Hou Yifan (2584) – Ljubojevic (2553) [B45]
Rising Stars vs Experience (2), 21.08.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.f4 e5 9.Nb3 exf4 10.Bxf4 Be6 11.Qd2 d5 12.0–0–0 dxe4 13.Qe3 Qc8 14.g4 0–0 15.g5 Ng4 16.Qg3 e3 17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.Rdg1 e2 19.Rg2 Bh5 20.Nxe2 Re8 21.Nc3 Qf5 22.Rf2 Rad8 23.Kb1 Qe6 24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.Bxe3 Bb4 26.Bd2 Ne5 27.a3 Bd6 28.h3 Nc4 29.Bf4 Bf8 30.Nd2 Bc5 31.Rfh2 Rd4 32.Nb3 Rxf4 33.Nxc5 Rf5 34.Nd3 Rxg5 35.Rf1 f6 36.b3 Re2 37.Nxe2 Nd2+ 38.Kb2 Nxf1 39.Rf2 Ne3 40.Nc3 Kf7 41.Rd2 Bf3 42.Nf4 Re5 43.a4 a6 44.Rf2 Bc6 45.Nd3 Rh5 46.b4 Rxh3 47.Ne5+ Ke6 48.Nxc6 bxc6 49.a5 f5 50.Kb1 Ke5 51.Na4 f4 52.Nc5 f3 53.Nxa6 Kf4 54.Nc5 Rh1+ 55.Ka2 Nd5 56.Nd3+ Ke3 57.a6 Nc7 58.a7 g5 59.c4 Na8 60.b5 cxb5 61.cxb5 Kxd3 62.Rxf3+ Kc4 63.Rf8 Rh2+ 64.Ka3 Rh3+ 65.Ka2 Nb6 66.Rb8 Kb4 67.Rxb6 Ra3+ 68.Kb2 Rxa7 69.Rb8 Rg7 70.Kc2 g4 71.b6 Kb5 72.Kd2 g3 73.b7 Kb6 74.Rc8 Kxb7 75.Rc1 h5 76.Ke2 h4 77.Kf1 h3 78.Kg1 Rc7 79.Rb1+ Kc8 80.Rf1 Rc2 81.Ra1 Kc7 82.Kh1 Kc6 83.Kg1 Kc5 84.Kh1 Kc4 85.Kg1 Kb3 86.Rb1+ Ka2 87.Re1 Kb2 Black wins 0–1
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| Friday August 21 Round II | |||
| 13:30 | Stellwagen – Svidler | ½ – ½ | |
| Smeets – Nielsen | ½ – ½ | ||
| Caruana – Beliavsky | ½ – ½ | ||
| Nakamura – van Wely | ½ – ½ | ||
| Hou Yifan – Ljubojevic | 0 – 1 | ||
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Nice game
Terrific effoer by Ljubojevic!
Because of time constraint, Hou missed a chance to draw at move 65. What a shame!