#FIDEWorldCup: Xiong Knocks Out Duda; Radjabov Eliminates Mamedyarov

Another dramatic tiebreak day is over, and the 18-year-old Jeffery Xiong is still in the mix! Our report is up:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019-fide-chess-world-cup-round-4-tiebreaks

FIDE World Cup's Fourth Round ends in Khanty-Mansiysk

https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/news/378/

Results of Round 4 tiebreaks at #FIDEWorldCup:
🇨🇳 Ding 2-0 Alekseenko 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 Grischuk 1,5-0,5 Dominguez 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Xiong 3,5-2,5 Duda 🇵🇱
🇦🇿 Radjabov 2,5-1,5 Mamedyarov 🇦🇿
🇦🇲 Aronian 2,5-1,5 Le 🇻🇳

The winners join Vitiugov 🇷🇺, Yu 🇨🇳 and Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 in the quarterfinals.

18-year-old Jeffrey Xiong made it into the quarterfinals of the #FIDEWorldCup after knocking out Jan-Krzysztof Duda in an exciting blow-for-blow match.

Interview with Jeffery Xiong | FIDE World Cup 2019 | R4, TB |

Other moves were winning too but 52...Bd5 - Levon Aronian's stylish solution - is the kind of move chess players with a heightened sense of artistry will never ignore.

Interview with Levon Aronian | FIDE World Cup 2019 | R4, TB |

Teimour Radjabov 🇦🇿 is another quarterfinalist of #FIDEWorldCup. He knocked out his compatriot Shakhriyar Mamedyarov after winning the second 10-minutes game of their tiebreak.

Radjabov's road to the quarters: Ziska (2533), Sjugirov (2662), Yuffa (2577), Mamedyarov (2767).

Interview with Teimour Radjabov | FIDE World Cup 2019 | R4, TB |

The #FIDEWorldCup quarterfinals, look like this:

🇨🇳 Ding Liren - 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk
🇷🇺 Nikita Vitiugov - 🇨🇳 Yu Yangyi
🇺🇸 Jeffery Xiong - 🇦🇿 Teimour Radjabov
🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian

Congrats Trent Alexander-Arnold on the long-awaited goal while Liverpool FC took down Chelsea FC 2-1!

We're glad that there is a devoted chess fan among the Reds 😉

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-fc-trent-alexander-arnold-england-magnus-carlsen-chess-world-champion-a8574621.html

We've had a poll about the best game of Rounds 1-2 at #FIDEWorldCup. The game Firouzja-Dubov won with big margin! The next poll (R3-4) will open up tomorrow.

Details about the brilliancy prize:
https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/news/313/

Updated bio and lots of new information on Pal Benko and his life.

http://www.billwallchess.com/articles/Benko.htm

It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well.

🔸 Aron Nimzowitsch

@UnityChess