World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

[Hans Jung]

Jakovenko - MVL great game ended up being passed pawn domination.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 3 Game 4 You cant blame Wei Yi for 27.e4 but it unleashed a lot of tactics that he may have not foreseen. (....g4 and Bg5)

[Hans Jung]

Jakovenko might have thought he was headed for a draw with bishops of opposite colours but MVL showed that not all bishop of opposite colour endings are drawn. MVL is back in it!

[Hans Jung]

Svidler-Nisipeanu - nice zugzwang idea at the end.

[Hans Jung]

Kudos to Dominguez for bouncing back. Must win games are never easy.

[Hans Jung]

Firouzja tried his best to attack but it left him over extended. Ding Liren with the scary two knights and active pieces kept up the pressure and eventually Firouzja cracked.

[Hans Jung]

Giri - Xiong what a wild game - piece sacks and checkmate attacks all over. Question is was Xiong winning in the endgame?

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 18, 2019

Round Three

Tiebreaks

From the official site:

Three matches were decided in rapid games. Peter Svidler (Russia) was stronger than Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany), Ding Liren (China) won both games against Alireza Firouzja (Iran), and Yu Yangyi (China) defeated his compatriot Wei Yi.

Other matches took more time.

The 18-year-old American Jeffrey Xiong sensationally defeated the second seed player of the tournament, Anish Giri (Netherlands). The match was very exciting, and after several fighting draws Xiong won the second 10-minute game.

Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) lost the first 10-minute game to Le Quang Liem (Vietnam), and was unable to come back in the second one. The Vietnamese grandmaster advances to the Fourth Round.

The last three qualifiers were determined in blitz.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) and Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) exchanged blows in rapid games, then made two draws in 10-minute games, but in blitz the Frenchman was superior.

In the Russian derby, Ian Nepomniachtchi won the first 10-minute game, but Tomashevsky, the reigning Russian champion, managed to equalize the score in the second game. In blitz, however, Nepomniachtchi had a clear edge and won both games.

The match between Wang Hao (China) and Lenier Dominguez (USA) was very tense: each player made a comeback after losing a starting game, first in rapid, then in 10-minute chess. However, Dominguez dominated in blitz and advanced to the next round.

Round 3, Game 3, Sept. 18
25+10
Ding, Liren – Firouzja, Alireza
D37 QGD, Hastings variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bxc4 Qxd1 11.Rfxd1 b6 12.Bd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Bb7 14.Rad1 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Rfc8 16.Be2 g5 17.R6d4 Kf8 18.f4 gxf4 19.Rxf4 Ke7 20.Bf3 Rg8+ 21.Kf1 Rad8 22.Rfd4 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 Ncd7 24.h3 Rc8 25.Ke2 Rc5 26.Rb4 Ne5 27.Rb5 Nxf3 28.Kxf3 Nd7 29.Ke2 a5 30.f4 f5 31.Kd3 Rc6 32.e4 Nc5+ 33.Ke3 fxe4 34.Nxe4 Nxe4 35.Kxe4 Kf6 36.Kf3 Rd6 37.Kg4 Rc6 38.h4 Rd6 39.b3 Kg6 40.a4 Kf6 41.Kf3 Rc6 42.Ke4 Rd6 43.Rh5 Kg6 44.Rg5+ Kf6 45.Rb5 Rc6 46.f5 exf5+ 47.Rxf5+ Kg6 48.h5+ Kh6 49.Kd4 Kg7 50.Rg5+ Kh6 51.Rd5 Kg7 52.Rd7+ Kh6 53.Rb7 Rf6 54.Kc4 Rf4+ 55.Kb5 Kxh5 56.Rxh7+ Kg5 57.Rb7 Rb4+ 58.Ka6 Rxb3 59.Rxb6 Rd3 60.Kxa5 Kf5 61.Ka6 Ke5 62.a5 Rd7 63.Rc6 Kd5 64.Kb6 Rd8 65.a6 Rb8+ 66.Kc7 Ra8 67.Kb7 1-0

