World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

[Ken MacDonald]

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.

Looking at the EG TableBases, using the positioin after 81.Bxh2+, it says "verlust in 68" which translates into a draw as it takes too long. I am assuming that verlust means lost.

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 13, 2019

Round Two

Game One

From the official site:

The first games of the Second Round of the FIDE World Cup were played on September 13 in Ugra Chess Academy.

Hikaru Nakamura's loss to Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu was one of the main headlines of the day. The grandmaster from Germany, playing Black, employed an interesting queen sacrifice and took the upper hand in a complicated game that followed.

Another unexpected result occurred in Wei Yi - Anton Guijarro: the Spanish grandmaster won as Black against a much higher rated opponent.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) won against Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) defeated Igor Kovalenko (Latvia), Nihal Sarin (India) convincingly outplayed Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) was stronger than Tamir Nabaty (Israel), Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia) won against Chithambaram Aravindh (India), Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia) lost to Pentala Harikrishna (India), Levon Aronian (Armenia) outplayed Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran), Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) defeated Ivan Cheparinov (Georgia), and Sergey Karjakin (Russia) outplayed Samuel Sevian (USA).

All other games were drawn: Abasov-Dominguez, Andreikin-Jumbayev, Sjugirov-Radjabov, Inarkiev-Xu Xiangyu, Demchenko-So, Huschenbeth-Vitiugov, Nepomniachtchi-Predke, Adhiban-Yu Yangyi, Jones-Jakovenko, Vidit-Rakhmanov, Grischuk-Bok, Ding Liren-Movsenian, Najer-Giri, Dubov-Firouzja, Matlakov-Gelfand, Wang Hao-Rodshtein, Svidler-Esipenko, Alekseenko-Christiansen, Korobov-Le Quang Liem, Xiong-Tabatabaei, and Yuffa-McShane.

Selected Games

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Ding, Liren – Movsesian, Sergei
D12 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd2 e6 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.Nh4 Be4 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.f3 Bg6 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Kb1 Be7 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.Bd3 Na5 16.Qa4 Nc6 17.Ne2 Ra8 18.e4 Rc8 19.e5 g5 20.g3 g6 21.a3 Kf8 22.h4 gxh4 23.gxh4 Rxh4 24.Rxh4 Bxh4 25.Rh1 Kg7 26.Qd1 Qe7 27.Qg1 Rh8 28.Be3 Qd8 29.Nf4 Nf8 30.Qg4 Rh7 31.Rg1 Kh8 32.Nh3 Qb6 33.Ng5 Bxg5 34.Qxg5 Kg8 35.Qf4 Qb3 36.Bc2 Qb5 37.Qf6 Na5 38.Bxg6 fxg6 39.Rxg6+ Nxg6 40.Qxg6+ Kh8 41.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Dubov, Daniil – Firouzja, Alireza
A29 English, Bremen, Smyslov System

