FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

[Hans Jung]

Dubov - Malakhov - a smorgasbord of active pieces! (love the knight and bishop play)

[Hans Jung]

Rd 3 Game 1 A lot of lovely endgame finishes this round - for example: Grandelius Xiong, Gareev - Fedoseev, Nihal - Andreikin

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

July 18, 2021

Round Three

Game One

Results

Round Three Game One

Carlsen-Tari 1-0
Wojtaszek-Matlakov 0.5-0.5
Dubov-Malakhov 1-0
Abasov-Esipenko 0.5-0.5
Vakhidov-Ponkratov 1-0
Bacrot-Amin 0.5-0.5
Van Foreest-Piorun 0-1
Cori-Sindarov 0.5-0.5
Grischuk-Pichot 1-0
Korobov-Georgiev 1-0
Tomashevsky-Idani 0.5-0.5
Sevian-Duda 0.5-0.5
Vidit-Adhiban 1-0
Grandelius-Xiong 0.5-0.5
Navara-Durarbayli 0.5-0.5
Abdusattorov-Giri 0.5-0.5
Cheng-Kovalev 0-1
Gareyev-Fedoseev 0-1
Ivic-Bluebaum 1-0
Nihal-Andreikin 0-1
Harikrishna-Lupulescu 1-0
Tabatabaei-Yu 1-0
Brkic-Salem 1-0
Martirosyan-Mamedyarov 1-0
MVL-Paravyan 0.5-0.5
Pragg-Krasenkow 1-0
Artemiev-Gelfand 0.5-0.5
Oparin-Karjakin 0-1
Vitiugov-Shirov 1-0
Cheparinov-Svidler 0.5-0.5
Shankland-Areschenko 0.5-0.5
Jumabayev-Caruana 0.5-0.5

Selected Games

Game 1, July 18
Carlsen, Magnus – Tari, Aryan
A13 English Opening

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 dxc4 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Qxc4 c5 6.b3 Nf6 7.Bb2 Be7 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Nd7 12.Bb2 Rb8 13.Nc3 Bf6 14.Rab1 b6 15.b4 Bb7 16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.bxc5 Nxc5 18.Ba3 Rc7 19.Rfd1 Re8 20.Nb5 Rd7 21.Bxc5 bxc5 22.Qa4 Qa8 23.d3 h5 24.Rdc1 Rc8 25.Na3 Rd4 26.Nc4 h4 27.Qb5 Qd5 28.Qb7 Rd8 29.Qxd5 exd5 30.Ne3 Ra4 31.Rc2 h3 32.Kf1 Bd4 33.Nf5 Bf6 34.Ne3 Bd4 35.Nf5 Bf6 36.Rxc5 Rxa2 37.Ne3 a5 38.Nxd5 Bd4 39.Rcb5 a4 40.Ne7+ 1-0

37 good moves for Aryan Tari, but a couple of blunders at the end and it's all over! Magnus takes the lead in the all-Norwegian match

Game 1, July 18
Dubov, Daniil – Malakhov, Vladimir
D15 QGD Slav Accepted

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Qe2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd1 a5 12.Re1 Ba6 13.e5 Nd5 14.e6 f5 15.Ne5 Rf6 16.Nf7 Qc8 17.Ne3 Rxe6 18.Ng5 c3 19.Qc2 Rxe3 20.Bxe3 cxb2 21.Qxb2 Nd7 22.Rac1 N7b6 23.Qb3 Bb7 24.Bf4 Bf6 25.Ne6 Kh8 26.Bh6 Qg8 27.h4 Rb8 28.Rc5 Ra8 29.Ng5 Ra7 30.Rc2 Qe8 31.Re6 Bxd4 32.h5 Bf6 33.Rce2 Bxg5 34.Qb2+ Nc3 35.Bxg5 Nxa4 36.Qa1 Kg8 37.Re1 Ba6 38.Bxc6 Qd8 39.Bxa4 Qd5 40.Bc6 1-0

And it's over! A beautiful win for Daniil Dubov

Game 1, July 18
Vakhidov, Jakhongir – Ponkratov, Pavel
A16 English Opening

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.e4 Nxc5 8.e5 Ne8 9.Be3 Ne6 10.f4 d6 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.O-O Bc6 13.Nd5 N6c7 14.Qb3 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Nd6 17.Rac1 Nce8 18.Rfe1 Nf6 19.Bf2 Re8 20.a4 Qa5 21.Rc5 Qd8 22.a5 h5 23.h3 Nd7 24.Rcc1 a6 25.Qa4 Nb5 26.Qc4 Nxe5 27.fxe5 Qxa5 28.d6 exd6 29.e6 Kf8 30.e7+ Rxe7 31.Rxe7 Kxe7 32.Qe4+ Kf8 33.Qxb7 Rd8 34.Bd5 Kg8 35.Qxf7+ Kh8 36.Re1 Nc7 37.Re7 Qa1+ 38.Be1 Qxb2 39.Rxc7 Qa1 40.Kh2 Qf6 41.Qxf6 Bxf6 42.Ra7 Re8 43.Ra8 Rxa8 44.Bxa8 Bd8 45.Kg2 Kg7 46.Kf3 Kf6 47.Ke4 a5 48.Kd5 Kf5 49.Bc6 Bc7 50.Bc3 g5 51.Bd7+ Kg6 52.Be8+ Kh6 53.Bd2 1-0