Round 3, Game 4, Sept. 18
25+10
Firouzja, Alireza – Ding, Liren
A06 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 b6 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.d3 O-O 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Qc7 10.c5 bxc5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.g3 Ne5 13.Nd2 Be7 14.f4 Ned7 15.g4 Rd8 16.g5 Ne8 17.h4 a5 18.e5 g6 19.Nde4 Ng7 20.Nf6+ Bxf6 21.gxf6 Nf5 22.h5 c4 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Qc2 Qb6+ 25.Rf2 Nc5 26.Bxc4 Ba6 27.Bxa6 Rxa6 28.Kg2 Nd3 29.Rf1 Ra7 30.Ne4 Rad7 31.Qe2 Rd4 32.Bd2 Qxb2 33.Rab1 Rxe4 34.Qxd3 Qxd2+ 0-1

Ding Liren goes through to Round 4. Firouzja and Xiong have impressed me greatly. They have a rosy future. Fressinet has tweeted that Alireza Firouzja is now based in Chartres, France.

Round 3, Game 7, Sept. 18
5+3
Dominguez, Leinier – Wang, Hao
C65Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nb3 Bb6 9.Ng5 Bxb3 10.axb3 Qe7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Nd2 Nc5 13.Nc4 f6 14.b4 Ne6 15.c3 Rad8 16.Qe2 a6 17.g3 Rd7 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Nxe3 Rfd8 20.Rad1 c5 21.bxc5 Nxc5 22.b4 Ne6 23.f4 Nf8 24.f5 Qf7 25.Qc2 b5 26.Rd2 Rd6 27.Rfd1 Nd7 28.c4 c6 29.c5 Rd4 30.Qc3 a5 31.Nc2 axb4 32.Nxb4 Nb8 33.Ra1 h6 34.Ra8 Qh5 35.Kg2 Qg5 36.Re2 Kh7 37.Rxb8 Rxb8 38.Nxc6 b4 39.Qb3 Rdd8 40.Nxb8 Rxb8 41.c6 Qc1 42.Qc2 Qxc2 43.Rxc2 Rc8 44.Kf3 b3 45.Rb2 Rxc6 46.Rxb3 Rc2 47.h3 h5 48.d4 exd4 49.Rd3 Rh2 50.Rxd4 h4 51.Kg4 hxg3 52.Kxg3 Ra2 53.Rd3 Re2 54.Kf3 Rh2 55.Kg4 Rg2+ 56.Rg3 Ra2 57.Kf4 Rf2+ 58.Ke3 Ra2 59.Kd4 Ra4+ 60.Kd5 Ra5+ 61.Ke6 Ra6+ 62.Kf7 Ra7+ 63.Kf8 Ra8+ 64.Ke7 Ra7+ 65.Kd6 Ra6+ 66.Kc5 Ra5+ 67.Kc6 Re5 68.Rg4 Kg8 69.Kd6 Kh7 70.Rf4 Kg8 71.Rh4 Kf7 72.Rg4 Kg8 73.h4 Kh7 74.h5 Re8 75.Kd5 Re5+ 76.Kd4 Re7 77.Rg6 Rf7 78.Kd5 Rf8 79.Ke6 Ra8 80.h6 Ra6+ 81.Kf7 Ra7+ 82.Ke6 Ra6+ 83.Ke7 Ra7+ 84.Kd8 Ra8+ 85.Kc7 Re8 86.hxg7 Kg8 87.Rxf6 Rxe4 88.Rg6 Re1 89.Kd6 Rf1 90.Ke6 Re1+ 91.Kf6 Rh1 92.Ke6 Re1+ 93.Kf6 Rh1 94.Ke7 Ra1 95.f6 Ra7+ 96.Ke6 Ra6+ 97.Kf5 Ra5+ 98.Kg4 Ra4+ 99.Kh5 Ra5+ 100.Rg5 Ra7 101.Rc5 Kh7 102.Rc8 1-0

Position after White’s 80.h6



Dominguez goes to Round 4

Round 3, Game 7, Sept. 18
5+3
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Tomashevsky, Evgeny
C48 Four Knights, Spanish variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 h6 7.a3 Re8 8.Be3 Bf8 9.Bc4 d6 10.h3 Be6 11.Bxe6 Rxe6 12.Nd5 Ne7 13.c4 c6 14.Nxf6+ Rxf6 15.d4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Qd7 17.Qc2 d5 18.exd5 cxd5 19.c5 Nc6 20.Rad1 Re8 21.Ne2 Rg6 22.Kh1 Re5 23.b4 a6 24.Rd2 a5 25.Nf4 Rf6 26.b5 Nd8 27.Bd4 Qxb5 28.Qb1 Qe8 29.Bxe5 Qxe5 30.Rxd5 Qxf4 31.Rxd8 Qc7 32.Ra8 Qxc5 33.Rc1 Rb6 34.Rxc5 Rxb1+ 35.Kh2 1-0