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 e4 6.Nh4 d6 7.Bg2 g5 8.Qa4 gxh4 9.Nxb4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qa5 Qd7 12.b3 h3 13.Bf1 Rg8 14.Bb2 b6 15.Qc3 Rg6 16.Qe3 Qe6 17.Qf4 e3 18.f3 exd2+ 19.Kxd2 d5 20.Qe5 dxc4 21.Qxe6+ fxe6 22.bxc4 O-O-O+ 23.Ke1 Ng4 24.Bxh3 Ne3 25.Kf2 Nxc4 26.Bc3 Kb7 27.g4 e5 28.Rac1 b5 29.Rhd1 Rf8 30.a4 a6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Bb4 Rf7 33.Rc3 e4 34.Kg3 h5 35.f4 hxg4 36.Bg2 e3 37.Rd5 Ka6 38.Rc1 Bxd5 39.Bxd5 Rd7 40.Be4 Rf6 41.Bc5 Nb6 42.f5 Nd5 43.Rd1 c6 44.Ra1+ Kb7 45.Ra7+ Kc8 46.Ra8+ Kb7 47.Ra7+ Kc8 48.Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Alekseenko, Kirill – Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian
C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 a6 13.Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.Rb3 Qe7 15.Rxb7 Qd8 16.O-O Qc8 17.Rfb1 Bc5 18.f5 Bxd4+ 19.Qxd4 Bb5 20.Rb6 O-O 21.a4 Qc4 22.Nxb5 axb5 23.Qxc4 bxc4 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Ra1 Ra5 26.Rxe6 Rfa8 27.Rd6 Rxa4 28.Rxa4 Rxa4 29.Rxd5 Ra2 30.e6 Kf8 31.Rd2 Ke7 32.Re2 Ra1+ 33.Kf2 Rh1 34.h3 Rd1 35.Kf3 h6 36.Re4 Rd2 37.Rxc4 Kxe6 38.Re4+ Kf5 39.Re2 Rd4 40.Ke3 Ke5 41.Rd2 Rc4 42.Kd3 Kd5 43.Rf2 Rd4+ 44.Kc3 Re4 45.Rd2+ Kc5 46.Kd3 Kd5 47.c3 Re1 48.c4+ Kc5 49.Rf2 Rg1 50.Ra2 Rd1+ 51.Ke4 Rd6 52.Rc2 Rg6 53.Ke5 Rf6 54.Rc3 Rg6 55.g3 Rf6 56.g4 Rf7 57.Ke4 g6 58.Ra3 Kxc4 59.Ra6 Re7+ 60.Kf4 Rf7+ 61.Ke5 Rf3 62.h4 Re3+ 63.Kf6 Rh3 64.Kxg6 Rxh4 65.Kf5 Kd5 66.Ra7 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Harikrishna, Pentala – Fedoseev, Vladimir
D35 QGD, Exchange (Tartakower System)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nge2 Nb6 11.O-O-O g6 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Nc1 Ng7 14.h4 O-O-O 15.Nb3 Bf5 16.Nc5 Kb8 17.N3a4 Rd6 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.h5 Rf6 20.e4 Ng7 21.e5 Rf5 22.Rh3 Rxh5 23.Rb3 Ne6 24.Nxe6 Nxa4 25.Nf4 Rf5 26.Nd3 Nb6 27.Nc5 Ka8 28.Qc3 Qc7 29.f3 Re8 30.g4 Rg5 31.Qa5 Qd8 32.e6 fxe6 33.Ra3 a6 34.Nxa6 Nc4 35.Qxd8+ Rxd8 36.Nc7+ Kb8 37.Nxe6 Nxa3+ 38.bxa3 Rxg4 39.fxg4 Re8 40.Ng5 h5 41.gxh5 gxh5 42.Rh1 Re3 43.Rxh5 Rxa3 44.Rh3 Rxh3 45.Nxh3 Kc7 46.Kc2 b6 47.Nf4 Kd7 48.Kb3 Kd6 49.Kb4 c5+ 50.Kb5 cxd4 51.Kxb6 Ke5 52.Kc5 Kxf4 53.Kxd4 Kf5 54.Kxd5 1-0

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Karjakin, Sergey – Sevian, Samuel
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 cxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.e3 Rc8 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Qe2 Ne8 13.Rfd1 Nd6 14.Rac1 Qd7 15.Be1 f5 16.Bg2 Bf6 17.Na4 b6 18.b3 Rc7 19.Nb2 Rfc8 20.Nd3 Nd8 21.Bf1 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rxc1 23.Nxc1 Qc8 24.Nd3 Nc6 25.Kg2 Be7 26.h3 g6 27.Qc2 Nd8 28.Qd1 Nc6 29.a4 Kg7 30.Qc2 Nb8 31.Qxc8 Nxc8 32.Ne5 Nd6 33.g4 Nb7 34.f3 Na5 35.b4 Nac6 36.Nd3 Nd7 37.Bc3 Kf7 38.Kf2 Bd6 39.b5 Na5 40.Nb4 Ke7 41.g5 f4 42.e4 dxe4 43.fxe4 e5 44.Nd5+ Kf7 45.dxe5 Bxe5 46.Bxe5 Nxe5 47.Nxf4 Nb3 48.Ke3 Nc5 49.Be2 Nxa4 50.Kd4 Nd7 51.Bc4+ Kf8 52.e5 Ndc5 53.h4 Nb7 54.Nd5 Nac5 55.Nf6 Kg7 56.Kd5 Na5 57.Bf1 Nab7 58.Bh3 Kf7 59.Bc8 Nd8 60.Nxh7 Ke7 61.Nf6 Nde6 62.Ng8+ Kf7 63.Bxe6+ Nxe6 64.Kd6 Nc5 65.Nh6+ Ke8 66.e6 Nb7+ 67.Ke5 Ke7 68.h5 Nc5 69.hxg6 Nxe6 70.Nf5+ Kd7 71.g7 1-0

