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  • #16
    Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

    The Chess World Cup 2017

    September 3, 2017

    Round One

    The broadcast of the first round has begun. The coverage is great with Ivan Sokolov on the English icon, Damaris Abarta and Divis on the Spanish icon, Jan Gustafsson on the German icon, Sergey Shipov on the Russian and Yasser Seirawan and Robin van Kampen on the Chessbrah.

    https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-to...cup-2017/1/1/1

    "Chess.com will relay the games at Chess.com/Live. Besides, you can watch live commentary on Chess.com/TV provided by the Chessbrahs, which includes some of the best commentators of the planet: GM Eric Hansen, GM Robin van Kampen, GM Yasser Seirawan and IM Aman Hamilton." (sic)

    https://www.chess.com/tv
    Last edited by Wayne Komer; Sunday, 3rd September, 2017, 08:42 AM.

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    • #17
      Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

      The World Chess Cup 2017

      September 3, 2017

      Round One

      Bator beats Wei Yi!:

      FIDE World Cup 2017
      Round 1, Sept. 3
      Sambuev, Bator – Wei Yi
      D38 QGD, Ragozin

      1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Be7 9.e4 Na5 10.Be3 Rb8 11.Qe2 b5 12.Rad1 Bb7 13.Ne5 a6 14.g4 Ne8 15.d5 exd5 16.Nxd5 Nd6 17.g5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 c6 19.Rdd1 Qc7 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qh6 Nxe4 22.Nd7 Nd6 23.Bh3 Rfd8 24.Rd4 1-0

      Final position after White’s 24.Rd4



      Bator was interviewed by Anastasiya Karlovich after the game and said that he looked over games by Wei Yi in his prep and saw some positions where he had an advantage on the kingside.

      Wei Yi got into time pressure and would have had compensation if Bator had taken one of the rooks in the knight fork but Bh3 stopped that.

      Bator said that his goal is to stay in Tbilisi as long as possible.
      Last edited by Wayne Komer; Sunday, 3rd September, 2017, 10:15 AM.

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      • #18
        Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

        Wow, nice win by GM Sambuev, he has been playing a lot of chess against strong competition. "Power of the Bracelet."

        Simon

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        • #19
          Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

          The Chess World Cup 2017

          September 3, 2017

          Round One

          Anton Kovalyov wins his first round game against Varuzhan Akobian!:

          FIDE World Cup 2017
          Round 1, Sept. 3, 2017
          Akobian, Varuzhan – Kovalyov, Anton
          D24 QGA

          1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.h3 O-O 12.Rd1 b6 13.e4 Nd7 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Nb4 16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Rac1 Nc5 18.Qe3 Rad8 19.Be2 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 h6 21.Qd4 Nc6 22.Qc4 Na5 23.Qd4 Nc6 24.Qc4 a5 25.g3 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Kf1 Ba6 28.Nb5 Nb4 29.b3 Qf6 30.e5 Qf5 31.Kg2 Bb7 32.Nd6 Bxf3+ 33.Bxf3 Qxe5 34.Ne4 Nbd3 35.Nxc5 Ne1+ 36.Kh1 bxc5 37.Be4 f5 38.Bc6 Qd6 39.Qb5 Nd3 40.f4 g5 41.Bf3 gxf4 42.Qe8+ Kg7 43.Bh5 Qd5+ 44.Kh2 fxg3+ 45.Kxg3 Qd6+ 46.Kf3 Ne5+ 47.Ke2 Qd3+ 48.Ke1 Qe3+ 49.Kf1 Qxh3+ 50.Kg1 Qg3+ 51.Kf1 Qd3+ 52.Ke1 Qd6 53.Be2 f4 54.Qa8 Qd5 55.Qxa5 f3 56.Bb5 Qe4+ 57.Kd2 Qd4+ 58.Kc2 c4 59.bxc4 f2 60.Qc7+ Kf6 61.c5 Nc4 0-1

          - it is all over and the fat lady doesn't even have to sing

          - anton having a rough time finishing akobian off

          - Look at the board- i think I hear Sarah Brightman singing ......Time to say goodbye

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          • #20
            Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

            Fantastic day for Canada! Two players, two victories. Never before in the World Cup. Bator drew first blood against Morosevich at his last World Cup, and Anton is no stranger to subsequent rounds after his 4 round romp in 2015. Good luck lads!

