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Wei Yi Creates A Piece Of Art With His Minor Pieces

February 9, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenFri, February 9, 2018 4:00amURL:
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Wei Yi (2675) vs Anne Haast (2352)
Tata Steel Group B (2015), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 12, Jan-24
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B48)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Ne5 8.Qg3 h5 9. O-O-O h4 10. Qh3 b5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. f5 Bb7 14. Rhf1 e5 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. f6 Nxf6 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Bb6 Qc6 20. Na5 Qe6 21.Nxb7 Rb8 22. Nd5 Rxb7 23. Qc3 Qc6 24. Nxf6+ Ke7 25. Bd8+ Ke6 26. Qh3#
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Video Thumbnail Attribution: By Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece (Wei Yi) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…)], via Wikimedia Commons

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