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    FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

    July 11, 2021

    First Round Pairings

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    FIDE World Cup Sochi 2021 Open Round 1
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    No Player 1 Country Rating Player 2 Country Rating
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    1 Martinovic, S. CRO 2548 Kulaots, K. EST 2548
    2 Tari, A. NOR 2639 Barrish, D. RSA 2313
    3 Bareev, E. CAN 2638 Quizon, D. PHI 2319
    4 Gretarsson, H. NOR 2603 Stupak, K. BLR 2485
    5 Alekseev, E. RUS 2605 Fawzy, A. EGY 2485
    6 Nguyen, T CZE 2577 Kozak, A, HUN 2518
    7 Sargsyan, S. ARM 2618 Reyes, P. VEN 2417
    8 Gukesh, D. IND 2578 Teclaf, P POL 2524
    9 Vocaturo, D. ITA 2617 Gan-Ardene, S. MGL 2419
    10 Sindarov, J. UZB 2556 Tang, A. USA 2538
    11 Cori, J. PER 2652 Karimov, A. TJK 2244
    12 Mareco, S. ARG 2629 Khader, S. JOR 2382
    13 Parligras, M. ROM 2591 Druska, J. SVK 2493
    14 Piorun, K. POL 2608 Makarian, R. RUS 2460
    15 Pantsulaia, L. GEO 2564 Vakhidov, J. UZB 2534
    16 Kuzubov, Y. UKR 2653 Kassis, A. LBN 2205
    17 Ponkratov, P. RUS 2627 Sousa, A. POR 2390
    18 Gabuzyan, H. ARM 2587 Bellahcene, B. ALG 2499
    19 Zvjaginsev,V. RUS 2608 Haria, R. ENG 2440
    20 Savchenko, B. RUS 2553 Afansiev, N. RUS 2542
    21 Chithambaram, A. IND 2641 Concio, M. PHI 2297
    22 Abdusattorov, N UZB 2634 Ervan, M. INA 2456
    23 Yakubboev, N. UZB 2598 Preotu, R. CAN 2487
    24 Durabayli, V. AZE 2606 Sklyarov, D. FIN 2480
    25 Fier, A. BRA 2569 Pechac, J. SBK 2523
    26 Adhiban, B. IND 2660 Chipanga, C. MAW 2103
    27 Ramirez, N. PAR 2622 Murshec, N. BAN 2404
    28 Mikhalevski, V. ISR 2579 Htun, W. MYA 2508
    29 Akobian, V. USA 2614 Quiceno, E. COL 2430
    30 Ponsa, F. ARG 2554 Nikolov, M. BUL 2542
    31 Saric, I. CRO 2645 Miguel, S. ANG 2286
    32 Pichot, A. ARG 2630 Pineda, S. CRC 2365
    33 Georgiev, K. MKD 2594 Dgebuadze, A. BEL 2488
    34 Villagra, C. CHI 2606 Goh, M. SGP 2478
    35 Meshkovs, N. LAT 2568 Vazquez, G. PAR 2527
    36 Sevian, S. USA 2660 Subramaniam MAS 2155
    37 Bok, B. NED 2624 Abdyjapar, A. KGZ 2403
    38 Bogner, S. SUI 2581 Iniyan, P. IND 2506
    39 Idani, P. IRI 2614 Rahman, Z. BAN 2434

  • #2
    FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

    July 11, 2021

    First Round Pairings (continued)
    No Player 1 Country Rating Player 2 Country Rating
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    40 Megaranto, S. INA 2550 Maghami, E. IRI 2547
    41 Motylev, A. RUS 2639 Elarabi, A. LBA 2307
    42 Jumabayev, R. KAZ 2637 Eiti, B. SYR 2340
    43 Jobava, B. GEO 2603 Mishra, A. USA 2485
    44 Ivanisevic, I. SRB 2606 Vila, A. URU 2484
    45 Cabrera, C. CUB 2573 Plat, V. CZE 2521
    46 Zherebukh, Y. USA 2620 Ioannidis, E. GRE 2411
    47 Andersen, M. DEN 2579 Herrera, P. CHI 2514
    48 Svane, R. GER 2615 Gindy, E. EGY 2420
    49 Moradiabadi, E. USA 2553 Ziska, H. FRO 2539
    50 Onischuk, A. USA 2649 Salih, Akar IRQ 2274
    51 Paravyan, D. RUS 2629 Tissir, M. MAR 2379
    52 Krasenkow, M. POL 2591 Sebenik, M. SLO 2492
    53 Praggnanaandha IND 2608 Bersamina, P. PHI 2462
    54 Paichadze, L. GEO 2564 Vokhidov. S. UZB 2530
    55 Oparin, G. RUS 2654 Liyanage, R. SRI 2203
    56 Deac, B. ROM 2639 Zaibi, A. TUN 2396
    57 Iordachescu, V. MDA 2589 Murzin, V. RUS 2502
    58 Braun, A. GER 2609 Juksta, K. LTU 2438
    59 Cheng, B. AUS 2552 Sanal, V. TUR 2546
    60 Sarana, A. RUS 2640 Ajibola, O. NGR 2302
    61 Kovalev, V. FID 2637 Makoto, R. ZIM 2532
    62 Bachmann, A. PAR 2599 Shubin, K. RUS 2486
    63 Gareyev, T. USA 2606 Jingyao, T. SGP 2482
    64 Can, Emre TUR 2569 Lima, D. BRA 2522
    65 Sjugirov, S. RUS 2661 Prudente, E. GUM 1998
    66 Sarin, N. IND 2620 Ssegwanyi, A. UGA 2409
    67 Ivic, V. SRB 2581 Hungaki, R. USA 2514
    68 Erdos, V. HUN 2614 Atabayev, S. TKM 2425
    69 Mekhitarian, K. BRA 2554 Zamora, J. MEX 2540
    70 Martirosyan, H. ARM 2632 Mwali, C. ZAM 2281
    71 Yilmaz, M. TUR 2630 Omar, N. USA 2367
    72 Brkic, A. CRO 2592 Barrientos, S. COL 249
    73 Indjic, A. SRB 2607 Draskovic, L. MNE 2469
    74 Perez, Y. CUB 2565 Krysa, L. ARG 2527
    75 Lupulescu, C. ROM 2659 Fawzy, A. EGY 2485
    76 Adly, A. EGY 2625 Hesham, A. EGY 2397
    77 Kadric, D. BIH 2586 Batsuren, D. MGL 2504
    78 Tabatabaei, A. IRI 2613 Qudaimi, B. YEM 2435
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    • #3
      FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

      July 11, 2021

      First Round Pairings

      These players have a first round bye:

      Carlsen, M.
      Wojtaszek, R.
      Matlakov, M.
      Dubov, D.
      Malakhov, V.
      Abasov, N.
      Esipenko, A.
      Dominguez, L.
      Bacrot, E.
      Gabuzyan, H.
      Amin, B.
      Van Foreest, J.
      Ragger, M.
      Firouzja, A.
      Grischuk, A.
      Korobov, A.
      Maghsoodloo, P.
      Tomashevsky, E
      Anton, D.
      Duda, J-K
      Vidit, S.
      Grandelius, N.
      Xiong, J.
      Navara, D.
      Predke, A.
      Giri, A.
      Aronian, L.
      Jakovenko, D.
      Fedoseev, V.
      Pons, F.
      Bluebaum, M.
      Andreikin, D.
      Harikrishna, P.
      Berkes, F.
      Yu, Y.
      Kryvoruchko, Y.
      Salem, S.
      Mamedyarov, S.
      Vachier-Lagrave, M
      Sargissian, G.
      Alekseenko, K.
      Artemiev, V.
      Gelfand, B.
      Karjakin, S.
      Vitiugov, N.
      Shirov, A.
      Cheparinov, I.
      Svidler, P.
      Shankland, S.
      Arenchenko, A.
      Caruana, F.

