Bulletins October 2020

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Asian Online Nations Women's Highlights

selected by Bill Forster

Khalil, Manar - Gan, Emily

Asian Nations (Regions) Women Online Cup 2020

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Be3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Qa4 Bb7 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Qc7 12.Nd2 Rfd8 13.Rad1 c5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nc4 a5 16.Be4









Moves are clickable

16...Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bxe4 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rc1 Ra8 20.Qa3 Rc8 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Nd2 Bc6 24.Qxc5 Bd5 25.c4 Bb7 26.Qb5 Ba8 27.a4 Bc3 28.Nf1 Kg7 29.Qg5 f6 30.Qb5 Be4 31.Bb6 Qd1 32.Qe8 Bd3 33.Qxe7+ Kh6 34.Be3+ g5 35.Qf8+ Kh5 36.g4+ Kg6 37.Qg8+ Kh6 38.Qf8+ Kg6 39.Qg8+ Kh6 40.Qf8+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

Gan, Emily - Layan, Mansour Alqassabi

Asian Nations (Regions) Women Online Cup 2020

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 e5 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O Be6 8.b3 Nc6 9.d4 Bf5 10.h3 Bd7 11.Bb2 Qc8 12.Kh2 Re8 13.d5 Ne7 14.Rc1 c6 15.e4 Bh6 16.Rb1 Nh5 17.dxc6 Qxc6 18.Nb5 Nc8 19.Qd3 a6 20.Nbc3 Bg7 21.Rfd1 Re6 22.Nd5 Qc5









Moves are clickable

23.b4 Qxf2 24.Rf1 Qa7 25.Nc7 Rf6 26.Nxa8 Rxf1 27.Rxf1 Qxa8 28.c5 Qb8 29.cxd6 Nxd6 30.Rd1 Bf8 31.Bxe5 Bb5 32.Qd2 Nxe4 33.Bxb8 Nxd2 34.Rxd2 Bxb4 35.Rc2 Kg7 36.Be5+ Kh6 37.g4 Ng7 38.Bf6 g5 39.Bxb7 Ne6 40.Nd4 Nxd4 41.Bxd4 Bd3 42.Rc6+ Bg6 43.Rxa6 Bd2 44.Be4 Bf4+ 45.Kg2 Bd2 46.Bxg6 hxg6 47.Ra7 Bb4 48.Rxf7 Bd6 49.Bg7+ Kh7 50.Be5+ Kg8 51.Rg7+ Kf8 52.Bxd6+ Kxg7 53.a4 Kf7 54.a5 Ke6 55.a6 Kxd6 56.a7 Ke6 57.a8=Q Kf7 58.Qb7+ Kg8 59.Qd5+ Kh7 60.Qxg5 Kg7 61.h4 Kh7 62.h5 gxh5 63.gxh5 Kh8 64.h6 Kh7 65.Qg7# 1-0

Sara, Hassan Almohannadi - Joseph, Ritika

Asian Nations (Regions) Women Online Cup 2020

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.c4 Bxf4 9.exf4 Be4 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Nh5 12.g3 Qd7









Moves are clickable

13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qf5 16.Bxh5 Rad8 17.Qg4 Qxg4 18.Bxg4 Rd2 19.Rxc7 Rxb2 20.Rfc1 Rxa2 21.Rc8 b5 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.Bf5 Ra4 24.e6 g6 25.Bg4 b4 26.Bd1 Ra3 27.Rc8+ Ke7 28.exf7 Kxf7 29.Rb8 Ra1 30.Rd8 b3 31.Kg2 b2









 

32.Bb3+? Ke7 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Bxd1 b1=Q 35.Ba4 Qb4 36.Bc2 Qc3 37.Bd1 Qf3+ 38.Bxf3 exf3+ 39.Kxf3 a5 40.Ke2 Ke6 41.Kd3 Kd5 42.Kc3 Ke4 43.h3 Kf3 44.h4 Kxf2 45.g4 Kg3 46.h5 Kxf4 47.hxg6 hxg6 48.Kb3 Kxg4 49.Ka4 Kf3 50.Kxa5 g5 51.Kb4 g4 52.Kc3 g3 53.Kc2 g2 54.Kb2 g1=Q 55.Kc2 Qd4 56.Kb3 Qc5 57.Kb2 Qc4 58.Ka3 Qb5 59.Ka2 Qb4 60.Ka1 Ke2 61.Ka2 Kd2 62.Ka1 Kc2 63.Ka2 Qb2# 0-1

Ning, Isabelle Yixuan - Sakai, Azumi

Asian Nations (Regions) Women Online Cup 2020

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qc2 Bd6 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 f6 9.Bh4 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nd7 12.O-O Qc7 13.Rac1 a6 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf4 16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.fxg3 Rad8 18.Qb3+ Kh8 19.d5 Qb8 20.dxc6 Nxc6 21.Rfd1 Nde5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Nc5 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Qa7 25.Qb4 Rc8 26.Kh1 h6 27.Ne6 Re8 28.Nf4 Qb8 29.h3 Qc8 30.Qd6 Qc6 31.Qxc6 Nxc6 32.Rd7 Re1+ 33.Kh2 Na5 34.Nh5









