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A great fight in the second playoff game between Ding and Yu Yangyi. Ding persevered. On to the final.
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World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
September 28, 2019
Round Six
Semifinals
Tiebreaks
From the official site:
Yu Yangyi played White in a first rapid game and sacrificed a pawn in the Nimzo-Indian Defense. The game quickly transitioned to an endgame. Both grandmasters showed deep understanding of the resulting position, and a draw was a fair result.
The players picked the English Opening for their second game. In a very sharp and double-edged variation Black sacrificed a pawn, and later gave up the exchange. He received sufficient compensation and could have even claimed a certain edge, however, a couple of inaccurate moves made by Black under the time pressure allowed White to consolidate. On the 33rd move Black made a mistake, which led to trading the queens, and White's extra exchange told in the subsequent game. Ding Liren celebrated a victory on the 43rd move and advanced to the final.
After the game, the rating favorite of the event told that since the previous World Cup in 2017, where he had also advanced to the Final but had lost to Levon Aronian, his play has improved. “Now I am the top seed; also I am facing a different opponent. At least, playing for the first place is much better that playing for the third place”, said Ding Liren with a smile.
We remind you that both finalists of the 2019 FIDE World Cup automatically qualify to the Candidates Tournament, which will take place in spring 2020 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. According to the Regulations, the third place finisher of the World Cup also has a chance to be among the candidates, if he is nominated by the organizers.
September 29 is a rest day.
Final match and third place match start on Monday, September 30. Both matches consist of four classical games and, if necessary, will be concluded on tie-break.
Final, Game 1
Radjabov-Ding Liren
Match for 3rd place, Game 1
Yu Yangyi-Vachier-Lagrave
Tiebreaks
Round 6, Game 3, Sept. 28
25+10
Yu, Yangyi – Ding, Liren
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.Qb3 h6 7.Bh4 Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Qc2 Nxc4 10.O-O-O Bxc3 11.Qxc3 b5 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.e4 Bb7 15.Bxc4 bxc4 16.dxe6 dxe6 17.Rhe1 Rfd8 18.Re3 Rd3 19.Rdxd3 cxd3 20.b3 a5 21.Nd2 Ba6 22.Kb2 a4 23.Rh3 Kh7 24.Rf3 axb3 25.axb3 Rg8 26.Rxf6 Rxg2 27.Rxf7+ Kg6 28.Ra7 Bb5 29.Ra5 Be8 30.Rxc5 Rxf2 31.Kc3 1/2-1/2
Round 6, Game 4, Sept. 28
25+10
Ding, Liren – Yu, Yangyi
A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov Counter-Attack
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 a5 4.Nf3 d6 5.a3 Bc5 6.e3 Nf6 7.d4 Nxd5 8.cxd5 exd4 9.exd4 Bb6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Bd3 f5 13.Qc2 Nd7 14.Bxf5 Nf6 15.Bd3 h6 16.Nh4 Nxd5 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Ng6+ Kxh7 19.Nxf8+ Kg8 20.Ng6 Qf6 21.Qe4 Be6 22.O-O Re8 23.Nh4 Bf7 24.Qg4 h5 25.Qg3 Re4 26.Bg5 Qe6 27.h3 Bxd4 28.Nf3 Bxb2 29.Rab1 Re2 30.Bd2 Qf6 31.Bxa5 Nf4 32.Bxc7 Rc2 33.Kh2 h4 34.Qg5 Rxc7 35.Rxb2 Qxg5 36.Nxg5 Bc4 37.Re1 g6 38.Re4 Nd3 39.Rc2 Rc5 40.Rcxc4 Rxg5 41.Re7 Nc5 42.Rxh4 Rf5 43.f3 1-0
Position after White’s 34.Qg5
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- Anish Giri is also now leading the new race for the rating place in the Candidates #c24live
From Martin Bennedik:
@anishgiri is 6 points ahead of @Vachier_Lagrave in the average ratings.
With three more lists to be counted for the rating race, MVL would have to gain 25 points on Giri in the November list to overtake him.
Correction: @FIDE_chess confirmed that the #FIDEWorldCup is evaluated for the November list.
This means that @anishgiri has 7 points lead on average rating, and MVL would have to gain another 27 points on Giri in the November list, in addition to the 8 points from the world cup.
https://twitter.com/bennedik?ref_src...19%2F1%2F1%2F1
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A bonus for the chess fans: the playoff for third place. Id forgotten about that and Im sure it was starting to get lonely in the playing hall.Comment
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World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
September 30, 2019
Finals
Third Place Playoff
From the official site:
The first game of the FIDE World Cup Final between Teimour Radjabov and Ding Liren lasted less than an hour and ended in a draw. The players opted for the Marshall Attack in the Ruy Lopez, following their recent game in Shamkir. Only on the 27th move Radjabov deviated from the already played line, but Ding Liren reacted accurately. Almost all the pieces were exchanged, and a draw was agreed in an equal rook ending on the 33rd move.
The third place match between Yu Yangyi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave started with an opening discussion in a sharp line of the Gruenfeld Defense. Neither player was spending much time on their moves, however, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave confessed after the game that he had needed the time he’d spared to find the most precise defense in the endgame with two minor pieces against a rook. After he demonstrated all the right replies, the players agreed to a draw on the 36th move.
