Jan Smeets vs Yifan Hou (2008) Hou Dunnit

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Jan Smeets vs Yifan Hou
"Hou Dunnit" (game of the day Oct-20-2009)
Corus Group B (2008), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 7, Jan-19
French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack (C13) · 0-1

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Oct-20-09		firebyrd: "Hou dunnit" ? Wouldn't punning 'Hou' with 'How' be closer both in writing and pronounciation. "Hou impressive...", "Hou did she do it", etc. etc.

Oct-20-09		sofouuk: <firebyrd> afaik 'Hou' is pronounced more like 'hoe' than 'how' (or indeed 'who') ... so 'Ho, ho, Hou!', perhaps?

Oct-20-09		lostemperor: This is impressive even if Carlsen had played it recently and he is 18! From the same Corus 2008 I took her photo chessgames.com had put on Hou's bio page for some time:)

Oct-20-09		JohnBoy: What is particularly impressive to me is the sequence from 21...e5 to 28...Bxh4 where black goes from giving up and X to being up an X. Now I have to go back and rethink white's options in this opening. Black's defensive resources are fare more substantial than a first glance suggests.

Oct-20-09		JohnBoy: Amusing is that white can't play 35.Qc4+ trying to pick up the a pawn. Black responds with 35...Qf7 and white must stop ...Rd1+.

Oct-20-09		ounos: A very special game. But can such wild attack be sound? Very impressive. <JohnBoy> good catch!

Oct-20-09		kevin86: After the final exchange of pieces,white's king is one step too slow to catch the h-pawn

Oct-20-09		drpoundsign: Smeets shoulda resigned sooner. He was doomed

Oct-20-09		weisyschwarz: Fiery persistence by Yifan Hou!!

Oct-20-09		sfm: Nice defense put up by white. Nice ending.

Oct-20-09		WhiteRook48: interesting skewer at the end

Oct-20-09		Jimfromprovidence: 49...Qe4 looks very good, perhaps even better than the text ...h4. click for larger view The threat is either 50...Qb1 or Rb1. For example, if 50 Ka3, then the threat is 50...Rb1, seeing 51...Qa8+. Now, after 50 Ka3 Rb1 51 Qf7 Qa8+ 52 Ba7, then 52....Qxa7+ wins the bishop as the queen will be skewered after white's next move. click for larger view

Oct-20-09		SuperPatzer77: What happens if it is 58. Kf5 instead of 58. Be5? Let's show you about this below: 58. Kf5 g6+! (real killer by forcing White into the mating traps) below: 59. Kg4 Qg3# 59. Kf6 Qe7# 59. Kg5 Qg3+, 60. Kf6 Qf4+, 61. Qf5 (forced) Qxf5# So, that's why 58. Be5 is forced (only move). Black forces simplification by 58...Rxe5+! leaving White no choices. Brilliant tactics by the teenage Yifan Hou!!! SuperPatzer77

