Wei Yi – Bu Xiangzhi

2725 2017 · Draw

An all-Chinese clash of generations: Wei Yi, the prodigy who became a grandmaster at 13 and produced one of the most dazzling combinations of the century (his celebrated win over Bruzón in 2015), meets Bu Xiangzhi, a trailblazer of Chinese chess who also earned the GM title as a teenager and famously took down Magnus Carlsen at the 2017 World Cup. Bu’s Philidor sets up a compact, springy defensive shell against one of the most inventive attackers around.