Harus diakui para pecatur China memang luar biasa saat ini. Sudah mampu menyaingi para pecatur Eropa dan juga RUSSIA serta Eropa Timur (Ex.UNI SOVIET). Para pecatur muda China saat ini mulai merajalela di panggung pentas catur dunia. Salah satu pecatur sukses China adalah ketika GM Ding Liren menundukkan pecatur kosen dari Israel yang terkenal sangat tangguh GM Boris Gelfand dalam Dwi Tarung dengan skor 3-1. Gelfand berusia 44 tahun. Lawannya usianya separuhnya dia, 22 tahun sahaja. Usia beda dan gaya bermain nya pun juga beda. Gelfand dikenal dengan permainannya yang solid dan sulit dikalahkan. Sedang Ding muda bermain agresif menyerang, tipikal khas anak muda. Kalo skill sudah sama tingginya, maka yang menentukan takdir adalah kemampuan OTAKnya. Karena bertanding catur sejatinya tidak hanya mengadu ilmu catur, tapi juga mengadu KONSENTRASI dan KEKUATAN OTAK. Siapa yang otaknya lebih kuat mikir terus menerus, akan menang. Terbukti Ding Liren otaknya yang masih fresh, mampu menang lawan Pakde Gelfand ini. Yang saya salut dengan Ding Liren ini adalah ketika di babak 4 tinggal hanya REMIS saja sudah Juara, dia tetap ngotot idealis pengen menang dan nyatanya memang menang. Kalo kita-kita pasti umumnya bilang: "NGAPAIN SUSAH-SUSAH CARIK MENANG, LHA WONG REMIS AJA SUDAH JUARA!". Tiru itu MENTAL dari Ding Liren! Benar?
Berikut jalan cerita 4 (empat) game Dwi Tarung DING-GELFAND yang dimainkan hampir bersamaan dengan DWI TARUNG antar negara PERSAHABATAN antara CHINA vs RUSSIA.
[Event "Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015"] [Site "Wenzhou CHN"] [Date "2015.07.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2749"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2015.07.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. a4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Rc1 a5 15. bxa5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 dxc5 17. Qb3 Rxa5 18. Qxb7 Nc8 19. Nb5 Nd6 20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Nxc7 Rc8 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Rc4 Bd4 25. Rfc1 Rcb8 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. R4c2 Ke7 28. e5 Bxe5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Rb1+ 31. Ke2 Rb2+ 32. Ke1 Bd4 33. d6+ Ke6 34. Rd5 Bxf2+ 35. Kd1 Bb6 36. d7 Ke7 37. Kc1 Ra2 38. Rb5 Bd8 39. Rb4 Kxd7 40. Rxf4 f5 41. Rd4+ Ke7 42. Kb1 Ra6 43. Rc4 Ra5 44. Rc6 Kf7 45. Kc2 Kg7 46. Kd3 Kh6 47. Rc8 Be7 48. Ra8 Re5 49. Ra2 Re1 50. Be2 Bc5 51. Ra5 Bf2 52. g4 f4 53. g5+ Kg7 54. Kd2 Rh1 55. Rb5 Be1+ 56. Kd1 Bf2+ 57. Kd2 Rxh3 58. Bc4 Bh4 59. Kc2 h5 60. Rb7+ Kf8 61. Rf7+ Ke8 62. Rxf4 Bxg5 63. Rf1 Rh2+ 64. Kb3 Ke7 65. Bd3 h4 66. Bxg6 Re2 67. Rf3 Re3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015"] [Site "Wenzhou CHN"] [Date "2015.07.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2015.07.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. d6 e4 17. Bh6 Na4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. fxe4 Qb6 22. Qe5+ Kg8 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015"] [Site "Wenzhou CHN"] [Date "2015.07.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2749"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2015.07.16"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Bg2 h6 {Although officially a Catalan, the opening left the main lines of theory a while ago. This is the official novelty.} 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Bc7 11. e3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. e4 dxc4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qxc4 Rd8 17. Ne4 a5 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. a3 Be8 20. Ne1 b6 21. Nd3 (21. Nf3 {was worth considering. While it might seem like a waste of time, having just left f3, the position has already changed. From e1 it might have played Nd3-c5, but b6 has been played. After Nf3, White might instead play Qc2/e2 followed by Nfd2-c4 and possibly d6. }) 21... Rac8 22. Qc2 Qf8 23. Qe2 Ne7 24. Ne1 Nf5 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Rc3 Qf8 27. h4 Ne7 28. Rcc1 {White is already anticipating Black's Nd5 so that not only is his rook not attacked, but so that he can challenge the knight with Nc3.