Final, Game 1, Sept. 30
Radjabov, Teimour – Ding, Liren
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counter-Attack
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 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Nd2 Rae8 17.Ne4 Bg4 18.Qg2 Qxg2+ 19.Kxg2 f5 20.h3 Bh5 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.gxf4 fxe4 23.dxe4 Bf3+ 24.Kxf3 Rxf4+ 25.Kg3 Rfxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.a4 Re2 28.axb5 axb5 29.Bxd5+ cxd5 30.Rd1 Rxb2 31.Rxd5 Rb3 32.f3 Rxc3 33.Rxb5 1/2-1/2
Final Position
Third Place Playoff, Game 1, Sept. 30
Yu, Yangyi – 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.e5 Ng4 16.e6 fxe6 17.h3 Ne5 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Qxd8 Raxd8 20.Bxb5 Bc4 21.Bxe8 Nd3+ 22.Kf1 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Nxc1+ 24.Kg1 Ne2+ 25.Kh2 Rxe8 26.Rhe1 Bf7 27.c4 Bxc4 28.Rac1 Bb5 29.Rc7 a6 30.Ra7 Re4 31.Rd1 Rd4 32.Rxd4 Nxd4 33.a4 Bxa4 34.Rxa6 Bb3 35.Ra7 Bf7 36.Kg3 1/2-1/2
Peter Doggers at chess.com:
So how long was Vachier-Lagrave's preparation?
"Until this two rooks against rook, bishop and knight," he said, "which is a bit unpleasant for me. But the good thing for me is I basically played 25 moves in five minutes, and then I have 15 moves to make with a lot of time to be accurate and to avoid troubles."
The final consists of four classical games and only then, if needed, a tiebreak. The winner will earn $110,000; the runner-up, $80,000. The winner in the match for third place will earn $60,000; the loser gets $50,000.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019...up-final-day-1
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World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
October 1, 2019
Finals
Third Place Playoff
Game Two
From the official site:
Ding Liren and Teimour Radjabov played a well-known line of the English Opening, in which White sacrifices a pawn. The Chinese grandmaster got significant compensation and started an attack on the kingside, while the black pieces were blocked on the three back ranks. The decisive mistake of Black was probably moving his pawn from e6 to e5 – the white pieces flooded the Black's camp after that. With precise play, Ding Liren obtained a decisive advantage and won on move 40.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Yu Yangyi played the Petrov’s Defense. According to the French grandmaster, who had White in this game, he exerted certain pressure, but then underestimated a precise reply of the opponent, who was very well prepared for this variation. After the major pieces were exchanged, a balanced position arose, and the players agreed to a draw after the 30th move.
Third Place Playoff, Game 2, Oct. 1
MVL – Yu, Yangyi
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Bd3 Re8 11.Rhe1 Bg4 12.Qe2 a6 13.h3 Bd7 14.g4 Bf8 15.Qf1 g6 16.Bg5 Bg7 17.Nd2 Rxe1 18.Rxe1 Qf8 19.f4 Re8 20.Bh4 Rxe1+ 21.Qxe1 Qe8 22.Qxe8+ Bxe8 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 c6 25.Kd2 Bd7 26.Bd3 f5 27.g5 b5 28.Bf2 c5 29.b3 Kf7 30.h4 h5 1/2-1/2
Final, Game 2, Oct. 1
Ding, Liren – Radjabov, Teimour
A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian variation
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxe5 8.Ndb5 a6 9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.Qxd6 f6 11.Be3 Ne7 12.Bb6 Nf5 13.Qb4 Nc6 14.Qc5 Qe7 15.O-O-O d6 16.Qa3 O-O 17.g4 Nh6 18.Rg1 Nf7 19.f4 Bd7 20.h4 a5 21.g5 Kh8 22.Qb3 Rfc8 23.Kb1 e5 24.Nd5 Bf5+ 25.Ka1 Qe6 26.gxf6 gxf6 27.a3 Rab8 28.Bg2 Rg8 29.Ne3 Nd4 30.Bxd4 exd4 31.Nxf5 Qxf5 32.Bd5 Rxg1 33.Rxg1 Nh6 34.Qb6 Qd7 35.Qxd4 Qe7 36.Ka2 Nf5 37.Qc3 b6 38.h5 Re8 39.h6 Ne3 40.Re1 1-0
Position after 35.Qxd4
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Chess24 has an interview with Vitiugov. You’ll recall that he lost to Yu Yangyi in Armageddon (Round 5, Game 9, Sept. 25):
Nikita Vitiugov:It’s really a shame to finish my appearance at the World Cup in such a manner. The knockout system is treacherous – for two weeks you play well, and then it all ends in one game. For any chess player getting knocked out of the World Cup at such a late stage is a shock, and when it’s all decided in Armageddon it’s a double shock.
Boris Khodorovsky: Who chose the colour for that game?
My opponent. He won the toss and picked the white pieces.
When did you feel fatigue during the tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk?
It could be felt already in the early stages. If you compare the knockout system with the usual Swiss opens or round-robin tournaments then essentially at every stage you play only deciding games. That’s a big test for your nervous system. They tell us that in tennis they play like that constantly, but for a chess player such a format is unusual. Essentially only the World Cup is played like that, once every two years.
