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  • Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

    Great game by Aronian. The engines don't even understand the real extent of white's advantage on move 11. But the GMs know. I always enjoy games like that, because it makes us kibitzers look like the fools we are.

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    • Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

      The Chess World Cup 2017

      September 16, 2017

      Round Five
      Game Two


      Ivan told this story today, reminded by the current position in Ivanchuk-Aronian (two bishops vs knight). He was playing the World Cup and he had a mini-match against Epishin (1997). Ivan won the first game with white and in the second game with black he only needed to draw. He had a massive advantage on the board and his opponent was running out of time - he was on increment. He had twenty moves to make on the increment before the time control.

      Then he didn’t know what to do. Then he understood that it was time to make a draw. He was a pawn up and his opponent had two bishops. The opponent made the time control and then beat him.

      Ivan resigned and was in a very bad mood. He was leaving the playing hall and who did he meet as he was going? The worst person to meet - Viktor Korchnoi. He immediately started to tell him that he was stupid even though he wasn’t asked. When someone loses, you leave him alone but not if your name is Viktor Korchnoi. You don’t leave anyone alone. And he got this lecture immediately.
      _____


      Some chessbomb comments after:

      - draw unless someone screws up bigime
      - is two bishops vs knight a win?
      - great respect for Ivanchuk
      - this fight would have been nice yesterday
      - well cone Lev and also to Chucky for a great showing
      - too bad, chucky won’t play in the candidates
      - a wild card is not out of the question for Chucky
      - too bad, one sh*tty game against prep!

      Levon passes into the finals. He says the game was tense as he expected. He was playing too slowly and Vassily was trying to exploit that.

      He prefers to play the classical games instead of the rapid playoffs. His possible opponents are MVL or Peter Svidler and he hates them both, because they are so strong!

      Round 5, Game 2, Sept. 16
      Ivanchuk, Vassily – Aronian, Levon
      A15 English, Neo-Catalan

      1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Ne5 Qc8 8.d3 Nc6 9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.Nd2 Nd4 11.Nf3 b5 12.Qc3 Nd5 13.Qd2 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Qd1 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Rac8 17.a3 Bf6 18.e3 Rfd8 19.Qc2 Ne7 20.Be4 Nc6 21.Rd1 Be7 22.f4 f5 23.Bf3 Bf6 24.Rb1 Ne7 25.Be2 e5 26.fxe5 Bxe5 27.Bd2 Qd5 28.Be1 Kh8 29.Bf1 Qe6 30.Bf2 Nd5 31.Qb3 Qh6 32.Re1 a6 33.d4 cxd4 34.exd4 Bb8 35.Bg2 Nf6 36.Re6 f4 37.Rbe1 fxg3 38.hxg3 Rf8 39.d5 Qh5 40.Bf3 Qh3 41.Bg2 Qh5 42.Bf3 Qh3 43.Bd1 Rcd8 44.Qf3 h5 45.Qg2 Qxg2+ 46.Kxg2 Rxd5 47.Bc2 a5 48.R1e2 Bd6 49.Be3 Bc5 50.Bc1 g5 51.Ra6 Ng4 52.Rae6 Rf2+ 53.Rxf2 Bxf2 54.Be4 Rc5 55.Bd2 Bd4 56.b4 axb4 57.axb4 Re5 58.Rxe5 Nxe5 59.Bxg5 Kg7 60.Bd2 Nc4 61.Be1 Nd6 62.Bd3 Bf6 63.Kf3 Bg5 64.Ke2 Kf6 65.Bc3+ Ke6 66.Kf3 Nc4 67.Be2 Kf5 68.Bd4 Ne5+ 69.Kg2 Nc6 70.Bc3 Be7 71.Bxb5 1/2-1/2

      Round 5, Game 2, Sept. 16
      MVL-Svidler, Peter
      C54 Giuoco Piano

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 a5 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bb5 Ne7 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.Nf1 Re8 15.Ng3 Ng6 16.f4 Bxb5 17.axb5 Qd7 18.Kh2 Re7 19.Ndf5 Re6 20.Nd4 Re7 21.b4 Bxd4 22.cxd4 Qxb5 23.f5 Nf8 24.Rxa5 Rxa5 25.bxa5 Qxa5 26.Bb2 N8d7 27.Qc1 Re8 1/2-1/2

      Round 5, Game 2, Sept. 16
      Ding Liren – Rapport, Richard
      E18 Queen’s Indian, old main line

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6 9.Re1 a6 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 Qc6 21.Bxd4 f5 22.Qxc6 Nxc6 23.Ne3 Nxd4 24.Rad1 f4 25.Rxd4 fxe3 26.Rxe3 Rab8 27.Re2 c3 28.bxc3 Rb6 29.Rb4 Rxb4 30.cxb4 Rb8 31.Rb2 Kf7 32.Kf3 Ke6 33.Ke4 d5+ 34.Kd3 Kd6 35.a4 Rb7 36.f4 h5 37.b5 axb5 38.axb5 Kc5 39.Rc2+ Kxb5 40.Kd4 Rf7 41.Kxd5 1-0

      Round 5, Game 2, Sept. 15
      So, Wesley – Fedoseev, Vladimir
      C42 Petrov, Classical Attack

