Peter Svidler – Yu Yangyi Match

[Wayne Komer]

Peter Svidler – Yu Yangyi Match

June 12, 2018

Rounds One to Four

From chessbomb:

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018-svidler-yu


Chinese Blitz Champion Yu Yangyi takes on 8-time Russian Champion Peter Svidler in a rapid and blitz match in Shenzhen, China from 12-14 June, 2018. 8 rapid games, which are worth two points for a win and 1 for a draw, are followed by 10 blitz games with normal scoring. The time control for the rapid chess is 10 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment from move 1. The blitz is 3 minutes for all moves, with a 2-second increment. If the scores are still tied a 6 vs. 5 Armageddon game will be played.

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Round Rapid (10 + 10) / Game 1 Jun 12, 2018 06:30
Round Rapid (10 + 10) / Game 2 Jun 12, 2018 07:15
Round Rapid (10 + 10) / Game 3 Jun 12, 2018 08:00
Round Rapid (10 + 10) / Game 4 Jun 12, 2018 08:45
Round Rapid (10 + 10) / Game 5 Jun 13, 2018 06:00
Round Rapid (10 + 10) / Game 6 Jun 13, 2018 06:45
Round Rapid (10 + 10) / Game 7 Jun 13, 2018 07:30
Round Rapid (10 + 10) / Game 8 Jun 13, 2018 08:15
Round Blitz (3 + 2) / Game 1 Jun 14, 2018 06:00
Round Blitz (3 + 2) / Game 2 Jun 14, 2018 06:15
Round Blitz (3 + 2) / Game 3 Jun 14, 2018 06:30
Round Blitz (3 + 2) / Game 4 Jun 14, 2018 06:45
Round Blitz (3 + 2) / Game 5 Jun 14, 2018 07:00
Round Blitz (3 + 2) / Game 6 Jun 14, 2018 07:30
Round Blitz (3 + 2) / Game 7 Jun 14, 2018 07:45
Round Blitz (3 + 2) / Game 8 Jun 14, 2018 08:00
Round Blitz (3 + 2) / Game 9 Jun 14, 2018 08:15
Round Blitz (3 + 2) / Game 10 Jun 14, 2018 08:30


Rapid 10+10
Luohu GM Rapid 2018
Shenzhen, China
Round 1, June 12
Yu Yangyi-Svidler, Peter
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Bd3 Ne7 15.c4 Qxd2+ 16.Bxd2 b6 17.O-O Ba6 18.Rfe1 Rac8 19.Bf1 exd5 20.exd5 Nf5 21.g4 Nd6 22.Re7 Bf8 23.Rxa7 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.g5 Bc8 26.gxf6 Rxa2 27.Be3 Ne4 28.Rb1 Ra6 29.Bf4 Nxf6 30.Bc7 Ne4 31.Rxb6 Ra1 32.Kg2 Ra2 33.Bg3 Bf5 34.Nh4 Nxg3 35.Kxg3 Ra3+ 36.f3 Bc2 37.Bh3 Rd3 38.Ng2 Bd1 39.Bg4 Rb3 40.Rc6 h5 41.Be6+ Kg7 42.Nh4 g5 43.Rc7+ Kh6 44.Nf5+ Kg6 45.Rf7 Bxf3 46.Kf2 1-0

Rapid 10+10
Round 2, June 12
Svidler, Peter – Yu Yangyi
A25 English, Closed

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Rb1 a5 6.a3 d6 7.b4 axb4 8.axb4 Nf6 9.b5 Ne7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O Bf5 12.d3 Qd7 13.Bg5 c6 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.c5 Ned5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qc2 dxc5 18.e4 Nb4 19.Rxb4 cxb4 20.exf5 Qxf5 21.Be3 Rfd8 22.Qxc6 b3 23.Nd2 Rac8 24.Qa4 b2 25.Nc4 Rb8 26.Be4 Qe6 27.Rb1 f5 28.Bg2 e4 29.dxe4 Ra8 30.Qc2 Ra1 31.Nxb2 Qa2 32.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33.Bf1 Qxb2 34.Qc4+ Kh8 35.exf5 gxf5 36.Qe6 Qe5 37.Bc4 Qxe6 38.Bxe6 Rf8 39.Kg2 Be5 40.f4 Bb2 41.Kf3 Kg7 42.Bc5 Ra8 43.Bf2 Kf6 44.Bd5 Ra3+ 45.Kg2 Rd3 46.Bf3 Rd2 47.Kf1 Ke6 48.h3 Bd4 49.Bxd4 Rxd4 50.h4 Rd2 51.Kg1 Kd6 52.Ba8 Kc5 53.Bb7 Kd4 54.Ba8 Rc2 55.Bb7 Ke3 56.Ba8 Ke2 57.Bb7 Ke1 58.Ba8 Ke2 1/2-1/2

