Friday, December 25, 2020

Undertale

张睿 (Zhāng Ruì) – 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn)
51st Chinese Chess Championship; 兴化 (Xīnghuà), December 25, 2020
Scotch Game C45

Usually, in most cases, a draw with Black is regarded as a reasonably satisfactory result, but 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) might well regret having been the only one to draw a game with the unrated participant 张睿 (Zhāng Ruì), who, so far, had always lost. It’s not given to know what his presence actually means, as it is an unprecedented exception to Chinese strict hierarchical rules. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 Bb6 9. Kh1 d6 10. Na3 Qg6 11. Nxc6!? A novelty with little to offer White. A previous game went 11. f3 Kh8 12. Nac2 f5 13. exf5 (13. Nb5!?⩲) 13. ... Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Nd4 Ne5= Jodorcovsky – Dos Santos, 39th Argentine Junior Chess Championship, San Rafael 1992. 11. ... bxc6 12. Re1 Be6 13. f4 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Bxc4. 14. ... d5!? seems also good with a pretty equal game. 15. Nxc4 f5 16. Qb3 Qf7 17. Na5 c5 18. Rae1 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rab8 20. g3 h5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Re4 Rb6 23. Kg2 Ra6 24. Ra4 Rb6 25. Rae4 g6 26. h3 Ra6 27. Ra4 Rb8 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nh6 30. Kg3 Rxb3 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Nxb3 Rxa4


33. Re7+ Nf7 (33. ... Kf8! 34. Rxc7 g5!=) 34. Rxc7 Also after 34. g5!? Ra2 35. Rxc7 Rxb2 36. Na5 Kf8 Black should apparently be able to hold on to a draw. 34. ... g5!= 35. fxg5 Kg6 36. Nd2 (36. Rd7 Rxg4+!=) 36. ... Nxg5 37. Rc6 Nf7 38. b4 cxb4 39. cxb4 Rxb4 40. Nc4 Rb3+ 41. Kf4 Rd3 42. Ke4 Rd1 43. Ra6 Kg5 44. Rxa7 d5+ 45. Ke3 Nh6 46. Ke2 Rd4 47. Ne3 Nxg4 48. Rg7+ Kh5 49. Rxg4 Rxg4 50. Nxg4 Kxg4 51. Kd3 Kf5 52. Kd4 Ke6 53. Kd3 ½ : ½.

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