Chess World Cup 2017 Round 5 Tie Breaks - Tblisi

There was only the Svidler – MVL match going to tie breaks to decide who would be facing Aronian in the semi finals. On the one side you have MVL who is stronger on paper, while Svidler was the last remaining Russian player in the tournament. Rumour has it that having all Russian players knocked out already in the fifth round would send reverberations via the Kremlin through to the desk of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. How this will impact on the FIDE funding model going forward remains to be seen.

MVL drew white for the first 25 minute rapid game of the tie break. The game was a Giuoco Piano that followed the game where Anand beat So at Leuven this year  for the first 8 moves. Svidler was the first to veer away from that game with 9… a5. But the actual novelty came two moves later when Vachier Lagrave played 11. Bb5. The position wound down to a R/B vs R/N endgame with both players having a single pawn on the h file. White’s bishop could not cover the queening square so the split point was a forgone conclusion.

The second 25 minute rapid game had Svidler on the white side of a Symmetrical English opening. The game followed that of the draw between Diermair and Paravyan in Miscow 2016 until MVL played 11… a6. The game was fairly level till Svidler played 23. Qxd6+ trading off his most active piece while neither Rook had yet joined the game. Rc1+ may have been the better option, at least getting a rook on the open file before trading Queens. The result was Svidler needing to give up the exchange on move 30, and by the time he played 32. Ke1, it was already effectively all over. Vachier Lagrave won and progresses to face Aronian in the semi final.

Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2804) - Svidler,Peter (2756)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (5.3), 17.09.2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.0–0 a6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3 

8...0–0 9.h3 [9.b4!? Ba7 10.Nbd2=] 

9...a5 [9...Re8 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bxe6 Rxe6 12.b4 Ba7 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Nf1 d5 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 1–0 (41) Anand,V (2786)-So,W (2812) Leuven 2017] 

10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bb5N 

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11...Na7 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bb4 14.Bd3 d5 15.e5 Nd7 16.Re2 c5 17.Nf1 cxd4 18.Bc2 Nc5 19.Nxd4 Nc6 20.Ng3 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 f5 22.exf6 Qxf6 23.Be3 Qxd4 24.Bxd4 Bd7 25.Rd1 

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Strongly threatening Bxc5. 

25...Rae8 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.b3 b5 28.axb5 Bxb5 29.Be3 Bc6 30.Nf5 [30.Ne2!?] 

30...Ne4 31.Nd4 Bd7 32.Bd3 Rb8 33.f3 Nc3 34.Rc1 a4 35.bxa4 Bxa4 36.Kh2 Bd6+ 37.f4 Nd1 38.Bd2 Nf2 39.Bf5 Ne4 40.Be6+ Kh7 41.Be3ƒ 

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White is more active. 

41...Nf6 42.Nf5 Re8 43.Bf7 Rxe3! 44.Nxd6 next f5 is good for White. 

44...Re7 45.f5 Be8! 46.Be6 g6 [46...Ba4²] 47.Nxe8± Nxe8 48.fxg6+ Kxg6 49.Bxd5 Endgame KRB-KRN 

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68.Kf3 [White should play 68.Rc8+± Kg7 69.Be2] 

68...Re5 [68...Ra3+!= 69.Kf4 Rc3] 

69.Rf7 [69.Bf7±] 

69...Nxg4!= The position is equal. 

70.Rf8+ Kh7! 71.Rf7+ Kh8 72.Kxg4 

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Threatens to win with Bd3. 

72...Re4+ 73.Rf4 Rxf4+ 74.Kxf4 Kg7 75.Kf5 Kh8 76.Kg6? Precision: White = 40%, Black = 56%.[76.Kf6]  ½–½

Svidler,Peter (2756) - Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2804)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (5.4), 17.09.2017

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 Nd3+ 7.Ke2 Nf4+ A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5 [7...Nxc1+ 8.Rxc1 a6 9.d4 b5 10.Bd5 Ra7 11.dxc5 e6 12.c6 b4 13.Qd4 Rc7 14.Na4 exd5 15.exd5 1/2–1/2 (36) Giri,A (2773)-Harikrishna,P (2766) Wijk aan Zee 2017] 

8.Kf1 Ne6 9.h4 [9.b4!?] 

9...Nd4 The position is equal. 

