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Notes by International Master Malcom Pein

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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) & Nigel David Short – Majja G. Čiburdanidze & Artur Jussupow
成都 (Chéngdū), July 6, 2014
French Defence C10

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. c4 Bb4+ 10. Ke2!? c5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 (12. ... Qe7 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bd3 e5 was a better way to give up a Pawn and try to exploit the centralised white King) 13. Bxe5 Re8 14. Kf1 Bg4 15. Bg3 (Short and Hóu Yìfán gradually get their King to safety) 15. ... Qa5 16. h3 Bh5 17. a3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Bf8 19. Kg1 Ne4 20. Kh2 Nxg3 21. fxg3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 h5 23. h4 Bd6 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. Be4 (White has consolidated) 25. ... Qc7 26. Rhg1 b5? [26. ... g5! 27. Kh3! (27. hxg5 Bxg3+!)] 27. cxb5 Bc5 28. Rgf1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe7 30. Rd5 Rc8 31. Rxh5 Kg8 32. Bc6 1 : 0. (Notes by Malcom Pein, The Telegraph, July 10, 2014).

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成都 (Chéngdū), July 6, 2014
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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), Nigel D. Short, Artur Jussupow
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• Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Alvarez, Two teams top Chéngdū, Chess News, 10 luglio 2014

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Notes by Miss Lonelyhearts

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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) & Nigel D. Short – Alisa Marić & 叶江川 (Yè Jiāngchuān)
成都 (Chéngdū), July 9, 2014
French Defence C00

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2. Michail Ivanovič Čigorin’s own invention, designed to prevent 2. ... d5 (because of 3. exd5). 2. ... c5. Black should avoid 2. ... e5 3. f4! when White has a slightly improved King’s Gambit. 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6. 4. ... Be7 is another common sense choice, e.g. 5. g3 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Nb6 11. d4? b4 12. dxc5 Bxc5+ 13. Kh1 a5! is good for Black, L. M. Kovacs – Uhlmann, Sarajevo 1969. 5. g3. An interesting try is 5. Na3!? a6 6. c3 b5 7. Nc2 Nf6 8. g3 d5 (8. ... d6!?) 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 with a slight edge for White, Day – Kuligowski, New York 1981. Here I’d like to mention an old game of professor Antonio Rosino: 5. c3 Bg7 6. Qf2 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nf5 14. g4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 a6 16. f5 exf5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Nh4 Bc8 20. Kh1 Ra7 21. Rg1 f4 22. Qf3 Ng6 23. Nf5 Bxf5? (23. ... f6 was necessary) 24. Bxf5 Nh4 25. Qxf4 Nxf5 26. Qxf5 Qd7? (Fricker blunders, but also after 26. ... Kh8 27. Rg4! leaves Black without hope) 27. Rxg7+! 1 : 0 Rosino – Fricker, 10th International Chess Festival, La Spezia 1963. Black resigned on account of 27. ... Kxg7 28. Rg1+ and mate next move. 5. ... Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. d3 d6. For 7. ... 0-0 8. c3 b5 see Bricard – Barsov, Calvi 2004. 8. 0-0 0-0 9. a4 a6 10. Qf2 Rb8 11. Kh1 b5 12. Nc3 b4 13. Ne2 f5. Trying to establish a blockade. 14. Rb1 h6 15. b3 Bb7 16. Bb2 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 e5 18. Rbb1 fxe4 19. dxe4 Qc7 20. Qe3 Kh7 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Nf4 Rf6? A mistake, losing a Pawn by force. After 22. ... Ng4 23. Qe2 Rf6 24. Bh3 Bc8 25. Kg2 White can still rely on a slight edge. The proper rejoinder probably was 22. ... N7c6 in order to meet 23. Ne6 by 23. ... Rxf3! 24. Bxf3 (else 24. Qxf3 Nxf3 25. Nxc7 Nd2 with equality) 24. ... Qe7 25. Nf4 Nd4 and Black’s compensation for the Exchange is adequate; for example, after 26. Bd1 Nf7! the e4-Pawn is doomed. 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Nd3. Cashing in! 24. ... Rbf8 25. Rxf6 Rxf6 26. Qxc5 Rc6. On 26. ... Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Bc8 28. Rf1 with an extra Pawn White should win easily enough. 27. Qf2 Ng8. 27. ... Rxc2 loses outright to 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Rf1 Ng8 30. Qxg6 Qg7 31. Qe6. 28. Nxb4 Rc3 29. Rf1 Kh8 30. Qf8 Re3 31. h4 Qc3 On 31. ... Rxg3 32. Rf7 wins. 32. Nd3 Qxc2. Also after 32. ... Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Qe8 Black is lost. 33. Rf7 1 : 0.

