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Wei Yi exciting notable game vs Alexander Areshchenko : World Cup (2015) · 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... (Show Full Description)
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 "World Cup"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2015.09.18"] [EventDate "2015.09.11"] [Round "3.2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Alexander Areshchenko"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "77"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rbd1 h3 17. g3 Bb4 18. Qe3 Bxc3 19. Nxe6 Qe5 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxa8 Nxf6 23. Nb6 Kg7 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rf5 Bb8 26. Rdf1 Ba7+ 27. Kh1 Bd4 28. Bd3 Rc6 29. g4 Rc7 30. g5 hxg5 31. Rxg5+ Kf8 32. Rg3 Nd5 33. Rxh3 Ne3 34. Rf4 Ba7 35. Re4 Nd1 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Rc4 Bc5 39. Bg6 1-0 Annotated PGN [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2015.09.18"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Alexander Areshchenko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B97"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2015.09.11"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 15. O-O Nd7 (15... Bb4 16. Rxb4 Qxb4 17. Qe3 O-O (17... Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rd1) 18. Qxh6 Qxd4+ 19. Rf2) 16. Rbd1 h3 17. g3 Bb4 18. Qe3 (18. Rf3 Qg5 (18... Ne5 19. Re3 Bd7) 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Ne4 Rh6) 18... Bxc3 (18... Qg5 19. Qe4 Bc5 20. Kh1 Qe5 21. Bg4 Qxe4+ 22. Nxe4 b6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Bxe6 Bb7+ 26. Kg1 Ne5 27. Rde1 Nf3+ 28. Rxf3 Bxf3 29. Bd5+ Kd7 30. Bxf3) 19. Nxe6 Qe5 ( 19... fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kd8 (20... Kf8 21. Qe7+ Kg8 22. Qg7#) 21. Qe7+ (21. Rd5 Re8) (21. Rf5 Re8) 21... Kc7 22. Qd6+ Kd8 23. f7 Bg7 24. Bg4 Qb5 25. c4 (25. f8=Q+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Qxf8+ Kc7 28. Qd6+ Kd8 29. Bxh3 Qc6) 25... Qc6) 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxa8 Nxf6 (22... Bxf6 23. Nb6 Nxb6 24. Rxf6) 23. Nb6 Kg7 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rf5 Bb8 26. Rdf1 Ba7+ 27. Kh1 Bd4 28. Bd3 Rc6 29. g4 Rc7 (29... Nxg4 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Rf8+ Kg7 32. R1f7#) 30. g5 hxg5 31. Rxg5+ Kf8 32. Rg3 Nd5 33. Rxh3 Ne3 34. Rf4 Ba7 35. Re4 Nd1 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Rc4 Bc5 39. Bg6 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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