Wei Yi draws first blood against Richard Rapport
GM Wei Yi of China is playing Hungarian GM Richard Rapport in a four game match in Yancheng, China 20th to 23rd December 2016. Richard Rapport [born 1996] is number one in the current world junior rating list at 2717 and Wei Yi [born 1999] is number two at 2707.
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Opening Ceremony
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 b6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c4 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Re1 Nf8 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Nf1 Rb8 14.Be2 Be6 15.Qa4 Qb6 16.Ne3 Nd7 17.Qf4 Qb4 18.Qg3 Nd4 19.Bd2 Nxe2+ 20.Rxe2 Qxb2 21.Rae1 g6 22.Ng4 Qxa2 23.Nf6+ Kd8 24.Ng5 Rb6 25.Bc3 Qa3 26.Nxf7+ Bxf7 27.e6 Bxe6 28.Rxe6 Rxe6 29.Rxe6 Qa2 30.Nxd7 Kxd7 31.Rxe7+ Kxe7 32.Qc7+ Ke6 33.Qc6+ Ke7 34.Qxc5+ Ke6 35.Qc6+ Ke7 36.Qb7+ 1–0
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| Wei,Y | 2707 | Rapport,R | 2717 | 1–0 | 2016 | C03 | White Snow Chess Cup 2016 | 1 |
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In the first game, Richard Rapport played 3 ...b6 in the French, instead of more commonly played moves like 3 ...Nf6 or 3 ...c5; a plan which seemed to serve him well, as 20 moves in he had a comfortable advantage. Admittedly the position was pretty unbalanced, and an inaccuracy by Rapport let Wei back into the game. The Chinese GM wasted no time in launching an impressive attack to win the first round in style.
Richard Rapport
Wei Yi
Rapport has the white pieces in round two.
Photos and information courtesy of the official match web page: Official Site
