3-Way tie for 1st place!
A very exciting finish in the last round earlier today! Both Wei Yi and Lu Shanglei won their respective games (with the Black pieces!) and caught up to the tournament leader Yu Yangyi, who could not do more than a draw despite having a very promising game at one point. All three finished with 8 points from 11 games, a full 2 points ahead of 4th place finisher Ju Wenjun, the current Women’s World Champion.
In the Women’s Championship top rated Tan Zhongyi won, also with 8 points from 11 games, but a mere half point ahead of the field. Even so, Tan’s final result was well deserved.
Tan Zhongyi – Yuan Ye
Tan Zhongyi – Ni Shiqun
Tan Zhongyi – Xiao Yiyi
Knight-pair dominates Bishop-pair!
The young Chinese talent Wei Yi impressed me the most in this tournament. Had he not lost in the 9th round against Yu Yangyi then the final result would have been entirely different. As it was, however, Wei Yi won 3 of his last 4 games, playing remarkably dynamic and creative games.
Below I analyze his 10th round game against Wen Yang. A theoretically important game in the Spanish Opening (3…g6), I had several years ago, here on this blog, written a theoretical article on this same variation. I will give to this blog article below Wei Yi’s game.
Wei Yi – Wen Yang Rd.10 29.12.2020 (1-0)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 4.d4{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} exd4 5.c3$5{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} a6$5{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 6.Bc4$5{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} b5
( {<strong style="color:black;">Passive play gives White his choice of promising plans: </strong> } 6...d6 7.cxd4 Bg7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.d5! {<strong style="color:black;"> Grischuk,A – Mamedyarov,S , Leuven BEL 16/ 6/2018 Blitz</strong> })
7.Bb3{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} Bg7 8.cxd4 Nge7{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 9.d5!{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} Na5 10.Bd2 Nxb3 11.axb3{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} d6{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>}
({<strong style="color:black;">Taking the pawn gives White everything he wants: </strong> } 11...Bxb2$6 12.Bc3 Bxc3+ 13.Nxc3 Rb8 14.h4!$16 b4 15.Ne2 Rb6 16.h5
d6 17.hxg6 Nxg6 18.Nfd4 Qg5 19.Ng3 Bg4 20.Qd2 Qxd2+ 21.Kxd2 h5
22.Nf1 Bd7 23.Ne3 c5 24.dxc6 Be6 25.Ra5 h4 26.Rha1 Kd8 27.Rxa6
Rxa6 28.Rxa6 Rh5 29.Ra8+ Kc7 30.Ra7+ Kc8 31.Nef5 {<strong style="color:black;"> 1-0, Maze,S 2565 – Thuesen,M 2111 , Helsingor DEN 24/ 7/2019 Xtracon Chess Open 2019</strong> })
( {<strong style="color:black;"> After</strong> } 11...O-O 12.Bc3! {<strong style="color:black;"> is White’s idea.</strong> } )
12.Bc3{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} f6$5{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 13.O-O O-O 14.Na3{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} Qe8{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Heading towards f7. This awkward manoeuvre is an indication that all is not well with the Black piece placement.</strong>}
({<strong style="color:black;"> Previous praxis had seen</strong> } 14...Bd7 15.Nc2 c5 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Nfd4 Bd7 {<strong style="color:black;"> Yoo,Chris – Daulyte,D , Douglas ENG 26/ 9/2017 IoM Masters</strong> } 18.Re1 Qb6 19.b4 $14)
15.Re1{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>}