10.d3 e6 11.Bf4 Nxd4 is the strong threat. 

11...a6N 

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[11...Bd6 12.e5 Be7 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Qf3 0–0 15.Re1 1/2–1/2 (59) Diermair,A (2450)-Paravyan,D (2506) Moscow 2016] 

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15...Qxd6 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.f4 e5 18.f5 g6 19.Ng3 Ne7 20.Qh6 0–0–0 21.h5 Kc7 22.Bxf7 gxf5 

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23.Qxd6+ [23.Rc1+³ Bc6 24.Qxd6+ Rxd6 25.Ke1 (25.Nxf5 Nxf5 26.exf5 Rf8µ; 25.exf5 Rf8µ) ] 

23...Kxd6µ 24.exf5 [24.Ke2µ] 

24...Nxf5–+ [24...Bxf5 25.Ke2µ] 

25.Ne4+ Ke7 26.Bb3 Ne3+ 27.Ke2 Bc6 [But not 27...Nxg2?! 28.Rag1=] 

28.Rac1 Rhf8 

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[Don't do 28...Nxg2 29.Rc5³] 

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29...Nxg2 30.Rxc6 [¹30.Rg3 Bxe4 31.dxe4 Nf4+ 32.Kd2] 

30...bxc6 31.Rg3 Nf4+ 32.Ke1? 

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[32.Kd2] 32...Rb8 Black is clearly winning. 

33.Rg7+ Kd8 34.Bf7 Rb7 Precision: White = 30%, Black = 91%. 0–1

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] 

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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 

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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

Chess World Cup 2017 Round 5 Game 1 - Tblisi

Oh dear, what happened to the Chucky that took out Kramnik and Giri along the way. Instead of having the slug fest that we were all expecting, Chucky got blown away by a very well prepared and motivated Aronian.

It all looked bleak straight out of the opening. As black, if you play your knight to D7 and your rook to c8, then you need a pawn on c5 to at least have some pressure directed at the center. But Chucky’s pawn was still back on c6. So when Aronian played 10. d5, Ivanchuk sunk deep into thought for 42 minutes before half reluctantly reaching out to play c5 and salvage something from his broken position.

From there it was all down hill and all over after only 24 moves.

The other three games ended in draws

Here are the full results of Round 5, game 1.

Svidler, Peter 2756 (16) vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2804 (8) 0.5-0.5

Levon Aronian 2802 (5) vs Vassily Ivanchuk 2727 1-0

Vladimir Fedoseev 2731 vs Wesley So 2792 (2) 0.5-0.5

Richard Rapport 2675 vs Liren Ding 2771 (11) 0.5-0.5

Aronian,Levon (2802) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2727)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (5.1), 15.09.2017

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 dxc4 4.Qa4+ c6 [4...Nd7 5.Qxc4 c5 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.0–0 b6 8.Nd4 Ne5 9.Nc6 Nxc4 10.Nxd8 Nd5 11.Nc3 Kxd8 12.Nxd5 Bb7 13.Nc3 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Be7 15.Rd1 Bf6 16.d4 Ke7 17.dxc5 Bxc3 18.bxc3 bxc5 19.Kf3 1/2–1/2 (19) Aronian,L (2785)-Cheparinov,I (2689) Doha 2016] 5.Qxc4 b5 6.Qc2 A13: English Opening: 1...e6 

6...Bb7 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Nc3 LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal. 

8...Rc8 9.0–0 a6 

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10.d4 c5 11.d5! exd5 12.Nh4! Ndf6N [12...Ngf6=] 

13.Rd1± g6 

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14.Nxd5! Nxd5 [14...Bxd5 15.e4] 

15.e4 Bg7 16.exd5 

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 Strongly threatening d6. 

16...Nf6 17.Qe2+ Kf8 18.a4 b4 19.Be3 Qd6 20.Rac1 

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Threatens to win with Bh3. 

20...Nd7 [20...Kg8± keeps fighting.] 

21.Nf3 h6 22.Nd2 Kg8 23.Ne4 Qf8 24.d6 Precision: White = 92%, Black = 22%. 1–0

Chess World Cup 2017 Round 4 Tie Breaks - Tblisi

Four of the 5 tie break matches were decided after the first two tie break games, while the remaining match went to the second pair of rapid games. No blitz this time and still no Armageddon game.

