Wei Yi wins brilliancy

by Johannes Fischer
12/1/2015 – China's greatest talent, 16-year old Wei Yi, won the strong 1. China Kings Match in Taizhou, an eight player knockout event. Tan Zhongyi won the Queens Match by defeating Ju Wenjun in a blitz-tie-break. Wei Yi did not need a tie-break to create drama in the final against Bu Xiangzhi. After a draw in the first game he decided the match with a brilliant combination.

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Wei Yi showed his strength with White

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nd7 15.Nf1 Na5 16.Bc2 Bf6 17.N1h2 c5 18.d5 Nc4 19.Rb1 Still theory. Black will play on the queenside, White will play on the kingside. Black's attack is usually quicker but White's attack is more dangerous. All in all chances are equal. Nde5 The first new move. 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.b3 Nb6 22.Ng4 Bd4 23.Be3 Bc3 24.Re2 b4 To advance with the a-pawn and open the a-file. But how should White proceed with his attack? 25.Bf4! Regrouping his pieces to bring the rook to the g-file. a5 26.Re3 Bc8 Wanting to exchange one attacking piece. 27.Rg3 Bxg4 28.hxg4!? This seems paradoxical at first. Why does White bring his rook to g3 if he now blocks its view? But White does not want to attack on the g- but on the h-file. a4 29.g5 axb3 30.axb3 g6 31.Be3 c4 32.Rh3 White needs more time than Black to create concrete threats. However, he wants to mate, Black "only" wants to win material. Ra2 Black also needs to find a way to create concrete threats. 32...Ra2 looks natural but maybe it was better to play 32...cxb3 33.Rxb3 Nc4 After for instance 34.Bf4 34.Bd4 Ra1 35.Bb1 Qxg5 36.Rbxc3 bxc3 37.Bxc3 Ra3 34...Ra1 35.Rb1 Rxb1 36.Bxb1 Qb6 Black's position looks promising. White's attack seems to be less dangerous than Black's b-pawn. 33.g3! Remarkably cold-blooded. Black's rook entered White's position but White takes his time to create potential threats on the h-file. Qc7 34.Kg2 Rea8 35.Rc1 Rb2 Again a natural move but the engines prefer 35...Ra1 e.g. 36.Bb1 cxb3 37.Qxb3 37.Rxh7 Kxh7 38.Qh1+ Kg8 39.Bd4 Bxd4 40.Rxc7 b2 41.Rc6 Rxb1 42.Qxb1 Ra1-+ 37...Qc4 38.Qc2 Nd7 and Black's threats are more real. 36.Bd4 f6 37.gxf6 Bxd4 38.Qxd4 Raa2
Threatening 39... cxb3. But White now wins with a surprising combination: 39.Rxh7‼ Qxh7 39...Kxh7 40.Rh1+ Kg8 41.f7+ Kxf7 42.Rh7+ Ke8 43.Qh8# 40.Qxb6 After this right-left combination White is an exchange down, his bishop on c2 is hanging and the pawn on f6 looks vulnerable. However, Black's king is exposed - too exposed. Qf7 40...Rxc2? 41.Qd8+ Kf7 42.Qe7+ Kg8 43.Qe8# 41.Rh1 Ra8 After 41...Qxf6 White wins with 42.Qb8+ Qf8 43.Rh8+ Kxh8 44.Qxf8+ Kh7 45.Qf7+ Kh8 46.e5+- 42.Bd1 Qxf6 43.Bg4 Re8 After the surprising counter-sacrifice 43...Qxf2+ 44.Qxf2 Raa2 45.Qxb2 Rxb2+ 46.Kf3 Rxb3+ 47.Kf4 Kg7 48.e5 dxe5+ 49.Kxe5 the white bishop and the d-pawn are too strong. White is winning. 44.Qa7 Threatening 45. Be6+ Kf8 46.Rh8+ Qxh8 47. Qf7# Qe5 45.Rh7 Rxf2+ The only way to avoid being mated. 46.Kxf2 Rf8+ 47.Kg2 Qxe4+ 48.Kh2 Rf2+ 49.Qxf2 Kxh7 50.Qf7+ Kh8 51.Qf4 Qc2+ 52.Kh3 Kg7 52...cxb3 53.Qh6+ Kg8 54.Be6# 53.Qd4+ Kh7 54.Qxc4 Qf2 55.Qf4 Qg1 56.Qf3 Black resigned. An impressive attacking game by Wei Yi. 1–0
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Wei,Y2737Bu,X27101–02015C921st China King Match 20153.2

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Be7 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.a4 Nd7 14.axb5 cxb5 15.Nxb5 Nb6 16.Bf4 Kf8 17.Qd2 Bc6 18.Nd6 Rh4 19.Ra3 Nd5 20.Be5 Be7 21.Nxc4 Bb4 22.Rc3 Rc8 23.Bd3 Bb5 24.g3 Bxc4 25.gxh4 Bxd3 26.Qxd3 Bxc3+ 27.bxc3 Rxc3 28.Qb1 Qb6 29.0-0 Qxb1 30.Rxb1 f6 31.Bd6+ Kg7 32.Rb7+ Kg6 33.Rxa7 Rc4 34.Kg2 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Ding,L2781Lu,S2615½–½2015D441st China Chess King 20151.1
Zhao,J2623Wei,Y2737½–½2015B311st China Chess King 20151.1
Yu,Y2734Ni,H2696½–½2015A071st China Chess King 20151.1
Bu,X2710Wang,Y2729½–½2015D531st China Chess King 20151.1
Lu,S2615Ding,L27811–02015C951st China Chess King 20151.2
Wei,Y2737Zhao,J26231–02015C651st China Chess King 20151.2
Ni,H2696Yu,Y2734½–½2015D381st China Chess King 20151.2
Wang,Y2729Bu,X27100–12015D441st China Chess King 20151.2
Yu,Y2734Ni,H26961–02015C491st China Chess King 20151.3
Ni,H2696Yu,Y2734½–½2015A051st China Chess King 20151.4
Bu,X2710Lu,S2615½–½2015E041st China Chess King 20152.1
Yu,Y2734Wei,Y2737½–½2015C811st China Chess King 20152.1
Lu,S2615Bu,X27100–12015C261st China Chess King 20152.2
Wei,Y2737Yu,Y2734½–½2015B301st China Chess King 20152.2
Yu,Y2734Wei,Y2737½–½2015C451st China Chess King 20152.3
Wei,Y2737Yu,Y2734½–½2015B301st China Chess King 20152.4
Yu,Y2734Wei,Y27370–12015C771st China Chess King 20152.5
Wei,Y2737Yu,Y2734½–½2015B001st China Chess King 20152.6
Bu,X2710Wei,Y2737½–½2015D411st China Chess King 20153.1
Wei,Y2737Bu,X27101–02015C921st China Chess King 20153.2