( {<strong style="color:black;"> Or</strong> } 15.Nc2 c6 16.dxc6 Qxc6 17.Re1 )
Bd7 {[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>}
( {<strong style="color:black;"> If now</strong> } 15...c5 16.b4 {<strong style="color:black;"> looks promising</strong> } )
( {<strong style="color:black;">Reasonable is </strong> } 15...c6 )
16.Nc2 {[#] <strong style="color:red;">From c2 the Knight is very versatile. It can go to b4, d4 or d5 via e3, depending on how Black proceeds.</strong>} Qf7{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Black’s plan.</strong>} 17.Qd2 Rfd8{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Waiting</strong>} 18.Ba5$5{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Wei Yi decides to put pressure on the Queenside. He intends to soon follow up with a Rook to c1.</strong>} Rdc8
19.Nb4 c5{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Not waiting for the Rook to move to c1</strong>}
( {<strong style="color:black;"> Premature is</strong> }19...f5$6 20.e5! )
20.dxc6{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} Nxc6{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Relatively best under the circumstances</strong>}
( 20...Bxc6 21.Qxd6! )
21.Nd5{[#] <strong style="color:red;">This Knight is beautiful. White’s position is beginning to look ideal.</strong>}
({<strong style="color:black;">A good way to lose control of the game is </strong> } 21.Qxd6$6 Bf8 22.Qd2 Nxa5 23.Rxa5 Be6{<strong style="color:black;">and Black has excellent prospects now that his Bishops have got play. </strong> } )
Nxa5 22.Qxa5{[#] <strong style="color:red;">The Queen is surprisingly well posted here.</strong>} Rcb8
23.Rec1{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} f5$6{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Black is beginning to wonder where his play is and so decides to do something, but this move only helps White.</strong>}
( {<strong style="color:black;">Ugly, but probably necessary is </strong> }23...Rb7 24.h3 Raa7 25.Qb4 Bf8{<strong style="color:black;"> and Black is holding for the time being.</strong> } )
24.Ng5!{[#] <strong style="color:red;">The White Knights are really dangerous!</strong>} Qf8 25.Qc7{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Difficult to criticize, but there was much stronger!</strong>}
( {<strong style="color:black;">Crushing is the immediate </strong> }25.exf5 {!} Bxf5 26.Rc7 Kh8 ( 26...Re8 27.Rf7 ) 27.Nf7+ Kg8
28.Ne7+ Kxf7 29.Nxf5+{<strong style="color:black;">It is difficult to understand how such a strong player as Wei Yi overlooked this obvious continuation, but I assume that this part of the game was strongly influenced by the clock. </strong> } )
Qd8$6{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>}
({<strong style="color:black;">Black still has chances to save the game after </strong> } 25...Rd8 26.Nb6 Bxb2 27.Nxa8 Bxc1
28.Nxh7$5{<strong style="color:black;"> even though it is a bit awkward for Black</strong> } )
26.Qxd6 {[#] <strong style="color:red;">Good enough, but there is stronger.</strong>}
( {<strong style="color:black;">Again he should play </strong> }26.exf5! gxf5 27.h4 h6 28.Qxd6 hxg5 29.Rc7$16 )
Qxg5 27.Qxd7{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Clearly White is on top, but the clock makes this part of the game spotty.</strong>} fxe4 {[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>}
( 27...Rd8 28.Qe6+ Kh8 29.f4! )
28.Rc7 Qe5{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 29.Ne7+