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            • #21
              Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

              The Chess World Cup 2017

              September 3, 2017

              Round One
              Some Round One games:


              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Carlsen, Magnus – Balogun, Oluwafemi
              B06 Robatsch Defence

              1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qe2 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O Bg4 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e5 10.Rd1 Qe8 11.d5 Ne7 12.Qe2 Nh5 13.Bb5 Qc8 14.Na3 a6 15.Ba4 f5 16.Bc2 f4 17.Qg4 Qxg4 18.hxg4 Nf6 19.g5 Nd7 20.Nc4 b6 21.b4 h6 22.gxh6 Bxh6 23.g4 Nf6 24.f3 Bg5 25.Kg2 Kg7 26.a4 Bh4 27.Bd2 g5 28.Rh1 Ng6 29.Kf1 Rh8 30.Ke2 Bg3 31.a5 b5 32.Na3 Ne7 33.c4 c6 34.dxc6 Nxc6 35.Bc3 Rxh1 36.Rxh1 bxc4 37.Nxc4 Rb8 38.Nxd6 Kg6 39.Nf5 1-0

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Fier Alexandr – Bacrot, Etienne
              D31 QGD, Charousek Exchange

              1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.h4 Nd7 9.h5 Nh6 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Nh3 g5 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.a4 Ng8 14.Qb3 Qd7 15.Nb5 Kf8 16.Nc7 Rd8 17.Nxe6+ fxe6 18.O-O-O Kg7 19.Be5+ Bf6 20.Bg3 Bh4 21.Be5+ Bf6 22.Bg3 Bh4 23.e4 Qe7 24.a5 Bxg3 25.Qxg3 Nd7 26.e5 c5 27.f4 Nh6 28.Ng5 cxd4 29.Qa3 Rde8 30.Qxe7+ 1/2-1/2

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Vakhidov, Jakhongir – Svidler, Peter
              A35 English, symmetrical, Four Knights System

              1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.c5 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 a5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 Nxb4 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qb1+ Kg8 17.Qxb4 b6 18.Bf4 bxc5 19.dxc5 f6 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Nb3 e5 22.Bd2 Qb8 23.Qb6 Qxb6 24.cxb6 Rb8 25.Ba5 Ba4 26.Nc1 Ra8 27.Bd2 Ra6 28.O-O Rxb6 29.Ne2 Rb2 30.Nc3 Bc6 0-1

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Kjusenkhojaev, Muhammad – MVL
              E60 King’s Indian

              1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nb5 e6 10.N1c3 a6 11.Nxd5 axb5 12.Nb4 Qe7 13.Qb3 Ra4 14.Nd3 Nc6 15.Qxb5 Ra5 16.Qb6 Bd4 17.Qb3 Rd8 18.Bd2 Ra6 19.e3 Rb6 20.Qc2 Bg7 21.Bc3 e5 22.a3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Eljanov, Pavel – Lenderman, Aleksandr
              E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Rc1 Ba6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.Qxd7 Nbxd7 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.e3 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 Rfc8 15.Rc6 Nd5 16.Nf3 Ne7 17.Rc2 f6 18.Ke2 Kf7 19.Rhc1 c6 20.Ne1 Ke8 21.Nd3 Kd7 22.g4 g5 23.h4 h6 24.Rh1 Rh8 25.e4 Ng6 26.h5 Ne7 27.Ke3 Rhf8 28.f3 a5 29.Rhc1 Ra7 30.Rc3 Rg8 31.b3 Rf8 32.Nb2 Re8 33.Nc4 Ra6 34.Kf2 Rd8 35.Rd3 Ke8 36.e5 f5 37.Nd6+ Kf8 38.d5 cxd5 39.Rc7 b5 40.Nxb5 Rc6 41.Nd4 Rxc7 42.Nxe6+ Kf7 43.Nxc7 d4 44.Nb5 Rd5 45.e6+ Kf6 46.Nxd4 Rd6 47.b4 axb4 48.axb4 f4 49.b5 Ke5 50.Rd2 Kf6 51.Ke1 Nd5 52.Re2 Ne3 53.e7 Kf7 54.Rd2 Rxd4 55.Rb2 Rd7 56.b6 Rb7 57.Ke2 Nd5 0-1

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Grischuk, Alexander – El Gindy, Essam
              C24 Bishop’s Opening

              1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.Nc3 d4 7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.Ng3 Nc6 10.Nh4 g6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf3 Kg7 13.h3 Ng8 14.Bd2 h6 15.c3 Bd6 16.Rc1 Bd7 17.cxd4 cxd4 18.a3 Qe7 19.Nh2 Rac8 20.Bc4 Rc7 21.Ne2 Be6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Ng4 h5 24.Nh2 Qh4 25.Be1 Rcf7 26.Kh1 Qd8 27.Ng1 Nf6 28.b4 a6 29.Bd2 Nh7 30.Qe2 Be7 31.Ngf3 Bd6 32.h4 Rc7 33.Ng5 Nxg5 34.Bxg5 Be7 35.Nf3 Qd6 36.g3 Bxg5 37.Nxg5 Rfc8 38.Qd2 Nd8 39.Rxc7+ Qxc7 40.b5 Qc2 41.Qb4 Qc5 42.bxa6 Qxb4 43.axb4 bxa6 44.Ra1 Nc6 45.Ra4 Kf6 46.Rxa6 Nxb4 47.Ra7 1-0

