庭外和解 (Settlement)

丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) – Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov
4th “心桥杯” (“Xīnqiáo Cup”); match game 4; 温州 (Wēnzhōu), August 14, 2018
r7/1Rb2pk1/p1q1p1p1/2PpP2p/3P3P/3BK1P1/P7/1Q6 w - - 5 39

Position after 38. ... Bd8-c7

Although still in need of his crutches, 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) crushed Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov in their 4-game match held in 温州 (Wēnzhōu) – which is also the birthcity of Chinese Grandmaster. 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) won the first and the fourth games, and, indeed, he should have won the second as well. On the other hand, Topalov has played quite rarely since last two years. Today’s game had no story, as White dominated the board all the time, but the finish is quite pretty: 39. Bxg6! Rg8. If 39. ... fxg6 then 40. Qb6! forcing an easily won Rook ending. On other Rook moves simply Bg6xh5 follows. 40. Bxf7! 1 : 0. Repetita iuvant (40. ... Kxf7 41. Qb6!+−).

丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) (left) vs. Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (right). Photo: qipai.org.cn.