On Jan. 8, 2019, I had the pleasure of facing World #4, GM Ding Liren of China! This game was played in Week 1 of the online PRO Chess League in the Minnesota Blizzard vs. Chengdu Pandas match. The time control was 15 minutes with a 2 second increment. It was enormous privilege to play Mr. Ding, and I hope you enjoy my thoughts and analysis.
GM Ding Liren: https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=8603677
[Event “Live Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2019.01.08”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Fins0905”]
[Black “Chefshouse”]
[ECO “D85”]
[WhiteElo “2439”]
[BlackElo “2804”]
[PlyCount “122”]
[EventDate “2019.01.08”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Bb5 c6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qa3 b6 11. Nf3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rab1 e6 17. Rfd1 Na5 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. exd5 Qd6 21. Ng5 Rfe8 22. Qd4+ Qf6 23. Ne4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Red8 25. Rbd1 Rc2 26. Bf3 Rxa2
27. h4 Rc2 28. h5 Nc4 29. Ra1 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxa7 Ne5 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Ng5 Nxf3+ 34. Nxf3 b5 35. Rd7 Bxf3 36. gxf3 b4 37. Rb7 Rc4 38. Kg2 g5 39. Kf1 Kg6 40. Ke2 f6 41. Rb5 Rf4 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Rb6 Ke7 44. Ke2 Kd7 45. Rb8 Kc6 46. Ke3 Kc5 47. Rc8+ Kb5 48. Ke2 Ka4 49. Ke3 Ka3 50. Ke2 b3 51. Ra8+ Ra4 52. Rb8 b2
53. Kd2 Ka2 54. Kc2 Rc4+ 55. Kd3 Rc5 56. Ra8+ Kb1 57. Kd2 Rd5+ 58. Ke2 Kc2 59. Rc8+ Kb3 60. Rb8+ Kc3 61. Rb7 Rd4
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