Two matches stand out here: Lenderman and Tari — the only pair who knocked out 2700+ players from this tournament — and David Navara against Ivan Cheparinov which also seems like something to look forward to.👇👇
Two encounters here have repeated from round two of World Cup 2015: Anish Giri against Alexander Motylev and Harikrishna Pentala against S.P. Sethuraman. Anish and Sethu won in 2015. Will 2017 be any different? Also worth watching is experience against youth: Vasily Ivanchuk against Duda Jan-Krzysztof.👇👇
In this section five out of the eight are Russians. Aronian is a favourite against Hou Yifan. Andreikin against Matlakov will be interesting and Karjakin is surely a favourite against Dubov. Artemiev might well pull of an upset by beating Radjabov. 👇👇
Yu Yangyi against Baadur Jobava is a mouth watering clash here:👇👇
Nakamura, Anand and Adams are all favourites, while Fedoseev against Inarkiev is a match of two equals:👇👇
Nothing can be more interesting than Wei Yi against Richard Rapport. Both are aggressive, but the Chinese likes to play by the book, while Rapport is more of a wild attacker.👇👇
Gelfand against Wang Hao and Le Quang Liem versus Vidit Gujrathi are two games to look forward to:👇👇
Unity Chess Club
⚫️#3 (Strategy - Black To Move)
📘 #3 Answer👇👇👇
[Unity Chess]
🔹In a practical endgame with less pieces,our octopus becomes more of a regular stronghold, simply because it can no longer limit the activity of so many pieces. Still, of course it can be a very strong outpost. 2...Rxd1+! 3.Rxd1 e5 4.Ne1 e4! Regaining control of square d3 , the home of our octopus.🔹
[Unity Chess]
🔹In a practical endgame with less pieces,our octopus becomes more of a regular stronghold, simply because it can no longer limit the activity of so many pieces. Still, of course it can be a very strong outpost. 2...Rxd1+! 3.Rxd1 e5 4.Ne1 e4! Regaining control of square d3 , the home of our octopus.🔹
Unity Chess Club
⚫️#4 (Strategy - Black To Move)
📘 #4 Answer👇👇👇
[Unity Chess]
🔹1...Nh5! A well-known temporary leap to the edge, aimed straight at the goal: square f4. Several other openings, for instance some lines of the King's Indian, are also likely to give rise to this mirrored version of the white knight's leap to f5 .
2.Nf1 [2.Nxe5? Qh4-+] 2...Qf6🔹
[Unity Chess]
🔹1...Nh5! A well-known temporary leap to the edge, aimed straight at the goal: square f4. Several other openings, for instance some lines of the King's Indian, are also likely to give rise to this mirrored version of the white knight's leap to f5 .
2.Nf1 [2.Nxe5? Qh4-+] 2...Qf6🔹