      This is a knock-out tournament of eight rounds. All rounds are played with two game matches.

      Round 1 has 156 players
      Round 2 has 78 winners of Round 1 + 50 top seeds for 128 players
      Round 3 has 64 players
      Round 4 has 32 players
      Round 5 has 16 players
      Round 6 has 8 players
      Round 7 has 4 players
      Round 8 has 2 players in the final

      The time control for each game is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1

      In any match, the player who scores more points than his/her opponent in the two standard games is the winner.

      If the score is level after the two regular games, after a new drawing of colours, two tiebreak games are played with time control of 25 minutes for each player + 10 seconds

      If the score is level after the games above, then colours are drawn again and two games with a time control of 10 minutes for each player + 10 seconds increment per move

      If the score is level after that then colours are drawn again and two games with a time control of 5 minutes per player + 3 seconds increment per move

      Then, Armageddon.

      Day 3, Round 1, Game 1 (July 12)
      Day 4, Round 1, Game 2 (July 13)
      Day 5, Round 1 Tie-break (July 14)
      Day 6, Round 2, Game 1 (July 15)
      Day 7, Round 2, Game 2 (July 16)
      Day 8, Round 2, Tie-break (July 17)
      Day 9, Round 3, Game 1 (July 18)
      Day 10, Round 3, Game 2 (July 19)
      Day 11, Round 3, Tie-break (July 20)
      Day 12 Free Day (July 21)
      Day 13, Round 4, Game 1 (July 22)
      Day 14, Round 4, Game 2 (July 23)
      Day 15, Round 4, Tie-break (July 24)
      Day 16, Round 5, Game 1 (July 25)
      Day 17, Round 5, Game 2 (July 26)
      Day 18, Round 5, Tie-break (July 27)
      Day 19, Round 6, Game 1 (July 28)
      Day 20, Round 6, Game 2 (July 29)
      Day 21, Round 6, Tie-break (July 30)
      Day 22 Free Day (July 31)
      Day 23, Round 7, Game 1 (August 1)
      Day 24, Round 7, Game 2 (August 2)
      Day 25, Round 7, Tie-break (August 3)
      Day 26, Final, Game 1 (August 4)
      Day 27, Final, Game 2 (August 5)
      Day 28, Final, Tie-break (August 6)

      Games start at 3 PM Sochi time which is 8 AM Montreal/Toronto time

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      • #4
        https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021..._Herrera_Pablo Very nice first round game. The beginning of the upsets.

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        • #5
          https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...s-Murshed_Niaz Spectacular end!

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          • #6
            First win for E.Bareev.
            https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...-Quizon_Daniel

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            • #7
              Razvan Preotu lost with White in his first game against GM Nodirbek Yakubboev :(
              ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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              • #8
                FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

                July 12, 2021

                Round One


                Nigel Short and Evgeny Miroshnichenko are the commentators.

                One of the first games they commented on was this:

                Game 1, July 12
                Andersen, Mads – Salinas Herrera, Pablo
                D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

                1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.d4 O-O 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.Bf1 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.g3 Rc8 16.Bh3 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Bb4 18.Nde2 Ne4 19.a3 Nxf2 20.axb4 Nxh3+ 21.Kf1 Qxe3 22.Qf5 Nf6 23.Bc1 Ng4 24.Rd3 d4 25.Red1 Qg1+ 26.Nxg1 Nxh2# 0-1

                Final Position



                The guys think that White realized he was lost and played to the end for Black to deliver the spectacular mate.

                Game 1, July 12
                Bersamina, Paulo – Pragg
                B40 Sicilian Defence

                1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Qe2 e5 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.Na3 Re8 9.d3 d6 10.Nc4 h6 11.h3 Be6 12.Kh2 Bf8 13.Bd2 g6 14.a4 Bg7 15.b4 cxb4 16.cxb4 d5 17.Na5 Nxa5 18.bxa5 Bd7 19.Bc3 Qc7 20.Rfc1 Bc6 21.Nd2 a6 22.Qd1 Rad8 23.Qb3 h5 24.Bb4 Qd7 25.Ra2 Bh6 26.Re1 h4 27.exd5 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Qxd5 29.Qxd5 Nxd5 30.Rb1 hxg3+ 31.fxg3 Nxb4 32.Rxb4 Rxd3 33.Ne4 Re7 34.Nc5 Rd5 35.Rxb7 Rxb7 36.Nxb7 Be3 37.Re2 Ba7 38.Rc2 e4 39.Kg2 Rd7 40.Rc8+ Kh7 41.Nd8 Kg7 42.Nc6 Rd2+ 43.Kf1 Bf2 44.Re8 f5 45.g4 Bg3 46.g5 f4 47.Rxe4 f3 48.Rd4 Rh2 0-1

                Game 1, July 12
                Bareev, Evgeny – Quizon, Daniel
                D23 QGA (Neo-Mannheim)

                1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.e3 O-O 10.Qe2 Ne4 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.b3 a5 13.Bb2 a4 14.Nfd2 Nef6 15.e4 Bg4 16.f3 Bh5 17.Na3 b5 18.Nc2 e5 19.b4 exd4 20.Bxd4 Ne5 21.g4 Bg6 22.h3 Ned7 23.Rac1 Bd6 24.Be3 Be5 25.Nd4 Bxd4 26.Bxd4 Rac8 27.a3 Rfe8 28.Qf2 h6 29.Rc3 Qd6 30.Re1 Qf4 31.Rec1 Qd6 32.Nf1 Nh7 33.Be3 Nhf8 34.Qd2 Qf6 35.Qd4 Qe6 36.Bf4 Red8 37.Qe3 Nf6 38.Bg3 N8d7 39.Qf2 Bh7 40.Qe3 Ne5 41.Bxe5 Qxe5 42.f4 Qe8 43.Ng3 Rc7 44.Qb6 Rdc8 45.e5 Nd7 46.Qd4 Nf8 47.f5 Rd8 48.Qe3 Rdc8 49.Qf4 Qd7 50.Kh2 Qe8 51.Ne4 Qe7 52.Nd6 Rd8 53.Bxc6 1-0

                The endgame of R+B vs R+p was followed

                Game 1, July 12
                Oparin Grigoriy – Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan
                A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Indian variation

