Wei Yi demonstrated nerves of steel with a difficult win with the black pieces to tie the score in his match against David Antón Guijarro.

FIDE World Cup 2019. Interview with Levon Aronian. | R2, G2 |

So far Xu Xiangyu (2576) is the only player rated lower than top-100 who advanced to Round 3 of the #FIDEWorldCup.
The Chinese grandmaster eliminated Bu Xiangzhi and Ernesto Inarkiev. His success can be repeated by Safarli and Yuffa in case they win tomorrow's tiebreaks.

Ju Wenjun defeated Marie Sebag in the 4th round of #WomenGrandPrixFIDE in Skolkovo and joined Valentina Gunina (who made a draw with Pia Cramling) in the lead with 3/4.

Can you find the elegant blow underlining White's enormous positional advantage?

#chess #puzzle #WomenGrandPrixFIDE

🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Ganguly,Surya Shekhar (2622)
⚫️Wagner,Dennis (2572)
🔸1-0

27...Qd6? [An incorrect decision that allows White to exploit the pin on the e5–pawn.]

[He should have left the e5–pawn and gone for counterplay with: 27...Kf8! △Qd6 28.Bxe5 Qa5! 29.Bxf6 Qe1+ 30.Kb2 gxf6 31.Qd3 Qf2+ 32.Kc3 Qxf3 33.d6 Qh1 34.Kb2 Qh2+ 35.Kc1 Qg1+ 36.Kc2 Qh2+=]

28.f4! Bxh4 29.Bxe5 [29.fxe5? Qg6!=]

29...Qg6 [¹29...Qd7 30.Bxg7+±]

30.f5+– [△Bg3]

"A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror."

🔸 Wilhelm Steinitz

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