Featured is an excellent chess game between Ding Liren and Ni Hua from the 2009 Chinese Championship. In response to the Grunfeld Defense, Ding’s queen rook plays first a defense role and next an offensive role. The idea to quickly transfer the queen rook along the 3rd rank towards the kingside for an attack breaks down black’s position after 35 moves. Even without queens the attack was decisive!
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Image of Ding Liren by Lennart Ootes
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rb3 Qd6 13. Qd2 e6 14. f4 Bg7 15. c4 e5 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. O-O Bg6 19. h4 h5 20. Qg5 e4 21. Bxh5 Rae8 22. Be2 Qe7 23. h5 Bh7 24. Rg3 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Bd4+ 26. Kh2 Be5 27. Bf6+ Bxg3+ 28. Kxg3 e3 29. Rf4 Bc2 30. Kf3 Kh7 31. g4 Kg8 32. g5 a6 33. h6 Bg6 34. h7+ Bxh7 35. Rh4