9/21/2015 – Three of the top-10 players in the World were sent home today as they lost their matches in Baku. Svidler knocked out Topalov, giving a draw in a probably winning position after the Bulgarian made a series of mistakes. Caruana was unable to win against Mamedyarov and the tournament is over for him. Wesley So was also elminated: a big mistake led to a difficult endgame that MVL converted.
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World Cup
10th September – 5th October
Baku, Azerbaijan
Round Four - Game Two
Plenty of results, and plenty of fighting chess! Four people have been sent home, including the top seed:
Veselin Topalov will say bye to Baku after today's game
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38.Bxa5White has a slight edge, but this disappears quickly!Qb539.Nc439.Qc4!39...Nxa540.Nxa5Qxc541.Nb3?41.Nc4=Black's structure is bad but he is very active. Svidler should hold.41...Qc342.Ra7??Probably this move came with a draw offer. Svidler took it, though he is winning:42.Ra7Qe143.Rxc7+Kg6White is getting mated and his knight is trapped. For example:44.Nf5Qg1+45.Kg3Nh5+46.Kf3Rd3+47.Ne3Nf4 and White will soon be mated on g2.½–½
Peter Svidler will be facing the winner of Wei Yi and Ding Liren. The duel between the Chinese players is not over as Wei Yi won and foces the tiebreak:
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53.Qf2Kg754.Rxd6h4!Resilience!55.Kh355.gxh4Qe5+56.Qg3+Qxg3+57.Kxg3Rxe458.h5Rxb4is not that clear.55...hxg356.Qf5Qxf5+57.exf5Re458.Rg6+Kf759.Rxg3Rxb460.Rd3Rc461.d6Rc8?Perhaps the losing move.61...Ke862.f662.d7+Kd863.f663.Kg3Rc7=63...Rf4=62...Rf463.d7+Kd864.Rd6b465.Kg3Rf166.Kg4b367.Rb6Kxd7=62.Kg4Kf663.Kf4b464.Ke4Rb865.Kd5?65.Rb3!+-was far easier. The point is to first play d7 and Kd5-c6, only then take on b4.65...b366.d7b267.Rb3Rxb368.d8Q+Kxf5it is amazing, but White has no way of winning the rook. Wei Yi tries to create as many problems as possible.69.Qd7+Kg570.Qe7+Kg471.Qe4+Kg372.Qg6+Kh4?72...Kf4!is a draw. I cannot explain why, it all comes down to a forced series of check sequences that humans are incapable of properly calculating. The computers understand these kind of positions, we simply don't.73.Qb1The chess board is big, but not big enough for the rook to hide.Kg574.Kc4Rb875.Qg1+Kf576.Qc5+Kg477.Qd4+Kf378.Qf6+Ke479.Qe6+Kf380.Qf5+White picks up the rook very soon.1–0
MVL is through - he took advantage of So's badly coordinated pieces:
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1.Nf3c52.c4Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3e66.Bf4d57.e3Bb48.Be20-09.0-0Bxc310.bxc3Re811.Bg5h612.Bxf6Qxf613.cxd5exd514.Qb3Rd815.Bf3Na516.Qb5Qb617.Qxb6axb618.Rfb1Nc419.Rb4Ra320.Nb5Ra521.h3Bd7So has a bit of a bind in the position. His structure is slightly better and generally he has good pieces. However, here he underestimates Black's activity.22.Bxd522.a4!Would have seen the American press for a while.22...Ne5Perhaps So missed this, only expecting The weird thing about the position is that White couldn't save the piece...22...Nxe323.fxe3Bxb524.Bxb7±23.Re423.Nc7Rc8-+23.Nd4Rxd5-+23.c4Bxb5-+23...Ng624.Bxf7+This is the best tryKxf725.Nd6+Kg826.Nxb7Bc6!An important resource, otherwise White is better.27.Rd4Rxd428.Nxa5Rd629.Nxc6Rxc6Unforuntately for So he is down a piece here. His three pawns don't compensate and this will be quite a bit of suffering, though with perfect play I suspect this position is a draw.30.a4Rxc331.a5bxa532.Rxa5Rc1+33.Kh2Rc234.Kg3Nf835.h4Nd736.Kf3Kh737.Rf5Nc538.g4Nd339.Kg3g640.Rf7+Kg841.Rf6Kg742.g5It is hard to say where the American went wrong. I have a hunch that this move should be looked at more closely, as I believe it is a mistake to lock the structure like this. Karsten Muller will definitely take a look at this endgame for ChessBase Magazine with the truth of the position.42.Ra6!Rc742...Nxf2!43.Ra7+Kf644.Ra6+Ke545.Rxg6Ne4+46.Kh3Re247.Rxh6Rxe3+48.Kg2Kf449.Rh7Re2+50.Kh3And I don't yet see how Black wins, though it looks very scary.43.Rd642...h543.f3Ne144.e4Rc345.Kf2Nd3+46.Kg3Ne547.Kg2Rc648.Rxc6Nxc649.f4Kf750.Kf3Ke651.Ke3Kd652.Kd2Kc553.Kd3Kb454.Kd2Kc455.Ke3Kc556.Kd3Nd857.Ke3Nf758.Kd3Nd659.Ke3Kc460.f5Ne861.fxg6Ng762.e5Kd563.Kf4Kd464.e6Kd565.e7Ke666.Ke4Kxe767.Ke5Ke868.Kd5Kd70–1
Daniel King takes a look at the game So vs Vachier-Lagrave
Wojtaszek-Giri never looked like the Dutch was in any sort of problems. He comfortably equalized in the Slav and tomorrow they will have their tiebreak.
Also going into a tiebreak with two draws in the classical games are Jakovenko and Eljanov. They played 60 moves in a Catalan, but it didn't seem as if any player was making any kind of progress at any point.
You have to value their commitment
Naka had no issues defending today in a Berlin against...
The last remaining American in the competition had some nice things to say about his opponent:
Caruana had some chances for an advantage in a rather complicated Open Spanish vs. Mamedyarov, but he misplayed the position and at some point it was Black who was better. Not taking any risks, the Azerbaijani forced a perpetual to win the match 1.5-0.5 and send Caruana home.
If you bet that Karjakin's game today would end in anything but a draw, you are not a very good betting man. The players barely tried to create something over the board (just like yesterday) and will decide their fortune in the tiebreaks.
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4Nf65.0-0Be76.d3b57.Bb3d68.a3Na59.Ba2c510.Nc3Be611.Bxe6fxe612.Ne2Nc613.Ng30-014.c3Qd715.Qe2Rad816.Rd1d517.b4h618.Bd2Rfe819.h3Bd620.Be1Qc721.Rdc1Qd722.bxc5Bxc523.a4bxa424.Rxa4a525.Qa2Bb626.c4dxe427.dxe4Bc728.c5Qd329.Bc3Qb530.Rb1Qa631.Nd2Rd332.Qc2Red833.Nc4Qa734.Nb6Qa635.Qa2Rd1+36.Rxd1Rxd1+37.Kh2Kf738.Bxa5Qb539.Nc439.Qc4!39...Nxa540.Nxa5Qxc541.Nb3?41.Nc4=Black's structure is bad but he is
very active. Svidler should hold.41...Qc342.Ra7??Probably this move
came with a draw offer. Svidler took it, though he is winning:42.Ra7Qe143.Rxc7+Kg6White is getting mated and his knight is trapped. For example:44.Nf5Qg1+45.Kg3Nh5+46.Kf3Rd3+47.Ne3Nf4and White will soon be
mated on g2.½–½
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