That Was A Dangerous Attack By Ding Liren

February 20, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenTue, February 20, 2018 3:00pmURL:
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Ding Liren vs Lu Shanglei
Chinese Chess Championships (2012), Xinghua CHN, rd 5, Mar-31
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39)

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 c5 11. Bh6 Bf6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. f4 g6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Re7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. g6 Nd7 21. Rf3 Nf8 22. Raf1 Nxg6 23. Rg3 Rg7 24. Rxg6
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Video Thumbnail Attribution: By Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece (cropped from GM Ding Liren) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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