18-year-old Jeffrey Xiong made it into the quarterfinals of the #FIDEWorldCup after knocking out Jan-Krzysztof Duda in an exciting blow-for-blow match.

Interview with Jeffery Xiong | FIDE World Cup 2019 | R4, TB |

Other moves were winning too but 52...Bd5 - Levon Aronian's stylish solution - is the kind of move chess players with a heightened sense of artistry will never ignore.

Interview with Levon Aronian | FIDE World Cup 2019 | R4, TB |

Teimour Radjabov 🇦🇿 is another quarterfinalist of #FIDEWorldCup. He knocked out his compatriot Shakhriyar Mamedyarov after winning the second 10-minutes game of their tiebreak.

Radjabov's road to the quarters: Ziska (2533), Sjugirov (2662), Yuffa (2577), Mamedyarov (2767).

Interview with Teimour Radjabov | FIDE World Cup 2019 | R4, TB |

The #FIDEWorldCup quarterfinals, look like this:

🇨🇳 Ding Liren - 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk
🇷🇺 Nikita Vitiugov - 🇨🇳 Yu Yangyi
🇺🇸 Jeffery Xiong - 🇦🇿 Teimour Radjabov
🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian

🔹 فایل PGN مرحله چهارم مسابقات جام جهانی شطرنج 2019

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Congrats Trent Alexander-Arnold on the long-awaited goal while Liverpool FC took down Chelsea FC 2-1!

We're glad that there is a devoted chess fan among the Reds 😉

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-fc-trent-alexander-arnold-england-magnus-carlsen-chess-world-champion-a8574621.html

We've had a poll about the best game of Rounds 1-2 at #FIDEWorldCup. The game Firouzja-Dubov won with big margin! The next poll (R3-4) will open up tomorrow.

Details about the brilliancy prize:
https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/news/313/

"ولادیمیر کرامنیک" در ده سالگی تواپسه روسیه 1985.

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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 3

صعود "دینگ لیرن" و "تیمور رجبوف" به مرحله نیمه نهایی مسابقات جام جهانی
تکلیف بازی ام وی ال-آرونیان و یو یانگی-ویتیوگوف به دیدارهای تایبریک فردا کشید.