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Dai, Changren – Kramnik, Vladimir
              C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.d5 Qc7 13.Bc2 c4 14.Nf1 a5 15.Ng3 Nc5 16.b3 cxb3 17.axb3 Bd7 18.Be3 Rfc8 19.Qd2 a4 20.bxa4 Nxa4 21.Bxa4 Rxa4 22.Rxa4 bxa4 23.Rc1 Qc4 24.Qc2 h5 25.Nd2 Qa6 26.c4 h4 27.Ne2 Nh5 28.Ra1 Bd8 29.Nc3 Nf4 30.Ra2 Ra8 31.Qb1 Qc8 32.Qd1 Nd3 33.Nb5 Ra6 34.Qa1 Nc5 35.Qb1 Be7 36.Qa1 Bd8 37.Qb1 Be7 38.Qa1 Kh7 39.Bxc5 Qxc5 40.Rxa4 Rxa4 41.Qxa4 Bg5 42.Nb3 Qc8 43.Kh2 Bf4+ 44.g3 Bxh3 45.Nxd6 hxg3+ 46.fxg3 Qg4 47.Nf5 Qh5 48.gxf4 Bxf5+ 49.Kg3 Qg4+ 50.Kf2 Qxf4+ 51.Ke2 Qxe4+ 0-1

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Giri, Anish – Dzagnidze, Nana
              A27 English, Three Knights System

              1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.g3 Ne7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Qd3 Rb8 12.b3 c5 13.Qd2 Qd7 14.Rad1 Nc6 15.Ne4 f6 16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.Qxd7 Bxd7 18.Rxd7 Ne5 19.Rxg7+ Kxg7 20.Be3 Nd7 21.Rd1 Rfd8 22.Rd5 Kf7 23.Bh3 Ke7 24.Bxc5+ Nxc5 25.Rxc5 Rd1+ 26.Kg2 Kd6 27.Ra5 Ra8 28.c5+ Ke7 29.Bg4 a6 30.Bf3 Ra7 31.b4 Rc1 32.Bc6 Rc4 33.a3 Rc3 34.f4 g5 35.fxg5 fxg5 36.Kf2 Kd8 37.Ke1 Re3 38.b5 Re6 39.Bd5 Rh6 40.c6 Rf6 41.bxa6 Ke7 42.Be4 h6 43.h3 Re6 44.Bd5 Re3 45.Kf2 Rc3 46.Be4 Ke6 47.a4 Ra3 48.h4 gxh4 49.gxh4 Kf6 50.Bd3 Kg7 51.Rd5 Rxa4 52.Rd7+ Kf6 53.Kg3 Ra3 54.Kg4 Ra4+ 55.Kh5 Ra5+ 56.Kxh6 Rc5 57.Rg7 Rh5+ 58.Kxh5 Kxg7 59.Kg5 Ra8 60.h5 Rd8 61.h6+ Kf8 62.a7 Ra8 63.Kf6 Kg8 64.h7+ Kh8 65.Ke7 Rxa7 66.Kd7 Kg7 67.Kc8 1-0

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri – Harikrishna, P.
              C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Kb1 Bf6 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 O-O-O 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.g3 e5 15.Bg2 Rhf8 16.Qe3 Kb8 17.Rd2 Rf6 18.Rhd1 Rdf8 19.c4 Qg4 20.c5 Rxf2 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.cxd6 cxd6 23.Rxd6 Qc4 24.Rd8+ Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Kc7 26.Qxe5+ Kb6 27.Qe3+ Qc5 28.Qb3+ Qb5 29.Qe3+ Qc5 30.Qd3 Qe5 31.a3 Qe1+ 32.Ka2 Qe6+ 33.c4 a5 34.Qd4+ Kc7 35.Ra8 Qf6 36.Ra7+ 1-0

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Piorun, Kacper – Hou Yifan
              E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qxc4 b6 11.Ne5 Ra7 12.Nd3 Be7 13.Bf4 Bb7 14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.Nd2 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Qc2 Nd5 18.Be5 Nd7 19.Bd4 Qb8 20.Nf3 h6 21.Rfc1 Rc7 22.Qb3 Rfc8 23.Rxc7 Rxc7 24.Nfe5 Bf6 25.e4 Bxe5 26.Nxe5 N5f6 27.Qe3 Qd8 28.Nd3 Rc4 29.f3 Qb8 30.b3 Rc8 31.Qd2 e5 32.Be3 Qd6 33.Nb4 Qe6 34.Qd3 Nc5 35.Bxc5 Rxc5 36.Kg2 Kh7 37.Ra7 Rc1 38.Nd5 Nxd5 39.exd5+ Qg6 40.Qxg6+ 1/2-1/2

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Smirnov, Anton – Karjakin, Sergey
              E10 Queen’s Pawn game