The interesting match up here was MVL against Grischuk – where the lesson that we can learn is there is always scope to improve endgame technique.

The first two rapid games were drawn, with MVL crushing the first 10 minute game. In the second 10 minute game Grischuk won an exchange and got into a won endgame according to Nalimov. However, time pressure can be a beast and Grischuk missed his winning move, allowing MVL to get his pawn to g4, securing the draw and a date with Svidler in the quarter final…

Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2804) - Grischuk,Alexander (2788)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (4.5), 14.09.2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0–0 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 C54: Italienische Partie (Hauptvariante) 

8...0–0 9.h3 

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9...a5 [9...Re8 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bxe6 Rxe6 12.b4 Ba7 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Nf1 d5 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 1–0 (41) Anand,V (2786)-So,W (2812) Leuven 2017] 

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29.Nh4 Rge6 30.Nd6 Rb8 31.g3 Nxh3+ 32.Kg2 Ng5 33.f4 Nh7 34.f5 Re7 35.c4 Nc7 36.e6 fxe6 37.Ng6 Rd7 

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38.fxe6 Rdd8 39.Ne7+ Kf8 40.Nxc6 Rxd6 41.Nxb8 Ke7 42.Rxd6 Kxd6 43.Rd1+ Kxe6 44.Rd7 1–0

Grischuk,Alexander (2788) - Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2804)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (4.6), 14.09.2017

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d3 Nge7 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Nc7 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nd2 0–0 10.Bxc6 

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A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5 [10.Nc4 f6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Qa5 Bh3 14.Re1 Qd7 15.Be3 Ne6 16.Rac1 Rab8 17.b3 Rfe8 18.f3 Bf5 19.Na4 Rb4 0–1 (38) Pantsulaia,L (2606)-Jakovenko,D (2723) Yerevan 2014] 10...bxc6 11.Qa4 Rb8 12.Nc4N 

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White is slightly better. [12.Qxc6 Rb6 13.Qa4 Rb4 14.Qd1 Bh3 15.Re1 f5 16.Nc4 f4 17.a3 Rb8 1/2–1/2 (80) Golda,H (2290)-Schmid,G (2268) Freising 2001] 

12...Rb4 13.Qa5 f6 14.b3 Bh3 15.Re1 Qb8 16.Ba3 Rb5 17.Nxb5 cxb5 18.Ne3 next Rac1 is good for White. 

18...Qb7 19.f3 [19.Bb2=] 

19...b4!³ Black has compensation. 

20.Bb2 Na6 [20...Ne6!³] 

21.g4!² h5 22.a3 [22.gxh5? Bd8–+; 22.a4!±] 

22...Bd8= 23.Qa4 hxg4 24.axb4 [24.fxg4 c4!µ] 

24...Nxb4 25.Qxa7 

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[Don't play 25.fxg4 c4!µ] 

25...Qxa7 26.Rxa7 gxf3 27.Kf2 Threatening Rg1. 

27...fxe2 28.Kxe2 Be6 [28...Nc6!? 29.Rb7 Bc8²] 

29.Bc3 Bxb3 30.Rb1ƒ Black is under pressure. 

30...Bf7 31.Bxb4 cxb4 32.Rxb4 f5! 33.Rb8 e4 [33...f4!² 34.Ng4 Be6] 

34.Raa8 

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34...exd3+ [34...Bh5+± 35.Kd2 (35.Kf1 Be7+-) 35...Ba5+ 36.Kc2 (36.Rxa5 Rxb8 37.dxe4 Bf3=) 36...exd3+ 37.Kxd3 Rxb8 38.Rxb8+ Kh7 39.Nxf5 Bc7] 

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38.Ke4 Kf7 39.Ke5 Bxf5? [39...Bh5 40.Rb8 g6 41.Nd6+ Bxd6+ 42.Kxd6 Kf6] 

40.Kxf5 KR-KB 

40...g6+ 41.Kg5 Bc5 42.Kh6 Be3+ 43.Kh7 g5 

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44.Kh6 Bf4 45.Ra2! g4+ 46.Kh5 g3 47.h3 Be3 48.Kg4 Bf2 49.Kf3 [49.Rb2+- Kf6 50.Re2] 