Rapid 10+10
Round 3, June 12
Yu Yangyi-Svidler, Peter
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Bd3 Ne7 15.c4 Qxd2+ 16.Bxd2 b6 17.O-O Bd7 18.Rfe1 Nc8 19.e5 exd5 20.cxd5 fxe5 21.Nxe5 Nd6 22.Bg5 Bxe5 23.Bxd8 Bf4 24.Bc7 Bxc1 25.Rxc1 Ne8 26.Be5 Rd8 27.f3 Bf5 28.Bf1 Kf7 29.g4 Bc8 30.Bc4 Nd6 31.Bb3 Ba6 32.a4 c4 33.Ba2 Nb7 34.Bc7 Rxd5 35.Bxc4 Bxc4 36.Rxc4 Rc5 37.Rf4+ Ke6 38.Re4+ Kd7 39.Bf4 Rd5 40.Be3 Nd6 41.Rf4 Rd3 42.Kf2 Ra3 43.h4 Ke6 44.Rb4 Rc3 45.Bf4 Nc4 46.Bb8 a5 47.Rb5 Ra3 48.h5 Rxa4 49.Rg5 Kf7 50.Rd5 Ra2+ 51.Kg3 Rd2 52.Rb5 Rd7 53.Kf2 Rb7 54.Bf4 a4 55.Ke2 a3 56.hxg6+ hxg6 57.Rb1 b5 58.Kd3 Ke6 59.Kd4 Rf7 60.Re1+ Kd7 61.Bg5 Rxf3 62.Kc5 a2 63.Ra1 Nd6 64.Bh6 Rf2 65.Kb4 Rb2+ 66.Kc3 Nc4 67.Bg7 Kc6 68.Kd3 Rg2 69.Kc3 Kc5 70.Kb3 Na5+ 71.Ka3 b4+ 72.Ka4 Nc6 73.Rc1+ Kd5 74.Rd1+ Ke4 75.Kb3 0-1

Rapid 10+10
Round 4, June 12
Svidler, Peter – Yu Yangyi
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bf5 7.O-O Be7 8.Ne5 Nd7 9.Ng4 Ndf6 10.Ne3 Be6 11.f3 Nd6 12.b3 Qd7 13.Re1 O-O 14.c4 Rfe8 15.Nc3 c6 16.Qc2 b6 17.Bb2 Bf8 18.Rad1 Rac8 19.c5 Nb7 20.b4 g6 21.Ne2 Bh6 22.Bc1 Bg7 23.Ba6 Re7 24.Nf4 Rce8 25.Qf2 Nd8 26.Bd3 Qb7 27.Nc2 Bc8 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Re1 Rxe1+ 30.Qxe1 Ne6 31.Nxe6 Bxe6 32.Bf4 Nd7 33.h4 Nf8 34.Be5 Qe7 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.cxb6 axb6 37.a4 Qa7 38.a5 Nd7 39.h5 bxa5 40.bxa5 c5 41.Bb5 Bf5 42.Ne3 cxd4 43.Nxf5+ gxf5 44.Qg3+ Kf8 45.Qd6+ Ke8 46.Qxd5 Ke7 47.Qxd7+ Qxd7 48.Bxd7 Kxd7 49.Kf2 1-0

Peter has a live rating of 2759.4 in rapid and 2786.0 in blitz

Yu Yangyi has a live rating of 2761.2 in rapid and 2788.0 in blitz

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Peter Svidler – Yu Yangyi Match