                1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.Nf3 e6 4.c4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nc3 a6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 Bd6 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Ne2 Ne4 13.Nf4 Ndf6 14.Rc1 a5 15.Ne5 c5 16.Ng4 Bxf4 17.gxf4 Nxg4 18.Qxg4 Bc8 19.Qh5 Ba6 20.Rfe1 c4 21.f3 Nf6 22.Qh4 Rc8 23.e4 dxe4 24.fxe4 c3 25.Rxc3 Qxd4+ 26.Qf2 Qxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Rcd8 28.Rc2 Bd3 29.Bxf6 Bxc2 30.Bxd8 Rxd8 31.Bf3 g6 32.Ke2 a4 33.bxa4 Bxa4 34.Rb1 Rc8 35.Rxb6 Rc2+ 36.Ke3 Rxa2 37.f5 Ra3+ 38.Kf2 Rb3 39.Rd6 gxf5 40.exf5 Kg7 41.f6+ Kg6 42.Be4+ Kg5 43.h4+ Kxh4 44.Rd4 Rb2+ 45.Ke3 Bb3 46.Rb4 Kg5 47.Kd4 Kxf6 48.Kc3 Rf2 49.Rxb3 h5 50.Rb5 h4 51.Rh5 Rh2 52.Kd3 Rh3+ 53.Kd4 Rh2 54.Ke3 h3 55.Kf4 Rf2+ 56.Kg3 Rb2 57.Rxh3 Rb3+ 58.Bf3 Kg5 59.Rh5+ Kg6 60.Rc5 f5 61.Kf4 Rb4+ 62.Ke5 Rb1 63.Rc8 Re1+ 64.Kf4 Ra1 65.Rc6+ Kg7 66.Bd5 Ra5 67.Rd6 Ra7 68.Kxf5 Rc7 69.Rg6+ Kf8 70.Ke6 Re7+ 71.Kf6 Rf7+ 72.Ke5 Rc7 73.Be6 Rg7 74.Rf6+ Ke7 75.Rh6 Kf8 76.Kd6 Rg5 77.Rh7 Rg6 78.Rc7 Rf6 79.Ke5 Rg6 80.Rf7+ Kg8 81.Bd5 Rg7 82.Rf5+ Kh7 83.Bf7 Rg4 84.Kf6 Rh4 85.Bg6+ Kh6 86.Rg5 Rf4+ 87.Bf5 Rc4 88.Rg8 Rc6+ 89.Be6 Rc7 90.Rg6+ Kh5 91.Rg3 1-0

                Position after White’s 64.Kf4



                The world’s youngest grandmaster is playing Baadur Jobava. Both have masks on – Jobava, black cloth and Mishra -Plexiglas face shield and white cloth.

                Game 1, July 12
                Mishra, Abhimanyu – Jobava, Baadur
                E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

                1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e3 Qe7 8.Rc1 Rd8 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Ne5 Be8 14.O-O c5 15.Qe2 Rac8 16.Rfd1 h6 17.f3 b6 18.Kh1 Rc7 19.g4 Nh7 20.f4 f6 21.Nf3 Bc6 22.Qf2 Qe8 23.Nh4 b5 24.Ne2 c4 25.b4 a5 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 Qe7 28.Rb1 Bd7 29.Nc3 Bxg4 30.Rg1 h5 31.Rg3 g5 32.fxg5 fxg5 33.Ng6 Qe6 34.Ne5 Bf5 35.Rbg1 g4 36.h3 Rg7 37.R3g2 Rf8 38.Qh4 Nf6 39.Rf1 Ne4 40.Ne2 g3 41.Nxg3 Bxh3 42.Rxf8+ Kxf8 43.Rg1 Nxg3+ 44.Rxg3 Rxg3 45.Qxg3 Bg4 46.Qf4+ Qf5 47.Qh6+ Kg8 48.Kg2 Be2 49.Kg3 Bf1 50.Qc6 Qg5+ 51.Kf3 Qf5+ 52.Kg3 h4+ 53.Kxh4 Qh3+ 54.Kg5 Qxe3+ 55.Kf6 Qh6+ 56.Ng6 Qg7+ 57.Kg5 Kh7 58.Qxd5 Qxg6+ 59.Kf4 Qh6+ 60.Kg3 Qe3+ 61.Kg4 Be2+ 62.Kf5 Qf3+ 0-1

                12-year-old GM Abhimanyu Mishra put up a great fight and could have drawn at some points near the end, but Baadur Jobava wins in 62 moves

                Game 1, July 12
                Preotu, Razvan – Yakubboev, Nodirbek
                C54 Giuoco Piano

                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 Ne7 10.d4 Ng6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.a5 h6 14.Qc2 Qd8 15.b4 Nh5 16.Nf1 Qf6 17.Ne3 Nhf4 18.Ng4 Nxh3+ 19.gxh3 Bxg4 20.hxg4 Qxf3 21.Re3 Qf6 22.Qd1 Nf4 23.Rf3 Qg5 24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Rh3 g6 26.Qb3 Rxe4 27.Bxf7+ Kg7 28.Bd5 Qxg4+ 29.Kh2 f3 30.Rg1 Qf4+ 31.Kh1 Qf5 32.Rh2 Rg4 33.Re1 h5 34.Bxb7 Rf8 35.Qe6 Qf4 36.Bxa6 c5 37.bxc5 Bb8 38.Qe3 dxc5 39.Qxf4 Rfxf4 40.Bb7 cxd4 41.cxd4 Rf7 42.Bd5 Ra7 43.Bxf3 Rxd4 44.Ra1 Bxh2 45.Kxh2 Rd6 46.Be4 Rda6 47.f4 Rxa5 48.Rg1 Ra2+ 49.Kh3 R7a6 50.f5 R6a3+ 51.Kh4 Ra4 0-1

                Game 1, July 12
                Ssegwanyi, Arthur – Nihal Sarin
                C18 French, Winawer, Advance variation

                1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Qg4 g6 8.Qd1 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qa4 10.Rb1 c4 11.h4 h6 12.Qc1 b6 13.Be2 Bd7 14.h5 g5 15.f4 gxf4 16.Nh3 f5 17.Nxf4 O-O-O 18.Kf2 Nge7 19.Bf3 Rh7 20.Ne2 Rdh8 21.Rh3 Be8 22.Rg3 Bf7 23.Qb2 Kd7 24.Rh1 Qa6 25.Nf4 Qc8 26.a4 Rg8 27.Rxg8 Qxg8 28.Rh3 Nc8 29.Qb5 Kc7 30.Qb1 Qe8 31.Rg3 a5 32.Qc1 N6e7 33.Qa3 Kb7 34.Rh3 Ka6 35.Ne2 Qd7 36.Rh1 Be8 37.Ra1 Rh8 38.Bf4 Nc6 39.Qc1 Qg7 40.Qd2 Nd8 41.Ng3 Qh7 42.Qc1 Nf7 43.Be2 Rg8 44.Qa3 Ng5 45.Qa2 Qg7 46.Ke1 Ka7 47.Kd2 Qe7 48.Rb1 Nf7 49.Ke3 Qh4 50.Kf3 Rg4 0-1

                It was very far from easy, but @NihalSarin got there in the end and picked up another couple of rating points - he's now 0.7 points behind Hou Yifan, David Howell and Gata Kamsky on 2658!

                Game 1, July 12
                Sjugirov, Sanan – Prudente, Elmer
                A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System

                1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.g3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 d5 7.O-O Bf5 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Nd4 e6 10.h3 h5 11.Nc3 Nh7 12.Na4 Nb6 13.Nxf5 Bxb2 14.Nh6+ Kg7 15.Nxf7 Rxf7 16.Nxb2 d4 17.Qd2 Qd6 18.b4 c5 19.a3 Rd8 20.bxc5 Qxc5 21.Qb4 Qe5 22.Rae1 h4 23.g4 Ng5 24.e3 a5 25.Qxb6 Nf3+ 26.Bxf3 Rxf3 27.Qxb7+ 1-0

                Elmer is a 56-year-old Candidate Master from Guam. He is the lowest rated player in the Open. He is on go-fund-me because:

                He’s been practicing for weeks on how he’ll open the game against the Russian. One mistake and the game is over, he said, and his tournament too.

                “It’s a knock-out style. If you win, you still play. If you don’t win, you go home,” he said. “I hope I can stay. Just for the plane ticket, it cost $4,450. The food and lodging? Hopefully, they can deduct that amount from my winnings.”

                Today’s results to follow when all games are completed.

