World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

[Hans Jung]

Computers are far better at chess than predicting outcomes. LoL!

[Jeffrey Xu]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia



Anish Giri beating Sam Shankland

An unfortunate prediction, as Shankland didn’t even make it passed round 1.

[Hans Jung]

Boris Gelfand went deep into the playoffs, played great chess, and won!

[Hans Jung]

Mickey Adams fought to the bitter end but went down.

[Hans Jung]

Sam Shankland had long, tough games but couldnt catch a break and lost.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...ethuraman_S_P_ Oh those tricky knights!

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...Ramirez_Neuris Love Luke McShane's pawn play! Move 42 all pieces on White squares! (not easy to do and have meaning). Finally the rook sacrifice and passed pawns triumph!

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 11, 2019

Round One

Game Two (continued)

Nakamura-Bellahcene going to playoff
Parligras-Nisipeanu going to playoff
Winners meet in next round

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Svidler, Peter – Albornoz, Carlos
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d4 Bxf3 9.gxf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Nh5 12.e6 g6 13.Nc3 f5 14.Qb3 Nxd4 15.Qxb7 Rb8 16.Qxa6 Nxf3+ 17.Kh1 Qc7 18.Qa4+ Kd8 19.Bf4 Nxf4 20.Nb5 Qb6 21.Nd4 1-0

Svidler to meet Esipenko in the next round

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
El Gindy, Essam – Aronian, Levon
E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nc6 6.f3 b6 7.e4 d6 8.Bd3 Na5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Ba6 11.Qe2 Qd7 12.a4 Qc6 13.d5 Qb7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Rb1 Qc8 16.Nh3 Nb7 17.Nf4 h5 18.g4 hxg4 19.fxg4 Nc5 20.Nh5 Ke7 21.O-O Rh6 22.Qe3 Qh8 23.Rf2 Rg8 24.Rg2 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Rhg6 26.Qf3 Bxc4 27.Rd1 Rxg4 28.Rxg4 Qxh5 29.h3 Rxg4+ 30.hxg4 Qg5 31.Kf2 Bb3 32.Rh1 exd5 33.exd5 Bxd5 34.Re1+ Be6 35.Re4 a5 36.Qe3 Kd7 37.Kg3 Qg6 38.Kf2 f5 39.gxf5 Qxf5+ 40.Ke1 Qd5 41.Rf4 Qb3 42.Qd3 Qb2 43.Rh4 Qc1+ 44.Kf2 Qg5 45.Qd4 Qe5 46.Qd2 Bd5 47.Qd3 Qf6+ 48.Kg3 Qg5+ 49.Rg4 Qe5+ 50.Rf4 Qe1+ 51.Kh2 Qh1+ 52.Kg3 Qg2+ 53.Kh4 Be6 54.Qb5+ Kc8 55.Qd3 Qg7 56.Qf3 Kd7 57.Rd4 f6 58.Qh5 Qg2 59.Qh7+ Kc8 60.Qh8+ Kb7 61.Qxf6 Qh3+ 62.Kg5 Qg3+ 63.Kh6 Qxc3 64.Qf4 Bd7 65.Kg6 Bc6 66.Kf6 Bxa4 67.Ke7 Bc6 68.Kd8 Qh3 69.Qg4 Qh8+ 0-1

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Chigaev, Maksim – Maghsoodloo, Parham
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a5 7.h3 h6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Bb5 Na7 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bc2 Nc6 12.Re1 Re8 13.Nf1 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Ng3 Be6 16.Qe2 Qd7 17.Be3 Bf8 18.Bd2 Nd5 19.d4 exd4 20.Qxb5 dxc3 21.bxc3 Rab8 22.Qd3 g6 23.Nh5 Qd8 24.Rad1 Nb6 25.Qb5 gxh5 26.Bc1 Bd7 27.Rxe8 Qxe8 28.Qxh5 f5 29.Qh4 Qg6 30.Bf4 Be7 31.Ne5 Bxh4 32.Nxg6 Bd8 33.c4 Be6 34.Bxh6 Nxc4 35.Nf8 Bf7 36.Nd7 Rb5 37.a4 Rd5 38.Rxd5 Bxd5 39.Bxf5 Be7 40.Bf4 Nd4 41.Bd3 c5 42.Bc7 Nb3 43.f4 Nb2 44.Bg6 c4 45.f5 Bf7 46.f6 Bxg6 47.fxe7 Be8 48.Nf6+ Kf7 49.Nd5 Nxa4 50.h4 c3 51.h5 c2 52.Bf4 Nac5 53.h6 Ne6 54.h7 Nxf4 55.h8=Q c1=Q+ 56.Kh2 Nxd5 0-1

Aronian-Maghsoodloo meet in the next round. Should be quite a match!

