Chess World Cup 2017 Round 2 Tie Breaks - Tblisi

So, the high stress of the round two tie breaks is now behind us, and twelve of the top sixteen players have made it to the remaining sixteen pairings that make up round three. In a matter of a week the playing hall has been reduced from 64 tables to just sixteen – and looks a lot emptier than it did a couple of days ago.

We had 22 of the 32 round one matches going through to tie breaks. Luckily nobody had to face the gauntlet of the Armageddon game. However, of those 22 matches, 14 were decided in the first phase of two rapid games consisting of 25’ + 10”. A further 6 matches were concluded in the second phase of two rapid games consisting of 10’ + 10”. That left two matches to be concluded in the third phase of the tiebreak system that consisted of two blitz games of 5’ + 3”.

With round two now completed, in addition to the two players from the top 16 seeds that faltered in the classical games (see yesterday’s blog), Wei and Mamedyarov stumbled in the tie breaks and are packing their bags. Before we analyse some of the more interesting games from the tie breaks, let’s look at how each of the top 16 seeded players scored in round one:

Magnus Carlsen (1) beat Aleksey Dreev 2-0

Wesley So (2) beat Matthias Bluebaum 4-2

Fabiano Caruana (3) beat Luka Lenic 4-2

Vladimir Kramnik (4) beat Anton Demchenko 1.5-0.5

Levon Aronian (5)beat Yifan Hou 4-2

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (6) lost to Yuriy Kuzubov 1-3

Hikaru Nakamura (7) beat Lazaro Bruzon Batista 2.5-1.5

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (8) beat Boris Grachev 1.5-0.5

Alexander Grischuk (9) beat Jorje Cori 2.5-1.5

Viswanathan Anand (10) lost to Anton Kovalyov 0.5-1.5

Liren Ding (11) beat Martyn Kravtsiv2.5-1.5

Sergey Karjakin (12) lost to Daniil Dubov 0.5-1.5

Anish Giri (13) beat Alexander Motylev 4-2

Yi Wei (14) lost to Richard Rapport 1.5-2.5

Ian Nepomniachtchi (15) beat B. Adhiban 2.5-1.5

Svidler, Peter (16) beat Viktor Erdos 2.5-1.5

Kuzubov,Yuriy (2688) - Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2797)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (2.4), 08.09.2017

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.e5 Nh5 B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack [7...dxe5 8.fxe5 Nd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Qe2 Rad8 12.Be4 Qd7 13.Be3 f6 14.0–0–0 fxe5 15.Qc4+ Kh8 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 1–0 (50) Karjakin,S (2785)-Van Wely,L (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2017] 

8.Be3 f6N 

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[8...Bh6 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.0–0 Ng7 11.Ne2 e6 12.c3 f6 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Ng3 Ne7 15.Ne4 Qc6 16.Nxf6+ Rxf6 17.Ne5 Nd5 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.h3 Bf5 20.Be2 Be4 21.g4 Rf7 22.c4 1–0 (22) Ramnath,B (2405) -Karthikeyan,M (2497) Chennai 2015] 

9.exf6 Nxf6 White has an edge. 

10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Bg1 Kh8 12.h3 Nf6 13.0–0–0 Nb4 14.g4 [14.Bc4²] 

14...c6 15.Be2 Qa5 16.Bc4 b5 17.Bb3 Qc7 18.Ng5 d5 [18...Nbd5²] 

19.Ne2 [19.a3±] 

19...a5² 20.c3 a4 21.cxb4 

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Hoping for Bc2. 21...axb3 22.a3! Ne4 23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Bh2 Qb6 25.f5 [25.Qe3²] 

25...gxf5³ 26.Be5 [26.gxf5³ Bxf5 27.Qg5] 

26...Bxe5µ 27.dxe5 c5 [27...fxg4 28.hxg4 Qf2 29.Qg5= (29.Qh6 Qf7³) ] 

28.Kb1 fxg4 

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[28...e3!µ 29.Qc3 cxb4 30.Qxb4 Qe6] 

29.hxg4 [29.e6!³] 

29...Qg6! [Much less strong is 29...Bxg4 30.Qg5³] 

30.Nf4 Qxg4 31.Rhg1 

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[31.Qh2? Bf5µ] 31...e3 [31...Bf5!µ White must now prevent ...e3+. 32.Ka1 (32.Rxg4? e3+ 33.Qd3 Rad8–+) 32...Qf3] 

32.Qxe3= Qf5+ 33.Ka1! Be6! 34.Ng6+! [34.Nxe6 Qc2–+] 

34...hxg6 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Rxg6+ Kf7 ( -> ...Rxa3+!) 