49...Kg6 50.Ra5 [50.Ra8+- Kh6 51.Rd8] 

50...Kh6 51.Rb5 Kg6 52.Rd5 Kh6 53.Re5 [¹53.Rd8 Kh5 54.Rh8+ Kg5 55.h4+ Kg6 56.Kg2 Be1 57.Re8 Bf2 58.Rc8] 

53...Kg6 54.Rb5 [54.Re4+- Kg5 55.h4+ Kg6 56.Re8] 

54...Kh6 55.Rb4 Kg5 56.Rg4+ Kh6 57.Ke4 Be1 58.Kf5 Bf2 59.Rg6+ Kh7 60.Kf6 Bd4+ 

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61.Kf7! Bf2 62.Kf6 [¹62.Rg5 Kh6 63.Kf6 Be1 64.Kf5 Bf2 65.h4 Be1 66.h5 Kh7 67.Rg6] 

62...Bd4+! 63.Kf5 Bf2 64.h4? [64.Rg5 Kh6 65.h4] 

64...Be1 65.h5 Bf2 66.Kf4 Threatens to win with Kf3. 

66...Be1 67.Kf3 Bf2 

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68.Ke2! Kf3 is the strong threat. 

68...Kh8 69.Kf3 Kh7 70.Kf4 Be1 71.Kg4 Bf2 72.Kf5 Be1 73.Kf4 Strongly threatening Re6. 

73...Bf2 74.Ke5 Be1 75.Kf6 Black must now prevent Ke6. 

75...Bf2 76.Kf5 Be1 77.Kg5 Bf2 78.Kf5 And now Kf4 would win. 

78...Be1 79.Ke4 Bf2 80.Kf3 aiming for Kg2. 

80...Be1 81.Re6 Bf2 82.h6? [82.Rc6+-] 

82...Bc5!² 83.Kxg3 Hoping for Kh4. 

83...Bf8 84.Kg4 Bxh6 85.Kf5 Bd2 86.Kf6 Kh6 87.Rc6 Kh5 88.Kf5 

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White threatens Rc2 and mate. 

88...Kh4! White has an edge. 

89.Rc2 Be3 90.Re2 Bb6 91.Re6 Bc7 92.Rc6 Bb8 93.Rc3 Bg3 94.Rxg3 Precision: White = 63%, Black = 66%. ½–½

Chess World Cup 2017 Round 4 Game 2 - Tblisi

Before we go any further and talk about any of the other games – game of the day has to belong to Maxim Rodshtein. After losing with white yesterday, he faced an absolute must win with white and duly did just that to save the match and take it to tie breaks. We will have to see if he can tap into the energy of the psychological momentum for the rapid games.

The other notable games were the wins by Aronian and Ding that sealed match victory for both players to take them through to the quarter final where Chucky will be waiting…

And that leaves us with the tension of five matches to be decided on roulette spin of the FIDE tie break system.

Here are the full results of Round 4, game 2.

Xiangzhi Bu 2714 vs Svidler, Peter 2756 (16) 0.5-0.5

Alexander Grischuk 2788 (9) vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2804 (8) 0.5-0.5

Anish Giri 2777 vs Vassily Ivanchuk 2727 0.5-0.5

Levon Aronian 2802 (5) vs Daniil Dubov 2666 1-0

Baadur Jobava 2702 vs Wesley So 2792 (2) 0.5-0.5

Vladimir Fedoseev 2731 vs Maxim Rodshtein 2695 0-1

Evgeniy Najer 2694 vs Richard Rapport 2675 0.5-0.5

Liren Ding 2771 (11) vs Hao Wang 2701 1-0

Now let’s analyse a selection of the decisive games:

Fedoseev,Vladimir (2731) - Rodshtein,Maxim (2695)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (4.2), 13.09.2017

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 g6 6.0–0 Bg7 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Ne5N 

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 A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6) [9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Qd2 0–0 12.Rfd1 Ne7 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 d5 15.Qe3 Nf5 16.Qc3 c6 1–0 (37) Jakovenko,D (2730)-Ipatov,A (2613) Saint-Quentin 2014] 

9...Bxg2 10.Kxg2 c5 11.Be3 The position is equal. 