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nbd2 Bf5 9.Re1 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.c3 Qd7 13.Bf4 a6 14.Re2 Rae8 15.Rae1 Bd8 16.Nd2 Rxe2 17.Qxe2 a5 18.Nb3 b6 19.Nc1 f6 20.a4 Ne7 21.Nd3 g5 22.Bc1 Ng6 23.b3 Be7 24.h4 gxh4 25.Nf4 Rf7 26.Qe6 Qxe6 27.Rxe6 Nxf4 28.Bxf4 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 37.Be1 Kg5 38.Rc5 f5 39.Kh2 Kh5 40.Bf2 Rd6 41.Be3 Bb6 42.Rb5 Bd8 43.Bf4 Rd7 44.Be5 Kg5 45.Rc5 f4 46.Rc6 Kf5 47.Ra6 Kg5 48.Kh3 Kf5 49.Rc6 Kg5 50.Re6 Be7 51.Rc6 Bd8 52.Bd6 Kf5 53.Kh2 Rg7 54.Be5 Rd7 55.Rd6 Rxd6 56.Bxd6 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 Kc6 69.Bc3 Bb6 70.Bb2 Bd8 71.Bc1 Bc7 72.Bd2 h5 73.Bc3 Bb6 74.Bb2 Bc7 75.Ba3 Bd8 76.Bf8 Bg5 77.Bg7 Kd6 78.Be5+ Kc6 79.Kc3 Bh6 80.Bf6 Bf8 81.Kd3 h3 82.gxh3 Bd6 83.Be5 1-0

      Results of Round Five

      1. Peter Svidler-MVL 1-1
      Match goes to playoffs tomorrow, winner plays Levon Aronian in the semi-finals

      2. Ivanchuk-Aronian 0.5-1.5
      Ivanchuk eliminated, Aronian to semi-finals

      3. So-Fedoseev 1.5-0.5
      Fedoseev eliminated, So goes to semi-finals and plays Ding Liren

      4. Rapport-Ding Liren 0.5-1.5
      Rapport eliminated, Ding Liren goes on to play Wesley So

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      • Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

        The Chess World Cup 2017

        September 17, 2017

        Round Five
        Playoffs
        Games Three and Four
        25+10


        Round 5, Game 3, Sept. 17
        25+10
        MVL-Svidler, Peter
        C54 Giuoco Piano

        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 a5 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bb5 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 Rae8 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.b3 b5 28.axb5 Bxb5 29.Be3 Bc6 30.Nf5 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.Be3 Nf6 42.Nf5 Re8 43.Bf7 Rxe3 44.Nxd6 Re7 45.f5 Be8 46.Be6 g6 47.Nxe8 Nxe8 48.fxg6+ Kxg6 49.Bxd5 Nf6 50.Bf3 Re5 51.Kg3 Rg5+ 52.Kf2 Ra5 53.Rc4 Kg5 54.h4+ Kg6 55.g4 Ra7 56.Kg3 Kg7 57.Rc6 Re7 58.Bd1 Rd7 59.Bc2 Re7 60.Bf5 Re3+ 61.Kf2 Re7 62.Kf3 Ra7 63.Be6 Ra3+ 64.Kf4 Ra4+ 65.Bc4 Ra7 66.h5 Ra5 67.Rc7+ Kh8 68.Kf3 Re5 69.Rf7 Nxg4 70.Rf8+ Kh7 71.Rf7+ Kh8 72.Kxg4 Re4+ 73.Rf4 Rxf4+ 74.Kxf4 Kg7 75.Kf5 Kh8 76.Kg6 1/2-1/2

        Round 5, Game 4, Sept. 17
        25+10
        Svidler, Peter – MVL
        A34 English, symmetrical, Three Knights System

        1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 Nd3+ 7.Ke2 Nf4+ 8.Kf1 Ne6 9.h4 Nd4 10.d3 e6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Ne2 Nc6 14.a3 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.f4 e5 18.f5 g6 19.Ng3 Ne7 20.Qh6 O-O-O 21.h5 Kc7 22.Bxf7 gxf5 23.Qxd6+ Kxd6 24.exf5 Nxf5 25.Ne4+ Ke7 26.Bb3 Ne3+ 27.Ke2 Bc6 28.Rac1 Rhf8 29.Rh3 Nxg2 30.Rxc6 bxc6 31.Rg3 Nf4+ 32.Ke1 Rb8 33.Rg7+ Kd8 34.Bf7 Rb7 0-1

        Peter went in to a dubious line. MVL felt he had more energy during the game and was able to pull off the win. This eliminates Peter.

        Tomorrow (September 18) is a Rest Day

        On September 19, the semi-finals begin, with these two matches:

        1. MVL-Aronian
        2. So-Ding Liren

        The official site closed down its broadcast after the game was finished.

        Yasser and Eric were on the chessbrah channel. They were talking about Aman going to the Isle of Man Tournament. He has vowed not to cut his hair until he gets the grandmaster title.

        Eric says that he and Aman have been discriminated against in three Montreal restaurants because of the beard. They are thinking of going to New York City and have Aman in the beard hustle people in rapid chess for money.

        That tournament starts on September 23:

        http://forum.chesstalk.com/showthrea...634#post117634

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        • Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

          Intersting, Russia has no players in semifinals. On 3 previous World Cups both finalists were Russians.

