FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

July 15, 2021

Round Two, Game One (continued)

Game 1, July 15
Gareyev, Timur – Jakovenko, Dmitry
E00 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 d5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Ne5 Be7 9.Qc2 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ndf3 Nbd7 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Ne5 Qc7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Ng4 Be7 17.Qc3 Qd8 18.Rad1 b5 19.c5 h5 20.Rd4 f5 21.Nh6+ Kh7 22.Nxf5 exf5 23.Qd3 Bxc5 24.Rf4 Kg7 25.Rxf5 Rh8 26.Qxb5 Qb6 27.Qd3 Qg6 28.h4 Be7 29.Re1 Bf6 30.Kh2 Rcd8 31.Qf3 d4 32.Rxf6 Bxf3 33.Rxg6+ fxg6 34.Bxf3 Rhe8 35.Rd1 Rd6 36.Kg2 a5 37.Kf1 Kf6 38.Rd2 Rc8 39.Be4 Rc1+ 40.Kg2 Ke5 41.Bc2 Ra1 42.f4+ Kf6 43.e4 Rb6 44.e5+ Ke7 45.Bb3 Rb1 46.Rxd4 Rxb2+ 47.Kf3 Rc6 48.Rd3 Rc1 49.Bd5 a4 50.Ke3 Re1+ 51.Kd4 Ree2 52.Bc4 Red2 53.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 54.Ke3 Rg2 55.Kf3 Rc2 56.Bd5 Rc3+ 57.Kf2 a3 58.Bg8 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

Game 1, July 15
Murzin, Volodar – Artemiev, Vladislav
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Bd7 9.Bd3 Bc6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Re1 Be7 12.Rc1 O-O 13.Bb1 Rc8 14.Qe2 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 Bd5 16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Rc1 Qb8 18.Rc3 Rc8 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 g6 21.Rxc8+ Qxc8 22.Qe3 b6 23.Qc3 Qa6 24.a3 Qe2 25.Bd3 Qg4 26.Bf1 Bc5 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 Qd1 29.Qc3 Kg7 30.f3 Qa4 31.Qb4 Qd7 32.Kf2 Bc6 33.Be2 Qd5 34.Qc4 Qd7 35.Qb4 Qd8 36.h4 a5 37.Qf4 h6 38.g3 Bb7 39.Qe3 Qc7 40.Qc3 Qd8 1/2-1/2

Game 1, July 15
Cheng, Bobby – Aronian, Levon

"Even though Aronian feels well now, in order to not risk the safety of other players it has been decided that he will withdraw from the first game, and he will undergo additional health tests before deciding if he is fit to play in the second game. "

Game 1, July 15
Mareco, Sandro – Cori, Jorge
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nf3 Nh6 9.c4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Nf5 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.Rd1 a5 13.Ne4 Nb6 14.Qe2 Nd5 15.O-O a4 16.a3 Qa5 17.g3 Bxg5 18.Nfxg5 Rd8 19.Rd3 Nc7 20.Rfd1 Nb5 21.Nf3 O-O 22.Nfg5 g6 23.Nf6+ Kg7 24.Nxh5+ gxh5 25.Qxh5 Nh6 26.Rf3 Nd6 27.exd6 Qd5 28.Rf6 Kxf6 29.Qxh6+ Kf5 30.f3 Rh8 31.g4+ 1-0

Results of Round Two, Game One

Carlsen, Magnus – Martinovic, Sasa 1-0
Bareev, Evgeny – Tari, Aryan 0-1
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Alekseev, Evgeny 0.5-0.5
Gretarsson, Hjorvar – Matlakov, Maxim 0-1
Dubov, Daniil – Gukesh, D. 0.5-0.5
Vocaturo, Daniele – Malakhov, Vladimir 0-1
Abasov, Nijat, - Sargsyan, Shant 0.5-0.5
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van – Esipenko, Andrey 0.5-0.5
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Vakhidov, Jakhongir 0.5-0.5
Ponkratov, Pavel – Kuzubov, Yuriy 0.5-0.5
Bacrot, Etienne – Haria, Ravi 1-0
Gabuzyan, Hovahannes – Amin, Bassem 0-1
Van Foreest, Jorden – Druska, Juraj 1-0
Piorun, Kacper – Ragger, Markus 0.5-0.5
Cori, Jorge – Mareco, Sandro 0-1
Sindarov, Javokhir – Firouzja, Alireza 0.5-0.5
Grischuk, Alexander – Perez Ponsa, Federico 0.5-0.5
Pichot, Alan – Saric, Ivan 0.5-0.5
Korobov, Anton – Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal 1-0
Georgiev, Kiril – Maghsoodloo, Parham 0.5-0.5
Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Iniyan, P. 1-0
Idani, Pouya – Anton Guijarro, David 1-0
Sevian, Samuel – Bok, Benjamin 0-1
Vazquez, Gillermo – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 0-1
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi – Fier, Alexandr 0.5-0.5
Delgado, Ramirez – Adhiban, B. 0-1
Grandelius, Nils - Akobian, Varuzhan 0.5-0.5
Mikhalevski, Victor - Xiong, Jeffery 0.5-0.5
Navara, David – Yakubboev, Nodirbek 0.5-0.5
Durarbayli, Vasif – Predke, Alexandr 0.5-0.5
Aravindh, Chithambaram – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 0.5-0.5
Savchenko, Boris – Giri, Anish 0-1
Aronian, Levon – Cheng, Bobby 1-0
Kovalev, Vladislav – Sarana, Alexey 0.5-0.5
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Gareyev, Timur 0.5-0.5
Bachmann, Axel – Fedoseev, Vladimir 0-1
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Ivic, Velimir 0-1
Erdos, Viktor – Bluebaum, Matthias 0.5-0.5
Sjugirov, Sanan – Nihal Sarin 0.5-0.5
Can, Emre – Andreikin, Dmitry 0-1
Harikrishna, Pentala – Quesada Perez, Yasser 0.5-0.5
Hesham, Abdelrahman – Lupulescu, Constantin 0-1
Berkes, Ferenc – Tabatabaei M. amin 0.5-0.5
Kadric, Denis – Yu, Yangyi 0-1
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy – Brkic, Ante 0-1
Indjic, Aleksandar – Salem, A.R. Saleh 1-0
Martirosyan, Haik – Yilmaz, Mustafa 1-0
Mekhitarian, Krikor – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0.5-0.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Moradiabadi, Elshan 0.5-0.5
Paravyan, David – Onischuk, Alexander 1-0
Sargissian, Gabriel – Praggnanandhaa, R. 0-1
Krasenkow, Michal – Alekseenko, Kirill 0.5-0.5
Artemiev, Vladislav – Murzin, Volodar 0.5-0.5
Braun, Arik – Gelfand, Boris 0-1
Oparin, Grigoriy – Deac, Bogdan-Daniel 0.5-0.5
Vokhidov, Shamsiddin – Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
Vitiugov, Nikita – Plat, Vojtech 0.5-0.5
Zherebukh, Yarolav – Shirov, Alexei 0-1
Cheparinov, Ivan – Svane, Rasmus 0-1
Satinas Herrera, Pablo – Svidler, Peter 0-1
Shankland, Sam – Jobava, Baadur 0.5-0.5
Ivanisevic, Ivan – Areshchenko, Alexander 0-1
Motylev, Alexander – Jumabayev, Rinat 0-1
Megaranto, Susanto – Caruana, Fabiano 0-1

[Hans Jung]

Some draws are worth looking at. Complex tactics in Gareev-Jakovenko. I liked Timur's long term evaluation with bishop, rook and two pawns for two rooks (also more pawns on the board) but the computer thinks just equal. Still amazing tactics.