Was the final pairing a surprise for you?
From the very beginning I considered Ding Liren the favourite. From the early stages you got the impression that he’s a chess player from another league – perhaps the victory of the Chinese player over Magnus Carlsen in the recent St. Louis tournament had an impact on that impression. Radjabov said in an interview that he didn’t see himself getting to the final, but there probably wasn’t a single player in Khanty-Mansiysk who saw himself getting there in advance.
If you’d been told before the start of the tournament that you’d get to the quarterfinals would you have called that outcome a success?
Ten years I got through three rounds of the World Cup, and only after strong opponents who I was supposed to meet according to the pairings tree had been knocked out. This time I not only got through four rounds but also beat two top chess players, and the match with Yu Yangyi, who’s also a top player, was at least balanced. A very good performance, but the shock I experienced in the quarterfinal Armageddon is something I still have to get over. I need to do that, since I’ve got three very important tournaments coming up: the Grand Swiss on the Isle of Man, where a place in the Candidates Tournament is at stake, the European Team Championship in Batumi and what for me is the last stage of the Grand Prix in Hamburg.
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/nik...is-treacherous
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World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
October 2, 2019
Finals
Third Place Playoff
Game Three
From the official site:
Similar to their first game of the match, Teimour Radjabov and Ding Liren discussed the Marshall Attack of the Ruy Lopez. However, this time they opted for a different branch of it. The grandmaster from Azerbaijan was better prepared and gripped his opponent right from the opening. After the queens were swapped, Radjabov came up with an interesting tactical trick and won a pawn. The ending with rooks and bishops of the same colour arose. White kept increasing the pressure, and holding it as Black was quite hard. Eventually White achieved a winning position, and Black resigned on the 45th move. Teimour Radjabov equalizes the score, which is now 1.5-1.5.
In the match for third place Maxime Vachier-Lagrave once again defended the Gruenfeld. According to the Frenchman, he underestimated one of the replies of his opponent and ended up in an inferior position. Black seemed unable to defend all of his weaknesses, however, Yu Yangyi played inaccurately on the 25th move, and the game equalized. A draw was agreed on the 32nd move. The score in this match is 1.5-1.5.
Third Place Playoff, Game 3, Oct. 2
Yu, Yangyi – MVL
D86 Grunfeld, Exchange, Classical variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.d5 Na5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Rb1 e6 12.c4 f5 13.O-O fxe4 14.Bxe4 Nxc4 15.Nf4 Nd6 16.Bf3 exd5 17.Qxd5+ Kh8 18.Qxc5 Bf5 19.Bb2 Bxb2 20.Rxb2 Qf6 21.Re2 Rfc8 22.Qa5 Rc4 23.Nd5 Qd4 24.Re7 Rac8 25.Rd1 Rc1 26.Ree1 Nc4 27.Qb4 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Qb2 29.Qe7 Qg7 30.g4 Bd7 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.Ne3 1/2-1/2
Finals, Game 3, Oct. 2
Radjabov, Teimour – Ding, Liren
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counter-Attack
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 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Be3 Bxd3 17.Nd2 Qf5 18.Bd4 Rfd8 19.a4 h6 20.h4 Rac8 21.Qxf5 Bxf5 22.Ne4 Bf8 23.Nc5 Nb4 24.Re5 g6 25.axb5 cxb5 26.Ne6 Bxe6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Bxe6+ Kh7 29.Bxc8 Rxc8 30.cxb4 Rc4 31.Bf6 Bg7 32.Be7 Rc6 33.Ra2 Kg8 34.Bc5 Kf7 35.Kg2 Ke6 36.b3 h5 37.Kf3 Kf5 38.Rd2 Be5 39.Rd5 Ke6 40.Ke4 Bf6 41.f4 Bc3 42.f5+ Kf7 43.Rd7+ Kg8 44.Bd6 gxf5+ 45.Kxf5 Bg7 46.Kg5 1-0
Position after White’s 43.Rd7+
Chessbomb kibitzers
- THIS is what it takes to beat Ding!
- 1-0. Didn't think Liren would crumble under time pressure.
- Both of them are in great form. Yesterday Ding played perfectly, today Radjabov.
- Brilliant game by Radjabov
- Great play by Radji
- I just didn't think Radja was capable of playing this insanely well
- Ding played good as well, but time pressure got to him.
- 39...Kf6 looks difficult for black too. Ding obviously saw something he didn't like
- Well, Radjabov also achieved nearly 2800 last time before his decline
- in fact, another win tomorrow would put him in front of Mamedyarov. That should be some motivation
- yes, his highest live rating famously is 2799.6
- Looks liked 29... Rxc8 was the first and decisive error, which is incredible
- This was a high level game that Carlsen would surely be impressed too
Live Ratings as of today
Carlsen 2876.0
Caruana 2812.0
Ding Liren 2801.7
MVL 2777.6
Giri 2775.8
Nepo 2772.8
Mamedyarov 2771.6
So 2768.4
Radjabov 2766.3
Anand 2765.0
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Radjabov's win is good for the fans. Fighting chess all the way!Comment
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World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
October 3, 2019
Finals
Third Place Playoff
Game Four
From the official site:
Ding Liren and Teimour Radjabov played a variation of the English Opening, in which Black sacrifices a pawn, but obtains certain compensation due to an insecure position of the white king. The game quickly transposed to an endgame, where White's ruined pawn structure left him little chance of utilizing the extra material. Black regained a pawn in a rook ending and equalised the game fully. A draw was agreed on the 31st move.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Yu Yangyi once again played the Petrov’s Defense. According to the Frenchman, his position was better, however, he was unable to increase this advantage, and after multiple exchanges the game equalised. The players agreed to a draw in a queen ending.