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Predke, Alexandr
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Qxd4 Be7 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 Qe6 12.f3 Nd7 13.b3 Bf6 14.Qd2 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qe5 16.Bb2 Qxc3 17.Bxc3 a5 18.Rfd1 f6 19.Kf2 Rfe8 20.h4 Kf7 21.g4 h6 22.h5 Nc5 23.Bd4 b6 24.Rab1 Re7 25.Kg3 Ree8 26.Be3 Nd7 27.a3 Ra6 28.Rbc1 Nc5 29.Rc3 Ra7 30.Bf2 Re7 31.Re3 Ra8 32.Rde1 Nd7 33.f4 Rae8 34.Kf3 Nf8 35.b4 Ne6 36.Rc3 axb4 37.axb4 Ra8 38.c5 bxc5 39.bxc5 Nxc5 40.Bxc5 dxc5 41.Rxc5 Ra4 42.e5 fxe5 43.fxe5 Ke6 44.Re3 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Aravindh, Chithambaram – Tomashevsky, Evgeny
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 h6 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 a5 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bb5 Qb8 11.Nf1 Qa7 12.Re2 a4 13.Ng3 Bb6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 Rfe8 17.Bf4 Qa5 18.Qc1 Nh5 19.Kh2 Nxg3 20.Bxg3 c5 21.dxc5 Qxc5 22.Rc2 Qb4 23.e5 d5 24.a3 Qe4 25.Nd2 Qf5 26.b4 axb3 27.Nxb3 d4 28.Nc5 Ba5 29.Nxe6 Rxe6 30.Rc4 d3 31.Rf4 Qxe5 32.Rxf7 Qd5 33.Rf3 Re1 34.Qxe1 Bxe1 35.Rxe1 c5 36.Re5 Qd4 37.Re7 d2 0-1

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Wei, Yi – Anton Guijarro, David
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.h3 d6 6.c3 a5 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 h6 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.b3 Bb6 11.Nf1 a4 12.Bd2 axb3 13.axb3 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 Qd7 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 Ne7 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nh2 Ng6 19.g3 Qb5 20.Rd1 Kh7 21.b4 d5 22.Nhg4 Nxg4 23.hxg4 dxe4 24.dxe4 Qe2 25.Rf1 Qf3 26.Qa2 Rf6 27.Qc2 Nh8 28.Rd1 Nf7 29.Rd3 Rg6 30.Qd1 Qxe4 31.f3 Qc6 32.Ng2 e4 33.Re3 exf3 34.Nf4 Rf6 35.Kf2 Ng5 36.Qd3+ Kg8 37.Nh5 Rf8 38.Qd4 e5 39.Rxe5 Nh3+ 40.Kf1 f2 41.Re4 Qa6+ 42.c4 Qg6 43.Qa1 Rf7 44.Re8+ Kh7 45.Qd1 Rd7 0-1