Moves are clickable

34...g5? 35.Nxf6 Re2 36.Rh7# 1-0

Gan, Emily - Misawa, Yuki

Asian Nations (Regions) Women Online Cup 2020

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Bf4 a6 10.Re1 b5 11.a3 e6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nd5 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.Nc5 Qe7 17.Qd2 Rfd8 18.b3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 a5 20.b4 a4 21.Qe2 Na7 22.Nxb7 Qxb7 23.Ne5 Qb6 24.Nd3 Nc6 25.Nc5 Rc7 26.Qf3 Ne7 27.Red1 Nd5 28.e4 Nf6 29.d5 exd5 30.exd5 Rcd7 31.Kh1 Rd6 32.Qd3 Nd7 33.Nxd7 R6xd7 34.Rc6 Qb7 35.Rc5 Rb8 36.d6 Qb6 37.Rc6 Qb7









Moves are clickable

38.Rc7 Rxd6 39.Rxb7 Rbd8 40.Rb8 Rxd3 41.Rxd8+ Rxd8 42.Rxd8+ Bf8 43.Rb8 Kg7 44.Rxb5 Be7 45.Ra5 Kf6 46.Rxa4 Ke6 47.b5 Bc5 48.Ra6+ Kd7 49.b6 Kc8 50.b7+ Kb8 51.Ra8+ Kc7 52.b8=Q+ Kd7 53.Qd8+ Ke6 54.Ra6+ Kf5 55.Qf6+ Kg4 56.Bf3+ Kh3 57.Qh4# 1-0

Gan, Emily - Al Aisaee, Anat

Asian Nations (Regions) Women Online Cup 2020

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e3 c6 6.Nge2 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 Bg4 9.O-O Re8 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bd2 Bd6 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Qc2 Bg6 14.Qd1 h6 15.Rc1 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Kg2 Nd7 19.Nc3 Re6 20.e4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Rg6 22.Nxd6 Qxd6

Moves are clickable

23.Bf4?? A terrible mistake, but White refuses to go gently into the good night, and is eventually rewarded for her determination  23...Qxf4 24.Qd3 Nf6 25.Re3 Qd6 26.Rce1 Kf8 27.Qb3 Nd5 28.Rf3 Rf6 29.Qd3 Rxf3 30.Kxf3 Nf6 31.Kg2 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Kxe8 33.Qe3+ Kf8 34.Kg1 Qb4 35.d5 Nxd5 36.Qxa7 Qe1+ 37.Kg2 Qe4+ 38.Kg1 Qe6 39.Qb8+ Ke7 40.Qxb7+ Kf6 41.a4 Ne7 42.a5 Qe1+ 43.Kg2 Qxa5 44.b4 Qd5+ 45.Kg1 Qf5 46.Qb6 Qxh3 47.Qd4+ Ke6 48.Qe4+ Kf6 49.Qd4+ Kg6 50.Qd6+ Qe6 51.Qd3+ Kf6 52.Qf3+ Qf5 53.Qc3+ Qe5 54.Qf3+ Ke6 55.Qg4+ Nf5 56.Qc4+ Qd5 57.Qe2+ Kd6 58.Qe8 Nd4 59.Qd8+ Ke6 60.Qe8+ Kf6 61.Qe3 Nf3+ 62.Kf1 Qd1+ 63.Kg2 Ne1+ 64.Kh2 Qh5+ 65.Kg1 Nf3+ 66.Kg2 Ng5 67.Qf4+ Ke7 68.Qc7+ Kf8?? 69.Qd8# Sometimes the winner is the player who makes the second to last mistake 1-0

Feng, Sophia - Al Bulushi, Rawan

Asian Nations (Regions) Women Online Cup 2020

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nxd4 8.Qd1 e5 9.Bxc4 Bc5 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Rc1 a6 13.a3 b5 14.Ba2 h6 15.Bh4 Qd6 16.Bg3 b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Bxe5 Ne6 19.Qb3 Qa5 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Qb6 22.Qc6 Qa5 23.Bxe6 Qxe5 24.Bd5 Bd6 25.f4 Qd4+ 26.Kh1 Rab8 27.Qxa6 Rxb2 28.Qc4 Qd2 29.Rg1 Bxf4 30.Ra1 Rc2 31.Qb3 Be3

Moves are clickable

32.Bxf7+ Rxf7? 33.Ra8+ Kh7 34.Qxf7 Bxg1 (34...Qf2! ) 35.Qf5+ g6 36.Qf7# 1-0

Gan, Emily - Huang, Yuen Tung

Asian Nations (Regions) Women Online Cup 2020

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.d4 Rb8 9.h3 a6 10.a4 Nb6 11.b3 Be6 12.d5 Bd7 13.Bb2 Nc8 14.e4 Ne7 15.Qd2 Qc8 16.Kh2 Kh8 17.Rab1 Nfg8 18.Rbd1 f5 19.f4 Bh6 20.Rf2 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Nf5 22.Qd3 Nge7 23.Rf3 Kg8 24.Rdf1 exf4 25.Nxf4 Bxf4 26.Rxf4

Moves are clickable

26...Qe8 27.g4 Nh4 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.Qc3 Rf7 31.Qh8# 1-0

Joseph, Ritika - Anam, Amjad

Asian Nations (Regions) Women Online Cup 2020

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.e5 Nfd7 7.e6 fxe6 8.Bxe6 Nc6 9.d5 Nce5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qf3 Nf6 12.Ne4 Bd7 13.O-O h6 14.Qg3

Moves are clickable

14...Nxe4 15.Qxg6+ Kf8 16.Qf7# 1-0