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                • #9
                  https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...Akar_Ali_Salih In the opening sometimes one tempo is all it takes. White sacrifices two pawns for tremendous play but then d6??

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                  • #10
                    FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

                    July 13, 2021

                    Round One


                    In Game 1 yesterday, 14-year-old Russian IM Volodar Murzin (2502), came very close to defeating his opponent, veteran Moldovan GM Viorel Iordachescu (2589), in an ending with a clear extra pawn.

                    Game 1, July 12
                    Murzin, Volodar – Iordachescu, Viorel
                    D02 Queen’s Bishop game

                    1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 Nc6 6.Nbd2 f6 7.c3 g5 8.Be3 Nge7 9.Bd3 Bg7 10.h4 g4 11.Ng1 e5 12.Ne2 O-O 13.Qb1 h6 14.O-O Be6 15.Nb3 b6 16.Qc1 e4 17.Bb5 Kh7 18.Ng3 Qe8 19.Qd2 Bd7 20.Nc1 Ng6 21.h5 Nh4 22.Nce2 Ne7 23.Bxd7 Qxd7 24.a4 Rf7 25.Rfc1 Rg8 26.c4 Bf8 27.Qc2 Nhf5 28.Nf4 Nxg3 29.fxg3 dxc4 30.Qxe4+ Qf5 31.Qb7 Qc8 32.Qxc8 Nxc8 33.Rxc4 Nd6 34.Rc6 Nf5 35.Bf2 Bd6 36.Nd5 Rg5 37.Re1 Kg7 38.Re6 Bxg3 39.Bxg3 Nxg3 40.Nxf6 Nf5 41.Ne4 Rxh5 42.Rg6+ Kh7 43.Rxg4 Ne3 44.Rc7 Rf5 45.Rxf7+ Rxf7 46.Rg3 Rf1+ 47.Kh2 Nd5 48.Nc3 Nf6 49.d5 h5 50.Rd3 Kg6 51.d6 Nd7 52.Nb5 Rf4 53.b3 a6 54.Nc7 a5 55.Nd5 Re4 56.Nxb6 Nxb6 57.d7 Nxd7 58.Rxd7 Re3 59.Rd6+ Kg5 60.Rd5+ Kg4 61.Rxa5 Rxb3 62.Rb5 Ra3 63.Rb4+ Kg5 64.g3 Ra1 65.Kg2 Kf5 66.Kh3 Rh1+ 67.Kg2 Ra1 68.Kf3 Ra3+ 69.Kg2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

                    In today’s game

                    Game 2, July 13
                    Iordachescu, Viorel – Murzin, Volodar
                    B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

                    1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 Ng6 7.O-O f6 8.exf6 Qxf6 9.Bg5 Qf7 10.Nh4 Nxh4 11.Bxh4 Bd6 12.Bg3 Bxg3 13.fxg3 Qe7 14.g4 Bxb1 15.Rxb1 Nd7 16.a4 O-O-O 17.b4 e5 18.b5 c5 19.b6 a6 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Qd2 Rhe8 22.Kh1 Qd6 23.Qg5 Qg6 24.Qh4 Kb8 25.Rbe1 Qd6 26.h3 h6 27.Rf5 d4 28.cxd4 cxd4 29.Rd1 Qxb6 30.g5 d3 31.Bf1 Qd4 32.Qg3 Ka8 33.Rf4 Qd5 34.gxh6 gxh6 35.Rb4 Qc5 36.Re4 Qd5 37.Qe1 d2 38.Qe2 Re7 39.Re3 Rdd7 40.Rg3 Nc6 41.Qf2 Qd4 42.Rg8+ Ka7 43.Rxd2 Qxf2 44.Rxf2 Rd4 45.Rf6 h5 46.Rg5 h4 47.Rg4 Ree4 48.Rxe4 Rxe4 49.g4 hxg3 50.Kg2 Rxa4 51.Kxg3 a5 52.h4 Rd4 53.h5 Kb6 54.h6 a4 55.h7 Rd8 56.Rh6 Rh8 57.Kf4 Kc5 58.Rh5+ Kd4 59.Kg5 a3 60.Rh4+ Kc3 61.Rh3+ Kb4 62.Rh4+ Ka5 63.Bd3 a2 64.Rh1 Kb4 65.Kf6 Kc3 66.Bg6 Nd4 67.Kg7 Rxh7+ 68.Bxh7 Nb3 69.Kf6 a1=Q 70.Rxa1 Nxa1 71.Ke5 b5 72.Kd6 Nb3 73.Bg8 b4 74.Bf7 Nd2 75.Kc5 Ne4+ 76.Kc6 Nf6 77.Kc5 Nd7+ 78.Kd6 Nb6 79.Kc5 Nd7+ 1/2-1/2

                    Position after White’s 42.Rg8+



                    Murzin was on the verge of a big win, but with 42...Ka7? he blundered his passed pawn to 43.Rxd2! (exploiting the fact that the black queen is now pinned)

                    Blindfold expert Timur Gareyev playing Singapore master Jingyao Tin draws the second game so they are on to tie-breaks tomorrow

                    Game 2, July 13
                    Gareyev, Timur – Tin, Jingyao
                    D10 QGD Slav Defence, Exchange variation

                    1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.f3 Bd7 8.Nc3 e6 9.g4 Be7 10.h4 a6 11.Nge2 b5 12.Kf2 Na5 13.Ng3 b4 14.Nce2 Nc4 15.Rb1 Bb5 16.b3 Na3 17.Rc1 O-O 18.Qd2 Qb6 19.Bg5 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Qb7 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.g5 Be7 23.f4 Nb5 24.h5 Rac8 25.Kf3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.g6 hxg6 28.hxg6 Rxc1 29.gxf7+ Kxf7 30.Nxc1 Qc8 31.Qd2 Bd6 32.Nd3 Qc3 33.Qd1 g6 34.Kg4 Kg7 35.Kh3 Na3 36.Kg4 Nb5 37.Kf3 Qc8 38.Nf2 Qc3 39.Ng4 Be7 40.Ne2 Qc8 41.Qh1 Qh8 42.Qxh8+ Kxh8 43.e4 Kg7 44.exd5 exd5 45.Ne3 Nc7 46.Kg4 Kf6 47.f5 gxf5+ 48.Nxf5 Ke6 49.Nf4+ Kd7 50.Nd3 a5 51.Ne5+ Ke6 52.Nc6 Bf6 53.Nxa5 Kd7 54.Kf4 Ne6+ 55.Ke3 Kc7 56.Kd3 Nf4+ 57.Kc2 Kb6 58.Nc4+ dxc4 59.bxc4 Ka5 60.a3 bxa3 61.Kb3 a2 62.Kxa2 Kb4 63.Ne3 Bxd4 64.Nd5+ Kxc4 1/2-1/2

                    Mishra draws with Jobava, so the former is out and the latter goes on to meet Sam Shankland!

                    Game 2, July 13
                    Jobava, Baadur – Mishra, Abhimanyu
                    B22 Sicilian, Alapin’s variation

                    1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.exd6 Nf6 9.Qe2 Bxd6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd2 Qe7 13.Ngf3 b6 14.O-O-O Bb7 15.Ne4 O-O-O 16.Nxd6+ Rxd6 17.Ba6 Rhd8 18.Bxb7+ Kxb7 19.g3 Kc7 20.h4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Qc5 23.Qe2 g5 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Nd2 g4 26.Qxg4 Qxf2 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.Nxf3 Kd6 29.Kd1 f5 30.Ke2 e5 31.Nd2 Ne7 32.a3 Nd5 33.c4 Nf6 34.b4 e4 35.Nb3 Ke5 36.a4 Nh5 37.Kf2 f4 38.gxf4+ Nxf4 39.Ke3 Nd3 40.b5 Nb2 41.Nd2 Nd1+ 42.Ke2 Nc3+ 43.Ke3 Nxa4 44.Nxe4 Nc5 45.Ng5 a5 46.bxa6 Nxa6 1/2-1/2

                    Abhimanyu (tweet): It was simply great to play in my first world cup. GM Jobava is a better player and won it with 1.5 to.5. It was amazing to discuss the game with him after the 2nd round.