Kh8 30.Nc8!{[#] <strong style="color:red;">I really like this move! It completely bottles up the Black Rooks! The threat is a check on d8.</strong>} h5{[#] <strong style="color:red;">luft</strong>} 31.Rd1
({<strong style="color:black;"> Another strong move is</strong> } 31.Re1 )
e3 {[#] <strong style="color:red;">Black tries to get some play</strong>} 32.fxe3{[#] <strong style="color:red;">White is still going to win after this, but Wei Yi’s play is not convincing about here (the clock!)</strong>}
( {<strong style="color:black;"> Winning immediately is</strong> }32.f4! Qxc7 33.Qxc7 Rxc8 34.Qb6! e2 35.Re1 Rd8 36.Qxg6!{<strong style="color:black;"> Etc. Perhaps Wei Yi did not see this last move. </strong> } )
Qxe3+ 33.Kh1{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>}
Qe5 34.Ne7{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Ditto last comment</strong>}
( 34.Qc6! Kh7 35.Nb6! )
Rb6?{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Returning the favour</strong>}
({<strong style="color:black;">After the better </strong> } 34...Qg5 {<strong style="color:black;">White would have nothing better than to play </strong> } 35.Nc8 )
35.Rc6!{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Wei Yi finds the strongest move.Now Wei Yi plays very strongly and the win is no longer in doubt</strong>}
Qxe7{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Not very pretty, but there are only bad options.</strong>}
( {<strong style="color:black;">Utterly hopeless would be </strong> } 35...Rxc6 36.Qxc6{<strong style="color:black;"> when Black would have to give up the exchange and be worse off than in the game continuation.</strong> } )
36.Rxb6{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} Qg5{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 37.Qf7 Kh7 38.Rb7 Rg8{[#] <strong style="color:red;">It is almost zugzwang</strong>}
39.h3{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Luft, always a good idea in a winning game as it eliminates Black’s only hope (a back rank mate!). Here the game ended. I assume that Black lost on time. Of course, Black will soon run out of moves.</strong>} 1-0
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Previous Theoretical Articles on this line
Today I take a brief look at a not so common move order for White against the increasingly popular 3…g6_Spanish. This gained some prominence after the just concluded Isle of Man International, when White won convincingly two games: Naiditsch vs Nakamura and Vishnu vs Sadchev.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 {[#]
<strong> Does this variation have a name? If it doesn’t, then it should! While dating back to the time of Steinitz, in recent years it has enjoyed a remarkable comeback and has been scoring big for the Black pieces. So much so that even the conservative Anand has recently taken it up!</strong>
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4.d4 {[#]<strong style="color: red;">The most aggressive, but theoreticians are not convinced.In most texts this move is relegated to the ‘sidelines’ section.</strong> }
({<strong style="color: red;">A:</strong>} 4.c3 {<strong style="color: red;">Without any doubt the most popular move in modern praxis</strong>} a6 5.Ba4 Bg7 (5...d6 6.d4 Bd7 {<strong style="color: red;">is the Deferred Steinitz Variation C75/C76 </strong>}) 6.d4 exd4
({<strong style="color: red;">Or</strong>} 6...b5 7.Bb3 ( 7.Bc2$5 exd4 8.cxd4 d6 {<strong style="color: red;">will transpose into the main note here.</strong>}