[Hans Jung]

Apparently Levon Aronian has come down with covid. We wish him all the best and a speedy recovery.

[Hans Jung]

MVL strikes first in a miniature against Moradiabadi in rd 2 game 2. Its one of my favorite opening sidelines in the Sicilian (3.g3) and I love MVL's Na3,Nb5,Nc3,Nd5 followed by the knockout Nf6+

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

July 16, 2021

Round Two

Game Two

From the official site:

https://worldcup.fide.com/news/tpost...sen-debuts-wit

Minutes before first game yesterday, Carlsen received the 2020 Fair Play Svetozar Gligoric award, in recognition to an individual who, during the previous year, displayed exemplary behaviour that promotes the spirit of fair play and sportsmanship in chess.

In the semi-finals of the 2020 online “Chessable Masters”, Magnus won a key game by the unfortunate disconnection of his opponent, Ding Liren. Carlsen demonstrated that "winning fair" was far more important to him than winning at any cost, therefore minutes later in the second game he gave up his queen and resigned after just four moves to restore parity in the match.

Introduced by Laurent Freyd (Principal Tournament Arbiter), FIDE Vice-President and Chairman of the Award Commission, Mr. Mahir Mammedov, congratulated Magnus on his achievement and spoke a few words of encouragement to all the players in the hall.

Game 2, July 16
Carlsen, Magnus – Martinovic, Sasa
B56 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nb3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.f3 Be6 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Kb1 Ne5 12.Be2 Bc4 13.Bd4 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Nc6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nd5 Bg7 17.h4 e6 18.Ne3 Qe7 19.h5 d5 20.exd5 exd5 21.Qd2 d4 22.Ng4 Rfd8 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.f4 Nb4 25.Rde1 Qd6 26.Rc1 Nd5 27.f5 Ne3 28.Nxe3 dxe3 29.Qxd6 Rxd6 30.Rce1 Re8 31.fxg6 Rxg6 32.Re2 Rg3 33.c3 Re4 34.Nd2 Reg4 35.Nf1 Rxg2 36.Rxg2 Rxg2 37.Nxe3 Re2 38.Nf5 Rf2 39.Rh5 Bf8 40.a4 f6 41.a5 Re2 42.Nd4 Re5 43.Rxe5 fxe5 44.Nf3 Bd6 45.Kc2 Kf7 46.Kd3 Ke6 47.Ke4 a6 48.Ne1 Bc7 49.Nd3 Bd6 50.b3 Be7 51.b4 Bd6 52.c4 Bf8 53.c5 Bh6 54.b5 axb5 55.c6 Kd6 56.cxb7 Kc7 57.a6 Bf8 58.Nxe5 Bd6 59.Nd7 Kc6 60.Kd4 Bc7 61.Kd3 Bd6 62.Ke4 Bc7 63.Kf5 Bg3 64.Ne5+ Kc7 65.Ke4 b4 66.Nd7 Kc6 67.Kd3 Bc7 68.Kc4 Bd6 69.Kb3 Bc7 70.Kxb4 Bd6+ 71.Kc4 Bc7 72.Kd3 Bd6 73.Ke4 Bc7 74.Kf5 Bd6 75.Ne5+ Kc7 76.Ke6 Bc5 77.Nc6 1-0

Ouch! Magnus will still be going through to Round 3, but after working some magic to get a winning endgame he's blitzed out a blunder and it's objectively drawn again

Magnus Carlsen gets there in the end and wins 2:0 to set up a Round 3 clash against Norwegian no. 2 Aryan Tari!

Game 2, July 16
Sjugirov, Sanan – Nihal Sarin
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.Nbd2 Nd7 11.c3 Nc5 12.Bc2 Nxa4 13.Bxa4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Bc8 15.Nf1 f5 16.Ne3 fxe4 17.dxe4 Kh8 18.b4 Qe8 19.Nd2 Bh4 20.Re2 Ne7 21.Ndf1 Ng6 22.Ng3 Nf4 23.Rea2 Rb8 24.Ngf5 Bd8 25.Ng3 Qg6 26.f3 h5 27.Kh1 h4 28.Ngf5 h3 29.g3 Ne6 30.Rf2 Qh7 31.Nc4 Bb7 32.Kg1 d5 33.Nxe5 dxe4 34.fxe4 Bxe4 35.Nd7 Rxf5 36.Nxb8 Rxf2 37.Kxf2 Qf5+ 38.Ke1 Bd3 39.Be3 Bf6 40.Ra3 Bc4 41.Bf4 Nxf4 42.gxf4 Qe4+ 43.Kd2 Qxf4+ 44.Kc2 Qxh2+ 45.Kb1 Qe2 0-1

17-year-old Nihal Sarin in now up to 2660 on the live rating list, but more importantly he's through to a #FIDEWorldCup Round 3 match against Dmitry Andreikin!

Game 2, July 16
Dubov, Daniil – Gukesh D.
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.a5 Qd6 14.Rfd1 b5 15.axb6 cxb6 16.Qd3 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Rxa6 Be4 19.Qb5 Rxa6 20.Qxa6 Qb4 21.Ne5 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qxb2 23.Nc6 Bg5 24.Qd3 Qa2 25.Rb1 Qd5+ 26.Qf3 Qd6 27.Rxb6 Rc8 28.Qc3 Qd5+ 29.Qf3 Qd6 30.Qc3 Qd5+ 31.Kg1 Kh7 32.Qd3+ f5 33.Qf3 Qd6 34.d5 Qxd5 35.Qxd5 exd5 36.Nd4 f4 37.gxf4 Bxf4 38.Rb5 Rc1+ 39.Kg2 Rd1 40.Rxd5 Rd2 41.h4 g5 42.Kf3 Kg6 43.e3 Bc7 44.Rd7 Ba5 45.Rd6+ Kh5 46.Ra6 Bc3 47.Nf5 gxh4 48.Nxh6 Rd5 49.Ke4 Ra5 50.Rc6 Be1 51.Kf3 Rg5 52.e4 Rg6 53.Rxg6 Kxg6 54.Ng4 Kg5 55.Ne3 Bxf2 1/2-1/2

Great defence by Gukesh to take his match with Dubov to tiebreaks tomorrow!