                    Game 2, July 13
                    Quizon, Daniel - Bareev, Evgeny
                    C08 French, Tarrasch, open

                    1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nf1 Re8 11.c3 Qb6 12.Qc2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bc5 14.Be3 Ne5 15.b4 Bf8 16.Nf5 Qc7 17.Bd4 g6 18.N5e3 Bg7 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.h3 Re6 21.Qb3 a6 22.b5 axb5 23.Qxb5 Qc6 24.Qb3 Nc4 25.Rb1 Ne4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Nxc4 dxc4 28.Qxb7 Qxb7 29.Rxb7 Rd3 30.Rc7 Rxc3 31.Ne3 Nd6 32.Nf5+ Kf6 33.Ne3 Kg7 34.Nf5+ Kf6 35.Ne3 1/2-1/2

                    Bareev goes on to the second round and meets Aryan Tari.

                    Game 2, July 13
                    Yakubboev, Nodirbek – Preotu, Razvan
                    A48 King’s Indian, Torre Attack

                    1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.e4 Nh5 8.Bc4 Qe8 9.a4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O Nd7 12.Re1 Kh8 13.Nf1 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Nd4 Nc5 16.Nb5 Na6 17.Ne3 Nf4 18.Nd5 Be6 19.Nxf4 Bxc4 20.b3 Bg8 21.Nh5 Qf7 22.f4 e4 23.Re3 Kh7 24.Nxg7 Qxg7 25.Rg3 Qf7 26.Qd4 c5 27.Qd6 Rae8 28.Re1 Re6 29.Qd2 Rb6 30.b4 Qd5 31.Rd1 Qxd2 32.Rxd2 cxb4 33.cxb4 Bc4 34.Rd4 Bxb5 35.axb5 Nb8 36.Rd5 a6 37.Rc3 axb5 38.Rcc5 Kg6 39.h3 Rc6 40.Rxb5 Rf7 41.Kh2 Na6 42.Rd8 Re6 43.Re5 Rb6 44.Bf2 Rxb4 45.Re6+ Rf6 46.Re7 Rf7 47.Re6+ Rf6 48.Re7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

                    Nodirbek goes on to the second round, meeting Navara.

                    Pragg goes on too, meeting Sargissian

                    Game 2, July 13
                    Pragg – Bersamina, Paulo
                    E73 King’s Indian, Semi-Averbakh System

                    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 Na6 7.Nf3 e5 8.O-O Qe7 9.Qc2 Nb4 10.Qd2 c5 11.d5 Ng4 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 g5 14.h3 Nh6 15.Nxg5 fxg5 16.Bxg5 Rf6 17.f4 Nf7 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.a3 Na6 20.Bh5 Nh8 21.fxe5 Qxe5 22.Qe2 Bd7 23.Bg4 Bxg4 24.Qxg4 Ng6 25.Nb5 Rd8 26.Rad1 Kh8 27.Rf7 Rg8 28.Rdf1 Nb8 29.R1f5 Qxb2 30.Nxd6 Nd7 31.Rxd7 Bd4+ 32.Kh2 Be5+ 33.Kg1 Bd4+ 34.Kh2 Be5+ 35.Kg1 Bd4+ 36.Kh2 1/2-1/2

                    Players going to Tie-Breaks tomorrow

                    Fawzy-Alekseev
                    Gretarsson-Stupak
                    Teclaf-Gukesh
                    Haria-Zvaginsev
                    Gabuzyan-Bellahcene
                    Nikolov-Ponsa
                    Abdyjapar-Bok
                    Pechac-Fier
                    Ramirez-Murshed
                    Quiceno-Akobian
                    Savchenko-Afanasiev
                    Sanal-Cheng
                    Tin-Gareyev
                    Adly-Hesham
                    Qudaimi-Tabatabaei
                    Martirosyan-Mwali
                    Mekhitarian-Zamora
                    Murzin-Iordachescu
                    Megaranto-Maghami

                    19 tie-break matches

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                    • #11
                      FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

                      July 14, 2021

                      Round One


                      Results of Tie-Breaks

                      Fawzy-Alekseev 1.5-2.5
                      Gretarsson-Stupak 2.5-1.5
                      Teclaf-Gukesh 1.5-2.5
                      Haria-Zvaginsev 3-1
                      Gabuzyan-Bellahcene 3-1
                      Nikolov-Ponsa 2.5-3.5
                      Abdyjapar-Bok 1-3
                      Pechac-Fier 2.5-3.5
                      Ramirez-Murshed 5-3
                      Quiceno-Akobian 1.5-2.5
                      Savchenko-Afanasiev 2.5-1.5
                      Sanal-Cheng 1-3
                      Tin-Gareyev 2-4
                      Adly-Hesham 1.5-2.5
                      Qudaimi-Tabatabaei 1.5-2.5
                      Martirosyan-Mwali 3-1
                      Mekhitarian-Zamora 2.5-1.5
                      Murzin-Iordachescu 3.5-2.5
                      Megaranto-Maghami 2.5-1.5


                      Round Two Matches

                      Carlsen, Magnus – Martinovic, Sasa
                      Bareev, Evgeny – Tari, Aryan
                      Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Alekseev, Evgeny
                      Gretarsson, Hjorvar – Matlakov, Maxim
                      Dubov, Daniil – Gukesh, D.
                      Vocaturo, Daniele – Malakhov, Vladimir
                      Abasov, Nijat, Sargsyan, Shant
                      Nguyen, Thai Dai Van – Esipenko, Andrey
                      Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Vakhidov, Jakhongir
                      Ponkratov, Pavel – Kuzubov, Yuriy
                      Bacrot, Etienne – Haria, Ravi
                      Gabuzyan, Hovahannes – Amin, Bassem
                      Van Foreest, Jorden – Druska, Juraj
                      Piorun, Kacper – Ragger, Markus
                      Cori, Jorge – Mareco, Sandro
                      Sindarov, Javokhir – Firouzja, Alireza
                      Grischuk, Alexander – Perez Ponsa, Federico
                      Pichot, Alan – Saric, Ivan
                      Korobov, Anton – Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal
                      Georgiev, Kiril – Maghsoodloo, Parham
                      Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Iniyan, P.
                      Idani, Pouya – Anton Guijarro, David
                      Sevian, Samuel – Bok, Benjamin
                      Vazquez, Gillermo – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
                      Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi – Fier, Alexandr
                      Delgado, Ramirez – Adhiban, B.
                      Grandelius, Nils - Akobian, Varuzhan
                      Mikhalevski, Victor - Xiong, Jeffery
                      Navara, David – Yakubboev, Nodirbek
                      Durarbayli, Vasif – Predke, Alexandr
                      Aravindh, Chithambaram – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
                      Savchenko, Boris – Giri, Anish
                      Aronian, Levon – Cheng, Bobby
                      Kovalev, Vladislav – Sarana, Alexey
                      Jakovenko, Dmitry – Gareyev, Timur
                      Bachmann, Axel – Fedoseev, Vladimir
                      Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Ivic, Velimir
                      Erdos, Viktor – Bluebaum, Matthias
                      Sjugirov, Sanan – Nihal Sarin
                      Can, Emre – Andreikin, Dmitry
                      Harikrishna, Pentala – Quesada Perez, Yasser
                      Hesham, Abdelrahman – Lupulescu, Constantin
                      Berkes, Ferenc – Tabatabaei M. amin
                      Kadric, Denis – Yu, Yangyi
                      Kryvoruchko, Yuriy – Brkic, Ante
                      Indjic, Aleksandar – Salem, A.R. Saleh
                      Martirosyan, Haik – Yilmaz, Mustafa
                      Mekhitarian, Krikor – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
                      Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Moradiabadi, Elshan
                      Paravyan, David – Onischuk, Alexander
                      Sargissian, Gabriel – Praggnanandhaa, R.
                      Krasenkow, Michal – Alekseenko, Kirill
                      Artemiev, Vladislav – Murzin, Volodar
                      Braun, Arik – Gelfand, Boris
                      Oparin, Grigoriy – Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
                      Vokhidov, Shamsiddin – Karjakin, Sergey
                      Vitiugov, Nikita – Plat, Vojtech
                      Zherebukh, Yarolav – Shirov, Alexei
                      Cheparinov, Ivan – Svane, Rasmus
                      Satinas Herrera, Pablo – Svidler, Peter
                      Shankland, Sam – Jobava, Baadur
                      Ivanisevic, Ivan – Areshchenko, Alexander
                      Motylev, Alexander – Jumabayev, Rinat
                      Megaranto, Susanto – Caruana, Fabiano

