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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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