🔸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.🔺

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

🔺1.e6+-
(1.a4!! A much stronger move Ra5 2.Rb1 +- )🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 Rapid game 2
⚪️Fabiano Caruana
⚫️Evgeniy Najer
🔺0-1

🔺As white is back in development and his king is not safe, opening lines by c5 and f5 is a strong plan.🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 Rapid game 2
⚪️Fabiano Caruana
⚫️Evgeniy Najer
🔺0-1

When Caruanna gets mated in one move!!

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 game 2
⚪️Liren Ding
⚫️Santosh Gujrathi Vidit
🔺1-0

🔺1...b.c5? Black's carelessness (g6=) 2.d5! c.d5 3.B.f6 +-🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 3 game 2
⚪️Baadur Jobava
⚫️Ian Nepomniachtchi
🔺1-0