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 b5 7.Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nd5 9.a3 Nxc3 10.Qd2 Nd5 11.axb4 Nxf4 12.exf4 Bb7 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Nb6 15.Rfd1 Qd6 16.Ne5 a6 17.Rac1 Rfb8 18.Nxc4 Nxc4 19.Rxc4 Bd5 20.Rc5 Rb6 21.Rdc1 c6 22.Bc4 h6 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.g3 Qd7 25.b5 axb5 26.Re1 Rba6 27.Rc3 Ra1 28.Re3 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Re8 30.Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Ruiz Castillo, Joshua – So, Wesley
              B19 Caro-Kann, Classical, Spassky variation

              1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.a3 Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 15.Nxd2 Ngf6 16.O-O-O Ke7 17.Nde4 Rad8 18.Rhe1 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Nf6 20.Re5 Ng4 21.Re2 Rd5 22.c4 Rd7 23.f3 Nf6 24.Re5 Rc8 25.Nf5+ Kf8 26.Ne3 Rcd8 27.Nc2 b6 28.Rde1 Rd6 29.c5 Rd5 30.cxb6 axb6 31.g4 R5d6 32.b4 Nd5 33.Kb2 Nf4 34.R1e3 f6 35.R5e4 e5 36.dxe5 Nd3+ 37.Kc3 fxe5 38.a4 Nf2 39.Rxe5 Nd1+ 40.Kc4 Nxe3+ 41.Rxe3 Rd5 42.Rc3 Kf7 43.Ne3 b5+ 44.axb5 cxb5+ 45.Kb3 Rd3 46.Nf5 Kf6 47.Kc2 Rd2+ 48.Kc1 Rd1+ 49.Kc2 R8d2+ 50.Kb3 Rd3 51.Ne3 Rb1+ 52.Kc2 Rxc3+ 53.Kxc3 Ke5 54.Nf5 Rf1 55.Nxg7 Rxf3+ 56.Kd2 Kf4 57.Nf5 Kxg4 58.Nxh6+ Kxh5 59.Ng8 Rf7 0-1

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Nakamura, Hikaru – Mollah Abdullah, Al Rakib
              A05 Reti Opening

              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.d4 O-O 7.d5 Ne4 8.Nfd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 c6 10.Nc3 cxd5 11.cxd5 d6 12.b3 b5 13.Bb2 Qb6 14.Ne4 Bxb2 15.Qxb2 Nd7 16.Rad1 Rfe8 17.h4 Ne5 18.h5 Bc8 19.Rd4 Bg4 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.f4 Bxe2 22.fxe5 dxe5 23.Qxe2 Qxd4+ 24.Kh2 f6 25.Qxb5 Kg7 26.Nf2 Rh8+ 27.Kg1 Rad8 28.Rd1 Qe3 29.Qd3 Qb6 30.Rc1 Rc8 31.Rc6 Rxc6 32.dxc6 Rd8 33.Qc3 Qd4 34.Qxd4 exd4 35.Nd3 f5 36.Nc5 Kf6 37.c7 Rc8 38.Na6 d3 39.Kf2 1-0

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Caruana, Fabiano – Solomon, Kenny
              C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen variation

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 Bf8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g6 14.Ne3 Bg7 15.a4 Qd7 16.b4 Nh5 17.Bb3 Nf4 18.Bg3 Nh5 19.Bh4 Nf4 20.h3 Kh8 21.Bg3 Nh5 22.Bh2 Nf6 23.Qd2 Rab8 24.Rec1 Rf8 25.axb5 axb5 26.c4 bxc4 27.Rxc4 Ne7 28.Qc2 c6 29.Ra5 Nh5 30.d4 exd4 31.Nxd4 Ra8 32.Nf3 Ba6 33.g4 Nf6 34.Rd4 Ne8 35.Rd2 Qb7 36.e5 d5 37.Qc5 Rb8 38.e6 Ra8 39.exf7 Nf6 40.Bc2 Rxf7 41.Ne5 Rff8 42.Qxe7 1-0

              Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 3
              Yeoh, Li Tian – Anand, Vishy
              B22 Sicilian, Alapin

              1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Qd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Qb3 Na6 11.Rd1 b6 12.Ne5 Nc7 13.Nc4 Qd8 14.Bf4 Ncd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Be5 Be6 17.Qa3 Bh6 18.Ne3 a5 19.Bf3 Ra7 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Nf5 Bg5 22.Qg3 Bf6 23.Bxf6 exf6 24.Ne3 Rd7 25.Rd2 Re8 26.b3 h5 27.Rad1 Kh7 28.Qf4 Re4 29.Nxd5 Rxf4 30.Nxf4 Rc7 31.d5 Qd6 32.Ne2 b5 33.h3 h4 34.Kh1 Kg7 35.Ng1 g5 36.Nf3 Rc5 37.Kg1 Kg6 38.Rd4 f5 39.Nh2 f6 40.Nf1 Rc2 41.a4 Rc5 42.axb5 Rxb5 43.R1d3 Rc5 44.Ne3 Rc1+ 45.Rd1 Rxd1+ 46.Rxd1 Kf7 47.Nxf5 Qb4 48.Nd4 Qb7 49.d6 Qd5 50.f3 Qxd6 51.Rd3 f5 52.Kf2 Kf6 53.Ke2 Qh2 54.Kf2 Qd6 55.Ke2 Qe5+ 56.Kf2 Qc5 57.Kf1 Qc1+ 58.Kf2 Qb1 59.Rc3 f4 60.Ne2 Ke7 61.Rc7+ Kd6 62.Rc3 Qd1 63.Rc1 Qxb3 64.Ke1 a4 65.Nc3 a3 66.Kd2 a2 0-1

