Game of the Week: Yu Yangyi vs Wesley So

by Merijn van Delft
5/13/2020 – In this show Merijn van Delft takes a look at one of the best and exciting games from the FIDE Nations Cup: Yu Yangyi vs Wesley So. | Merijn's show is available at 15.00 UTC (17:00 CEST, 11:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #411

After the exciting Magnus Carlsen Invitational finished, chess fans around the world were immediately treated with the next online top event: the Nations Cup. Caruana was leading team USA with a most impressive performance of almost 3000, while the Chinese Ding Liren and tournament surprise Yu Yangyi performed around 2900. The later scored a brilliant attacking victory against So in the final, which is our Game of the Week.

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Yu Yangyi vs Wesley So, FIDE Nations Cup 2020
Position after 19...Be2

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.Qb3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.c6 Qa5 9.Bd2 bxc6 10.g3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Bg2 0-0 13.0-0 e5 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Qe4 f6 16.Qc4+ Kh8 17.Be3 Nb8 18.Rfd1 Ba6 19.Qe6 Bxe2 20.Rd2 Ba6 21.Nh4 Bc8 22.Qc4 f5 23.Nf3 h6 24.Rad1 Kh7 25.h4 Rf6 26.Ng5+ hxg5 27.hxg5 Rg6 28.Bd5 f4 29.Be4 Bxg5 30.Rd6 Bf6 31.Kg2 f3+ 32.Kxf3 Bg4+ 33.Kg2 Bxd1 34.Rxd1 1–0
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Yu,Y2709So,W27701–02020Online Nations Cup Final1.3

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Merijn van Delft is an International Master from the Netherlands who lived in Hamburg for many years and is currently based in Amsterdam. After scoring a GM norm in 2017 he is eager for more. His ChessBase show on Wednesday evenings has been running for over ten years now.

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