Game 1, July 18
Van Foreest, Jorden – Piorun, Kacper
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.c4 O-O 9.Nc3 bxc4 10.Bxc4 d6 11.a3 Bc8 12.h3 Be6 13.Nd5 Na5 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Bd2 Nb7 17.Qb3 Nc5 18.Qc4 Qd7 19.b4 Na4 20.Rfc1 c5 21.Be3 d5 22.Qa2 d4 23.Bd2 Rfc8 24.Rc4 cxb4 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.axb4 Nc3 27.Qb3 Qc6 28.Kh2 Kf7 29.Rc1 Rc8 30.Qa3 h6 31.Ra1 Ra8 32.Qa5 Qd6 33.h4 h5 34.Bxc3 dxc3 35.b5 c2 36.Qc3 Qb6 37.bxa6 Qb1 38.Nd2 Qd1 39.Nb3 Bxh4 40.Qxe5 Bxf2 41.Qf4+ Kg8 42.Qxf2 Qxa1 43.Nxa1 c1=Q 44.Nb3 Qc7+ 45.Qg3 Qxg3+ 46.Kxg3 Rxa6 47.Kh4 g6 48.g4 hxg4 49.Kxg4 Kf7 50.Nd2 Ra2 51.Nf3 Kf6 52.e5+ Ke7 53.Nh4 Kf7 54.Nf3 Ra1 55.d4 Rf1 56.Kg3 Ke7 57.Nh4 Rg1+ 58.Kf3 Kd7 59.Ng2 Rxg2 0-1

Game 1, July 18
Grischuk, Alexander – Pichot, Alan
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qc2 O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.e3 h5 14.c4 Bf5 15.Bd3 h4 16.Be5 g4 17.Bf4 Re8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 h3 20.gxh3 c6 21.hxg4 Qa5+ 22.Ke2 Nc3+ 23.Kf3 Be6 24.Rhc1 dxc4 25.Qxc3 Qxc3 26.Rxc3 cxd3 27.Rxd3 b5 28.Rc1 Rec8 29.Rdc3 a5 30.e4 Ra6 31.Rb1 Rb8 32.Bg5 b4 33.Kf4 Rb5 34.Rh3 f6 35.Bxf6 bxa3 36.Rd1 1-0

Game 1, July 18
Korobov, Anton – Georgiev, Kiril
E39 Nimzo-Indian, Calssical

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4 9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.e4 d6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Qc7 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Rab1 Rb8 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.Qd3 b6 21.Qd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Bb7 23.Rd7 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Ra8 25.Rbd1 Rfc8 26.R1d4 g5 27.h4 Rc5 28.hxg5 Rxg5 29.Rf4 Rf5 30.Rxf5 exf5 31.Rc7 Kg7 32.c5 bxc5 33.Rxc5 Kg6 34.Kf3 f6 35.c4 Re8 36.Rc7 a5 37.c5 Re4 38.c6 Rc4 39.Ke3 f4+ 40.Kd3 fxg3 41.fxg3 Rc1 42.Kd4 a4 43.Kd5 Rd1+ 44.Kc4 Rc1+ 45.Kb5 Kf5 46.Rxh7 Ke6 47.c7 1-0

Game 1, July 18
Vidit, Santosh – Adhiban, B.
E63 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Panno System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Bf4 Rb8 9.Rc1 h6 10.d5 e5 11.Bd2 Nd4 12.Ne1 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.e3 Ne6 15.Bxc6 Rxb2 16.Nd3 Rb8 17.Bg2 h5 18.Nd5 Bb7 19.Bc3 e4 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Bxe4 h4 22.Rb1 Bg7 23.Bg2 Re8 24.Qg4 hxg3 25.hxg3 Qa5 26.Rb3 Bxd5 27.Bxd5 Nc7 28.Bc6 Rxb3 29.axb3 Rb8 30.b4 Qa3 31.Rd1 Qb3 32.Bf3 Qc2 33.Kg2 Bf8 34.Qd4 Ne6 35.Qa7 Re8 36.Qxa6 Ng5 37.Ne1 Qf5 38.Qc6 Re5 39.Nd3 Re8 40.Qd5 Qh3+ 41.Kg1 Bh6 42.Nf4 Qc8 43.Bg2 1-0

Game 1, July 18
Navara, David – Durabayli, Vasif
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Bd2 h6 11.Nc3 Na5 12.Ba2 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 c5 15.c3 b3 16.Bxb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 Rb8 18.Qa2 Bc8 19.b4 cxb4 20.cxb4 Bg4 21.Re3 Qb6 22.a5 Qb5 23.h3 Bf5 24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Rxe5 Bf6 26.Rxf5 Bxa1 27.Qxa1 Qxd3 28.Bxh6 f6 29.Rg5 Rb7 30.Rg4 Qxd5 31.Be3 Qe6 32.Bb6 Rd7 33.Qf1 Rc8 34.Kh2 Qd6+ 35.g3 Qc6 36.Qe2 f5 37.Rh4 Rd6 38.Bc5 Re6 39.Qd3 Re1 40.Qc4+ Qe6 41.Qxe6+ Rxe6 42.Rd4 Rc7 43.Kg2 Kf7 44.Kf3 Kf6 45.Rd8 Rb7 46.h4 g6 47.Rd5 Re4 48.Rd6+ Re6 49.Rd4 g5 50.hxg5+ Kxg5 51.Rd5 Kg6 52.Rd8 Rc7 53.Rd4 Rh7 54.Kf4 Rh1 55.Rd8 Re4+ 56.Kf3 Re6 57.Rg8+ Kf7 58.Rb8 Kg6 59.Rb6 Re1 60.Be3 Kf6 61.Kf4 Rd1 62.Rb8 Re4+ 63.Kf3 Rd5 64.Rb6+ Re6 65.Rb7 Rc6 66.Rh7 Re6 67.Rh4 Kg6 68.Rc4 Kf6 69.Kf4 Kg6 70.Bb6 Rd3 71.f3 Rb3 72.Rd4 Rc3 73.Bc5 Kf6 74.Rd7 Rc4+ 75.Bd4+ Kg6 76.Rg7+ Kh6 77.Rd7 Kg6 78.g4 fxg4 79.fxg4 Rf6+ 80.Kg3 Rf1 81.Rd6+ Kf7 82.g5 Rxb4 83.g6+ Ke7 84.Bc5 Rb5 85.Rd1+ Rxc5 86.Rxf1 Rg5+ 87.Kf4 1/2-1/2