) exd4 8.cxd4 d6 9.h3 ( 9.a4 {!?} {<strong style="color: red;">Is worth investigation and might turn out to be White’s most dangerous line.</strong>} ) Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Bb7
12.Nbd2 Nb4 {!?} ( 12...Na5 {!?}{<strong style="color: red;">is a strong alternative</strong>} ) 13.Nf1 ( 13.Ng5 {!}{<strong style="color: red;">probably had to be played</strong>} ) c5 14.a3
Nc6 15.d5 Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Nxd5 18.Qd3 Nb6 19.Rd1 Rc8
20.Ng3 Nc4$17 {<strong style="color: red;">White has been completely outplayed strategically without making any obvious errors, Hansen, E2629 – Anand, V2771 , Batumi 26/ 9/2018 43rd Olympiad; Anand won convincingly in 33 moves.</strong>}
) 7.cxd4 b5 8.Bc2 ( 8.Bb3 {<strong style="color: red;"> is the Hansen vs Anand game</strong>} ) d6 {[#]<strong style="color: red;">This position is critical and has recently attracted the attention of 2800 rated players like Anand and Mamedyarov.Theory has not even scratched the surface yet!</strong> }
9.d5$5 {<strong style="color: red;">‘book’</strong>} Nce7$6 ( 9...Ne5$6 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.a4 Bd7 12.Be3
Nf6 13.O-O O-O 14.Qd2 Ne8 15.Bc5 Nd6 16.axb5 Bxb5 17.Re1 Qd7
18.Nc3$16 {<strong style="color: red;">Kasparov Garry (RUS) 2630 – Smyslov Vassily (RUS) 2580 , Moscow 1981 Match 4 Teams</strong>}
) ( 9...Na5! {<strong style="color: red;">This is the best but needs to be analyzed carefully; Caruana,F 2816 – Mamedyarov,S 2808 , Leuven BEL 13/ 6/2018 GCT Rapid</strong> }
) 10.a4 Bd7 11.O-O Nf6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Re1 b4 14.Ne2 c6 15.dxc6
Bxc6 16.Ng3 Ng4 17.Bb3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.Bg5 Ra7 20.Rc1 Rd7
21.Qg4 Qb6 22.a5 Qb7 23.Re3 Rc7 24.Rce1 Bd7 25.Qh4 Nc6 26.Nf5
{!} Bxf5 ( 26...gxf5 27.Rh3 ) ( 26...Be6 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.Bh6+
Kg8 29.Qf6 ) 27.exf5 Nxa5 ( 27...gxf5 28.Rh3 ) 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Rh3
Rfc8 30.Bf6 Nxb3 31.Qh8+ {<strong style="color: red;">1-0, Vishnu, P 2504 – Sadchev,T 2400 , Douglas 27/10/2018 Isle of Man Int; A beautiful game by White!</strong> }
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({<strong style="color: red;">B:</strong>} 4.O-O {<strong style="color: red;">Usually this just transposes into A above.</strong> } Bg7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 Nge7 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 b5 )
exd4 5.c3$5{[#]<strong style="color: red;">An excellent gambit that Black should think twice before accepting. Curiously, very few theoretical texts even mention this idea; only Ivan Sokolov’s excellent book on the Spanish and Khalifman’s book on Anand’s opening repetoire discuss it, even if only briefly.</strong> }
( {<strong style="color: red;">A:</strong>} 5.Bg5 {<strong style="color: red;">Used to be considered very good for White but has now dropped by the way</strong>} Be7! 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3
Bg4! {<strong style="color: red;">and Black has nothing to complain about</strong>} )
( {<strong style="color: red;">B:</strong>}5.Nxd4 Bg7 {<strong style="color: red;">ditto the previous comment</strong>} )
dxc3$6{[#]<strong style="color: red;">Black must be either a sucker for punishment or a genius defender to play this way. In either case, the fact that the computer thinks it is ok is of little comfort when you have to play a normal time control against a strong player. White simply has too much compensation and owns the initiative.</strong>}
