侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
10th ROMGAZ Kings Tournament in memoriam of Elisabeta Polihroniade; match game 8; time control: 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move; Mediaș, November 29, 2016
French Defence C16
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. f4 0-0 7. Nf3 c5 8. Nb5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ba6 10. c3 Nbc6. Who’s afraid of Alekhine’s gun? Just a reminder: 10. ... Qd7 11. a4 Nbc6 12. b4
cxb4 13. cxb4 Bb7 14. Nd6 f5? (14. ... a5 15. Bb5 axb4 16. 0-0) 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. a6
Qf7 18. Bb5 N8e7 19. 0-0 h6 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rc2 Qe8 22. Rac1
Rab8 23. Qe3 Rc7 24. Rc3! Qd7 25. R1c2 Kf8 26. Qc1 Rbc8 27. Ba4!
b5 28. Bxb5 Ke8 29. Ba4 Kd8 30. h4! 1 : 0 Alekhine – Nimzowitsch, International Chess Tournament, San Remo 1930. 11. Be2 Na5TN 12. 0-0 Qd7 13. Nd6 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc8 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Rad1
Qe7 17. Rd3 h6 18. Kh1 Nc6 19. a3 Rc7 20. h3 Rfc8 21. Qf2 cxd4
22. cxd4 Na5 23. f5 Rc2 24. Qg3 exf5 25. Nh4 Rc1 26. Rf3 Qg5
27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Nxf5 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rc7 30. Kh2 Nb3 31. Rf3
Nd2 32. Rd3
32. ... Rc2. 32. ... Ne4 33. Ne3 Rd7 is more or less balanced. 33. b4 Nc4 (33. ... f6!?) 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nxd5
35. ... Rd2? Going into a lost Pawn down Knight ending. 35. ... Ke8! was the only chance: if 36. a4 then 36. ... Nb2 37. Rc3 Rd2 with good drawing possibilities. 36. Rxd2 Nxd2 37. Ne3 b5 38. Kg3 Nb1 39. Nc2 Ke7 40. Kg4 Ke6 41. Kxg5
Kd5 42. h4 Nc3 43. h5 Ne2 44. Ne3+ Kxd4 45. Nf5+ Kxe5 46. Nxg7
f6+ 47. Kg6 Nf4+ 48. Kf7 Kd5 1 : 0.
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) eventually won the endgame by virtue of her judgement and technique. Photo: Kings Tournament. |
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