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Главная страница Новости Кубки мира Кубок мира 2015, Баку

Кубок мира 2015, Баку

11.09.2015 - 05.10.2015

Сергей Карякин стал победителем Кубка мира

Участники

1. Фабиано Каруана
Рейтинг: 2803
30.07.1992
США

2. Хикару Накамура
Рейтинг: 2789
09.12.1987
США

3. Дин Лижэнь
Рейтинг: 2762
24.10.1992
Китай

4. Ян Непомнящий
Рейтинг: 2758
14.07.1990
Россия

5. Уэсли Со
Рейтинг: 2757
09.10.1993
США

6. Вэй И
Рейтинг: 2755
02.06.1999
Китай

7. Владимир Крамник
Рейтинг: 2753
25.06.1975
Россия

8. Сергей Карякин
Рейтинг: 2750
12.01.1990
Россия

9. Леньер Домингес
Рейтинг: 2748
23.09.1983
США

10. Аниш Гири
Рейтинг: 2745
28.06.1994
Нидерланды

11. Шахрияр Мамедьяров
Рейтинг: 2733
12.04.1985
Азербайджан

12. Максим Вашье-Лаграв
Рейтинг: 2732
21.10.1990
Франция

13. Пархам Магсудлу
Рейтинг: 2732
11.08.2000
Иран

14. Ле Куанг Льем
Рейтинг: 2731
13.03.1991
Вьетнам

15. Левон Аронян
Рейтинг: 2729
06.10.1982
США

16. Дмитрий Андрейкин
Рейтинг: 2729
05.02.1990
ФИДЕ

17. Александр Грищук
Рейтинг: 2728
31.10.1983
Россия

18. Юй Янъи
Рейтинг: 2728
08.06.1994
Китай

19. Веселин Топалов
Рейтинг: 2727
15.03.1975
Болгария

20. Видит Сантош Гуджрати
Рейтинг: 2727
24.10.1994
Индия

21. Теймур Раджабов
Рейтинг: 2723
12.03.1987
Азербайджан

22. Павел Эльянов
Рейтинг: 2706
10.05.1983
Украина

23. Владислав Артемьев
Рейтинг: 2705
05.03.1998
Россия

24. Ван Хао
Рейтинг: 2702
04.08.1989
Китай

25. Пентала Харикришна
Рейтинг: 2701
10.05.1986
Индия

26. Самуэль Севян
Рейтинг: 2698
26.12.2000
США

27. Рэй Робсон
Рейтинг: 2695
25.10.1994
США

28. Владимир Федосеев
Рейтинг: 2690
16.02.1995
Словения

29. Пётр Свидлер
Рейтинг: 2689
17.06.1976
ФИДЕ

30. Санан Сюгиров
Рейтинг: 2689
31.01.1993
Венгрия

31. Никита Витюгов
Рейтинг: 2688
04.02.1987
Великобритания

32. Рустам Касымджанов
Рейтинг: 2685
05.12.1979
Узбекистан

33. Дмитрий Яковенко
Рейтинг: 2682
28.06.1983
Россия

34. Евгений Томашевский
Рейтинг: 2681
01.07.1987
Россия

35. Давид Навара
Рейтинг: 2678
27.03.1985
Чехия

36. Бассем Амин
Рейтинг: 2678
09.09.1988
Египет

37. Игорь Коваленко
Рейтинг: 2674
29.12.1988
Украина

38. Андрей Волокитин
Рейтинг: 2674
18.06.1986
Украина

39. Майкл Адамс
Рейтинг: 2673
17.11.1971
Великобритания

40. Давид Антон Гихарро
Рейтинг: 2673
23.06.1995
Испания

41. Радослав Войташек
Рейтинг: 2671
13.01.1987
Польша

42. Сэм Шенкленд
Рейтинг: 2671
01.10.1991
США

43. Габриэль Саргиссян
Рейтинг: 2671
03.09.1983
Армения

44. Иван Шарич
Рейтинг: 2670
17.08.1990
Хорватия

45. Петер Леко
Рейтинг: 2666
08.09.1979
Венгрия

46. Евгений Наер
Рейтинг: 2663
22.06.1977
ФИДЕ

47. Максим Матлаков
Рейтинг: 2662
05.03.1991
Россия

48. Борис Гельфанд
Рейтинг: 2661
24.06.1968
Израиль

49. Эрнесто Инаркиев
Рейтинг: 2658
09.12.1985
ФИДЕ

50. Антон Коробов
Рейтинг: 2651
25.06.1985
Украина

51. Рауф Мамедов
Рейтинг: 2651
26.04.1988
Азербайджан

52. Ни Хуа
Рейтинг: 2649
31.05.1983
Китай

53. Матеуш Бартель
Рейтинг: 2647
03.01.1985
Польша

54. Александр Ипатов
Рейтинг: 2644
16.07.1993
Турция

55. Самвел Тер-Саакян
Рейтинг: 2644
19.09.1993
Армения

56. Тамир Набати
Рейтинг: 2643
04.05.1991
Израиль

57. Анте Бркич
Рейтинг: 2643
31.03.1988
Хорватия

58. Грант Мелкумян
Рейтинг: 2640
30.04.1989
Армения

59. Александр Онищук
Рейтинг: 2640
03.09.1975
США

60. Иван Чепаринов
Рейтинг: 2638
26.11.1986
Болгария

61. Гадир Гусейнов
Рейтинг: 2636
21.05.1986
Азербайджан