11...Bxe5 12.dxe5 Qc7 13.Bd2 Nc6 14.Bc3 0–0–0 [Don't play 14...Nxe5?! 15.f4±] 

15.f4 h5 16.e3 g5 [16...d5= keeps the balance.] 17.Kf2 [17.fxg5± Nxe5 18.h4] 

17...h4 18.g4 gxf4 19.exf4 d6 20.exd6 Rxd6 21.Qf3 Rhd8 22.Kg1 Rd3 [22...Nd4!? 23.Qf2 Qc6=] 

23.Qe4 h3 24.Rae1 Kb7 [24...Qb7=] 25.Re3 [Better is 25.g5² ] 

25...f5= 26.gxf5 Rxe3 27.Qxe3 exf5 28.Qxh3 Rg8+ 29.Kh1 Nd4 30.Bxd4! Qc6+ 

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31.Qf3 [31.Rf3!= cxd4 32.Qh7+ Ka6 33.Qxg8 Qxf3+ 34.Kg1 Qd1+ 35.Kg2] 

31...cxd4µ 32.Qxc6+ Kxc6 Endgame KR-KR 

33.Rg1 Re8 

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 Black has strong compensation. 34.b4? [34.Rg3µ is a better chance.] 

34...b5!–+ Black is clearly winning. 

35.c5 35...Kd5! 36.Rg7 [¹36.Rg6 d3 37.h4 (37.Rd6+? Ke4–+) ] 

36...d3 37.Rd7+ Kc4 38.Kg2 Kc3 39.h4 d2 Precision: White = 37%, Black = 72%. 0–1

Aronian,Levon (2802) - Dubov,Daniil (2666)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (4.2), 13.09.2017

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 0–0 9.Be2 b6 D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3 [9...Qa5 10.0–0 Rd8 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Qa3 Nd7 13.e5 Nf8 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Ng5 Ne6 16.Ne4 b6 17.d5 Bb7 18.dxe6 Bxe4 19.exf7+ Kxf7 1–0 (51) Ponkratov,P (2590)-Dubov,D (2666) St Petersburg 2017] 

10.Qd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb7 The position is equal. 

12.e5 Nc6 13.h4 Qd5 14.h5 Rfd8 15.Rc1N 

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[15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Rh4 Qa5 17.Qxa5 Nxa5 1/2–1/2 (37) Cuenca Jimenez,J (2498)-Ftacnik,L (2551) Leiria 2017] 

15...Qa5 16.h6 Bf8 17.e6 f6 18.0–0 Qxd2 19.Bxd2 Nxd4 [19...Rac8µ 20.Be3 Nb4] 

20.Nxd4³ Rxd4 21.Be3 Rdd8 22.Bb5 Bd5 23.Bd7! g5 24.f4 Bxh6 White must now prevent ...gxf4. 

25.fxg5! Bg7 26.Bd4 fxg5 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Rf7+ Kg6 29.Rxe7 Rf8 

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30.Re1! Bxa2 [30...a6²] 

31.Bb5!± [Don't play 31.Bc6?! Rac8=] 

31...a6 [31...a5±] 

32.Bd3++- Kf6 33.Rxh7 And now e7 would win. 

33...b5 [33...Rae8± is a better defense.] 

34.Rh6+ White has strong compensation. 

34...Ke7 35.Rh7+ Kf6! 36.e7 Rf1+ is the strong threat. 

36...Rg8 37.Rh6+ Kf7 [37...Kg7 was necessary. 38.Rh7+ Kf6 39.Rf1+ Ke6 40.Re1+ Kf6] 

38.Rh7+ Kf6! 39.Be4 Rae8 40.Rh6+ Kf7 41.Bc6 [Don't take 41.Rxa6?! Be6±] 

41...Bc4 42.Bxe8+ Rxe8 43.Rxa6 Rxe7 44.Rxe7+ Kxe7 Endgame KR-KB 

45.Kf2 Kf7 [45...b4± was worth a try. 46.Ra4 Bg8 47.Rxb4 Kf6] 

46.Rb6 Be6 47.Rxb5 Kf6? [47...Kg6± 48.Kf3 Bd7] 

48.Kf3 Bf5 49.Rc5 Bd3 50.Ke3 Bf5 51.Kd4 Bb1? [51...Be6+- 52.Ke4 Bd7] 