          2011: Svidler - Grischuk
          2013: Kramnik - Andreikin
          2015: Karjakin - Svidler

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          • Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

            The Chess World Cup 2017

            September 18, 2017

            World Cup Notes II

            Etienne Bacrot was a participant in the World Cup 2017. He lost his second round against Bu Xiangzhi. After getting knocked out he has been helping MVL to prepare for his opponents.

            http://en.chessbase.com/post/fide-wo...svidler-s-fate

            A chessbase.com poll has these figures for the semi-final matches:

            Levon Aronian to win over MVL 54% to 45%

            Wesley So to win over Ding Liren 73% to 26%

            It is not clear whether Ding Liren has the Chinese players already eliminated staying to help him or, if they have departed, only his coach Xu Jun.
            _______

            Peter Svidler, meanwhile, can look back at another World Cup in which he exceeded pre-tournament expectations and played some fine games. It was, in fact, a repeat of his 2013 World Cup, when he also went out in the quarterfinal rapid tiebreaks after two draws in the classical games against Dmitry Andreikin. Although Peter has been a Candidates wildcard in the past it’s unlikely he’ll manage to play in the 2018 tournament in Berlin, but that might at least be good news when it comes to commentary!

            https://chess24.com/en/read/news/tbi...-ousts-svidler

            Viewers will notice that Ivan Sokolov has some injuries above his right eye. This from chess24.com:

            Ivan simply said he went out with Jobava, his brother and another chess player and after Jobava suggested they start drinking chacha the rest of the night became something of a blur. He didn't explain exactly what happened to his head.

            For those who don't know what chacha is - it's Georgian vodka.

            He is leaving further commentary duties to Evgeny Miroshnichenko – not to recover from these “injuries” but Like many other World Cup participants, he will be playing the Isle of Man open and may want to spend a few days at home in between - if only to pack different clothes for a different climate/weather at his next event in a different role.
            ________

            (Nigel Short) – Why do we bother with qualification tournaments for FIDE events? I think Kirsan should just select all the places. Or Makro.
            ______

            From chess.com:

            The likely candidates field looks like the right one:

            Karjakin, Aronian, So, Shak, Grischuk, Caruana, Kramnik, MVL. World #2-8 + Karjakin.

            Seems that for all their faults FIDE's system seems to deliver the right candidates!

            Comment on this:

            As others already mentioned, it can be exactly this field only if the eighth player on your list (not necessarily the last one you mention) gets the wildcard: Karjakin is already qualified. Aronian, So and MVL can still qualify via the World Cup - but only two will. So, Caruana and Kramnik can qualify by rating - but only two will. Mamedyarov, Grischuk and MVL can qualify via the GP Series - but only two will, and Ding Liren and Radjabov also still have chances. Whatever happens in Tbilisi (World Cup) and later Palma de Mallorca (last event of the GP Series), one player on your list will need the wildcard - maybe one will be definitely out if Ding Liren or Radjabov gets a GP spot, two if Ding Liren and Radjabov should make it via the GP Series.

            It was already pointed out that Kramnik and/or his fans now root for So. Likewise, players who can qualify via the GP Series may root for MVL and Ding Liren (preferably both), while MVL and Ding Liren may root for each other.

            Who is rooting for Aronian? He has his fans, otherwise maybe the Isle of Man organizers who want So in their event - Aronian didn't enlist, he seems to be the only top player that doesn't play Swiss opens and he has other things on his mind: getting married after the World Cup.

            https://www.chess.com/news/view/vach...r-at-world-cup

            For anyone wanting to follow the race to the candidates, here's a useful spreadsheet (not mine)

            https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...n97Kg/pubhtml#

            ________

            In Post #197 in this thread, I related Sokolov’s story about losing an easy game to Epishin at Groningen 1997 and then getting bawled out by Korchnoi for doing so.

            Some readers may not be aware that Ivan Sokolov has had a book published recently called Ivan’s Chess Journey: Games and Stories (2016) – 272 pages. This story is on pages 76-80.

            The book is chatty and has an average of three diagrams per page.

            Unlike other writers, he is rather blunt when he doesn’t like someone. He lost a game to Salov at Wijk aan Zee in 1997 (p. 228).

            He says that his life time opportunity to win Wijk aan Zee – Hoogovens A group went down the toilet by losing an easy drawn queen-ending.

            He had a last round game against Nikolic and was still smarting from the thrashing from Salov.

            “As I sat down having my coffee and some scrambled eggs in the breakfast area – all out of nowhere Salov arrived and without asking sat down at my table.

            After realizing not to be seeing a ghost and this indeed to be Salov I said: ‘No, no, not you! I was looking at you 7 hours yesterday, played 100 moves. You have f**ked up my tournament! There are many empty tables here..I don’t want to see you. Sit somewhere else!’

            Salov was unperturbed: ‘This is my table! I am sitting at this table every morning! This is your first breakfast. You have been the whole tournament drinking with Timman and you have missed all the breakfasts! No, this is my table and I am not moving!’

            ‘So you bought this table or did you inherit it from your father?’, was my honest question. ‘Doesn’t matter, this is my table!’ Salov was adamant. This ruined my appetite, so I left for a walk..thinking ‘let’s hope this idiot loses today’! Finally justice will be served for once!”

            Well, Sokolov drew with Nikolic and Salov drew with Korchnoi and Salov became the glorious winner of the tournament.

            Ivan says at the end: Valery Salov decided only few years later, and that still at a young age, to quit professional chess. His only connection with chess at the present, 2015, are some strange Facebook articles he publishes.
            _______

            Sokolov tells of games with Tal, Smyslov and Geller, Evgeny Bareev and, a rarity – one with Lawrence Trent!

            How would you assess this game from Gibraltar 2009 with Sokolov as White and Lawrence Trent as Black?

            Black to play his 69th move:



            Win, draw or loss for White?

            (From the chapter – Simple Endings, Knights pp 221-2)

            A most enjoyable and different book of chess anecdotes.
            Last edited by Wayne Komer; Monday, 18th September, 2017, 11:44 PM.

