Strongest tournament in Vietnam underway!

by kevinspraggettonchess · Published March 12, 2017 · Updated March 12, 2017

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 { <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor">[]</div> } 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 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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{ <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor">[]</div> } 13.f4 h4 14.fxg5 Nxe4 15.Bf4 Bg7 16.Bxc4 O-O 17.g6{ <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor">[]</div> } fxg6 18.Bxe6+ Kh7 19.Qg4 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.