Javier Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 Fourth China vs Russia Match (August 18th - 31st, 2007, in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia) At the time of writing, Russia was going down to China 18-12. True, few of the very top Russian players are taking part in the match, but some of the games are showing that the Asians are just on a different league altogether. As an example, take a look at these 2 games, both featuring the e5-e6 sacrifice. Ni Hua (2681) - Tomashevsky,E (2654) [E15] IV RUS-CHN Match Moscow RUS (1), 20.08.2007 <p> 17...c6 Javier: Perhaps this, and then 0-0. ] 18.cxb5 0-0 19.Rhc1 Javier: Black's position is awful. His Queenside is a mess, his pieces are passive and there are weaknesses on e6, c7 and a7. 19...Qb7 20.Qa6 Bd6 21.Ba5 Rc8 22.Nd3 Rf7 23.Rc3 Kf8 24.Rac1 Qxa6 25.bxa6 Ke8 26.f4 Rd7 27.Kf3 Nf7 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Nd8 30.Bxc7 d4 31.Rc5 Kf7 32.Bd6 Rxc5 33.Rxc5 Kg6 34.Ke4 Nf7 35.Rc6 Not a very nice picture for black! 1-0</p> <p> ' margin=0 width=584 height=399 marginwidth=1 marginheight=1 name=pgnboard scrolling=no border=0 frameborder=0></p> Wang Hao (2624) - Timofeev,A (2650) B51 IV RUS-CHN Match Moscow RUS (2), 21.08.2007 <p> ' margin=0 width=584 height=399 marginwidth=1 marginheight=1 name=pgnboard scrolling=no border=0 frameborder=0></p> Online games here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier Posted September 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 As predicted, China has defeated Russian. The final score: 52.5-47. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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