Final Position



Game 1, July 18
Gareyev, Timur – Fedoseev, Vladimir
D18 QGD Slav, Dutch variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxe4 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Rfe1 O-O-O 14.a5 Kb8 15.Be7 Rde8 16.Bh4 Ka8 17.Qb2 Nd6 18.Bf1 Nf5 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bc1 e5 21.dxe5 fxe5 22.Nd2 Bf7 23.Qb1 Nd6 24.Ba3 c5 25.Qd3 Qc6 26.Rad1 Bg6 27.Ne4 Re6 28.f3 Nf6 29.g3 Nfxe4 30.fxe4 Bxe4 31.Qe3 Bf3 32.Rd2 Rc8 33.Rf2 Rf6 34.Bh3 Re8 35.Qxc5 Qxc5 36.Bxc5 Ne4 37.Rxf3 Nxc5 38.Rxf6 gxf6 39.Bf5 h6 40.Rd1 Rf8 41.Rb1 Kb8 42.Rb4 Kc7 43.Rh4 Rh8 44.Rg4 Kc6 45.Rg6 Kb5 46.Rxf6 Kxa5 47.Kf2 Ka4 48.Rf7 a5 49.Ke2 Kb3 50.Rc7 b6 51.Rc6 Rb8 52.Rxh6 a4 53.Bg6 a3 54.Bf7+ Kb2 55.Ke3 Nb3 56.Rf6 Kxc3 57.Ke4 Nc5+ 58.Ke3 Rf8 59.Rf2 b5 60.g4 Rxf7 61.Rxf7 a2 62.Rf1 b4 63.g5 b3 64.g6 Ne6 0-1

Game 1, July 18
Nihal Darin – Andreikin, Dmitry
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Symmetrical variation

1.b3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.h4 c5 8.Qg4 Bb7 9.h5 Nc6 10.O-O-O a6 11.Nf3 h6 12.Kb1 b5 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Qg5 15.Qe4 Qxe5 16.Qxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe6 dxe6 18.Bxe5 f6 19.Bb2 Bc5 20.f3 Ke7 21.c4 b4 22.Bd3 Rad8 23.Bg6 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Kxd8 26.Kc2 Ke7 27.Kd3 Bc6 28.Bd4 Kd6 29.Bxc5+ Kxc5 30.Ke3 a5 31.g4 a4 32.Be4 Be8 33.Bg6 Bd7 34.Bd3 a3 35.Bc2 f5 36.Bb1 f4+ 37.Ke4 Bc6+ 38.Kxf4 Kd4 39.Be4 Bd7 40.c5 e5+ 41.Kg3 Kxc5 0-1

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

July 18, 2021

Round Three

Game One (continued)

Game 1, July 18
Harikrishna, Pentala – Lupulescu, Constantin
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 a6 5.Bxd7+ Nxd7 6.Nc3 Ngf6 7.O-O e6 8.h3 Be7 9.d3 O-O 10.a3 Rb8 11.b4 b5 12.bxc5 Nxc5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.Rb1 Rfc8 16.Be3 e5 17.Ndxb5 d5 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.a4 Rbc8 20.Qb3 Bd8 21.Rfd1 Ba5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Na3 Rc3 25.Qxc3 Bxc3 26.Rb8+ Qd8 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Kf1 Ra8 29.Nb5 Ba5 30.Rc1 Bb4 31.Rb1 Ba5 32.Na7 Bc7 33.Rb7 Bd6 34.a5 g6 35.Nc6 Rc8 36.Ne7+ Bxe7 37.Rxe7 Rc5 38.a6 Ra5 39.a7 Kg7 40.Ke2 Kf6 41.Rb7 Ra2+ 42.Kd1 h5 43.Kc1 Ke6 44.Kb1 Ra5 45.Kb2 f6 46.Kc3 Ra1 47.Kc4 Kd6 48.Rf7 1-0

Game 1, July 18
Tabatabaei, M. amin – Yu, Yangyi
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.O-O Ba7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 Be6 12.b4 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 Qe6 14.b5 Ne7 15.Rb1 Nd7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.d4 Qe6 18.Qd3 Nb6 19.Ne3 a5 20.Nd2 Rfd8 21.Nf5 h5 22.Qg3 g6 23.Re3 Kf8 24.Qg5 gxf5 25.exf5 Qa2 26.Rbe1 Nd5 27.Rh3 Ke8 28.f6 c6 29.c4 Nxf6 30.dxe5 dxe5 31.Rxe5+ Kd7 32.Rd3+ Kc7 33.Re7+ Nd7 34.Qe5+ Kc8 35.Rexd7 Bb6 36.Rxd8+ Bxd8 37.b6 1-0

Game 1, July 18
Martirosyan, Haik – Mamdedyarov, Shakhriyar
D79 Neo-Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Ne5 Bf5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be3 c5 13.Nxd5 e6 14.Nf4 cxd4 15.Nxh5 gxh5 16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Bb4 Re8 18.Rc1 Qb6 19.Qa4 d3 20.exd3 Bxd3 21.Rfd1 Bb5 22.Qb3 Bd4 23.Be1 e5 24.Bd5 Kg7 25.Bxf7 Rf8 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Bxh5 Rf8 28.Bf3 Qa6 29.Rc1 1-0

If you said the Mamedyarov game would be the first decisive result of the day you might not be that surprised, but it's Haik Martirosyan who won it! Shakh will have to hit back tomorrow to force tiebreaks:

Game 1, July 18
Pragg, R. – Krasenkow, Michal
C42 Petrov’s Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bf1 Re8 9.d4 c6 10.c4 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Nf8 12.h3 d5 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.cxd5 Qxb3 15.axb3 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Bb5 Bd7 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.Ra5 Nf6 20.Bg5 Kf8 21.Rb5 b6 22.Ra1 h6 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Ra4 Rec8 25.g4 Ke7 26.Rxd5 Rc2 27.h4 g6 28.Rb5 Rxb2 29.g5 hxg5 30.hxg5 Bg7 31.Kg2 f6 32.d5 Kd6 33.Rc4 Rf8 34.Rc6+ Kd7 35.Rb4 fxg5 36.Ra4 a5 37.Rxb6 Bc3 38.Rc4 g4 39.Rxg4 g5 40.Rc4 g4 41.Rxg4 Rb1 42.Rgg6 Ba1 43.Rb7+ Kc8 44.Rb5 Bf6 45.Nd2 1-0

Game 1, July 18
Oparin, Grigoriy – Karjakin, Sergey
E00 Catalan Opening

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Qc2 Bxd2 9.Nbxd2 b5 10.a4 c6 11.b3 cxb3 12.Nxb3 Ba6 13.axb5 Bxb5 14.Rfd1 Nbd7 15.e4 a4 16.Nc5 a3 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Qc3 Nxc5 19.Qxc5 Rfd8 20.Rdc1 Qd6 21.Nxc6 Qxc5 22.Rxc5 Bxc6 23.Rxc6 Rxd4 24.Rxa3 Rd1+ 25.Bf1 Rad8 26.Rc4 h5 27.Kg2 R8d2 28.h3 g5 29.Rf3 Kg7 30.Re3 Ra1 31.Rd3 Rb2 32.e5 Nd5 33.Re4 h4 34.Be2 hxg3 35.fxg3 Rc1 36.Kf3 Rcc2 37.Rdd4 Nc3 38.Bd3 Rf2+ 39.Kg4 Nxe4 40.Bxe4 Rb5 0-1

Game 1, July 18
Jumabayev, Rinat – Caruana, Fabiano
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Nfd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nd5 14.a4 b6 15.Bb2 f5 16.Rdc1 Ba6 17.e3 Rac8 18.Bf1 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 g5 20.Ke2 g4 21.Nd2 Bb4 22.Nc4 Bc3 23.Bxc3 Rxc4 24.Bd2 Rfc8 25.Rxc4 Rxc4 26.Kd3 Rc8 27.e4 fxe4+ 28.Kxe4 Rf8 29.Be3 Rf5 30.Kd3 Kf7 31.Rh1 Kg6 32.h3 Rh5 33.h4 Nb4+ 34.Ke4 Ra5 35.h5+ Kf7 36.Bd2 Rxa4 37.Bxb4 Rxb4 38.Rc1 Kf6 39.Rc7 Ra4 40.Rxh7 e5 41.Rb7 Rxd4+ 42.Ke3 Kg5 43.Rxa7 Kxh5 44.Re7 Rb4 1/2-1/2

Game 1, July 18
Vitiugov, Nikita – Shirov, Alexei
D44 QGD, Semi-Slav, anti-Meran, Lilienthal variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 O-O-O 14.Qg4 b4 15.Ne4 Qxd4 16.Qe2 Ne5 17.O-O Qd3 18.Rfe1 c5 19.a3 Qxe2 20.Rxe2 a5 21.axb4 axb4 22.Nd2 c3 23.bxc3 bxc3 24.Bxb7+ Kxb7 25.Ne4 Nf3+ 26.Kg2 Rd3 27.Be3 Nd4 28.Bxd4 cxd4 29.Ng5 Rh6 30.Nxf7 Rxf6 31.Ne5 Rd2 32.Rxd2 cxd2 33.Rd1 Bb4 34.Nf3 e5 35.Nxe5 Ka6 36.f4 Kb5 37.Kf3 Ra6 38.Ke4 Ra3 39.Nd3 Kc4 40.Nxb4 Re3+ 41.Kf5 Kxb4 42.Rxd2 Kc3 43.Rd1 d3 44.Kg6 Re6+ 45.Kg5 Kc2 46.f5 Re2 47.Rf1 Rxh2 48.f6 1-0

Game 1, July 18
Grandelius, Nils – Xiong, Jeffery
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Re1 d5 9.a4 b4 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Nd5 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bxe7 Ncxe7 15.Nbd2 O-O 16.Nb3 Ra7 17.Rc1 Ba8 18.Ne5 Nf6 19.Bxa8 Qxa8 20.Qf3 Qxf3 21.Nxf3 Nfd5 22.Kf1 Rfa8 23.Ne5 Kf8 24.Rc5 Nb6 25.a5 Nd7 26.Rc4 Rb8 27.Rec1 Nxe5 28.dxe5 g5 29.Rc7 Rbb7 30.Rxb7 Rxb7 31.Rc5 Ke8 32.Ke2 Kd8 33.Nd2 b3 34.Ne4 h6 35.Nd6 Rb4 36.Nxf7+ Kd7 37.Nd6 Nc6 38.Nc4 Rb5 39.Rxb5 axb5 40.Nd6 Nxa5 41.Kd3 Kc6 42.Kd4 Kb6 43.Nf7 Nc6+ 44.Ke4 Kc5 45.Nxh6 Na5 46.Nf7 Nc4 47.Nxg5 Nxb2 48.Nxe6+ Kc4 49.Nd4 Na4 50.Nxb3 Kxb3 51.Kd4 b4 52.e6 Nc3 53.e7 Nb5+ 54.Kc5 Nc7 55.Kc6 Ne8 56.Kd7 Nf6+ 57.Ke6 Ne8 58.f4 Kc4 59.f5 b3 60.f6 b2 61.f7 Ng7+ 62.Kf6 b1=Q 63.f8=Q Qf5+ 64.Kxg7 Qg5+ 65.Kh7 Qh5+ 66.Qh6 Qf7+ 67.Kh8 Qe8+ 68.Qf8 Qh5+ 69.Kg7 Qg5+ 70.Kh7 Qh5+ 71.Qh6 Qf7+ 72.Kh8 Qe8+ 73.Kg7 Qxe7+ 74.Kg8 Qe8+ 75.Qf8 Qg6+ 76.Qg7 Qe8+ 77.Kh7 Qh5+ 78.Qh6 Qf7+ 79.Kh8 Qe8+ 80.Kg7 Qe7+ 81.Kg6 Qe4+ 82.Kh5 Qe2+ 83.Kh4 Qf2+ 84.Kh3 Qf5+ 85.Kg3 Qd3+ 86.Kg4 Qd7+ 87.Kh4 Qe7+ 88.Qg5 Qh7+ 89.Qh5 Qe7+ 90.Kh3 Kb3 91.Qf3+ Ka4 92.g4 Ka5 93.Kg2 Ka6 94.h3 Qd8 95.Qe2+ Kb7 96.Qe4+ Ka6 97.Qe6+ Kb7 98.Qf7+ Ka6 99.Qf1+ Kb7 100.Qe2 Kb8 101.Qe5+ Ka8 102.g5 Qd2+ 103.Kg3 Qd3+ 104.Kg4 Qd7+ 105.Qf5 Qd4+ 106.Qf4 Qd7+ 107.Kg3 Qe6 108.h4 Kb7 109.Qf3+ Kc7 110.h5 Kd6 111.h6 Qe1+ 112.Kh3 Qb1 113.Kg4 Ke7 114.Kh5 Ke8 115.Qc6+ Ke7 116.Qf6+ Kd7 117.Qf7+ Kc8 118.h7 Qd1+ 119.Kg6 Qd6+ 120.Qf6 1-0