52.Rc1 Bg6 53.Rc6+ Kg7 54.Ke5 Bb1 55.Ra6 Bc2 56.Rd6 Kf7 57.Rf6+ Kg7 58.Rf2 Bb1 59.Rb2 Bd3 60.Rd2 Bb1 61.Ke6 Be4 62.Re2 Bd3 63.Rd2 

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[¹63.Rb2 Bh7 64.Rb5 Bg8+ 65.Kf5 g4 66.Rb7+ Kh6 67.Rb4 Bd5 68.Rxg4] 

63...Be4! 64.Ke5 Bb1! 65.Rd4 [65.Rd6+- Kf7 66.g4] 

65...Kf7 66.Ra4 Bc2 67.Ra5 Bb1 68.Rc5 Kg6 69.Rc1 Bd3 70.Rd1 Bc2 71.Rd2 Bb1 72.Ke6 [¹72.Rb2 Bd3 73.g4 Kg7 74.Rb7+ Kg6 75.Rb6+ Kf7 76.Rb7+ Kg6 77.Rb3] 

72...Be4 73.g3? [73.g4 Kg7 74.Rd7+ Kg6 75.Ke5 Bc2 76.Rd6+ Kf7 77.Rd2 Bb1 78.Rd7+ Kg6 79.Rb7] 

73...Bb1? [73...Bf3+- 74.Ke5 Kh5] 

74.Rb2? [74.g4 Kg7 75.Rd7+ Kg6 76.Ke5 Bc2 77.Rd6+ Kf7 78.Rb6 Kg7 79.Rb7+ Kg6 80.Rb2] 

74...Bd3? [74...Bf5++- 75.Ke5 Bd7 76.Rb6+ Kh5] 

75.Ke7? [75.g4! Kg7 76.Rb7+ Kg6 77.Ke5 Bc2 78.Rb6+ Kg7 79.Rb7+ Kg6 80.Rb6+ Kg7 81.Rb7+ Kg6] 

75...Be4? 

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[75...Kf5±] 76.Rb6+? [76.g4! Bf3 77.Rb6+ Kh7 78.Rb4 Kg6 79.Ke6 Be2 80.Ke5 Bd3 81.Rd4] 

76...Kg7? [76...Kf5±] 

77.Rb5 Kg6 

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78.Rb4? [78.g4! mates 78...Bf3 79.Rb6+ Kh7 80.Rb4 Kg6 81.Ke6 Bd1 82.Ke5 Bc2 83.Rb6+ Kf7 84.Rb2] 

78...Bc2? [78...Kf5± 79.Rc4 Bb7] 

79.Kf8? [79.Ke6 Hoping for g4. 79...Bf5+ 80.Ke5] 

79...Kf6? [79...Kh5 80.Ke7 Bd3] 

80.Kg8 Bd3? Precision: White = 49%, Black = 35%.[80...Kg6 81.Kf8 Kf6]  1–0

Ding,Liren (2771) - Wang,Hao (2701)

FIDE World Cup 2017 Tbilisi (4.2), 13.09.2017

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 h6 E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7 

11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 14.e3 a5 15.b4 axb4 16.Qxb4 Ra7 17.a5 Na6 18.Qb6 

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18...Qa8N 19.Ne4 Bd8 20.Qb2 Nb8 21.Nd6 Bxa5 22.Nxb7 [22.Rfb1±] 

22...Qxb7 [22...Rxb7= 23.Rxa5 Qxa5 24.Qxb7 c5] 

23.Qxb7² Rxb7 24.Rxa5 Rc8 25.Rc1 Rbc7 26.Ra8 Kf8 27.h4 Ke7 28.h5 Kd6 29.e4 Ke7 30.e5ƒ White is pushing. 

30...Rd8 [30...Kd8=] 

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36.Ra7+- Rf4 is the strong threat. 

36...Re2 

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37.Re4! [Much less strong is 37.Rxc6 Rxe5 38.f4 Rd5] 

37...Rxe4 38.Bxe4 Endgame KRB-KRN 

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51.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 52.Kxc3 KB-KN 

52...Nd5+? 

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[52...Nd7 53.Kd4 Ke7] 53.Kd4 Ke7 54.Be4 Nb4 55.Kc5 White mates. 

55...Na2 56.Kc4 Nc1 57.Bd3 Precision: White = 85%, Black = 54%. 1–0