Abdusattorov-Matlakov and Gelfand-Lu have playoffs tomorrow

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Artemiev, Vladislav – Iljiushenok, Ilia
A49 King’s Indian, Fianchetto

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.a4 c6 8.a5 Qc7 9.Qd3 Re8 10.Rd1 h6 11.h3 Rb8 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qc4 b5 15.axb6 axb6 16.Nb5 Qd8 17.Nd6 Re6 18.Ra7 Qf8 19.Nxc8 Qxc8 20.h4 Rb7 21.Qa6 Nc5 22.Ra8 Nxa6 23.Rxc8+ Kh7 24.Bh3 Ree7 25.Rxc6 Nxe4 26.Be3 Rec7 27.Bc8 Nb4 28.Bxb7 Nxc6 29.Ba8 Rc8 30.Ra1 Nd6 31.Bxb6 e4 32.Nd2 Bxb2 33.Ra4 f5 34.c4 Bd4 35.c5 e3 36.Nf3 exf2+ 37.Kg2 Ne4 38.Nxd4 Rxa8 39.Rxa8 Nxd4 40.Rd8 Nc6 41.Rc8 Nxg3 42.Kxf2 Ne4+ 43.Kg2 Ne5 44.c6 f4 45.c7 f3+ 46.Kg1 1-0

Artemiev plays Cheparinov in the next round

Liem Quang Le-Aleksandrov and Gupta-Korobov go to playoffs tomorrow

The longest game so far:

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Ghaem, Ensan – Yu, Yangyi
D12 QGD Slav

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Be7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Ne2 a6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.h3 O-O 16.O-O Qd7 17.Rfd1 Bd6 18.Be1 Rfe8 19.f4 Rc7 20.g4 Rec8 21.Kg2 Qe7 22.a3 b5 23.a4 Nb4 24.Rxc7 Rxc7 25.Bxb4 Bxb4 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ng3 Bd6 28.Ra1 Rc8 29.Kf3 Nh7 30.Ra6 b4 31.Qa4 Nf8 32.g5 Qc7 33.h4 Rb8 34.Qc6 Qxc6 35.Rxc6 Rd8 36.Ne2 f6 37.Rb6 Kf7 38.Bb5 Bb8 39.Rb7+ Kg8 40.Nc1 e5 41.fxe5 fxe5 42.dxe5 Bxe5 43.Nd3 Bd6 44.Bc6 Kh7 45.Bxd5 Nd7 46.Be4 Rf8+ 47.Ke2 Nc5 48.Nxc5 Bxc5 49.h5 Rd8 50.Rc7 Bd6 51.hxg6+ Kh8 52.Rc1 Be7 53.Rg1 Kg8 54.Bc2 Ra8 55.Bb3+ Kf8 56.Rf1+ Ke8 57.Rf7 Ra5 58.Rxg7 Rxg5 59.Rh7 Bf6 60.Bf7+ Ke7 61.b3 Kd6 62.Rh1 Bc3 63.Rd1+ Ke7 64.Rf1 Rg3 65.Rf5 Rg1 66.Kf2 Rg4 67.Rb5 Kf6 68.Kf3 Rg1 69.Kf2 Rg4 70.Ke2 Rg2+ 71.Kd3 Rg3 72.Rb6+ Kg7 73.Rb7 Kf6 74.Be8 Rg5 75.Rb6+ Kg7 76.Bf7 Rg3 77.Re6 Rg4 78.Re8 Kf6 79.Ke2 Rg3 80.Kf2 Rg5 81.Kf3 Rg1 82.Kf2 Rg5 83.Re6+ Kg7 84.Ke2 Rg2+ 85.Kd3 Rg4 86.e4 Rg1 87.Kc4 Rg5 88.Re8 Kf6 89.e5+ Bxe5 90.Kxb4 Bd6+ 91.Kc4 Rg4+ 92.Kd5 Be7 93.Rb8 Rg5+ 94.Kc6 Rg4 95.Rb5 Kg7 96.Re5 Bf8 97.Re3 Ba3 98.Rc3 Rb4 99.Rc2 Rb8 100.Ra2 Bf8 101.Ra7 Rb4 102.Rb7 Rd4 103.Be8+ Kg8 104.Rh7 Bg7 105.Bf7+ Kf8 106.Kc5 Rd1 107.b4 Rc1+ 108.Kb5 Rb1 109.Rh4 Bf6 110.Re4 Kg7 111.Kb6 Bd8+ 112.Kc6 Rc1+ 113.Kd5 Rb1 114.Be8 Rd1+ 115.Kc4 Rc1+ 116.Kb3 Rb1+ 117.Kc2 Rg1 118.b5 Kf6 119.Bf7 Rg5 120.Re6+ Kg7 121.Be8 Kf8 122.Kd3 Rg3+ 123.Kc4 Rg5 124.Bf7 Be7 125.Rc6 Rg4+ 126.Kd5 Rg5+ 127.Ke6 Bb4 128.Rc8+ Kg7 129.Rg8+ Kh6 130.Rh8+ Kg7 131.Rh7+ Kf8 132.g7+ 1-0

Final position



Summary of Game Two Action (from the Official Site)

The World Cup newcomer Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (Norway) delivered a major sensation by knocking out one of the rating favorites, Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland). The Norwegian won both games of the match.

Another unexpected result was observed in a match between Daniil Yuffa (Russia) and David Navara (Czech Republic): the Russian checkmated his experienced opponent and won the match 1.5-0.5.

The following players advanced to the Second Round upon winning both games in their matches: Ding Liren (China), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grischuk, Dmitry Jakovenko (all from Russia), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Wesley So, Lenier Dominguez, Jeffrey Xiong (all from USA), Pentala Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin (both from India), Niclas Huschenbeth (Germany), and Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran).

