音速

韦奕 (Wéi Yì) – Yuri Vovk
6th Chess World Cup; match game 1; Baku, September 14, 2015
French Defence C11

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Ng3. The alternative was 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. g4 a4 21. b3 Rfc8 (after 21. ... Qc6 22. f5 Bb5 23. Rd2 axb3 24. cxb3 Ra3 25. Re1 Rfa8 26. Re3 Rc8 27. Qe1 Rc7 28. Qd1 Ra8 29. Re1 Rac8 30. Qf3 Qa6 31. Red1 Qa3 32. Bb2 Qa6 33. Qe3 Kh8 34. f6 White stands better: 34. ... gxf6 35. exf6 Rg8 36. g5 h6 37. Rg1 Rcc8? 38. g6! 1 : 0 Caruana – Meier, 42nd Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund 2014) 22. f5 Qb5 23. Rhe1 axb3 24. cxb3 Rc3 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Bxe3 Rc8 27. f6 gxf6 28. Qxf6 Qe2 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Bc5+ Rxc5 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qd8+ Kg7 ½ : ½ Karjakin – Goganov, 66th Russian Chess Championship, Nizhny Novgorod 2013. 16. ... a5 17. Nh5 f6. Not 17. ... f5 because of 18. g4! with a powerful initiative, van Foreest – de Roode, 42nd OKU, Utrecht 2015. A sounder continuation, however, was 17. ... a4 18. Bb5 Ba6 as occurred in the game Caruana – Meier, Caruana, 41st Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund 2013. 18. Qg3 Rf7 19. Bb5 fxe5 20. fxe5 Ba6

21. Bxc6! The most difficult move in the whole game! 21. ... Qxc6 22. Bh6 Rc8 23. Rc1 g6. Maybe Black should have played 23. ... Nc5 immediately, in order to answer both 24. Nxg7 and 24. Bxg7 by 24. ... Ne4 with very unclear consequences. 24. Nf4. A very natural move, but a very unpleasant one for Black. 24. ... Kh8 25. h4 Nc5 26. h5 Ne4 27. Qh4 gxh5 28. Qxh5 Qe8 29. Rh4 Rb7 30. Qg4 Qg8 31. Qh3 Qf7 32. Nxe6 Rg8 33. Nd4 Qf2 34. Rg4 Re8 35. Be3 Qf7 36. e6 Qf6 37. Nf3 1 : 0. Such a crushing victory, so easily achieved. It’s hard to even figure out where Black went wrong.

韦奕 (Wéi Yì)
Photo: Eteri Kublashvili