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            • Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

              The Chess World Cup 2017

              September 19, 2017

              Round Six
              Semi-finals
              Game One


              The commentators are Evgeniy Miroshnichenko and Keti Tsatsalashvili on the official channel and Eric Hansen and Yasser Seirawan on the chessbrah. Robin van Kampen will co-host the latter for the finals.

              Aronian-MVL is a quick draw and So-Ding Liren looks like it is going to be a long battle.

              With air time to fill, and a pesky fly in his room buzzing about, Yasser tells a joke about three samurai, who are sitting around the campfire.

              To show his prowess with his sword, the first samurai draws his as a fly goes by, snip snip snip and he puts the sword back in the scabbard and the fly, cut in half, falls to the ground.

              The second samurai stands as another fly goes by, and snip snip snip, sword back in the scabbard, and the fly, cut in quarters, falls to the ground.

              The third stands, another fly goes by and snip snip snip and the insect flies away.

              The third says, “He lives, but he will not breed!”

              Yasser says that his friend, Norman Weinstein, is following their commentary.

              That is a name from the past. He was on the cover of Chess Life and Review, October 1973. A kibitzer on chessgames.com gives his history over the period of a year:

              1) Weinstein gave up competitive chess (OTB chess anyway) in order to become an investment banker, where he was quite successful. In fact, there is a story (on http://www.hhgross.net/chessintro.h...) about how, in 1990, Weinstein convinced his firm (Banker's Trust) to put an ad in Chess Life inviting strong chess players to apply for commercial banking positions. Supposedly they wound up hiring two GMs and three IMs as a result. If true, it would be very interesting to know if any of the people who were hired in fact had successful careers.

              2) It appears that the two GMs that Bankers Trust hired from the ad were Maxim Dlugy (who seems to have done well as a financier before running afoul of the Russian authorities) and the Briton David Norwood (who has been very successful and is now CEO of the "IP2IPO Group plc"). Since neither one of them appears to have had any significant financial background before they were hired, it would seem that Norman was onto something. Still no information on any of the IMs, however.

              3) IM Weinstein posted the following reply when I asked about this topic at http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/
              (See September 02, 2006)
              In terms of chess players who worked at Bankers Trust, the list includes Girome Bono, Max Dlugy, Anna Gulko, Sal Matera, David Norwood, in addition to myself.

              There are some interesting posts about strong players who have given up the game at:

              http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/...r-the-game.htm
              _______

              Eric said that when he was a younger player and wanted to achieve some understanding of strategy – he downloaded 500 games of Karpov between 1965 and 1980 (say), and then printed them out and went through them one by one, playing the moves on an actual board.

              Yasser said that when he was training the American prodigy Akshat Chandra in St. Louis, they went through the games in his book Five Crowns on an actual board and Akshat had to predict the moves. In fact, Akshat said that he had played them on a computer screen before but with board and men now, it was like seeing them for the first time.

              Five Crowns has all the Karpov-Kasparov games played from 1984-1990 and analyzes the NYC/Lyon WC Match 1990 in detail.
              _______

              Round 6, Game 1, Sept. 19
              Aronian, Levon – MVL
              D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Na5 15.Bg5 b6 16.Bxe7 Rfe8 17.d6 Nc6 18.Bb5 Nxe7 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Qe6 21.Bxe8 Rxe8 22.dxe7 Qxe7 23.Rfd1 Bf8 24.Rbc1 Qxe4 25.Qc3 Qb4 26.Qa1 Bc5 27.Qxa7 Qb2 28.Kh1 Bxf2 29.Qb7 Qe2 30.Rf1 Rf8 31.Qc6 Bc5 32.Rce1 1/2-1/2

              Yasser thinks that Wesley had a winning position at move 40 but let Ding off the hook by playing 41.Kc3 instead of 41.Rxb3.

              Perpetual for a draw.

              Round 6, Game 1, Sept. 19
              So, Wesley – Ding Liren
              C54 Giuoco Piano, d3 variation

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a5 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.Bb5 Qb8 10.Nf1 Qa7 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Ne7 13.a4 Ng6 14.Bc4 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 Qa6 16.g3 Rfe8 17.Qb3 Nf8 18.Qb5 Qxb5 19.axb5 b6 20.Ra3 Ne6 21.Ne3 Nc5 22.c4 a4 23.Rea1 Nb3 24.Rd1 Rec8 25.Nd2 Nxd2 26.Rxd2 Nd7 27.Rd1 Nc5 28.Nd5 Kf8 29.f4 Ra5 30.Nb4 Raa8 31.Kf2 Ke8 32.Ke3 f6 33.f5 Kd7 34.g4 Rh8 35.h4 h6 36.Nd5 Ra5 37.Rg1 Kc8 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 Rh3+ 40.Kd2 Nb3+ 41.Kc3 Nd4 42.gxf6 Rh2 43.Nxb6+ cxb6 44.fxg7 Rc2+ 45.Kb4 Rxb2+ 46.Kc3 Rc2+ 47.Kb4 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

              Chat Room Comments

              - Rxb3 was interesting, but not a clear win

              - yes, it was a 100% clear win for white after RXb3

              - was never winning except to commentators





              The position after 40….Nb3+. Does 41.Rxb3 win or not?

              Sagar Shah in chessbase.com says this:

              The best move in this position was 41.Rxb3! axb3 42. gxf6 gxf6 43.Kc3! It is important to start with this move to not let Black rooks coordinate on the seventh rank.
              Last edited by Wayne Komer; Tuesday, 19th September, 2017, 10:49 PM.

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              • Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                The Chess World Cup 2017

                September 20, 2017

                Round Six, Game Two

                MVL-Aronian is a quick draw.