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Xiong, Jeffery – Tabatabaei, M.
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Re1 h6 11.Be3 exd4 12.Bxd4 c5 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nbd2 c6 15.e5 dxe5 16.Rxe5 Be6 17.Qa4 Bc7 18.Re2 Bd5 19.c4 Be6 20.Rae1 Qxb2 21.Nb3 Qf6 22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.Nxc5 Qc3 24.Qxc6 Qxc4 25.Re4 Qd5 26.Qxc7 Rac8 27.Qe7 Rfe8 28.Qa7 Rxc5 29.Rd4 Rc1+ 30.Kh2 Qc5 31.Qxa6 Rc2 32.Kg3 e5 33.Qg6 Rf8 34.Rd7 Rxf3+ 35.Kh2 Qf8 36.Qxc2 Rxf2 37.Qd3 Qf4+ 38.Kg1 e4 39.Rxg7+ Kxg7 40.Qd4+ Kg6 41.Qxf2 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 e3 43.Qf4 Qd2 44.a4 Qf2 45.Qg3+ Kh7 46.a5 Qa2 47.Qc7+ Kg6 48.Qc6+ Kg7 49.Qc3+ Kh7 50.Qd3+ Kg7 51.Qd4+ Kg6 52.Qg4+ Kf6 53.Qf4+ Kg6 54.Qe4+ Kg7 55.Qe5+ Kg6 56.h4 e2 57.Qg3+ Kf7 58.Qf3+ Kg8 59.Qg3+ Kf7 60.Qe1 Kg8 61.Kg3 Qf7 62.Qxe2 Qc7+ 63.Kg4 Qd7+ 64.Kf4 Qf7+ 65.Ke3 Qa7+ 66.Kf3 Qxa5 67.Qe6+ Kg7 68.Kg4 Qb4+ 69.Kf5 Qxh4 70.Qg6+ Kh8 71.g3 Qh3+ 72.Ke5 Qh1 73.Qe8+ Kh7 74.Qd7+ Kh8 75.Qc8+ Kh7 76.Qc7+ Kg6 77.Qb6+ Kh7 78.Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 13, 2019

Round Two

Game One (continued)

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Aronian, Levon
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Bg5 a6 8.Ba4 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 b5 11.Bb3 d6 12.Nbd2 Bb6 13.Re1 Ne7 14.a4 Rb8 15.d4 Ng6 16.a5 Ba7 17.h3 Bd7 18.Qc2 Nh5 19.Nf1 c5 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.N3h2 b4 22.Ng4 bxc3 23.bxc3 Bxg4 24.hxg4 Nf6 25.Bc4 Nxg4 26.Bxa6 h5 27.Be2 Nf6 28.Bh2 h4 29.Bd1 g4 30.Ne3 g3 31.fxg3 d5 32.gxh4 d4 33.cxd4 Bxd4 34.Ra3 Rb2 35.Qc1 Nxe4 36.Qc6 Nd6 37.Kh1 Qxh4 38.Rf1 Rf2 39.Qxd6 Bxe3 40.Qa6 Re6 41.Qc8+ Kg7 42.Rg1 Bf4 0-1

Final position



Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Nabaty, Tamir – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.Qe2 Bb7 8.O-O c5 9.c3 Bxf4 10.exf4 a5 11.Ne5 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Qb5 Qd6 14.Ndf3 c4 15.Rfe1 Nc7 16.Qc6 Qxc6 17.Nxc6 Rfe8 18.Nfe5 Nb5 19.Rab1 Rac8 20.a4 Nd6 21.b3 Nfe4 22.bxc4 f6 23.cxd5 fxe5 24.fxe5 exd5 25.Na7 Rc7 26.f3 Rxa7 27.fxe4 Nxe4 28.c4 Nd2 29.cxd5 Nxb1 30.Rxb1 Rf7 31.g3 Rf3 32.Rc1 Rd3 33.Rc4 Rd8 34.d6 Kf7 35.Rc7+ Kg6 36.Kf2 Rxd4 37.Ke3 Rxa4 38.Re7 Kf5 39.Kd3 Re4 40.g4+ Rxg4 0-1

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
D44 QGD, Semi-Slav, Botvinnik System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.a4 c6 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.d5 exd5 10.exd5 b4 11.dxc6 Qxc6 12.Nb5 Bc5 13.O-O Bb7 14.Nbd4 Qd5 15.Rc1 c3 16.bxc3 bxc3 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Rxc3 g6 20.Bc4 Qd6 21.Rd3 Qf4 22.Qa1 Kg7 23.Bxf7 Kxf7 24.Ne2 Qf5 25.Ng3 Qf4 26.Ne5+ Ke6 27.Qa2+ Bd5 28.Rxd5 Nxd5 29.Nd3 Qd4 30.Ne2 Qg4 31.Nef4+ Kf6 32.Nxd5+ 1-0

