Wei Yi Did It Again... A Rook Sacrifice

We Yi wins 2024 Tata Steel Masters in a tiebreak match! This is his game from round 11 against Dutch GM Max Warmerdam!
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Wei Yi vs Max Warmerdam
Tata Steel Masters (2024), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 11, Jan-26
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid. Spielmann Attack (C26)
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. f4 d5
6. exd5 Ng4 7. Nf3 O-O 8. fxe5 Nf2 9. Qe2 Nxh1 10. Bg5 Qa5
11. d6 Bg4 12. Be7 Nd7 13. e6 Ba3 14. exf7+ Kh8 15. O-O-O Qxc3
16. bxa3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ne5 18. Kb1 Qd4 19. Rxh1 Nxc4 20. dxc4 Qb6+
21. Kc1 Rxf7 22. Rd1 Rff8 23. d7 Rg8 24. Qe5 Rad8 25. f4 c5
26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27. Qxc5
1-0
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[@blue_red_screen]

Ba8 is the 1st move.
If Nxa8 then Ba7#
If Kxa8 then Qc8#
If knight on c7 moves elsewhere then Qb7#
If knight on e6 moves then Qd8#

[@dfv671]

Every other game played by Wei Yi is an immortal.

[@SurenAghabekyan]

😄

[@JonnyDredd]

Suren, please check out a game played in moscow in 1951 between v.bulach vs b.petrov, i found it in a magazine here in new zealand in 2016, the checkmating sequence is superb

[@SurenAghabekyan]

Hello Jonny! It's a very nice combination! Liked it a lot, thanks! Just found the position but unfortunately the whole game is missing from databases((((

[@ytmndman]

Can you please go back to using more realistic/practical puzzles?

[@SurenAghabekyan]

sure... in my next video will publish a puzzle from a real game...

[@sharafothman5204]

Bd5 met in 2

[@blue_red_screen]

Ba8

[@andremarques1088]

actually it's Be4 @@blue_red_screen

[@dwaneanderson8039]

NxB

[@sharafothman5204]

@@blue_red_screen Nxa8