                The game Ding Liren – Wesley So develops slowly and it is difficult to understand Ding’s plan.

                Yasser: Somewhere in Sweden Ulf is revolted because White can’t win this ending

                Note: Ulf Andersson started off as a player with wild attacking games but as a world-class GM played strategic masterpieces like Petrosian.

                Yasser often alludes to Ulf. In one interview he said,” Little Ulf packs a big punch. If he were to write a book of his best games I’d take up a good chuck of the index.”

                With the Ding Liren-So game going on slowly and long thinks on some moves, Yasser tells this anecdote:

                There was an Austrian player, Josef Klinger, who was addicted to gambling. He was playing at Baden Baden or one of those other sites where the tournament is being played in a casino.

                His opponent made a sacrifice, which Klinger didn’t like and so he made a sacrifice of his own. Then he went to the bar and ordered and downed a glass of whiskey.

                At that time he saw the casino and went over and immediately lost 700 marks. He went back to the tournament, borrowed 700 marks from a friend and returned and wagered them and won 15,000. He paid back his friend, sat down to his game and found that 45 minutes had elapsed and his opponent still hadn’t moved!

                Note: Klinger rose to fame in his native Austria as a chess player in the 1980’s but quit chess in in the ‘90s in favour of poker. I see a poker event from 2010 where he won a million euros at Monte Carlo. There is a Canadian, Andrew Chen, in the final table.

                Yasser says that Ding was giving a clinic on how to win the end game but then he missed 37. Rh8 and playsd Rc6 instead.

                Ding missed his chance and the result is a draw.
                _____

                Position before White’s 37th move



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                Round 6, Game 2, Sept. 20
                MVL – Aronian, Levon
                C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Rc8 14.h3 Bd7 15.Nxd4 c6 16.Bb3 Bf6 17.c3 Bxd4 18.cxd4 Qf6 19.Qd2 1/2-1/2

                Round 6, Game 2, Sept. 20
                Ding Liren – So, Wesley
                E01 Catalan, Closed

                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.b3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 c5 10.Ne1 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qf4 Bb4 13.Nd3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Qc8 15.Rfc1 dxc4 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Rxc4 Qb8 18.Qxb8 Rfxb8 19.Ne5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Ne8 21.Nc6 Rb7 22.Rd1 Kf8 23.e4 Nf6 24.f4 b5 25.Rcd4 g6 26.Ne5 h6 27.Rc1 Ke8 28.Kf3 Nd7 29.Nd3 a5 30.Rc6 Ke7 31.a3 Raa7 32.Ke3 Nb8 33.Rc8 Nd7 34.Rc6 Nb8 35.Rc8 Nd7 36.Nc5 Nb6 37.Rc6 Rc7 38.Rxb6 Rxc5 39.e5 g5 40.Rd3 gxf4+ 41.gxf4 Rc2 42.h3 Ra2 43.b4 axb4 44.axb4 Rh2 45.Ke4 Rc7 46.Rxb5 Rc4+ 47.Rd4 Rc7 48.Rc5 Rxc5 49.bxc5 Rc2 50.f5 exf5+ 51.Kxf5 Rxc5 52.Rd6 Rc1 53.Rxh6 Rf1+ 54.Ke4 f6 55.exf6+ Rxf6 56.Rxf6 Kxf6 57.h4 Kg6 58.h5+ Kxh5 1/2-1/2

                The play-offs for the semi-final are on September 21. Then, there is a rest day and then a four-game final and the playoff if necessary.

                Eric says that he is commentating tomorrow for the tie-breaks then he jumps on the plane for JFK and then Dublin and Douglas, Isle of Man. Robin van Kampen and Yasser will be doing the commentating for the finals.

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                  The Chess World Cup 2017

                  September 21, 2017

                  Round Six Playoffs
                  25+10
                  Game Three


                  Two exciting games. Miraculous save by Wesley So, great win by MVL

                  Round 6, Game 3, Sept. 21
                  25+10
                  MVL-Aronian, Levon
                  C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

                  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Rc8 14.Bc6 Bf6 15.a4 Bd7 16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.Qd2 Qc6 18.b3 Rfe8 19.Rfe1 Qc5 20.g4 b4 21.Re2 c6 22.Rae1 g6 23.Kg2 Re6 24.h4 Rce8 25.Ng5 R6e7 26.f4 a5 27.Nf3 h5 28.g5 Bg7 29.Rf1 Qa7 30.Qe1 c5 31.Qg3 Qd7 32.Qh3 Qc6 33.f5 Ra7 34.Nd2 Rc7 35.Qf3 Ra7 36.Rfe1 Qc7 37.Nc4 Be5 38.Rf1 Qd8 39.Ref2 Bg7 40.Qf4 Rd7 41.Kg1 Kh7 42.Qg3 Kg8 43.Rf3 d5 44.exd5 Rxd5 45.f6 Bf8 46.Re1 Rxe1+ 47.Qxe1 Bd6 48.Qe4 Bc7 49.Rf2 Qd7 50.Re2 Kh7 51.Qg2 Qf5 52.Re4 Rd7 53.Qf1 Qd5 54.Qf3 Qb7 55.Kg2 Qc8 56.Qe2 Qb7 57.Kg1 Qd5 58.Ne5 Bxe5 59.Rxe5 Qd6 60.Kg2 Rd8 61.Qe4 Rd7 62.Re7 Qc7 63.Kh3 Qc8 64.Qe6 1-0

                  Round 6, Game 3, Sept. 21
                  25+10
                  So, Wesley – Ding Liren
                  A13 English, Neo-Catalan

