Tomorrow Is a Long Time

韦奕 (Wéi Yì) – Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler
6th Chess World Cup; match game 2; Baku, September 24, 2015
Giuoco Piano C50

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. c3 0-0 7. Bg5 h6. Adolf Anderssen once said that “It is impossible to play chess better than Mr. Morphy”. You must know he’s right! Thus, let’s consider 7. ... Bb6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. 0-0 h6 10. Bh4 Kh8 11. Nh2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Nhf3 h4 14. Nxh4 gxh4 15. Bxh4 Kg7 16. Qf3 Rh8 17. Qg3+ Kf8 18. Qg5 Nd7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxd8+ Nxd8 21. Nf3 Kg7 22. g4 Nf8 23. Kg2 Ng6 24. Bg5 Nf7 25. h4 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Nf4+ 27. Kg3 Rh3 mate, Stanley – P. C. Morphy, New York 1857. 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bh2 Qf6 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Bxf4 gxf4 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. 0-0-0 Rg8 15. Rdg1 Bd7 16. g4 fxg3 17. Rxg3 Ne7 18. d4 Bb6 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21. Qe3 Nc6. “Have a feeling Wéi’s ambitions and clock are conspiring against him today”, Grandmaster Jonathan David Tisdall said. 22. Rg1+ Kh7. But not 22. ... Kh8? on account of 23. Bxf7! and White’s attack will flare up suddenly. However, 22. ... Kf8(!) was probably best. 23. Qd3. 韦奕 (Wéi Yì) is in very serious time trouble indeed.

23. ... Rg8. Svidler rightly prefers to play safe. After 23. ... exd4? 24. e5+ Qf5 25. Qe2! White has too many threats. 24. Rxg8 Kxg8 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Qf3 Qe7 28. h4 Kg7 ½ : ½.

韦奕 (Wéi Yì) vs. Peter Veniaminovich Svidler
Photo: Eteri Kublashvili

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