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Wei Yi vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Reykjavik Open (2013) · Sicilian Defense

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â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "Reykjavik Open"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "2013.02.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2013.02.19"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 (9... d5 10. e5 Ng8 11. Be3 e6) 10. d5 Nd4 (10... Ne7 11. Qb3) 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. a4 Nh5 (13... Be7 14. Na3 O-O 15. Nc4 Nh5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Qd2 Be8) 14. Qb3 g5 (14... Rb8 15. Ba7 (15. Nd2)) (14... Be7 15. Qxb7 O-O) 15. Qxb7 Rg8 16. Nd2 g4 17. fxg4 (17. Kh1 gxf3 18. Nxf3 Nf6) 17... Rb8 (17... Bxg4 18. Kh1) 18. Qxa6 Rxg4+ 19. Kh1 f5 20. exf5 Rxb2 (20... Qh4 21. Bb5 Nf6 22. f3) 21. Be2 Nf6 (21... Bxf5 22. Qc6+ Kf7 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Qc3) ( 21... Rg8 22. Bxh5+) 22. Nc4 (22. Bxg4 Nxg4) 22... Rxe2 (22... Rb8 23. Nxd6+ Bxd6 24. Qxd6) 23. Rxe2 Bxf5 24. f3 Rg6 25. Rg1 Kf7 (25... Nxd5 26. Qc6+) 26. Rxg6 hxg6 27. Bg5 Be7 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 (28... Bxf6 29. Nxd6+) 29. Nxe5 Qb8 30. Ng4+ Kg5 (30... Bxg4 31. fxg4 Qb1+ 32. Kg2) 31. Rxe7 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Bd3 33. Qa7 1-0 Thumbnail Wei Yi By Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece (Wei Yi) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Maxime Vachier Lagrave By Euku (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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