                  1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.O-O a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Qc2 Na5 8.Na3 Qd5 9.Rd1 Bd7 10.d4 Qf5 11.Bd2 Qxc2 12.Nxc2 Nb3 13.Ra2 Bc6 14.Ne5 Bd5 15.Bc3 c5 16.a5 Rc8 17.Ra4 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Nc5 19.Raa1 Nce4 20.Bxe4 Nxe4 21.f3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 f6 23.Ng4 Bc5 24.Kf1 Ke7 25.Rab1 Rhd8 26.e4 Bxd4 27.cxd4 Bc6 28.Rb4 Bb5 29.Ne3 c3+ 30.Kf2 Rc6 31.Nc2 Rdc8 32.Na3 c2 33.Rc1 Bd3 34.Rxb7+ R6c7 35.Rb2 Rc3 36.Ra2 f5 37.e5 g5 38.Ke1 f4 39.Kd2 Bf5 40.gxf4 gxf4 41.Nxc2 R8c4 42.Rb2 Rxf3 43.Rb7+ Ke8 44.Nb4 Rxd4+ 45.Ke2 Re3+ 46.Kf1 Be4 47.Rg7 Kf8 48.Ra7 Rd8 49.Nxa6 Bd3+ 50.Kg1 Rxe5 51.Rd1 Rxa5 52.Nc7 Rxa7 53.Nxe6+ Ke7 54.Nxd8 Bb5 55.Rb1 Bd7 56.Nb7 Ra2 57.Nc5 Bc6 58.Nd3 Rg2+ 59.Kf1 f3 60.Rb6 Bd5 61.Rb4 Rxh2 62.Ne1 Ke6 63.Rf4 Rh1+ 64.Kf2 Rh2+ 65.Kg3 Re2 66.Nxf3 Re3 67.Kf2 Rxf3+ 68.Rxf3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

                  - Ding Liren has blundered away a victory... had about -4.5 advantage
                  - draw
                  - sad for Ding Liren, he played such a great game
                  - absurd, blitz
                  - are both of them drunk?
                  - damn draw
                  - what a save!

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                  • Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                    The Chess World Cup 2017

                    September 21, 2017

                    Round Six Playoffs
                    25+10
                    Game Four


                    Ding Liren was so upset by letting the last game get away that he agreed to a quick draw (Yasser)

                    Round 6, Game 4, Sept. 21
                    25+10
                    Ding Liren – So, Wesley
                    D39 QGD, Ragozin, Vienna variation

                    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 cxd4 9.Bxf6 1/2-1/2

                    Two stunning blunders by MVL on moves 24 and 25 and he has lost the game

                    Round 6, Game 4, Sept. 21
                    25+10
                    Aronian, Levon – MVL
                    E60 King’s Indian Defence


                    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Ng3 a6 9.a4 h5 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Qd2 exd5 12.cxd5 Nh7 13.Bh6 h4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bc4 hxg3 16.hxg3 Rh8 17.e5 Qe7 18.O-O-O Nd7 19.exd6 Qxd6 20.Ne4 Qe5 21.d6 g5 22.Rhe1 b5 23.Bd5 Rb8 24.f4 Qd4 25.Qe2 Qb4 26.Qh5 1-0

                    - amazing comeback by aronian
                    - that was a real blunder
                    - mate in all lines already

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                    • Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                      The Chess World Cup 2017

                      September 21, 2017

                      Round Six Playoffs
                      10+10
                      Game Five


                      Comments online on games 3 and 4

                      - Aronian wins with an amazing piece sacrifice!!!! Both games go to 10-minutes rapid tiebreak now. This is very exciting!

                      - Wow, L. Aronian struck back in with a #Kasparov like 26 mover

                      - What an incredible win from Aronian to level the score

                      - Levon has won very quick. He is really fascinating player

                      - Drama in progress, So survives game 1 and Aronian goes all-in against MVL, after a loss. Will we see an Armageddon today?

                      A Q vs R ending

                      Round 6, Game 5, Sept. 21
                      10+10
                      So, Wesley – Ding Liren
                      D78 Neo-Grunfeld


                      1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 a5 8.b3 a4 9.Bb2 Bf5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qb5 Ra5 15.Qxb7 Nc5 16.Qb4 Nd3 17.Qd2 Rb5 18.Bc3 axb3 19.Ng5 b2 20.Rab1 Nxf2 21.Qxf2 Bxb1 22.Rxb1 e5 23.Nh3 exd4 24.exd4 Qc7 25.Qd2 Rfb8 26.Nf4 Qc4 27.Bxd5 Rxd5 28.Nxd5 Qxd5 29.Rxb2 Rc8 30.Rb3 h5 31.Bb2 Kh7 32.h3 Qe4 33.Qd3 Qe1+ 34.Qf1 Qd2 35.Qf2 Qd1+ 36.Qf1 Bxd4+ 37.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 38.Kh1 Qd5+ 39.Rf3 Rc3 40.Kg2 Qc6 41.h4 Kg8 42.a4 f6 43.a5 Kg7 44.a6 Rc2+ 45.Kg1 Rc1 46.Rxf6 Rxf1+ 47.Rxf1 Qxa6 48.Kg2 Qe2+ 49.Rf2 Qe4+ 50.Kh2 g5 51.hxg5 h4 52.Rf4 Qe2+ 53.Kh3 hxg3 54.Kxg3 Kg6 55.Rf2 Qe3+ 56.Kg2 Kxg5 57.Rf3 Qe2+ 58.Kg3 Qe1+ 59.Kg2 Kg4 60.Rf2 Qe4+ 61.Kh2 Kh4 62.Ra2 Qe5+ 63.Kg1 Qd4+ 64.Kh2 Qd6+ 65.Kg1 Qc5+ 66.Kh2 Qc7+ 67.Kg1 Qb6+ 68.Kg2 Qb7+ 69.Kh2 Qb8+ 0-1

