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The World Cup is an highly entertaining tournament, with almost all 2700 players participating and many spectacular battles. The third round was especially interesting: 16 matches on the highest level. Tonight we'll have a look at how Kirill Alekseenko knocked out Pentala Harikrishna.
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Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
White to move
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