FIDE World Cup 2017: Ten 2700+ players knocked out

by Sagar Shah
9/9/2017 – The tiebreak of the second round of the World Cup 2017 witnessed some games going down to the wire. Matlakov and Artemiev won marathon encounters against Andreikin and Radjabov. Ten players rated above 2700 were knocked out from the event in the round two tiebreaks. We bring you many interesting positions and games, as well as video interviews with chess boards which helps you to understand the thought process of all the top players! We started with 128, now only 32 remain in Tbilisi. | Photos: Amruta Mokal

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Soft music played in the background as a relaxed Maxim Matlakov spoke with his friend Nikita Vitiugov and enjoyed his soup. It calmness that Maxim radiated could make anyone feel that he had come back from a nice swim or a visit to the spa. But in reality, he was fighting tooth and nail against his compatriot in a match that lasted for eight games and was filled with innumerable ups and downs.

A relaxed Maxim Matlakov with Nikita Vitiugov at the dinner table

A qualifier to the third round of the World Cup 2017 wins USD $12,800 (USD $16,000, less 20% FIDE fee) and I think they thoroughly deserve each and every bit of that money; the pressure that they go through in order to win their matches is simply unparalleled. A match that began calmly in the classical and longer rapid section with four draws between Matlakov and Andreikin became a blood bath as the players exchanged wins in short rapid format and then Maxim being able to win both the blitz games. However, in the first blitz game Andreikin was completely winning and it was only because of some inexplicable decisions that he had to throw in the towel. 

First blitz game

In the second blitz game Andreikin had to win with the black pieces, but Matlakov was just too solid. The match ended in Maxim's favour and the 2013 World Cup finalist was eliminated.

It was a battle between two future champions of Russia and this time Maxim Matlakov (right) emerged victorious over Dmitry Andreikin

Another match that went on for eight games was the one between Teimour Radjabov and Vladislav Artemiev.

Teimour had his back against the wall after he lost the first 25'+10" rapid game. However, he bounced back and scoring a win in the second game and also taking the first short rapid game. But Artemiev was not the one to bow down so easily. He won the second 10' + 10" rapid game and was able to seal the match by scoring 1½-½ in the blitz section.

Heartbreak for Radjabov who was showing some very interesting chess at the event

Artemiev showed that he is extremely dangerous in shorter time conrols

If we thought that we would witness most of the 2700+ players going through to the third round, we were in for a big surprise! Ten players rated 2700 and above were eliminated. The biggest surprise being Shakhriyar Mamedyarov being knocked out by Yuri Kuzubov.

Ten 2700+ players who were eliminated from round two of the World Cup 2017

Yuri Kuzubov has always been a strong player, but to eliminate a rapid expert like Mamedyarov and that too with a score of 2-0, now that's unexpected

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 b5 7.Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nd5 9.a3 Nxc3 10.Qd2 Nd5 11.axb4 Nxf4 12.exf4 Bb7 13.Be2 Nb6 14.0-0 Qd6 15.Ra5 0-0 16.Rc5 Rfd8 17.Rd1 Na4 18.Ra5 Nb6 19.Ne5 Bd5 20.Rc5 Rab8 21.Ra1 Rb7 22.h4 h6 23.Ra6 Qe7 24.h5 Nd7 25.Nxd7 Rxd7 26.Ra3 Rd6 27.Bxc4 Bxc4 28.Rxc4 Rdb6 29.Ra4 Qd7 30.Ra5 Rb5 31.Qc3 Qd6 32.Rxb5 Rxb5 33.Rxc7 Qxf4 34.Rc5 Rb8 35.b5 Qe4 36.Re5 Qb1+ 37.Kh2 Qf1 38.Qc2 Rxb5? This was a mistake by Kuzubov that went unpunished. 39.Rc5 39.Qc8+ Kh7 40.Qa6! This move was missed by both players Qxf2 41.Qxb5 Qh4+ 42.Kg1 Qxd4+ 43.Kf1 Qf4+ 44.Ke2 The king will escape and the extra rook will tell. 39...Rb8 40.d5 exd5 41.Rxd5 Re8 42.Qf5 Qe2 43.g3 Qxb2 44.Rd7 Qa2 45.Kg2 a6 46.Rd6 Qc4 47.Kh2 Qb5 48.Qf3 a5 49.Rd5 Qc6 50.Qd3 a4 51.Rd6 Qc5 52.Kg2 Qxh5 53.Ra6 Qg4 54.Qb5 Qe4+ 55.Kg1 Ra8! 0–1
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Mamedyarov,S2797Kuzubov,Y26520–12017D37FIDE World Cup 20172.3

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After losing game one of the rapid, Mamedyarov was in a must win situation with the black pieces. He got the position he would have desired — complex with full of tactical possibilities. But he wasn't able to trick his opponent. In the end Kuzubov calculated accurately and forced a draw. Mamedyarov was quite upset at this fact and let his opponent mate him rather than agreeing to a draw.