Round 3, Game 8, Sept. 18
5+3
Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
A48 Kings Indian, London System

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.h3 Nbd7 7.Be2 Qe8 8.a4 a5 9.O-O b6 10.Na3 Bb7 11.Bh2 Ne4 12.Nd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 e5 14.Nb5 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Qc2 f5 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Rd4 Qg5 20.g3 Qh6 21.Kh2 g5 22.Qd1 Rf6 23.f4 Nf7 24.fxg5 Qxg5 25.Rf4 Kh8 26.Qg1 Ne5 27.Raf1 Rh6 28.Rxf5 Qg4 29.Rf8+ Rxf8 30.Rxf8+ Kg7 31.Rf7+ Kxf7 32.Qf1+ 0-1

Nepo goes on to Round 4

Round 3, Game 4, Sept. 18
25+10
Wei, Yi – Yu, Yangyi
D15 QGD Slav Accepted

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 e6 9.b4 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 f5 12.c5 Nd7 13.Nc4 Nf6 14.f3 Bd7 15.Nd6 exf3 16.Bxf3 Qc7 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.Bd2 g5 19.g3 Nd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Qd3 Be6 22.Rf2 Rf6 23.Raf1 Raf8 24.Nxf5 Qd7 25.g4 h5 26.h3 Kg8 27.e4 dxe4 28.Qxe4 Bxf5 29.gxf5 R6f7 30.Bc3 Bf6 31.Kh1 Re8 32.Qf3 g4 33.Rg2 Bg5 34.Qf2 Re3 35.Rg3 Qd5+ 36.Kg1 Rxf5 0-1

Final position



Yu Yangyi goes on to Round 4

Round 3, Game 6, Sept. 18
10+10
Giri, Anish – Xiong, Jeffery
B06 Robatsch Defence

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Qd2 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bh6 c6 9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.O-O-O cxd5 11.exd5 Bg4 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.Rhe1 Rc8 14.Nd4 Bxe2 15.Rxe2 Ne5 16.f4 Nc4 17.Qd3 Qb6 18.b3 Na3 19.Rxe7 Qb4 20.Nde2 Rc5 21.Qd4 a5 22.Kb2 Rc4 23.Qd3 Rfc8 24.Rc1 b5 25.f5 Rxc3 26.Nxc3 Rxc3 27.Qe2 Nc4+ 28.Ka1 Ne5 29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Rf1 Qd4 31.Kb1 Nxd5 32.Rd1 Rd3 33.Rxd3 Nxd3 34.Qxd3 Qxd3 35.Rxf7+ Kxf7 36.cxd3 Nf4 0-1

Position after 25.f5



Xiong goes on to Round 4


David Howell (tweet) - Hugely impressed by Jeffery Xiong today. No fear at all against Anish Giri at the World Cup. Attacking and showing creativity in every game. Also taught me a lesson recently in St. Louis.

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On the broadcast with Jan Gustafsson, Magnus Carlsen and Laurent Fressinet, the guys were all ragging on Giri in this last game until move 25.f5, when it became apparent that Giri would lose. Then, it wasn’t fun anymore and they gave their commiserations.

Magnus (tweet) - "I'm going to go when this game is over. My boy Anish is out - I've lost my will to live"

Round 3, Game 7, Sept. 18
5+3
MVL – Jakovenko, Dmitry
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Rxe3 a5 13.Nbd2 Qd7 14.Nf1 h6 15.Ng3 Qf7 16.Qb3 Ra6 17.Rd1 Rb6 18.Qc2 Nh5 19.Nxh5 Qxh5 20.d4 exd4 21.cxd4 Qf7 22.d5 Nb4 23.Qd2 Na6 24.dxe6 Qxe6 25.e5 Nb4 26.Nd4 Qe7 27.exd6 Qxd6 28.Qe2 Nd5 29.Re8 Rxe8 30.Qxe8+ Qf8 31.Qe5 c6 32.b3 Qf6 33.Qe8+ Qf8 34.Qe1 Rb4 35.g3 Qf6 36.Qe8+ Qf8 37.Qe5 Qf6 38.Qe8+ Qf8 39.Qg6 Qf6 40.Qd3 Kf7 41.Nc2 Rb6 42.Ne3 Qe6 43.Nxd5 Qxd5 44.Qe2 Qf5 45.Rd8 Kg6 46.Qe8+ Kg5 47.f4+ 1-0