Game 2, July 16
Bareev, Evgeny – Tari, Aryan
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qxc4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.e4 Rc8 12.Qe2 Qa5 13.Rd1 h6 14.Bd2 Qa6 15.Qxa6 bxa6 16.Bf4 g5 17.Bd6 Bxd6 18.Rxd6 g4 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 Rc5 21.Re1 e5 22.Rd6 Be6 23.Rxa6 Rb8 24.Rxa7 Rc4 25.Re2 Rcb4 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Rxb2 28.Rxb2 Rxb2 29.d6 Rd2 30.Re7 Kf8 31.a4 Rd1+ 32.Bf1 Ne4 33.Rxe5 Nd2 34.Kg2 Nf3 35.Re4 f5 36.Re3 Ne1+ 37.Kg1 Nf3+ 38.Kg2 Ne1+ 1/2-1/2

Game 2, July 16
Krasenkow, Michal – Alekseenko, Kirill
E00 Catalan Opening

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 9.Rc1 a5 10.a4 Re8 11.Na3 Bd6 12.Bf4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxe5 Rxe5 17.Nc4 Re8 18.Rd1 Be6 19.e4 Nb4 20.Qc3 Qc7 21.Nd6 Re7 22.e5 Qb6 23.Rd2 Nd5 24.Qc2 Rd7 25.Rad1 Rad8 26.Rd4 Nb4 27.Qc1 h6 28.Rh4 f6 29.Rxh6 gxh6 30.Qxh6 Qc7 31.Qxf6 Bb3 32.Bh3 Rf8 33.Be6+ Bxe6 34.Qxe6+ Kh8 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Rd4 Nd5 37.Qe6+ Kh8 38.Ne8 Qd8 39.Qh6+ Kg8 40.Rg4+ Kf7 41.Nd6+ 1-0

Final Position



White mates in 4

Wow! 57-year-old Michal Krasenkow catches Kirill Alekseenko in a mating net and is through to Round 3!

Game 2, July 16
Sargissian, Gabriel – Pragg
D26 QGA, Classical variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.a3 b5 9.Ba2 Bb7 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Bd6 13.e4 O-O 14.b4 c4 15.Bb2 Qc7 16.Qc2 Be7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.h3 Rfe8 19.Nh2 Nb8 20.Ng4 Nd7 21.Qc3 Nf6 22.Rfe1 h5 23.Nh6+ gxh6 24.Re3 h4 25.Rf3 Rd6 26.g4 Bd8 27.Kg2 Qe7 28.Rf4 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.exd5 Qd6 31.Qf3 Qxd5 32.Bxf6 Qxf3+ 33.Kxf3 Bxf6 34.Rxf6 Re6 35.Rf5 Rd6 36.Ke2 Kg7 37.a4 bxa4 38.Ra5 Rd3 39.Rxa4 Rxh3 40.Rxa6 Rb3 41.Rc6 h3 42.Rxc4 Rb1 0-1

It's confirmed! 57-year-old Krasenkow will take on 15-year-old Praggnanandhaa in Round 3 of the #FIDEWorldCup after Pragg won his match 2:0

Game 2, July 16
Shankland, Sam – Jobava, Baadur
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Bd7 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be3 h5 8.gxh5 Ne7 9.Nf3 Nf5 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Na4 Qa5+ 12.c3 Na6 13.a3 Rxh5 14.b4 Qc7 15.Nb2 Rh8 16.Nd3 b6 17.Nf4 Qb7 18.Bd3 Nc7 19.Qe2 a5 20.O-O axb4 21.axb4 Be7 22.Rxa8+ Qxa8 23.Bxf5 exf5 24.Bxe7 Kxe7 25.Qe3 Be6 26.h5 Kd7 27.Ng5 Re8 28.Qg3 Re7 29.Re1 Qh8 30.Ra1 Qh6 31.Qh4 Re8 32.Kh2 Nb5 33.f3 Kc7 34.Ngxe6+ fxe6 35.Rg1 Kd7 36.Rg6 Qh8 37.Qg5 Re7 38.Nxe6 Nxc3 39.Nxg7 Nb5 40.e6+ 1-0

Sam Shankland wins a very convincing game against Baadur Jobava to reach Round 3, where Areshchenko likely awaits

Game 2, July 16
Bacrot, Etienne – Haria, Ravi
C01 French, Exchange

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Nbc6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Nb5 f6 9.c3 Qd7 10.b4 O-O 11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.a4 Rfe8 13.Ba3 Qd7 14.h3 Bf5 15.Re1 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Ng6 17.b5 Na5 18.Nd2 Nf4 19.Qf3 g5 20.Bb4 Nc4 21.Nxc4 dxc4 22.Qxb7 Qd5 23.Qxd5+ Nxd5 24.Kf1 Kf7 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Re1 Rd8 27.Rb1 Re8 28.g3 h5 29.Re1 Rd8 30.Re4 c6 31.bxc6 Rc8 32.h4 g4 33.Re2 Rxc6 34.a5 a6 35.Rb2 Rc7 36.Bd6 Rd7 37.Bc5 Nxc3 38.Rc2 Ne4 39.Ke2 c3 40.Ke3 f5 41.Rc1 Rb7 42.Bb6 Ke6 43.Kd3 Kd5 44.Kc2 f4 0-1

And he's done it! English IM Ravi Haria wins to take the match vs. Bacrot to tiebreaks tomorrow

Ravi Haria was born Sunday, February 7th, 1999 in Elstree, Hertfordshire. Ravi currently resides in London.
Ravi became a FIDE Master in 2015 at the age of 16 and an International Master two years later making him England’s second youngest IM after Matthew Wadsworth.