The following players advanced with a win and a draw: Sergey Karjakin, Peter Svidler, Vladislav Artemiev, Daniil Dubov, Nikita Vitiugov, Ernesto Inarkiev, Evgeniy Najer, Anton Demchenko, Kirill Alekseenko, Alexandr Rakhmanov, Andrey Esipenko (he defeated the former World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov) (all from Russia), Levon Aronian, Sergei Movsesian (both from Armenia), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Santosh Vidit, Baskaran Adhiban (both from India), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland), Maxim Rodshtein (Israel), Samuel Sevian (USA), Wei Yi (China), Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan), Gawain Jones (England), Rinat Jumbayev (Kazakhstan), Ivan Cheparinov (Georgia), and Alireza Firouzja (Iran).

S.P. Sethuraman (India) managed to come back in a match with Tamir Nabaty (Israel). Constantin Lupulescu also managed to level the score after losing the first game to Igor Kovalenko (Latvia). Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia) lost the second game to Surya Ganguly (India), allowing the opponent to tie the score. S.L. Narayanan (India) also came back against David Anton Guijarro (Spain). In the longest game of the day, the Iranian Ehsan Ghaem Maghami defeated Yu Yangyi (China). All these players will continue on tie-break tomorrow.

Two draws occurred in the following matches: Gelfand-Lu Shanglei, Nakamura-Bellahcene, Piorun-Abasov, Sarana-Predke, Safarli-Shankland, McShane-Delgado Ramirez, Adams-Aravindh, Amin-Tabatabaei, Bu Xiangzhi-Xu Xiangyu, Tomashevsky-Petrov, Wang Hao-Pridorozhni, Bok-Saric, Andreikin-Mekhitarian, Mareco-Sjugirov, Parligras-Nisipeanu, Matlakov-Abdusattorov, Le Quang Liem-Alexandrov, and Gupta-Korobov.

The tie-break of the first round will be played on Thursday, September 12.

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Chat Room discussion

- How much money will players knocked out in Round 2 get?

- 10,000

- 6,000 for the first round losers

- lires or rupees?

- $$$ of course

- wouldn’t mind getting 6,000 for being crushed by someone rated some 1000 Elo points above my level

- 6,000 minus travel and stay expenses

- ah right, I knew there had to be a catch

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 11, 2019

Round One

Game Two (continued)

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Naiditsch, Arkadij – Huschenbeth, Niclas
E04 Catalan, open

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qa4 Nd5 9.Qc2 Be7 10.Rd1 Rb8 11.e4 Ncb4 12.Qd2 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 b5 14.b3 Bb7 15.Ne1 cxb3 16.axb3 f5 17.exf5 Bxg2 18.Nxg2 Rxf5 19.Ne3 Nd5 20.Qc2 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Rf7 22.Rxa7 Bd6 23.e4 e5 24.Be3 exd4 25.Bxd4 Qg5 26.b4 Rbf8 27.Qb3 c5 28.Rxf7 Rxf7 29.bxc5 Bxc5 30.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 31.Kg2 Qf2+ 32.Kh3 Qf6 33.Qd5 h6 34.Re1 b4 35.Qc4 Kh7 36.Qxb4 Qe6+ 37.Kg2 Qa2+ 38.Kh3 Qe6+ 39.Kg2 Qa2+ 40.Kh3 Rf2 0-1

Vitiugov to play Huschenbeth in the next round

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Gan-Erdene, Sugar
B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.Qe3 Qa5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Kb1 O-O-O 14.Bg3 Rd7 15.Qa7 Kd8 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Bb5 Rc7 18.Rd3 Bc8 19.Qxc7+ Qxc7 20.Bxc7+ Kxc7 21.Ba4 Bc5 22.f3 Bb7 23.Rhd1 h5 24.Bb3 h4 25.Na4 Bd6 26.c4 Bxh2 27.Nc5 dxc4 28.Bxc4 Bd5 29.Nxa6+ Kb6 30.Rb3+ Ka7 31.Bxd5 Nxd5 32.Nb4 Nb6 33.Nc6+ Kb7 34.Nd8+ Kc7 35.Nxf7 Rh5 36.Rc1+ Kb7 37.Nd8+ 1-0

Nepo to play winner of Sarana-Predke playoff

Tomashevsky-Petrov and Aravindh-Adams going to playoffs

Adhiban to play winner of Yu-Ghaem playoff

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Wei, Yi – Santos, Miguel
C78 Ruy Lopez, Archangel variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 O-O 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qc1 Nb4 16.g4 Bg6 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 c5 19.Qc3 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxh4 22.Nxd6 Nd3 23.N4f5 Bxf2+ 24.Kg2 Nf4+ 25.Kh2 Qxh3+ 26.Qxh3 Nxh3 27.Kxh3 Bc5 28.Rac1 Bb4 29.Rc6 Rbd8 30.Rf3 Bxf5 31.Nxf5 Rd2 32.Rxa6 Kh7 33.Ra7 Re8 34.Rxf7 Ree2 35.Rxg7+ Kh8 36.Rg8+ Kh7 37.Rg7+ Kh8 38.Rg6 Rh2+ 39.Kg3 Kh7 40.Nh4 Rxh4 41.Rc6 1-0