Position after White’s 90.Kh3

[Hans Jung]

Grandelius-Xiong no easy out that one - what an endgame! When I saw white's 4 connectors vs black's knight and one passed pawn, I just thought easy over.

[Hugh Brodie]

According to viewers on Chessbomb, Xiong missed a tablebase draw on move 77. (Qe4+). 'll have to check that out.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 3 Game 2 Krasenkow - Pragg a nail biter with a hair raising finish. (passed pawns have to be pushed faster)

[Hans Jung]

Jeffery Xiong wins a clutch game against Grandelius with an obvious mating pattern. Grandelis played an automatic move (Bd4)

[Hans Jung]

Shocking upset. Caruana has lost to Jumabayev.

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

July 19, 2021

Round Three

Game Two


Game 2, July 19
Tari, Aryan – Carlsen, Magnus
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bf4 d6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Qd2 e5 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.O-O-O h6 11.Bh4 Be6 12.Be2 a5 13.Kb1 Rb8 14.Ka1 Qb6 15.b3 Qb4 16.f3 Be7 17.Na4 O-O 18.Bxf6 Qxd2 19.Rxd2 gxf6 20.g4 d5 21.Rhd1 h5 22.h3 hxg4 23.hxg4 Kg7 24.Kb2 dxe4 25.fxe4 Rh8 26.Rd3 Rh2 27.Bf3 Rf2 28.R1d2 Rxd2 29.Rxd2 Kg6 30.Rh2 Kg5 31.Nc3 Rd8 32.Ne2 a4 33.Kc3 Rb8 34.Kb2 a3+ 35.Kc1 Rd8 36.Rh5+ Kg6 37.Ng3 Bb4 38.Nf5 Bd2+ 39.Kb1 Bc3 40.Ne7+ Kg7 41.Rh2 Rd7 42.Nf5+ Bxf5 43.gxf5 Rd4 44.Kc1 Kf8 45.Kb1 Ke7 46.Rg2 Rd8 47.Kc1 c5 48.Be2 Bb2+ 49.Kb1 Rh8 50.Rg1 Rh4 51.Bd3 Kd6 52.Rd1 Kc7 53.Re1 Kb6 54.Rd1 Rg4 55.Re1 Ka5 56.Rd1 Kb4 57.Re1 Rf4 58.Rh1 Rg4 59.Re1 Rh4 60.Rg1 Bd4 61.Rf1 Be3 62.Rd1 Bd2 63.Rf1 Kc3 64.Rf3 Kd4 65.Rf1 c4 66.Bxc4 Kxe4 67.Bxf7 Kd4 68.c3+ Kxc3 69.Rf3+ Kd4 70.Kc2 e4 71.Rf2 Bb4 72.Bc4 Rh1 73.Bf1 Rg1 74.Re2 Rxf1 75.Rxe4+ 0-1

Magnus Carlsen is through to Round 4 as the only player in either the Open or Women's #FIDEWorldCup to have won all his games!

Game 2, July 19
Malakhov, Vladimir – Dubov, Daniil
A49 King’s Indian, Fianchetto

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.c3 Re8 7.a4 a5 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Na3 c6 10.c4 Nb6 11.cxd5 Nfxd5 12.Bd2 Nb4 13.Nc2 Bg4 14.Nxb4 axb4 15.a5 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Qxd4 17.e3 Qxb2 18.Rb1 Qa2 19.Bxb4 Nc4 20.Qb3 Qxb3 21.Rxb3 Nxa5 22.Bxa5 Rxa5 23.Rxb7 Ra1 24.Rxa1 Bxa1 25.Bxc6 Rc8 26.Bf3 Bf6 27.Ra7 Rb8 28.Ra8 Rxa8 29.Bxa8 e6 30.Kg2 Be7 1/2-1/2

Daniil Dubov is the first player through to Round 4, where he's likely to face Andrey Esipenko!