Game 2, July 16
Zherebukh, Yaroslav – Shirov, Alexei
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Classical variation

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.f3 Bh5 4.h4 f5 5.Nh3 Nf6 6.Nf4 Qd6 7.e3 Bf7 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 a6 10.Nce2 g6 11.Nd3 Bh6 12.Qd2 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Ne5 Ncd7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.O-O-O e5 17.Kb1 Qc5 18.f4 Rhe8 19.h5 Bg7 20.Nc3 exf4 21.hxg6+ hxg6 22.exf4 Rad8 23.g4 Nxg4 24.b4 Qc6 25.b5 Qe6 26.Nxd5 Bxb2 27.Nc7 Qe3 28.Bc4+ Kg7 29.Nxe8+ Qxe8 30.Kxb2 Ne3 31.Qd4+ Ne5 32.Qxd8 Nxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Nxc4+ 34.Kc3 Qxd8 35.Rxd8 axb5 36.Rd7+ 1-0

These players go to tie-break tomorrow

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

July 16, 2021

Round Two (continued)

Game 2, July 16
Artemiev, Vladislav – Murzin, Volodar
D30 QGD, Semi-Slav, Classical variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 e5 10.Bg5 Qe7 11.Re1 Rd8 12.d5 h6 13.Bh4 Nf8 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Qc2 Bg4 16.Nd2 Ng6 17.Bg3 h5 18.h3 h4 19.Bh2 Bh5 20.Nb3 Bc7 21.Be2 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 Qb4 23.Rad1 Bb6 24.Qc2 Rab8 25.Re2 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Rd8 27.Qc2 Bd4 28.Nxd4 exd4 29.Qd2 Qa5 30.Nd5 Qxa2 31.Nxf6+ gxf6 32.Re1 d3 33.e5 fxe5 34.Bxe5 Re8 35.Bc3 Rxe1+ 36.Qxe1 Qe6 37.Qd2 Qf5 38.Qh6 f6 39.Qe3 Nf4 40.Qe8+ Kg7 41.Qe7+ Kg6 42.Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

14-year-old Volodar Murzin is still in the match after two tough games against Vladislav Artemiev. That's a great feat.

Game 2, July 16
Sindarov, Javokhir – Firouzja, Alireza
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.Bg2 Nfd7 9.Be3 Nc6 10.h4 O-O 11.g5 Nde5 12.Qe2 Bd7 13.f4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Nc6 15.Be3 Na5 16.O-O-O Rc8 17.Bd4 Nc4 18.f5 e5 19.Bf2 Qa5 20.Rd5 Qb4 21.Nd1 Bd8 22.Qd3 Bb6 23.Rf1 Bxf2 24.Rxf2 b5 25.Qb3 Qe1 26.Qc3 Qg1 27.Qf3 Qe1 28.b3 Bc6 29.Rd3 Na3 30.Rdd2 Rc7 31.Qe3 Qxe3 32.Nxe3 b4 33.f6 Nb5 34.fxg7 Rd8 35.Nf5 Nc3 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Nxd6 Kxg7 38.Rf6 Nxa2+ 39.Kd2 Nc3 40.Bf3 a5 41.Ke3 a4 42.bxa4 Bxa4 43.Bh5 Rd7 44.Nf5+ Kf8 45.Rb6 Rd8 46.Rb7 Bxc2 47.Rxf7+ Kg8 48.Nh6+ Kh8 49.Ra7 Bb3 50.Rb7 Bc4 51.Rxb4 Rd3+ 52.Kf2 Nxe4+ 53.Kg1 Nd6 54.Rb8+ Kg7 55.Rd8 Be6 56.Bg4 Rg3+ 57.Kf1 Rxg4 58.Rxd6 Rf4+ 59.Kg2 Bc4 60.Kg3 Be2 61.Re6 Bh5 62.Rxe5 Rf3+ 63.Kg2 Rf8 64.Re7+ Kg6 65.Re6+ Kg7 66.Re3 Kg6 67.Kg3 Bd1 68.Rd3 Be2 69.Rd2 Bh5 70.Rd6+ Kg7 71.Rd7+ Kg6 72.Ng4 Bxg4 73.Kxg4 h5+ 74.Kg3 Ra8 75.Rd6+ Kg7 76.Rd4 Ra6 77.Kf4 Kg6 78.Re4 Rb6 79.Ra4 Re6 80.Rc4 Ra6 81.Ke5 Ra1 82.Rf4 Re1+ 83.Kd6 Kg7 84.Kd5 Kg6 85.Rf6+ Kg7 86.Rh6 Ra1 87.Rxh5 Ra6 88.Ke4 Rb6 89.Rh6 Rxh6 90.gxh6+ Kxh6 91.Kf4 Kh5 92.Kg3 Kh6 93.Kg4 Kg6 94.h5+ Kh6 95.Kh4 Kg7 96.Kg5 Kh7 97.h6 Kh8 98.Kg6 Kg8 99.h7+ Kh8 100.Kh6 1/2-1/2

Laurent Fressinet: "Two games for France and it seems Firouzja already knows about the French School of Suffering that Magnus talks about!"

Alireza Firouzja stared into the #FIDEWorldCup elimination abyss, but survives in exactly 100 moves to face 15-year-old Jakokhir Sindarov again tomorrow in tiebreaks!

Game 2, July 16
Grischuk, Alexander – Perez Ponsa, Frederico
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Be7 10.Nc3 Nh4 11.Rd1+ Ke8 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Ne2 Be7 14.g4 h5 15.f3 hxg4 16.hxg4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bf4 Kf7 19.Kf2 Be6 20.Nd4 Bc5 21.Kg3 Bxd4 22.Rxd4 c5 23.Re4 Bd5 24.Ree1 Rae8 25.b3 c4 26.Bxc7 cxb3 27.cxb3 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Rc8 29.Rh1 Kg6 30.Rc1 Bc6 31.Bf4 Rd8 32.Be3 Rd3 33.Kf2 a6 34.Ke2 Rd7 35.Kf2 Rd3 36.Ke2 Rd7 37.Bf4 Bb5+ 38.Kf2 Rd3 39.Rc5 Bc6 40.Be3 Rd5 41.Rc3 Rd7 42.a4 Rd5 43.Kg3 Rd1 44.Kf4 Kf7 45.Bc5 Rd5 46.Bb6 Rd7 47.a5 Rd5 48.b4 Rd7 49.Bc5 Rd5 50.Kg3 Rd7 51.Re3 Bb5 52.Kh4 Bd3 53.Re1 Bc2 54.Kg3 Bd3 55.Rh1 Rd8 56.Rd1 Rd7 57.f4 Kg7 58.Kh4 Kf7 59.Kg3 Kg7 60.Be3 Bb5 61.Rc1 Bc6 62.Rc3 Rd1 63.f5 Kf7 64.Kf2 Rd8 65.Rc1 Rg8 66.Kg3 Rd8 67.Rc3 Re8 68.Bc5 Re1 69.Rd3 Re5 70.Rd6 Rd5 71.Re6 Rd7 72.Kh4 Bd5 73.Re3 Ba2 74.Re1 Bc4 75.Kg3 Bd3 76.Kf4 Bc2 77.Rh1 Kg7 78.Rc1 Bd3 79.Ke3 Bb5 80.Bd4 Re7+ 81.Kf4 Bd3 82.Kg3 Rd7 83.Ba1 Re7 84.Rd1 Re3+ 85.Kf4 Re4+ 86.Kf3 Bc2 87.Rd7+ Kg8 88.Rxb7 Rc4 89.Rd7 Rc6 90.Kg3 Bb3 91.Bd4 Bc4 92.Bc5 Bb3 93.Kf4 Bc4 94.Rb7 Bb3 95.Ke4 Bd1 96.Rb6 1-0

