Wang Hao

Black to play after 16.Qxg7

The incredible performance of Wang Hao, who finished 2 full points ahead of the GM-filled field at the Malaysian Open, suggests that the next rising star of chess is likely to come from the East. There is excellent coverage of the recently concluded tournament at the ChessBase site by Edwin Lam Choong Wai. There you can download the games as Zipped PGN or play over the incredible game Rogers-Hao, Malaysian Open 2005 (from which the diagram above is drawn). You can also get the PGN of the Rogers-Hao game below as text:

[Event "2nd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur MAS"]
[Date "2005.08.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rogers, I."]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 e4 8. Ng1 Ne5 9. b4 b6 10. f4 exf3 11. Nxf3 Ne4 12. Qd4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qh4+ 14. Ke2 Qf2+ 15. Kd3 Qxf3 16. Qxg7 Bf5 17. Qxh8+ Ke7 18. Qg7 Rg8 19. Qxg8 Nf6+ (19... Nc5+ 20. Kc3 Na4+ 21. Kb3 Qd1+ 22. Ka2 Qc2+ 23. Bb2 Qxb2#) 20. Kc3 Nxg8 21. Rg1 Qf2 22. Rxg8 Qxf1 23. e4 Be6 24. Rg3 Qxc4+ 25. Kb2 Qxe4 26. Rc3 Kd7 27. d3 Qe2+ 0-1