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Wang Sheng finished 3rd in last year's Eastern Open after losing in a time scramble blitz shootout against GM Ivanov for a TPR of USCF 2558! Here's how he lured top American junior Matthew Hoekstra into a premature attack before latching onto the open lines White had created!
Hoekstra,M (USCF 2233) - NM Lee Wang Sheng (USCF 2355)
French Stenitz [C14]
Eastern Open Washington DC USA (2), 26.12.1999
[Junior Tay, IM Hsu Li Yang]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 b5 9.g3
[9.Qd2 b4 10.Ne2 a5 11.a3 Nb6 12.Ng3 Ba6 13.f5 bxa3 14.bxa3 Bxf1 15.Rxf1 N8d7 16.Nh5 Rg8 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Qg5 Nc4 19.Ke2 c5 20.Qxe7+ Kxe7 21.Ng5 Raf8 22.Nf4 cxd4 23.Ngxe6 Rf5 Tischbierek,R-Schmittdiel,E/BL9091 1991/GER-chT/1/2-1/2 (41); 9.a3 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.b4 Ncd7 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.Bd3 0-0 14.0-0 Nc6 15.Nce2 f6 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Nd4 Bb7 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Qg4 Nf8 20.Rae1 Re8 21.Re3 Qd6 22.c3 Bc8 23.Qg3 Re7 Pihlajamaki,A-Pirttilahti,J/FIN-chT I Division-B 1996/EXT 99/0-1 (55)]
9...c5 though a natural move, is a TN
[9...Nb6 10.b3 b4 11.Ne2 a5 12.Bg2 Ba6 13.0-0 c5 14.Rf2 Nc6 15.dxc5 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Qxc5 17.Kh1 0-0 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.g4 d4 20.Ng5 Ne7 21.Qd3 Ng6 22.Ne4 Qc7 23.Qg3 Nd5 24.h4 Scholl,E-Bednarski,J/Wijk aan Zee 1969/MCD/1-0 (71); 9...b4 10.Ne2 a5 11.Bh3 Ba6 12.f5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 c5 14.a3 Nc6 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.0-0 0-0 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Ng5 Qxg5 19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.Bxd7 cxd4 21.e6 Rg8 22.e7 Qe3+ 23.Rf2 h6 24.Rd1 Thorhallsson,T-Daly,C/Cappelle 1993/TD/1-0 (37)]
10.Bg2 Nc6 11.0-0 g6 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.c3 Nb6
A mirror image King's Indian Defence!
14.b3 h5+=
White has more room to organise his pieces. One possible plan is to engineer an f4-f5 sac followed by Nf4 while another is to slowly advance his pawns on the Kingside given his extra space.
15.Nc1 Kf8 16.Nd3 Nd7 17.Qd2
[17.a4+=]
17...Kg7 18.Qe3 cxd4 19.Nxd4?!
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[19.cxd4 += Black needs his minor pieces to watch the Kingside as the f4-f5 pawn sacrifice is still very dangerous. He thus cannot get too active on the Queenside. 19...Qa3? 20.f5! exf5 21.Nh4! Nd8 22.Nxf5+ gxf5 23.Qg5+ Kf8 24.Qxf5 Qe7 25.Nf4+-]
19...Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Rac8 21.Rac1 Nc5 22.Nf2!?
By keeping the Knights on, White is also going for the win!
22...Rhd8 23.Rfd1 Qc7 24.g4?!
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Dangerous and structurally unsound for White. Also, if White is not careful Black's pieces can get access to the White king via the h-file.
24...hxg4 25.Nxg4 Nd7
[25...Ne4 26.Rd3 a5=+]
26.Qd2 Qc5+ 27.Kh1?
[27.Qd4=]
27...Qe7! 28.c4
Setting the board ablaze!
28...bxc4 29.bxc4 Qh4 30.Qe2 Nc5 31.cxd5 exd5 32.e6!?
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32...f6?!
Both sides must be in time trouble... [32...Nxe6! 33.Rxc8 Bxc8 34.Bxd5 Kh7! -+ White has no reasonable way of stopping Nxf4]
33.e7?
[33.f5! Qg5 (33...gxf5?? 34.Ne3 Qg5 35.Bxd5+-) 34.Ne3 Rh8 35.Rc2!±]
33...Re8µ 34.Bxd5??
[34.Ne3=+]
34...Bxd5+ 35.Rxd5 Ne4!
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With Qxg4, Ng3+ or Nf2+ to follow
36.Rxc8??
[36.Rg1 Nc3-+]
36...Ng3+ 37.Kg2 Nxe2 38.Rxe8 Qxg4+ 39.Kf2 Qxf4+ 40.Kxe2
[40.Ke1 Qh4+ 41.Kf1 Qh3+ 42.Ke1-+]
40...Qe4+ 41.Kf2 Qxd5 0-1