 
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1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.e5 Nh5 8.Be3 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Bg1 Kh8 12.h3 Nf6 13.0-0-0 Nb4 14.g4 c6 15.Be2 Qa5 16.Bc4 b5 17.Bb3 Qc7 18.Ng5 d5 19.Ne2 a5 20.c3 a4 21.cxb4 axb3 22.a3 Ne4 23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Bh2 Qb6 25.f5 gxf5 26.Be5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 c5 28.Kb1 fxg4 29.hxg4 Qg6 30.Nf4 Qxg4 30...Qf7!? 31.e6! 31.Rdf1 Bxg4-+ 31...Qxf4 32.Qd5 Bxe6 33.Qxe6 cxb4∞ 31.Rhg1 e3 31...Bf5!? 32.Rxg4 32.Ka1 Qf3 32...e3+-+ 32.Qxe3 Qf5+ 33.Ka1 Be6 34.Ng6+ Kuzubov calculates accurately and it is just a draw. hxg6 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Rxg6+ Kf7 37.Rg5! Now Qh5 or Qg6# cannot be stopped, but Black has a counter sacrifice which is not as trivial to calculate as it seems. Rxa3+ 38.bxa3 b2+ 39.Kxb2 Qf2+ 40.Kc1 Qe3+ 41.Rd2 Qxa3+ 42.Kd1 Qa1+ 43.Kc2 Qa2+ 44.Kc1 Qa3+ 45.Kb1 Qxb4+ 46.Kc1 Qc3+ 47.Kb1 Qb4+ 48.Kc1 Qc4+ 49.Kb1 Qe4+ 50.Kb2 Qb4+ 51.Kc1 Qc3+ 52.Kb1 Qb3+ 53.Kc1 Qc4+ 54.Kb1 Qe4+ 55.Kb2 Qb4+ 56.Kc1 Qa3+ 57.Kb1 Qb3+ 58.Kc1 Qc3+ 59.Kb1 Qb3+ 60.Kc1 Qc4+ 61.Kb1 Qf1+ 62.Kb2 Bf5 Shak is one of those players who cannot agree to the fact that it's a draw. He would prefer to die rather than surrender! 63.e6+ 1–0
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Kuzubov,Y2652Mamedyarov,S27971–02017B09FIDE World Cup 20172.4

Yu Yangyi getting eliminated in the second round was a big surprise

In an interview two days ago Baadur Jobava mentioned that playing in his home city Tbilisi was special, but there was also a lot of pressure. However, it seems like Baadur is managing his pressure quite well as he eliminated China's number two Yu Yangyi. Baadur played splendid chess in the first rapid game sacrificed his knight in Tal-like style!

 
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1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.c4 dxc4 5.Bxc4 Bg7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 c5 8.Be2 b6 9.d3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.a3 Nd5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Qb2+ f6 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.h3 e5 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Re1 Rd7 20.Bf1 Qd8 21.Rcd1 Nde7 22.b4 cxb4 23.axb4 Nf5 24.Rc1 Qe7 25.b5 Na5 26.Rxc8 Bxc8 27.d4 Bb7 28.Nxf6! A brilliant knight sacrifice. Kxf6 28...Qxf6 29.dxe5+- 29.dxe5+ Kf7 30.e6+! Kxe6 30...Qxe6 31.Ng5++- 31.e4 Ng7 31...Nd6 32.Qa2+ Kf6 33.e5++- 32.Qa2+ Kd6 33.Rc1! A great move by Baadur. The king is cut off from running away. Bxe4? 33...Qd8 is the best defence, but it also loses to 34.Qa3+ Ke6 35.h4 h6 36.Qe3± 34.Qd2+ Ke6 35.Ng5+ Kf5 36.g4+ Kf6 37.Nxe4+ Qxe4 38.Qxd7 White is now an exchange up. Baadur converts this with ease. Ne6 39.Bg2 Qd4 40.Qxh7 Nf4 41.Qh8+ Ke6 42.Re1+ A brilliant attack, especially the move Rc1! 1–0
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Much to the delight of the local fans, Jobava also won the second rapid game and qualified for the third round.

The end of the match between Baadur Jobava and Yu Yangyi

When Yu Yangyi resigned in the second rapid game, the spectators in the playing hall erupted in applause. While it was not ideal for the other guys, it just goes to show how much everyone loves Baadur here in Tbilisi.

Wei Yi was knocked out in round two. This was not a huge surprise as Richard Rapport is a world class player as well, but a 2748 player being eliminated is always news!

 
Rapport - Wei Yi. How should White win this position?

The answer to the above question can be, just keep playing and sooner or later White will win. Well, it is true for many positions where a side has a material advantage, but not this one. If White is not able to do something, he won't be able to win this position. The main reason being that Black's pawn configuration is ideal for the bishop. The bishop can always keep attacking White's pawns. The winning method is quite instructive.

  1. White pushes his pawn to f4. The threat of playing f5, forces Black to play ...f5.
  2. Bring your king to the e6 square.
  3. And now the most important part — go for g4! Yes it's true. Without this move, you will not be able to win.

Now let's have a look as to how Richard Rapport put all of these three points into practice.

 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 g6 8.0-0 Bg7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.Re1 Qd8 12.Qb3 a5 13.e4 a4 14.Qa3 dxe4 15.Nxe4 e5 16.Nd6 exd4 17.c5 Nf6 18.Bc4 Nd5 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.b4 b6 21.Red1 Bg4 22.h3 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 bxc5 24.bxc5 Qg5 25.g3 Be5 26.h4 Qf6 27.Qxf6 Bxf6 28.c6 Be5 29.Nb5 Ra5 30.c7 Rxb5 31.c8Q Rxc8 32.Rxc8+ Kg7 33.Ra8 Rb4 34.Ra5 Bc7 35.Rxd5 Rb2 36.R5xd4 Rxa2 37.R4d2 Ra3 38.Rd3 Rxd3 39.Rxd3 h5 40.Ra3 Bd6 41.Rxa4 Bc5 42.Kg2 Activating the king. Bb6 43.Ra2 Bd4 44.Kf3 f5 45.Rd2 Be5 46.Rd5 Kf6 47.Ra5 Ke6 48.Ra6+ Kf7 49.Ke3 Bc3 50.f4 This is the formation that White must aim for. Bf6 50...Be1 51.Kf3 51.Kd3 Bb2 52.Kc4 Bf6 53.Rc6 Bb2 54.Kd5 Kg7 55.Ke6 Bd4 56.Rc7+ Kg8 57.Rd7 Bc3 58.Rd3 This move getting the rook to the third rank is important before going for the g4 break. Bb2 59.g4! And this seals the win. hxg4 59...fxg4 60.f5! gxf5 61.Kxf5 The h and g pawns will fall. And the bishop is of the wrong colour to h8. Hence, this is a trivial win. 60.h5 Kg7 61.Rd7+ Kh6 62.hxg6 Kxg6 63.Rf7 Bc1 64.Rxf5 Kh6 White is just wining. 64...Kh6 65.Rf8 g3 66.Rh8+ Kg7 67.Rh4 g2 68.Rg4+ Kh6 69.f5+- 1–0
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Rapport,R2675Wei,Y27531–02017D30FIDE World Cup 20172.3

