Three Blunders and a Knight Sacrifice | van Wely vs Ye Jiangchuan, FIDE World Championship 2002

Third round of the FIDE World Championship in Moscow (2001–02), game 1: Loek van Wely (2714) against Ye Jiangchuan (2681), in the Bayonet Attack of the King's Indian. Ye offers a knight with 39...Nh5 and the game stays level until 48.g5, a blunder; Black presses with 48...Bd4, 50...Qxg5+ and 51...Qd2+. Then 53...d3 throws the win away, 54.Kg1 hands it straight back, and after 57...Qc2, with mate on the board, White resigns. van Wely vs Ye Jiangchuan — Loek van Wely vs Ye Jiangchuan, Moscow 2001. FIDE World Championship 2002, round 3, game 1. King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack (E97). Black wins: white resigns in 57 moves. Key moments: 0:00 Intro 0:10 Opening: King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack 7:32 39... Nh5!! — Knight sacrifice 9:17 48. g5?? — Blunder 10:31 53... d3?? — Blunder 11:30 Result: Black wins Every move is analysed with Stockfish 18. "Winning chances" apply lichess's published win-probability model to the engine evaluation, and each move's label (Brilliant, Mistake, Blunder...) comes from how much it changes those chances. Credits: · Photo of Loek van Wely — steenslag (CC BY-SA 2.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... · Photo of Ye Jiangchuan — JonThor (Public domain): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... · Game moves — PGN Mentor (moves are facts, not copyrightable): https://www.pgnmentor.com/events/Fide... · Opening name — lichess-org/chess-openings (CC0): https://github.com/lichess-org/chess-... · Music and sound effects: original, synthesized for this channel. #chess #chesshistory #LoekvanWely