Game 2, July 19
Esipenko, Andrey – Abasov, Nijat
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 Qc7 9.f4 Qb6 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 f5 12.Nf2 Ba6 13.Kf3 Ne7 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.Qa4 Bb7 17.h4 Qb6 18.Qa3 c5+ 19.Kg3 O-O 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.Be2 Rab8 22.Rd2 Nc6 23.Rd6 Qb4 24.Qxb4 Nxb4 25.a3 Nc2 26.Rc1 Nd4 27.Bd1 Be4 28.b4 Kf8 29.Rc3 Ke7 30.bxc5 Nc6 31.Nxe4 fxe4 32.Bc2 e3 33.Rxe3 Na5 34.Ra6 Rb2 35.Bxh7 Nxc4 36.Rc3 Nd2 37.Bc2 1-0

Game 2, July 19
Sindarov, Javokhir – Cori, Jorge
B12 Caro-Kann, Tartakower variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bd3 Bb6 8.Nge2 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nf5 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Qd2 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.O-O-O e5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Qe2 Be6 16.Ba6 Nxa6 17.Rxd4 Bxd4 18.Be3 Rad8 19.Rd1 Bxe3+ 20.Qxe3 Rxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Rd8+ 22.Kc1 b6 23.g4 Nc7 24.g5 Nd5 25.Qe1 Bf5 26.gxf6 Bxe4 27.f7+ Kxf7 28.Qxe4 g6 29.c4 Nf4 30.Kc2 Ne6 31.Qxe5 c5 32.Kc3 Rd1 33.Qb8 Rd7 34.b4 cxb4+ 35.axb4 Rc7 36.Qh8 Nf8 37.Qe5 Re7 38.Qd5+ Kf6 39.c5 bxc5 40.bxc5 Re5 41.Qd6+ Ne6 42.c6 Rc5+ 43.Kd2 Rc4 44.Qd5 Rf4 45.c7 Nxc7 46.Qd8+ Kg7 47.Qxc7+ Rf7 48.Qe5+ Kg8 49.Ke3 h5 50.Ke4 Kh7 51.Qc5 Kg7 52.Qc3+ Kh7 53.Qa3 Kg7 54.h4 Kh7 55.f4 Kg7 56.Qc3+ Kh7 57.Qc4 Kg7 58.Kd5 Rf5+ 59.Ke6 a5 60.Qd4+ Kg8 61.Kd6 Kh7 62.Kc6 Kg8 63.Kb6 Kf7 64.Qd7+ Kf6 65.Qc7 a4 66.Qc6+ Kg7 67.Qxa4 Rf6+ 68.Kc7 Rf7+ 69.Kd6 Rf6+ 70.Ke5 Rf5+ 71.Ke4 Rf8 72.Qd7+ Rf7 73.Qd4+ Kg8 74.Ke5 Rf8 75.Ke6 Kh7 76.Ke7 Kg8 77.Qf6 Rxf6 78.Kxf6 Kh7 79.Kf7 1-0

Final Position



15-year-old Javokhir Sindarov's superb technical endgame win over Jorge Cori.

Game 2, July 19
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Sevian, Samuel
E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.Qc2 c5 12.dxc5 Rc8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Rd1 Qb5 15.h4 Qxc5 16.Qxc5 bxc5 17.Nd2 Kf8 18.Rh3 Nd7 19.Rc3 Rab8 20.b3 Ke7 21.e4 Rc6 22.Bc4 Rcb6 23.Ke2 Bxc4+ 24.Rxc4 Ra6 25.Ra1 Rg8 26.g3 Rb8 27.Rc3 Rab6 28.Kd1 Rb5 29.Kc2 Ne5 30.a4 Ra5 31.Nc4 Nxc4 32.Rxc4 Rd8 33.Re1 Rd7 34.Re3 Rd4 35.Rec3 Kd6 36.Rd3 Rxd3 37.Kxd3 Ra6 38.b4 cxb4 39.Rxb4 Kc7 40.Rb5 e5 41.a5 Rd6+ 42.Ke3 a6 43.Rb3 Rc6 44.Kf3 Rc4 45.Rb6 Rc6 46.Rxc6+ Kxc6 47.Kg4 Kb5 48.Kh5 Kxa5 49.Kh6 Kb5 50.Kxh7 a5 51.h5 a4 52.h6 a3 53.Kg7 a2 54.h7 a1=Q 55.h8=Q Qe1 56.Qe8+ Kc5 57.Qa4 Qe2 58.Qa7+ Kd6 59.Qb6+ Kd7 60.Qb7+ Kd8 61.Qd5+ Kc8 62.Qc6+ Kb8 63.Qe8+ Kc7 64.Qxf7+ Kb8 65.Qe8+ Kc7 66.Qe7+ Kc8 67.Qe6+ Kc7 68.Qf5 Qd3 69.Kxf6 Qd8+ 70.Kg7 Qd4 71.g4 Kb6 72.g5 Ka5 73.f4 Ka4 74.Qxe5 Qd7+ 75.Kh6 Qh3+ 76.Kg6 Qc8 77.Qd4+ Ka3 78.Qa7+ Kb2 79.Kg7 Qe6 80.e5 1-0

Game 2, July 19
Adhiban, B. – Vidit, Santosh
A35 English, symmetrical, Four Knights System

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e5 5.d4 exd4 6.exd4 d5 7.Bg5 cxd4 8.Nxd5 Be6 9.Qb3 Bxd5 10.cxd5 Bb4+ 11.Kd1 Qxd5 12.Bc4 Qd7 13.Bb5 Qd6 14.a3 Ba5 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Qa4 Bb6 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Kc2 O-O 19.Kb1 Ne5 20.Nxe5 fxe5 21.Bd3 Rxc1+ 22.Rxc1 f5 23.f3 Kh8 24.Qb5 Qe7 25.Qd5 Rd8 26.Qb3 e4 27.fxe4 fxe4 28.Re1 e3 29.Rf1 Kg7 30.Qd1 e2 31.Bxe2 Rf8 32.Rh1 Kh8 33.Bd3 Ba5 34.Qa4 Bb6 35.Rc1 Qe3 36.Rd1 Qe6 37.Qb4 Re8 38.Rf1 Qe7 39.Qb5 Bc5 40.Qb3 Rf8 41.Rxf8+ Qxf8 42.Qxb7 Qe7 43.Qc8+ Kg7 44.Qf5 Kh8 45.g4 Bd6 46.g5 Bxh2 47.Qc8+ Kg7 48.Qh3 Be5 49.Qxh7+ Kf8 50.Qf5+ Ke8 51.g6 Kd8 52.Qe4 Kc7 53.Qd5 Bg7 54.Be4 Qd7 55.Qxd7+ Kxd7 56.b4 Ke6 57.Kc2 Bh6 58.Kb3 Bc1 59.Bd3 Kf6 60.a4 Kg7 61.Kc4 Bd2 62.Kb5 Be1 63.Ka6 Bxb4 64.Kxa7 Ba5 65.Ka6 Bc7 66.Kb5 1-0

Adhiban didn't play 1.b3, but he may be beating Vidit on demand!