                      64 matches

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                      • #12
                        FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

                        July 14, 2021

                        Round One


                        Tie-Breaks


                        From the official commentary:

                        https://worldcup.fide.com/news/tpost...-galaxy-centre

                        The Galaxy Leisure Complex enjoyed a huge amount of entertainment this afternoon. Twenty-eight matches were not decided in the two classical games, and had to be fought out in a series of two rapid games - 25 minutes base time + 10 seconds increment -, followed by two more rapid games (10/10 this time), and finally two blitz 5/3 games. A nerve-racking “Armageddon” decisive game is left for the end: 5 minutes vs 4 on the clock and Black advances with the draw.

                        They say that better players excel even more with less time, thanks to their superior intuition and pattern knowledge plus match experience and today’s tie-break round was no exception. Most of the favourites only needed the two rapid games to defeat their lower-rated opponents and move on to Round 2, where a well-rested top-50 opponent will be waiting for them.

                        One of the matches that deserved special attention in the Open World Cup was the face-off between top Armenian GM Haik Martirosyan (2632) against Zambia’s IM Chitumbo Mwali (2281). Albeit the nearly 350 rating points difference, Mwali won his classical game, forcing the tie-break. But as the Zambian International Master confessed to FIDE’s Press Officer in the post-game interview “today was not his day”.

                        Another really interesting match-up in the Open section was the all-Egyptian encounter between GM Abdelrahman Hesham (2397) and his Olympic team colleague and top-Egypt player Ahmed Adly (2625). Although on paper, Adly should have been cruising to the second round, these play-off between team colleagues sometimes don’t go the logical way, and in this case the Egyptian representative will be Hesham, who sealed the match win in the second game of the rapids.

                        The protagonists of the other two huge surprises of the day were a couple of young IM guns: Ravi Haria and Volodar Murzin. The Englishman IM Ravi Haria (2440) put Russian’s experienced GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (2608) to the test in the rapid games.

                        After winning the first one quite clearly, he had to defend a very tricky 4 pawn vs 3 pawn rook ending to seal the draw, not after suffering many moves with very little time on the clock. (Actually, he won the game WK)

                        A huge achievement by the underdog in this match who declared in the post-game interview that he would now “have to reserve a few more days at the hotel”. Well done Ravi!

                        Last but not least, Russian 15-year-old IM Volodar Murzin (2502) played one of the most memorable matches of round one, defeating none other than experienced Moldova GM Viorel Iordachescu (2589) by 3.5-2.5.

                        After making one draw after another (solid play by both contenders), “the kid” prevailed in the second 10/10 rapid game. He will face another young player in Round 2, top Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev (2704), who is now 23 years old.

                        Game 3, July 14
                        Mwali, Chitumbo – Martirosyan, Haik
                        A20 English, Modern Nimzowitsch

                        1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.d3 Be7 8.a3 Be6 9.Nbd2 f6 10.b3 Qd7 11.Re1 Bh3 12.Bh1 h5 13.Ne4 g5 14.Bb2 O-O-O 15.b4 a6 16.Rc1 h4 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Rxc5 hxg3 19.fxg3 Be6 20.Qc2 Kb8 21.Bc3 Nd5 22.Bd2 g4 23.Nh4 Nd4 24.Qd1 Nf4 25.gxf4 Rxh4 26.fxe5 g3 27.hxg3 Qg7 28.Kf2 Rg8 0-1

                        Game 4, July 14
                        Adly, Ahmed – Hesham, Abdelrahman
                        A43 Old Benoni Defence

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 g6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 b4 7.a3 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Nc4 a5 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.axb4 cxb4 14.Nd4 Ba6 15.Nc6 Bxc4 16.Bxc4 Nc5 17.Qf4 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 a4 19.Nxb4 f5 20.exf5 Bxb2 21.Nc6 Bxa1 22.Rxa1 Re4 23.Qh6 f6 24.Bd3 Ree8 25.Bb5 g5 26.h4 Qg7 27.Qh5 Re4 28.hxg5 fxg5 29.Ra3 Rf8 30.g4 Rf6 31.Qh3 Rh6 32.Qg3 Re1+ 33.Kg2 Ne4 34.Qd3 Rh4 35.Qc4 Rh2+ 36.Kxh2 Qh6+ 37.Rh3 Rh1+ 38.Kxh1 Qxh3+ 39.Kg1 Qxg4+ 40.Kf1 Nd2+ 41.Ke1 Nxc4 0-1

                        Game 4, July 14
                        Zvjaginsev, Vadim – Haria, Ravi
                        C00 French, Labourdonnais variation

                        1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Nh6 6.Na3 Nf5 7.Nc2 Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Qb6 10.Bd3 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4+ 12.Kf1 Be7 13.h4 Bd7 14.Rh3 Nb4 15.Nxb4 Qxb4 16.Be2 Ba4 17.b3 Bb5 18.a4 Bxe2+ 19.Kxe2 h5 20.Ba3 Qb6 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 22.Rc3 Rac8 23.Rac1 Rc6 24.Rxc6 bxc6 25.Qd3 g6 26.Rc3 Rc8 27.Kd1 c5 28.Qb5 c4 29.Qxb6 axb6 30.bxc4 dxc4 31.Kd2 b5 32.axb5 Rb8 33.Rxc4 Rxb5 34.Kd3 Rb2 35.Rc2 Rb3+ 36.Rc3 Rb2 37.g3 Ra2 38.Rb3 Rg2 39.Kc4 Rc2+ 40.Rc3 Rd2 41.Ra3 Rc2+ 42.Kd3 Rg2 43.Ke4 Re2+ 44.Re3 Rd2 45.Rd3 Re2+ 46.Kf3 Ra2 47.d5 exd5 48.Rxd5 Ra3+ 49.Kf2 Ra2+ 50.Ke3 Rg2 51.Kf3 Ra2 52.Rd3 Ra4 53.Rb3 Kf8 54.g4 hxg4+ 55.Kxg4 Ra1 56.Rg3 Kg7 57.h5 gxh5+ 58.Kxh5+ Kf8 59.Kg5 Kg7 60.f5 Re1 61.f6+ Kf8 62.Ra3 Rg1+ 63.Kf4 Rf1+ 64.Kg3 Kg8 65.Ra7 Re1 66.Re7 Re4 67.Kf3 Re1 68.Kf4 Rf1+ 69.Ke4 Re1+ 70.Kd5 Rd1+ 71.Kc6 Re1 72.Kd7 Ra1 73.Re8+ Kh7 74.Ke7 Ra7+ 75.Kf8 Kg6 76.Kg8 Rb7 77.Kh8 Ra7 78.Rg8+ Kf5 79.Re8 Kg6 80.Kg8 Rb7 81.Kf8 Ra7 82.Rd8 Ra5 83.e6 fxe6 84.f7 Ra7 0-1