Peter Svidler – Yu Yangyi Match

June 13, 2018

Rounds Five to Eight

Peter is really on fire and has won five games in a row! (and gained 32 points in ELO rapid live rating)

Luohu GM Rapid
Shenzen, China
Rapid 10+10
Round 5, June 13
Yu Yangyi – Svidler, Peter
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 d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qb8 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Nbd2 O-O 14.Nf1 h6 15.Bh4 cxd4 16.cxd4 Rc8 17.axb5 Qxb5 18.d5 Bg4 19.Ne3 Bd8 20.h3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Nb3 22.Bxb3 Qxb3 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qg4 g6 25.Rxa6 Rd8 26.Rc6 Qxb2 27.Qf3 Bg5 28.Rc7 Rf8 29.Ng4 h5 30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Nd7 Rfc8 32.Rc6 Rxc6 33.dxc6 Rc8 34.Qg3 Qd2 35.Rf1 Rxc6 36.Qb3 Rc7 37.Nb6 Rb7 38.Rb1 Qd4 39.Qg3 Rxb6 0-1

Rapid 10+10
Round 6, June 13
Svidler, Peter – Yu Yangyi
A28 English, Four Knights

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.exd4 Bg7 7.d5 Ne7 8.Be2 d6 9.h3 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Bf4 b5 13.Rc1 b4 14.Na4 Qe8 15.b3 Bxa4 16.bxa4 a5 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.Bf3 Rae8 19.g4 h6 20.Bg3 Kh8 21.Nb5 Nc8 22.c5 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 Re8 24.Qd2 dxc5 25.Rxc5 Nd6 26.Rxc7 Nde4 27.Bxe4 Nxe4 28.Rxd7 Nxd2 29.d6 Ne4 30.Re7 1-0

Rapid 10+10
Round 7, June 13
Yu Yangyi – Svidler, Peter
C78 Ruy Lopez, Archangel variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.h3 O-O 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Be3 exd4 14.cxd4 Ne7 15.Nbd2 Bxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qc2 d5 18.Ne5 Qd6 19.f3 Nf6 20.Rac1 c5 21.Bf4 Nh5 22.Bh2 c4 23.Nxc4 Bxd4+ 24.Ne3 Ng3 25.Qd3 Ba7 26.Bxg3 Qxg3 27.Kh1 Ng6 28.Nxd5 Rbe8 29.Qf1 Bb8 30.Qg1 Nh4 31.Rf1 Re2 32.Rc2 Rxg2 33.Rxg2 Qxh3+ 0-1

Final position in Game Seven



Rapid 10+10
Round 8, June 13
Svidler, Peter – Yu Yangyi
A13 English Opening

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Bf6 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.Be2 Bxb2 13.Qxb2 Qa5+ 14.Qd2 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Bg4 16.Rhd1 Rac8 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.h3 Be6 19.Bb5 Ne7 20.Nd4 Kf8 21.Bd3 h6 22.f4 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Nxc8 25.Be2 Ke7 26.Bf3 Kd6 27.Kc3 Bd7 28.Bh5 g6 29.Be2 Ne7 30.h4 h5 31.g3 Ng8 32.Bf3 Nf6 33.a3 a6 34.b4 Bg4 35.Bg2 Bd1 36.Kd2 Ba4 37.Bf3 Bd7 38.Kc3 b6 39.Kd3 Bg4 40.Bg2 Bd7 41.Bf3 Ng8 42.Kc3 Ne7 43.Kd3 Bf5+ 44.Kd2 Be4 45.Be2 a5 46.g4 axb4 47.axb4 hxg4 48.Bxg4 Ng8 49.h5 gxh5 50.Bxh5 f6 51.Nb5+ Kd7 52.Bg4+ Kc6 53.Nd4+ Kd6 54.Nb5+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Peter Svidler – Yu Yangyi Match

Peter Svidler – Yu Yangyi Match

June 14, 2018

Blitz, Rounds One to Ten

Peter won the rapid match of eight games 6-2. These counted double in the final match score.

