Tata Steel 2013 / Round 6
Yifan Hou
It was a fighting Sicilian / Dragon with a long tail – in fact the longest game of the round.
Nevertheless, Yifan Hou scored her first win of the tournament against Anish Giri.
In the final position (below) she, playing Black, is about to play Ra7 and Ra1. This will win White’s Bishop and game over.
Despite being the lowest rated player in the pack, Hou scored a win against an opponent well over 100 points higher.
Congratulations Yifan !
Click on the board to step through the game.
For the other decisive games of the round – See Comments.
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[Event "75th Tata Steel Chess Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. Be3 Qe8 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Nc4 b5 18. Nxb5 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Qxd7 Ba8 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Qxe8 Rfxe8 24. Rad1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 f6 26. Nc4 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bxc5 a6 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Kd3 g5 32. Kd4 h5 33. b3 Bc7 34. Bb6 Bd6 35. Bd8 Bb4 36. a3 Be1 37. Ke3 Bc3 38. Bc7 Bc6 39. Kd3 Ba1 40. f4 Bb5 41. a4 Bc6 42. Na5 Bg2 43. Kc4 Kd7 44. Bb8 Bf1+ 45. Kc5 Bc3 46. Nc4 Be2 47. f5 Be1 48. Nb6+ Ke8 49. b4 Bf2+ 50. Kc6 Bxb6 51. Kxb6 Kd7 52. Kb7 Bd3 53. Ba7 Bc2 54. Kxa6 Bxa4 55. b5 Bc2 56. Bd4 Bd3 57. Bxf6 Kc8 58. Bxg5 Bxf5 59. Ka7 1-0
[Event "75th Tata Steel Chess Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. c3 Qe7 12. Na3 Na5 13. Bc2 b4 14. Nb1 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Nbd2 Ba7 17. Re1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qf6 20. Qe2 Rfb8 21. Rab1 Bc8 22. Nf1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Bxb8 25. Ne3 Ba7 26. d4 g4 27. Nd5 Qd8 28. Nh4 c6 29. Ne3 h5 30. Nhf5 Qf6 31. Qd3 Bb6 32. Bb1 Kf8 33. Ba2 Bc7 34. Qb1 Ke8 35. Qb4 d5 36. Bb1 exd4 37. cxd4 dxe4 38. Bxe4 Be6 39. Qc5 Kd7 40. d5 cxd5 41. Nxd5 Bxd5 42. Qxd5+ Kc8 43. Ne3 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qxa4 45. Qa8+ Kd7 46. Nd5 Bd8 47. Bf5+ Ke8 48. Qc8 1-0
[Event "75th Tata Steel Chess Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Ne1
Qc8 9. e4 Bh3 10. Nd3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 e5 12. d5 b5 13. cxb5 cxd5 14. exd5 Qc4 15. Re1 h6 16. a4 Nbd7 17. a5 e4 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ra4 Qc8 20. Nfe2 Nc5 21. Rc4 Qd7 22. Nd4 Rae8 23. h3 Nd3 24. Re2 Ne5 25. Rb4 Nd3 26. Rc4 Ne5 27. Ra4 Nf3 28. Nc6 Qf5 29. b6 axb6 30. axb6 Ne5 31. b7 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Nd3 33. Rc2 Qxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Nxd5 35. Ne3 Nb6 36. Ra5 Ne1 37. Re2 Nd3 38. Bd2 Ne5 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40. Nf5 Rb8 41. Nxg7 1-0