Parham Maghsoodloo is fascinated by the tactical mess from Dieter Nisipeanu v Hikaru Nakamura.

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 🇩🇪 defeated Hikaru Nakamura 🇺🇸 with a line involving a queen sacrifice.💥

"I expect to face a beast {tomorrow}. I know what's coming. I hope to survive but obviously, it will be extremely tough!" said the winner.

FIDE World Cup 2019. Interview with Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu. | R2, G1 |

Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Nakamura, Hikaru

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FIDE World Cup 2019 round 2-1

Brilliant game by 15 years old Nihal Sarin 👏👏👏

Nihal, Sarin - Safarli, Eltaj

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FIDE World Cup 2019 round 2-1

When's the last time you saw 5 Knights on the board?

From Korobov vs. Le at the FIDE World Cup.
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How often do you see an endgame with five knights?

Another unexpected result occurred in Wei Yi - Anton Guijarro: the Spanish grandmaster won as Black against a much higher rated opponent.

Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia) lost to Pentala Harikrishna (India)

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/khanty-fide-world-cup-2019/2/4/1

Harikrishna, P. - Fedoseev, Vladimir

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FIDE World Cup 2019 round 2-1

FIDE World Cup 2019. Interview with Pentala Harikrishna. | R2, G1 |

Luke McShane survives as Daniil Yuffa is unable to mate in 50 moves... and Day 1 of Round 2 of the #FIDEWorldCup is over!

Another fascinating endgame in the FIDE World Cup.