the correct plan for black is exchanging bad bishop for the good one.
Qc8!--->Ba6
the point is:
Ba6? 2.B.a6 R.a6 3.b5±
Qc8!--->Ba6
the point is:
Ba6? 2.B.a6 R.a6 3.b5±
Black lost his chance of the draw by playing
1...Ra8? 2.Rc2 +-
He should have played
1...e.d2!! 2.c8=Q K.d5 3.Q.f8 Kc4 =
1...Ra8? 2.Rc2 +-
He should have played
1...e.d2!! 2.c8=Q K.d5 3.Q.f8 Kc4 =
Nd2!
An interesting manoeuvre to take control over d5 square. Great grandmasters like Kasparov, Adams, Shirov and Svidler used it in their games.
An interesting manoeuvre to take control over d5 square. Great grandmasters like Kasparov, Adams, Shirov and Svidler used it in their games.
🔵🔵We have divided the 32 boards into eight sections of 4 encounters. Let's have a look at who are the favourites and which are the most interesting battles.
Among the first eight, the most interesting match looks like Bacrot against Bu Xiangzhi. Apart from this, there is a clear favourite in each of the other three encounters: Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler and Radoslaw Wojtaszek.👇👇👇
Two matches stand out here: Lenderman and Tari — the only pair who knocked out 2700+ players from this tournament — and David Navara against Ivan Cheparinov which also seems like something to look forward to.👇👇
Two encounters here have repeated from round two of World Cup 2015: Anish Giri against Alexander Motylev and Harikrishna Pentala against S.P. Sethuraman. Anish and Sethu won in 2015. Will 2017 be any different? Also worth watching is experience against youth: Vasily Ivanchuk against Duda Jan-Krzysztof.👇👇
In this section five out of the eight are Russians. Aronian is a favourite against Hou Yifan. Andreikin against Matlakov will be interesting and Karjakin is surely a favourite against Dubov. Artemiev might well pull of an upset by beating Radjabov. 👇👇
Yu Yangyi against Baadur Jobava is a mouth watering clash here:👇👇
Nakamura, Anand and Adams are all favourites, while Fedoseev against Inarkiev is a match of two equals:👇👇
Nothing can be more interesting than Wei Yi against Richard Rapport. Both are aggressive, but the Chinese likes to play by the book, while Rapport is more of a wild attacker.👇👇