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              • #22
                Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                With the win Anton moves into the top 100 players in the world at 96:

                http://2700chess.com/?per-page=100


                Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
                The Chess World Cup 2017

                September 3, 2017

                Round One

                Anton Kovalyov wins his first round game against Varuzhan Akobian!:

                FIDE World Cup 2017
                Round 1, Sept. 3, 2017
                Akobian, Varuzhan – Kovalyov, Anton
                D24 QGA

                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.h3 O-O 12.Rd1 b6 13.e4 Nd7 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Nb4 16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Rac1 Nc5 18.Qe3 Rad8 19.Be2 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 h6 21.Qd4 Nc6 22.Qc4 Na5 23.Qd4 Nc6 24.Qc4 a5 25.g3 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Kf1 Ba6 28.Nb5 Nb4 29.b3 Qf6 30.e5 Qf5 31.Kg2 Bb7 32.Nd6 Bxf3+ 33.Bxf3 Qxe5 34.Ne4 Nbd3 35.Nxc5 Ne1+ 36.Kh1 bxc5 37.Be4 f5 38.Bc6 Qd6 39.Qb5 Nd3 40.f4 g5 41.Bf3 gxf4 42.Qe8+ Kg7 43.Bh5 Qd5+ 44.Kh2 fxg3+ 45.Kxg3 Qd6+ 46.Kf3 Ne5+ 47.Ke2 Qd3+ 48.Ke1 Qe3+ 49.Kf1 Qxh3+ 50.Kg1 Qg3+ 51.Kf1 Qd3+ 52.Ke1 Qd6 53.Be2 f4 54.Qa8 Qd5 55.Qxa5 f3 56.Bb5 Qe4+ 57.Kd2 Qd4+ 58.Kc2 c4 59.bxc4 f2 60.Qc7+ Kf6 61.c5 Nc4 0-1

                - it is all over and the fat lady doesn't even have to sing

                - anton having a rough time finishing akobian off

                - Look at the board- i think I hear Sarah Brightman singing ......Time to say goodbye
                "Tom is a well known racist, and like most of them he won't admit it, possibly even to himself." - Ed Seedhouse, October 4, 2020.

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                • #23
                  Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                  The Chess World Cup 2017

                  September 3, 2017

                  Round One, Game One Results

                  Carlsen Magnus (NOR) 1
                  Balogun Oluwafemi (NGR) 0
                  Round 1 Match 02
                  Ruiz Castillo Joshua Dani (COL) 0
                  So Wesley (USA) 1
                  Round 1 Match 03
                  Caruana Fabiano (USA) 1
                  Solomon Kenny (RSA) 0
                  Round 1 Match 04
                  Dai Changren (CHN) 0
                  Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) 1
                  Round 1 Match 05
                  Aronian Levon (ARM) 1
                  Cawdery Daniel (RSA) 0
                  Round 1 Match 06
                  Liu Guanchu (CHN) 0
                  Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE) 1
                  Round 1 Match 07
                  Nakamura Hikaru (USA) 1
                  Mollah Abdullah Al Rakib (BAN) 0
                  Round 1 Match 08
                  Khusenkhojaev Muhammad (TJK) 0.5
                  Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA) 0.5
                  Round 1 Match 09
                  Grischuk Alexander (RUS) 1
                  El Gindy Essam (EGY) 0
                  Round 1 Match 10
                  Yeoh Li Tian (MAS) 0
                  Anand Viswanathan (IND) 1
                  Round 1 Match 11
                  Ding Liren (CHN) 1
                  Haddouche Mohamed (ALG) 0
                  Round 1 Match 12
                  Smirnov Anton (AUS) 0.5
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                  Round 1 Match 13
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                  Krysa Leandro (ARG) 0.5
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                  Round 1 Match 37
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                  Goganov Aleksey (RUS) 0.5
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                  Sengupta Deep (IND) 0.5
                  Wang Hao (CHN) 0.5
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                  Jobava Baadur (GEO) 0.5
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                  Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE) 0.5
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                  Xiong Jeffery (USA) 0.5
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                  Piorun Kacper (POL) 0.5
                  Hou Yifan (CHN) 0.5
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                  Areshchenko Alexander (UKR) 1
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                  Fressinet Laurent (FRA) 0.5
                  Round 1 Match 63
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                  Round 1 Match 64
                  Bachmann Axel (PAR) 0
                  Dreev Aleksey (RUS) 1

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                  • #24
                    Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                    https://www.chess.com/news/view/elja...t-at-world-cup
                    Game of the day
                    Sambuev, Bator (2529) vs. Wei, Yi (2748)
                    Tbilisi FIDE World Cup | Round 1.14 | 3 Sep 2017 | ECO: E20 | 1-0
                    http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/20...139525382.html
                    Last edited by Rene Preotu; Sunday, 3rd September, 2017, 04:40 PM.