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Nihal Sarin – Safarli, Eltaj
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 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 Bg7 16.Bd3 c6 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.b4 Nb6 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.a5 Nbd7 23.c4 Rad8 24.Qa2 Kg8 25.Bc2 Qd6 26.Bb3 Qe7 27.Rad1 Rc8 28.Nh4 Kf8 29.c5 Nb8 30.Rd6 Red8 31.Ngf5 gxf5 32.Nxf5 Qc7 33.Nxg7 Kxg7 34.Bxh6+ Kxh6 35.Rxf6+ Kg5 36.Rf5+ Kh6 37.Qe2 1-0

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Yuffa, Daniil – McShane, Luke
E94 King’s Indian, Orthodox variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Qe8 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.h3 b6 11.a3 Nc5 12.Qc2 Nfd7 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.b4 Ne6 15.b5 Bb7 16.Rad1 c6 17.bxc6 Bxc6 18.Qb1 Rc8 19.Bd3 Ndc5 20.Bc2 Qe8 21.g3 Kh8 22.h4 h5 23.Kh2 Bd7 24.Rd2 Nd8 25.Kg1 Ndb7 26.Re1 Bg4 27.Nh2 Be6 28.Nf3 Na5 29.Qa2 Ncb7 30.Bd3 Qa4 31.Ng5 Bxd5 32.cxd5 Nd6 33.Rc2 Rxc2 34.Bxc2 Qb5 35.a4 Qb4 36.Rb1 Qc4 37.Qxc4 Naxc4 38.Bc1 Rc8 39.Bd3 Kg8 40.Kf1 Nb7 41.Ke2 Bf8 42.f4 Bd6 43.f5 gxf5 44.exf5 Be7 45.Ne4 Ncd6 46.f6 Bd8 47.Ba3 Nxe4 48.Bxe4 Bxf6 49.d6 Nd8 50.Rc1 Rxc1 51.Bxc1 Ne6 52.Be3 Kf8 53.Kd3 Nd4 54.Kc4 Ke8 55.Kd5 Ne2 56.Kc6 Nxg3 57.d7+ Kd8 58.a5 bxa5 59.Bxa7 Ke7 60.Bd5 Kf8 61.Be3 Bd8 62.Bc5+ Kg7 63.Bb6 Be7 64.Bxa5 Nf5 65.d8=Q Bxd8 66.Bxd8 f6 67.Kd7 Nxh4 68.Ke6 Ng6 69.Bxf6+ Kh6 70.Kf5 h4 71.Bg5+ Kg7 72.Be4 Kf7 73.Bf6 Ne7+ 74.Kxe5 Ng6+ 75.Kf5 Ne7+ 76.Kg5 Ke6 77.Bd4 h3 78.Bg1 Ke5 79.Bb1 Nd5 80.Bf5 h2 81.Bxh2+ Kd4 82.Bh7 Nb4 83.Kf5 Nd3 84.Bg1+ Kd5 85.Bg8+ Kd6 86.Ke4 Nc5+ 87.Kd4 Ne6+ 88.Kc4 Ke5 89.Bh2+ Kf5 90.Bh7+ Kf6 91.Kd5 Ng7 92.Be5+ Kf7 93.Bc2 Ne8 94.Bb2 Ng7 95.Ke5 Ne8 96.Bc1 Ng7 97.Bb3+ Kg6 98.Ba4 Kf7 99.Bd7 Ke7 100.Bg4 Kf7 101.Be2 Kg6 102.Bd1 Kf7 103.Bd2 Kg6 104.Bc2+ Kf7 105.Kd6 Ne8+ 106.Kd7 Nf6+ 107.Kc6 Ne8 108.Kd5 Nf6+ 109.Ke5 Ne8 110.Bb3+ Kg6 111.Ba5 Ng7 112.Bd8 Nh5 113.Bh4 Ng7 114.Bc2+ Kf7 115.Kd6 Ne8+ 116.Kd7 Nf6+ 117.Kd8 Ke6 118.Bb3+ Ke5 119.Bg3+ Kd4 120.Ke7 Ne4 121.Bh2 Nd2 122.Bd1 Ne4 123.Ke6 Nc5+ 124.Kd6 Nd3 125.Bg3 Kc4 126.Be2 Kd4 127.Bh4 Kc3 128.Bg5 Nb2 129.Kd5 Kb3 130.Bf6 Kc2 131.Bh5 Kb3 132.Bg6 1/2-1/2