                      Final position in So vs Ding Liren



                      Black wins in 9 moves after 70.Kg2

                      _______


                      Round 6, Game 5, Sept. 21
                      10+10
                      Aronian, Levon – MVL
                      D97 Grunfeld, Russian, Byrne variation

                      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be2 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Qxd4 c6 12.Qc4 b5 13.Qxc6 Bd7 14.Qd6 Re8 15.Bg5 b4 16.Qxb4 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qxg5 18.O-O Rab8 19.Qd6 Bh3 20.Nf4 Bg4 21.Bxg4 Be5 22.Qd7 Qxf4 23.g3 Qf6 24.Rad1 h5 25.Be2 Re7 26.Qd5 Rxb2 27.Rd2 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Bd4 29.Qc2 Kg7 30.Kg2 Rb7 31.Qc4 Rb2 32.f4 Bb6 33.Rd1 Qe6 34.Kh1 Qxc4 35.Bxc4 h4 36.e5 Kf8 37.a4 Rc2 38.Bb5 g5 39.fxg5 hxg3 40.hxg3 Rc5 41.g6 fxg6 42.e6 Ke7 43.Bd7 Rc2 44.Rf1 Rf2 45.Rc1 g5 46.Rc4 Rd2 47.Rc8 Bd4 48.Rg8 Bf6 49.Kg1 Re2 50.Kf1 Re4 51.Ra8 Bd4 52.Re8+ Kd6 53.Rg8 g4 54.a5 Ke7 55.a6 Bb6 56.Rb8 Bc5 57.Rb7 Rb4 58.Ke2 Rxb7 59.axb7 Bd6 1/2-1/2

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                        The Chess World Cup 2017

                        September 21, 2017

                        Round Six Playoffs
                        10+10
                        Game Six


                        Yasser says that Kevin Spraggett is one of the best-prepared North American grandmasters he ever faced.

                        These games: Seirawan-Spraggett 0-1, New York Open 1984
                        Seirawan-Spraggett 1/2-1/2, Montpellier Candidates 1985
                        Seirawan-Spraggett 1/2-1/2, Manila 1990
                        Sierawan-Spraggett 1/2-1/2, Barcelona 2011

                        Round 6, Game 6, Sept. 21
                        10+10
                        MVL – Aronian
                        C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

                        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6 11.b4 Bxa2 12.Nxa2 Nc6 13.c4 Nd4 14.Be3 Ne6 15.Nc3 c6 16.h3 h6 17.Qb3 Nh7 18.cxb5 axb5 19.d4 exd4 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Bf6 22.Rfd1 Re8 23.Qc2 Ng5 24.Qd3 Ne6 25.Bxf6 Qxf6 26.Ne2 c5 27.Qxb5 Reb8 28.Qd3 cxb4 29.Qe3 Ra4 30.Rab1 Rxa3 31.Rxb4 Rxe3 32.Rxb8+ Kh7 33.fxe3 Qg5 34.Nf4 Nxf4 35.exf4 Qxf4 36.Rd8 1/2-1/2

                        This match goes on to 5+3

                        Round 6, Game 6, Sept. 21
                        10+10
                        Ding Liren – So, Wesley
                        A60 Benoni Defence

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bd3 exd5 8.exd5 O-O 9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nfd7 12.Qd1 Re8 13.Bd2 Na6 14.a3 Qh4 15.Qg4 Qxg4 16.hxg4 Nc7 17.Rfe1 h6 18.Rxe8+ Nxe8 19.g3 Nef6 20.f3 Ne5 21.Be2 g5 22.Kg2 Re8 23.Re1 a6 24.Bf1 Kf8 25.b3 b6 26.a4 Rb8 27.Ne4 Nxe4 28.Rxe4 Nd7 29.Re1 Ne5 30.Bc3 Ng6 31.Bd2 Ne5 32.Bc3 Bf6 33.Bxe5 Bxe5 34.Bd3 Kg7 35.Re2 Kf6 36.Re1 Rb7 37.Re2 Rb8 38.Re1 Rh8 39.Re4 Rg8 40.f4 Bc3 41.Kf3 Rh8 42.Re2 Bd4 43.Rh2 Re8 44.Re2 Rh8 45.Rh2 Kg7 46.fxg5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

                        Ding Liren wins the match. He will be in the Candidates in Berlin and the first Chinese ever in the Candidates.

                        He turns 25 next month.

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                        • Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                          Big win by Ding Liren. Congratulations. First Chinese to enter the Candidates in history.