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                    • #25
                      Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                      Congrats Bator, what a game! Total demolition! Good luck in the second game.

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                      • #26
                        Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                        Interview with Sambuev

                        agadmator's recap of the game

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                        • #27
                          Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                          The World Chess Cup 2017

                          September 4, 2017

                          Round Two

                          The two Canadian games after passing the time control:

                          FIDE World Cup
                          Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                          Wei Yi – Sambuev, Bator
                          C19 French, Winawer, Advance

                          1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Qc7 8.Nf3 b6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bd3 Nbc6 11.O-O h6 12.Re1 O-O 13.h4 c4 14.Bf1 f6 15.h5 fxe5 16.dxe5 Rf7 17.Ba3 Raf8 18.Bd6 Qd8 19.Be2 Rf5 20.Nh4 Rf4 21.Bg4 R8f7 22.f3 d4 23.Ng6 Nd5 24.Nxf4 Rxf4 25.cxd4 Rxd4 26.Qe2 Qg5 27.Qf2 Rd2 28.Re2 Rd4 29.Ree1 Rd2 30.Re2 Rd4 31.Qe1 g6 32.Re4 gxh5 33.Bh3 Rd2 34.Kh1 Rxc2 35.f4 Qg6 36.f5 exf5 37.Qd1 fxe4 38.Qxd5+ Kg7 39.Rg1 Be8 40.Rf1 h4 *




                          Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                          Kovalyov, Anton – Akobian, Varuzhan
                          A20 English Opening

                          1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Nge2 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 g5 10.f4 h6 11.Qd2 a5 12.Bb2 Be6 13.Nd5 Qd7 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.Bc3 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Nb4 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.e4 f4 19.gxf4 gxf4 20.Kh1 Ng4 21.Bh3 Nf2+ 22.Rxf2 Qxh3 23.Bxb4 axb4 24.Ng1 Qh5 25.Nf3 Bf6 26.Rg1+ Kh8 27.Qxb4 Rg8 28.Qd2 Rxg1+ 29.Nxg1 c6 30.dxc6 bxc6 31.Qe2 Qxe2 32.Rxe2 Kg7 33.Nf3 Kf7 34.Rc2 Ra8 35.Kg2 Ke6 36.Kf1 Kd7 37.Rg2 d5 38.Re2 c5 39.Rc2 Kd6 40.Ke2 c4 41.bxc4 dxe4 42.dxe4 Ra3 43.c5+ Kc7 44.h4 *






                          Later: Wei Yi wins the game

                          Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                          Wei Yi – Sambuev, Bator
                          C19 French, Winawer

                          1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Qc7 8.Nf3 b6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bd3 Nbc6 11.O-O h6 12.Re1 O-O 13.h4 c4 14.Bf1 f6 15.h5 fxe5 16.dxe5 Rf7 17.Ba3 Raf8 18.Bd6 Qd8 19.Be2 Rf5 20.Nh4 Rf4 21.Bg4 R8f7 22.f3 d4 23.Ng6 Nd5 24.Nxf4 Rxf4 25.cxd4 Rxd4 26.Qe2 Qg5 27.Qf2 Rd2 28.Re2 Rd4 29.Ree1 Rd2 30.Re2 Rd4 31.Qe1 g6 32.Re4 gxh5 33.Bh3 Rd2 34.Kh1 Rxc2 35.f4 Qg6 36.f5 exf5 37.Qd1 fxe4 38.Qxd5+ Kg7 39.Rg1 Be8 40.Rf1 h4 41.Bf8+ Kh8 42.Ba3 Kg7 43.Rf6 e3 44.Rxg6+ Bxg6 45.Qd7+ Kh8 46.Bf8 1-0
                          Last edited by Wayne Komer; Monday, 4th September, 2017, 01:31 PM.

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                          • #28
                            Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                            The Chess World Cup 2017

                            September 4, 2017

                            Round Two

                            Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Nepomniachtchi and Jobava have drawn both of their games and now will, presumably, use their superior rapid talent to win the match in the playoff.