Oct-21-09		RandomVisitor: 3 minutes per move: Jan Smeets (2573) - Yifan Hou (2527) [C13] Corus (Group B) Wijk aan Zee NED (7), 19.01.2008 [Rybka 3 ] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Nc6 last book move 7.Nf3 0.09/18 Nb6 0.53/19 [Rybka 3 : 7...a6 8.Qd2 h6 9.Bf4 b5 10.Rh3 Nb6 11.h5 Bb7 12.Rg3 Bf8 13.a3 Ne7= 0.09/18 ] 8.Rh3= 0.18/18 [Rybka 3 : 8.a3 h6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Bd3 a6 11.Nd2 0-0 12.Qg4 f5 13.Qg3 Kh8 14.Ne2 Be8 15.Nf4 Bf7 0.53/19 ] 8...f6 0.29/18 [Rybka 3 : 8...Bd7 9.Rg3 f6 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Bb5 Qe7 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Ne5 0-0-0 14.Qe2 Bxg5 15.hxg5 Kb8 16.0-0-0 Be8 17.b3= 0.18/18 ] 9.Bf4= 0.10/19 [Rybka 3 : 9.Be3 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qe7 12.Rg3 f5 13.a4 a5 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Kf1 h6 16.Kg1 0-0-0 0.29/18 ] 9...fxe5 0.13/18 10.Nxe5= 0.00/21 [Rybka 3 : 10.Bxe5 0-0 11.Bd3 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Nd7 13.Qh5 Nf6 14.Qe2 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.0-0-0 Nd7 17.Qh5 Nf6 18.Qg5 Nd7 19.Ng4 Nf6 20.Rg3 Qe7 21.Nxf6+ Rxf6= 0.13/18 ] 10...0-0 0.00/19 11.Qd2 0.00/18 Nxe5= 0.05/21 [Rybka 3 : 11...Nd7 12.0-0-0 Ndxe5 13.dxe5 d4 14.Ne2 Qd5 15.Kb1 Nb4 16.Nc1 Nc6 17.Ne2 Nb4 18.Nc1 Nc6 19.Ne2 Nb4 20.Nc1 Nc6 21.Ne2 Nb4 22.Nc1 Nc6 23.Ne2 Nb4 24.Nc1 Nc6 25.Ne2 Nb4 26.Nc1 Nc6= 0.00/18 ] 12.Bxe5 0.05/19 Nd7 0.05/19 13.Bf4= -0.14/18 [Rybka 3 : 13.Bg3 c5 14.0-0-0 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Qb6 16.Qxb6 Nxb6 17.f3 Bd7 18.Re1 a6 19.Bf2 Nc8 20.Bd3 Bf6 21.h5 Nd6 22.h6= 0.05/19 ] 13...c5= 0.00/19 [Rybka 3 : 13...c6 14.0-0-0 b5 15.Bd3 b4 16.Na4 Nb6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Be5= -0.14/18 ] 14.dxc5= -0.06/18 [Rybka 3 : 14.0-0-0 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Bf6 16.Qd2 Nc5 17.Bg5= 0.00/19 ] 14...Nxc5= -0.03/18 [Rybka 3 : 14...Bxc5 15.0-0-0 Nb6 16.Be3= -0.06/18 ] 15.Be3 -0.37/16 [Rybka 3 : 15.0-0-0 e5 16.Qxd5+ Qxd5 17.Nxd5 Bd6 18.Be3 Bxh3 19.gxh3 Rac8 20.Bg2 Kh8 21.Nb6 axb6 22.Rxd6 Rf6 23.Rd1 e4 24.Bf1 Rf7 25.Rd6 Rfc7 26.c3 Rc6 27.Rd1 Kg8= -0.03/18 ] 15...Bd7= 0.09/18 [Rybka 3 : 15...b5 16.Bxb5 Rb8 17.Bd4 e5 18.Bxe5 Rxb5 19.Rg3 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.0-0-0 Rb7 22.Nxd5 Rf8 23.Qe3 Na4 24.b3 Nb6 25.Nxb6 Qxb6 26.Qxb6 Rxb6 27.Rgd3 Re6 28.Rd8 Ree8 29.Rxe8 -0.37/16 ] 16.0-0-0= 0.03/17 [Rybka 3 : 16.h5 Na4 17.h6 g6 18.Nxa4 Bxa4 19.Qd4 Qa5+ 20.Bd2 Bf6 21.Qxf6 Qxd2+ 22.Kxd2 Rxf6 23.Rh4 Bc6 24.f3 e5 25.Re1 Rf5 26.Bd3 Rg5 27.Re2 Rg3 28.Rxe5 Rxg2 0.09/18 ] 16...Rc8= 0.23/17 [Rybka 3 : 16...Qa5 17.Kb1 Na4 18.Nxa4 Qxd2 19.Rxd2 Bxa4 20.g3 Bc6 21.c3 b6 22.Bg2 Rac8 23.f4= 0.03/17 ] 17.g4= -0.24/16 [Rybka 3 : 17.h5 Bf6 18.h6 g6 19.f4 Rf7 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Qf6 22.Qxf6 Rxf6 23.Rh4 Bc6 24.g3 Kf7 25.Be2 a6 26.Rd4= 0.23/17 ] 17...b5 0.57/16 [Rybka 3 : 17...Bf6 18.Kb1 Qc7 19.f4 d4 20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Rxf4 22.Qg1 Ne4 23.Re3 Nf2 24.Rde1 Qb6 25.Rg3 Rb4 26.b3 Rf4 27.g5= -0.24/16 ] 18.Bxb5 -0.48/20 [Rybka 3 : 18.b4 Na6 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Qxd5+ Rf7 21.Qxd7 Qxd7 22.Rxd7 Nxb4 23.Bxb5 Nxc2 24.Kd1 Nxe3+ 25.fxe3 Bf6 26.Rd5 Rfc7 27.g5 Be7 28.Bd3 g6 29.h5 Rc5 0.57/16 ] 18...Bxb5 -0.48/19 19.Nxb5 -0.59/18 Ne4 -0.53/17 20.Qe1 -1.27/17 [Rybka 3 : 20.Qe2 Qa5 21.Kb1 Rb8 22.c4 a6 23.f3 axb5 24.fxe4 dxc4 25.Rd7 Rbe8 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Bc5 Ref7 28.Bxf8 -0.53/17 ] 20...Qd7= 0.00/17 [Rybka 3 : 20...Bxh4 21.Rh2 Bg5 22.Kb1 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Qb6 24.Qxb6 axb6 25.Nd4 Nxf2 26.Rg1 Rce8 27.a4 Rf4 28.Ne2 Rf7 29.g5 Rff8 30.Nc3 -1.27/17 ] 21.Nd4 -0.82/17 [Rybka 3 : 21.Qe2 a6 22.Nd4 Qc7 23.Nxe6 Qa5 24.Kb1 Nc3+ 25.bxc3 Rb8+ 26.Kc1 Qxc3 27.Bc5 Qb2+ 28.Kd2 Bxc5 29.Nxc5 Qb4+ 30.c3 Qxc5 31.Ke1 Qc8 32.Re3 Qc7 33.h5 Qh2 34.f3 Qh4+ 35.Qf2= 0.00/17 ] 21...e5 -0.82/19 22.Nf5 -1.03/18 Rxf5 -0.83/18 23.gxf5 -1.03/17 Qxf5 -1.03/18 24.Rh2 -1.03/17 d4 -0.76/16 25.f3 -1.78/20 [Rybka 3 : 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.f3 Qf4+ 27.Rdd2 Nd6 28.Qe6+ Kh8 29.Qg4 Rf8 30.Qxf4 Rxf4 31.Rde2 Nf5 32.Kd2 Rxf3 33.Rhf2 Rxf2 34.Rxf2 Nxh4 35.Kd3 Kg8 36.Kxd4 g5 37.Ke4 g4 -0.76/16 ]