Wei Yi to play winner of Anton-Narayan playoff

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Mohammad, Rahman – Giri, Anish
B30 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Nf1 Bg4 8.f3 Be6 9.Ne3 O-O 10.Ncd5 a6 11.c3 b5 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bd5 Qd7 14.O-O Rab8 15.Bd2 Bg5 16.Nf5 Bxd5 17.Bxg5 Be6 18.Ne3 f6 19.Bh4 d5 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Bf2 Rfd8 22.Qe2 Bf7 23.Nc2 Bg6 24.Ne1 Qd5 25.Be3 Rb7 26.f4 exf4 27.Rxf4 Re7 28.Qf2 Rde8 29.c4 bxc4 30.dxc4 Qe6 31.Bd2 Nd4 32.Rxd4 cxd4 33.Qxd4 Rd7 34.Qc3 Red8 35.Nf3 Rd3 36.Re1 Qd7 0-1

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Gledura, Benjamin – Najer, Evgeniy
A09 Reti, Advance variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 c5 4.a3 Qc7 5.d3 e5 6.g3 cxb4 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Qa4 Nd7 10.axb4 Bxb4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxb4 Nxe2+ 13.Kh1 Nxc1 14.Rxc1 Qc5 15.Qd2 O-O 16.f4 Qd4 17.Nc3 Nc5 18.Nb5 Qd8 19.Rc3 exf4 20.Qxf4 Nxd3 21.Qe3 Bf5 22.Bxb7 Rb8 23.Bg2 a6 24.Rf1 Bg6 25.Nd4 Re8 26.Qg1 Rb2 27.Rc2 Rxc2 28.Nxc2 Nb2 29.Ne3 Qd2 30.Nd5 Nxc4 31.Qc5 Ne3 32.Nxe3 Qxe3 33.Qxe3 Rxe3 34.Ra1 Re5 35.Rxa6 Re1+ 36.Bf1 Be4+ 37.Kg1 Rxf1+ 0-1

Giri to meet Najer in the next round

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Xiong, Jeffery – Lysyj, Igor
C01 French, Exchange variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 Nf6 6.c5 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.Be3 a5 10.cxb6 cxb6 11.Nc3 Ba6 12.Ne5 h6 13.Rc1 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 a4 15.a3 Bd6 16.Qd1 Ne4 17.Nxd5 1-0

Xiong to meet winner of Amin-Tabatabaei playoff

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Jumabayev, Rinat – Berkes, Ferenc
E62 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Larsen System

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O Bf5 8.Ng5 e5 9.d5 a5 10.e4 Bg4 11.Qb3 Na6 12.Be3 cxd5 13.cxd5 Nd7 14.Ne6 fxe6 15.dxe6 Nac5 16.e7+ Nxb3 17.exd8=Q Rfxd8 18.axb3 Nc5 19.Bg5 Rf8 20.Ra3 Be6 21.Rd1 Nxb3 22.Rxd6 Nd4 23.Rb6 Rf7 24.Nb5 Nc6 25.Rd3 Bf8 26.Be3 a4 27.Bf1 Ra6 28.Rxa6 bxa6 29.Rc3 Nb4 30.Nc7 Bb3 31.Nxa6 Nc2 32.Bc5 Nd4 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Bc4 Rf6 35.Bxf8+ Rxf8 36.Bxb3 axb3 37.Nc5 Rb8 38.Nd3 Kf6 39.Rc5 Re8 40.Rd5 Nc2 41.Kf1 g5 42.Nc5 g4 43.Nd7+ Ke6 44.Nxe5 Rc8 45.Nxg4 Rc4 46.f3 h5 47.Rxh5 Nd4 48.Re5+ 1-0

Jumabayev to meet winner of Mekhitarian-Andreikin playoff

Duda to meet winner of Sethuraman-Nabaty playoff

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Rakotomaharo, Antenaina
A15 English Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 a6 7.g3 Bd6 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Bg4 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.h3 Bh5 13.Bb2 Ba7 14.Ne2 Bg6 15.Nf4 Be4 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nxd5 Qh6 18.Nh4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Rad8 20.Qf3 f5 21.Rad1 Qe6 22.Nf4 Qf7 23.g4 Ne5 24.Qg3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 fxg4 26.hxg4 g5 27.Nf5 Nxg4 28.Nd5 Kh8 29.e4 Nf6 30.Qc3 Qh5 31.Nxf6 Qxd1 32.Qc7 1-0

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Bareev, Evgeny – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
A22 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.e4 Bxc3 5.bxc3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.Ne2 d5 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Rb1 Nb6 12.d4 Be6 13.Ba3 Re8 14.dxe5 Bc4 15.Re1 Rxe5 16.Nf4 Bxa2 17.Ra1 Qxd1 18.Rexd1 Bc4 19.Bd6 Ree8 20.Bc5 Rac8 21.h4 Ba6 22.h5 h6 23.Rdb1 Ne5 24.Bd4 Nc6 25.Bc5 Ne5 26.Bd4 Nc6 27.Bxb6 axb6 28.Rxb6 Ne5 29.Nd5 Kf8 30.Rb4 Rc5 31.Rd4 Bc4 32.Nf4 Ba6 1/2-1/2

Mamedyarov to meet Kasimdzhanov in Round 2

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Cori, Jorge – Nihal Sarin
A13 English Opening, Agincourt variation

