Strong tournaments underway

by kevinspraggettonchess · Published May 14, 2017 · Updated May 14, 2017

Some great chess!

Lots of interesting tournaments taking place right now for the fans to follow! Special mention should go to the strong Asian Continental Championship taking place in Chendu, China. This tournament clearly demonstrates the growing strength of Asian chess. Besides having 14 grandmasters higher rated than 2600, including +2700 players Wei Yi and Yu Yangyi, there are still another 19 grandmasters participating!

There are 16 countries taking part, including Iran, whose federation has been banned by FIDE for non of monies due. Fortunately, the Iranian players are allowed to play!

gm Wei Yi – im Xu Yi Chendu 2017.5.12 c84 (1 – 0)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.c3 O-O 10.Bc2 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Re1 b4 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ng3 bxc3 15.bxc3 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Bd2 Bc5 18.a5 Nf6 19.h3 Bd6 20.Nh4 Bf8 21.Qf3 Nh7 22.Bb3 Qf6 23.Qh5{[#]} Be6 24.Ne4 Qd8 25.Ba4 Bd7 26.Re3 Nf6 27.Nxf6+ Qxf6 28.Bb3 e4 29.Rxe4 Rxe4 30.dxe4 Re8 31.Bd5 Ne5 32.f4 Bc5+ 33.Kh2 Nd3 34.Rf1 Bf2{[#]} 35.Rxf2 Nxf2 36.e5 Qe7 37.Ng6{[#]} Qd8 38.f5{[#]} Be6 39.fxe6 fxg6 40.Qxg6 Re7 41.c4{[#]} c6 42.Bb4 cxd5 43.Bxe7 Qxe7 44.cxd5{[#]} Qh4 45.Qf7+ Kh7 46.Qf5+ Kg8 47.d6 Ne4 48.Qf7+ Kh7 49.Qf3 Ng5 50.Qf5+ g6 51.Qf6 Qe1 52.d7 Nf3+ 53.Qxf3 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.