37.Rg5 

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White wants to mate with Qh5+. 37...Rxa3+! 38.bxa3 b2+! 39.Kxb2 Qf2+ 40.Kc1 Qe3+ 41.Rd2 Qxa3+ 42.Kd1 Qa1+ 43.Kc2 Qa2+ 44.Kc1! Qa3+ 45.Kb1 Qxb4+ 46.Kc1 Qc3+ 47.Kb1 Qb4+ 48.Kc1 Qc4+ 49.Kb1 Qe4+ 50.Kb2 Qh5+ would kill now. 

50...Qb4+ 51.Kc1 Qc3+ 52.Kb1 Qb3+ 53.Kc1 Qc4+ 54.Kb1 Qe4+ 55.Kb2 White threatens Qh5+ and mate. 

55...Qb4+ 56.Kc1 Qa3+ 57.Kb1 Qb3+ 58.Kc1 Qc3+ 59.Kb1 Qb3+ 60.Kc1 Qc4+ 61.Kb1 Qf1+? [61...Qb3+= 62.Kc1] 

62.Kb2 Bf5 

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Aronian,Levon (2802) - Hou,Yifan (2670)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (2.6), 08.09.2017

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 b6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bd3 g6 E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3) [6...Be7 7.0–0 0–0 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.d5 e5 10.e4 Re8 11.g3 Nf8 12.Nh4 Bh3 13.Nf5 Qd7 14.Bc2 1–0 (30) Malaniuk,V (2462)-Pechac,J (2530) Ceske Budejovice 2015] 

7.d5 exd5N 

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[Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games: 7...Bg7 8.h3 0–0 9.0–0 a6 10.e4 Nbd7 11.a3 Rb8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 exd5 14.cxd5 1–0 (43) Ivanov,J (2420)-Le Roux,J (2275) Guingamp 2001] 8.cxd5 Bg7 White is slightly better. 

9.e4 a6 10.a4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3! 12.Qxf3 0–0 13.0–0 Ne8 14.Bf4ƒ White is pushing. 

14...Qe7 15.Qg3 h6 16.Rae1 Nd7 17.Bc1 g5 [¹17...Qe5] 

18.Nd1± Ne5 19.Ne3 Ng6 20.Nf5 Qe5 21.Qxe5 Nxe5 22.Be2 Ng6 23.g3 Kh7 24.Kg2 Bf6 25.h4 gxh4 26.Bxh6 Ng7 27.Bxg7 Bxg7 28.b3 

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[White should try 28.Nxd6+- Threatens to win with Rh1. 28...hxg3 29.f4 (29.fxg3 Kg8+-) ] 

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34.bxc4 bxc4 

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35.Bxc4? [35.Nxd6+- cxd3 36.Nxe8 Rxe8 37.Rxd3] 

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37.Rf3 Be1+? [37...Rxf3+± 38.Kxf3 Ra4] 

38.Kg4+- Rxf3 39.Kxf3 Ra3+ 40.Bd3! Kg7 

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41.Nc4! [But not 41.Rxe1?! Rxd3+ 42.Ke4 Rd2±] 

41...Rb3 42.d6 [Don't play 42.Rxe1?! Rxd3+ 43.Ke4 Rc3+-] 

42...Bh4 43.Kg4 Bd8 44.Bxg6 Kxg6? Endgame KRB-KRN [44...fxg6 45.Ne5 Ra3] 

45.Ne5+ 

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Chess World Cup 2017 Round 2 Game Two - Tblisi

An interesting fact emerged at the end of game 2 of round 2 of the 2017 chess world cup in Tblisi. Round 2 has 22 matches going through to tie breaks. That is the exact same number as the first round.

