Sword Of Honour

Yuri Vovk – 韦奕 (Wéi Yì)
6th Chess World Cup; match game 2; Baku, September 15, 2015
Grünfeld Defence D73

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 a5 7. cxd5 a4 8. Qd1 cxd5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rb1 Rd8 14. Qd3 Qe8 15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 e5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Rbd1 Bc6 20. Bd4 Qe7 21. e3 Re8 22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. Qc2 a3 24. b3 Qb4 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Nc5 29. Kf2 Ne6 30. Rd2 d4 31. exd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Nxd4 33. Rxe8 Bxe8 34. f4

34. ... Bd7? Very bad judgment. After 34. ... Bc6 35. Ke3 (or 35. Bxc6 Nxc6) 35. ... Nc2+ 36. Kd2 Bxg2 37. Kxc2 Kf6 the game would have moved towards the “drawing room” and 韦奕 (Wéi Yì) most likely would have jumped straight out to the next round. 35. Bxb7 Bxg4 36. Ke3 Nc2+ 37. Kd3 Bf5+ 38. Kc4 Be6+ 39. Bd5 Kf6 40. b4. The passed b-Pawn will soon turn out to be an irresistible candidate for Queen. 40. ... Ke7 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. b5 Kd6 43. Ne4+ Kc7 44. Kc5 Kb8 45. b6 Ne1 46. Kb5 Nc2 47. Nc5 Nd4+ 48. Ka4 Ne2 49. Kxa3 Nc3 50. Kb4 Nxa2+ 51. Kb5 Ka8 52. Nxe6 Kb7 53. Nd8+ Kb8 54. Nc6+ Kb7 55. Na5+ Kb8 56. Nc4 Nc3+ 57. Ka6 Nd5 58. Ne5 Nb4+ 59. Kb5 Nd5 60. Kc5 Nf6 61. Kc6 Kc8 62. b7+ Kb8 63. Nd3 Ng8 64. Nb4 1 : 0.

Yuri Vovk (R.) vs. 韦奕 (Wéi Yì) (L.)
Photo: Eteri Kublashvili

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