This piece of fine defense from Peter Svidler against Dieter Nisipeanu illustrates how difficult is to beat a world-class player.

"The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named 'combination'."

🔸 Emanuel Lasker (1960). “Lasker's Manual of Chess”

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The good old friends Fischer and Evans playing chess in a pool.

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Nona Gaprindashvili(R) playing Chess with Mikhail Tal in train.

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Round 3 of FIDE World Cup finishes in Khanty-Mansiysk. 5 Russian players advanced to the next round.
A dramatic day of tiebreaks came to an end at #FIDEWorldCup in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Ding 🇨🇳, Domínguez 🇺🇸, Nepomniachtchi 🇷🇺, Yu 🇨🇳, Xiong 🇺🇸, Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷, Svidler 🇷🇺, Le 🇻🇳 advanced to the 1/8 final.

The 18-year-old American Jeffrey Xiong sensationally defeated the second seed player of the tournament, Anish Giri (Netherlands). The match was very exciting, and after several fighting draws Xiong won the second 10-minute game.

Giri, Anish - Xiong, Jeffery

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FIDE World Cup 2019 round 3-6

Interview with Jeffery Xiong | FIDE World Cup 2019 | R3, TB |

Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) lost the first 10-minute game to Le Quang Liem (Vietnam), and was unable to come back in the second one. The Vietnamese grandmaster advances to the Fourth Round.