🏆Fide World Cup 2017

⚪️Levon Aronian (2802)
⚫️Daniel Cawdery (2449)

🔺1...Rbd8?
(1...Qg3+ 2.Kd1 R.f3=)
2.N.f8 +-🔺

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⚪️Alexander Grischuk (2788)
⚫️Essam El Gindy (2455)

🔺1...N.b4??
(1...Ke7 With more resistance
2.Ra7 Mate Force🔺

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⚪️Li Tian Yeoh (2478)
⚫️Viswanathan Anand (2794)

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🔺As for the weakness of d5 square, anand performed an interesting manoeuvre to block opponent's isolated pawn and to control of the center.🔺

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⚪️Li Tian Yeoh (2478)
⚫️Viswanathan Anand (2794)

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🔺a5! Good move! To prevent Ba6 and restricting black. Also with idea that shifting queen's rook to good position in d7 in order to pressure on opponent's isolated pawn.🔺

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⚪️Bator Sambuev (2522)
⚫️Yi Wei (2753)

🔺1...N.e4? miscalculation
2.Nd7 Nd6 3.Bh3!! Surprising
3...Rfd8 4.Rd4 1-0🔺

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⚪️Pavel Eljanov (2734)
⚫️Aleksandr Lenderman(2565)

🔺Although most of the game white had advantage but first missed draw and finally losed with an overlook
1.Rd2? R.d4! 0-1 🔺

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⚪️Kaido Kulaots (2577)
⚫️Nikita Vitiugov(2724)

🔺1.Rh8+ Kd7 2.Rh7 Ke8 3.Rh8+ =

White was happy to repeat the moves, however he could gained a good advantage with following continuation:👇👇👇

1.B.e5! d.e5 (Q.e5?? Qg4! 1-0)
2.Rh8+ Kd7 3.Nb3+ Qd6 4.Nc5+!! Kc6
(4...R.c5 R.d8! 1-0) 5.Q.d6 K.d6 6.N.a4 +-🔺

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⚪️Dmitry Andreikin (2706)
⚫️Aleksey Goganov (2586)

🔺Results: ½ ½

🔺1...Kf7 2.Ng6! =

With good drawing chances for white. Although black was winning with following continuation:

1...g5! 2.f.g6 Nf3! (idea Rc1)
3.Nd5 Rd2
4.Kc5 R.d5!! 5.k.d5 Kg7 0-1🔺

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⚪️Alexander Areshchenko (2652)
⚫️Anton Demchenko (2645)

🔺Results: 1-0

1...Ne4?? (1...Q.e3 2.K.e3 Ne8= (idea Nc7=) )

2.Q.f4+ K.f4 3.Kf1 1-0

🔺 #1👇👇

1...Re2!!-+ [1...Qg3= 2.Nc6! Re2 3.Bf4!=] 2.Qc3 [2.Qxe2 Qg3!-+] 2...Rxf2 3.Nc6 Rxf1+-+ [3...Bxc6!-+ 4.Qxc6 Rxf1+ 5.Kh2 Ng4#] 0-1

⚪️ #1 (Strategy - White To Move)

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 1
anonymous poll

C: h4 – 18
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%

B: Bb1 – 7
👍👍👍 23%

A: Rfd1 – 6
👍👍 19%

👥 31 people voted so far.

⚪️ #2 (Strategy - White To Move)

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 2
anonymous poll

A: Bc2 – 20
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%

B: Ne2 – 12
👍👍👍👍 33%

C: g3 – 4
👍 11%

👥 36 people voted so far.

🔺 #2

G.Kasparov - Ju.Polgar 2002

🔸Answer👇👇

1.Bh4!! [1.h3?? Rxh3+-+] 1...Rxh4 [1...Nxh4 2.Ne7+ Kf8 3.Qxh8+ Qxh8 4.Rxf7#] 2.h3! d4 3.Qg3+- 1-0

🔺FIDE WORLD CUP 2017 (Round 1 Game 2) 🔺👇👇👇