In the battle between two Indians, it was the lower rated Sethuraman who repeated his feat of World Cup 2015, as he beat Harikrishna and advanced to round three

The analysis of the critical game (second 25' + 10") was sent to us by a talented Indian youngster 13-year-old Prithu Gupta.

 
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This was the 2nd game of the tiebreaks.After a very long exciting 1st game the players decided to play some simple chess. 1.e4 0 e5 1 2.Nf3 0 Nc6 1 3.Bc4 0 Bc5 2 4.c3 0 Nf6 2 5.d3 0 so we have a rock-solid Italian on the boad. 0-0 0 5...d6 is another interesting move order. 6.Bb3 a6 7.0-0 Ba7 8.Re1 h6 is a new interesting way of playing this position. 8...0-0 transposes to the main line of the Italian. 9.Nbd2 g5!? is becoming very popular nowadays.Players usually play this when trying to play for a win against the Italian.It was Muzychuk Anna's idea and was even played by Nikita Vituigov. 9...Ng4 10.Re2 Nf6 11.Nf1 0-0 12.Ng3 Ne7 13.h3 Ng6 14.a4 c5 15.a5! Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Be3 9...Nh5 10.Nf1 Qf6 11.g3!N Bg4 12.Kg2 10.Nf1 g4 11.N3d2 h5 12.Nc4 s the critical position of this line. b5 12...h4 13.Be3 h3 14.g3 d5 15.exd5!N 15.Ncd2 d4 16.Bg5 Rh5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.c4 Bd7 19.Ba4 Bc5 20.a3 Bf8 21.b4 Rg5 0-1 (61) Padmini,R (2427)-Muzychuk,A (2537) Gibraltar 2016 15...Qxd5 16.f3! Qxf3 16...gxf3 17.Qd2! f2+ 17...Ng4 18.Nxe5‼ f2+ 18...Bxe3+ 19.Rxe3+- 19.Qxf2 Qg2+ 20.Qxg2 hxg2 21.Nxg4 gxf1Q+ 22.Kxf1 Bxg4 23.Bxa7++- 17...Bxe3+ 18.Rxe3 Qc5 19.d4+- 18.Qxf2 Ng4 19.Nxe5‼ 17.Qxf3 gxf3 18.Bxa7 Rxa7 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Rxe5+ Kd8 21.Ne3 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Kxe8 23.Rf1± 13.Nce3 Ne7 13...h4 14.Nd5 g3 15.hxg3 Bg4 15...hxg3 16.Nxg3 Ng4 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 Na5 20.Nf5! Nxb3 21.Qxb3 21.axb3 Bxf5 22.exf5 Kd7 23.Qg4 Qh4 24.Qxh4 Rxh4 25.g3 Rh5 26.f6∞ 21...Be6 22.Qd1∞ 16.Qc2 hxg3 17.Be3!± 14.d4 Nxe4 14...Bb7 15.Nd5 Nfxd5 16.exd5 f6 17.a4 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qb3 c6 21.c4!+- 15.Nd5! Bb7 16.Rxe4 16.Ng3! Nxg3 16...Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.Nxe4 Kf8 19.Bg5 Qd7 20.a4! 17.Nf6+ 17.Bg5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5± 17...Kf8 18.fxg3 c5 19.Bg5 cxd4 20.Kh1!+- 16...Nxd5 17.Re2 Kf8 17...f6!N 18.Ng3 Qd7 19.Ne4 0-0-0 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Nxf6 Qe6 22.Nxd5 Qxd5= 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Rxe5 Bxf2+ 20.Kh1 Nf6 21.Qe2 g3 22.Bg5 22.Nxg3+- 22...h4 23.h3 Qd7 24.Be6 Paehtz,E -Vitiugov,N Caleta ENG 2017 6.a4 15       recently this idea has been growing in popularity even among top grandmasters and White hs had very good results with it. d5!? 43 6...a5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Be7 9.Nbd2 d6 10.Bg3 Nh7 11.0-0 Kh8 12.Qb3 Qe8 13.Rfe1 Bf6 14.Nf1 Ng5 15.Nxg5 Bxg5 16.Ne3 Ne7 17.d4 f6 18.f3 Rb8 19.Bf1 Bxe3+ 20.Rxe3 Bd7 21.Ree1 b5 22.axb5 Bxb5 23.Qa3 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Qb5 25.Rf2 f5 26.Rd2 fxe4 27.fxe4 Ng6 28.h3 Ra8 29.Qa4 Rfb8 30.Kh2 exd4 31.cxd4 Qb4 32.Rc2 Qb7 33.Qd7 Qxe4 34.Rxc7 Qxd4 35.Rd1 Qxb2 36.Rxd6 Rd8 37.Qc6 1-0 (37) Karjakin,S (2773)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis USA 2017 6...a6 7.0-0 7.b4 Ba7 7...Be7 8.Qb3 d6 9.Na3 Bg4 10.Ng5 Bh5 11.Nc2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Bxg5 14.0-0 Bxc1 14...Be2= 15.Raxc1 Qg5 16.Rce1 Rad8 17.Re3 Rd6 18.Rfe1± Tate,A-Sundararajan,K Pardubice 2016 7...Bb6 8.0-0 8.Bg5 d6 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Bh4 Be6 11.0-0 Qe7 12.Re1 Ba7 13.a5 Nb8 14.d4± 8.a5 Ba7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 d6 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Qe2 Bxc4 13...g5 14.Bg3 Nh5 14.Nxc4 Qe6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Rab1 Nd8 17.b5 Bc5 18.b6 8...d6 8...h6 9.Nbd2 9.Na3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Qb3 Nf6 12.Re1 Bf5 13.a5 Ba7 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 Qd6 16.Rae1 Rae8 17.Nd2 Nh5 18.Ne4 1/2-1/2 (64) Tiviakov,S (2659)-Ernst,S (2554) Germany 2013 8...d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nf6 11.Ng5 Qe8 12.Nd2 h6 13.Nge4 Nh5 14.a5 Ba7 15.b5 axb5 16.Qxb5 9.Nbd2 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Ne7 11...Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nbd2 Bg6 14.a5 Ba7 15.Qa4 Van der Houwen,P -Parushev,A ICCF email 2005 11...g4 12.Nh4 Nh5 13.Nd2 Qg5 14.Bb3 Ba7 15.Re1 Qf6 16.Kh1 Ne7 17.Rf1 Qg5 18.Nc4 Kg7 19.d4 exd4 20.cxd4 f5 21.exf5 Nxf5 22.Nxf5+ Bxf5 23.Ne3 Nxg3+ 24.hxg3 Rae8 25.Rc1 c6 26.b5 Bd7 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Bc2 h5 29.Rb1 Bc8 30.Kg1 Rxf2 31.Nf5+ Rxf5 32.Bxf5 Bxf5 33.Rb7+ Kg6 34.Rxa7 Qe3+ 35.Rf2 h4 36.Qd2 hxg3 37.Qxe3 Rxe3 38.Rf1 Re2 39.Kh1 Ra2 40.d5 Bd3 41.Rg1 cxd5 42.Rd7 Be4 43.Rxd6+ Kf5 44.Rxa6 d4 45.a5 d3 46.Ra7 Kf4 47.Rf7+ Ke3 0-1 (47) Hayakawa,S (2358)-Cilloniz Razzeto,A (2441) ICCF email 2008 12.Nbd2 Ng6 13.Bb3 c6 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.Ne3 d5 16.Qc2 Be6 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.d4 e4 19.Qxe4 Nxc3 20.Qc2 Ne2+ 21.Qxe2 Bxb3 22.Nf5 Be6 23.Qc2 Kh7 24.Bxc7 Qxc7 25.Ne3 Qf4 26.Rad1 Rad8 27.b5 axb5 28.axb5 cxb5 29.d5 Rc8 30.Qb2 Bd7 31.d6 Rc6 32.Nd5 Qxd6 33.Nb6 Rxb6 34.Rxd6 Rxd6 35.h4 gxh4 36.Qb4 Rd5 37.Nxh4 Rg8 38.Nxg6 Rxg6 39.Qe7 Kg7 40.f3 Bh3 41.Rf2 Rdg5 42.g4 h5 43.Kh2 hxg4 44.fxg4 Kh7 1-0 (44) Akopian,V (2675)-Ganguly,S (2668) Doha QAT 2016 9.a5 Ba7 10.Bg5 10.Nbd2 Ne7 11.Bb3 11.Re1 Ng6 12.Nf1 c6 13.Bb3 d5 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 15.Rxe3 Bg4 15...dxe4 16.dxe4 Qxd1 17.Raxd1 Nxe4 18.Rc1 11...Ng6 12.Nc4 Be6 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 h6 15.Ncd2 Qe7 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.c4 Nd7 18.Qc2 f5 1/2-1/2 (36) Krueger,H (2441)-Strautins,U (2451) ICCF email 2008 10...h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 12.Nxg5 hxg5 13.Bxg5 Kg7 14.Qf3 Rh8 15.Nd2 Qe7 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.b5 17.Bd5 Kg6 17...axb5 18.Bxb5 Kg6 19.h4 Bc5 19...Nd4 20.cxd4 Bxb5 21.Rab1± 20.a6 bxa6 21.Rxa6 Rxa6 22.Bxa6 Kg7 23.Bc4 Nd8 24.Qg3 Kf8 25.Qf3 Kg7= 12...Kg7 13.Nbd2 g4 14.Nh4 Nh5 15.Kh1 Qg5 16.Qe2 Ne7 17.Rae1 Bd7 18.Nb1 Ng6 19.Nxg6 fxg6 20.Qd2 Nxg3+ 21.fxg3 Qxd2 22.Nxd2 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Rf8 24.Rxf8 Kxf8 25.Nb1 Ba4 26.Na3 Ke7 27.b5 axb5 28.Nxb5 Bb8 29.Na3 c6 30.a6 bxa6 31.Bxa6 Ba7 32.Bc8 h5 33.Bb7 Kd7 34.Ba6 Bf2 35.h3 gxh3 0-1 (35) Tarnowski,R (1878)-Klapp,H (2300) GER email 2010 9.Bb3 h6!? 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nc4 12.Ba3 Qe8 13.Nc4 Nd7 14.b5 Na5 15.Nxb6 Nxb6 16.c4 axb5 17.axb5 Nd7 18.Nd2 b6 19.Bb4 Qf7 20.Qe2 Qg6 21.Ra2 Nb7 22.Nb3 Ndc5 23.Nxc5 1/2-1/2 (23) Jugl,P (2249)-Milde,L (2176) ICCF email 2014 12...Ba7 13.Be3 13.Qb3 Qd7 14.h3 Nh5 15.Kh2 Rxf3 15...b5 16.Na3 Ne7 17.Nc2 Ng6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra3 Bb6= 16.gxf3 d5 17.exd5 exd5 18.b5!± 13...Qe8 14.Bxa7 Rxa7 15.Nfd2 d5 16.Ne3 Ra8 17.Qb3 Ne7 18.d4 Qh5∞ 9.Qb3 h6 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Qc2 11.Bb2 Qf6 12.a5 Ba7 13.g3 Bh3 11...Qf6 12.Nb3 Bg4 13.Ne1 Qg6 14.Bd5 14.a5 Ba7 15.Be3 14...Nf6 15.Be3 Ne7 16.Bc4 Bxe3 17.fxe3 c6 0-1 (47) Sprenger,F (1885)-Voetter,H (2201) GER email 2011 9...Ne7!? 10.Bb3 10.a5 Ba7 11.Bb3 11.Re1 Ng6 12.Nf1 Be6 13.Ng3 Qd7 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 Kh8 17.h3 d5 18.e5 Ng8 19.Be3 N8e7 20.Nh5 Nf5 21.g4 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Qe7 23.Rb1 b6∞ 11...Ng6 12.Nc4 Bg4!?N 13.h3 13.Ne3 Be6 14.Re1 14.h3 d5 15.Ng5 Qd7 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Ng4 Qc6 14...Qd7 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.c4 d5= 13.Be3 d5 14.exd5 14.Ncd2 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.dxe4 Qf6 14...Nxd5 15.Rc1 Nh4 13...Be6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 d5! 