Yifan Hou
Yifan Hou won the Biel GM Tournament of 2017. This is a tremendous feat; just take a good look at the line up below.
In my opinion her “best” game was a win in the 7th round, a Ruy Lopez against Bacrot who came is second place.
[Event “Biel GM 2017”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “????.??.??”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Hou, Yifan (CHN)”]
[Black “Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “71”]
[EventDate “2017.08.02”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Re1 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bc2 h6 13. a4 Bc7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bc7 18. e5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qh5 Be6 21. Ng3 Bb6+ 22. Be3 Qd3 23. Nf1 Rad8 24. f5 Bb3 25. f6 Qd5 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. fxg7 Qxe5 28. Qxh6 Qxg7 29. Qh4 Rd3 30. Re3 Re6 31. Rae1 Rh6 32. Qf4 Rxh3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxe4 Be6 35. Ne3 Rd8 36. Re5 1-0
| # | Name | Pts | SB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hou, Yifan | 6.5 | 27.5 |
| 2 | Bacrot, Etienne | 6 | 23 |
| 3 | Harikrishna, P. | 5.5 | 23 |
| 4 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 5 | 19.75 |
| Leko, Peter | 5 | 19.5 | |
| Georgiadis, Nico | 5 | 18.25 | |
| Morozevich, Alexander | 5 | 17.25 | |
| 8 | Navara, David | 4 | 15.75 |
| 9 | Vaganian, Rafael A | 2 | 6.25 |
| 10 | Studer, Noel | 1 | 5.25 |
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