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王玥 (Wáng Yuè) – 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén)
6th Hǎinán Dānzhōu Super GM Chess Tournament; 儋州 (Dānzhōu), July 6, 2015
Modern Benoni A72

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7. The alternative was 13. ... f5, e.g. 14. Nc4 Na6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. 0-0 Nc7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bd3 Qf6 19. Ne3 Rae8 20. Qc2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qd4 22. Qc2 b5 23. Rae1 b4 24. Nf5 Rxf5 25. Qxf5 bxc3 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28. Re1 ½ : ½ Ivkov – Hindle, Vrnjačka Banja 1967. 14. Nc4 Nf6 15. a4 b6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. 0-0 a6 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. Ne3 Qe7 20. Bd3 h5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Ne4 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. d6 Qd8 25. Bxa6 f5 26. f3 fxe4 27. fxg4 Qxd6 28. Rad1 Qh6 29. gxh5 e3 30. Qe4 Red8 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. g4 Qf6 33. Rf1 Rd4 34. Qxe3 Rf4 35. b3 Qd8 36. Rxf4 gxf4 37. Qd3 Qh4 38. Qd5+ Kf8 39. Qd6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qd6+ Kg8 42. Bc4+ Kh8 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Bd3+ Kh6 45. Qd6+. A truly remarkable decision! 王玥 (Wáng Yuè) simplifies into an opposite coloured Bishop ending for only one extra Pawn. 45. ... Qf6 46. Qxf6+ Bxf6 47. Kf2 Bh4+ 48. Kf3 Kg5 49. Be2 Be1 50. Ke4 Bc3 51. Bf3 Bb4 52. Kxe5 Bc3+ 53. Kd5 Bd2 54. Kc6 Ba5 55. Bd1!! “What a beautiful idea by Wáng Yuè, 55. Bd1 then some b3-b4 will come and after ... cxb4 then Bd1-b3 blocking the Bishop. Brilliant!”, Grandmaster Francisco Vallejo Pons said. 55. ... Kh6

56. b4!! A very elegant problem-like move that justifies the strategy of 王玥 (Wáng Yuè) exchanging Queens, thus depriving Black of any counterplay. 56. ... cxb4. On 56. ... Bxb4 57. Kxb6 White equally wins. 57. Bb3 Kg5 58. Kd5 1 : 0.

王玥 (Wáng Yuè)
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Jonathan David Tisdall (GMjtis)