Yu Yangyi won the 10-game blitz match, 6.5-3.5 and so, the overall score was Svidler 15.5-10.5 Yu.

Peter lost two miniatures.

The blitz results

1 Svidler-Yu 0-1
2 Yu-Svidler 0-1
3 Svidler-Yu 0.5-0.5
4 Yu-Svidler 0.5-0.5
5 Svidler-Yu 1-0
6 Yu-Svidler 1-0
7 Svidler-Yu 0.5-0.5
8 Yu-Svidler 1-0
9 Svidler-Yu 0-1
10 Yu-Svidler 1-0

Blitz, 3+2
Round 1, June 14
Svidler, Peter – Yu Yangyi
C03 French, Tarrasch

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.c3 c5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qd8 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bf4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.Ne5 Qb6 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Rad1 Nf6 18.Rd2 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 a6 21.Qf3 Rc8 22.Bb3 h6 23.g3 Qc6 24.Qxc6 Rxc6 25.Bd1 Nd5 26.Bf3 g5 27.Be3 Bc5 28.c4 Bxe3 29.fxe3 Rxc4 30.Bxd5 exd5 31.Kf2 Rc5 32.b4 Rb5 33.a3 a5 34.Rd4 axb4 35.axb4 f5 36.h3 Kf7 37.g4 Ke6 38.gxf5+ Kxf5 39.Kg3 h5 40.h4 g4 41.Rf4+ Ke5 42.Rf8 Rxb4 43.Rh8 Ke4 44.Rxh5 Rb1 45.Rh7 b5 46.Re7+ Kd3 47.h5 b4 48.Kxg4 b3 49.Rd7 b2 50.Rxd5+ Ke4 0-1

Blitz, 3+2
Round 2, June 14
Yu Yangyi – Svidler, Peter
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.a5 d6 10.d3 Rb8 11.h3 h6 12.Be3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.c3 Be6 15.Ba4 Bd7 16.Qc2 Ne7 17.d4 bxc3 18.bxc3 Ng6 19.d5 Qc8 20.Reb1 Be7 21.Rxb8 Qxb8 22.Bxd7 Nxd7 23.Qa4 Ngf8 24.Qc6 Qa8 25.Qxa8 Rxa8 26.Rb1 Rb8 27.Rxb8 Nxb8 28.c4 c5 29.Nb3 Nbd7 30.Ne1 Bg5 31.Nc2 Ng6 32.Bxg5 hxg5 33.Ne3 Ne7 34.Nf5 Nxf5 35.exf5 g6 36.fxg6 f5 37.g4 fxg4 38.hxg4 Kg7 39.Kg2 Kxg6 40.Kf3 Nf6 41.Nd2 Kf7 42.Nf1 e4+ 43.Kg3 Nd7 44.Nd2 Ne5 45.Nxe4 Nxc4 46.Nxg5+ Ke7 47.Ne4 Nxa5 48.f4 Nc4 49.g5 Ne3 50.Kf3 Nxd5 51.f5 a5 52.g6 a4 53.g7 Kf7 54.f6 a3 55.Nxd6+ Kg8 56.Nf5 Nxf6 57.Ne3 Nd5 58.Nc2 a2 59.Ke4 Nb4 60.Na1 Kxg7 61.Ke5 Kg6 62.Kd6 Nd3 63.Kd5 Kf5 64.Nc2 Nb4+ 0-1

Blitz, 3+2
Round 5, June 14
Svidler, Peter – Yu Yangyi
E62 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Uhlmann variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 e5 8.d5 Nb8 9.Ne1 a5 10.Nd3 Na6 11.e4 Nd7 12.Be3 Ndc5 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Qd2 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.f4 e4 17.Bd4 Bd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qd4+ Qf6 20.Qxf6+ Kxf6 21.Rfd1 h5 22.Rd2 h4 23.Re1 Rh8 24.Re3 Rag8 25.Bf1 hxg3 26.hxg3 Rh4 27.Rg2 Rh3 28.Nd1 Rh7 29.Rh2 Rxh2 30.Kxh2 Rb8 31.Nc3 Be8 32.Be2 c6 33.g4 Bf7 34.g5+ Kg7 35.Rh3 cxd5 36.Nxd5 Ne6 37.Kg3 Nd4 38.Kf2 b5 39.Nf6 Bxc4 40.Rh7+ Kf8 41.Bxc4 bxc4 42.g6 Rxb2+ 43.Ke3 Nc2+ 44.Kd2 Nb4+ 45.Kc3 Rc2+ 46.Kd4 Nc6+ 47.Ke3 Rc3+ 48.Kf2 Rc2+ 49.Kg3 Rc3+ 50.Kh4 1-0