Conversely that means that only 10 matches were finalized on the second game of round 2. Interestingly 5 of those 10 decisive matches involved one of the top 16 seeded players. However two of those five decisive matches were upsets.

We all knew that Anand had a massive uphill battle in game two against Kovalyov. But, it was not to be, Kovalyov held the draw with the white pieces and advanced to round three.

What I was not expecting at all was the most recent World Champion qualifier, Sergey Karjakin, to crash out against Daniil Dubov. That puts two of the top seeds out of the tournament after only four days of play.

Two further interesting facts to come out of the classical games in round two were that number five seed Levon Aronian had been held by Yifan Hou. I was, however, surprised to see the opening choice by Anton Demchenko with white against Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik had won game one, yet Demchenko was playing for the draw with white directly out of the opening – even though the draw that resulted put him out of the tournament.

Let’s analyse a couple of the decisive games:

Dubov,Daniil (2666) - Karjakin,Sergey (2780)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (2.2), 07.09.2017

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3 

7.0–0 0–0 8.d3 Bb6 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 

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10.b4! e4 [Of course not 10...Nxb4 11.Bb2²; 10...a5=] 

11.Ng5² Qd4 12.Ba3N aiming for b5. [12.Be3 Qxb4 13.Nxe4 Bxe3 14.fxe3 1–0 (53) Nakamura,H (2792) -Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017] 

12...e3 13.b5 exf2+ 14.Kh1 

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14...Ne5! Hoping for ...Re8. 

15.Bxf8 Kxf8 16.a4 a5 is the strong threat. 

16...a5 17.bxa6 Rxa6 18.a5! Ba7 19.Qc1 Qd8 20.Qf4! h6 

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 21.Ne4! [Much worse is 21.Qxe5 hxg5 22.Ra4 Rd6=] 

21...Qe7 22.Nc3 g5 

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23.Qc1! Ng4 24.Nd5!‚ White is out for blood. 

24...Qxe2 25.Qxc7 Rc6 26.Qd8+ Qe8 [26...Kg7±] 

27.Qxe8++- Kxe8 28.d4 Kd8 [¹28...Bxd4 29.Ra4 Ba7] 

29.h3 White has a decisive advantage. 

29...Nf6 30.Nb6 [But not 30.Rxf2?! Nxd5 31.Bxd5 Bxd4±] 

30...Rc2 31.Nxc8 Precision: White = 94%, Black = 57%. 1–0

Carlsen,Magnus (2827) - Dreev,Aleksey (2648)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (2.2), 07.09.2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Ngf6 5.Nc3 g6 [5...a6!? 6.Bc4 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5²] 

6.a5 

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 B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7 

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7...0–0 8.0–0 The position is equal. 

8...e6 9.d3 Qb6 10.axb7 Bxb7 11.Re1 Rfd8 12.Ba4 h6 13.h3 d5 14.e5 Nh7 15.Bxd7 Rxd7 16.d4 

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 Black must now prevent Na4. 

16...cxd4 17.Ne2 d3 18.Qxd3 d4 19.Nexd4 g5 20.c3 Nf8 21.Nh2 [21.h4!?] 

21...Ng6 22.Qg3ƒ Black is under pressure. 

22...Nh4 [22...a5=] 

23.Nhf3± Nxf3+ [Better is 23...Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Nf5] 

24.Nxf3 Rd3 25.h4 gxh4 26.Qxh4 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Rxf3? 

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[27...Qb7±] 28.Bxh6+- White is clearly winning. 

28...f5 [¹28...Qxf2+ 29.Qxf2 Rxf2] 

29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Kh1 Precision: White = 76%, Black = 40%. 1–0

Chess World Cup 2017 Round 2 Game One - Tblisi

The massive shock in the first game of round two was in the match of Anand against Kovalyov. As Kovalyov said in the press room after the game: “If the sacrifice that Anand tried had worked this would have been the game of the year.”