Thus, classical parts of both matches ended in a 2-2 tie, and the winners will be determined on tie-break on Friday, October 4.
In the first rapid game Teimour Radjabov will have White against Ding Liren, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will have White against Yu Yangyi.
Final, Game 4, Oct. 3
Ding, Liren – Radjabov, Teimour
A29 English, Bremen
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.Nxe5 Nxc3 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.bxc3 Qd5 10.Nf3 Bh3 11.Qb3 Bg2 12.Qxd5 cxd5 13.Rg1 Bxf3 14.exf3 d4 15.Rb1 O-O-O 16.Rb5 Rhe8+ 17.Kd1 Bb6 18.cxd4 Bxd4 19.Rf1 Re6 20.Bb2 Ra6 21.Bxd4 Rxd4 22.Rb2 Rda4 23.Re1 Kd7 24.Rb8 Rxa2 25.Ree8 Ra1+ 26.Ke2 Re6+ 27.Rxe6 Kxe6 28.Re8+ Kf6 29.Rc8 Rc1 30.Ra8 Ra1 31.Rc8 1/2-1/2
Final Position
Third Place Playoff, Game 4, Oct. 3
MVL – Yu, Yangyi
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 Bf5 9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Bc4 Bf6 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 O-O 14.Rhe1 b6 15.Bd5 Rae8 16.Qc4 Be6 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.Rxe6 fxe6 19.Rd2 a5 20.a4 Rf6 21.b3 d5 22.Qe2 Rf5 23.Kb2 Qd6 24.h4 h6 25.Rd3 Re5 26.Qg4 Qe7 27.g3 Qf6 28.Rf3 Rf5 29.Rxf5 Qxf5 30.Qe2 Kf7 1/2-1/2
Final Position
Evidently, on the chess24 coverage of the tiebreaks tomorrow, the commentators will be Jan Gustafsson, Peter Svidler and Magnus Carlsen
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World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
October 4, 2019
Finals
Third Place Playoff
Tiebreaks
From the official site:
Teimour Radjabov had White in the first rapid game. An advantage passed from one player to another a few times, yet the game ended in a draw. The second game took a calmer course and also ended peacefully.
In the first 10-minute game Radjabov got an advantage as Black, but Ding Liren managed to survive. The second 10-minute game also ended in a draw.
In the first blitz game Radjabov, playing Black, outplayed his opponent in a minor piece ending. In the return game the Chinese grandmaster tried to mount a comeback, but was eventually defeated as well.
Thus, the score in the Final is 6-4 in favour of Teimour Radjabov, and he becomes the winner of the 2019 FIDE World Cup.
In the 3rd place match, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave celebrated a convincing victory in the first game, playing White. The Chinese player was unable to alter the course of the match in the second game, losing as White in 24 moves. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins the bronze of the World Cup.
In the interview afterwards, the Frenchman said he is very happy about his play in the rapid games. He is planning to get some rest, and will play the 3rd leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in November.
Both finalists of the World Cup secured spots in the Candidates Tournament, which will takes place in the spring 2020 in Yekaterinburg. According to the regulations, the 3rd place finisher of the World Cup can also be included in the Candidates Tournament, if nominated by the organizer.
Total prize fund of the FIDE World Cup is $1,600,000. The winner received $110,000, the runner-up got $80,000.