Grischuk topples the Berlin Wall in 96 moves and will play Alan Pichot in Round 3!
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-		Match Results Round Two
-	-		-		-
Board		Player 1		Player 2		Game 1	-	Game 2
-		-		-		-		-
1		Carlsen, Magnus		Martinovic, Sasa		1 - 0		1 - 0
2		Caruana, Fabiano		Megaranto, Susanto		1 - 0		1 - 0
3		Aronian, Levon		Cheng, Bobby		0 - 1		0 - 1
4		Giri, Anish		Savchenko, Boris		1 - 0		1 - 0
5		Grischuk, Alexander		Perez Ponsa, Federico		1/2 -1/2		1 - 0
6		Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar		Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag		1/2 -1/2		1/2 -1/2
7		Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		Moradiabadi, Elshan		1/2 -1/2		1 - 0
8		Firouzja, Alireza		Sindarov, Javokhir		1/2 -1/2		1/2 -1/2
9		Dominguez Perez, Leinier		Vakhidov, Jakhongir		1/2 -1/2		1/2 -1/2
10		Karjakin, Sergey		Vokhidov, Shamsiddin		1 - 0		1 - 0
11		Harikrishna, Pentala		Quesada Perez, Yasser		1/2 -1/2		1 - 0
12		Duda, Jan-Krzysztof		Vazquez, Guillermo		1 - 0		1/2 -1/2
13		Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi		Fier, Alexandr		1/2 -1/2		1/2 -1/2
14		Andreikin, Dmitry		Can, Emre		1 - 0		1/2 -1/2
15		Vitiugov, Nikita		Plat, Vojtech		1/2 -1/2		1 - 0
16		Esipenko, Andrey		Nguyen, Thai Dai Van		1/2 -1/2		1/2 -1/2
17		Dubov, Daniil		Gukesh D		1/2 -1/2		1/2 -1/2
18		Svidler, Peter		Salinas Herrera, Pablo		1 - 0		1/2 -1/2
19		Vallejo Pons, Francisco		Ivic, Velimir		0 - 1		1/2 -1/2
20		Xiong, Jeffery		Mikhalevski, Victor		1/2 -1/2		1 - 0
21		Tomashevsky, Evgeny		Iniyan, P		1 - 0		1 - 0
22		Yu, Yangyi		Kadric, Denis		1 - 0		1 - 0
23		Artemiev, Vladislav		Murzin, Volodar		1/2 -1/2		1/2 -1/2
24		Amin, Bassem		Gabuzyan, Hovhannes		1 - 0		1/2 -1/2
25		Van Foreest, Jorden		Druska, Juraj		1 - 0		1/2 -1/2
26		Alekseenko, Kirill		Krasenkow, Michal		1/2 -1/2		0 - 1
27		Kryvoruchko, Yuriy		Brkic, Ante		0 - 1		1/2 -1/2
28		Maghsoodloo, Parham		Georgiev, Kiril		1/2 -1/2		1/2 -1/2
29		Navara, David		Yakubboev, Nodirbek		1/2 -1/2		1 - 0
30		Fedoseev, Vladimir		Bachmann, Axel		1 - 0		1 - 0
31		Shankland, Sam		Jobava, Baadur		1/2 -1/2		1 -0
32		Matlakov, Maxim		Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn		1 -0		1/2 -1/2
33		Wojtaszek, Radoslaw		Alekseev, Evgeny		1/2 -1/2		1 - 0
34		Areshchenko, Alexander		Ivanisevic, Ivan		1 - 0		1/2 -1/2
35		Jakovenko, Dmitry		Gareyev, Timur		1/2 - 1/2		1/2 -1/2
36		Predke, Alexandr		Durarbayli, Vasif		1/2 -1/2		1/2 - 1/2
37		Korobov, Anton		Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal		1 - 0		1/2 -1/2
38		Salem, A.R. Saleh		Indjic, Aleksandar		0 - 1		1 - 0
39		Sargissian, Gabriel		Praggnanandhaa R		0 - 1		0 - 1

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

July 16, 2021

Round Two (continued)

-		Match Results Round Two (continued)
-	-		-		-
Board		Player 1		Player 2		Game 1	-	Game 2
-
40		Ragger, Markus		Piorun, Kacper		1/2 -1/2		0 - 1
41		Bacrot, Etienne		Haria, Ravi		1 - 0		0 - 1
42		Gelfand, Boris		Braun, Arik		1 - 0		1/2 -1/2
43		Berkes, Ferenc		Tabatabaei, M.amin		1/2 -1/2		1/2 -1/2
44		Anton Guijarro, David		Idani, Pouya		0 - 1		1/2 -1/2
45		Grandelius, Nils		Akobian, Varuzhan		1/2 -1/2		1/2 - 1/2
46		Bluebaum, Matthias		Erdos, Viktor		1/2 - 1/2		1/2 -1/2
47		Cheparinov, Ivan		Svane, Rasmus		0 - 1		1 - 0
48		Malakhov, Vladimir		Vocaturo, Daniele		1 - 0		1/2 -1/2
49		Abasov, Nijat		Sargsyan, Shant		1/2 -1/2		1/2 - 1/2
50		Shirov, Alexei		Zherebukh, Yaroslav		1 - 0		0 - 1
51		Sjugirov, Sanan		Nihal Sarin		1/2 -1/2		0 - 1
52		Adhiban, B.		Delgado Ramirez, Neuris		1 - 0		1 - 0
53		Sevian, Samuel		Bok, Benjamin		0 - 1		1 - 0
54		Lupulescu, Constantin		Hesham, Abdelrahman		1 - 0		1 - 0
55		Oparin, Grigoriy		Deac, Bogdan-Daniel		1/2 -1/2		1/2 -1/2
56		Kuzubov, Yuriy		Ponkratov, Pavel		1/2 -1/2		0 - 1
57		Cori, Jorge		Mareco, Sandro		0 - 1		1 - 0
58		Onischuk, Alexander		Paravyan, David		0 - 1		0 - 1
59		Martirosyan, Haik M.		Yilmaz, Mustafa		1 - 0		1/2 -1/2
60		Saric, Ivan		Pichot, Alan		1/2 -1/2		0 - 1
61		Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.		Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		1/2 -1/2		0 - 1
62		Sarana, Alexey		Kovalev, Vladislav		1/2 -1/2		1/2 -1/2
63		Motylev, Alexander		Jumabayev, Rinat		0 - 1		1/2 -1/2
64		Tari, Aryan		Bareev, Evgeny		1 - 0		1/2 -1/2

[Hans Jung]

Thats an awesome game Sam Shankland played against Jobava leading up to the breakthru 38.Nxe6 and the position crumbles.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...Georgiev_Kiril This game is full of desperation tactics. When more and more tactics are played it forces intense calculation and precise valuation of resulting positions. Wily veteran Kiril Georgiev handles the tactics very well and came thru against young talent Maghsoodloo.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...rov_Shakhriyar The Shak strikes! A superficial evaluation of the position after the black strong knight is exchanged on e4 might lead you to think material equal, position equal but no! The difference is a weakness on whites kingside. Black eventually gets in on the f3 square. Nice technique and nicely done!

