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Amazing Chess Game: Wei Yi vs Anne Haast - a young chinese Mikhail Tal ?! - Tata Steel B (2015)

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Instructive game tags: Sicilian defence, open sicilian, taimanov variation of sicilian, early Qf3, artificial looking Qf3 allowing tempo gains, Queen goes to h3 seemingly awkward, f-file pressure, f5 ... (Show Full Description)
Instructive game tags: Sicilian defence, open sicilian, taimanov variation of sicilian, early Qf3, artificial looking Qf3 allowing tempo gains, Queen goes to h3 seemingly awkward, f-file pressure, f5 space gain, f-file opened up with pawn sacrifice, exchange sac, exchange sacrifice, making queen position relevant, Queen on h3 proven to be relevant to d7 softspot, king in center, exploiting king in center, forcing moves, majestic queen move switch from kingside to queenside, knight sac, deflection tactic, amazing bishop check, queen switching from left to right and right to left, amazing queen movements Game quality tags: amazing, awesome, astonishing, brilliant, classic, crushing, dynamic, elegant, exceptional, excellent, exciting, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fascinating, finest, flashy, greatest, important, impressive, incredible, instructive, incredible, interesting, magnificent, marvellous, memorable, mind-blowing, must see, outrageous, remarkable, scintillating, sparkling, stunning, superb, thrilling, top, unbelievable, wonderful 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 "Tata Steel Group B"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2015.01.24"] [Round "12"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Anne Haast"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2352"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2015.01.10"] 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 (16. f6 Nxf6 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Bb6 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Qxb6 20. Qxd7+ Kf8 21. Rd6 Qg1+ 22. Rd1 Qa7) 16... Rc8 (16... Nf6) 17. f6 Nxf6 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Bb6 Qc6 (19... Qxb6 20. Qxd7#) 20. Na5 Qe6 21. Nxb7 (21. Qxe6+ fxe6 22. Nxb7 Rg8 23. Rd2 d5 24. exd5 Rb8 25. dxe6 Rxb7) 21... Rb8 (21... Qxh3 22. gxh3 Rb8 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Rxd6) 22. Nd5 Rxb7 (22... Qxh3 23. Nc7+ Ke7 24. Bc5+ d6 25. Rxd6 {forcing mate} f5 (25... Qxg2 26. Rd1#) 26. Nd5+ Ke8 27. Nf6+ Ke7 28. Rxa6#) 23. Qc3 (23. Nxf6+ Qxf6) 23... Qc6 24. Nxf6+ Ke7 (24... Qxf6 25. Qc8+ Ke7 26. Bc5+ d6 27. Qxb7+ Ke6 28. Qc8+ Ke7 29. Qc7+ Ke8 30. Qc6+ Kd8 31. Bb6+ Ke7 32. Qc7+ Ke6 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Bd8+ Ke8 35. Bxf6#) 25. Bd8+ Ke6 (25... Kxd8 26. Qxc6) 26. Qh3# 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

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