Oct-21-09		RandomVisitor: continued: 25...Nc3 -1.78/19 26.Bxd4 -1.78/18 Nxd1 -1.78/19 27.Bxe5 -2.24/16 Nf2 -1.69/21 28.Rxf2 -1.69/20 Bxh4 -1.69/21 29.Bc3 -1.69/19 Qf7 -1.69/20 30.Kb1 -1.69/21 Rf8 -1.49/19 31.a4 -2.04/19 [Rybka 3 : 31.b3 Bxf2 32.Qxf2 Qxf3 33.Qd4 Qf7 34.Kb2 h5 35.Qg1 Re8 36.Qg2 Re7 37.Qg5 Re4 -1.49/19 ] 31...a6 -0.96/20 [Rybka 3 : 31...h5 32.a5 a6 33.b3 Bxf2 -2.04/19 ] 32.Bb4 -2.42/23 [Rybka 3 : 32.b3 h5 -0.96/20 ] 32...Bxf2 -2.42/23 33.Qxf2 -2.42/22 Qxf3 -2.23/20 34.Qc5 -3.21/19 [Rybka 3 : 34.Qd4 Rc8 35.Qe5 Rd8 36.Qe6+ Qf7 37.Qe2 h5 38.Bc3 h4 39.Qg4 h3 -2.23/20 ] 34...Rd8 -1.99/24 [Rybka 3 : 34...h5 35.Ba3 Qf1+ 36.Ka2 h4 37.Qg5 Qf4 38.Qg2 Rc8 39.Kb1 Qf5 40.Qe2 a5 41.b3 h3 42.Bd6 -3.21/19 ] 35.b3 -1.99/23 Qd5 -1.99/22 36.Qc7 -1.99/24 Re8 -1.99/22 37.Bc3 -1.99/22 Qf7 -2.16/20 38.Qc6 -2.19/23 Qg6 -1.99/20 39.Qd5+ -1.99/23 Kh8 -1.99/20 40.Qd7 -1.99/21 Rf8 -1.98/18 41.b4 -2.62/19 [Rybka 3 : 41.Bb2 h5 42.Ka2 -1.98/18 ] 41...h5 -2.22/17 42.b5? -4.34/19 [Rybka 3 : 42.Qd2 Kh7 43.Qd4 -2.22/17 ] 42...axb5 -3.94/18 43.axb5 -5.02/19 Rf2 -3.49/19 44.Qc8+? -5.12/23 [Rybka 3 : 44.Bd2 Kh7 45.Kc1 h4 46.Qh3 Qg1+ 47.Kb2 Rxd2 48.Qxh4+ Kg6 49.Qe4+ Kg5 50.Kc3 Qf2 51.Kb3 Qd4 -3.49/19 ] 44...Kh7 -5.02/20 45.Bd4 -5.02/19 Rd2 -5.12/18 46.Qc3 -5.17/19 Rd1+ -5.12/19 47.Kb2 -5.09/20 Qg5 -4.69/18 48.Qc4? -9.02/16 [Rybka 3 : 48.Bc5 Rd5 49.Bb4 Rxb5 50.Qd3 + -4.69/18 ] 48...Qf4 -9.76/15 49.c3 -10.29/15 h4? -3.59/19 [Rybka 3 : 49...Qe4 50.Qa4 -10.29/15 ] 50.Qd5? -7.32/16 [Rybka 3 : 50.Qe6 Rd3 51.Qe8 Qf5 52.Qe7 Qxb5+ 53.Ka3 Rxd4 54.cxd4 Qd3+ 55.Ka2 Qxd4 56.Kb3 h3 57.Qg5 Kg8 58.Qh5 Qd3+ 59.Kb2 Qd2+ 60.Kb3 h2 61.Qe8+ Kh7 62.Qh5 + -3.59/19 ] 50...Qc1+ -7.17/17 51.Kb3 -8.06/16 Qb1+ -6.48/15 52.Ka3 -7.42/16 Qa1+ -8.01/17 53.Kb4 -8.18/15 Rb1+ -6.62/15 54.Kc5 -7.29/15 Qa7+ -7.13/15 55.Kd6 -7.52/14 Qb8+ -7.13/14 56.Ke7? -12.09/14 [Rybka 3 : 56.Kd7 Qxb5 + -7.13/14 ] 56...Qc7+ -12.17/16 57.Ke6 -11.63/14 Re1+ -10.48/14 58.Be5 -11.46/12 Rxe5+ -6.64/7 0-1