( {<strong style="color: red;">A: The problem with transposing into the known ‘Cozio Variation’</strong>} 5...Nge7$5 6.cxd4 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5
8.O-O Bg7 9.Re1+ Be6 10.Bg5 Qd6 11.Nbd2 {<strong style="color: red;">is that White is simply better or much better, as Nakamura found out at the Isle of Man tournament:</strong>} O-O 12.Ne4 Qb4 13.Bxc6
bxc6 14.Qc1 Rfe8 15.Bd2 Qb6 16.Nc5 Bf5 17.Ne5 Rad8 {<strong style="color: red;">All of this had been seen many times before. White is simply better, or perhaps even close to winning.</strong> }
18.h3$5 {<strong style="color: red;">New</strong>} Nf6 19.Nb3! Rd5 20.Nxc6 (20.Ba5$5) Rxe1+ 21.Bxe1 Bf8 22.Ne5 {<strong style="color: red;">Naiditsch, A2721 – Nakamura, H2763 , Douglas 27/10/2018 Isle of Man. White won without too much difficutly in 46 moves.</strong> })
({<strong style="color: red;">B:</strong>} 5...d3$5 {<strong style="color: red;">Is better than ‘A’, but gives White a free hand and Black is not guaranteed equality</strong>} 6.Qxd3 ( 6.Bg5$5 {<strong style="color: red;">Is an annoying alternative</strong>} Be7 7.Bf4 a6 8.Bxd3 d6 9.h3 Be6
10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Bh6 {<strong style="color: red;">and Black does not have a normal development</strong>} ) ( 6.O-O$5 Bg7 7.Bxd3 d6 8.h3 Nf6 9.c4 O-O
10.Nc3$14 ) Bg7 7.Bg5 Nge7 ( 7...Bf6 8.Bf4 ) 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.h4
( 9.O-O-O d6 10.h4 Bg4 ) h6 10.Bf4 d6 11.h5 g5 {?!} 12.Nxg5 hxg5
13.Bxg5 )
( {<strong style="color: red;">C:</strong>} 5...Bg7$6 {<strong style="color: red;">has little to recommend it</strong>} 6.cxd4 Nge7 7.d5! Nb8 8.Nc3 a6 9.Ba4 b5 10.Bb3 d6 11.Be3
Nd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bd4 Ne5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Bc5 Kh8 16.d6 cxd6
17.Qxd6 Qxd6 18.Bxd6 Ra7 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxf8 Nf4 21.Bc5 Rc7 22.Rfd1
Bf6 23.Bd6 Rd7 24.Kf1 a5 25.g3 Ne6 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Rac1 Ba6 28.b4
{<strong style="color: red;">1-0, Spassky Boris V (FRA) 2650 – Lehmann Heinz G (GER) 2285 , Solingen 1974</strong> })
( {<strong style="color: red;">D:</strong>} 5...a6! {<strong style="color: red;">This is the BEST move and virtually transposes into note A at move 4.</strong>} 6.Bc4
( 6.Ba4$5 Bg7 7.cxd4 b5 {<strong style="color: red;"> will once again transpose into the note at move 4 above</strong> })
( 6.Bxc6 {<strong style="color: red;">Did not bring Karjakin much success earlier this year</strong>} dxc6 7.cxd4 Bg4 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Bg7 10.Be3 Ne7 11.Nc3
Bxd4 {<strong style="color: red;">Karjakin,S 2763 – Mamedyarov,S 2809 , Berlin GER 10/ 3/2018 FIDE Candidates</strong> }
) Bg7 7.cxd4 {<strong style="color: red;">Grischuk,A 2766 – Mamedyarov,S 2808 , Leuven BEL 16/ 6/2018 GCT Blitz</strong> }
b5 8.Bb3 {<strong style="color: red;">transposes into the note at move 4 above. So, essentially, Black can get a reasonable game by side stepping the 5.c3 gambit. Good to know if you are Black!</strong> } )
6.Nxc3{[#]<strong style="color: red;">White has a big lead in development, and it is not simple for Black to develop harmoniously</strong>}
6...h6$5{[#]<strong style="color: red;">Can Black actually afford to fall further behind in his development?</strong>}
( {<strong style="color: red;">What little theory there is has concentrated on </strong>} 6...Bg7 7.Bg5! f6{<strong style="color: red;">Smyslov optimistically game this a ‘!’, though it is true that the alternatives are depressing:</strong>}
