Mariya Muzychuk vs Yifan Hou (2016) Another Hou Dunnit?

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Mariya Muzychuk vs Yifan Hou
"Another Hou Dunnit?" (game of the day Jul-09-2019)
Muzychuk - Hou Women's World Championship Match (2016), Lviv UKR, rd 6, Mar-09
Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50) · 0-1

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Mar-09-16		luftforlife: Black has done well to neutralize one attack on her pawn at e5 with 19. . . . Nxg3 (leaving White with doubled pawns and a vulnerable h-file), and likewise has done well now to translate her dsb from c5 (18. . . . Bc5) to d6 (21. . . . Bd6) -- equalizing pressure on e5 with her dsb and queen (vs. White's exertion of pressure with heavy pieces alone), and thereby controlling e5.

Mar-09-16		patfoley: White should try a5 followed by alternating pressure on queen side and king side with f5f6 as a possibility

Mar-09-16		luftforlife: Black's 14. . . . Ne7 has proved effective: a nettlesome defender.

Mar-09-16		patfoley: White still needs a5 to bring enough pressure on th black g pawn and to restrain black on the queenside

Mar-09-16		patfoley: But in order to avoid Ng8-f6, White may need f3 first forcing Rg8. Then a5 and Ra4.

Mar-09-16		leow: how abt f2f3

Mar-09-16		leow: or Rh1

Mar-09-16		luftforlife: White's doubled pawn at g3 might just prove a helpful defender.

Mar-09-16		luftforlife: <patfoley>: There's the dreaded 24. . . . Ng8 followed by 26. . . . Nf6 one-two punch you had anticipated. Good foresight.

Mar-09-16		patfoley: Mm wasted 4 tempi (the king will have to retreat) and allowed Black to regroup on the Kside.

Mar-09-16		Gypsy: My feel is that initiative, even advantage, has passed to Black

Mar-09-16		luftforlife: Now Black's 21. . . . Bd6 proves a thorn in White's side.

Mar-09-16		varishnakov: The horse on h4 is stuck in the mud.

Mar-09-16		Gypsy: Black has a lot of improving moves: Kg7, Rbd8, Be5, ... White has ... an off-sided knight

Mar-09-16		luftforlife: Perhaps 24. Rad1 has proved a miscue; wasteful now for White to have to defend her rook at d1 with 30. Bb3 against the discovered attack by Black's rook at d8 should Black check with . . . Bd6xg3+.

Mar-09-16		luftforlife: <patfoley> <leow>: There's the f3 by White you'd mentioned many moves ago.

Mar-09-16		Sally Simpson: 33.Bc2.OOPS

Mar-09-16		devere: A strange seesaw game, but Hou is winning, and that effectively clinches the match for her.

Mar-09-16		Gypsy: 35...f2 36.Bd3 Bxe7 looks desperate for White. Or am I missing something?

Mar-09-16		whiteshark: Sorry to say, but she's a dead loss now. :(

Mar-09-16		Octavia: well done, Yifan! 2-0

Mar-09-16		HeMateMe: I heard that Magnus and Yifan are planning to have kids. They're naming the first one "3000."

Mar-09-16		luftforlife: That "knight on the rim" novelty 10. Nh4 proved fruitless for White.

Mar-09-16		eternaloptimist: Indeed Muzychuk is definitely lost now. Since Judith Polgar retired, Hou is in a league of her own in Women's chess. Even Humpy can't hang w/ her.

Mar-09-16		Gypsy: The efficacy of ratings is sometimes actually uncanny: The running score has been quite close to that predicted by ratings throughout the match.

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