Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 meet in the final of FIDE Grand Prix in Riga.

The players have 2 days to prepare. The first game will start on Monday, July 22 at 3pm Riga time (GMT+3).

Who do you think will win it? #GrandPrixFIDE
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 – 15
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 68%

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 – 7
👍👍👍 32%

👥 22 people voted so far.

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⚫️#261 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Bellia,F (2448)
🔸Moroni,L (2559)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

25...Qf4! [Black correctly encourages his opponent to exchange queens which results in the placement of a mighty knight on f4.]

[25...Qxg4 26.Nxg4 Kg7 27.Rxe4 f5 28.Re3 fxg4 29.a4„; 25...Bf5 26.Qxg5 Nxg5 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Ne3 Ne4 29.Bd5 Rac8 30.Bb7 f4 31.Bxe4 fxe3 32.Rxe3 Bh6 33.Rd3 Kg7 34.Re1 Red8=]

26.Qxf4?? [26.a4 Rac8 27.Bd5 Qxg4 28.hxg4 Bxd5 29.Nxd5 Be7 30.axb5 axb5 31.Ra6 Kf8 32.Nfe3 Red8 33.Ra5 Rb8 34.Nxe7 Kxe7 35.Nd5+ Kf8³]

26...Nxf4 27.Ng4 Bxg2! 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Nxe8+ Rxe8 30.Ne3 Bf3 31.Kh2 d5 [31...d5 32.Bd1 Be4 33.f3 Bd3 34.Bb3 d4 35.Ng2 (35.cxd4 Bxb4–+) 35...Nxg2 36.Kxg2 dxc3 37.Re3 e4 38.Rae1 c2 39.Rc1 Bxb4 40.fxe4 Bxe4+ 41.Rxe4 Rxe4 42.Kf3 Re5 43.Rxc2 Bc5–+]

32.Bd1 Be4 33.f3 Bd3 34.Bb3 d4 35.Ng4 dxc3 36.Nxe5 Be2 37.Nc6 Bd6 38.Kg1 Nxh3+ 39.Kg2 Nf4+ 40.Kg1 Bc7

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