[Hans Jung]

Shirov-Zherebukh match high entertainment! In rd2 game 3 Shirov tries to get at the king, avoids repetition, and then cant get at the naked king. In game 4 the computer repeatedly screams that Shirov play Ne5 and then finally his opponent forces him to play it.

[Hans Jung]

Firoujza-Sindarov epic struggle. I've never enjoyed a series of draws more and then Sindarov! crashes thru.

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

July 17, 2021

Round Two

Tie-Breaks

Results

Gukesh-Dubov 1.5-2.5
Sargsyan-Abasov 1.5-2.5
Esipenko-Nguyen 2.5-1.5
Vakhidov-Dominguez 3-1
Haria-Bacrot 1.5-2.5
Mareco-Cori 2.5-3.5
Firouzja-Sindarov 2.5-3.5
Maghsoodloo-Georgiev 1.5-2.5
Bok-Sevian 2-4
Fier-Vidit 1.5-2.5
Akobian-Grandelius 1.5-2.5
Predke-Durarbayli 1-3
Sarana-Kovalev 2.5-3.5
Gareyev-Jakovenko 2.5-1.5
Bluebaum-Erdos 2.5-1.5
Tabatabaei-Berkes 2.5-1.5
Salem-Indjic 3-1
Mamedyarov-Mekhitarian 3-1
Murzin-Artemiev 1.5-2.5
Deac-Oparin 1.5-2.5
Shirov-Zherebukh 4-2
Svane-Cheparinov 4-5

(22 tie-break matches)

Selected Games

Game 3, July 17
Dubov, Daniil – Gukesh, D.
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nc3 a5 12.Rfd1 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Ne5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 c6 16.e3 Bd6 17.Qe2 Qe7 18.Nc4 e5 19.d5 Bb4 20.e4 Qc5 21.Rac1 Bxc3 22.Rxc3 cxd5 23.Nxe5 Qb4 24.exd5 Qxa4 25.d6 Rad8 26.d7 Nxd7 27.b3 Qb4 28.Rcd3 Qb5 29.Qb2 Nxe5 30.Rxd8 Qc6+ 31.R8d5 Ng4 32.Qc1 Qe6 33.Qc2 g6 34.h3 Nf6 35.Rxa5 Rc8 36.Rc5 Re8 37.Qc4 Qb6 38.Qb5 Qa7 39.Rc7 1-0

Game 4, July 17
Abasov, Nijat – Sargsyan, Shant
C26 Vienna, Falkbeer variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd3 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.O-O-O d6 8.f3 Be6 9.g4 Nd7 10.Nd5 Nc5 11.Qe3 Bxd5 12.exd5 Re8 13.Qf4 Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Ne5 15.g5 Qd7 16.h4 Qa4 17.Kb1 Re7 18.h5 Rae8 19.h6 Ng6 20.Ne2 Re5 21.hxg7 Kxg7 22.b3 Qd7 23.Ng3 Kf8 24.Rxh7 Qe7 25.Bb5 c6 26.dxc6 Nxb3 27.axb3 Rxb5 28.Ne4 bxc6 29.Qxd6 Rd5 30.Rxd5 cxd5 31.Qxd5 Qc7 32.Nd6 Re1+ 33.Kb2 Ne5 34.g6 Qd7 35.g7+ Kg8 36.Qa8+ 1-0

Game 4, July 17
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van – Esipenko, Andrey
D15 QGD Slav Accepted

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.h3 Qc7 7.g3 e5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Bf4 Nfd7 10.dxe5 Bxc5 11.Bg2 Nxe5 12.O-O Qe7 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.Bd2 Ba7 15.a3 O-O 16.e4 d4 17.Na4 c5 18.Ba5 b5 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Nd5 Qd7 21.Qh5 Bb7 22.b3 Rfe8 23.h4 Re5 24.Qd1 Rbe8 25.Qd3 Ne7 26.Nb6 Qe6 27.f4 Bxe4 28.Qd2 Bxg2 29.Qxg2 Re2 0-1

Game 4, July 17
Dominguez, Leinier – Vakhidov, Jakhongir
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nb5 Qa5+ 8.N1c3 Nf6 9.Bd2 Qd8 10.Be2 O-O 11.Be3 d6 12.O-O a6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bd7 15.f3 a5 16.Qd2 Bc6 17.b3 Nd7 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Rab1 e6 20.Rfd1 Be5 21.g3 Qe7 22.Bg5 Bf6 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Qd4 Qe5 25.a3 Qxd4+ 26.Rxd4 Rfd8 27.Bd1 e5 28.Rd2 Ne6 29.Kf2 f5 30.Ke3 Nd4 31.exf5 Nxf5+ 32.Kf2 Rf8 33.Nd5 Nd4 34.Ne7+ Kg7 35.Nxc6 bxc6 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Ra3 38.Kg2 Rc3 39.b5 Rxc4 40.b6 Rb8 41.Ra2 Nb5 42.Be2 Rc5 43.Bxb5 Rxb5 44.Ra7+ Kf6 45.Rd1 d5 46.Rxh7 R5xb6 47.Rc1 d4 48.h4 Ke6 49.Rg7 Kd5 50.Rxg6 c5 51.Rg7 R6b7 52.Rg5 Rb1 53.Rxb1 Rxb1 54.h5 d3 55.Rg8 Kd4 56.h6 Rb2+ 57.Kh3 Rb6 58.Rh8 d2 59.Kg4 Ke3 0-1

