Backing up from his excellent performance at the 2022 Chess Olympiad, GM Bobby Cheng has just tied for 1st in a strong Open event in Barcelona. Winning his last round, he caught the 2 leaders (who drew on the top board) with an impressive score of 8/10. This result, combined with his Olympiad result will see him add around 40 points to his current rating, pushing him to around 2580.
Faced with a must win game in the final round, he found a long term piece sacrifice which kept his opponent under pressure, and then finished the game off with a mating attack.
Cheng,Bobby (2540) - Terry,Renato (2507) [A55]
23rd Sants Open chess24.com (10.3), 28.08.2022
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. g3 c6 6. e4 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 a6 10. a4 a5 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Qc2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Rfe1 g6 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. f4 Nfd7 17. b3 Bg7 18. g4 Qb4 19. Na2 Qb6 20. Bf2 Qc7 21. Nc3 Na6 22. Ndb5 cxb5 23. Nxb5 Qd8 24. Nxd6 Re6 25. e5 Qe7 26. c5 Nb4 27. Qc4 g5 28. Nf5 Qe8 29. Nd4 gxf4 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Qxf4 Qxb3 32. e6 fxe6 33. Bxb7 Bxb7 34. Rxd7 Qf3 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bd4+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. Qg7+ Ke8 39. Rxe6+ 1-0
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