Third Place, Game Five, Oct. 4
25+10
MVL – Yu, Yangyi
B40 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.e5 Nd5 7.O-O d6 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Rd1 Nc7 10.d4 cxd4 11.Bf4 Qd8 12.Ne5 Nd5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Be5 O-O 15.Bxd4 Bf6 16.Qd2 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Qb6 18.c4 Nb4 19.Qc3 a5 20.Nd2 Bb7 21.a3 Na6 22.Ne4 c5 23.Rd6 Qc7 24.Rad1 Rad8 25.Qd2 Rxd6 26.Qxd6 Qb8 27.Qe7 Ba8 28.Rd7 Bc6 29.Nf6+ gxf6 30.Bxc6 Qxb2 31.Rb7 Qe5 32.h4 Kg7 33.Kg2 Nb8 34.Bf3 h6 35.Rb5 Na6 36.Rxa5 Nb8 37.Rxc5 Qd4 38.Rc7 Na6 39.Rc6 Rb8 40.Bh5 Qe4+ 41.Kh2 Rf8 42.Rxa6 Qf5 43.Kg2 Qxh5 44.Rxe6 Qf5 45.Re4 h5 46.Rf4 Qg6 47.Qe4 Qxe4+ 48.Rxe4 Rc8 49.a4 Rc5 50.Re3 Rxc4 51.Ra3 Rc6 52.a5 Ra6 53.Kf3 Kf8 54.Ke4 Ke7 55.f3 Ke6 56.g4 f5+ 57.gxf5+ Kd6 58.f6 Ke6 59.Ra4 Kxf6 60.Kd5 Ke7 61.Kc5 Kd7 62.Kb5 Rf6 63.a6 Kc7 64.a7 Rf5+ 65.Kb4 Rf4+ 66.Kb3 1-0
Final Position
Third Place, Game Six, Oct. 4
25+10
Yu, Yangyi – MVL
D85 Grunfeld, Exchange variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bg5 c5 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nf6 12.d5 Bd7 13.Qb4 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.e5 Ng4 16.e6 fxe6 17.Bc4 Ba4 18.Rc1 b5 19.Be2 exd5 20.Bxe7 Rfe8 21.Bg5 b4 22.Kf1 Rxe2 23.Kxe2 Bb5+ 24.Ke1 Bc3+ 0-1
Final Position
Finals, Game 5, Oct. 4
25+10
Radjabov, Teimour – Ding, Liren
D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Bd3 b6 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Qf3 Rb8 13.O-O Bd6 14.Qh3 h6 15.Nf3 Bb7 16.Rfe1 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Bxh2+ 18.Kf1 Bd6 19.c4 h5 20.Qh3 Kf8 21.Rab1 Rd8 22.Bc3 Rh6 23.a4 h4 24.Kg1 Nh5 25.Bf1 Nf4 26.Qf3 Rf6 27.Qe4 Ng6 28.Rb2 h3 29.gxh3 Rf4 30.Qh1 Nh4 31.Re3 Rf5 32.Rb5 e5 33.c5 Be7 34.Qe4 Rf4 35.cxb6 axb6 36.Qh7 Ng6 37.Rbxe5 Rh4 38.Rh5 Rxh5 39.Qxh5 Bf6 40.Qb5 Nh4 41.Bb4+ Kg8 42.Re8+ Rxe8 43.Qxe8+ Kh7 44.Qe4+ g6 45.d5 Nf5 46.d6 Nxd6 47.Qf4 Ne8 48.Qxc7 Nxc7 49.Bc4 Kg7 50.Bd6 Ne8 51.Bb8 Bd8 52.Be5+ Bf6 53.Bb8 Bd8 54.Bf4 Bc7 55.Be3 Nd6 56.Bd4+ f6 57.Bd3 Nb7 58.Bc2 Nd8 59.Be4 Ne6 60.Be3 f5 61.Bc6 Kf6 62.Kg2 g5 63.Bd7 Nf4+ 64.Bxf4 Bxf4 1/2-1/2
Finals, Game 6, Oct. 4
25+10
Ding, Liren – Radjabov, Teimour
A29 English, Bremen
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 h6 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Nd2 Qe6 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Bd7 13.e3 Rad8 14.a3 Qg6 15.Qc2 Bb6 16.b4 Bf5 17.Ne4 a6 18.Rfd1 Bg4 19.Rd2 Qh5 20.Rc1 Bf3 21.Qb3 Kh7 22.Nc5 Bxc5 23.Rxc5 Re6 24.a4 b6 25.Rc1 e4 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Ne5 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.Rxc7 Rxb5 30.Bxf3 exf3 31.Qd1 Rc5 32.Rxc5 bxc5 33.d4 Qf5 34.h4 Rb8 35.Qc2 Qxc2 36.Rxc2 cxd4 37.exd4 Rb1+ 38.Kh2 Rd1 39.Rc3 Rxd4 40.Rxf3 1/2-1/2
Finals, Game 7, Oct. 4
10+10
Ding, Liren – Radjabov, Teimour
A29 English, Bremen
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 h6 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Nd2 Qe6 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Bd7 13.Rc1 Bd4 14.Bxd4 exd4 15.Ne4 b6 16.a3 Rac8 17.Re1 a5 18.Rc4 f5 19.Nd2 Qd6 20.Rc2 Ne5 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.dxc4 Qxa3 23.Qxd4 Qxb3 24.Rb2 Qa3 25.c5 bxc5 26.Qc4+ Kh8 27.Rb7 Be6 28.Bd5 Bxd5 29.Qxd5 Qc3 30.Rbb1 Qe5 31.Qc6 Ra8 32.Rbc1 Qd6 33.Qxc5 Qxc5 34.Rxc5 a4 35.Rxc7 a3 36.Rc2 Rec8 37.Ra2 Rc3 38.Rb1 Ra5 39.h4 Kh7 40.Rb6 h5 41.Kg2 1/2-1/2
Finals, Game 8, Oct. 4
10+10
Radjabov, Teimour – Ding, Liren
D40 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch Defence
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Bb7 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.a4 b4 13.e4 h6 14.Qc2 Bd6 15.Be3 O-O 16.Nd2 Bf4 17.Bxf4 Qxf4 18.f3 Rfd8 19.Nc4 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Rac1 Rac8 22.Bc4 a5 23.Rfd1 Rd4 24.b3 Rcd8 25.Rxd4 cxd4 26.Qd3 h5 27.Rd1 Rd7 28.Bb5 Rd8 29.Bc4 Rd7 30.Bb5 Rd8 1/2-1/2