Game 4, July 17
Bacrot, Etienne – Haria, Ravi
C11 French Defence

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.exd5 Bb4 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 exd5 9.Bxd5 Rd8 10.O-O Nc6 11.Bb3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Bg4 13.Qd3 Ne7 14.Ng3 Nd5 15.Rae1 Nf4 16.Qe3 Re8 17.Ne4 Qf5 18.f3 Bh3 19.g4 Qg6 20.Qxf4 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Re7 22.Kf2 Rae8 23.h4 a5 24.a4 Qc6 25.g5 Kh8 26.Rg1 Qg6 27.gxh6 Qxh6 28.Qxh6+ gxh6 29.Bc4 Rg8 30.Rxg8+ Kxg8 31.Ng3 c6 32.Nf5 Rc7 33.Nxh6+ Kf8 34.Nf5 b5 35.Bb3 bxa4 36.Bxa4 Rb7 37.Nd6 Rb2 38.Ne4 Ra2 39.Nc5 Ra3 40.Bb3 Ra1 41.Ke3 Rh1 42.Ba4 Rxh4 43.Bxc6 Rh1 44.d5 Rd1 45.Ke2 Rc1 46.Kd2 1-0

Game 5, July 17
Cori, Jorge – Mareco, Sandro
A13 English Opening, Agincourt variation

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 b6 5.Bb2 Bb7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 a6 10.a4 c5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qb1 Re8 13.Rd1 Rc8 14.Qf5 Qe7 15.Rac1 Qe6 16.Qb1 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Ng5 Qh6 19.Nh3 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Ne5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Nf4 Nf3+ 23.gxf3 g5 24.Kh1 Kf8 25.Qb2 exf3 26.Bc4 gxf4 27.e4 Ke7 28.Bg7 Qg6 29.Rg1 Qxe4 30.Qf6+ Kd7 31.Qxf7+ Kc6 32.Rd1 Kc5 33.Bc3 a5 34.Qd7 Rc6 35.Qxb7 1-0

Game 5, July 17
Firouzja, Alireza – Sindarov, Javokhir
E91 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nd2 Nbd7 9.O-O e5 10.a3 Ne8 11.b4 f5 12.Rb1 Nef6 13.Nb5 Ne8 14.Qc2 b6 15.Nc3 Qe7 16.Bb2 f4 17.Bg4 Nc7 18.Nb5 Nxb5 19.cxb5 Nf6 20.Bxc8 Raxc8 21.Rbc1 Qd7 22.Qd3 f3 23.Nxf3 Nh5 24.Ng5 Nf4 25.Qd1 Qxb5 26.a4 Qxb4 27.Bc3 Qc4 28.Rc2 Qxa4 29.Bd2 h6 30.Bxf4 hxg5 31.Bxg5 Qxe4 32.Re1 Qf5 33.h4 Bf6 34.Bh6 Rf7 35.g3 Qh5 36.Qc1 Rh7 37.Be3 Bxh4 38.Qd1 Qxd1 39.Rxd1 Bf6 40.Ra1 Rb7 41.Ra6 Kf7 42.Kg2 Ke7 43.Rca2 Rcc7 44.Bd2 b5 45.Ba5 Rd7 46.f4 b4 47.Re2 Rb5 48.g4 Kf7 49.Rf2 e4 0-1

Game 3, July 17
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Georgiev, Kiril
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.Re1 Bd7 8.d4 Bb6 9.a4 a6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Re8 13.f3 h6 14.Nf1 Bd7 15.a5 Ba7 16.Ng3 b5 17.axb6 Bxb6 18.Kh1 a5 19.Qd3 a4 20.Bd2 Re5 21.f4 Re8 22.h3 c6 23.c4 d5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Ndf5 Nf6 27.Nxg7 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Bxh3 29.Qc2 Bf2 30.Ba5 Rxa5 31.Qxf2 Bg4 32.b4 Rd5 33.b5 Kxg7 34.Qb2 Rd1 35.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36.Kh2 Qb3 37.Qe5 Qd5 38.Qb2 Bc8 39.b6 Bb7 40.f5 Kg8 41.Kh3 Ne4 42.Qa3 Nf2+ 43.Kh4 Qxg2 0-1

Game 5, July 17
Sevian, Samuel – Bok, Benjamin
A28 English, Four Knights

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.a3 a5 6.d4 exd4 7.exd4 d5 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 h6 10.O-O Be6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bc2 Nf6 13.Qd3 Re8 14.Rd1 Bd5 15.Ne5 Bf8 16.Ng4 Ne4 17.Ne3 Qh4 18.Rf1 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Bc6 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Nf5 Qd8 22.Nxe4 Qxd4 23.Nxd4 Rxe4 24.Be3 Be7 25.Nb3 a4 26.Nd2 Re6 27.Rac1 c6 28.Nf3 Bf6 29.Bd4 Bxd4 30.Nxd4 Re4 31.Rfd1 Kf8 32.Kf1 Ra5 33.Ne2 Ke8 34.Nc3 Re6 35.Rd4 b5 36.Ne4 Ra7 37.Nd6+ Kf8 38.Rxc6 g6 39.Nxb5 Rxc6 40.Nxa7 Rc1+ 41.Ke2 Rc2+ 42.Rd2 Rc5 43.Ke3 Ke7 44.Rd4 1-0

Game 4, July 17
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi – Fier, Alexandr
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Qc2 b5 9.a4 Bxd2+ 10.Nbxd2 Ncb4 11.Qc1 c6 12.b3 c3 13.Ne4 c2 14.a5 O-O 15.Qd2 Qe7 16.O-O Rd8 17.Nc5 Na6 18.Qxc2 Nxc5 19.Qxc5 Qxc5 20.dxc5 Bd7 21.Rfd1 Be8 22.Kf1 Kf8 23.Ng5 Ke7 24.Ne4 f6 25.Nd6 Bg6 26.Rac1 Rab8 27.Rd4 b4 28.Rcc4 e5 29.Rh4 Ke6 30.a6 Bb1 31.Bh3+ Ke7 32.Bf5 Bxf5 33.Nxf5+ Kf7 34.Rxh7 Kg6 35.Rxg7+ Kxf5 36.e4+ Ke6 37.exd5+ cxd5 38.Rh4 Rdc8 39.Rb7 Ra8 40.Rhh7 Rc6 41.g4 d4 42.Rbd7 Re8 43.Rxa7 Rxc5 44.Rab7 d3 45.Rb6+ Kd5 46.Rd7+ 1-0

Vidit is through to a Round 3 clash against countryman Adhiban!