Blitz, 3+2
Round 6, June 14
Yu Yangyi – Svidler, Peter
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.h3 O-O 9.Be3 Qa5 10.Bd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa3 12.Be2 Nc6 13.d5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Rb1 Qxa2 16.O-O Bf6 17.Bf4 Qa5 18.e5 Bg7 19.Bf3 Rd8 20.Re1 b5 21.d6 Rb8 22.dxe7 Re8 23.e6 Bxe6 24.Bxb8 Rxb8 25.Rxe6 1-0

Final position of Round 6




Blitz, 3+2
Round 8, June 14
Yu Yangyi – Svidler, Peter
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange


1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.h3 O-O 9.Be3 Qa5 10.Bd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa3 12.Be2 Rd8 13.O-O Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Rxd4 15.Qc2 Nc6 16.Bb5 Be6 17.Be3 Nb4 18.Qc7 Rxe4 19.Bc1 1-0

Final position of Round 8. Watch your queen!



Blitz, 3+2
Round 9, June 14
Svidler, Peter – Yu Yangyi
C18 French, Winawer, Advance variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 c4 8.h4 Ne7 9.h5 h6 10.Nh3 Qa4 11.Nf4 Nbc6 12.g3 Bd7 13.Bh3 O-O-O 14.O-O Kb8 15.Kh2 Ka8 16.Ng2 Rdf8 17.Qc1 f6 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Bf4 g5 20.hxg6 Nxg6 21.Bd6 e5 22.dxe5 Ncxe5 23.Bxe5 Nxe5 24.f4 Ng4+ 25.Bxg4 Bxg4 26.Qd2 Rd8 27.Qd4 Re6 28.Ne3 h5 29.Rae1 Re4 30.Qf6 Rde8 31.Nxg4 hxg4 32.Rxe4 Qxc2+ 33.Kg1 Qxe4 34.f5 a6 35.Qd6 Rh8 0-1

Blitz, 3+2
Round 10, June 14
Yu Yangyi – Svidler, Peter
B08 Pirc, Classical System

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.a4 e6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 exd5 11.exd5 Re8 12.Qd2 Ng4 13.Bd4 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Nd4 Ngf6 16.a5 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Rxe4 18.f4 Nf6 19.Bf3 Re8 20.Qc3 a6 21.Rae1 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Bd7 23.h3 Rc8 24.g4 g5 25.h4 Kg6 26.h5+ Kg7 27.fxg5 hxg5 28.Bd1 c5 29.dxc6 bxc6 30.Rf1 d5 31.Nf5+ Bxf5 32.Rxf5 d4 33.Qf3 Qe7 34.Rxg5+ Kh8 35.Rf5 Qe1+ 36.Qf1 Qg3+ 37.Qg2 Qe1+ 38.Rf1 Qe5 39.Qh2 Qe3+ 40.Qf2 Nd5 41.Bf3 f5 42.Bxd5 cxd5 43.Kg2 Qe4+ 44.Kg3 Qxg4+ 45.Kh2 Qxh5+ 46.Kg3 Rg8+ 47.Kf4 Qg4+ 48.Ke5 Qe4+ 49.Kd6 Rg6+ 50.Kc5 Qe7+ 51.Kxd4 Qe4+ 52.Kc3 d4+ 1-0

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Some photos of the contest can be found at:

http://www.qipai.org.cn/news-67549.html

There is a smiling Peter holding a large novelty cheque for $20,000. It is stressed that that is before tax and that Yu Yangyi’s was for $10,000 (before tax).

Google Translate changed Peter’s Svidler’s name to Sweeney Chandler!