7th HD Bank International
Vietnam’s strongest international chess tournament – 7th HD Bank Cup – kicked off yesterday in Ho Chi Minh City, attracting participants from more than 21 countries. A 9-round swiss, the top section includes 38-grandmasters/wgm’s and 29 im’s/wim’s amongst 103 players. The tournament continues until the 17th.
Some games
[Event "7th HD Bank Cup 2017"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City VIE"]
[Date "2017.3.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Tu, Hoang Thong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B57"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.O-O
Rc8 8.Bb3 g6 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bg5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Ne4 13.Ba4+
Kf8 14.Bc1 h5 15.c3 h4 16.Be3 Rh5 17.Bb3 Qa5 18.Qg4 f5 19.Qxg6
Nf6 20.Bg5 Rh8 21.Qxf5 Rc7 22.Rfe1 h3 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 {[#]} 24.Rxe7 Rh6
25.Re6 Rf7 26.Qf4 Kg7 27.Qg3+ Rg6 28.Qxh3 Qc5 29.Bc2 Rh6 30.Qg3+
Kf8 31.Rae1 1-0
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One of Wei Yi’s worst defeats came in round 2
[Event "7th HD Bank Cup 2017"]
[Site "Ho Chi Minh City VIE"]
[Date "2017.3.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Diu, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D43"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O a6 11.Ne5 b4 12.Na4 h5{[#]} 13.f4 h4 14.fxg5
Nxe4 15.Bf4 Bg7 16.Bxc4 O-O 17.g6{[#]} fxg6 18.Bxe6+ Kh7 19.Qg4 1-0
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Miss Universe 2015, Pham Huong