                            Pavel Eljanov, has lost and is out of the tournament

                            Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                            Lenderman, Aleksandr – Eljanov, Pavel
                            A85 Dutch

                            1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O a5 9.b3 Qe7 10.Nb5 c6 11.Nc3 d6 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Ne4 14.Bb2 c5 15.Nd2 Nd7 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Qd2 d5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.a4 Qe6 20.Rfd1 Rf7 21.Qe3 Rc8 22.Rac1 h6 23.f3 Re8 24.fxe4 dxe4 25.Ba3 Nf6 26.dxc5 Ng4 27.Qc3 bxc5 28.Bxc5 Rc8 29.Qxa5 Kh7 30.Qb6 Qe5 31.Bd4 Qh5 32.h3 Nf6 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Rxc8 Bxc8 35.Bxe4+ f5 36.Bg2 Qxe2 37.Rd6 1-0

                            Anton draws and is through to the next match

                            Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                            Kovalyov, Anton – Akobian, Varuzhan
                            A20 English Opening

                            1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Nge2 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 g5 10.f4 h6 11.Qd2 a5 12.Bb2 Be6 13.Nd5 Qd7 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.Bc3 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Nb4 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.e4 f4 19.gxf4 gxf4 20.Kh1 Ng4 21.Bh3 Nf2+ 22.Rxf2 Qxh3 23.Bxb4 axb4 24.Ng1 Qh5 25.Nf3 Bf6 26.Rg1+ Kh8 27.Qxb4 Rg8 28.Qd2 Rxg1+ 29.Nxg1 c6 30.dxc6 bxc6 31.Qe2 Qxe2 32.Rxe2 Kg7 33.Nf3 Kf7 34.Rc2 Ra8 35.Kg2 Ke6 36.Kf1 Kd7 37.Rg2 d5 38.Re2 c5 39.Rc2 Kd6 40.Ke2 c4 41.bxc4 dxe4 42.dxe4 Ra3 43.c5+ Kc7 44.h4 Re3+ 45.Kf2 Rxe4 46.Re2 Rc4 47.Nxe5 Bxh4+ 48.Kf3 Rxc5 49.Kxf4 Be7 50.Kf5 Bd6 51.Ke6 Bxe5 52.Rxe5 Rxe5+ 53.Kxe5 Kc6 54.a4 Kc5 55.a5 Kb5 56.a6 Kxa6 57.Ke4 1/2-1/2

                            Aronian, Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana, MVL, Grischuk, Svidler and So are through

                            Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                            Cawdery, Daniel – Aronian, Levon
                            C45 Scotch game

                            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Qg4 Nf6 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qh6 d5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.e5 Rg6 13.Qh4 Ng4 14.Qxd8+ Rxd8 15.O-O Nxe5 16.Ne2 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Nc4 18.Nf4 Rf6 19.Rf2 Nxe3 20.Re2 Rxf4 21.Rxe3+ Kf8 22.Nd2 c5 23.g3 Rf6 24.c4 dxc4 25.Nxc4 Be6 26.Rc1 h5 27.Re2 Rd4 28.Ne5 c4 29.Rec2 h4 30.Rf1 Rh6 31.Nf3 Rg4 32.Rg2 Bd5 33.Rd2 c6 34.Ne5 Rg7 35.Re2 f6 36.Rf4 hxg3 37.h4 Re7 38.Re3 Re6 39.Nd7+ 0-1

                            Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                            Mollah, Abdullah, Al Rakib – Nakamura, Hikaru
                            D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

                            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Nbd7 8.e4 b4 9.Na4 Bb7 10.Be3 c5 11.Nd2 Ng4 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.d5 exd5 14.exd5 Be7 15.d6 Bg5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.Qe2+ Nge5 18.Rc4 O-O 19.f4 Qh4+ 20.g3 Qd8 21.fxe5 Bxh1 22.Bh3 Nxe5 23.Bxc8 Nxc4 24.Qxc4 Qe8+ 25.Kd1 Qxa4+ 26.b3 Qc6 27.d7 Qd6 0-1

                            Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                            MVL – Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad
                            C50 Giuoco Piano

                            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.c3 d6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 Ba7 10.Nbd2 Ne7 11.Bb3 Ng6 12.d4 Re8 13.a5 c6 14.Bc2 Be6 15.Nf1 Qc7 16.Ng3 Rad8 17.Be3 Qb8 18.Qc1 Qc8 19.Bxh6 Bxh3 20.Bg5 Bg4 21.Bxf6 Bxf3 22.Nf5 Nf4 23.dxe5 dxe5 24.Bxe5 Ne2+ 25.Rxe2 Rxe5 26.gxf3 Qxf5 27.exf5 Rxe2 28.Qg5 Rd5 29.Be4 Bxf2+ 30.Kf1 Be3 31.Kxe2 Bxg5 32.Bxd5 cxd5 33.Rd1 1-0

                            Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                            Balogun, Oluwafemi – Carlsen, Magnus
                            A04 Reti

