Wei Yi other finalist in Leon

by Alejandro Ramirez
6/8/2014 – The Chinese prodigy Wei Yi, who turned 15 last week, is the second finalist in Leon. He vanquished Ivan Salgado in a match where the Spanish player never had any real winning chances. Setting the tone on game one Wei Yi was able to push his advantage until the end taking the match 2.5-1.5. Festivities in Leon conclude with the match between Wei Yi and Paco Vallejo.
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The XXVII Master's City of Leon has commenced. The tournament features only four players in a unique weekend tournament. A knock-out system is being used and the games are being played on a rapid time control.

The second semi-final was between Wei Yi and Ivan Salgado.

Wei Yi at the press desk

The Chinese prodigy came in as the higher rated player but not by much. He was however able to set the tone for the match as he won the first game with white. A typical 1.e4 e5 position arose and Wei Yi was able to maneuver his knights into better positions than his opponent. The pressure got to Salgado and he was forced into a rook endgame down a pawn which the Chinese player converted.

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Salgado was simply unable to recover from the first game defeat

The action after game one mainly revolved around Salgado trying to find winning chances to even the score. In game four, in a must win situation, he blundered badly and offered a draw that was taken by his opponent as he guaranteed his spot in the finals.

With this result Wei Yi moves on to face Paco Vallejo in the finals to determine the winner of this event.

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.Nbd2 d6 7.c3 a6 8.h3 h6 9.Bb3 Re8 10.Re1 Be6 11.Nf1 Bxb3 12.axb3 a5 13.Ng3 d5 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.Bd2 Rad8 16.Rad1 dxe4 17.dxe4 Qe6 18.Nf5 Kh7 19.g4 Ng8 20.Kg2 f6 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Nxe3 Nge7 23.Nd5 Qc8 24.Nh4 Kg8 25.b4 axb4 26.Qb3 Kh8 27.Nxe7 Nxe7 28.Qxb4 g5 29.Nf5 Nxf5 30.gxf5 c5 31.Qb6 Kg7 32.Rd6 Rxd6 33.Qxd6 Qd8 34.Qxc5 b6 35.Qc6 Re7 36.Ra1 Qc7 37.Qxc7 Rxc7 38.Kf3 h5 39.Ra6 Rb7 40.Ke3 g4 41.h4 Kf7 42.c4 Ke7 43.b4 Kd7 44.Kd3 Kc6 45.c5 Rd7+ 46.Ke3 1–0
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Wei,Y-Salgado,I-1–02014XXVII Magistral León
Salgado,I-Wei,Y-½–½2014XXVII Magistral León2
Wei,Y-Salgado,I-½–½2014XXVII Magistral León
Salgado,I-Wei,Y-½–½2014XXVII Magistral León4

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Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez has been playing tournament chess since 1998. His accomplishments include qualifying for the 2004 and 2013 World Cups as well as playing for Costa Rica in the 2002, 2004 and 2008 Olympiads. He currently has a rating of 2583 and is author of a number of popular and critically acclaimed ChessBase-DVDs.

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