Chess World Cup 2017 Round 5 Game 2 - Tblisi

One decisive game yesterday and two decisive games today leaves just the Svidler – MLV match going to tie breaks.

Aronian held Chucky to a draw and will progress to the semi final where he will meet the winner of the Svidler – MLV tie breaks.

In the other side of the draw, both white players took the full point and the match. So knocked out Fedoseev and Ding knocked out Rapport. That means we have So – Ding for the one semi final.

Before we get to the two decisive games of the day, a quick aside about the newest eruptions in the Canadian shorts gate scandal. As expected the Canadian Chess Federation has written to FIDE about the manner in which their young player was bullied just minutes before his round 3 game. This gave FIDE an opportunity to show their true colours. Fide’s letter to the Canadian federation praises the work of the bully who was part of a team that raised US$14 million for FIDE. So in effect, with the tonality of the letter, FIDE closed ranks around the bully and told the Canadian federation and their player to go f#c! themselves. Canada in their letter to FIDE was making reference to the FIDE ethics committee – as if the ethics committee will do anything to the hand that feeds them. Instead Canada should be preparing their case to be brought before the international Court for Arbitration in Sport against the entire FIDE organization for their defence of a bully.

Ding,Liren (2771) - Rapport,Richard (2675)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (5.2), 16.09.2017

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0–0 0–0 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6 9.Re1 E18: Damenindisch (Hauptfortsetzung) [9.Be1 d5 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Nd7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.b4 c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Bh3 Rfd8 17.bxc5 1–0 (57) Vitiugov,N (2724)-Inarkiev,E (2723) Moscow 2017] 

9...a6N 

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[Vorgänger: 9...d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Bf4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Nd4 Qd7 1/2–1/2 (39) Adamski,J (2415)-Kruszynski,W (2285) Polanica Zdroj 1979] 

10.Ne5 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 d6 13.Ng4 Be7 14.e4 b5 15.Qe2 bxc4 16.d5 Qc8 17.e5 exd5 18.exd6 cxd6 19.Qxe7 d4 20.Qe4 

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20...Qc6 21.Bxd4 f5 22.Qxc6 Nxc6 23.Ne3 Nxd4 24.Rad1 f4 25.Rxd4 fxe3 26.Rxe3 Rab8 27.Re2 c3 

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28.bxc3 Rb6 29.Rb4 Rxb4 30.cxb4 Rb8 31.Rb2 Kf7 32.Kf3 Ke6 33.Ke4 d5+ 34.Kd3 Kd6 35.a4 Rb7 

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36.f4 h5 37.b5 axb5 38.axb5 Kc5 39.Rc2+ Kxb5 40.Kd4 Rf7 41.Kxd5 1–0

So,Wesley (2792) - Fedoseev,Vladimir (2731)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (5.2), 16.09.2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0–0 Nc6 8.Nbd2 Bf5 9.Re1 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 0–0 12.c3 Qd7 13.Bf4 a6 14.Re2 C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves 

14...Rae8 15.Rae1 Bd8 16.Nd2 White is slightly better. 

16...Rxe2 17.Qxe2 

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17...a5N [17...Be7 18.Nb3 Rb8 19.h3 h6 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.hxg4 Bd6 22.Bxd6 cxd6 23.Nc1 Kf8 24.Kf1 b5 25.a3 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.Nd3 1/2–1/2 (27) Brkic,A (2569)-Jovanic,O (2477) Zadar 2016] 

18.Nb3 b6 19.Nc1 f6 20.a4 Ne7 21.Nd3 g5 22.Bc1 Ng6 23.b3 Be7 [23...Rf7=] 

24.h4± gxh4 25.Nf4ƒ 

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Black must now prevent Nxg6. Black is under strong pressure. 

25...Rf7 26.Qe6 Qxe6 27.Rxe6 [Reject 27.Nxe6 Bd6³] 

27...Nxf4 28.Bxf4 Endgame KRB-KRB 

28...Bd8 29.b4 Kg7 30.bxa5 bxa5 31.Ra6 c6 32.Rxc6 Kg6 33.Rc5 Rd7 34.f3 Kf5 35.Bd2 Ke6 36.Rc6+ Kf5 

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[36...Ke7±] 

37.Be1!+- Kg5 38.Rc5! f5 39.Kh2 Kh5 40.Bf2 Rd6 41.Be3 Bb6 Hoping for ...Re6. 

42.Rb5 Threatens to win with Bf4. 

42...Bd8 43.Bf4 Rd7 44.Be5 Kg5 45.Rc5 f4? [45...Kg6 46.Kg1 Kg5] 

46.Rc6 Kf5 47.Ra6 

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47...Kg5 [¹47...Rb7 48.Rd6 Bg5 49.Rxd5 Rb3 50.Bc7+ Kg6] 

48.Kh3 Kf5 49.Rc6 Kg5? [49...Rb7 50.Rd6 Rb1] 

50.Re6 Be7 51.Rc6 [¹51.Ra6] 

51...Bd8! 52.Bd6 [¹52.Rd6 Rxd6 53.Bxd6] 

52...Kf5 53.Kh2 Rg7 

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54.Be5? [54.Rc8 Rd7 55.Be5] 

54...Rd7! 55.Rd6 Rxd6 56.Bxd6 KB-KB 

56...Kg5 57.Kg1 Kf5 58.Kf2 Kg5 59.Kf1 Kf5 60.Ba3 Ke6 61.Ke2 Kf5 62.Bc1 Kg5 63.Kf1 Bc7 64.Bd2 Bd8 65.Be1 Kf5 66.Ke2 Ke6 67.Kd3 Kd7 68.c4 [¹68.Bd2] 

68...Kc6? [68...Ke6 69.Bd2 Bc7] 

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84.dxe5 White mates. 

84...Kc5 85.cxd5 Kxd5 86.e6! Kxe6 87.Ke4 Precision: White = 66%, Black = 41%. 1–0