The Tiger Balm Used by Wang Yue
See the tiger balm near the board
Wang Yue putting his secret weapon - Tiger Balm into his face before games!China GM Wang Yue create a sensation last night when he beat former Russian Champion - GM peter Svidler in the 11 rounds of the The first FIDE Grand Prix tournament which taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from April 20th to May 6th, 2008.
Following the game live on Internet Chess Club (ICC) last night , i thought that the game would end witha draw but somehow Wang Yue managed to penetrate Svidler position and won in the rook+4 pawn vs bishop+ 5 pawn endings.
GM Wang Yue (2689) vs GM Peter Svidler (2746)
FIDE Grand Prix, Round 11, 03.05.2008
FIDE Grand Prix, Round 11, 03.05.2008
Wang Yue has just played 22.Bc7
and Svidler reply with an interesting exchange sacrifice which however couldn't save the game. 22...cxd4!? 22...Bc8! Are probally better after 23.Bxd8 Bxg4 24.f3 Rxd8 25.fxg4 cxd4 26.cxd4 Nxd4 2 rooks vs rook and knight endings has occurs 27.e5 White prevent blackm from playing ...e5 - to secure the knight outpost at d4 27...Kg7; The natural 22...Rf8 will lead into a passive game after 23.dxc5 bxc5 24.Rab1 Ba6 25.Rd5 The c pawn is weak and white is controlling all the lines and diaganols! 23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.Be2 e5 25.Rac1 Kf8 26.f3 a6 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Bc4 Rd7 29.Bd5 dxc3 30.Bxc6 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Bxc6 32.Rc1 Bd7 33.Rxc3 Kd6 34.Rd3+ Kc6 35.g4 Be6 36.a3 g5 37.Ke3 Kc7 38.Rd1 b5 39.h4 h6 40.Rh1 Kd6 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Rh5 f6 43.Rh6 Ke7 44.Rh7+ Bf7 45.Rh8 a5 46.Ra8 a4 47.Ra7+ Ke8 48.Rc7 1-0
According to Fundamental Chess Endings by GM Karsten Muller and IM Frank Lamprecht In endgame with rook + Pawns vs bishop with pawns ( on both wing), the superiority of the rook is usually even greater with pawns on both side of the board (though if the side with the bishop has dangerous passed pawns, matters are not so clear)
According to GM Lev Alburt, in this type of endings, the rook beats the bishop in the majority of the cases. The defender has his best chance when all the pawns are located on the same side of the board. The more the pawns, the rook has more chance to win.
Also in this type of ending, the defender often but not always, want his own pawns on the opposite –color squares than those covered by his bishop, in order to prevent dangerous penetration by his opponent king’s.
According to GM Lev Alburt, in this type of endings, the rook beats the bishop in the majority of the cases. The defender has his best chance when all the pawns are located on the same side of the board. The more the pawns, the rook has more chance to win.
Also in this type of ending, the defender often but not always, want his own pawns on the opposite –color squares than those covered by his bishop, in order to prevent dangerous penetration by his opponent king’s.
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