Nf5 Qh5 31. N5h4 e4! 32. Bxe4 Re8 33. g4 Qf7?? Correct was 33. ... Bxg4! 34. hxg4 Nxg4+ 35. Kg1 Nf6 and Black regains the Bishop with roughly equal chances. 34. Ng5+− Qe7

35. Ra8! Bf8. 35. ... Rxa8?? 36. Bxh7+ is a crude pointe of White’s arguments. Likewise after 35. ... Nxe4 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Qxe4 Qxe4 38. Nxe4 Black would sink into her heap of ruins. 36. Rxe8 Bxe8 37. Nf5 Qe5 38. Qf3 Nxe4 39. Nxe4 Kh8 40. Ng5 1 : 0.

Back and Forth

谢军 (Xiè Jūn) – Alisa Mikhailovna Galliamova
Women’s World Chess Championship match game 2; Kazan, July 31, 1999
Sicilian Defence B66

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5. Printed directly from Garry Kimovich Kasparov’s scrapbook. 12. ... d5. Not 12. ... dxe5 on account of 13. Qe4 Bd7 14. Rxd7! Kxd7 15. Bxb5+! axb5 16. Rd1+ winning by force: 16. ... Bd6 17. Nxb5 Ke7 18. Nxd6 Qb8 19. fxe5 Rxa2 20. exf6+ Kf8 21. Rd4! Qxb2+ 22. Kd2+− finis. 13. Kb1 Bd7. 13. ... b4 gave Black a bad headache after 14. Ne2 a5 15. Ng3 f5 16. Nh5 Rb8 17. g4! fxg4 18. f5!↑/→ Kasparov – Hráček, 32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996. 14. Qe3. It’s a curious fact that Galliamova herself too enjoyed White’s prospects of attack after 14. f5!? fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bf6 16. Qe3 0-0 17. Qh3 Rc8 18. Bd3 Qe7 19. Rhe1 Rxc3 20. bxc3 e5 21. Qg4+ Bg7? (21. ... Kh8∞) 22. Be4 Qa3? (22. ... dxe4 23. f6!) 23. Re3 Kh8 24. Rh3 Qe7 (24. ... h6 25. Rg3 Rg8 26. Rxd5+−) 25. Rxh7+! 1 : 0 Galliamova – Iskusnyh, 4th stage of the Russian Cup, Nizhny Novgorod 1999. 14. ... f5 15. g4!? A sharp Pawn sacrifice which 谢军 (Xiè Jūn) had specifically prepared for the occasion. Here is a more recent game which may serve as a theoretical reference: 15. Ne2 h5 16. h4 a5 17. Ng3 b4 18. Be2 a4 19. Nxh5 a3 20. Qd4 axb2 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. g4 fxg4 23. Rhg1 Bc6 24. Rxg4 Qa5 25. Qxb2 Bc5 26. f5 exf5 27. Rf4 Qa3 28. Nxd5 Rd8 29. Bc4 Rg8 30. Rxf5 Qh3 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. e6+ Qxe6 33. Rf1+ Bf2 34. Rxf2+ 1 : 0 Smirnov – Dreev, 8th Aeroflot Open, Moscow 2009. 15. ... fxg4 16. h3 gxh3 17. Bxh3 (Δ Nc3xd5) 17. ... Qc7! 18. f5 0-0-0 19. Rhf1 Kb8! 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rf7 d4! 22. Rxd4. After 22. Qxd4 Be8 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Bxe6 Bxe5 Black stands better, but probably not so much better as to give credit to the assessment (“−+”) of 谢军 (Xiè Jūn)’s analysis for the Chess Informant (Šahovski Informator) issue No. 76. 22. ... Bc5 23. Ne2 h5?? This is a grave blunder which loses almost immediately. 谢军 (Xiè Jūn)’s suggestion of 23. ... Qb6 makes quite sense, for after 24. b4 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Rhf8! (26. Rxh7 Rh8) Black seems to have nothing to fear, and likewise both 23. ... Rhf8! (24. Rxh7 Rh8) and even 23. ... Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Rhf8! (25. Rxh7 Rh8) appear quite satisfactory to Black.

