高等教育 (Higher education)

韦奕 (Wéi Yì) – 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén)
64th Chinese Chess Championship; 兴化 (Xīnghuà), May 21, 2015
Spanish Game C67

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Rd3 h6 16. Nd4 b6. Another way is 16. ... Re8 17. Bf4 c5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. c4 a6 20. Ne3 b5 21. b3 g5 22. Bg3 Be6 23. Rad1 Kb7 24. h4 Kc6 25. h5 Reb8 26. f3 a5 27. Nd5 bxc4 28. bxc4 Rb2 29. R3d2 Rab8 30. Kf2 a4 31. Ke2 a3 32. Ne3 Bg7 33. f4 gxf4 34. Bxf4 f6 35. exf6 Bxf6 36. Kf3 Rf8 37. Ke4 Bc3 38. Rd3 Bd4 39. Rxa3 Bxe3 40. Bxe3 Bxg4 41. Rd2 Bf3+ 42. Kd3 Rd8+ ½ : ½ Caruana – Grischuk, 19th European Team Chess Championship, Warsaw 2013. 17. Rf3 Be8 18. Nf5 Bf8. Black has retreated all of his pieces to the back rank, in the spirit of first World Chess Champion Wilhelm Steinitz! 19. b3 Bd7 20. Bb2 Be6 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. Re3 Bc5 23. c4 Be6 24. f4 g6 25. Rf1 Kb7 26. Kg2 Rad8 27. Rd3 h5 28. Nxe6 Rxd3 29. Nxc5+ bxc5 30. e6 Rhd8 31. exf7 Rd2+? Wrong check! Both 31. ... h4 32. Rf3 R3d7 33. Bf6 Rf8 34. Bxh4 Rdxf7 35. Bg5 and 31. ... Rf8 32. f5 gxf5 33. g5 Rxf7 34. g6 Rf8 35. g7 Rg8 36. Be5 Rd7 37. Rxf5 Rdxg7+ 38. Bxg7 Rxg7+ 39. Kh2 although slightly favourable to White, would have offered some drawing chances. 32. Rf2 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rf8. Black seems to have everything under control, but...

34. f5! Rxf7 35. Kg3! gxf5 36. g5! 1 : 0.

韦奕 (Wéi Yì). Photo: sports.sina.com.cn.