Game 2, July 19
Xiong, Jeffery – Grandelius, Nils
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Bg4 10.Rxb7 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qc8 12.Rb3 Bxe2 13.Nxe2 Nc6 14.O-O Rd8 15.Qc2 Ne5 16.h3 Qc6 17.Bg5 Rd7 18.Rd1 h6 19.Rxd7 Qxd7 20.Bh4 Rd8 21.Nd4 Nc6 22.Nxc6 Qxc6 23.Bxe7 Re8 24.Bh4 Rxe4 25.Bg3 Re1+ 26.Kh2 Qc4 27.f3 Ra1 28.Qf2 Bxc3 29.Qe3 Bd4 30.Rb8+ Kh7 31.Be5 Bxe5+ 32.Qxe5 1-0

Jeffery Xiong is beating Nils Grandelius on demand - in the space of 3 moves the evaluation has gone from slightly better for Black to mate-in-24 for White!

Jeffery Xiong got to the quarterfinals of the last #FIDEWorldCup and now he's hit back to force a tiebreak tomorrow against Nils Grandelius!

Game 2, July 19
Durarbayli, Vasif – Navara, David
C65 Ruy 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 f6 11.Nf3 Nc5 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Nc4 Ne6 14.g3 f5 15.exf5 Rxf5 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Qg5 18.Qe2 h5 19.Rxf5 Qxf5 20.Rf1 Qg5 21.Kg2 h4 22.g4 e4 23.dxe4 g6 24.h3 Rd8 25.Qf2 Rf8 26.Qe1 Rxf1 27.Kxf1 Qf6+ 28.Qf2 Qxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Ng5 30.Kg2 Nxe4 31.Na5 Nd6 32.Kf3 Kf7 33.Kf4 c5 34.e4 b6 35.Nc6 a5 36.Ne5+ Kg7 37.g5 b5 38.c3 a4 39.bxa4 bxa4 40.Ke3 Nf7 41.Nf3 Kf8 42.e5 Ke7 43.Ke4 c6 44.Kf4 Nd8 45.Nxh4 Ne6+ 46.Kg4 Kf7 47.Ng2 c4 48.Nf4 Nd4 49.e6+ Ke7 50.Nxg6+ Kxe6 51.Nf4+ Kf7 52.h4 Nc2 53.h5 Ne3+ 54.Kf3 Nd1 55.h6 Nxc3 56.bxc3 a3 57.h7 Kg7 58.Ne6+ Kxh7 59.Nd4 1-0

Vasif Durarbayli has knocked out David Navara! Vasif is a 29-year-old grandmaster from Azerbaijan.

Game 2, July 19
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Martirosyan, Haik
A28 English, Four Knights, Romanishin variation

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.d4 Ne4 8.Qd3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Qd1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 O-O 12.b3 b6 13.Bb2 f5 14.Qd5+ Kh8 15.Qe5 Qxe5 16.Bxe5 d6 17.Bd4 a5 18.f3 Bd7 19.h4 Rae8 20.h5 h6 21.Kd2 Re7 22.Be2 Rfe8 23.Rae1 a4 24.b4 Na6 25.b5 Nc5 26.Rh4 a3 27.Bd1 Be6 28.Bc2 Nd7 29.Kc3 Ne5 30.Bb3 Bf7 31.Reh1 Rc8 32.Rf4 c6 33.bxc6 Rxc6 34.Bxe5 Rxe5 35.Kb4 Kg8 36.Rd1 Kf8 37.Ba4 Rc7 38.Rxd6 Rb7 39.Bc6 Ke7 40.Rfd4 Rc7 41.Rd7+ Rxd7 42.Rxd7+ Kf8 43.Rd8+ Ke7 44.Rd7+ Kf8 45.Rd3 Bxc4 46.Kxc4 Rc5+ 47.Kb3 Rxc6 48.Rd5 Rf6 49.Kxa3 g6 50.hxg6 Kg7 51.Kb4 Rxg6 52.Rd7+ Kg8 53.Rd2 Kg7 54.Kb5 h5 55.Rc2 Kf7 56.a4 Kg7 57.Ka6 Kf7 58.Kb7 Kg7 59.Rb2 Kh7 60.Kc7 Kg7 61.Rd2 Kf7 62.Kd7 Rg8 63.Kc6 Rg6+ 64.Kb5 Kg7 65.Ka6 Kf7 66.Kb7 Kg7 67.Kc7 Kf7 68.Rd7+ Kg8 69.Rd5 f4 70.e4 Rxg2 71.Kxb6 h4 72.a5 Rb2+ 73.Kc6 h3 74.Rh5 h2 75.a6 Ra2 76.Kb6 Kg7 77.a7 Rb2+ 78.Kc5 Ra2 79.Rxh2 Rxa7 80.Rh4 Kf6 81.Rxf4+ Ke6 82.Kd4 Ra3 83.Rf5 Rb3 84.f4 Rb4+ 85.Ke3 Rb3+ 86.Ke2 1-0