10.Ba2 c6 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Bg5 Ng6 13.Ne3 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.g3 Bh3 16.Re1 Be6 17.Kg2 Rae8 18.a5 Qd8 19.Bxe6 Rxe6 20.Qc2 1-0 (34) Jobava,B (2698)-Ernst,T (2368) Sweden 2016 10...Ng6 11.Nc4 Ba7 12.Be3 Be6 12...h6 13.Bxa7 Rxa7 14.Ne3 Ra8 15.Re1 Re8 16.g3 Be6 17.a5 c6 18.Bxe6 Rxe6 19.c4 d5 20.Qc2 Qd7 21.Nf5 Rd8 22.Kg2 Ne7 23.Rab1 Nxf5 24.exf5 Ree8 25.b5 cxb5 26.cxb5 axb5 27.Nxe5 Qxf5 28.Qc7 Nh7 29.d4 Ng5 30.h4 Ne6 31.Qxb7 Nxd4 32.Nc6 Nxc6 33.Qxc6 Rxe1 34.Rxe1 Qc8 35.Qxb5 d4 36.Rd1 d3 1/2-1/2 (36) Jobava,B (2669)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2703) Almaty 2016 12...Bxe3 13.Nxe3 c6 14.Qc2 d5 15.a5 13.Bxa7 Rxa7 14.g3! 8.Bg5 d6 8...h6 9.Bh4 d6 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.0-0 Be6 12.Re1 Bxc4 12...g5 13.Bg3 Bxc4 14.Nxc4 13.Nxc4 Qe6 14.b5 Ne7 15.Qb3 Ng6 16.Bg3 Nh5 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Rfe8 19.d5 Ponomariov,R -Karjakin,S Almaty 2016 9.Nbd2 Ne7 10.Nh4 Ng4 11.0-0 Kh8 12.Qe2 h6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Qg5 7...d5!? eems to be the most straightforward way to equalise. 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Re1 9.b4 Be7 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Ng5 Nb6 12.Qh5 Bxg5 13.Bxg5 Qd6= 9.a5 Bf5 10.Bg5 transposation to the game. 10.Re1 Nf6 11.Bg5 11.Qc2 Qd7!?N 12.Nbd2 12.Bg5 Rad8! 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nbd2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Qxd3 16.Bxd3 Rxd3 17.Ne4 Ba7= 12...Ng4 13.Re2 Rad8 14.b4 14.Ne1 Ba7 15.b4 Nf6 black is okay. 14...Bxf2+! 15.Rxf2 Nxf2 16.Kxf2 Bxd3= 11...e4!N 12.dxe4 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Nxe4 14.Bh4 Rfe8 15.Bd5 Nd6 16.Bg3 Rad8 10.Nbd2 b5! 11.axb6 Nxb6 12.Nb3 Be7 13.Bxa6 13.Rxa6 Nxc4 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.dxc4 Rd8 13.Na5 Nxa5 14.Rxa5 c5 13...Rxa6 14.Rxa6 Bxd3 15.Ra1 Bxf1 16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Kxf1 f6= Alekseev,E -Predke,A Sochi 2016 9...Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 Nb6 12.Ba2 Qxd3 13.a5 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Qxd1 15.Rxd1 Nc8 16.b4 Ba7 17.Re1 Nd6 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Rxe5 Rfe8 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Kf1 Ne4 22.Bd5 c6 23.Bxe4 Rxe4 24.Bd2 Kf8 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1 Ke7 27.Ke2 c5 28.Kd3 cxb4 29.cxb4 Kd6 30.Kc4 b5+ 31.axb6 Bxb6 32.b5 axb5+ 33.Kxb5 1/2-1/2 (33) Anand,V (2786)-So,W (2812) Stavanger NOR 2017 7.exd5 4 Nxd5 2 8.a5 25 8.0-0 is the main line.Despite having many top adaptors it didn't pose black that many problems. Nb6 9.Bb5 Ne7 10.a5 10.Nxe5 c6 11.Bc4 Bd6 12.Nf3 12.a5 Nxc4 12...Bxe5 13.axb6 Qxb6 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Qh5 Bd6 16.Nd2 Nd5 17.Ne4 Be6 18.d4 Rfe8 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Bd3 Anton Guijarro,D -Howell,D Minsk BLR 2017 13.Nxc4 Bc7 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bh4 Nf5 16.Bg3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Be6 I think that black has sufficient compensation for material defict. 12.Bf4 Nxc4 13.dxc4 Nf5 14.Nd3 Nh4 15.Bxd6 15.Bg3 Ng6 16.Na3 Bf5 15...Qxd6 16.Na3 Qg6 12...Nxc4 13.dxc4 Bf5 14.b4 c5 15.bxc5 Bxc5 16.Ba3 b6! 10...c6! 11.axb6 cxb5 12.Rxa7 Rxa7 13.bxa7 Bxa7 14.Nxe5 Bf5 15.Be3 15.Re1 Bb8 16.Na3 b4 transposes to Anand-So 15.Na3 b4! 16.cxb4 Bb8 17.d4 17.Re1 Qd5 17...Ng6!?N 18.Nf3 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.g3 Qd6 18...Qxd3 19.Be3 Rd8 20.Qxd3 Rxd3 21.Nd4 Be4 22.f3 Be5= 18.Nec4 Bxd3 19.Rxe7 Bxc4 20.Qxd5 Bxd5 21.Rd7 Bc6 22.Rd1 Ba4 23.Rd3 Bc7 24.b3 Bc6 25.f3 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.b5 Bd7 28.Kf2 Be7 29.Ke2 Bxa3 30.Bxa3 Bxb5+ 1/2-1/2 (30) Anand,V (2770)-So,W (2771) Saint Louis 2016 17...f6 18.Nec4 Qd7 19.Re1 Nc6 15...Bb8 16.d4 Re8 17.Re1 Nd5 18.Na3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 b4 20.cxb4 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Bd3! 