Too Much of Nothing

丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) – 余泱漪 (Yú Yāngyī)

7th 海南 (Hǎinán) 儋州 (Dānzhōu) Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament “人民网 (People’s Daily Online) Cup”; 儋州 (Dānzhōu), July 15, 2016

Queen’s Gambit Declined D44

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 0-0-0 14. 0-0 c5 15. d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qg4 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 Nc6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc4 Rxg5 23. Qd4 Kb8 24. Rxc6 Rxg3+ 25. fxg3 Qxc6 26. Rd1 Qc7. Just a memory: 26. ... Bh6 27. Nc5 Ka8 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Nxe4 a5 30. Ra1 Be3+ 31. Kg2 Rh5 32. g4 Rd5 33. b3 Kb7 34. h4 Kb6 35. Re1 Bf4 36. Kf3 Be5 37. g5 a4 38. bxa4 b3 39. g6 fxg6 40. Rb1 b2 41. f7 ½ : ½ Jussupow – Tukmakov, Leningrad 1987. 27. b3 Kc8 28. Qe4. The Matrix (nearly) Reloaded is 28. Qd3 Bc5+ 29. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 30. Kf1 Qc3 31. Qxc3+ bxc3 32. h4 e5 33. Ke2 c2 34. Rc1 Kd7 35. Rxc2 Ke6 36. Rc6+ Kf5 37. Kf3 e4+ 38. Ke3 Rb8 39. Rc5+ Kxf6 40. Kxe4 Rxb3 41. Ra5 Rxg3 42. Kf4 Rg1 43. Rxa7 Kg7 ½ : ½ Kramnik – Anand, 7th London Chess Classic, London 2014. 28. ... Kb8 29. Qd4 Kc8 30. Qe4 Kb8 31. Qd3 Bc5+ 32. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Qd4 Qc3 34. Qf4+ Ka8 35. Qe4+ Kb8 36. Rd4 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qb2+ 38. Kf3 Qc3+! Not 38. ... Qxb3+?? 39. Kf4 a5 40. Qe5+ Kc8 41. Qc5+ Kb8 42. Rd7 and wins (Kouatly’s analysis). 39. Kg4 Rg8+ 40. Kh4 Rh8+ 41. Kg5 Qc1+? Everything was better than to allow a trade of Queens, since in the ensuing Rook ending, in spite of material equality, Black appears to be helpless. Correct was 41. ... Qc5+ 42. Kg4 Rg8+ 43. Kf3 a5 with an unclear balance. 42. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Rxh2 44. Rxb4+ Kc7 45. Kg5 Rh8 46. g4 Rg8+ 47. Kf4 Rd8 48. Ra4 Kb6 49. Ra1 a5 50. Rh1 Kc5 51. Rh7 Rd7 52. g5 Kd6 53. Rh3 e5+ 54. Kf5 e4 55. Kxe4 Ke6 56. Rh8 Rb7 57. Re8+ Kd6 58. Kf5 Rb5+ 59. Kg4 Rb4+ 60. Kh5 Rxb3 61. Re7 Rh3+ 62. Kg4 Rh7 63. Ra7 Ke6 64. Ra6+ Kd7

65. g6! And finally the pointe. 1 : 0. We may suspect that 余泱漪 (Yú Yāngyī) has fallen into a computer “black hole”. Of course, unwillingly.

丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) vs. 余泱漪 (Yú Yāngyī)
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