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 b6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.Be2 a6 8.O-O Bd6 9.d4 O-O 10.a4 c5 11.h3 Re8 12.Re1 h6 13.Bf1 Rc8 14.Rc1 Qe7 15.Rc2 Red8 16.Qe2 dxc4 17.bxc4 Nf8 18.Rb1 Ng6 19.Bc1 Qc7 20.Rcb2 cxd4 21.exd4 Ba3 22.Rd2 Bxc1 23.Rxc1 Qf4 24.Qe3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Qh4 26.Rb1 Nf4 27.Rxb6 Rxc4 28.Kh2 N6d5 29.Nxd5 Nxd5 0-1

Sarin to meet winner of Shankland - Safarli playoff

Radjabov to meet winner of Mareco-Sjugirov playoff

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Navara, David – Yuffa, Daniil
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nxc5 Qa5+ 8.c3 Qxc5 9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Nf3 Nge7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O h6 14.Kh1 Be4 15.Nd2 Bh7 16.Nb3 Na5 17.Bc5 Rfe8 18.Bd6 Qb6 19.Nxa5 Qxa5 20.b4 Qd8 21.a4 Be4 22.Bb5 Nf5 23.Bc5 b6 24.Bf2 Rf8 25.a5 d4 26.Bxd4 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Qd5+ 28.Rf3 Qxb5 29.Qd3 Qc6 30.b5 Qb7 31.Bf2 Rfd8 32.a6 Qe7 33.Qe2 Qd7 34.c4 Rac8 35.Raa3 Qe7 36.Rad3 Re8 37.Rb3 Rc7 38.c5 bxc5 39.b6 axb6 40.Rxb6 c4 41.Rc3 Rec8 42.Rb2 Qd7 43.Kh3 Ne7 44.a7 Nd5 45.Rf3 c3 46.Rc2 Qa4 47.Ra2 Qe8 48.Ra1 c2 49.Be3 Rxa7 50.Bxa7 c1=Q 51.Rxc1 Rxc1 52.Bf2 f5 53.exf6 Qh5+ 54.Kg3 Qg6+ 55.Kh3 Qf5+ 56.Kg3 Nxf6 57.Kg2 Rc2 58.Qd1 Ng4 59.Qe1 Qg6 60.Kh3 h5 61.Bg3 Ne3 0-1

Yuffa meets winner of McShane-Delgado playoff

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
MVL – Anwuli, Daniel
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 c5 11.b4 cxb4 12.axb4 Nc6 13.Nd5 Be6 14.Bd2 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb8 16.Re1 h6 17.Bb3 Nbd7 18.c4 Nb6 19.Ra2 Qc7 20.Rc2 Qb7 21.Nh4 Rfc8 22.Nf5 Bf8 23.Qf3 Nbd7 24.Qh3 h5 25.Rec1 a5 26.bxa5 g6 27.Ne3 Nc5 28.cxb5 Nxb3 29.Rxc8 Nxc1 30.Rxc1 Qxb5 31.Nc4 Nxd5 32.Qf3 Rc8 33.h3 Rc5 34.Kh2 Be7 35.Ra1 Qa6 36.Rb1 Kg7 37.Rb8 Bf6 38.Nb6 Nxb6 39.axb6 Rc8 40.Rxc8 Qxc8 41.b7 Qb8 42.Qc6 Bd8 43.Qc8 1-0

MVL to meet winner of Kovalenko-Lupulescu playoff

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Martinez, Jose – Jakovenko, Dmitry
A30 English, symmetrical, hedgehog System

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 O-O 9.Rd1 d6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Ba3 Nc5 12.Qe3 a6 13.Rac1 Qc7 14.b4 Ncd7 15.b5 Nc5 16.Bb2 Rfd8 17.bxa6 Rxa6 18.Nb5 Qb8 19.a3 Ra4 20.Bh3 Nfe4 21.Bd4 h6 22.Bg2 Qa8 23.h4 Nf6 24.Ne1 Bxg2 25.Nxg2 Qc6 26.Bb2 d5 27.Nd4 Qe8 28.cxd5 Nxd5 29.Qf3 Bf6 30.Rb1 Rc4 31.e4 Na4 32.exd5 Nxb2 33.Rxb2 Rxd5 34.Ne3 Rcxd4 35.Rdb1 Rd8 36.Rxb6 Ra4 37.R1b3 Bd4 38.Rb7 Ra5 39.Rc7 Bxe3 40.Rxe3 Qf8 41.Rec3 Rf5 42.Qe4 Qd6 43.Rc8 h5 44.a4 Rxc8 45.Rxc8+ Kh7 46.Rc2 g6 47.Ra2 Qd1+ 48.Kg2 Qb3 49.Rc2 Qb1 50.Qc4 Qe1 51.Rb2 Rd5 52.Qe2 Qc3 53.Rb7 Rf5 54.Rb5 Qc6+ 55.Kg1 Rd5 56.Kh2 Qd7 57.Qc4 Rd2 58.Qf4 Rd5 59.Qb4 Rd4 60.Qb3 Rd3 61.Qb4 Qd4 62.Qxd4 Rxd4 63.Ra5 Rd2 64.Kg2 Ra2 65.Kf3 Kg7 66.Ke3 Kf6 67.f3 e5 68.Ra6+ Kf5 69.Ra5 f6 70.f4 Ra3+ 71.Kf2 Ke4 72.fxe5 fxe5 73.Ra6 Ra2+ 74.Kf1 Kf5 75.Kg1 e4 76.Kf1 Kg4 77.Rxg6+ Kf3 78.Rf6+ Kxg3 79.Ke1 Rxa4 80.Ke2 Kxh4 81.Ke3 Kg5 82.Rf8 h4 83.Rh8 Kg4 84.Rg8+ Kh3 85.Kf4 Kh2 86.Rb8 h3 87.Rb2+ Kg1 88.Rb1+ Kf2 89.Rb2+ Kf1 90.Rb1+ Ke2 91.Rb2+ Kd3 92.Rb3+ Kd2 93.Rb2+ Kc3 94.Rb1 Kc2 95.Rb7 h2 96.Rh7 Kd3 97.Rxh2 e3+ 98.Kf3 Ra1 99.Rh3 e2 0-1