22.Nb1 Rxe5 23.Nc3 h6 8...a6 6 9.0-0 9 This position can arise from many move orders.One possible move order was mentioned in the notes above. Bf5 19 10.Bg5!?N 2:12 In general this is a novelty but a harly unexpected one since it is the top choice of many engines and it is also a very natural human move. Be7 1:46 10...Qd7!? was another option. 11.Nbd2 f6 12.Qb3 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Bc1 Kh8= 12.Be3 Be7 13.Qb3 Be6 13...Rfd8 14.d4! 14.d4 b5! 15.axb6 cxb6 16.Qc2 b5 12...Be6 13.Be3 b5! 14.axb6 Bxb6 15.d4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.cxd4 Rab8 19.Qf3 Nb4 20.Qf5 Nd5= 11.Bxe7 1:40 Ndxe7 2 12.Nh4 1 12.Re1 Qd6 13.Nh4 13.Qe2 Ng6 14.Nbd2 Nf4 15.Qe3 Nxd3 16.Bxd3 Qxd3 17.Qxd3 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Qxe5 Qxd2 19.Qxf5 Rae8= 17...Bxd3 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Rxe5 Rfe8 13...Be6 14.Nd2 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 Qd5= 12...Be6= 57 black has managed to equalise easily but there is still a long fight ahead. 13.Nd2 1:56 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Qb3 Qxd3 15.Qxe6+ Kh8 black has no problems and might even be slightly better. 13...Nd5 1:21 13...Bxc4 14.Nxc4 Qd5 15.Re1 f6 16.Qc2 Rad8= should also be okay. 14.g3 1:12 Nf4! 40 a very impressive move taking advantage of the misplaced N on h4.If not for Nf4 maybe white can claim some advantage. for example 14...Qd7 is a very natural move 15.Ne4 b6 16.axb6 cxb6 17.Rxa6± but this is a clearly better position for white where black was also forced to sacrifise a P. 15.Ndf3 1:45 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 now since black didn't have to take back woth the P he has a much better pawn structure. 15...Bxc4 1:56 16.dxc4 2 Ne6 18 16...Nd3! should have been more accurate. 17.Qe2 f5! 18.Rad1 e4 17.Re1 2:11 17.Qe2 f6 18.b4 Qe8 19.c5 Rd8 20.Rad1 with very interesting and complex play. 17...Qxd1 46 18.Raxd1 0 f6 1:55 19.b4 1 Rad8 1 20.Nd2 35 Kf7 2:32 now black has a small edge mainly because of the misplaced N on h4 and in some cases black may try to double his rooks on the d-file. although shattering white's stability on the Q-side might be a difficult task. 21.Nb3 47 21.Ne4 g6 22.f3 f5 23.Nf2 Kf6 21...Ne7 54 22.Kf1 1:06 22.Nf3 Rd6! 23.Rxd6 cxd6 24.Kg2 Rd8 intending d5. 22...g5! 24 23.Ng2 9 Nf5 10 24.Rd5 59 24.Ke2 trying to exchange rooks. h5!? 25.Ne3 25.h4!? might have been an interesting attempt to exchange white's bad N with it's superior black compatriot. gxh4 26.Nxh4 26.gxh4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rg8 26...Nxh4 27.gxh4 Ke7 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rg1 b6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Kxd1 g4! 25...Ne7 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Kxd1 f5 the position might be equal but black is the only one who has a chance to play for a win. 24...Nd6 23 25.c5 2:18 25.Ne3 Nxc4! very nice tactical resource. 25.Nd2 was probably the best try. h5 26.h4 c6 27.Rd3 g4 still black continues to dominate white. 25...Nb5 10 26.c4 17 Nc3 1:34 27.Rxd8 56 Rxd8 2 28.Ne3 55 Rd3 46 29.Nc1 0 Rd2 58 30.Ne2 1 Na2! 0 plating against the weakness on b4. 31.Nd5 3:23 31.Rb1 Rxe2!-+ 31...Rb2-+ 1:04 it is amazing to see how black used every bit of his minimal advantage to convert it into a winning endgame. 32.f4 2 gxf4 1:05 33.gxf4 0 Nxb4 41 34.fxe5 30 Nd3 26 35.Rd1 2:37 Nxe5 2 36.Rc1 54 c6 42 37.Ne3 17 Nxc5 6 38.Rd1 29 Rb3 2 39.Nc2 24 Nxc4 0 40.Rd8 17 Ne3+ 25 41.Nxe3 1 Rxe3 2 42.Ng3 20 Ra3 52 43.Rh8 9 Kg7 2 44.Re8 4 Rxa5 0 45.h4 2 Ra3 19 46.Kg2 30 Rd3 2 47.Re7+ 9 Kg6 2:10 48.h5+ 17 Kh6 31 49.Kh3 46 Kg5 0 50.Rg7+ 28 Kf4 15 51.Kh4 26 Rd7 11 52.h6 10 a5 34 53.Ne2+ 10 Ke5 11 54.Nc3 32 b5 0 55.Rg1 5 b4 12 56.Re1+ 8 Kd6 8 57.Ne2 7 b3 2 58.Nd4 0 a4 9 59.Rc1 5 b2 11 60.Rb1 2 Rb7 17 61.Nc2 1 Rb3 38 62.Kg4 1 Ne4 11 0–1
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Harikrishna,P2741Sethuraman,S26170–12017C54FIDE World Cup 20172.4

