Chess with Sam Collins

Wen Yang vs Lu Shanglei

Chinese Championship 2018

Several strong GMs took part in this year’s Chinese Championship, although some stars such as Ding Liren or Wei Yi did not participate. Wen Yang took first place with four wins and seven draws.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2

The d5–square is an attractive outpost for White in the Najdorf Variation, although Black normally gets dynamic counterplay ...