🔺 Round 4 Tie -Breaks 🔺

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🔸Round 4 Rapid Game 1
⚪️Xiangzhi Bu
⚫️Peter Svidler
🔺0-1

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🔸Round 4 Rapid Game 1
⚪️Wesley So
⚫️Baadur Jobava
🔺1-0

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🔸Round 4 Rapid Game 2
⚪️Maxim Rodshtein
⚫️Vladimir Fedoseev
🔺0-1

This game is a great resource to study initiative and counter-attack. Rodshtein was better and maybe even close to win right out of the opening. However, he failed to grasp the tempo of the game and as a result of his passive play Fedossev managed to prevail. So, chess is not only a game! It is a sport where right understanding each game's strategy is necessary! In this game Rodshtein is the one who needs to win but he plays passive while Fedossev plays a fearless and complicated chess!

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🔸Round 4 Rapid Game 3
⚪️Lagrave Vachier
⚫️Alexander Grischuk
🔺1-0

🔹🔺 The interesting and tactical moments of the World Cup Round 4 Tie -Breaks 🔹🔺

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🔸Round 4 Rapid Game1
⚪️Xiangzhi Bu
⚫️Peter Svidler
🔺0-1

🔺1.R,e6? Ne2+ 2.Kf1 f.e6 -/+
The only correct move:
1.Bb5!= The intermediate move🔺

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🔸Round 4 Rapid Game1
⚪️Xiangzhi Bu
⚫️Peter Svidler
🔺0-1

🔺1...a5 -/+
but the stronger move was:
1...Rc8! (Rf8-R.f2)🔺

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🔸Round 4 Rapid Game1
⚪️Xiangzhi Bu
⚫️Peter Svidler
🔺0-1

🔺1.Ra5?? a blunder (Bb5-/+) Ra3! (idea Rb4)
2.e4 Rf1#🔺

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🔸Round 4 Rapid Game1
⚪️Wesley So
⚫️‌Baadur Jobava
🔺1-0

🔺1.e4!
It is logical to open lines when we have advantage of two bishops🔺

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🔸Round 4 Rapid Game1
⚪️Alexander Grischuk
⚫️Lagrave Vachier
🔺½-½

1.b4+/-
but the very stronger continuation was:
1.Qh5! +- Qd7 2.Ka3! (idea Ka4-K.a5)