Romanian-born German Grandmaster

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu – Wesley So
43rd Sparkassen Chess Meeting; Dortmund, June 27, 2015
Sicilian Defence B23

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d3 e6 9. f5 Nge7. Usually Black plays first 9. ... exf5. 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Ne5? More cautious was 11. ... Nd8 in order to answer 12. Be3 by 12. ... h6 13. Nf3 0-0.

12. Nb5! A dream position came true! 12. ... Qxb5. This looks much the more suspicious. If 12. ... 0-0-0 there follows 13. d4! Qxb5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf7 and White comes out the Exchange to the good. 13. Nxe6 Kd7 14. Nxg7 h5 15. a4 Qb6 16. a5 Qb5 17. c4 Qc6 18. b4! With this energetic push White opens up lines of attack against Black’s King. 18. ... Rh7 19. bxc5 Rxg7 20. Rf6 Nc8. Equally after 20. ... Qxc5+ 21. d4 White wins. 21. d4 Ng4 22. Rf3 Qxe4 23. h3 dxc5 24. dxc5+ Ke8 25. hxg4 Ne7 26. Qf1 Rg8 27. Bb2 hxg4 28. Re1 1 : 0. A chess masterpiece by Romanian-born German Grandmaster Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu!

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu vs. Wesley So
Photo: Sparkassen CM ‏@SparkassenChess

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