In the final of the Queens Match. Ju Wenjun, with a rating of 2543 China's number two in the women's ranking list and Tan Zhongyi, with a rating of 2493, number four on the rating list, took longer to decide the new Chinese Chess Queen. But after seven games Tan Zhongyi finally had the better of it and won 4-3.

Tan Zhongyi

Ju Wenjun

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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 0-0 6.Nf3 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4 9.0-0 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.e4 d6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Qc7 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nxe5 16.Qxe5 Qxc4 17.Qc7 Qxc7 18.Bxc7 f6 19.Rfd1 Rf7 20.Rab1 Bf8 21.Bf4 e5 22.Be3 Be6 23.Rxb7 Rc8 24.a4 Rxc3 25.Rb8 g5 26.Rd6 Ba2 27.Rdd8 Kg7 28.h4 gxh4 29.gxh4 f5 30.h5 h6 31.a5 Rb3 32.Rbc8 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 f4 34.Bd2 Be6 35.Rc6 Rf5 36.Rxe6 Rxh5+ 37.Bh3 Rb3 38.Rd7+ Kh8 39.Be3 fxe3 40.Re8 Kg8 41.Rdd8 Rxh3+ 42.Kxh3 e2+ 43.Kg4 Rb4+ 44.Kf5 Rf4+ 45.Kxe5 e1Q+ 46.Kxf4 Qxf2+ 47.Kg4 Qg1+ 48.Kh3 Qf1+ 49.Kg3 Kg7 50.Rxf8 Qe1+ 51.Kg4 Qb4+ 52.Kg3 Qxa5 53.Rg8+ Kf7 54.Rgf8+ Kg6 55.Rg8+ Kh5 56.Rde8 Qd5 57.Kf2 a5 58.Rd8 Qf7+ 59.Ke3 a4 60.Rge8 Qb3+ 61.Kd4 Qb4+ 62.Kd3 Qb5+ 63.Kd4 Qb6+ 64.Kd5 a3 65.Ra8 Qb3+ 66.Kd4 Qb2+ 67.Kd3 Qb5+ 68.Kd4 Kg4 69.Reb8 Qc6 70.Rc8 Qb6+ 71.Kd5 Qb5+ 72.Kd4 Qb2+ 73.Kd5 Kh3 74.Rc6 Qb3+ 75.Kd6 Qd3+ 76.Kc7 Qg3+ 77.Kc8 Qg8+ 78.Kb7 Qf7+ 79.Kc8 Qe8+ 80.Kb7 Qd7+ 81.Kb6 Qd4+ 82.Kb7 Qd7+ 83.Kb6 Qd4+ 84.Kb7 Qd7+ 85.Kb6 Qd4+ ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Ju,W2547Zhu,J2094½–½2015E391st China Chess Queen1.1
Ding,Y2435Shen,Y24721–02015C481st China Chess Queen1.1
Tan,Z2492Lei,T24311–02015D811st China Chess Queen1.1
Guo,Q2427Zhao,X25241–02015E151st China Chess Queen1.1
Zhu,J2094Ju,W25470–12015B921st China Chess Queen1.2
Shen,Y2472Ding,Y2435½–½2015D851st China Chess Queen1.2
Lei,T2431Tan,Z2492½–½2015A221st China Chess Queen1.2
Zhao,X2524Guo,Q24270–12015D311st China Chess Queen1.2
Ding,Y2435Ju,W2547½–½2015B531st China Chess Queen2.1
Tan,Z2492Guo,Q24271–02015D311st China Chess Queen2.1
Ju,W2547Ding,Y2435½–½2015D831st China Chess Queen2.2
Guo,Q2427Tan,Z24920–12015E161st China Chess Queen2.2
Ju,W2547Ding,Y2435½–½2015A161st China Chess Queen2.3
Ding,Y2435Ju,W2547½–½2015B541st China Chess Queen2.4
Ju,W2547Ding,Y24351–02015A011st China Chess Queen2.5
Ding,Y2435Ju,W25470–12015B431st China Chess Queen2.6
Tan,Z2492Ju,W2547½–½2015D401st China Chess Queen3.1
Ju,W2547Tan,Z2492½–½2015A341st China Chess Queen3.2
Tan,Z2492Ju,W25471–02015A181st China Chess Queen3.3
Ju,W2547Tan,Z24921–02015E321st China Chess Queen3.4
Ju,W2547Tan,Z24921–02015A011st China Chess Queen3.5
Tan,Z2492Ju,W25471–02015E481st China Chess Queen3.6
Ju,W2547Tan,Z24920–12015A351st China Chess Queen3.7

 

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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