62. Нгуен Нгок Чыонг Шон
Рейтинг: 2633
23.02.1990
Вьетнам

63. Лоран Фрессине
Рейтинг: 2633
30.11.1981
Франция

64. Хоу Ифань
Рейтинг: 2632
27.02.1994
Китай

65. Антон Ковалёв
Рейтинг: 2631
04.03.1992
Канада

66. Салех Салем
Рейтинг: 2629
04.01.1993
Объединенные Арабские Эмираты

67. Хулио Эрнесто Гранда Суньига
Рейтинг: 2628
25.02.1967
Перу

68. Васиф Дурарбейли
Рейтинг: 2627
24.02.1992
Азербайджан

69. Александр Арещенко
Рейтинг: 2613
15.06.1986
Украина

70. Эльтадж Сафарли
Рейтинг: 2612
18.05.1992
Азербайджан

71. Иван Попов
Рейтинг: 2612
20.03.1990
Россия

72. Лу Шанлэй
Рейтинг: 2611
10.07.1995
Китай

73. Василий Иванчук
Рейтинг: 2611
18.03.1969
Украина

74. Гата Камский
Рейтинг: 2610
02.06.1974
США

75. Пуя Идани
Рейтинг: 2602
22.09.1995
Иран

76. Александр Мотылёв
Рейтинг: 2601
17.06.1979
Румыния

77. Ринат Джумабаев
Рейтинг: 2598
23.07.1989
Казахстан

78. Драган Шолак
Рейтинг: 2598
30.03.1980
Турция

79. Ахмед Адли
Рейтинг: 2597
18.02.1987
Египет

80. Ласаро Брусон Батиста
Рейтинг: 2597
02.05.1982
США

81. Виктор Лазничка
Рейтинг: 2597
09.01.1988
Чехия

82. Рафаэл Лейтан
Рейтинг: 2592
28.12.1979
Бразилия

83. Юньески Кесада Перес
Рейтинг: 2591
31.07.1984
США

84. Константин Лупулеску
Рейтинг: 2589
25.03.1984
Румыния

85. Панаяппан Сетхураман
Рейтинг: 2589
25.02.1993
Индия

86. Эдуардо Итуррисага
Рейтинг: 2589
01.11.1989
Испания

87. Игорь Лысый
Рейтинг: 2589
1987
ФИДЕ

88. Максим Родштейн
Рейтинг: 2588
19.01.1989
Израиль

89. Кристобаль Энрикес Вильягра
Рейтинг: 2588
07.08.1996
Чили

90. Сандро Мареко
Рейтинг: 2585
13.05.1987
Аргентина

91. Борис Грачёв
Рейтинг: 2585
27.03.1986
Россия

92. Илья Смирин
Рейтинг: 2584
12.01.1968
Израиль

93. Ливиу-Дитер Нисипяну
Рейтинг: 2583
01.08.1976
Румыния

94. Вэнь Ян
Рейтинг: 2575
07.07.1988
Китай

95. Сурья Шехар Гангули
Рейтинг: 2574
24.02.1983
Индия

96. Виорел Иордэкеску
Рейтинг: 2572
20.04.1977
Молдова

97. Сергей Жигалко
Рейтинг: 2572
28.03.1989
Беларусь

98. Варужан Акопян
Рейтинг: 2571
19.11.1983
США

99. Александр Фиер
Рейтинг: 2566
11.03.1988
Бразилия

100. Чжоу Цзяньчао
Рейтинг: 2565
11.06.1988
Китай

101. Александр Моисеенко
Рейтинг: 2560
17.05.1980
Украина

102. Роберт Кемпиньский
Рейтинг: 2558
11.07.1977
Польша

103. Денис Хисматуллин
Рейтинг: 2556
28.12.1984
Россия

104. Эмре Джан
Рейтинг: 2549
21.01.1990
Турция

105. Чжао Цзюнь
Рейтинг: 2545
12.12.1986
Китай

106. Чаба Балог
Рейтинг: 2543
01.03.1987
Венгрия

107. Адхибан Башкаран
Рейтинг: 2541
15.08.1992
Индия

108. Федерико Перес Понса
Рейтинг: 2538
22.10.1993
Аргентина

109. Илья Ильюшенок
Рейтинг: 2536
16.08.1993
ФИДЕ

110. Юрий Вовк
Рейтинг: 2534
11.11.1988
Украина

111. Милош Перунович
Рейтинг: 2531
14.01.1984
Сербия

112. Ромен Эдуар
Рейтинг: 2524
28.11.1990
Франция

113. Мария Музычук
Рейтинг: 2510
21.09.1992
Украина

114. Бабу Лалит
Рейтинг: 2508
05.01.1993
Индия

115. Макс Иллингуорт
Рейтинг: 2493
05.11.1992
Австралия

116. Исан Рейнальдо Ортис Суарес
Рейтинг: 2490
30.03.1985
Куба

117. Эрмес Эспиноза Велоз
Рейтинг: 2484
30.07.1987
Куба

118. Алексей Гоганов
Рейтинг: 2483
26.07.1991
Россия

119. Юсуп Атабаев
Рейтинг: 2435
1994
Туркменистан

120. Томас Крнан
Рейтинг: 2434
31.03.1988
Канада

121. Зиаур Рахман
Рейтинг: 2423
01.05.1974
Бангладеш

122. Микаэль Виденкеллер
Рейтинг: 2412
10.01.1963
Люксембург

123. Дейси Кори Тельо
Рейтинг: 2389
02.07.1993
Перу

