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The China-Russia Chess Grandmaster Summit is a four game match between Yu Yangyi and Grischuk in Jiayuguan 20th to 24th July 2017. If the match is tied there will be rapid and then blitz tie-breaks.
Yu Yangyi-Grischuk Match 2017
Jiayuguan, China
Round 1, July 20, 2017
Grischuk, Alexander - Yu, Yangyi
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack
If you decide to present a chess event on ChessTalk, you run a risk of following a real stinker once in a while. You may recall we followed the Sharjah Tournament, which was criticized heavily for boring chess and quick draws.
Pavel Eljanov: Concerning chess content, it was one of the most boring tournaments I ever played with so many quick draws every round.
That being said, I thought that two evenly matched players Yu Yangyi and Alexander Grischuk having a match in which Alexander was presumably provided with an appearance fee and all expenses might be interesting – a chance for the younger player to prove himself against one of the giants of the game and showcase his talent.
The second round game:
Yu Yangyi – Grischuk, Alexander
Round 2, July 21, 2017
D78 Neo-Grunfeld
My sense of the ridiculous has been stimulated by this statement from chess24 on the match, which has started with two draws of 24 and 13 moves:
The players may not yet need it, but Saturday 22 July is a rest day, before the final two classical games are played on Sunday and Monday. We're guaranteed action, though, since if the match ends in a tie the players will compete in two games of 25+10 rapid chess, then if needed two games of 5+3 blitz, and finally an Armageddon game where White has 6 minutes to Black's 5, but a draw counts as a win for Black. At stake is the $20,000 winner's prize, with $10,000 for the loser.
- congrats to Grischuk
- very good game by Alexander! Rd1-d5-a5-a6 is the famous ‘tremplin’ of Nimzovitch
- today Grischuk plays like a monster
- smooth win
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The white rook seemed trapped on a6 for most of the game. The comment above about it being a ‘tremplin’, I have not heard before. I believe a tremplin is a springboard, so the rook there is poised to spring into action.
- another win for Grischuk coming up. Yu Yangyi tried to fight for a win but neglected his queenside in the process
- only hope for him is to sneeze and move the queen to d1 hoping that Grischuk doesn’t notice
- a bad day at the office for Yu Yangyi
- congrats Grischuk
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