World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

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  • #46
    The Shak strikes first in rd 2! What a dizzying amount of 2 knight combinational possibilities with a few other sacrifices thrown in !!

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    • #47
      Hikaru tried to play it strategic but was overwhelmed by a tactical blizzard after he accepted his opponents queen sacrifice.

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      • #48
        Nihal-Safarli white started with a quiet Ruy Lopez but built up positional trumps so that by strategic means his position was +10 before the tactics flowed. Havent seen that in a while.

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        • #49
          Aravindh - Tomashevsky is a good positional game where the black queen starts late but gets a good workout and the game is decided by passed pawns.

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          • #50
            Harikrishna - Fedoseev is humorous in that white misses the winning shot of Na6 but then wheels his knight around again and wins with Nxa6!

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            • #51
              Aronian overwhelms Maghsoodloo with sharp tactics (although according to the computer Aronian missed a lot in terms of accuracy)

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              • #52
                Peter Svidler missed 25.b3! (the tickler) a profound move which forces the black queen to back up (I love that idea)

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                • #53
                  Firoujza survived by aggressive play but didnt take advantage of his opportunities later and it ended a draw.

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                  • #54
                    Grischuk had an edge but maybe time pressure played a role as they repeated moves.

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                    • #55
                      Anton Guijarro played a heck of a game against Wei Yi!

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                      • #56
                        Sam Sevian defended resourcefully against Karjakhin but was eventually overwhelmed.

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                        • #57
                          The Korobov- Le Quang Liem game became very interesting when 5 knights appeared on the board but by that point I think Le Quang had missed his winning opportunity.

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                          • #58
                            Jeffrey Xiong was totally outplayed and was lost but his opponent failed to be accurate and allowed counterplay.

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                            • #59
                              The Yuffa- McShane game was winning for white but degenerated into a two bishops vs knight ending. Is that a win for white? I dont know. I had the knight against a master opponent 30 years ago and defended for hours and successfully held a draw. I wouldnt want to do it again.

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                              • #60
                                I wonder how much of a psychological boost that will be going into game two. A lot of lucky saves (resourceful!?)

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