                            1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.a3 Nge7 7.O-O a6 8.b4 d6 9.Nfd2 O-O 10.Nb3 cxb4 11.axb4 Be6 12.e4 Qd7 13.N1d2 b5 14.Re1 Bh3 15.Bh1 Bg4 16.f3 Be6 17.Nf1 f5 18.Be3 f4 19.Bf2 g5 20.g4 Ng6 21.h3 Qf7 22.Nfd2 Bf6 23.Bg2 Rfc8 24.Qb1 Bd8 25.Rc1 Qb7 26.d4 exd4 27.Nxd4 Nxd4 28.cxd4 Rxc1+ 29.Qxc1 Bb6 30.Qb2 Rc8 31.Rc1 Rxc1+ 32.Qxc1 Qa7 33.Qc3 Kf7 34.Bf1 Ke7 35.Be2 Kd7 36.Kf1 Ne5 37.Qa1 Ng6 38.Qc3 Bf7 39.Bd1 Qc7 40.Qxc7+ Kxc7 41.Bb3 Be8 42.Bg8 h6 43.Nb3 Ne7 44.Be6 Nc6 45.Be1 Bxd4 46.Bd5 Bb2 47.Ke2 Ne5 48.Bd2 Bf7 49.Bxf7 Nxf7 50.Nc1 Nd8 51.Nd3 Bg7 52.e5 Bxe5 53.Nxe5 dxe5 54.Kd3 Kd6 55.Ke4 Ke6 56.Bc3 Nf7 0-1

                            Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                            Solomon, Kenny – Caruana, Fabiano
                            C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence

                            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 d6 7.d4 Bd7 8.Re1 Nf6 9.d5 Ne7 10.c4 h6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bc2 Nh7 13.b4 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bb2 Ng6 16.Ne2 Ng5 17.Ng3 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 e4 19.Qb3 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Qg5 21.Qc1 a5 22.b5 Ne5 23.Qxg5+ hxg5 24.Rac1 Kg7 25.Bb1 b6 26.Rc3 Rh8 27.h3 Rh4 28.Kf1 g4 29.hxg4 Rxg4 30.Bc2 Rh8 31.Bd1 Rg5 32.Kg1 Be8 33.Bc2 Bg6 34.Kf1 Rg4 35.Ke2 Rh2 36.Rg1 f4 37.Nxe4 f3+ 38.Ke3 fxg2 39.f3 Rh3 40.Nd2 Rh1 41.Kf2 Rxg1 42.Kxg1 Rd4 43.Nb3 Rxc4 44.Rxc4 Nxc4 45.Bxg6 Kxg6 46.Kxg2 Kf5 47.Kg3 Ke5 48.f4+ Kxd5 49.Kg4 Ke4 50.Kg5 a4 51.Nc1 d5 0-1

                            Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                            El Gindy, Essam – Grischuk, Alexander
                            D90 Grunfeld, Three Knights variation

                            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Ne4 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Bd3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 h5 14.Qb3 b6 15.O-O Bg4 16.f3 Be6 17.Qb2 Rc8 18.Rac1 Rc7 19.e4 dxe4 20.fxe4 Bc4 21.Rcd1 e5 22.Bxc4 Rxc4 23.Qb5 Qc7 24.Rd3 a6 25.Qd5 Re8 26.dxe5 Re7 27.Qd6 Rxe4 28.Qf6+ Kh7 29.Rdf3 Qc5+ 30.Kh1 R4xe5 31.Rd1 Qc7 32.Rdf1 Re1 33.Qd4 Rxf1+ 34.Rxf1 Re6 35.Qf4 Qxf4 36.Rxf4 Kg7 37.Kh2 Rc6 38.c4 Kf8 39.Kg3 Ke7 40.Rd4 Rd6 41.Re4+ Re6 42.Rd4 Re3+ 43.Kf2 Ra3 44.Rd2 Rc3 45.Rb2 Rxc4 46.Rxb6 Rc2+ 47.Kf3 Rxa2 48.g3 Ra1 49.Kf2 a5 50.Ra6 a4 51.Ke3 a3 52.Kf2 Kd7 53.Kg2 Kc8 54.Ra7 Kb8 55.Ra4 Kb7 56.Rb4+ Kc6 57.Rb3 Ra2+ 58.Kh3 f6 59.Rf3 Kb5 60.Rxf6 Rc2 0-1

                            Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                            Svidler, Peter – Vakhidov, Jakhongir
                            A04 Reti Opening

                            1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qd6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Nb5 Qd8 7.a4 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Ne8 10.c3 Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.Re1 Bd5 14.Na3 Nd6 15.Nc2 Na5 16.Nd2 f6 17.Ne3 Bf7 18.d5 b6 19.Nf3 c5 20.Qc2 a6 21.h4 Re8 22.h5 c4 23.Nd4 Qd7 24.hxg6 Bxg6 25.Qd1 Rac8 26.Bxd6 Qxd6 27.Bg4 Rb8 28.Nef5 Bxf5 29.Bxf5 Qf4 30.Re4 Qh6 31.g3 1-0

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                            • #29
                              Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                              Canadian champion Sambuev unfortunately lost to Wei (no disgrace: rated 2700+) and will go to a playoff.

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                              • #30
                                Re: The Chess World Cup 2017

                                Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
                                The World Chess Cup 2017

                                Round 2, Sept. 4, 2017
                                Kovalyov, Anton – Akobian, Varuzhan
                                A20 English Opening

                                Anton drew from this position? What a miracle! I think even I could win playing with Black here, being up a rook and all.

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