🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 4 Rapid Game 3
⚪️Lagrave Vachier
⚫️Alexander Grischuk
🔺1-0

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

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸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🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 4 Rapid Game1
⚪️Xiangzhi Bu
⚫️Peter Svidler
🔺0-1

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

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 4 Rapid Game1
⚪️Xiangzhi Bu
⚫️Peter Svidler
🔺0-1

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

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸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🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸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)

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 4 Rapid Game 4
⚪️Alexander Grischuk
⚫️Lagrave Vachier
🔺½-½

🔺1.Kh6? Bf4! 2.Ra2 g4+ 3.Kh5 g3 4.h3 following Be3 and Bf2=
Here is the winning plan:
1.h3 controls of g4 square
1...Bf4 (Kf6? Rf8+ and White's king come to the game)
2.Ra6! an important tempo
if 2.Ra1 Kf6 3.Rf1 Kf5=)
2...Bd2 3.Ra1 Bf4 4.Rf1 +- Kf6 5.Kh6 Kf5 6.Kh5 Ke5 7.Kg4 Bd2 8.Rd1 Bf4 9.Re1+ Kf6 10.h4 +-🔺

🔺 Round 5 Game 1 🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 5 Game 1
⚪️Levon Aronian
⚫️Vassily Ivanchuk
🔺1-0

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 5 Game 1
⚪️Peter Svidler
⚫️Vachier Lagrave
🔺½-½

Beautiful games will be uploaded soon!

🔹🔺 The interesting and tactical moments of the World Cup Round 5 Game 1 🔹🔺