24. b4!+− Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc8 26. Bg2 Rhg8 27. Nc6+! Ka8. Or 27. ... Bxc6 28. Bxc6+− Qxf7 29. Qb6+ and mate next move. 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Nb8+! 1 : 0.

The 1999 Women’s World Chess Championship match was played half in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia and half in 沈阳 (Shěnyáng), 辽宁省 (Liáoníng province), China. 谢军 (Xiè Jūn) won by two points, thus regaining the title that she had lost to Zsuzsa (Susan) Polgár three years earlier. Photo courtesy of Gazeta.Ru.

黑衣新娘 (The Bride Wore Black)

But only one dazzling new fashion star took over the stage of the grand opening of the “和平·万科杯” (“Peace Vanke Cup”) National Schools Chess Championship in 沈阳 (Shěnyáng), 辽宁省 (Liáoníng province), China on Monday, July 23, 2018. And thus, four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), starring as a fatal “dark lady”, blessed everyone with her radiant light, polyhedral personality, and merciful heart. It may be not superfluous to remark that 336 youngsters from all over the country took part in the championship. Photo: OSports Photo Agency.

One Minute to Midnight

Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), two-time Women’s World Chess Champion 谢军 (Xiè Jūn), and the Vice President of the Chinese Chess Association Grandmaster 叶江川 (Yè Jiāngchuān) attended as institutional representatives the inaugural day of the “和平·万科杯” (“Peace Vanke Cup”) National Schools Chess Championship in 沈阳 (Shěnyáng), 辽宁省 (Liáoníng province), China on Monday, July 23, 2018. 13th Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), on her part, being not oblivious to her own role as inspiring muse, deliberately chose to pose as Queen regent in public, looking even more breathtaking than usual in her elegant and revealing midnight black evening dress (Grand Prix summer collection). No wonder that when beauty conquers, sports details may even fade away. Photos: Visual China Group.

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Concisely annotated by King Lear

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刘适兰 (Liú Shìlán) & 谢军 (Xiè Jūn) – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) & Nigel David Short
成都 (Chéngdū), July 8, 2014
French Defence C03

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6!? A sideline. 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. a3 Qb6. Nigel (or Yìfán?) trying to improve on 8. ... a5 9. Nf1 c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. Ng3 as in a previous game Howell – Short, Hinckley 2012. 9. Qa4 Be7 10. 0-0? A little too premature. 10. ... g5! Sounding the attack. 11. h3. As in many analogous cases, this move only serves to weaken the King’s castle, providing the adversary’s vehement attack with an objective. 11. ... h5! 12. g4. Perhaps a bit primitive, but it’s hard to provide any good advice. 12. ... hxg4 13. hxg4 f6. At the right moment Black undermines the enemy’s outpost. 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. dxc5. Oblivious to the danger. Also bad is 15. Nxg5? Rh4 with a powerful attack, but 15. Ne5 – before or after 15. Bg6+ Kf8 – has its raison d’étre. 15. ... Qc7 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Bb5 Bxc5. Threatening ... Qc7-g3+ and mate next move. 18. Kg2 0-0-0 19. Nb3. Nonchalantly, for after 19. Nf1 e5! Black wins.

19. ... Bxf2! A brilliant sacrifice, which is to be followed by an even more shining offer. 20. Kxf2 Rh2+!! A bolt from the blue! 21. Nxh2. Also hopeless is 21. Kf1 Rdh8!-+ with the threat of ... Qc7-g3. 21. ... Qxh2+ 22. Ke3 Ne4 23. Bd2 a6 24. Rh1 Qf2+ 25. Kd3 axb5 26. Raf1. On 26. Qa8+ Kc7 wins. 26. ... Qg3+ 0 : 1.

• 刘襄琳 (Liú Xiāng Lín), 2014中外国象明星混双赛开锣 男女棋星联袂竞技, games.sports.cn, 5 luglio 2014

Nigel David Short & 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)