Alekhine Memorial, 1971? So far, all three have approximately equal chances. But the fate of all three will turn out differently ... Vladimir Savon and Yuri Balashov clearly could not fully realize their creative potential ... But Anatoly

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"My study of chess was accompanied by a strong attraction to music, and it was probably thanks to this that from childhood I became accustomed to thinking of chess as an art, for all the science and sport involved in it."

🔸 Vasily Smyslov

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In the left: 8-year-old Teimour Radjabov at the Groningen chess festival in December 1995. Rated 1931, he played in one of the minor tournaments for players rated below 2200 and finished 20th.

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First edition, 1958!

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Ding Liren advances to FIDE World Cup Final. Yu Yangyi and MVL to play the match for the third place.

Ding Liren, who has just qualified for the 2020 Candidates tournament, explained his success in a September 30, 2017 interview: "I work hard and I love chess. And I don't like to play video games!"

🔸Tata Steel India Rapid 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Mamedyarov,S (2817)
⚫️Karjakin,Sergey (2753)
🔸1-0

37.Rb8+! [With this check, Black's king is dragged into an undesirable square where White can advance his central pawns with tempo.]

[37.d5? Rc2 △N×e4 38.Rb8+™ Kg7 39.Kg1 Rc1+ 40.Kg2 Rc2=]

37...Ke7 [37...Kg7 38.f6+! Kh7 39.e5 △d5 39...Ne4 40.Kf3 Nxf2 41.Kxf2 Kg6 42.Ke3 Kf5 43.Rb7 Kg6 44.Ke4+–]

38.f6+! [△e5]

38...Kd7 39.e5! Ne4 40.Kf3 Nc3 41.Kg4 Nd5 42.Rf8!+– [42.Kxg5!? Rc2 43.Bg3 Rc3 44.Bh4 Rd3 45.Kf5 Rxd4 46.Bg5 Rd1 47.Rb7+ Nc7 48.e6+! fxe6+ 49.Kg6+–]

Interview with FIDE World Cup finalist Ding Liren

Xiong – Duda is the best game of Rounds 3-4 of #FIDEWorldCup. It got the most votes in our poll!

Results:
https://www.poll-maker.com/results2515193xcFF0434A-71#tab-2

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

IM Max Notkin reviews the most interesting games of FIDE World Cup semifinals Radjabov-Vachier-Lagrave and Ding Liren - Yu Yangyi:
https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/news/430/?fbclid=IwAR3h22CVqpAJcvUcxnGwPBQ2DK3ZHw-6cHpBBwHLCI74pN2BIXOuidPdvgc

❓ The best game of quarters and semis of #FIDEWorldCup❓

Ding - Grischuk (quarters, G2)
Radjabov - Xiong (quarters, G2)
Radjabov - Vachier-Lagrave (semis, G2)
Ding - Yu (semis, rapid 2)