🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 Rapid game 1
⚪️Aleksandr Lenderman
⚫️Lagrave Maxime Vachier
🔺0-1

🔺1. Nf3, a prophylactic move to stop the freeing move d5.🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 Rapid game 1
⚪️Aleksandr Lenderman
⚫️Lagrave Maxime Vachier
🔺0-1

🔺1... Ne5 an interesting idea to transfer the knight to the kingside, preparing for h6 to get rid of the pin. Vachier used the same idea last year in the Doha rapid tournament against Xiangzhi Bu and won the game!🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 Rapid game 1
⚪️Aleksandr Lenderman
⚫️Lagrave Maxime Vachier
🔺0-1

🔺1...Ne7
with idea to transfer the knight to the strong e3 square.🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 Rapid game 1
⚪️Aleksandr Lenderman
⚫️Lagrave Maxime Vachier
🔺0-1

🔺White's carelessness
1.Nc5? (Nf2=) Rc2! 2.R.f7 Kg6 -/+🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 Rapid game 1
⚪️Alexander Grischuk
⚫️David Navara
🔺½-½

🔺White's carelessness
1.Qf4? g5!-+ 2.Q.e5 (Q.g5 R.b2! 3.R.b2 Nf7! -+) 2...B.e5 -+ 3.B.e5🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 Rapid game 1
⚪️Alexander Grischuk
⚫️David Navara
🔺½-½

🔺1...Rc3?= slow play by black
winning idea:
1...Re2 2.N.a5 Kf6! (idea Rg2-g3-R.f3)🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 Rapid game 1
⚪️Anish Giri
⚫️S.p Sethuraman
🔺1-0

🔺1.Re3! to control g3 and to double on the f file.🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 Rapid game 1
⚪️Anish Giri
⚫️S.p Sethuraman
🔺1-0

🔺1.Rf5!
A clever move for restricting the black Queen🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 Rapid game 1
⚪️Anish Giri
⚫️S.p Sethuraman
🔺1-0

🔺1...h.g5?? was a blunder as white can play 2.Qd5! to attack g5 and pin the rook.
1...hg5?? 2.Qd5 Kf8 3.Qd8+-
Black could resist by playing 1...R.f5.🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 Rapid game 1
⚪️Richard Rapport
⚫️Chao Li
🔺1-0

🔺Qa4
A rare opening variation to surprise the opponent.🔺