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A week before facing Magnus Carlsen in a rapid and blitz match in Saint Louis, Ding Liren obtained a spectacular victory in the Chinese Chess League. Playing black against Bai Jinshi, Ding gave up his queen early on and began to harass his opponent’s monarch with incredible accuracy.
Carlsen visited the ChessBase studio shortly after the game was played and had this to say about his colleague’s achievement:
It was not only the move, 20...Rd4, which gets the headlines, but the follow-up was also both accurate and beautiful. It’s not going to be easy to beat that. I had already a training session with Ding, so I was already impressed with how fast he can calculate very difficult lines, and that’s one of the reasons I found him the most interesting opponent [in St Louis].
Notice that Black no longer has his queen on the board. The white king is in deep trouble, though, and Bai tried to escape towards the kingside.
But Ding’s hunt was stunningly precise!
Resignation came after 31...Bg6+ 32.Kxg4 Ne5+
In this video course, twenty-nine examples with multiple questions are presented in the interactive format, which is ideal for a range of playing strengths. Step by step you will be taken through the complex positions.
