White to play.
Analysis by GM Sam Shankland
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[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wen Yang"]
[Black "Artemiev, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {White passes up his opponents invitation to contest the
mainlines of the open Sicilian. But this does not mean he does not want to go
king-hunting!} a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 (6. Nge2 {Looks like a
more natural development scheme, but I like Yang's move}) 6... d6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
f4 Nc6 9. Be3 (9. f5 $5 {White could consider striking immediately as well})
9... Be7 $6 {One mistake and the game just ends. White attacked with
unbelievable energy in the following moves} (9... Qc7 {I prefer White but
Black is solid enough. The engines call it equal}) 10. e5 $1 {Boom. White goes
for it} dxe5 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Qg4 g6 $2 (12... O-O $1 {In light of how the
game went, Black definitely should have tried this} 13. Bh6 g6 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 {
Black will take e5, and have one pawn for the exchange. He is worse but can
fight on}) 13. Rxf7 $3 $18 {And the punches start coming} Kxf7 (13... Ndxe5 14.
Qxe6 Nxf7 15. Bxc6+ $18) (13... Ncxe5 14. Qxe6 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxf7 16. Nd5 $18 {
A gorgeous position. Black is up a rook and completely stalemated, unable to
do anything about a simple threat like Rf1}) 14. Rf1+ Ke8 15. Qxe6 {Now both
mate on f7 and Bxc6 are threatened} Ndxe5 {It looks like Black is almost to
stabilize the position, but White has it all worked out} (15... Qc7 {This
almost holds, but...} 16. Nd5 $1 Qxe5 17. Nf6+ $3 {And the queen falls} Nxf6
18. Bxc6+ Bxc6 19. Qxe5) (15... Rf8 16. Ne4 $1 {And Nd6 is coming}) 16. Ne4 (
16. Bxc6+ {The computer prefers this move, but I see no problem with the move
that was played} Nxc6 17. Ne4 {and Nf6 is going to hurt}) 16... Qc7 17. Nf4 Bc8
$2 {It looks like White is out of steam, but now comes the beautiful finish
that I imagine Wen probably saw when he took on f7:} (17... Kd8 {Might have
offered more resistance, but Black's position is still very bad} 18. Nxc5 $16)
18. Nf6+ $1 Kd8 19. Qd5+ $1 Qd6 20. Bxc5 $3 {and Black resigned, since Qxd5 is
met with Bb6 mate. A fine miniature over an extremely strong opponent.} 1-0
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Source: http://worldchess.com/2016/04/12/game-o ... -knockout/