Instead Anand is left with a “what might have been” feeling and the monumental task of being faced with a must win game with the black pieces just to stay in the match.

Anand was the only one of the top 16 seeded players to lose in the first game of round two. In fact, only six of the 32 games played today were decisive.

Let’s analyse all six of those decisive games, starting with Anand – Kovalyov:

Anand,Viswanathan (2794) - Kovalyov,Anton (2649)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (2.1), 06.09.2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5 

8.Be3 h5 9.Be2 Nbd7 White is slightly better. 

10.0–0 Rc8 11.Qd2N 

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12.Rfd1 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 [15...Bxd5 16.exd5 Ne4 17.Qe1=] 

16.exd5 Bd7 17.a5 Qb7! 18.Qe3 Be7 19.Qb6 Qxb6 20.axb6 Threatens to win with b7. 

20...Rb8! 21.Rxa6 Rda1 is the strong threat. 

21...Bd8 22.b7 Ke7 

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23.Nc5? [23.Ra8± Rxb7 24.Na5] 

23...dxc5µ 24.d6+ Kf6 25.Bf3 Kf5! 26.Bd5! e4 27.Re1 Bf6 28.Bxe4+ Kg5 29.Ra5 [White should try 29.h4+³ Kxh4 30.g3+ Kg5 31.Ra5] 

29...Bxb2 30.Rxc5+ 

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30...Kf6! 31.Re3 g6 32.Rf3+ Ke6! 33.Rd3 Rhd8 34.Ra5 [34.f4µ] 

34...f5 [34...h4!–+] 

35.Bf3 Bc3 36.h4 Kf6 37.g3 

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 [37.Ra8µ] 37...f4!–+ 38.Be4 [38.gxf4 Bf5] 

38...Bf5 39.Bxf5 gxf5 40.Rb5 Ke6 

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41.Kf1? [41.gxf4 might work better. 41...Rd7 42.Re3+ Kxd6 43.Rxf5] 

41...Rd7 [41...Rxd6? 42.Rxd6+ Kxd6 43.gxf4µ] 

42.gxf4 Rbxb7 [But not 42...Rdxb7 43.Re3+ Kxd6 44.Rxf5–+] 

43.Re3+? [43.Rc5] 

43...Kf6 Precision: White = 52%, Black = 80%. 0–1

Dreev,Aleksey (2648) - Carlsen,Magnus (2827)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (2.1), 06.09.2017

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 c4 D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4) 

11.b3 4 Games 

11...Be6 12.Ne5N 

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[12.bxc4² dxc4 13.e4; 12.e3 0–0 13.Be2 Rc8 14.0–0 Nc6 15.a4 cxb3 16.a5 Qd8 17.a6 b6 18.Qxb3 0–1 (41) Skrondal,I (2277)-Hammer,J (2628) Sandefjord 2017] 

12...0–0= The position is equal. 

13.e3 Nc6 14.Be2 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qg6 16.0–0 d4! 17.exd4 [17.Qxd4 Rfd8] 

17...cxb3 18.Bf3 Hoping for d5. 

18...Rac8 19.Qe3! Qg5ƒ White is under pressure. 

20.Rab1 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Rfd8 22.Bxb7 Rc3 23.d5 Bd7 White must now prevent ...Rb8. [Weaker is 23...Bxd5 24.Rfd1±] 

24.Rf4 a5 Strongly threatening ...Rb8. 

25.Kf2? [25.d6³] 

25...Rb8–+ 26.Bc6 Bxc6 27.dxc6 Rxc6 KRR-KRR 

28.Rd4 [¹28.Rb2] 

28...Rc2+ 

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Black has a decisive advantage. 