Game 4, July 17
Akobian, Varuzhan – Grandelius, Nils
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Rb1 O-O 10.d5 Ne5 11.O-O a6 12.Be2 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 b5 14.Be3 Qd6 15.Qd2 Be5 16.g3 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Rbd1 Bh3 19.Bg2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rad8 21.Qc2 c4 22.a4 Qf6 23.axb5 axb5 24.Bd4 Rxd5 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Rfe1 Rf5 27.Re2 Rf3 28.Rc1 Rd3 29.Kg1 Rfd8 30.Qb1 Qf3 31.Rce1 Qxe2 32.Rxe2 Rd1+ 33.Re1 Rxb1 34.Rxb1 Rd5 35.Kf1 Kf7 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.h4 Kd6 38.Ra1 Rd3 39.Rc1 Kc5 40.g4 Rh3 41.f3 Rxh4 42.Ke3 Rh2 43.g5 e5 44.Rd1 Rc2 45.Rd7 Rxc3+ 46.Ke4 Rc1 47.Kxe5 Rh1 48.Rc7+ Kb4 49.f4 Kb3 0-1

Game 3, July 17
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Gareyev, Timur
A15 Reti, Old Indian

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.d5 Bg7 6.Nd4 Bd7 7.e4 e5 8.Nc2 a5 9.Be2 Na6 10.Be3 Nc5 11.f3 Nh5 12.g3 O-O 13.Na3 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Qc2 Na6 16.O-O-O Nb4 17.Qd2 f4 18.Bf2 e4 19.fxe4 f3 20.Bd3 Qf6 21.Kb1 Qg6 22.Nc2 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Nf6 25.e5 Ne4 26.Qe1 dxe5 27.Ka1 Ba4 28.Rc1 Bxc2 29.Rxc2 Rae8 30.Be3 b6 31.Rf1 Nc5 32.Bxc5 bxc5 33.Rc3 e4 34.Qe3 Qh5 35.Qxc5 Qxh2 36.Qe3 Rf5 37.a3 Qg2 38.Rcc1 f2 39.c5 Qf3 40.Rc3 Qxe3 41.Rxe3 Kf7 42.c6 Kf6 43.Ka2 Ke5 0-1

Timur Gareyev knocks out the formidable Dmitry Jakovenko!

Game 3, July 17
Salem, Saleh – Indjic, Aleksandar
E10 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 c5 9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.a4 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rfd1 Nd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Bxe7 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Qxe7 17.d5 Nf6 18.d6 Qd7 19.e4 e5 20.Rd2 Rfd8 21.Rad1 c4 22.h3 Rac8 23.Qe3 Rc6 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Rxd5 Re8 26.f4 exf4 27.Qxf4 c3 28.bxc3 Rxc3 29.e5 Rc2 30.R1d3 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Rg3 Kh8 33.Kh2 Rc4 34.Qd2 Re4 35.Qc3 b4 36.Qc7 Rd8 37.Rc5 Kh7 38.Qb6 Re8 39.Rc7 Qe6 40.Qb7 Qxe5 41.Rxf7 Rg8 42.Re7 1-0

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Open Sochi 2021

July 17, 2021

Round Two, Tie-Breaks (continued)

Game 3, July 17
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Mekhitarian, Sevag
E10 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.O-O c6 10.a3 Qc7 11.Rc1 h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Rfe8 15.b4 Qd6 16.Na4 Bg4 17.Qc2 Ne4 18.Nc5 Nexc5 19.bxc5 Qf6 20.Rb1 Rab8 21.Nh2 Be6 22.Rb3 h5 23.Rfb1 h4 24.g4 Qg5 25.f4 Qh6 26.g5 Qh5 27.Be2 Qg6 28.Qxg6 fxg6 29.Rxb7 Bf5 30.Rxb8 Nxb8 31.Rb7 1-0

Game 4, July 17
Artemiev, Vladislav – Murzin, Volodar
A11 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 c6 5.Ne5 Be6 6.cxd5 Bxd5 7.Nf3 c5 8.Nc3 Bc6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.d3 e6 11.e4 Be7 12.Qe2 e5 13.a4 O-O 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Nc4 Bf8 16.Bd2 b6 17.Nd1 Bxa4 18.Rxa4 b5 19.Ra2 bxc4 20.dxc4 Nb8 21.Nc3 Nc6 22.Nd5 Nd4 23.Qd3 Nxd5 24.cxd5 Qb6 25.Qc4 Reb8 26.Bc3 Qb3 27.Qxb3 Rxb3 28.Kh1 f6 29.Bh3 Nb5 30.Be6+ Kh8 31.Rfa1 Rb8 32.Kg2 Nd6 33.Rxa7 Nxe4 34.d6 R3b6 35.d7 Nxc3 36.Rc7 Rd8 37.Ra8 Rxa8 38.Rc8 Rd6 39.Rxa8 1-0

Game 6, July 17
Shirov, Alexei – Zherebukh, Yaroslav
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bg4 5.h3 Bd7 6.Re1 e5 7.c3 a6 8.Bf1 g5 9.d4 h6 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Nc4 Nf6 12.Ne3 Rg8 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.Qb3 b5 16.a4 b4 17.cxb4 cxb4 18.Be3 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Qf6 20.Red1 Qe6 21.Nxe5 Qxd5 22.Rxd5 Nxe5 23.Rxe5+ Be6 24.Ra5 Bg7 25.e5 1-0

Game 9, July 17
Armageddon
Cheparinov, Ivan – Svane, Rasmus
C45 Scotch, Mieses variation, main line

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.h4 Qe6 9.Nd2 a5 10.g3 Ba6 11.c4 Nb4 12.Bh3 Qg6 13.Ne4 h5 14.a3 Nd5 15.O-O Nb6 16.Qf3 Qh7 17.Bf5 Qg8 18.c5 Nd5 19.Re1 Be7 20.Nd6+ Kd8 21.Bd2 Bc8 22.Ne4 f6 23.exf6 gxf6 24.Rad1 Qg7 25.Nc3 Bb7 26.Be4 Nxc3 27.Bxc3 Kc8 28.Bf5 Rd8 29.Rxd7 Rxd7 30.Rd1 Kb8 31.Rxd7 Qf8 32.Qf4 Bd8 33.Qd4 Be7 34.Qf4 Bd8 35.Bd4 Bc8 36.Rh7 Bxf5 37.Qxf5 Kb7 38.Qxh5 Be7 39.Qf7 Rd8 40.Qxf8 Bxf8 41.Bxf6 Rd1+ 42.Kg2 Bxc5 43.Be5 Bb6 44.h5 Rd2 45.Rf7 Rd5 46.f4 Rd2+ 47.Kh3 Bg1 48.Kg4 Kb6 49.h6 Rh2 50.h7 c5 51.Kg5 Bd4 52.Bxd4 cxd4 53.Kg6 d3 54.Rd7 d2 55.Rxd2 Rxd2 56.h8=Q Rd6+ 57.Kg5 Rd5+ 58.f5 Rd8 59.Qxd8 1-0

Round Three Pairings

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

(32 matches)

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...alem_A_R_Saleh In this almost miniature Black plays a kamikaze pawn discovery to open Whites king position. White responds with the classic Rh1 to back up the queen on the open H-file and then a rook lift h3-g3 for his own tailor made king side attack.