Position after White’s 81.Bxh2, White wins in 68 moves. The 50-move rule is in effect



Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
MVL – Kovalenko, Igor
B40 Sicilian, Anderssen variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Bb7 9.Be2 c5 10.O-O Qc7 11.Nd6+ Bxd6 12.exd6 Qc6 13.f3 c4 14.Qd4 O-O 15.Bxc4 Qxd6 16.Rd1 Rfc8 17.b3 Qb6 18.Qxb6 Nxb6 19.Bd3 d5 20.a4 Nd7 21.a5 a6 22.Bb2 Nc5 23.Bf1 Bc6 24.Ra3 f6 25.Bd4 Nb7 26.c4 Kf7 27.Bb6 Nd6 28.Ra2 h5 29.h4 Nf5 30.Rc2 Bb7 31.Bf2 Rab8 32.Rcd2 Ne7 33.Ba7 Ra8 34.Bb6 Bc6 35.Kf2 Rcb8 36.Rc1 Rb7 37.cxd5 Bxd5 38.b4 Bb3 39.Rd6 Bd5 40.b5 axb5 41.Bxb5 Rc8 42.Rb1 Rc2+ 43.Kg1 Nc8 44.Rd7+ Rxd7 45.Bxd7 Nd6 46.Ra1 Nf5 47.Bf2 g5 48.Ba4 Rc8 49.hxg5 fxg5 50.Bd1 Rg8 51.a6 g4 52.fxg4 hxg4 53.a7 g3 54.Be1 Nh4 55.Bh5+ Kf6 56.Bc3+ Kg5 57.Bf7 Rc8 58.Bxe6 Bxe6 59.a8=Q Rxa8 60.Rxa8 Nf5 61.Bd2+ Kg4 62.Ra5 Bb3 63.Rc5 Ba2 64.Kf1 Nd6 65.Rg5+ Kh4 66.Re5 Bb1 67.Ke2 Nc4 68.Rd5 Ba2 69.Rd4+ Kh5 70.Kf3 Ne5+ 71.Kxg3 Kg6 72.Kf4 Nf7 73.Ra4 Bb1 74.Ra6+ Kh7 75.g4 Bd3 76.Rb6 Bc2 77.Bc3 Bd3 78.Rb8 Bc2 79.Rf8 Bb3 80.Kf5 Nh6+ 81.Kg5 Nf7+ 82.Kf6 Nh6 83.Rc8 Bc2 84.Bd2 Nxg4+ 85.Kg5 Bd1 86.Bc3 1-0

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter – Nakamura, Hikaru
D37 QGD

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Qd6 8.O-O Qa6 9.a4 Nc6 10.Nb5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Rd8 12.exf6 Rxd1 13.Rxd1 Bd6 14.Bf4 e5 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.Bxe5 Qa5 17.Rxd6 Bg4 18.Bc3 Qc7 19.Rad1 g6 20.Bxb7 Rf8 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.exf3 h5 23.Kg2 Re8 24.h4 Qc8 25.a5 a6 26.Rd7 Qa8 27.R1d6 Rc8 28.Bd4 c3 29.bxc3 Re8 30.Bb6 1-0

