Game of the Week 374
While coaching at the European Youth Championship in Bratislava, I came across several interesting and attractive games, but the game that I liked best was played in China between Cheparinov and Wang Hao. White build up the game very instructively and then created beautiful tactical fireworks.
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Warming-up question: What would you play here with White?
Ivan Cheparinov vs Wang Hao
White to move
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 Nf8 9.0-0 Ne6 10.Bh4 0-0 11.f3 b6 12.Kh1 g6 13.Bf2 c5 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Rad1 a6 16.Bc2 Re8 17.Rfe1 Rc8 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Ba4 Rf8 20.Bb3 Qb6 21.Nf4 Nc7 22.e4 dxe4 23.fxe4 Rcd8 24.Nfd5 Ncxd5 25.exd5 Qc7 26.Bg3 Bd6 27.Bh4 Bf4 28.Re7 Qd6 29.Qe1 Bc8 30.Re6 Bxe6 31.dxe6 Qe5 32.e7 Rxd1 33.exf8Q+ Kxf8 34.Qxd1 g5 35.Bf2 Bxh2 36.Qe2 Qc7 37.Ne4 Nxe4 38.Qxe4 Kg7 39.Qf5 1–0
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Cheparinov,I | 2666 | Wang Hao | 2725 | 1–0 | 2019 | | Belt and Road Hunan Op A | 6.1 |
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