Jakovenko meets Gawain Jones in the next round

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 11, 2019

Round One

Game Two

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Ding, Liren – Press, Shaun
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Nb6 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O h6 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.a3 Nd5 13.Ne4 Be7 14.b4 Qb8 15.Bb2 Nf4 16.Qe3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 O-O 18.b5 1-0

Ding goes on to the next round

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Oparin, Grigoriy – Movsesian, Sergei
E00 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 a5 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.Qc2 Be7 10.Rd1 Na6 11.cxd5 Nb4 12.Qb1 exd5 13.a3 Nc6 14.Ndc4 Ne4 15.Ne3 Na7 16.Nf5 Bf6 17.Bf4 Nb5 18.Qc2 Nbd6 19.Nxd6 cxd6 20.Ng4 Be7 21.h4 Qd7 22.Ne3 Rfc8 23.Qd3 Qc6 24.Nf5 Bf8 25.Rdc1 Qe8 26.Ne3 a4 27.f3 Rxc1+ 28.Rxc1 Ba6 29.Qd1 Nxg3 30.Bxg3 Qxe3+ 31.Bf2 Qe8 32.e3 Bc4 33.f4 b5 34.Qh5 Qe6 35.Kh2 Rb8 36.Bh3 Qf6 37.Be1 Re8 38.Bd2 Be7 39.Qg5 Qxd4 40.exd4 Bxg5 41.hxg5 Re2+ 42.Kg3 Rxd2 43.Re1 g6 44.Re8+ Kg7 45.Re7 Rd3+ 0-1

Movsesian moves on to the next round and meets Ding Liren

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Pashikian, Arman – Firouzja, Alireza
D53, QGD

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 c6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd7 11.Bb3 Qe7 12.Rc1 g6 13.Qc2 Bg7 14.Ne4 Kh8 15.Rfd1 e5 16.d5 cxd5 17.Nc3 Nb6 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Rd8 20.e4 Be6 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Qc7 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Qxa2 24.Qxb7 Rf8 25.h4 h5 26.Rd7 Kg8 27.g3 a5 28.Kg2 a4 29.Qb4 Qb3 30.Qxb3 axb3 31.Rb7 f6 32.Nd2 Rc8 33.Nxb3 Rc2 34.Na5 f5 35.Kf3 Bf8 36.b4 Rc3+ 37.Ke2 Rc2+ 38.Kf3 Rc3+ 39.Ke2 Rc2+ 40.Ke3 Bh6+ 41.Kf3 Bf8 42.Rb6 Rc3+ 43.Ke2 Rc2+ 44.Kd3 Rxf2 45.Rxg6+ Kf7 46.Rg5 Rf3+ 47.Kc4 fxe4 48.Nc6 Ke6 49.b5 Bd6 50.Rg6+ Rf6 51.Rg7 Rf8 52.Rg6+ Rf6 53.Rg7 Rf8 54.Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

Firouzja moves on to meet Dubov in the next round

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
B94 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qe2 h6 8.Bh4 g6 9.f4 e5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Nb3 b5 13.Rxd7 Nxd7 14.Nd5 Qb8 15.Na5 Bc5 16.Qd2 g5 17.Bg3 Qd6 18.Be2 O-O 19.Rf1 f6 20.h4 Kg7 21.hxg5 fxg5 22.Rxf8 Nxf8 23.b4 Ba7 24.Qc3 Ng6 25.Nc6 Bb8 26.Nxe5 Nxe5 27.Qxc8 Ra7 28.Bf2 Rf7 29.Bc5 Rf8 30.Qb7+ Rf7 31.Qc8 Rf8 32.Qh3 Qc6 33.Bxf8+ Kxf8 34.Kb1 Kg7 35.Bd3 Ba7 36.Qf5 Bd4 37.a3 Qd6 38.Be2 Qc6 39.Bd3 Qd6 40.Be2 Qc6 41.Bh5 Qd6 42.Qc8 Nc4 43.Nc7 1-0

