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Wesley So – 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén)

Bright · China – USA Chess Grandmaster Summit Match; match game 2; 上海 (Shànghǎi), May 5, 2016

Spanish C80

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Nbd2 Nxd2. The alternative is 11. ... Qd7 12. Re1 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rad8 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. h3 d4 19. Qf3 d3 20. Red1 Bd4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 with equality, M. Adams – M. Muzychuk, 6th Chess World Cup; match game 1; Baku 2015. 12. Bxd2 Qd7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Bg5 Bg4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bc2!? This is hardly an improvement on 16. a4 d4 17. Qd3 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxf3 19. e6 f5 20. gxf3 Nd4 21. axb5 Nxb5 22. Qe3 f4 23. Qe4 Rd4 24. Qe5 Rd3 25. Rad1 Rd6 26. Kh1 g6 27. Rg1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nd6 29. Rc1 Nb5 30. Rd1 Nd6 31. Rc1 Nb5 32. Rd1 ½ : ½ David – Vocaturo, 75th Italian Chess Championship, Milan 2015. 16. ... d4 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bf5 20. Qb3 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Rxd4 22. Qc6 Qe6. 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) offers a Pawn sacrifice for dynamizing his own forces. 23. Qxc7 Rc8 24. Qa7 Rd2 25. b4 Rcc2. Both Rooks on the second (seventh) rank, Black certainly does not have to worry about his minus Pawn. 26. h3 Qf5 27. e6. The resource Wesley relied on. Black must content himself with perpetual check. 27. ... Qxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. e7 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rh2+ 31. Kg1 ½ : ½.

Wesley So vs. 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén)
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