Wei Yi's Quiet Move Immortal - Top 10 of the 2010s - Wei Yi vs. Bruzon, 2015
Wei Yi's masterpiece against Lazaro Bruzon Bautista is one of the greatest chess games of all time. Wei Yi's initial Rxf7!! sacrifice is merely the prelude to a dazzling series of quiet moves that inexorably close the net against a slippery king.
Top 10 Games of the 2010s
- #1: Aronian vs. Anand, 2013 (blog)
- #2: Wei Yi vs. Bruzon Bautista, 2015
- #3: Alphazero vs. Stockfish, 2017 (blog)
- #4: Aronian vs. Kramnik, 2018 (blog)
- #5: Carlsen vs. Karjakin, 2013 (blog)
- #6: Gelfand vs. Nakamura, 2010 (blog)
- #7: Dubov vs. Giri, 2019 (blog)
- #8: Bai Jinshi vs. Ding Liren, 2017 (blog)
- #9: Aronian vs. Carlsen, 2017 (blog)
- #10: Firouzja vs. Zarkovic, 2019 (blog)
Lessons:
- Play ...Re8! in the Schevinengen.
- Checkmate is not about finding check; it's about covering escape squares.
- Anticipate your opponent's defense. e.g. ...Bxg2+ and ...Qa8+ - Qe4
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