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rad8 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. h3 d4 19. Qf3 d3 20. Red1 Bd4 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. b3 Qxe5 24. Qxd3 Qf6 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 h6 27.
g3 Rc2 28. a4 bxa4 29. bxa4 Ra2 30. Rc1 Ra1 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ g6 33. Rxa1
Qxa1+ 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Qc6 a5 36. h4 h5 37. Qc4 Qe5 38. Kf3 Qf5+ 39. Ke3 Qe5+
40. Kd3 Qf5+ 41. Ke3 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nd3 dxc4 11. Nb4 cxb3 12. Nxa6 Nxa6 13. axb3 Nb4 14. O-O O-O
15. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Qxc5 12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 h6 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Be4 Qb5 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. O-O e5 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Nd6 Qb6 20. Qc3 Nd4
21. exd4 Qxd6 22. d5 Bg4 23. Rdc1 f5 24. h3 fxe4 25. hxg4 Qxd5 26. Qe3 Qd3 27.
Rc7 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Rac8 29. Rac1 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxc7 31. Rd5 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Re1 33.
Rd7 b5 34. Rxa7 Rxe3 35. Re7 Rb3 36. Rxe5 e3 37. Kg3 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. f4 h6 13. h4 a5 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 hxg5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. hxg5 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Qxd4 20. Rxd4
Kh7 21. Re5 Kg6 22. Rg4 Rh8 23. Ne2 Rh1+ 24. Kd2 Bd7 25. Nf4+ Kh7 26. g6+ fxg6
27. Nxg6 Rd8 28. Rh4+ Rxh4 29. Nxh4 a4 30. bxa4 Bxa4+ 31. Kc1 Rd4 32. Nf3 Rg4
33. Rg5 Rf4 34. Kd2 Bc6 35. Ke3 Rf5 36. Rg4 Kg8 37. c4 Kf7 38. b4 b6 39. Nd4
Re5+ 40. Kd3 Be8 41. Nf3 Rf5 42. Ng5+ Ke7 43. Ne4 g6 44. Nc3 Kd6 45. Rd4+ Kc7
46. Rh4 Rh5 47. g3 Rxh4 48. gxh4 Kd6 49. Ne4+ Ke5 50. b5 Kf4 51. Nf6 Bf7 52. c5
Ke5 53. Nd7+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Wiedenkeller, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Be7 7. d4 Bb4 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ng5 12. O-O-O Nxf3 13. Be2 Ng5 14. Bb5 O-O
15. f4 Bxc3 16. fxg5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxg5+ 18. Kb1 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qxe5 20. Rdd1 c6
21. Bd3 h6 22. Rhg1 Rae8 23. Qf2 b6 24. Rde1 Qd6 25. Ref1 Re6 26. h4 Qe7 27. a3
Re8 28. Ka2 Re5 29. Qg3 Qf8 30. Bg6 Re3 31. Qg4 R8e7 32. Rf2 Kh8 33. Bb1 R3e5
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. e4 b5 10. Be2 a6 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rfe1 Qe8 15. d5
Nbd7 16. a4 Nc5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd4 Ra5 19. Ndxb5 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Qb3
Rb8 22. dxe6 Ba6 23. e5 Bxb5 24. exf6 Bd6 25. fxg7 Ba4 26. exf7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. Qd2 Qg6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Na3 a5 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. cxd4
d5 15. exd5 Rd8 16. Rfe1 Kf8 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Nb5 Rac8 19. Na7 Ra8 20. Nb5 Rac8
21. Na7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b4 a5 11. b5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. h3 Be6 14. Bf3 Rab8 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be2 Nbd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bb2 Rf8 19. f4 e5 20. Rf1 exf4 21. exf4
