800th Anniversary Summit Chess Match
UK v China
Tuesday September 4th to Sunday September 9th 2007
St. Georges Hall, Concert Room, Liverpool, UK
GM Wang, Yue 2696 – 2724 Adams, Michael GM 1/2
GM Wang, Hao 2626 – 2683 Short, Nigel GM 1-0
GM Rowson, Jonathan 2599 – 2649 Zhang, Pengxiang 0-1
GM GM Pert, Nicholas 2536 – 2685 Bu, Xiangzhi GM 1/2
GM Jones, Gawain 2526 – 2681 Ni, Hua GM 0-1
WGM Hou, Yifan 2523 – 2519 Howell, David GM 1/2
IM Arakhamia-Grant, Keti 2418 – 2439 Shen, Yang 1-0
WGM IM Houska, Jovanka 2401 – 2278 Ding, Yixin WFM 1/2
China 5 – 3 UK
Here is a brilliant game by Wang, H against Nigel Short:
GM Wang, H 2626 – GM Short, N 2683
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.0-0 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Re1 Nge7 9.d5 Na5 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.b3 b5 12.c4 c5 13.dxc6 Qxc6 14.Bg5 bxc4 15.Bxe7 Kxe7 16.Nc3 Bh6 17.Nd5+ Kf8 18.h4 Rc8 19.Ng5 Bxg5 20.hxg5 Qe8 21.Qf3 Qd8 22.Qf6 Qxf6 23.gxf6 Ke8 24.Rac1 Rc6 25.b4 Nb7 26.Ne7 Rc7 27.Nd5 Rc6 28.Re3 Kd7 29.Rec3 Rb8 30.Rxc4 Nd8 31.a4 h5 32.g3 Rb7 33.a5 Rxc4 34.Rxc4 Nc6 35.Nb6+ Kc7 36.Kg2 Rb8 37.Nd5+ Kd7 38.Nb6+ Kc7 39.Nd5+ Kd7 40.f3 g5 41.Rc1 Nxb4 42.Rc7+ Ke8 43.Ne3 Nd3 44.Nc4 Rd8 45.Rc6 d5 46.Nd6+ Kf8 47.Rc7 d4 48.Rxf7+ Kg8 49.Rg7+ Kf8 50.Rf7+ Kg8 51.Rg7+ Kf8 52.Nf5 Rb8 53.Nh6 Rb2+ 54.Kf1 1-0
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What an embarrassing loss for Short. What a dunderhead!
What is brilliant in that game? Please explain to (very) lower-rated fans.
Chinese players are stronger than their ratings portray them to be.
Isn’t this all book? I was trying to see where the book ended and where the players started to play original moves but could find no “new” moves. Is this correct?