The 6th Hainan Danzhou chess tournament concluded yesterday. The 16-year-old chess phenomenon Wei Yi played a game with Cuba’s number two player, Lazaro Batista Bruzon. Already the game has been referred to as the ‘Game of the Decade’. Indian Grandmaster Vishnu Prasanna said it’s “the longest combination I have ever seen.” Wei possesses a FIDE rating of 2724 and is the strongest junior in the world. Garry Kasparov was asked to comment on the game and he did so with one word: “Impressive.” Here is the game:
White: Wei Yi
Black: Lazaro Bruzon Batista
e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Qd8 17. Qh3 g6 18. f5 e5 19. Be3 Re8 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qh7+ Ke6 24. exd5+ Kxd5 25. Be4+ Kxe4 26. Qf7 Bf6 27. Bd2+ Kd4 28. Be3+ Ke4 29. Qb3 Kf5 30. Rf1+ Kg4 31. Qd3 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qa8+ 33. Kg1 Bg5 34. Qe2+ Kh4 35. Bf2+ Kh3 36. Be1 1-0.
Felicity Sonaram, 13 (left) a student at St Stanislaus College, opposes Sheriffa Ali, 16, of St Joseph High, during the lunch interval of last Sunday’s rapid chess tournament at the National Resource Centre in Woolford Avenue. Both students have been identified to represent Guyana at the Guyana Games which are to be held here next month. In the background, Joshua Gopaul, 15, of Saints, takes on his sister Ellen, a student at Zeeburg Secondary. Joshua captured the top junior chess prize in Sunday’s competition and has also been earmarked to represent his country at the Guyana Games.