Game 2, July 19
Krasenkow, Michal – Pragg
D24 QGA, Bogolyubov variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 Bb4 9.Qc2 Nb6 10.Qe4 Qd5 11.Qg4 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.Qxg7 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Qa1 15.Qxh8+ Kd7 16.Be2 Qxc1+ 17.Bd1 Qxc3+ 18.Nd2 Nc6 19.Qxh7 Nxd4 20.Qxf7+ Kc6 21.Qf4 Nd5 22.Qe4 Kc5 23.h4 Bb7 24.h5 Nb4 25.O-O Qxd2 26.Qxb7 Nd5 27.h6 c3 28.h7 Qh6 29.Qa7+ Kc4 30.Bg4 c2 31.Qa2+ Kb4 32.Qb2+ Kc4 33.Re1 Nf4 34.h8=Q Qxh8 35.Re4 c5 36.Rxf4 Qxe5 37.Qxc2+ Kd5 38.Qd2 c4 39.Rxd4+ Qxd4 40.Bxe6+ Kc5 41.Qxd4+ Kxd4 42.g4 Ke5 43.Bf7 Kf4 44.f3 1-0

"Krasenkow tried the last trick... and it worked!" (Fressinet) It looks like we're heading to tiebreaks tomorrow!

57-year-old Krasenkow is set to be the oldest player left in the #FIDEWorldCup after Pia Cramling's journey is over

It wasn't all smooth-sailing this time, but 57-year-old Michał Krasenkow going toe to toe with much younger grandmasters and overpowering them with mind-expanding tactics is simply brilliant.

Krasenkow-Praggnanandhaa will be decided in tiebreaks tomorrow!

Hard fought game today for @rpragchess , full credit to Mr. Krasenkow for fighting till the end and turning the tables around. Great inspiration for youngsters

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

July 19, 2021

Round Three, Game Two (continued)

Game 2, July 19
Caruana, Fabiano – Jumabayev, Rinat
D36 QGD, Exchange, positional line

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nge2 g6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rae1 Ndf6 13.Nc1 Be6 14.f3 b6 15.Qf2 c5 16.Qh4 Qd8 17.g4 Ng7 18.N1e2 Rb8 19.a4 c4 20.Bc2 a6 21.Nf4 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.b4 cxb3 24.Bxb3 b4 25.Nce2 Bc8 26.Ng3 Ba6 27.g5 Bxf1 28.Rxf1 Nfe8 29.Nxd5 Rb5 30.Qe4 Qxg5 31.f4 Qd8 32.f5 Nf6 33.Nxf6+ Qxf6 34.fxg6 Qxg6 35.Bxf7+ Qxf7 36.Rxf7 Rxf7 37.Qd3 Rg5 38.Kg2 Nf5 39.e4 Nh4+ 40.Kh3 Ng6 41.Qc4 h5 42.Kg2 h4 43.Kh3 hxg3 44.hxg3 Kg7 45.Qxb4 Rf3 46.Qb7+ Kh6 47.Qb8 Re3 48.d5 Rxe4 49.d6 Rd4 50.Qb2 Rxd6 51.Qc3 Rdd5 52.Qe3 Ra5 53.Kg2 Re5 54.Qd4 Rd5 55.Qe3 Rd3 56.Qe1 Nf4+ 57.Kf2 Rgxg3 58.Qe4 Rg2+ 0-1

Position after White’s 41.Qc4



Is world no. 2 Fabiano Caruana in danger?

It seemed the worst was behind Fabiano Caruana, but after 41.Qc4 it seems 41...h5! is very strong for Rinat Jumabayev!

41...h5! has been played, and world no. 2 Fabiano Caruana is on the brink of a #FIDEWorldCup exit!

Rinat Jumabayev has knocked world no. 2 Fabiano Caruana out of the #FIDEWorldCup!

After his loss today, Fabiano Caruana has dropped to world no. 3 and Magnus Carlsen is alone in the 2800 club!

Results of Game Two

Carlsen-Tari 1-0
Caruana-Jumabayev 0-1
Cheng-Kovalev 0.5-0.5
Giri-Abdusattorov 0.5-0.5
Grischuk-Pichot 0.5-0.5
Mamedyarov-Martirosyan 1-0
MVL-Paravyan 0.5-0.5
Sindarov-Cori 1-0
Vakhidov-Ponkratov 0-1
Karjakin-Oparin 0.5-0.5
Harikrishna-Lupulescu 0.5-0.5
Duda-Sevian 1-0
Vidit-Adhiban 0-1
Andreikin-Nihal 0.5-0.5
Vitiugov-Shirov 0.5-0.5
Esipenko-Abasov 1-0
Dubov-Malakhov 0.5-0.5
Svidler-Cheparinov 0.5-0.5
Ivic-Bluebaum 0.5-0.5
Xiong-Grandelius
Tomashevsky-Idani 0.5-0.5
Yu-Tabatabaei 0.5-0.5
Artemiev-Gelfand 0.5-0.5
Amin-Bacrot 0.5-0.5
Van Foreest-Piorun 0.5-0.5
Krasenkow-Pragg 1-0
Brkic-Salem 1-0
Georgiev-Korobov 0.5-0.5
Navara-Durarbayli 0-1
Fedoseev-Gareyev 0.5-0.5
Shankland-Areschenko 0.5-0.5
Matlakov-Wojtaszek 0.5-0.5

Tie-Break Matches Tomorrow

Wojtaszek-Matlakov
Vakhidov-Ponkratov
Bacrot-Amin
Tomashevsky-Idani
Vidit-Adhiban
Grandelius-Xiong
Abdusattorov-Giri
Martirosyan-Mamedyarov
MVL-Paravyan
Pragg-Krasenkow
Artemiev-Gelfand
Cheparinov-Svidler
Shankland-Areshenko

(13 matches)

[Hans Jung]

Pure grit win by Adhiban!

[Hans Jung]

Rd 3 game 3 https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...torov_Nodirbek My favorite game of the round. The knights carry the show.

[Hans Jung]

Mental toughness is what is needed and Jeffery Xiong has it in spades! Two tough endgames.

[Hans Jung]

Sam Shankland is having a good run.