6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

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6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by Mick Norris » Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:11 pm

Featuring Wei Yi, who I know is of particular interest to a number of forumites

Live games games start at 7:30 am UK time, so I have already missed round 1 :!:

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Results

Round 1 (July 2, 2015)
Yu, Yangyi - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1-0 54 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wang, Yue - Lu, Shanglei 1-0 35 A11 Reti Opening
Ding, Liren - Wei, Yi ½-½ 30 A10 Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Bu, Xiangzhi - Wang, Chen ½-½ 32 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro - Ni, Hua ½-½ 41 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by NickFaulks » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:21 pm

Bruzon - Ni Hua is advertised as a Blumenfeld. I've always been intrigued by that opening so I took a look, but sadly it's nothing of the sort.
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by Angus French » Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:50 pm

Wei Yi has just played a stunning game against Bruzon: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2015/2/1/5.
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:40 pm

Wow. That was a rook sacrifice followed by a sacrifice of another piece, with the Black king going from g8 to h3 via d5. Excellent king hunt!!
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by Mick Norris » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:17 pm

Round 2 (July 3, 2015)
Wei, Yi - Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 1-0 36 B40 Sicilian Classical
Ni, Hua - Wang, Yue ½-½ 30 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Bu, Xiangzhi - Ding, Liren ½-½ 45 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Wang, Chen - Sasikiran, Krishnan ½-½ 27 D03 Queen's Pawn Game
Lu, Shanglei - Yu, Yangyi ½-½ 25 B40 Sicilian Classical
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by John McKenna » Sat Jul 04, 2015 8:21 am

Coming up on Radio 4 at 08:45 - Dominic Lawson on Wei Yi v. Lazaro Bruzon.
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by John McKenna » Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:14 am

ECF President Dominic Lawson waxed lyrical about the masterpiece saying that Wei Yi's long combination - in immediate reply to Bruzon's 19th move novelty - worked like "a beautiful Swiss watch movement..." and that it ended with that chessical rarity know as "a quiet move", which the presenter James Naughtie later called "a silent move". Naughtie had already admitted he was a novice when it came to chess.
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by NickFaulks » Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:27 am

It is claimed that 21.Nd5 has been analysed in print somewhere - New in Chess? Anyone know?
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:34 am

Chess.com
game of the century
Chess Mind
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by John McKenna » Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:47 am

NickFaulks wrote:It is claimed that 21.Nd5 has been analysed in print somewhere - New in Chess? Anyone know?
Can't help with that as I downsized from NIC to BCM some time ago.

Another participant has already done a similar feat with a Sicilian 29.Nd5... in a recent event (that was eclipsed here by Stavanger) - http://en.chessbase.com/post/capablanca ... -and-kunin
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by John McKenna » Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:06 am

Dennis Monokroussos (Chess Mind) goes further than Dominic's 19th move to announce the novelty - "All theory so far, and until the last move or two the position was still pretty common. Now for a novelty..." 21.Nd5!?N...

I also note that Pete Doggers (Chess.com) uses the Naughtie terminology - "The beauty of this classic king hunt lies in the many “silent” moves played."
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:18 am

John McKenna wrote:Dennis Monokroussos (Chess Mind) goes further than Dominic's 19th move to announce the novelty - "All theory so far, and until the last move or two the position was still pretty common. Now for a novelty..." 21.Nd5!?N...
The analysis at chess.com places it in the context of lines seen in several recent GM games. It's the number of times White is able to make a non-checking move that's remarkable for a King hunt. Amusingly in the position one move from the end, it's Black who is now threatening mate in one from the King on h3 and the Queen on a8.

http://www.chess.com/news/wei-yi-plays- ... -game-2240
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by Steven DuCharme » Sat Jul 04, 2015 11:17 am

Game of this century so far imo
I float like a pawn island and sting like an ignored knight :mrgreen:
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by Steven DuCharme » Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:07 pm

Followed by a positional smackdown (loss)
I float like a pawn island and sting like an ignored knight :mrgreen:
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Re: 6th Hainan Danzhou GM 2nd to 11th July 2015

Post by John McKenna » Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:53 am

More coverage of the great game (including embedded sound report by D. Lawson) here -

http://en.chessbase.com/post/hainan-dan ... ortal-game

In round 4 only one game continuing (others all draws), Ni Hua-Sasikiran, with White pressing in a materially equal R & Ps endgame. Have to acknowledge the bravery of Sasikiran (and Bruzon) in entering this den of Chinese lions.
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