Russia - China Match 2008 : Round 4 Result UPDATE !

Russia - China match from 18-27 September in Ninbo,China. Round 4 today saw both Chinese ( men and women) trash the mighty Russian with 3.5-1.5 score . The overall score now is China leading with 22-18.

Round 3 . Photo from Russia.chess

Round 4

Men

Wang Yue vs Evgeny Tomashevsky 1-0

Bu Xiangzhi vs Enersto Inarkiev 1-0

Dmitry Jakovenko vs Li Chao 0-1

Evgeny Alekseev vs Ni Hua 1-0

Wang Hao vs Peter Svidler 1/2 - 1/2

Score (China-Russia) : 3.5 - 1.5

Women

Xu Yuhua vs Kosintseva Nadezda 1/2 -1/2

Kosintseva Tatiana vs Shen Yang 0-1

Ekatarina Korbut vs Huang Qian 1/2 -1/2

Ruan Lufei vs Ekatarina Kovaleskaya 1-0

Natalia Pogonina vs Zhao Xue 1/2 - 1/2

score (China - Russia) 3.5 - 1.5

Round 4 Overall score ( China-Russia) 7 - 3

Match Score (China - Russia) 22 - 18

Selected Game

Jakovenko,D - Li Chao [A29]
Russia - China Match, Round 4, 21.09.2008

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.a3 0–0 9.b4 Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 a4 14.e3 Ne6 15.Qc2 g6 16.Nc4 Nc5 17.Rad1 Bg4 18.Nxb6 cxb6 19.d4 Bxd1 20.Rxd1 exd4 21.Rxd4 Qg5 22.Nd5 Bg7 23.Rc4 Rad8 24.h4 Qh5 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Nxb6 Nd3 27.Qc3+ Ne5 28.Rd4 Kh6

29.Nd5? Jakovenko missed the strong 11: 29.Qd2! Rb8 (29...Rxd4?? 30.exd4+) 30.Rxa4 and white have a strong control on the center and the queen side. 29... Nf3+ 30.Bxf3 Qxf3 31.Qd2 Rf8 32.h5 g5 33.e4?!
This pawn prove vulnerable later. Probably white should have play for a draw with 33.Ne7 Rxd4 34.Qxd4 Kxh5 35.Qd7 and the game will probably end in a draw because black rook can't joint the attack. 35...g4 36.Nd5 Qd1+ 37.Kg2 Qf3+ 38.Kg1 0.00/18 33...Rde8 34.Qa5 Rc8 35.Qe1 Rc5 36.Ne3 Kxh5 37.Qf1 Kg6 38.Qb1 Re8 39.Rd1 Rce5 40.Nf5 Qxe4 41.Nd6 Qxb1 42.Rxb1 Rd8 43.Nxb7 Rb8 44.Nd6 Rd5 45.Ne4 Rdxb5 0–1

Wang Yue vs Tomashevsky
Russia-China Match 2008
Round 4, 2008.09.21

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 Qc7

Wang Yue (photo right) before playing 14.Re1

14. Re1 Rb8 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Qc2 Qb8 18. Ra2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Nd1 Bb5 22. e4 Bd4 23. Ne3 Nf6 24. Bc3 Rb7 25. Raa1 Rbe7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. hxg4 f6 28.Qd2 Qb6 29. Red1 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Rf8 31. g5 c4 32. gxf6 Rxf6 33. Qd4 Qxd4 34.Rxd4 g5 35. f3 h5 36. Kf2 Rh7 37. Rdd1 h4 38. Bh3 Bd7 39. Be6+ Bxe6 40. dxe6
Rxe6 41. Rxa6 g4 42. Rdxd6 1-0

photo Wang Yue from Chinese Chess Association