Position after Black’s 15…cxd6



Nisipeanu’s queen sacrifice, a real shocker

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Artemiev, Vladislav – Cheparinov, Ivan
A04 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.d3 f5 7.g3 Nf6 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.e3 Kh8 11.Re1 Rb8 12.a3 a6 13.Nd5 b5 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.Bc3 Ne7 16.e4 Nexd5 17.exd5 Bc8 18.b4 cxb4 19.axb4 bxc4 20.dxc4 e4 21.Ra5 Ng4 22.Qa1 Bxc3 23.Qxc3+ Qf6 24.Qxf6+ Nxf6 25.Ra4 Re8 26.Nb3 Rb6 27.Rea1 Kg7 28.Nd4 Bd7 29.Rxa6 Rxb4 30.Bf1 Nxd5 31.Rxd6 Nf6 32.Ra7 Rc8 33.Ne6+ Kf7 34.Nf4 Rb1 35.Nd5 Nxd5 36.Rxd5 Rxc4 37.Raxd7+ Kf6 38.R7d6+ Ke7 39.Rd1 Rxd1 40.Rxd1 Rc2 41.Rb1 Kf6 42.Rb7 h5 43.Rb6+ Kg7 44.h4 Rc1 45.Kg2 Rc2 46.Rb3 Kf6 47.Ba6 Kf7 48.Kf1 Kf6 49.Rb6+ Kg7 50.Rd6 Kf7 51.Bb5 Rb2 52.Bc4+ Kg7 53.Ke1 Rc2 54.Bb5 Kf7 55.Ra6 Rb2 56.Ba4 e3 57.fxe3 Rg2 58.Bb3+ Kg7 59.Ra4 g5 60.hxg5 Rxg3 61.Kf2 Rxg5 62.Bd1 Kf6 63.Rh4 Kg6 64.Bf3 Kh6 65.Rh3 1-0

Round 2, Game 1, Sept. 13
Korobov, Anton – Le, Quang Liem
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bxd6 cxd6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 O-O 8.Nc3 b6 9.d5 e5 10.Nd2 Ba6 11.Rc1 Qd7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Be2 Qb7 14.e4 Nbd7 15.b4 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Ne8 17.Rc2 Rc7 18.Rfc1 Rac8 19.Nf1 a6 20.a4 a5 21.bxa5 bxa5 22.Nb5 Rxc2 23.Rxc2 g6 24.Ne3 Nb6 25.Qd1 Qd7 26.h3 h5 27.Kh2 Kg7 28.g3 Nf6 29.f3 h4 30.gxh4 Nh5 31.Ng2 Kf8 32.Qc1 Rxc2 33.Qxc2 Ke7 34.Ne3 Nf4 35.Ng4 Qc8 36.Qf2 Nd7 37.h5 Nxh5 38.Qh4+ f6 39.Ne3 Qc5 40.Qf2 Nb6 41.Qg1 Kf7 42.Ng2 Nxa4 43.Qxc5 Nxc5 44.Nxd6+ Ke7 45.Nc4 a4 46.Kg1 Nd3 47.Nge3 Nhf4 48.h4 Ne2+ 49.Kg2 Nd4 50.Kg3 Nb2 51.Na3 Kd6 52.Kg4 Nd3 53.h5 gxh5+ 54.Kxh5 Nxf3 55.Nac4+ Kc5 56.d6 Nf4+ 57.Kh6 Ng5 58.Kg7 Nxe4 59.d7 Kc6 60.d8=N+ Kc5 61.Nb7+ Kb4 62.Nba5 Kc5 63.Kf7 Nd5 64.Nxd5 Kxd5 65.Nb6+ Kc5 66.Nxa4+ Kb5 67.Nb2 Kxa5 68.Nc4+ Kb4 69.Nxe5 fxe5 70.Ke6 Nd6 71.Kxe5 1/2-1/2

Position after 61.Nb7+ You don’t often see five knights on the board

[Hans Jung]

Looking at the EG TableBases, using the positioin after 81.Bxh2+, it says "verlust in 68" which translates into a draw as it takes too long. I am assuming that verlust means lost.

Thanks Ken. Yes verlust means lost. That ending (2B's vs N) can really hurt your head if you have to play it in a tournament especially trying to find a way over the board.

[Hans Jung]

It will be interesting to see how Hikaru responds to a must win situation.