29.Kf3 b2 30.Rdd1 Rb5 31.a4 Rxe5 32.Rd8+ Kh7 Precision: White = 58%, Black = 100%. 0–1

Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2804) - Grachev,Boris (2654)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (2.1), 06.09.2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e5 Nfd7 5.e6 [5.d4 e6 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bg3 g5 10.h3 a6 11.Qd2 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.0–0 Qe7 14.Ne2 Rg8 15.c3 h5 16.Ned4 h4 17.Bh2 1–0 (34) Mozharov,M (2555)-Najer,E (2646) Moscow 2014] 

5...fxe6 6.Bb5 Black must now prevent Ng5. B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation) 6...Nc6 [¹6...a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7] 

7.0–0 g6N 

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7...Qc7 8.Re1 Nd4 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Ne2 e5 11.c3 Qb6 12.Qb3 1–0 (22) Peuraniemi,P (2474)-Krasevec, A (2292) ICCF corr 2000] 

8.Qe2 The position is equal. 

8...Bg7 9.Qxe6 Nb6 [9...Nde5!= keeps the balance. 10.Qxd5 Qxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Kf7] 

10.Bxc6+± bxc6 11.Qxc6+ Bd7 12.Qxc5 d4 13.Ne4 [13.Nxd4 Rc8µ] 

13...Rc8 14.Qa3 0–0 15.d3 [Wrong is 15.Qxa7? Bc6–+] 

15...h6 16.Re1 Kh7 [16...Rf7± 17.Bd2 (17.Qxa7 Ra8=) 17...Rxc2] 

17.c4 [And not 17.Qxa7 Rxf3 18.Bxh6 (18.gxf3 Ra8=) 18...Kxh6=] 

17...dxc3 18.Nxc3 Bc6 19.Qxe7 [White should play 19.Rxe7+- Rc7 20.Rxc7 Qxc7 21.Ne4] 

19...Bxf3 20.gxf3 Rc7 21.Qxd8 Rxd8 22.Bf4 Rf7 23.Be3 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Rxd3 25.Bd4 Nd5 26.Rad1 Rdxf3 27.c4ƒ Black is under strong pressure. 

27...Nb4 28.Rd2 R3f4? [28...Rc7± keeps fighting. 29.Re3 Rxe3 30.Bxe3 Kg7] 

29.Re8+- g5? [29...Rf8 30.Rxf8 Rxf8] 

30.Be5 

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White is clearly winning. 30...Rg4+ 31.Kf1 Nc6 32.Bb2 Rgf4 33.Rh8+ Kg6 34.Rd6+ Kf5 35.Rxc6 Kg4 36.h3+! Kxh3 37.Rhxh6+ Kg4 38.Rhf6 Rb7 39.Be5 Kf3 40.Bxf4 Precision: White = 68%, Black = 48%. 1–0

Kramnik,Vladimir (2803) - Demchenko,Anton (2650)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (2.1), 06.09.2017

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 0–0 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.0–0 Re8 8.a4 A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems [8.c4 e5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.Qd2 dxe5 11.h3 Nh6 12.Ng5 Nf8 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nc3 f6 15.Nf3 Ne6 16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.e3 Nf7 18.Rd2 0–1 (42) Mirzoev,A (2541)-Demchenko,A (2645) Konya 2017] 8...Rb8 9.c4N 

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[9.Na3 a6 10.Qd3 e5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Nc4 Ngxe5 13.Nfxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Rad1 1/2–1/2 (17) Regis,G (2129)-Mueller Ludwig,K (2089) Germany 2005] 

9...e5 10.dxe5 White has an edge. 

10...Ng4 11.a5 dxe5 12.h3 Nh6 Threatens to win with ...e4. 

13.e4 f6 14.b4 Nf8 15.Nc3 Be6 16.Qe2 Qc8 17.Kh2 Nf7 18.Rfd1ƒ White is pushing. 

18...c6 19.Bc1 f5 20.Be3 b6 21.axb6 axb6 22.Rac1 Qc7 23.Nd5 cxd5 [¹23...Qb7] 

24.cxd5± Qe7 Hoping for ...Bd7. 

25.dxe6 Nxe6 26.exf5 gxf5 

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27.Qb5! f4 28.gxf4 [Inferior is 28.Bxb6 Qb7µ] 

28...exf4 29.Rd7 Qf6 30.Bd2 Rbc8 31.Rxc8 [Don't take 31.Qxb6?! Rxc1 32.Bxc1 Ne5+-] 

31...Rxc8 32.Qxb6 Rc2 33.Qb7 Bf8 34.Qe4 Qg6 35.Qd5 Qf6 36.h4 Strongly threatening Bh3. 

