Is Wei Yi - Bruzón as good as the buzz says?

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Avatar of pdela

an immortal game?



Avatar of Ziryab

Pretty good king hunt. Was the sacrifice on move 22 speculative, or did Wei calculate everything to the finish?

Avatar of LoekBergman

Wow, what a beautiful king hunt. Thanks for sharing.

The moves seem to be very natural. They apply human logic like restricting access to certain lines and squares. Quite different from moves seen in games by a notorious Bulgarian - not Topalov nor Lilov, who are excellent chess player themselves.

Looking at the moves 27 and 28 makes me think that he needed to win some time. That makes me think that he used his own grey cells. A lot of moves are forced. All moves for black before Bf6 are forced now that he accepted the sacrifice. He could have played Nf6 as an alternative. I don't know if Wei Yi would have played 23.Qe6 or another move. Do you? After Qb3 are all moves forced as well. I can imagine that a talent like Wei Yi can calculate that. The question for me is: did he see Bf6 from the onset? If not, then is he very courageous imho.