                        Game 6, July 14
                        Iordachescu, Viorel – Murzin, Volodar
                        B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

                        1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 h6 7.O-O Nd7 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 Bh7 10.Ne1 Ng6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.Nac2 O-O 13.g3 c5 14.h4 c4 15.Be2 Nb8 16.Ng2 Nc6 17.h5 Nh8 18.Nce3 Qd7 19.f4 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Bg4 Nf7 22.b3 cxb3 23.Qxb3 Ne7 24.Ba3 Be4 25.Qb5 Qc8 26.Rac1 Ra6 27.Rfe1 Nd6 28.Qe2 Nef5 29.Kh2 Rc6 30.Qd2 Re8 31.Bxd6 Nxd6 32.Bh3 b5 33.Ng4 bxa4 34.N2e3 Qd8 35.Ne5 Rb6 36.Ra1 Qb8 37.Re2 Rb1 38.Qa2 Rxa1 39.Qxa1 Qb3 40.Ra2 Bxe5 41.dxe5 Nb5 42.Rxa4 d4 43.Bf1 Rc8 44.Rc4 Rxc4 45.Bxc4 Qxc3 46.Bxe6+ Kf8 47.Qa4 Qb2+ 48.Kh3 Qb4 49.Qd1 Nc3 50.Qd2 Qb1 51.Qxd4 Qh1+ 52.Kg4 Bf3+ 53.Kf5 Qxh5# 0-1

                        Final Position


                        Comment


                        • #13
                          Many miniatures in game one round 2 due to tactical oversights. Probably nerves.

                          Comment


                          • #14
                            There is a king hunt in Mareco - Cori.

                            Comment


                            • #15
                              FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

                              July 15, 2021

                              Round Two


                              Game One

                              The commentators are Loek van Wely and Laurent Fressinet

                              Game 1, July 15
                              Adhiban, B. – Delgado Ramirez, Neuris
                              E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch variation

                              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c6 7.e4 dxe4 8.fxe4 e5 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nxe4 11.Bd3 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 exd4 13.O-O O-O 14.Ng5 f5 15.c5 Kh8 16.Qe2 Nd7 17.Nxh7 dxc3 18.Qh5 Qxc5+ 19.Kh1 Kg8 20.Bxf5 Qd5 21.Ng5 Nf6 22.Qh7+ 1-0

                              They don't call him the "Beast" for nothing: Adhiban Baskaran's terrific 22-move win in a Nimzo-Indian with 4.f3.

                              Game 1, July 15
                              Caruana, Fabiano – Megaranto, Susanto
                              C55 Two Knights Defence

                              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 g6 7.Nf1 Bg7 8.Ng3 Qe7 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Na5 11.Bb5 a6 12.Ba4 b5 13.Bc2 c5 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bd7 1-0

                              Shouldn't masks be compulsory? Indonesian Susanto Megaranto resigned a game against Fabiano Caruana in 15 moves. He has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.

                              The FIDE World Cup organizers confirm that one of the players has tested positive for Covid-19. The result of this test was known while he was playing his second-round game.

                              In line with the tournament's public health and safety protocol, the player has been asked to immediately leave the playing area, and his game declared a loss. The player in question was wearing a face mask during the game, and he has been placed in quarantine.

                              Shouldn't masks be compulsory? Indonesian Susanto Megaranto resigned a game against Fabiano Caruana in 15 moves. He has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.

                              Game 1, July 15
                              Fier, Alexandr – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
                              C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, symmetrical variation

                              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bc5 9.O-O O-O 10.Qh5 g6 11.Qh6 Re8 12.Bg5 Bf8 13.Bxd8 Bxh6 14.Bxc7 Bf5 15.Rab1 Rac8 16.Bb5 Re6 17.Bd6 Rxc3 18.Bd7 Rxd6 19.exd6 Bxd7 20.Rxb7 Be6 21.d7 Bg5 22.Rb8+ Kg7 23.d8=Q Bxd8 24.Rxd8 Rxc2 25.Ra1 a5 26.Ra8 d4 27.Rd1 Rxa2 28.f3 a4 29.Rxd4 Ra1+ 30.Kf2 a3 31.Rda4 1/2-1/2

                              15...Rac8 might not look too special, but Vidit spent an amazing 1 hour 10 minutes on it!

                              Game 1, July 15
                              Alekseenko, Kirill – Krasenkow, Michal
                              C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Marshall variation

                              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 h6 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be6 12.c5 Bc7 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.f4 Nxe5 15.dxe5 f6 16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Bd4 Qg6 19.Bxf5 Qxf5 20.Qxf5 Rxf5 21.Rae1 b6 22.g3 bxc5 23.Bxc5 Bb6 24.Bd4 Rb8 25.Rb1 Rff8 26.Kg2 Bxd4 27.cxd4 Rb6 28.Rxb6 axb6 29.Rc1 Ra8 30.Rxc6 Rxa2+ 1/2-1/2

                              An impressive start for 57-year-old Michal Krasenkow against Kirill Alekseenko

                              Game 1, July 15
                              Martinovic, Sasa – Carlsen, Magnus
                              D85 Grunfeld, Exchange variation

                              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 c5 6.Rc1 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bg7 8.e4 Ndb4 9.Nf3 O-O 10.a3 Nd3+ 11.Bxd3 Qxd3 12.Qe2 Qxe2+ 13.Kxe2 Be6 14.Nd5 Bxb2 15.Rc2 Bxa3 16.Ra1 f5 17.Rxa3 fxe4 18.Nxe7+ Nxe7 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Rb2 Nc6 21.Be3 Nxd4+ 22.Bxd4 Bc6 23.Rba2 a6 24.Ke3 Rad8 25.Rd2 Rd5 26.Ke2 Rfd8 27.Be3 Rd3 28.Ra1 Kf7 29.g3 Rxd2+ 30.Bxd2 Bb5+ 31.Ke1 Rd3 32.Rb1 Ke6 33.Rb4 Bc6 34.Rb2 Kd5 0-1

                              Nice tactics with 15...Bxa3! and then 16...f5! have led to a big advantage for Magnus Carlsen against Sasa Martinovic, who celebrates his 30th birthday today!

                              Magnus Carlsen begins the 2021 #FIDEWorldCup with a win!