Christiansen meets Alekseenko in the next round

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Harikrishna, Pentala – Gonzalez, Yuri
E15 Queen’s Indian, Nimzowitsch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Qc7 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Qc2 d6 12.Ng5 Nbd7 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.Nde4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Qxe4 16.Nxe4 f5 17.Nc3 Kf7 18.Rad1 a6 19.Na4 Nf6 20.Bxf6 Kxf6 21.Rfe1 Rad8 22.e4 g6 23.Nb2 Kf7 24.Nd3 Rfe8 25.Kf1 Bf8 26.exf5 gxf5 27.g4 fxg4 28.Re4 Bg7 29.Rxg4 Bf6 30.b4 Rg8 31.Rf4 cxb4 32.Nxb4 Rg5 33.Nxa6 Ke7 34.Rb1 Rd7 35.Rb6 Kf7 36.Nb8 Rd8 37.Nc6 Rd7 38.a4 d5 39.h4 Rh5 40.a5 d4 41.a6 d3 42.Rb7 1-0

Harikrishna moves on to meet the winner of the Fedoseev-Ganguly playoff

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Escobar, Alder – Dominguez, Leinier
B53 Sicilian, Chekover variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Qe3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Rd1 Be6 10.c4 Qb6 11.Nc3 Rfc8 12.Ng5 Nd7 13.Qg3 Nce5 14.b3 Nc6 15.Be3 Qa5 16.Bd2 Qa3 17.Rab1 a6 18.h4 Nd4 19.Bf1 b5 20.h5 bxc4 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Nxe6 Nxe6 23.Bxc4 Nd4 24.Qg5 e6 25.Be1 Nc2 26.Bd2 Nb6 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Qxg6 Qc5 29.Qxe6+ Kh7 30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.exd5 Rf8 32.Qh3+ Kg8 33.Qe6+ Rf7 34.Be3 Nxe3 35.fxe3 Be5 36.Rf1 Qxe3+ 37.Kh1 Rf8 38.Rxf7 Rxf7 39.Rf1 Qh6+ 0-1

Dominguez to play the winner of Abasov-Piorun playoff

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Rodshtein, Maxim – Bartel, Mateusz
A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nd5 Bc5 7.d3 Nxd5 8.cxd5 Nd4 9.Nd2 d6 10.e3 Nf5 11.Nc4 a5 12.Bd2 a4 13.Rc1 Qe8 14.O-O b5 15.Na3 Bb7 16.Nc2 Ne7 17.d4 exd4 18.exd4 Bb6 19.Nb4 Qd7 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Bc3 a3 22.b3 Nf5 23.Qd3 g6 24.Bh3 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Ba5 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.dxc6 Qxc6 28.Bxa5 Rxa5 29.Bxf5 gxf5 30.d5 Qa8 31.Qxf5 Qd8 32.Re4 Ra8 33.Rg4+ Kf8 34.Qxh7 1-0

Rodshtein to meet the winner of the Pridorozhni-Wang Hao playoff

Round 1, Game 1, Sept. 11
Grischuk, Alexander – Pultinevicius, Paulus
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.Be3 Bg4 9.Rc1 Qa5 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.d5 O-O 12.c4 Qa3 13.Be2 Nf6 14.e5 Nd7 15.e6 fxe6 16.Ng5 Ne5 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Nxe6 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Rf5 20.Rf1 Re5 21.Rf3 Bh6 22.Kf2 b5 23.cxb5 Rb8 24.Rc3 Qb4 25.a4 Qxa4 26.Rxc5 Qh4+ 27.Kf1 Qxh2 28.Qc3 Rf5 29.Rc8+ Rxc8 30.Qxc8+ Kf7 31.Rxf5+ gxf5 32.Nd8+ Kg7 33.Qxf5 Qh1+ 34.Kf2 Bxe3+ 35.Ke2 Qxg2+ 36.Kxe3 Qg1+ 37.Ke2 Qg2+ 38.Kd3 Qg3+ 39.Kc4 Qc7+ 40.Nc6 1-0

Grischuk to meet winner of Saric-Bok

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Inarkiev, Ernesto – Karthikeyan, Murali
E97 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.a4 Nf4 11.c5 h6 12.Nd2 f5 13.Nc4 g5 14.Ba3 Rf6 15.a5 Neg6 16.b5 Bf8 17.b6 dxc5 18.bxc7 Qxc7 19.Re1 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Qg7 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.g3 Bh3 23.Ne4 Rf7 24.f3 Rd8 25.Rad1 g4 26.f4 exf4 27.Bb2 Qh7 28.Nf6+ Rxf6 29.Bxf6 Rd7 30.Qe6+ Qf7 31.Bc3 f3 32.Kf2 b5 33.axb6 axb6 34.d6 Qxe6 35.Rxe6 Nf4 36.Nxb6 Rd8 37.Re4 Ne2 38.Be5 c4 39.Rxc4 Re8 40.d7 Rxe5 41.d8=Q Nc3 42.Re1 1-0

Almost a joke. Inarkiev to meet winner of Bu-Xu

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Duran, Sergio – So, Wesley
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Qc1 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.Re1 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 c6 15.a5 Rad8 16.Bg2 Bxf4 17.gxf4 Kh8 18.e3 Rg8 19.Qc2 g5 20.f5 g4 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Qb3 Rb8 23.Ra4 Nf8 24.Qb4 Qf7 25.Qc5 Ng6 26.Qg5 Rbf8 27.Rf1 Qg7 28.Kh1 h6 29.Qc5 Nh4 30.Raa1 Qc7 31.Ne4 Nxg2 32.Nxf6 Rxf6 33.Kxg2 Rg5 34.Qc3 Rh5 35.Rh1 Qd7 36.Qd3 Qd5+ 37.Kg1 Qf3 38.Rf1 Rxa5 39.Qb3 Rh5 40.Qd3 a5 41.b3 Rg5 42.Qd1 Qh3 0-1

