Wei Yi !

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2017...bhijeet-Wei_Yi Now there is lovely strategical play by Black!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Wei Yi !

Wei Yi !

March 8, 2017

China-India Team Match
Liaocheng, China
Round 1, Mar. 5, 2017
Sethuraman, S.P. – Wei Yi
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Ba2 c5 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bd7 14.d3 Kh8 15.b4 Nb7 16.Be3 Rc8 17.Qe2 Re8 18.Rad1 a5 19.Qd2 axb4 20.axb4 cxb4 21.Qxb4 Rxc2 22.Bb1 Rc8 23.d4 exd4 24.Bxd4 Bf6 25.Rxe8+ Bxe8 26.Bd3 Nc5 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.Bxb5 Rb8 29.Re1 Qd8 30.Ng5 Qxg5 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.Bxe8 Kg8 33.Bc6 Qd8 34.Qd4 Qe7 35.g3 Qe2 36.Qg4 Qe1+ 37.Kg2 g6 38.Bb5 Qe5 39.Qf3 Ne4 40.Bc6 Nc3 41.Qd3 Kg7 42.Kf1 g5 43.Kg2 f5 44.f4 gxf4 45.gxf4 Qf6 46.Kf3 Ne4 47.Bd7 h5 48.h4 Qxh4 49.Bxf5 Qh1+ 50.Ke3 Qe1+ 51.Kf3 Qh1+ 52.Ke3 Nf6 53.Be6 Qg1+ 54.Kf3 Qh1+ 55.Ke3 Qg1+ 56.Kf3 h4 57.Qf5 Qf1+ 58.Ke3 Qe1+ 59.Kf3 Qc3+ 60.Kg2 Qg3+ 61.Kh1 Qf3+ 62.Kg1 Qe3+ 63.Kg2 Qg3+ 64.Kh1 Qf3+ 65.Kg1 Qh5 66.Qd3 Qh6 67.Qf5 Qh5 68.Qd3 Qh6 69.Qf5 Kf8 70.Kh2 Qg7 71.Qh3 Qh6 72.Qf5 Qg7 73.Qh3 Qh7 74.Qc3 Qg6 75.Kh3 Nh5 76.Qf3 Qh6 77.Kxh4 Qxf4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Mar. 6, 2017
Wei Yi – Ganguly, Surya Shekhar
C45 Scotch, Mieses variation, main line

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.Nd2 g6 9.c4 Ba6 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.b3 Bg7 12.Bg5 Qa3 13.Bc1 Qe7 14.Bg5 Qa3 15.Qd2 d6 16.Bf6 Bxf6 17.exf6 O-O-O 18.Be2 Rhe8 19.O-O d5 20.Ng5 dxc4 21.Qf4 Nd5 22.Qg4+ Rd7 23.Bxc4 Nxf6 24.Qf3 Bxc4 25.Qxc6 Bd5 26.Qxf6 h6 27.Nf3 Qd6 28.Qc3 Qc6 29.Qxc6 Bxc6 30.Rfd1 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Re2 32.Rxd7 Kxd7 33.Rd1+ Kc6 34.Rc1+ Kb6 35.a3 a5 36.Rc3 Ra2 37.a4 Rd2 38.Rc4 c5 39.Re4 Rd3 40.Re8 Rxf3 41.Rb8+ Kc6 42.Rb5 Kd5 43.Kg2 Rc3 44.h4 Kd4 45.f3 Ke3 46.Rxa5 Kf4 47.Ra6 f5 48.Rxg6 Rxb3 49.Rxh6 Rb2+ 50.Kh3 Kxf3 51.Rc6 Rb1 52.Kh2 Rb2+ 53.Kh3 Rb1 54.Kh2 Kg4 55.Rxc5 f4 56.Rc3 Rb2+ 57.Kg1 Rb1+ 58.Kg2 Rb2+ 59.Kg1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Mar. 7, 2017
Wei Yi – Karthikeyan, Murali
B40 Sicilian

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qd4 c5 11.Qc4 O-O 12.Na4 d6 13.a3 Bd7 14.e5 Bb5 15.Qh4 dxe5 16.axb4 Bxe2 17.Rfe1 Bb5 18.Nxc5 Nd7 19.c4 Bc6 20.Nxa6 Qb7 21.Qg3 f5 22.Nc5 Qxb4 23.Nxe6 Rf7 24.Rxa8+ Bxa8 25.Ra1 Bc6 26.Bh6 Qxb2 27.Rf1 e4 28.Nd8 Rf8 29.Nxc6 Qf6 30.Qc7 Nc5 31.Ne7+ 1-0

Round 4, Mar. 8, 2017
Gupta, Abhijeet – Wei Yi
E46 Nimzo-Indian, Reshevsky variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.Ng3 d5 8.Be2 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 Bb7 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Qb3 c6 13.Bf3 a6 14.Rd1 b5 15.e4 Nb6 16.e5 Nfd7 17.Bg4 a5 18.Rb1 Nc4 19.Nce2 axb4 20.axb4 Bc8 21.h3 Ndb6 22.Qf3 f6 23.Bh5 g6 24.exf6 Ra7 25.Bg5 Rf7 26.Bxg6 hxg6 27.Nf4 Rxf6 28.Qd3 Qd6 29.Bxf6 Qxf6 30.Nxg6 Bd6 31.Re1 Bd7 32.f4 Nb2 33.Rxe8+ Bxe8 34.Rxb2 Bxg6 35.f5 Bf7 36.Rb3 Qg5 37.Qf3 Qc1+ 38.Nf1 Nc4 39.Qg4+ Kf8 40.Qh4 Ke8 41.Rf3 Nd2 42.Re3+ Ne4 43.Qh8+ Kd7 44.Qh7 Ke8 45.f6 Qb2 46.Qf5 Kd8 47.Rd3 Bg6 48.Qf3 Ng5 49.Qe3 Bxd3 50.Qxg5 Qxd4+ 51.Kh1 Qf2 0-1

chessbomb kibitzers on the last game:

- wow
- 精彩!!
- omg

[Hans Jung]

Re: Wei Yi !

Congratulations to Wei Yi for going over 2750! (top 15 in the world) with scintalating play!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Wei Yi !

Wei Yi

July 14, 2017

One comment in a chatroom today:

Yes, I expect Wei to be WC in 3-10 years. He's the best for his age, by far.

I agree that Wei Y will be world champion at some point. But I predict Anish Giri will be the next world champion for one cycle. Then Wei Yi. Don't underestimate Anish. He is young and improving.