Chess with Sam Collins

Dipankar Sengupta v Yu Yangyi

Asian Championship, 2017

The Asian Championship showcased many of the emerging young talents from China and India, who are already world-class grandmasters. Wang Hao won the tournament, but top seed Yu Yangyi produced a beautiful game in the middle of the event.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nbd2 h6 6.Bf4 0–0 7.Bd3 c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.Ne5 cxd4 10.exd4 Nh5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Be3

White’s approach has ...