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                            The Chess World Cup 2017

                            September 21, 2017

                            Round Six Playoffs
                            Games Seven and Eight
                            5+3


                            Round 6, Game 7, Sept. 21
                            5+3
                            Aronian, Levon – MVL
                            A48 King’s Indian, London System

                            1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Nb5 Na6 6.e3 O-O 7.h3 c6 8.Nc3 Nc7 9.Be2 Bf5 10.O-O Rc8 11.Bh2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.c3 Re8 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Ne5 Bf5 16.Rfd1 Be6 17.Rac1 Qc8 18.c4 Ra8 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Qa3 f6 21.Nd3 e5 22.dxe5 fxe5 23.Nc5 b6 24.e4 Bf7 25.Nd7 c5 26.Qc3 Re7 27.Bxe5 Bxa2 28.Bxg7 Rxd7 29.Bh6 Be6 30.Qe5 Bb3 31.Rd3 Be6 32.Rcd1 Rf7 33.Bg5 Rf8 34.Bh6 Rf7 35.Bd2 Nb5 36.Be3 Qe8 37.R3d2 Nc7 38.Bg5 Bb3 39.Rd8 Bxd1 40.Rxa8 Qxa8 41.Bxd1 Qe8 42.Qc3 Qxe4 43.Bb3 Nd5 44.Qc1 Qd4 45.Kh1 b5 46.Be3 Nxe3 47.Bxf7+ Kxf7 48.fxe3 Qe5 49.Qf1+ Kg7 50.Qxb5 Qxe3 51.Qd7+ Kh6 52.Qxa7 Qe1+ 53.Kh2 Qe5+ 54.Kh1 c4 55.Qf2 Qe4 1/2-1/2

                            - both effed up, fair result
                            - great hold by MVL
                            - such an important match to be decided by time pressure
                            - now Aronian must survive with black
                            - most exciting draw I have ever seen

                            Comment of the day - These games are great. I just wish there was a round of blindfold rapid!

                            Yasser is on the chessbrah channel via Skype, presumably from his kitchen. He lives in Hilversum. In the background, his wife Yvette is doing the dishes.

                            From the Dutch Wikipedia: Yvette Nagel (Hilversum, 21 July 1964) is a Dutch chess player. She is an FIDE master. In 1988 she earned a degree from the University of Amsterdam. Yvette is married to grandmaster Yasser Seirawan and she is the daughter of the famous politician Jan Nagel.

                            Round 6, Game 8, Sept. 21
                            5+3
                            MVL – Aronian, Levon
                            C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

                            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6 11.b4 Bxa2 12.Rxa2 Nc6 13.Bg5 Nd7 14.Bd2 Nf6 15.Qb1 d5 16.Bg5 dxe4 17.dxe4 Qd6 18.Qb3 Nd4 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Ne2 Rfe8 22.Ng3 c5 23.bxc5 Qxc5 24.a4 h5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Rb1 Rc8 28.Qxb5 Qxb5 29.Rxb5 h4 30.Nf1 Rxc2 31.Rd5 Re2 32.h3 Rxe4 33.g4 Re8 34.Kg2 Rd8 35.Rxd8+ Bxd8 36.Kf3 g6 37.Ke4 Kg7 38.Nd2 Bb6 39.f4 Bc7 40.Nf3 d3 41.Kxd3 1/2-1/2

                            The last game of the match goes to Armageddon shortly

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                            • Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                              The Chess World Cup 2017

                              September 21, 2017

                              Round Six Playoffs
                              Game Nine
                              Armageddon


                              (5 minutes for White, 4 minutes for Black with draw odds.) 2 sec increment after move 60

                              Round 6, Game 9, Sept. 21
                              Armageddon
                              Aronian, Levon – MVL
                              A48 King’s Indian, London System

                              1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Nb5 Na6 6.e3 O-O 7.h3 c6 8.Nc3 Nc7 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bh2 c5 12.a4 a5 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Bg4 e6 16.Qd2 Bc6 17.b3 Rfc8 18.Ne2 cxd4 19.Nxd4 b5 20.axb5 Nxb5 21.c3 Nxd4 22.exd4 a4 23.b4 Bb5 24.Rfc1 a3 25.Be2 Qc6 26.Bxb5 Qxb5 27.Bd6 Rc6 28.Bc5 Rca6 29.Ra2 Qc4 30.Qe2 Qxe2 31.Rxe2 a2 32.Ra1 Ra3 33.Rc2 Bf8 34.Kf1 e5 35.Bxf8 Kxf8 36.dxe5 Ke7 37.Ke2 Ke6 38.f4 d4 39.cxd4 Kd5 40.Rd2 Kc4 41.d5 Kxb4 42.d6 Kb3 43.Kf3 Kc3 44.Rf2 h5 45.Kg3 Kd4+ 46.Kh4 Kd5 47.Kg5 Ke6 48.g4 hxg4 49.hxg4 R3a5 50.Re2 f6+ 51.Kxg6 Rg8+ 52.Kh6 Rxg4 53.f5+ Kxf5 54.e6 Ra8 55.Rf1+ Rf4 56.Rxf4+ Kxf4 57.Rxa2 Rxa2 58.e7 Rd2 59.e8=Q Rxd6 60.Qe7 Rd4 61.Qxf6+ Ke3 62.Kg5 Rd5+ 63.Kg4 Rd4+ 64.Kg3 Rd3 65.Qe5+ Kd2+ 66.Kf2 Kc2 67.Qc5+ Rc3 68.Qf5+ Kb2 69.Ke2 Rc2+ 70.Kd3 Rc3+ 71.Kd2 Rb3 72.Qe5+ Kb1 73.Qd4 Rh3 74.Qb6+ Ka1 75.Qf6+ Ka2 76.Qe6+ Rb3 77.Kc2 Ka1 78.Qa6+ 1-0

                              Equal on time near the end but Levon with a queen versus a rook for MVL.

                              MVL eliminated and Levon Aronian to go on and meet Ding Liren in the final on Saturday, September 23. Yasser Seirawan and Robin van Kampen to broadcast the finals.

                              Now Ding Liren and Levon Aronian are in the Candidates with Sergey Karjakin.

                              Eric Hansen to shower and pack and a flight to take for the Isle of Man Tournament.

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                              • Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                                Levon Aronian - perseverence and brilliance! WoW!!

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