Handtrykk （握手）

韦奕 (Wéi Yì) – Magnus Carlsen
78th Tata Steel Chess Tournament; Wijk aan Zee, January 18, 2016
Spanish C89

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rae8 19. Kg2 Qxf3+. Formally departing from 19. ... h6 20. a4 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Re6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Kg2 Rfe8 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. c4 as occurred in the game Vachier-Lagrave – M. Adams, 48th International Chess Festival, Biel/Bienne 2015. 20. Kxf3 Re6 21. Rac1 h6 22. Kg2 Rg6 23. Ne4 Nf4+ 24. Kf3 Bxe4+ 25. Rxe4 Nd3 26. Rd1 Nxb2 27. Rd2 Ba3 28. Bb6. Trying to get something out of nothing, since 28. Ree2 c5! leads to equality. 28. ... Rd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. Re2 Nd3 31. Rd2 Ne5+ 32. Kg2 Be7 33. f4 Nc4 34. Bxc4 bxc4 35. Rd7 Bf6 36. Rc7 Bxc3 37. Rxc6 Rb8 38. a4 Bb2 39. Ba5

39. ... c3. “Very clever by King Mag, playing into a pure Rook ending where White has to suffer for some time to make a draw”, Grandmaster Daniel W. Gormally said. 40. Bxc3 Bxc3 41. Rxc3 Rb4 42. a5 Rb5 43. Ra3 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 f5. Okay, it’s a draw, but we continue for a while to play the comedian, because we enjoy it! 45. Rc3 Rb5 46. Ra3 g5 47. fxg5 hxg5 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. h4 g4 50. Rc3 Rxa5 51. Rc6 Ra2+ 52. Kg1 a5 53. Ra6 a4 54. Kh1 Kf7 55. Kg1 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 Ra3 57. Kh2 Ra2+ 58. Kg1 Ke7 59. Kh1 a3 60. Kg1 ½ : ½.

韦奕 (Wéi Yì) vs. Magnus Carlsen
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Nigel David Short (@nigelshortchess)