( 7...Bf6$6 8.Bxf6
( 8.Bf4$5 ) Nxf6 9.e5 {<strong style="color: red;">and Black can not be happy</strong>} )
( 7...Nge7 8.Nd5! h6 9.Bf6 Bxf6 10.Nxf6+
Kf8 11.Qd2 Ng8 12.Nd5 Nce7 {?} 13.Qc3 Rh7 14.Nxc7 Rb8 15.O-O
a6 16.Be2 b5 17.a4 b4 18.Qc2 Rb6 19.Nd4 a5 20.Rfd1 Nf6 21.Qc5
Rb7 22.Nde6+ {<strong style="color: red;">1-0, Alsina Leal,D 2545 – Marin Benito,C 1860 , Sabadell ESP 15/ 5/2011 ch-Catalan KO</strong> })
( 7...Nce7$6 8.Qb3! )
8.Bf4 Ne5 9.Nd4!{[#]} c6 ( 9...Ne7 10.Ne6 )
10.Ba4! ( {<strong style="color: red;">Less strong is</strong> } 10.Be2 {<strong style="color: red;">Prasad D 2460 – Smyslov Vassily (RUS) 2540 , Calcutta 1995</strong> }
) Ne7 11.Bb3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.O-O O-O 15.Rc1 Kh8
( 15...Nc4$6 16.Nb5!$16 ) 16.Re1 {<strong style="color: red;">when Black’s position is about to crack, Chernov V 2450 – Breahna R 2355 , Sovata 1997 Ch_T Romania</strong> }
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( 6...d6$6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qd4! {<strong style="color: red;">Ouch!</strong>} f6 9.Nd5 a6 10.Ba4 Kf7
( 10...b5 11.Qc3 ) 11.Qc3 Be6 12.Bb3 Bxd5 13.Bxd5+ Kg7 14.Rc1
h6 15.Be3 Qd7 16.Qb3 Nd8 17.Qc3 c6 18.Bb3 a5 19.a3 Kh7 20.O-O
h5 21.Rfd1 Qg4 22.Bc2 Nh6 23.Bd4 Ne6 24.h3 Nxd4 25.Rxd4 Qf4 26.Rcd1
Nf7 27.e5 Qh6 28.exd6 Bd8 29.Qb3 {<strong style="color: red;">1-0, Altschuler,J 2060 – Walker,N 2170 , Hinckley Island ENG 15/ 2/2015 4NCL</strong> }
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7.O-O Bg7 8.Bd2! {<strong style="color: red;">A strong plan: Qc1/Nd5/Bc3</strong>} Nge7 9.Qc1{[#]} d6 ( 9...a6 10.Ba4 g5$6 11.Nd5
O-O 12.Bc3 f6 13.Bb3 Kh8 14.h4$16 Nxd5 15.exd5 g4 16.Nd2 Ne5 17.d6
cxd6 18.Nc4 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 b5 20.Bd5 Rb8 21.Qf4 Bb7 22.Rad1 a5
23.a3 Qc7 24.Rfe1 b4 25.axb4 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 axb4 27.Bxb4 Qb7 28.Rd4
Rfe8 29.Red1 Re6 30.Bc3 Rbe8 31.Qxg4 f5 32.Qxg7+ {<strong style="color: red;">1-0, Jones,G 2647 – Sandipan,C 2585 , 29/ 8/2015 22nd Abu Dhabi Masters}) 10.Nd5 Kf8 11.Bc3 ( {<strong style="color: red;">Missing the very strong</strong>}11.Bxc6! Nxc6 ( 11...bxc6 12.Nxe7 Qxe7
13.Qxc6 Rb8 14.Ba5 ) 12.Bc3 Be6 13.Re1 ) Nxd5 12.Bxg7+ Kxg7 13.exd5
Ne7 ( 13...Ne5 14.Qc3 Qf6 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.Rac1 ) 14.Qc3+ Kh7
15.Rfd1 Bd7 16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.Rac1{<strong style="color: red;">White has pressure.</strong>} Rac8 18.Qf6 Rhf8 19.Rc4 Ng8
20.Qd4 b6 21.Qc3 Rfe8 22.h4 Re7 23.g3 b5 24.Rf4{[#]} c5 25.dxc6 Qxc6
26.Qb3 Qc7 27.h5 a6 28.Qd3 Re6 29.Kg2 Kg7 30.hxg6 fxg6 31.Qd4+
Nf6 32.Re1 Qf7 33.Rxe6 Qxe6 34.Qa7+ Qd7 35.Qxa6 Rc2 36.Qb6 Rc5
37.Rd4 Nd5 38.Qa6 Rc6 39.Qa5 Qc7 40.Qxb5 Ne7 41.Re4 Rc5 42.Qe8
{<strong style="color: red;">1-0, Cornette,M 2606 – Ladron de Guevara Pinto,P 2422 , London ENG 7/12/2017 London Classic Open</strong> }
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And This One:
Navara Crushes Salgado’s Spanish in 24
Yet one more theoretical duel from this weekend’s Bundesliga encounter in Berlin has produced another beautiful wipe out. This time the opening that is featured is a hot (side)line in the Spanish that I wrote about in an earlier theoretical article.
gm Navara – gm Salgado
An important game for the theory of this variation, but clearly, as indicated in the notes, the final word has not been spoken.