Finals, Game 9, Oct 4
5+3
Ding, Liren – Radjabov, Teimour
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Qc1 Nbd7 12.Re1 Qe7 13.Nc3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Bxf4 15.Qxf4 c6 16.a5 Rad8 17.Red1 e5 18.Qe3 Rfe8 19.d5 e4 20.Bg2 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Nf6 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.h3 Qb4 25.b3 h5 26.Kh2 Rd5 27.Qf4 Rxa5 28.Rxa5 Qxa5 29.Qb8+ Kh7 30.Qxb7 Qf5 31.Kg1 e3 32.fxe3 Qe6 33.Kf2 Qf5+ 34.Qf3 Qe6 35.e4 g6 36.Kg1 Nd7 37.Qc3 Ne5 38.b4 Qd6 39.Kf2 Nc6 40.Qc5 Qd4+ 41.Qxd4 Nxd4 42.e5 Nc2 43.Bd5 Kg7 44.e6 fxe6 45.Bxe6 Nxb4 46.Ke3 Kf6 47.Bd7 Ke5 48.Be8 Nd5+ 49.Kd3 Ne7 50.Kc4 a5 51.Kc5 Kf6 52.Kb5 Nf5 53.Kxa5 Nxg3 54.Bb5 g5 55.Kb4 Ke5 56.Kc3 Kf4 57.Kd2 Ne4+ 58.Ke1 Kg3 59.Bd7 h4 60.e3 Nf2 61.Kf1 Nxh3 62.e4 Nf4 63.e5 h3 64.Bc6 h2 65.Bb7 g4 66.Bc6 Kh3 67.Bb7 g3 68.Bc8+ Kh4 69.Bb7 Kg5 70.Be4 Kg4 71.e6 Nxe6 72.Kg2 Nf4+ 73.Kh1 Nh3 74.Bf3+ Kf4 75.Kg2 Nf2 76.Kf1 Kxf3 0-1
Position after 51….Kf6
Final position
Finals, Game 10, Oct. 4
5+3
Radjabov, Teimour – Ding, Liren
B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Bg5 11.Bg4 Be6 12.O-O g6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Nc3 Qe7 15.Qd3 Rad8 16.Rad1 a6 17.a3 Kg7 18.Qg3 h5 19.Ne2 d5 20.Qc3 Rf6 21.Qc5 Qf7 22.c3 h4 23.h3 Rd7 24.Qb6 Re7 25.Nc5 Kh7 26.b4 d4 27.Nd3 Rd7 28.Qc5 dxc3 29.Qxc3 Bh6 30.a4 Nd4 31.Nxd4 exd4 32.Qc4 Qe7 33.Ne5 Rc7 34.Qxd4 Bf4 35.Ng4 Rf7 36.e5 Rf5 37.b5 axb5 38.axb5 g5 39.b6 Rc6 40.Qe4 Rxb6 41.Rd7 Qxd7 42.Nf6+ Kg7 43.Nxd7 Rb5 44.Qc4 Rd5 45.Nc5 Rfxe5 46.Nxe6+ 1-0
Position after Black’s 23….Rd7
Final position
Radjabov is World Cup Champion 2019
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World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
October 4, 2019
Finals
Third Place Playoff
Tiebreaks (continued)
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From the chess24 broadcast with Svidler and then Magnus with Jan Gustafsson:
Jan: "Let's look at Yu Yangyi-MVL, the match for 3rd place"
Peter: "Yes, that must be great fun for them!"
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins with White to take the lead against Yu Yangyi in the 3rd place match
A complete thriller where Ding Liren and Teimour Radjabov were both winning at some point ends in a draw! Peter Svidler "departs to make way for the master" Magnus Carlsen for the 2nd game
Magnus Carlsen is in the house! Jan: "It looked like Radjabov survived a very tough position with 10 seconds on the clock. He's good with limited time?" Magnus: "What can I say - he's a fighter and a hero!"
Magnus on Giri pulling out of Isle of Man: "To be honest I've been feeling a bit under the weather the last few days, so now I'm thinking that my boy could have got an easy draw against me & a few rating points... So he might have missed
(Jan is captaining the Dutch team and Anish has asked to be first board)
Magnus on the European Team Championship: "As the saying goes, the needs of the Giri outweigh the needs of the many"
Magnus advises MVL to move to Yekaterinburg as soon as possible to boost his Candidates wild card chances
Magnus Carlsen: "Ding Liren is low key becoming a pretty good bluffer... he plays quickly, he plays confidently and it's not so easy to call the bluffs"
Magnus: "When you're tired playing quickly is a common strategy. You realise if you think too much you're going to mess it up - it's better to let your intuition do the talking"
MVL's Siberian ordeal is over as he beats Yu Yangyi in both rapid games to snatch 3rd place in the #FIDEWorldCupand $60,000 in prize money!
Jan: Do you work on endgames? You seem to squeeze out a lot of wins Magnus: "Have you checked out my games recently? It's been a long time since I played endgames! Now I win in swashbuckling style - I haven't been working on my endgames, I've been working on my middlegames!"