Nigel D. Short & 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
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Espressly annotated by Money Mouse

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诸宸 (Zhū Chén) & Yasser Seirawan – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) & Nigel D. Short
成都 (Chéngdū), July 8, 2014
Nimzo-Indian Defence E34

As observes Mark Crowther (The Week in Chess, July 9, 2014): “Nigel Short and Hóu Yìfán were favourites to win after being paired together but as Short said afterwards: ‘Basically we blew it yesterday with a collective collapse of concentration against Yasser Seirawan and Zhū Chén, turning a clearly better position into a dead lost one in the space of about two minutes (and half a dozen moves)’. They finished 3rd behind the teams of Zhū Chén/Yasser Seirawan and Xǔ Yùhua/Yú Shǎoténg both finishing on 4/5”.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. e3. If 8. a3?! then 8. ... Ba5 9. e3 0-0 10. Qb5 e5 11. Bd3 Qg4 12. 0-0 a6 13. Qb3 (Beljavskij – Short, Las Vegas 1999, match game 1) 13. ... exd4 with a slight edge for Black. 8. ... a5. For 8. ... 0-0 9. Be2 e5 (9. ... a6 10. 0-0 Bd6! is worth considering, e.g. 11. e4? Nxe4 12. Bd3 Qh5! 13. Bxe4 Nxd4-+) 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Qa4 b6 13. c4 see Nakamura – Tkachiev, Santo Domingo de Guzmán 2002. 9. a3 a4 10. Qd1 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 e5 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 Re8 14. Bb2. An odd way to play. 14. ... e4 15. Nh4 Qg5 16. g3 Bg4 17. c4 Na5 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Rac1 Ra6! Such a wonderful manoeuvre! 21. Rc2 Rc6 22. Rfc1 Nb3 23. Rd1 b5. Black’s superiority is manifest. 24. c5 Rd8. With the threat of ... Rc6xc5. 25. Rf1. Of course not 25. h3? on account of 25. ... Ne5 with disruptive effects. 25. ... Re6 26. Ng2

26. ... c6? Says Marmot PFL: “26. ... g5 keeps White’s Knight out of play and Black can play ... Ng4-f6-d5 with a bad game for White. White probably has to play 27. f4 exf3 28. Rxf3 but Black should still be fine”. And right you are, Mr. Human! After 28. ... h6 Black stands better. 27. Nf4 Ree8 28. d5 cxd5. Also 28. ... Kf8 29. dxc6 Rc8 was safe. 29. c6 d4 30. c7 Rc8 31. Bxd4 Nxd4? A fatal slip. After 31. ... Re7 32. h3 Nxd4 33. exd4 Nf6 the game is even. 32. exd4 Re7? The final error. A lesser evil was 32. ... e3 33. f3 Nf6 34. Rb1 g5 35. Ng2 Re7 36. Rxb5 Rexc7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rxg5+ Kf8 39. Rc5 with huge advantage to White. 33. Nd5+- Rd7 34. Rc5 h6 35. Rfc1 1 : 0.

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侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) & Nigel David Short – Majja G. Čiburdanidze & Artur Jussupow
成都 (Chéngdū), July 6, 2014
French Defence C10

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bd3 0-0. For 8. ... Nd5 9. Bg5 see Short – Kosic, 37th Chess Olympiad, Turin 2006, whilst for 8. ... b6 9. Ne5 see 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Tiviakov, Hoogeveen 2012. 9. c4. An unsophisticated treatment of the opening. For 9. Qe2 b6 10. 0-0-0 see Ivanchuk – Pelletier, Cap d’Agde 2013. 9. ... Bb4+ 10. Ke2. Short’s sense of humour? 10. ... c5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 e5. Possibly finding the right moment for a Pawn sacrifice to catch the enemy King. 13. Bxe5 Re8 14. Kf1 Bg4 15. Bg3 Qa5 16. h3 Bh5. On 16. ... Qh5 17. Ne5 White consolidates. 17. a3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Bf8 19. Kg1 Ne4 20. Kh2 Nxg3 21. fxg3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 h5 23. h4 Bd6 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. Be4 Qc7 26. Rhg1

26. ... b5? A blunder which cedes a second Pawn without compensation. We would have preferred 26. ... g5!? in order to meet 22. hxg5? by 22. ... Bxg3+!. 27. cxb5 Bc5? Consistent and catastrophic. 28. Rgf1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe7 30. Rd5 Rc8 31. Rxh5 Kg8 32. Bc6 1 : 0. For if 32. ... g6 then 33. Rxc5.

Nigel David Short & 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)

• Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Alvarez, Coincidence in Chéngdū: Part One, Chess News, 7 luglio 2014

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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)