"This is my first good performance after winning the Asian Championship in 2016!"

Bu Xiangzhi against Etienne Bacrot

Bu Xiangzhi against Etienne Bacrot was an evenly balanced match on the paper, and also things progressed in a similar fashion on the board, before Bu scored the crucial victory. The Chinese player will face Magnus Carlsen in the next round.

Bu Xiangzhi speaks about his match with Bacrot and facing Magnus Carlsen in round three

Top Polish player Radoslaw Wojtaszek was eliminated by Alexander Onischuk

The final handshake — an absolute delight for the winner and a nightmare for the loser

Wang Hao played a very good match against Boris Gelfand and beat him 2½-1½. He was worse in the second classical game, but apart from that he was always able to put Boris on the backfoot. When after the match he was asked what were the weaknesses that he focused on while preparing against Gelfand, Wang Hao mentioned energy and his opponent's narrow opening repertoire. In the video below, Wang Hao explains what happens in the match. Don't miss it.

Don't miss this analysis of all the four games by Wang Hao

Jan-Krzysztof Duda lost to Vasily Ivanchuk. After the match Ivanchuk in an interview spoke highly about his opponent and said that the young Polish player has a bright future ahead of him.

Yes, I like checkers, but right now I am concentrating on chess!

 
White's (Duda's) last move was Qh1-e4+ and Black took the queen resulting in a stalemate!

Another interesting position that occured in the final position of game was the following:

 
It's Black (Ivanchuk) to play. Both the players agreed to a draw at this point. But Black has something special.
 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qd2 a5 11.0-0 a4 12.Rac1 Qa5 13.f3 Bd7 14.c5 Bc6 15.cxd6 Rfd8 16.Bc4 Rxd6 17.Qf2 Nd7 18.Rfd1 a3 19.Rxd6 exd6 20.b4 Qxb4 21.Nd5 Qb2 22.Rc2 Qb1+ 23.Rc1 Qb2 24.Rc2 The players agreed to a draw here. 24.Rc2 Bxd5! This must have surely be seen by Ivanchuk 25.Bxd5 25.Rxb2 axb2 26.Bd3 Rxa2-+ 25...Bd4‼ This move is easy to miss. 26.Re2 26.Rxb2 axb2 27.Bxd4 b1Q+ 28.Qf1 Qxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Ne5-+ 26...Rc8! Black is clearly pushing. ½–½
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Duda,J2707Ivanchuk,V2728½–½2017B36FIDE World Cup 20172.5

Favourites who advanced to round three

The way he sat was unusual, but there was nothing unusual about his play! Wesley So managed to beat Matthias Bluebaum

Lazaro Bruzon fought hard, but in the end lost to Hikaru Nakamura

Hikaru speaks about his win and also about the elimination of Anand and Adams from his group

Alexander Grischuk managed to beat Jorge Cori of Peru with a score of 2½-1½

Fabiano Caruana faced some resistance from Luka Lenic but was able to overcome it

Anish Giri was on the verge of elimination as he had a bad position in the second rapid game against Alexander Motylev, but he managed to survive it and advanced to the next round

Anish speaks about his match against Motylev, his next opponent Sethuraman and Indian talents like little Pragg and Nihal Sarin

Levon Aronian and Hou Yifan analyze after a game, in which Yifan put up a strong fight, but to no avail

David Navara was able to win against Ivan Cheparinov

Results:

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Pairings for round three:

If I had to single out one match that would be the most interesting from the 16 that will take place over the next three days, it has to be Vladimir Kramnik against Vassily Ivanchuk.