MVL goes on to Round 4

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

September 18, 2019

Round Three

Tiebreaks (continued)

Round 3, Game 4, Sept. 18
25+10
Svidler, Peter – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
B12 Caro-Kann Defence

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.c3 a6 7.Be3 Nxe5 8.Nbd2 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 e6 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.O-O Nc6 13.Qg3 g6 14.b4 Bg7 15.Rac1 O-O 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Bf1 Rad8 18.a3 Rd7 19.a4 Rc8 20.h3 d4 21.Bg5 Bf6 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Ne7 25.cxd4 Nf5 26.Qf3 Qg5 27.Rc4 Rcd8 28.c6 bxc6 29.bxc6 Rc7 30.d5 exd5 31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.Qxd5 Qf6 33.g3 Qd6 34.Qe4 h5 35.h4 Re7 36.Qf3 Qe5 37.Bg2 Nd4 38.Qd1 Ne6 39.Rb4 Kg7 40.Rb7 Nc7 41.Qd8 Qf6 42.Kh2 1-0

Svidler to Round 4

After his game was over and the match won, Peter came on to the official broadcast to spell Yermolinsky, and then later on the broadcast with Gustafsson and Fressinet.

It is a wonder to me how many good commentators we now have on online broadcasts.

Round 3, Game 5, Sept. 18
10+10
Le, Quang Liem – Artemiev, Vladislav
D20 QGA

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d5 Ne5 6.Bf4 Ng6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nc3 e5 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Be2 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Qd7 14.Rac1 b5 15.f3 Nf4 16.Qd1 Rac8 17.Nb3 c6 18.g3 Ng6 19.dxc6 Rxc6 20.Kg2 h6 21.Qd3 Qe6 22.Nd5 Rfc8 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Rfd1 Rxc1 25.Nxc1 Be7 26.Ne2 b4 27.Rc1 Rd8 28.Qc4 Nf8 29.Qc6 Ne6 30.Kf2 Qg6 31.Qxa6 Qh5 32.h4 g5 33.Qb7 Bf8 34.Rc8 gxh4 35.g4 Rxc8 36.gxh5 Rc2 37.Qb5 Rxb2 38.Qxe5 Rxa2 39.f4 b3 40.Kf3 b2 41.Nc3 Ra3 42.Nb1 Rb3 43.Qd5 Nc5 44.Ke2 h3 45.Bxc5 h2 46.Qd8 Kh7 47.Qxf8 Rg3 48.Bd4 f6 49.Bxf6 Rg2+ 50.Kd3 Rg3+ 51.Kc4 1-0

Final position; it is mate in two after Black moves.



Le moves on to Round 4

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Round Four, Game One Pairings

Ding Liren-Alekseenko
Duda-Xiong
MVL-Svidler
Vitiugov-So
Nepomniachtchi-Yu Yangyi
Le-Aronian
Mamedyarov-Radjabov
Grischuk-Dominguez

(eight matches)

Round 4 has five Russians, three Americans, two Chinese, two Azeris and one each from Poland, France, Armenia and Viet Nam.

Tomorrow, Thursday, September 19 is a free day. Round 4 commences on September 20^th.

Sunday, September 29^this also a free day.

[Hans Jung]

Incredible series Xiong Giri Loved Jeffery's play!

[Hans Jung]

Loved the final attack in the Giri - Xiong game (game 6)

[Hans Jung]

I sure like the pairings for the final 16.

[Hans Jung]

Peter Svidler sacked a bishop and has opened MVL's king position. It doesnt look like enough but it should be entertaining.

[Hans Jung]

Jeffrey Xiong continuse to play aggressively and create lots of tactics.

[Hans Jung]

Vitiugov may cook up something against Wesley So. He is a very dangerous player.