Teimour Radjabov 🇦🇿 is another quarterfinalist of #FIDEWorldCup. He knocked out his compatriot Shakhriyar Mamedyarov after winning the second 10-minutes game of their tiebreak.

Radjabov's road to the quarters: Ziska (2533), Sjugirov (2662), Yuffa (2577), Mamedyarov (2767).

Interview with Teimour Radjabov | FIDE World Cup 2019 | R4, TB |

The #FIDEWorldCup quarterfinals, look like this:

🇨🇳 Ding Liren - 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk
🇷🇺 Nikita Vitiugov - 🇨🇳 Yu Yangyi
🇺🇸 Jeffery Xiong - 🇦🇿 Teimour Radjabov
🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian

Congrats Trent Alexander-Arnold on the long-awaited goal while Liverpool FC took down Chelsea FC 2-1!

We're glad that there is a devoted chess fan among the Reds 😉

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-fc-trent-alexander-arnold-england-magnus-carlsen-chess-world-champion-a8574621.html

We've had a poll about the best game of Rounds 1-2 at #FIDEWorldCup. The game Firouzja-Dubov won with big margin! The next poll (R3-4) will open up tomorrow.

Details about the brilliancy prize:
https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/news/313/

Updated bio and lots of new information on Pal Benko and his life.

http://www.billwallchess.com/articles/Benko.htm

It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well.

🔸 Aron Nimzowitsch

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The 5th match-game of the FIDE Candidates' final Korchnoi-Karpov, in the Hall of Columns, central Moscow, 25th September 1974.

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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 3

Ding Liren and Teimour Radjabov advance to FIDE World Cup semifinals. The matches Aronian - Vachier-Lagrave and Yu Yangyi - Vitiugov to be decided on tie-break.