36...Bg7? [36...Rc7 37.Bh3 Rxd7 38.Qxd7 Ned8] 

37.Bh3+- Nf8 38.Rb7 h6 39.Bg4 Rb2 40.Bh5 Ng6 41.Bxg6 Qxg6 42.Rb8+ [¹42.h5 Qf6 43.Bc3 Rxf2+ 44.Kg1 Rd2 45.Bxd2 Kh8 46.Rb8+ Nd8 47.Bc3] 

42...Bf8 43.Ne5 Rxd2 

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 44.Rxf8+! Precision: White = 78%, Black = 41%. 1–0

Fedoseev,Vladimir (2731) - Inarkiev,Ernesto (2694)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (2.1), 06.09.2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 0–0 8.Nb3 d6 9.g4 a6 B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines [9...d5!?; 9...Be6 10.g5 Nd7 11.h4 Nb6 12.f4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.Qf3 Nb4 15.Rh2 Qc7 16.Bd4 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 0–1 (34) Tomczak,J (2585) -Moranda,W (2588) Poland 2015] 

10.h4N 

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[10.g5!? Nd7 11.f4=; Predecessor: 10.g5 Nd7 11.Qd2 b5 12.h4 Bb7 13.h5 Rc8 14.f4 0–1 (39) Wu,C (2377)-Escalante Ramirez,B (2302) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016] 

10...b5 11.h5 b4 The position is equal. 

12.Nd5 e6 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.Nxc8 Qxc8 [14...Rxc8= 15.Bxa6 Rb8] 

15.Qxd6± 

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And now hxg6 would win. 15...e5 16.0–0–0 a5 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.g5 Rd8 19.Qc5ƒ Keeping Black busy. [Don't play 19.gxf6 Rxd6 20.Rxd6 Bf8³] 

19...Nd7 20.Qd5 Nb6 21.Qb5 Nd5 22.Qa4 [Inferior is 22.exd5 Rxb5 23.Bxb5 Nd4µ] 

22...Nxe3 23.fxe3 Qc7 [23...Rxd1+± 24.Rxd1 Ra8] 

24.Bc4 Nd4 [¹24...Rbc8 25.Rdf1 Rf8] 

25.Nxa5+- [25.exd4 Qxc4 26.Nxa5 Qa6±] 

25...Ra8 26.exd4 Qxc4 27.Nxc4 Rxa4 28.dxe5 Re8 29.Kb1 Bxe5 30.Nb6 Ra7 31.Nd5 Kg7 32.Rh3 Ra4 [32...Rb8 was necessary. 33.Rdh1 Rd7 34.Rh7+ Kg8] 

33.Rdh1 aiming for Rh7+. 

33...Rd8 [¹33...Ra5 34.Nxb4 Kf8] 

34.Rh7+ Kg8 35.Ne7+ Kf8 36.Nc6 Re8 

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 37.Rh8+! Precision: White = 86%, Black = 57%. 1–0

Navara,David (2720) - Cheparinov,Ivan (2695)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (2.1), 06.09.2017

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 e5 8.d4 Nc6 A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4) 

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14...Qa3N 

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15...a5 [15...Qa5³] 

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25...Bxd7= 26.Nxe5 Ba4 27.Qf5 Bxd1 28.Nxf7+ Rxf7 29.Qxf7 

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29...Bh4! And now ...Bc2 would win. [29...Qd7?! 30.Re6±] 

30.g5! [30.Rxd1? Rf8–+] 

30...Ba4? [Avoid the trap 30...Rf8? 31.Re8+-; 30...Bxg5= 31.Bxg5 (31.Rxd1? Bxc1 32.Rxc1 Rf8–+) 31...hxg5 32.Rxd1 Rf8] 

31.Re7+- 

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31...Bxf2+? [31...Rg8 is more resistant.] 

32.Kh1 Precision: White = 66%, Black = 59%.[Stronger than 32.Kxf2 Qh2+ 33.Ke3 Rg8=]  1–0