Magnus Carlsen Bu Xiangzhi
Peter Svidler Alexander Onischuk
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Aleksandr Lenderman
Alexander Grischuk David Navara
Vladimir Kramnik Vasily Ivanchuk
Anish Giri Sethuraman
Levon Aronian Maxim Matlakov
Daniil Dubov Vladislav Artemiev
Wesley So Vallejo Pons
Nepomniachtchi Baadur Jobava
Hikaru Nakamura Vladimir Fedoseev
Anton Kovalyov Maxim Rodshtein
Fabiano Caruana Evgenvy Najer
Richard Rapport Li Chao
Yuri Kuzubov Wang Hao
Ding Liren Vidit Gujrathi

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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 c5 8.dxc5 c3 9.Nb5 Na6 10.Nxc3 Nxc5 11.Be3 Nfe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qa4 Nd6 14.Bd4 Bd7 15.Qb4 Bc6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Ne5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qc8 19.Qd4 f6 20.Nf3 Qc4 21.Rfc1 Qxd4 22.Nxd4 Kf7 23.Rc7 Rac8 24.Rac1 Rxc7 25.Rxc7 Rc8 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
So,W2810Bluebaum,M2646½–½2017D77FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Lenic,L2646Caruana,F2807½–½2017D27FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Aronian,L2799Hou,Y2652½–½2017E06FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Mamedyarov,S2797Kuzubov,Y26520–12017D37FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Nakamura,H2792Bruzon Batista,L26431–02017E17FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Cori,J2641Grischuk,A2783½–½2017D79FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Kravtsiv,M2665Ding,L27770–12017E54FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Motylev,A2675Giri,A2772½–½2017B90FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Rapport,R2675Wei,Y27531–02017D30FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Adhiban,B2677Nepomniachtchi,I2751½–½2017B96FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Svidler,P2751Erdos,V26281–02017A20FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Onischuk,A2682Wojtaszek,R2745½–½2017E10FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Jobava,B2687Yu,Y2744½–½2017A01FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Li,C2744Sevian,S2620½–½2017A20FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Sethuraman,S2618Harikrishna,P2743½–½2017C18FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Artemiev,V2692Radjabov,T27421–02017A45FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Navara,D2737Cheparinov,I26961–02017A33FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Gelfand,B2729Wang,H27020–12017A29FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Matlakov,M2728Andreikin,D2706½–½2017E10FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Duda,J2707Ivanchuk,V2728½–½2017B17FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Vitiugov,N2724Najer,E27070–12017E11FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Bu,X2710Bacrot,E2715½–½2017A07FIDE World Cup 20172.3
Bluebaum,M2646So,W2810½–½2017D41FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Caruana,F2807Lenic,L2646½–½2017B30FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Hou,Y2652Aronian,L2799½–½2017C50FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Kuzubov,Y2652Mamedyarov,S27971–02017B09FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Bruzon Batista,L2643Nakamura,H2792½–½2017A07FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Grischuk,A2783Cori,J26411–02017B48FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Ding,L2777Kravtsiv,M2665½–½2017A96FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Giri,A2772Motylev,A2675½–½2017C42FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Wei,Y2753Rapport,R2675½–½2017B12FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Nepomniachtchi,I2751Adhiban,B26771–02017E90FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Erdos,V2628Svidler,P2751½–½2017A35FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Wojtaszek,R2745Onischuk,A26820–12017D35FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Yu,Y2744Jobava,B2687½–½2017C42FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Sevian,S2620Li,C27440–12017D11FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Harikrishna,P2743Sethuraman,S26180–12017C53FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Radjabov,T2742Artemiev,V26921–02017B42FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Cheparinov,I2696Navara,D27370–12017C45FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Wang,H2702Gelfand,B2729½–½2017B31FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Andreikin,D2706Matlakov,M2728½–½2017A45FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Ivanchuk,V2728Duda,J2707½–½2017A15FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Najer,E2707Vitiugov,N27241–02017B28FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Bacrot,E2715Bu,X27100–12017C84FIDE World Cup 20172.4
Bluebaum,M2646So,W28100–12017D37FIDE World Cup 20172.5
Caruana,F2807Lenic,L26461–02017B30FIDE World Cup 20172.5
Hou,Y2652Aronian,L27990–12017C47FIDE World Cup 20172.5
Motylev,A2675Giri,A27720–12017B90FIDE World Cup 20172.5
Jobava,B2687Yu,Y27441–02017A01FIDE World Cup 20172.5
Radjabov,T2742Artemiev,V26921–02017B42FIDE World Cup 20172.5
Andreikin,D2706Matlakov,M27280–12017A06FIDE World Cup 20172.5
Duda,J2707Ivanchuk,V2728½–½2017B36FIDE World Cup 20172.5
So,W2810Bluebaum,M26461–02017C01FIDE World Cup 20172.6
Lenic,L2646Caruana,F28070–12017A07FIDE World Cup 20172.6
Aronian,L2799Hou,Y26521–02017E10FIDE World Cup 20172.6
Giri,A2772Motylev,A26751–02017D31FIDE World Cup 20172.6
Yu,Y2744Jobava,B26870–12017D77FIDE World Cup 20172.6
Artemiev,V2692Radjabov,T27421–02017A45FIDE World Cup 20172.6
Matlakov,M2728Andreikin,D27060–12017A40FIDE World Cup 20172.6
Ivanchuk,V2728Duda,J27071–02017A50FIDE World Cup 20172.6
Artemiev,V2692Radjabov,T27421–02017D00FIDE World Cup 20172.7
Andreikin,D2706Matlakov,M27280–12017C85FIDE World Cup 20172.7
Radjabov,T2742Artemiev,V2692½–½2017B28FIDE World Cup 20172.8
Matlakov,M2728Andreikin,D27061–02017A42FIDE World Cup 20172.8

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