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 13, 2019

Round Two

Game One (continued)

Linares
Round 10, March 8, 1992
Timman, Jan – Speelman, Jonathan
D35 QGD, Exchange, Samisch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.e3 Ne4 10.Bd3 f5 11.O-O Bf6 12.b4 a6 13.Na4 Re8 14.Rab1 Nf8 15.Rfc1 g5 16.Bh2 Ng6 17.Nc5 h5 18.Nd2 g4 19.Nf1 Bh4 20.hxg4 hxg4 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Be2 Rf8 23.Ng3 Bd7 24.a4 Qg5 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Rxf2 27.Kxf2 Rf8+ 28.Ke1 Qxe3 29.Rb3 Qf2+ 30.Kd1 Qxd4+ 31.Qd2 Qxd2+ 32.Kxd2 Bg5+ 33.Kd1 Bxc1 34.bxc6 Bxc6 35.Kxc1 Rf2 36.Bf1 Nf4 37.Bg1 Ra2 38.Kb1 Ra8 39.Nf5 Rf8 40.Nh6+ Kg7 41.Bc5 Rd8 42.Nxg4 d4 43.Bb6 Rd7 44.g3 Ne6 45.Kc1 d3 46.Be3 Nd4 47.Rb2 Nf5 48.Bf4 Rd5 49.Kd2 Ra5 50.Ne3 Nd4 51.Bg2 Kf6 52.Nc4 Rc5 53.Nd6 Nb3+ 54.Ke3 Rc2 55.Nxe4+ Bxe4 56.Kxe4 Nc5+ 57.Kd5 Rxb2 58.Be5+ Kg5 59.Bxb2 Kg4 60.Bf1 b6 61.Be5 Kf3 62.Bf4 d2 63.Bxd2 Ne4 64.Bh6 Nxg3 65.Bd3 b5 66.Bxb5 Nf5 67.Bf8 Ne3+ 68.Kd4 Ng2 69.Kd3 Nf4+ 70.Kd2 Ng2 71.Bc6+ Kf2 72.Bd6 Nh4 73.Bc5+ Kg3 74.Bb6 Ng2 75.Bd5 Nh4 76.Ke2 Kf4 77.Bb3 Nf5 78.Bc7+ Kg5 79.Be5 Kg4 80.Bc2 Ng3+ 81.Kf2 Nf5 82.Bd1+ Kg5 83.Kf3 Nh4+ 84.Ke4 Nf5 85.Ba4 Ne7 86.Bd6 Ng8 87.Bf4+ Kg6 88.Ke5 Nf6 89.Bb5 Kf7 90.Bc4+ Kg6 91.Ke6 1-0

Position after 91.Ke6; White wins in 27 moves after 91….Ng4

[Hans Jung]

Nice find Wayne. A lot depends on the positioning of the knight and the black king. Some ok positions and a lot of bad positions (easier for white)

[Hans Jung]

Rd 2 Game 2 Nakamura is out. He got very little from the white side of a Petroff and proceeded to open his king position. Two attacking games by his opponent Nisipeanu (although he took a draw because that was all he needed). Well played upset match by Nisipeanu!

[Hans Jung]

Some nervous play in many games. Nihail Sarin gave a way a winning position and then blundered. He had been doing so well until now.

[Hans Jung]

Andreikin gave a nice demonstration of how to push passed pawns.

[Hans Jung]

Predke was winning against Nepo and then a series of not so good moves took the advantage away. At the end Nepo was quick to attack the white king.

[Hans Jung]

Firoujza played a very nice game against Dubov, sacrificing a knight in the endgame to dominate with his passed A pawn.

[Hans Jung]

Anton Guijarro had quite the battle with Wei Yi, had the advantage at a couple of points but then lost the thread and his position collapsed

[Hans Jung]

Le Quang Liem - Korobov was a Dragon. I admire that in a key game but Korobov didnt take his opportunities. Inaccuracies allowed Le Quang some sharp tactics and a final endgame massage.

[Hans Jung]

Vidit was worse but created tactics in the middlegame and endgame and eventually his passed pawns worked for him.