The 3rd place match is decided, but the Ding Liren-Radjabov #FIDEWorldCupfinal goes to 10-minute games after both rapid games were drawn!
The 1st 10-minute game is about to start, with Magnus considering Ding Liren only a "slight favourite" at this point
Jan: "People are very curious about your daily training regime..." Magnus: "Let's keep this cheerful, shall we?"
(Of Game 7 ) Magnus says of 23...Qxb3!? by Radjabov: "It’s so brave, that’s really cool (...) this is the moment you could really see Radjabov winning this whole thing"
Magnus Carlsen: "If the question is whether I think Kasparov or Fischer was greater I think no serious chess player or historian thinks that Fischer is greater in a historical context than Kasparov"
Carlsen: "I think the old idea that you shouldn't play blitz even in training is heavily outdated"
Magnus predicted the repetition that means the 2019 #FIDEWorldCuphas gone to 5-minute games. His latest prediction is "Ding is going to take it" without the need for Armageddon. He's sticking around: "It's sort of a not too great movie that you still want to see how it ends!"
The 5-minute games have started!
"For Ding this must be absolutely sickening!" - Magnus Teimour Radjabov wins a seemingly impossible to win ending and now Ding Liren must win on demand with Black to force Armageddon!
Magnus on Ding's mistakes: "It’s very hard to criticize people when they’re down to seconds in such a high stakes game. I know from experience that it’s impossible to play very well under those circumstances"
The last 5+3 game has begun, with Teimour Radjabov needing only a draw to win the Cup.
Jan: "He’s very calm under pressure this Radjabov guy?" Magnus: "It’s amazing, truly amazing. Maybe just feels like there’s no pressure"
Congratulations to Teimour Radjabov on winning the 2019 #FIDEWorldCup! Ding Liren finishes runner-up for a 2nd World Cup in a row:
Olimpiu G. Urcan (on Game 9) - A 30,000 US$ error: Ding Liren's 52.Kb5 (missing 52...Nf5 53.g4 Nd6+) proved very costly as Teimour Radjabov wins the 2019 edition of the #FIDEWorldCup.
Mikhail Golubev - A missed chance for Ding Liren in the decisive blitz game (Game 10) was to play after 22.c3? Qc7!! -/+ (threatening ...b6), and if 23.exd5 exd5 24.Rxd5? b6! 25.Qc4 Qf7! -+, etc. Really hard to find!
Douglas Griffin –
World Cup Winners:
2005 - Levon Aronian
2007 - Gata Kamsky
2009 - Boris Gelfand
2011 - Peter Svidler
2013 - Vladimir Kramnik
2015 - Sergey Karjakin
2017 - Levon Aronian
2019 - Teimour Radjabov.
All of them born in the Soviet Union. It casts a long shadow on #chess
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Peter Doggers - In his interview from last week, Radjabov revealed that he's considered quitting chess for a long time: "Either you are here and you play or you just don’t play chess and that was a kind of thing I am considering for the last 10 years."
Perhaps it was this mindset that prevented him from getting too nervous today. Not expecting anything, and happily taking the underdog position, can actually help.
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"It’s a relief of course," MVL said. "It’s still disappointing that I didn’t manage to qualify directly for the Candidates’ but of course I hope to have a chance in the FIDE Grand Prix starting in November. But of course it’s very good to end on a high note. Today I played very well. I got a very good positions from the start; this helped a lot.
A very long period of chess has now ended for Vachier-Lagrave, who, starting from mid-July, played in the Riga Grand Prix, the Paris Grand Chess Tour, the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz, the Sinquefield Cup and the FIDE World Cup and squeezed in his Chess.com Speed Chess match with Wei Yi as well.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/radj...final-tiebreak
Comments from Chess.com
NeonKnight83 –
Many people must now rethink the potential of former young prodigy Radjabov — except those who never lost the faith. Can he win the Candidates Tournament?
* What of Ding? Can he recover and fulfill his supporters' belief that he is ready for Carlsen?
* And kudos to Vachier-Lagrave — he has bounced back toward his once-2800 form and could possibly make the Candidates, which is looking more exciting by the day.
• Looking forward to the FIDE Grand Swiss and its eventual winner, not to mention the remaining Grand Prix events. What a great year for chess.Last edited by Wayne Komer; Friday, 4th October, 2019, 02:49 PM.Comment
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World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
October 7, 2019
The Brilliancy Games
I have now posted the finalists and the winning game (Ding Liren vs Radjabov) at:
https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...-events/page13
The jury’s picks:
Rounds One and Two
Svidler-Albornos
A spectacular tactical duel! Up to a very last moment it wasn't clear which king is getting mated, however, the more experienced player demonstrated deep and accurate calculation and elegantly refuted Black's dangerous yet premature attack.
Firouzja-Dubov
“Yet this one, restive, quests for tempests”. According to Dubov, this is his most spectacular loss ever. Daniil aimed at complications at all costs, voluntarily spoiling his pawn structure for dynamic play. The young Iranian grandmaster accepted the challenge. In a critical position, Firouzja sacrificed a piece, obtaining sufficient compensation – a passed pawn on the 7th rank. Black's attempt to rearrange his forces to survive was unsuccessful.