} Bb8 29. Qa6 Nd5 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 Bc7 32. Rdc1 Rb8 33. Qe2 b5 34. Rd3 Bb6 { White has been unable to really develop any play of his own, spending more time countering Black's options and as a result his advantage has completely evaporated. Karpovian prophylaxy is valuable, but the difference is that when Karpov did this, somehow the opponent suddenly found himself lost, wondering what had happened.} 35. Rcd1 Qe7 36. g4 {White seems unsure what to do now, and under serious time trouble opts for an all-out attack. This is a very risky decision for a number of reason, not least of which is to deliberately complicate the position with far less time to work out the calculations than the opponent. This choice is highly dubious.} c5 37. g5 c4 38. R3d2 h5 39. g6 f6 40. Ng5 $6 (40. Qe4 {was simpler, with the idea} f5 41. Qe2 Bxg6 42. Ng5 $1 {followed by d5!}) 40... Bxg6 41. Be4 Bxe4 42. Nxe4 fxe5 43. Qxh5 Bxd4 44. Ng5 {It is pretty clear that either White reaps something from this attack, if only equality, or it is all over} Qf6 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Qe4 Ke7 47. Qc6 Qf5 48. Re1 Rdc8 49. Qg2 Rd8 50. Qc6 Rb6 51. Qg2 g6 52. Nf3 b4 53. axb4 axb4 54. Rde2 c3 55. bxc3 Bxc3 56. Nxe5 Bxe1 57. Rxe1 b3 58. Nc6+ Rxc6 59. Qxc6 Rd2 60. Qc7+ Kf8 61. Qc8+ Kf7 62. Qc7+ Kg8 63. Qb8+ Kg7 64. Qg3 Rc2 65. Qe3 b2 66. Qa7+ Kh6 67. Qe3+ Kh5 68. Kg2 e5 69. Qa7 Kh6 70. Qe3+ Qf4 71. Qxf4+ exf4 72. Rb1 Kh5 73. Kf3 Kxh4 74. Rh1+ Kg5 75. Rb1 Rd2 0-1 [Event "Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015"] [Site "Wenzhou CHN"] [Date "2015.07.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2015.07.16"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 h6 12. Rd1 a6 13. b4 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Re8 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Bc3 Re8 23. Ra1 Qe7 24. Bd4 Nc4 25. Qc3 Qg5 26. Bc2 Kg8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Ra1 Rxa1+ 29. Qxa1 Qg4 $2 {Time trouble already shows its ugly head.} (29... Nd6 30. h3 (30. Qa7 {is not a problem.} Qd8 $1 $11)) 30. h3 Qe2 $2 ( 30... Qg5) 31. Bf5 Nd6 (31... Nd2 $1 {chaining the white queen to the back rank to avoid ...Qe1+ and Nf1+}) 32. Bg4 Qd2 33. Qa7 h5 $4 {and in four short moves, all played in time trouble, Black is now dead lost. Ding Liren later opined that Gelfand's poor time management was probably decisive in the final score.} 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Bxh5 $4 {White's desire to pressure Black on the clock nearly backfires. The rule of thumb is to not try to play at the saem speed as your opponent who is in time trouble, for the obvious reason: If you play as quickly, you are giving up your advantage of extra thinking time. Instead punish your opponent with better moves!} (35. Qf8 $1 {threatening mate on g7.} f6 36. Be6 Ne4 (36... Qxb4 37. Bf5+ {threatens the same mate pattern as in the main line.} Nxf5 38. Qxb4) 37. Bf5+ Kh6 38. Qh8+ Kg5 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40. Qxg7+ Kf5 41. Qxf6#) 35... Ne4 36. Qf4 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf2 38. Bxf7 Qxf4+ 39. exf4 {Thankfully for White's sanity, the game should still win in the endgame.} Nd6 40. Be6 Bc8 41. Bxc8 Nxc8 42. Bc5 {This knight on the rim doesn't get any dimmer, unable to move a single square.} Kg6 43. g4 Kf7 44. f5 Kf6 45. h4 Ke5 46. h5 d4 47. Kg3 1-0