So meets Demchenko in the next round

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Vidit, Gujrathi – Pichot, Alan
E04 Catalan, open

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c6 6.a4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.Qc2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 b5 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Qg5 O-O 12.Qxb5 Ba6 13.Qa4 Qb6 14.O-O Qxb2 15.Nbd2 Bb5 16.Nxc4 Bxa4 17.Nxb2 Bb5 18.Ne5 Ra7 19.Nbc4 Nbd7 20.Nxa5 Bxe2 21.Rfe1 Bh5 22.Nac6 Rxa1 23.Rxa1 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Nd7 25.f4 Re8 26.Ra7 Nc5 27.Kf2 Kf8 28.Ke3 Bg6 29.g4 Rc8 30.Ne7 Rd8 31.f5 exf5 32.gxf5 Bh5 33.Nc6 Rc8 34.Bd5 h6 35.Kd4 Nb3+ 36.Bxb3 Rxc6 37.Ra8+ Ke7 38.Ba4 Bf3 39.Ra7+ Kf8 40.Bxc6 Bxc6 41.Kc5 Be4 42.Kd6 g5 43.e6 1-0

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Rakhmanov, Aleksandr – Grandelius, Nils
A30 English, symmetrical

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 e4 6.Ne5 h5 7.Be2 Bd6 8.f4 cxd4 9.exd4 Bb8 10.O-O Ne7 11.c5 d6 12.cxd6 Nf5 13.Qa4+ Kf8 14.d7 Bxd7 15.Nxd7+ Qxd7 16.Qxd7 Nxd7 17.Nxe4 Nxd4 18.Bc4 Nb6 19.Rd1 Nc2 20.Rd8+ Ke7 21.Rxh8 Nxa1 22.Bd3 Be5 23.Rxa8 Bd4+ 24.Kf1 Nxa8 25.Ke2 Nc7 26.Nc3 Kd6 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Kxe3 Kc5 29.Kd2 b5 30.Ne4+ Kd4 31.Nd6 b4 32.Nf5+ Kc5 33.Nxg7 h4 34.Nf5 Nd5 35.Nxh4 Nxf4 36.b3 a5 37.g3 Nd5 38.Kc1 Kd4 39.Bf5 Kc3 40.Nf3 Ne3 41.g4 Nxf5 42.gxf5 Nc2 43.f6 Ne3 44.Ne5 Nd5 45.Nxf7 Nxf6 46.Ne5 Ne4 47.h4 a4 48.bxa4 Kd4 49.a5 Kc5 50.h5 Nf6 51.h6 Kb5 52.Nc4 Ka6 53.Kd2 Kb5 54.Kd3 Ka6 55.Ke2 Kb5 56.Kf3 1-0

Rakhmanov to play Vidit

Sam Sevian to play Sergey Karjakin

Round 1, Game 2, Sept. 11
Urkedal, Olav – Vitiugov, Nikita
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.Nd2 O-O 7.e4 e5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Ne7 10.O-O Ng6 11.g3 Bh3 12.Re1 Ne8 13.Qh5 Qd7 14.Nf1 Bg4 15.Qg5 f5 16.f3 Bxf3 17.exf5 e4 18.Rxe4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Ne7 20.g4 Nf6 21.Bd3 h6 22.Qf4 Rae8 23.Ng3 g5 24.Qf3 Qc6 25.Ne4 Kg7 26.Bc1 Nxf5 27.d5 Nh4 28.Qxf6+ Rxf6 29.dxc6 Rf3 30.Be2 Rff8 31.Ng3 bxc6 32.Rb1 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Rxb8 34.Bd3 Nf3+ 35.Kf2 Ne5 36.Bf5 c5 37.Ke2 Nxc4 38.Kd3 Ne5+ 39.Kc2 Nf3 40.h3 Ng1 41.Be4 Nxh3 42.c4 Nf4 43.Bxf4 gxf4 44.Nh5+ Kf7 45.Nxf4 Kf6 46.Nd5+ Ke5 47.Bd3 Rg8 48.Be2 Rg7 49.Kd3 c6 50.Ne3 Kf4 51.Ng2+ Kg3 52.Ne3 Rg6 53.Nf5+ Kf4 54.Ne7 Re6 55.Nxc6 Re3+ 56.Kd2 Ra3 57.Ne7 Rxa2+ 58.Kd3 a5 59.Nd5+ Kg3 60.Nc3 Rxe2 61.Kxe2 Kxg4 62.Nb5 a4 63.Kd3 Kf4 64.Nxd6 a3 65.Kc2 h5 66.Nb7 h4 67.Nxc5 h3 68.Nd3+ Kg3 69.Nc1 0-1

[Hans Jung]

Vidit found some amazing piece play in a simplified position.

[Hans Jung]

Firoujza played resourcefully in a tough position to hold a necessary draw.

[Hans Jung]

Lupulescu who lost a winning game in round 1 fought back in the second game and evened the score.

[Hans Jung]

Grischuk dominated both games with nice play.

[Hans Jung]

Christiansen - Wojtazcek must be the greatest upset match with Christiansen dominating in both games.