MVL and Levon are good friends

Look at Aronian's clock! They have played 23 moves and he has seven minutes more than what they started off with!

Wesley So and Ding Liren, one of these guys will play in the Candidates for the first time in their life in 2018!

🔹🔺 The interesting and tactical moments of the World Cup Round 6 Game 1 🔹🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 6 Game 1
⚪️Levon Aronian
⚫️Lagrave Vachier
🔺½-½

23.Rfd1
This positions has actually happened once before in a game between Shulman and Svidler and black managed to equalize.

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 6 Game 1
⚪️Wesley So
⚫️Liren Ding
🔺½-½

9...Qb8
Rubinstein's interesting maneuver.

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 6 Game 1
⚪️Wesley So
⚫️Liren Ding
🔺½-½

c4 is a multi-purpose move: it lets the rook on a3 to defend the pawn on d3 while white reinforces his control over d5 square.

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 6 Game 1
⚪️Wesley So
⚫️Liren Ding
🔺½-½

📗31.Kf2
Activation of the king and supporting the d3 pawn. Now white pieces are free to do more important things.

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 6 Game 1
⚪️Wesley So
⚫️Liren Ding
🔺½-½

📗33.f5
With the idea of pawn breakthrough in the kingside with g5

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 6 Game 1
⚪️Wesley So
⚫️Liren Ding
🔺½-½

📗34...Rh8
A clever move with the idea of taking control over the h file, if white does the breakthrough with g5.

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 6 Game 1
⚪️Wesley So
⚫️Liren Ding
🔺½-½

📗41.Kc3
By sacrificing the rook, Wesley So could get a good advantage with initiative.
41.R.b3! a.b3 2.g.f6 g.f6 3.Rg8+! Kd7 4.Nb4 +/- (with the idea of Nc6)

⚫️#23 (Strategy - Black To Move)