Dec-24-10		sevenseaman: Superior skills, not common on the WGM circuit. And frightening flexibility. Looks like a natural world champion.

Feb-27-12		Penguincw: Really nice finish. It's obvious what the continuation is, but I'll just post it anyways. 59.♕xe5 ♕xe5+ 60.♔xe5 h3 61.b6 h2 62.b7 h1=♕ 63.b8=♕ ♕h2+ 64.♔f5 ♕xb8 (see diagram 1), leaving black up a full queen, which is a win 100% of the time. ;) Diagram 1 click for larger view

Jan-02-13		Blunderdome: What a game. She was 13.

Jan-19-14		Zuainedison: Its the same idea than Leko vs Huebner, 2000

Apr-14-16		TheBish: This game could have been called "Yifan Who?" (or even "Yifan Hou?") since she was only 13 and relatively unknown at the time.

Jun-14-16		byedidia: Can someone explain 27 ... Nf2?

Jun-14-16		beatgiant: <byedidia> <explain 27 ... Nf2> Deflection (28. Qxf2 Qxe5) or deflection + interference + pin (28. Rxf2 Bxh4) while also threatening mate in 1 (...Qxc2#) and escaping the knight (...Nh3).

May-06-17		Saniyat24: Does the pun have anything to do with Houdini?

May-06-17		tamar: East Smeets West

May-11-17		Saniyat24: bravo <tamar>

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