Vietnam’s strongest chess tournament this year!

by kevinspraggettonchess · Published March 14, 2017 · Updated March 15, 2017

7th HD Bank tournament heats up!

With 5 rounds completed, and 4 to go, six players find themselves tied for first with 4 points each. The Vietnamese star, Le Quang Liem, Chinese stars Wang Hao, Wei Yi and Bu, and Russian stars Goganov and Rouzum.

You can find all of the technical details of the tournament HERE, and you will also be interested in visiting the OFFICIAL website for videos, photos and what not. The 6th round takes place tomorrow, and the final round will be on the 17th.

Some outstanding games:

(This page uses the RPB-plugin. Just click on any move and a dropdown diagram will appear)

.Wei,Yi – Le,Huu Thai Ho Chi Minh City 2017.3.13

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Qe7 6.Nf3 Nxe4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 O-O 9.d4 Bb6 10.Re1 Qd8 11.Ng5 d6 ( 11...h6 12.Bd3 hxg5 ( 12...d5 13.Qh5 Qd7 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Nxf7+ ) 13.Qh5 ) ( 11...d5 12.Bd3 h6 13.Qh5 f5 14.Nf3 ) 12.Bd3 g6{[#]} 13.Nxh7 { Black resigned here.} Kxh7 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Bxg6 fxg6 16.Qxg6+ Kh8 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Bf6+ Rxf6 19.Qxf6+ Kh7 20.Qh4+ Kg7 21.Qg5+ Kf7 22.Re4 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

.Vo,Thanh Ninh – Wei,Yi Ho Chi Minh City 2017.3.14

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.Nd5 Nge7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Ne4 Rb8 13.Nc3 Be6 14.O-O Kh7 15.Rb1 a6 16.Nd5 Qd7 17.Nb6 Qd8 18.Qb3 h5 19.a4 h4 20.a5 Qg5 21.Nd5 hxg3 22.hxg3 f5 23.f4 exf4 24.gxf4 Qg4 25.Rf3 Bxd5 26.cxd5 Rfe8 27.Qc2{[#]} Re3 28.Rbf1 Bd4 29.Kh2 Rh8 30.Rh3+ Rxh3+ 31.Bxh3 Kg7 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

.Wei,Yi – Garcia,Jan Emmanuel Ho Chi Minh City 2017.3.14

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O a6 6.c3 d6 7.Nbd2 Ba7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bc2 h6 11.h3 Re8 12.Nf1 d5 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Ng3 Bc5 ( 14...Qd6 ) 15.b4 Bf8 16.a4 b5 17.Re2 g6 18.Qe1 Nd7 19.d4 exd4{[#]} 20.Be4 Qd6 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.Nxd4 Qd5 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Rd2 Qe5 25.Qe4 Qg7 26.axb5 Nf6 27.Qc6 Nd5 28.Bb2 Rad8 29.bxa6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

.Le,Quang Liem – Vo,Thanh Ninh Ho Chi Minh City 2017.3.12

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Rc1 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Be2 c6 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Nd3 a5 12.O-O Bg5 13.Bg3 Bh4 14.e4 Bxg3 15.hxg3 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Ra7 17.Re1 c5 18.Nd6 cxd4 19.Nf4 Nc5 20.Qxd4 Nc6 21.Qd2 Ba6 22.Bxa6 Rxa6 23.Nh5 Ra7 24.Rcd1 Rd7 25.Qc3 f6 26.Qc4+ Kh8{[#]} 27.Nf7+ Rfxf7 28.Qxf7 Rxf7 29.Rxd8+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Wang, Hao – Shyaamnikhil, P Ho Chi Minh City 2017.3.13

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 exd4 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Re1 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Qb3 Nge7 13.Qxb7 O-O 14.Rac1 Rab8 15.Qxc7 Rfc8 16.Qd6 Rd8 17.Qa3 Nb4 18.Re4 Ned5 19.Nxd4 Nf4 20.Rxf4 Nd3{[#]} 21.Nc6 Qg5 22.Rf8+ Rxf8 23.Qxd3 Rxb2 24.Rd1 Qh4 25.Rf1 Qa4 26.Nd4 Qxa2 27.Ne4 h6 28.Nc3 Qa3 29.Nxe6 Re8 30.Qg6 Qe7 31.Nxg7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Dimakiling, O – Wang, Hao Ho Chi Minh City 2017.3.13

1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.d4 g6 4.c3 b6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.a4 cxd4 7.exd4 a6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 d6 11.Nc4 Nbd7 12.h3 Re8 13.Bf4 Qc7 14.Bf1 Bc6 15.Ne3 Nd5 16.Bg3 Nxe3 17.Rxe3 Nf6 18.c4 Nh5 19.Bh2 e5 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Qb3 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Nf4 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Rd1 Re7 25.Qc2 a5 26.Qd2 Rae8 27.b3 Re4 28.Rd3 Bf8 29.Rd7 Qe5 30.Rd5 Qf6 31.Rd4 Kg7 32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.Be2 Bc5 34.Bf3 Re3 35.Qa2 Re5 36.Qa1 h5 37.Kf1 Bb4 38.Be2 Kh7 39.Qd4{[#]} f3 ( 39...Qe6 ) 40.gxf3 Qe6 ( 40...Bc5 41.Qd3 Qh4 ) 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.