Sarin-Cori
The 15-year-old Indian teenager increased his positional advantage with impeccable technique, and finished the game in a very elegant manner – just like Karpov in the prime.
Mamedyarov-Kasimdzhanov
A brilliant attack by the grandmaster from Azerbaijan! He sacrificed two pieces in order to bring Black's king to the center, and then, combining attacking moves with threats to Black's queen, secured a decisive material advantage. White's play was fearless, resourceful, and required deep and accurate calculation.
Navara-Yuffa
Yuffa was defending during the first half of the game, but as soon as his opponent lost vigilance and made a slight error, the Russian found a petite combination, which gave him a stable positional advantage – a strong knight against a bad bishop. In addition, the white king's shelter was rather weak. Navara tried to carry out a pawn break on the queenside, but Yuffa skilfully denied him the counterplay. Black finished off the game with a direct and elegant attack.
Rounds Three and Four
Alekseenko – Harikrishna
When you look at such games, you wonder: What is the big deal? I also can play like this! You only have to grab the space in the centre, weaken the Black’s queenside and push your opponent on the open “a” file. But you shouldn’t forget that Harikrishna Pentala is one of the most hard-to-crack chess players in the world and such a visible lightness in winning this game required a filigree technique from Kirill Alekseenko. The finish included a pawn breakthrough in the centre while the attacking bishop is very nice as well.
Vitiugov – Karjakin
Another brilliant defender didn’t cope with high pressure. Nikita Vitiugov created a new plan in a well-known and quite a stale position: White left his king in the centre and started a pawn advance first on the kingside and then on the queenside. Black’s position was quite safe, but still, it wasn’t possible to level the game completely: White was constantly creating new threats all over the board. Karjakin managed to trade almost all the pieces so that only queens and opposite-coloured bishops were left on the board (although the white bishop was more active than that of the opponent’s). Black should have done only several precise moves to equalize, but it looks like that Karjakin relaxed too early. The black king found itself in a mating net after one careless move.
Vitiugov – So
Opening novelties from Nikita Vitiugov are a wholesome conception, a new approach to the problems of attack and defence in well-known positions. According to the grandmaster from Saint Petersburg, many impressive manoeuvres were created in his home lab, including the invasion of pieces on the kingside. Nikita wasn’t confused by the loss of central pawns and a threat to his own king: he calculated that the king was able to defend itself and his passer on b7 would be his key trump. And it all happened that way: it is curious that only queens and bishops were left in the end, like it was in the Vitiugov – Karjakin game, and that White made a final blow from c5- square (unfortunately, it was left unseen as Black resigned two moves prior to the mate).
Yu Yangyi – Nepomniachtchi
A thrilling action by two top grandmasters! It looks like that it was Black who won the opening duel in this relatively less studied position of the Grünfeld Defence, but two extra pawns didn’t promise a safe life to Black as his king was weakened and the pieces were scattered around the board. Obviously, Ian Nepomniachtchi decided that it was easier to stabilize the situation in the endgame but the queens’ exchange turned out to be a mistake. White quickly activated his rooks and started a direct attack on the kingside while the black bishops were stuck on the opposite side of the board. The breakthrough was followed by a number of cute tricks. As a result, Yu Yangyi won a piece and converted his material edge.
Xiong – Duda
A modest Bishop’s Opening quite early transformed itself in the “Insolent Knight Opening” which was comfortably put on the e5-square by White. Naturally, Black started to drive the knight out of there but his actions were too straightforward as he created weaknesses in his position. On move 20, White (who was in a must-win situation) quite unexpectedly offered the queens’ exchange, and it turned out that Black’s position was absolutely ruined with the absolute material equality. Black was lacking all reasonable moves quite soon and he had to give up two pieces for a rook. The game was ended by a spectacular raid of the white army in the opponent’s back areas.
Rounds Five and Six
Ding Liren - Grischuk
“You only have to master patience”. Grischuk brought a pawn on c4, planning to begin an assault on the queenside at some point, but waited with that for too long. After a few unnecessary exchanges, the pawn became vulnerable. The patient Ding Liren showed a good technique in collecting the ripe.
Radjabov - Xiong
The most exciting thriller of the World Cup so far. An exchange of blows started by Black on the 23rd move makes a very strong impression. In the end the more experienced fighter managed to shut down the opponent's attack and deliver a checkmate himself.
Radjabov - Vachier-Lagrave
White lulled vigilance of the powerful opponent by handling the opening very cautiously. Black made a single ill-considered decision – to castle early, and it opened the gates for a violent attack. MVL's heroic defending nearly saved him half a point, but eventually Radjabov's persistence was rewarded.
Ding Liren - Yu Yangyi
The 12th World Champion had a habit of moving his king from g1 to h2 during a raging battle, giving the opponent a chance to make an unforced error. The Karpov-like maneuver of Ding Liren made a shocking impact on Yu Yangyi, as the next two moves of Yu turned out to be big blunders that turned a promising position into a lost one.
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When asked what players had impressed him during the tournament, Miro said that Jeffery Xiong had. Because of his play and the fact that he was knocked out by the eventual World Cup winner!
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