🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 2 Game 2
⚪️Ian Nepomniachtchi (2741)
⚫️Baskaran Adhiban (2670)
🔺½-½

An interesting preparation to attack on the weak c4 pawn by the Indian Super grandmaster.

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 2 Game 2
⚪️Ian Nepomniachtchi (2741)
⚫️Baskaran Adhiban (2670)
🔺½-½

The strongest move here instead of the 1...Bb3 was 1...Re6. after that the e4 pawn is not defensible and if Black tries to defend it then:

🔺 Round 2 Tie -Breaks 🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 2 Rapid Game 3
⚪️Baadur Jobava
⚫️Yu Yangyi
🔺1-0

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 2 Rapid Game 1
⚪️Peter Svidler
⚫️Viktor Erdos
🔺1-0

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 2 Blitz Game 1
⚪️Vladislav Artemiev
⚫️Teimour Radjabov
🔺1-0

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 2 Rapid game 4
⚪️wesley So
⚫️Matthias Bluebaum
🔺1-0

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 2 Rapid game 4
⚪️Anish Giri
⚫️Alexander Motylev
🔺1-0

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 2 Rapid game 2
⚪️Alexander Grischuk
⚫️Jorge Cori
🔺1-0

🔹🔺 The interesting and tactical moments of the World Cup Round 2 Tie -Breaks 🔹🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 2 Game 4
⚪️Samuel Sevian(2620)
⚫️Chao Li (2744)
🔺0-1

The American grandmaster blundered by playing:
1.Kc3?? Nd5+ 2.Kc4 Nb6+ 0-1

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 2 Game 4
⚪️Etienne Bacrot (2715)
⚫️Xiangzhi Bu (2710)
🔺0-1

🔺Ng7??
White's blunder in an equal position allows black king to penetrate through e4. Correct continuation is 👇
1.Nf6! (with the idea of N.g4! and Kg5=)🔺