                              Game 1, July 15
                              Tari, Aryan – Bareev, Evgeny
                              C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky

                              1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 a6 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Qf2 b6 12.Kb1 O-O 13.h4 f6 14.Qg3 fxe5 15.fxe5 b5 16.Bxc5 Bxc5 17.Bd3 Ra7 18.h5 Be3 19.h6 g6 20.Bxg6 Kh8 21.Bxh7 Bf4 22.Qg7+ Qxg7 23.hxg7+ Kxg7 24.Bd3 Kg8 25.Rh5 Rg7 26.Rdh1 Bd7 27.Ne2 Be3 28.Nh4 Rg5 29.Rxg5+ Bxg5 30.Nf3 Bd8 31.c3 Bc7 32.Rh5 Be8 33.Rg5+ Kh8 34.Ned4 Nxd4 35.Nxd4 Bf7 36.a4 bxa4 37.Bxa6 Bg8 38.Ka2 Rf4 39.Bc8 1-0

                              Position after White’s 21.Bxh7



                              Game 1, July 15
                              Shirov, Alexei – Zherebukh, Yaroslav
                              D11 QGD Slav

                              1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Ne4 6.Nbd2 Bb4 7.Bd3 f5 8.Ne5 Nd7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Nxg6 Ndf6 11.Qh3 Rg8 12.Ne5 Bc3 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Rb1 c5 15.f4 cxd4 16.exd4 Qxd4 17.Ke2 e3 18.Ndf3 Qxf4 19.Bb2 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Qe4 21.Rbc1 Nd7 22.Bd6 f4 23.Rhd1 e5 24.Qe6+ 1-0

                              Ouch! Zherebukh blunders horribly with 23...e5?? and has to resign after Shirov's 24.Qe6+!, since it's mate next move

                              Game 1, July 15
                              Pragg – Sargissian, Gabriel
                              C45 Scotch, Potter variation

                              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Qd2 d6 9.O-O-O Qe8 10.Bb5 f6 11.Be3 Qf7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Ne5 15.f4 Nd7 16.Rhe1 a6 17.Be2 f5 18.Qc3 Nf6 19.Bf3 Ne4 20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.Rxe4 Bf5 22.Rc4 Bg4 23.Rdd4 Rac8 24.Qg3 Bf5 25.Na5 b6 26.Nc6 Rce8 27.Rd1 Bd7 28.b3 b5 29.Rcd4 Bxc6 30.dxc6 Re2 31.R1d2 Rxd2 32.Kxd2 Qh5 33.h3 Qc5 34.Qc3 Qf5 35.Qf3 Qc5 36.Qe4 Qh5 37.Qe6+ Kh8 38.Qe7 Re8 39.Qxc7 Qe2+ 40.Kc3 b4+ 41.Kb2 1-0

                              Praggnanandhaa grabs a win against the experienced Gabriel Sargissian!

                              Game 1, July 15
                              Firouzja, Alireza – Sindarov, Javokhir
                              A34 English, symmetrical, Three Knights

                              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 a5 12.O-O a4 13.f3 Nd7 14.Nb5 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Rxa5 16.Nd4 Rc8 17.Rfd1 Nc5 18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.Rd5 Nc5 20.Rc2 Ra6 21.g3 Rb6 22.Rdd2 Rb4 23.Kf2 Rc6 24.Bd4 Bxd4+ 25.Rxd4 e5 26.Rd1 Kf8 27.Ke3 Ne6 28.Rcd2 g5 29.Bf1 Ke7 30.Rb1 Nc5 31.Rc2 Ne6 32.Rf2 Nc7 33.Kd2 Rbb6 34.Bd3 Na6 35.Kc3 Nb4 36.b3 axb3 37.Rxb3 Na6 38.Rfb2 Nc5 39.Rxb6 Na4+ 40.Kd2 Rxb6 41.Rb5 Kf6 42.Bc2 Ra6 43.Rxb7 Nc5 44.Rb2 Ra3 1/2-1/2

                              Game 1, July 15
                              Gukesh, D. – Dubov, Daniil
                              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.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qa3 12.O-O Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.Kh1 Rc8 15.Rc1 O-O 16.Rc3 Qb2 17.Rb3 Qxa2 18.Nc3 Qa5 19.Rxb7 Qd8 20.Bb5 a6 21.Bxa6 Nxd4 22.Nd5 Ra8 23.Bb4 Rxa6 24.Bxe7 Qc8 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Qb1 Nc6 27.Rc7 Qd8 28.Qc1 Be5 29.Rb7 Kg7 30.Qc4 Ra3 31.f4 Ra1 32.Rbb1 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Bd4 34.Nb4 Qb6 35.Rd1 Be6 36.Nd5 Qb7 37.Rc1 Bd7 38.h3 Qb2 39.Qc2 Qa3 40.Qd2 Qa5 41.Qd1 Qa7 42.e5 Qa3 43.e6 Bb2 44.Rc2 Bxe6 45.Rxc6 Bxd5 46.Qxd5 Qa1+ 47.Kh2 Bd4 48.Rc1 1/2-1/2

                              Game 1, July 15
                              Maghsoodloo, Parham – Georgiev, Kiril
                              A14 English, symmetrical, hedgehog

                              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Qe2 c5 11.cxd5 Nxc3 12.dxc3 Bxd5 13.c4 Bc6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Qc8 16.e4 Rd8 17.h4 Qb7 18.h5 h6 19.Qg4 Bf8 20.Bf6 Rd7 21.Rad1 Kh8 22.Rxd7 Qxd7 23.Rd1 Qc7 24.Bc3 Rd8 25.f4 Kg8 26.Kf2 Rxd1 27.Qxd1 Qb7 28.Ke3 a6 29.g4 b5 30.Bf3 Be7 31.Qa1 Bf8 32.g5 hxg5 33.fxg5 Qb8 34.Qg1 Bd6 35.g6 Be5 36.gxf7+ Kxf7 37.Qg6+ Kf8 38.Qg5 Bxc3 39.Qxc5+ Kf7 40.cxb5 Ba5 41.Qxc6 Qd8 42.Ke2 Qd2+ 43.Kf1 Qd3+ 44.Kg2 Qxb5 45.Qxb5 axb5 46.Kf2 b4 47.Ke3 Bb6+ 48.Kd3 Bf2 49.Kc4 Be1 50.Kc5 Kf6 51.Kd6 Bg3+ 52.Kd7 Bf4 53.Be2 e5 54.Bc4 Kg5 55.Bf7 Kf6 56.Be8 Bd2 57.Kd6 Bc3 58.Kd5 Bd2 59.Kc4 Ke7 60.Bg6 Kd6 61.Kb5 Be1 62.Ka4 Kc5 63.a3 Bc3 64.axb4+ Bxb4 65.Bh7 Bc3 66.Ka3 Bb4+ 1/2-1/2

                              Game 1, July 15
                              Giri, Anish – Savchenko, Boris
                              A13 English, Neo-Catalan

                              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.a4 c5 7.O-O Bd7 8.dxc5 Bc6 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Ne5 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Ke8 12.Na3 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.c6 bxc6 15.Nxc4 Bb4 16.Bf4 f6 17.Rfd1 Ke7 18.Rac1 Rhd8 19.b3 Nf8 20.Rxd8 Kxd8 21.e4 Nd7 22.h4 h5 23.Kf3 Ke7 24.Ke2 Rc8 25.e5 Nb8 26.Be3 Rc7 27.f3 Nd7 28.exf6+ gxf6 29.g4 hxg4 30.fxg4 Bc5 31.Bd2 e5 32.Na5 Kd6 33.h5 Kd5 34.h6 Nf8 35.b4 Bd6 36.Nc4 Ne6 37.Kd3 e4+ 38.Kc3 c5 39.b5 Bf4 40.Rd1 Bxd2+ 41.Rxd2+ Nd4 42.Rh2 Rh7 43.Rh5+ f5 44.Ne3+ Ke5 45.Kc4 1-0


                              (to be continued)

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