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Hou Yifan - Kosteniuk, AlexandraEurocup, Eilat (Israel)
2012.10.11, 0-1, Opening: B10
1. e4 c6 "Kosteniuk surprises her opponent
with a Caro-Kann, played the first time of her
career in a classical game" 2. d3 "Hou does
not want to go into long theoretical lines"
After 2. d3
2... d5 3. ¤d2 e5 4. ¤gf3 Ґd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 ¤f6
[6... ¤e7 7. dxc6 ¤bxc6 8. ¤b3; 6... cxd5 7. ¤xd4 ¤c6]
7. dxc6 ¤xc6 8. Ґe2 O-O 9. ¤b3 [9. O-O Ґf5 (9... ¦e8)]
9... ¦e8 10. O-O Ґg4 11. h3 [11. Ґg5 and; 11. ¦e1 have been played before]
11... Ґxf3 [11... Ґh5 12. ¤bxd4 ¤xd4 13. ¤xd4 Ґxe2 14. ¤xe2]
12. Ґxf3 Ґe5 13. ¤c5 ¦c8 [13... Јc7 14. ¤d3 Ґh2+ 15. ўh1 Ґd6 16. Ґg5 ¤e4]
14. ¤d3 Ґb8 15. Ґg5 h6 16. Ґh4 g5
Not afraid of playing aggressively
After 16... g5
17. Ґg3 Ґxg3 White's pawn structure is a
little weakened 18. fxg3 Јd6 19. ¦f2 [19. g4 ¦c7 20. ¦f2 (20. Јd2 ўg7 21. ¦ad1 ¤e4) 20... ¤b4]
19... ўg7 [19... Јxg3 20. Јd2 (20. Ґh5 Јe3 21. ўh1 Јe6 22. Јf3) 20... ¦e4]
20. Јd2 Јxg3 21. ¦af1 ¦e7 22. c3 [22. Ґxc6 ¦xc6 23. ¦f3 (23. ¤b4 ¦d6 24. ¦xf6 ¦xf6 25. ¦xf6 ўxf6 26. ¤d5+) 23... ¤e4]
22... ¤e5 [22... dxc3 would have been better 23. Јxc3 ¦cc7 24. Ґd1 ¤e5]
23. cxd4 ¤c4 24. Јb4 ¦cc7 25. ¦c1 ¤e3 26. ¦xc7 ¦xc7 27. Јd2 ¤f5
[27... ¤xg2 is even better 28. Ґxg2 ¤e4] 28. ¤e5 ¤d6 29. ¦f1 Јh4 30. Јd3 Both
players are in time trouble [30. ¤g4 ¤xg4 31. hxg4 Јg3]
30... Јg3 31. Јd2 ¤f5 32. Јd3 [32. Ґxb7 ¤e3 33. ¦e1]
32... ¤d6 33. Јd2 ¤f5 34. Јd3 Јf4 35. Ґxb7 Јxd4+ 36. Јxd4 ¤xd4 37. Ґa6 ¦c2 38. ¦f2 ¦c1+ 39. ¦f1 ¦c2 40. ¦f2 ¦c1+ The position is equal
and Hou should have repeated moves. Now
Black has a more active position
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After 40... ¦c1+
41. ўh2 h5 42. ¦d2 ¤f5 43. ¦f2 ¤d6 [43... ¤g3 44. ¤d3 ¦a1]
44. Ґd3 h4 [44... g4 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. ¦f1 ¦c5]
45. ¦f1 ¦c7 46. g3 ¦e7 47. ¤f3 [47. ¤c4 hxg3+ 48. ўxg3 ¤xc4 (48... ¤h5+ 49. ўg4 ¤xc4 50. Ґxc4 f6) 49. Ґxc4 ¤e4+ 50. ўg2 ¤d2 51. ¦c1]
47... ¦e3 48. Ґa6 hxg3+ 49. ўxg3 ¤f5+ black's 2 knights are very dangerous 50. ўh2 g4 51. hxg4 ¤xg4+ 52. ўh3 ¤e5 53. Ґb7 especially close to the center
After 53. ¥b7
53... ¤d6 54. Ґa8 f5 55. ўg3 ¤d3 56. ўh4 ўf6 57. b3? did not see black's
next move
After 57. b3
57... ¦e8!
After 57... ¦e8
58. ¦d1 [58. Ґd5 f4]
58... ¦xa8 59. ¦xd3 ¤e4 The threat of
...Rh8 mate is too strong. White resigns.
Magnificently played by Alexandra Kosteniuk
versus the current women's world chess
champion Hou Yifan.
After 59... ¤e4
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