A game of Xu Yinchuan

Grandmastere Xu Yinchuan is one of the leading players of Guangdong.

Posting one of his game.

BGN World Xiangqi Challenge, 4th round preliminary stage. Xu Yinchuan versus Nie Tiewen, 21st April 2001, Beijing.









Black resigned.

[Remark] On Xu's move of 7. P7+1, commentator Yan Mujiang said it is normal play that Black plays his Elephant after the exchange of Cannon, the most common play for Red is N3+4. According to Yan, the move of P7+1, that is using the 3rd and the 7th Pawns to curb the opponent's Knights, has never been played before.



红方: 许银川
黑方: 聂铁文
2001年4月21日(北京)

 1. 炮二平五  马８进７    2. 马二进三  车９平８
 3. 车一平二  炮８进４    4. 兵三进一  炮２平５
 5. 炮八进五  马２进３    6. 炮八平五  象７进５
 7. 兵七进一  车１平２    8. 马八进七  车２进４
 9. 车九平八  车２平８   10. 车八进七  马３退５
11. 马七进八  马５退７   12. 马八进七  士６进５
13. 炮五平七  炮８平７   14. 马七进六  象３进１
15. 车八平九  前车平４   16. 车九平五  后马进６
17. 车二进九  马７退８   18. 炮七平八  车４平２
19. 炮八平九  炮７进３   20. 士四进五  卒１进１
21. 马六退八  将５平６   22. 炮九进三  马８进９
23. 兵七进一 (红胜)