Radjabov, Teimour - Ding, Liren

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FIDE World Cup 2019 round 7-3

Teimour Radjabov: "I was hoping that if he [Ding Liren] doesn't know about 22...c5!, then it becomes a little bit tricky for him." The Chinese spent 29 minutes on 22...Bf8, then drifted into a difficult position and eventually lost.

🔸St Louis Winter A 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Shimanov,A (2620)
⚫️Xiong,Jeffery (2675)
🔸0-1

20.Nxh7? [In this position, the black king's position is weak and so White tries to obtain an advantage by the tactical means but opening the h-file is just Black's favor. Instead, White should have played another tactical blow:]

[20.Nxe6! Kxe6™ (20...Bxe5? 21.Nxd4 △Nc6 21...Qa7 22.Bxh6 Qxd4+ 23.Be3 Qd6 24.Qc4 Qe6 25.Qh4++– △Q×h7; 20...fxe6?? 21.Bg5+!+–) 21.Bxh6! △Qc4 21...Bxh6 22.Qc4+ Ke7 23.Rxf7+ Kd8 24.e6!‚ △Qd5 24...Ra7™ 25.exd7 Be3+ 26.Kh1 Rxd7 27.Ne4!± △R×d7]

20...Rh8 21.Nd5+™ exd5 22.Bg5+ Ke6 23.Bxh6 Rxh7 24.Qg4+ Ke7 25.Qg5+? [A miscalculation. The following continuation would be correct:]

[25.Bxg7! d3 (25...Rxg7? 26.Qh4+ g5 27.Qh6°) 26.Qg5+ Ke8 27.Rae1! △e6 27...Qb6+ 28.Kh1 Qe6²]

25...Ke8 26.Bxg7 Rxg7 27.Rae1 Rh7!–+

Teimour Radjabov on his win vs Ding Liren | FIDE World Cup 2019 | Final. Game 3 |

Interview with Ding Liren | FIDE World Cup 2019 | Final. Game 3 |

Three games are drawn in the match for the third place of #FIDEWorldCup between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Yu Yangyi.

Yu had a good chance yesterday with White but was not precise. "I underestimated how dangerous my position was, especially after 21. Re2," said Vachier-Lagrave.

Interview with Vachier-Lagrave and Yu | FIDE World Cup 2019 | Match for the 3rd place. Game 3 |

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🔸St Louis Winter A 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Swiercz,D (2636)
⚫️Quesada Perez,Yu (2612)
🔸0-1

23...e5! [A well-time pawn sacrifice. The black e-pawn was lonely and weak, but now plays an important role in disrupting the opponent's structure.]

24.Qxe5 [24.fxe5 Nd7 25.e6 Qf5! 26.e7 Re8 27.Bg2 Qc5³ △R×e7]

24...Qxe5 25.fxe5 Nd7 [△Ne5]

26.e6 Ne5! [Black enjoys the outpost on e5.]

27.Be4 Bc8 [27...Re8!?³ △R×e6]

28.e7 Re8 29.c5? [29.a4!³ △c5]

29...b5! 30.Nc3 [△Ne2–d4]

30...Bg4! [30...Rxe7?! 31.Ne2 Bd7 32.Nd4 g6 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.h3³]

31.Rb1 Rxe7 32.a4 a6 33.axb5 axb5-/+

Interview with Radjabov and Ding | FIDE World Cup 2019 | Final. Game 4 |

Interview with Vachier-Lagrave and Yu | FIDE World Cup 2019 | Final. Game 4 |