Nc5 22. Kh2 Qf7 23. g4 Rbe8 24. g5 Nfe4 25. Nd5 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Qg7 27. Kg2 Ne6
28. Bg4 Nd4 29. Qc1 Nf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Kh2 Re6 32. Rg2 Rf7 33. h4 Qd4 34. h5
Qd3 35. Re1 Rg7 36. Re3 Qd4 37. h6 Rf7 38. Qc2 Kf8 39. Rd3 Qc5 40. Qb2 Rg6 41.
Rd4 Ke8 42. Rxe4+ fxe4 43. Qh8+ Kd7 44. f5 Rxg5 45. Rxg5 Qf2+ 46. Kh3 Qf3+ 47.
Rg3 Qh5+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 51. Kg1 Qe1+ 52. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 {Not a very popular move. White doesn't hurry with
e3-e4 in order to keep a choice of possible plans but Black has good ways of
development anyway.} (10. e4 {is the main line.}) 10... Nd7 11. Rfd1 (11. Rac1
Qe7 12. a3 Rd8 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 a5 15. Qc2 b6 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Qb3 Rab8
18. Na4 c5 $1 $36 {0-1 (29) Obolenskikh,D (2510)-Sjugirov,S (2622) Moscow 2012}
) (11. e4 {is not dangerous here as after} dxc4 {White can't insert e4-e5.} 12.
Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rfd8 $11 {
0-1 (48) Taboas Rodriguez,D (2412)-Zhigalko,A (2603) Linares 2013}) (11. Rfe1
$5 Qe7 12. e4 dxc4 $5 (12... dxe4 $143 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Qf8
16. Be4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 b6 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 Rd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Nd6 Bg4 22.
Qa6 $16 {0-1 (54) Khoze,E (2160)-Nguyen,A (2480) Melbourne 1996}) 13. Bxc4 b5
$132) 11... Qe7 12. Rac1 ({The structure after} 12. cxd5 exd5 {is not
dangerous for Black at all; besides, Rf1-d1 is senseless in that case:} 13.
Rab1 a5 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. h3 Be6 16. a3 Rfc8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rdc1 Bf8 19. b4 b5
20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Bg7 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Nd2 Re8 $11 {1/2 (61) Krivenko,S 
(2300)-Khismatullin,D (2654) St Petersburg 2010}) 12... a6 {A typical move.
Black is preparing ...d5xc4, ...b7-b5 and ...c6-c5.} 13. cxd5 {And here this
is harmless, too.} (13. h4 $5 {was an interesting attempt to justify White's
play} dxc4 $140 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 c5 16. h5 $1) 13... exd5 14. Na4 Re8 15. a3
a5 16. Qc2 Bf8 {[%mdl 32] A typical plan in this structure (often arising from
the Grünfeld Defence with 4.Nf3 and 5.Bg5): Black transfers his bishop to d6,
where it controls the b4-square and aims at White's kingside.} 17. Nd2 $6 (17.
Re1 $5 Qd8 18. h3 Kg7 $140 (18... Bd6 $2 19. Bxg6) 19. e4) 17... Qd8 18. e4 {
This break is a bit untimely as White's pieces are not well placed. However,
it is not easy to suggest an alternative.} Nf6 $5 (18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rb8 {
[%cal Yd7f6]} 20. Re1 Bg7 {was quite good, too.}) 19. e5 Nh5 20. g3 Ng7 21. Nc3
(21. Qc3 $142 {protecting the d4-pawn.}) 21... Bg4 22. Be2 (22. f3 Bh3 {
[%cal Yg7f5]}) 22... Bd7 (22... Bf5 $1 {was strong} 23. Bd3 $140 Ne6 $1 24. Ne2
Bh3 $36) 23. Nf1 Nf5 {This arrangement of pieces is not so profitable for
Black. We have an effect of an "excess piece": both his minor pieces wish to
occupy the f5-square.} 24. Ne3 $6 {And that is exactly why this move is wrong!
White solves Black's problem, trading one of his excess pieces. Besides, a
strong undermining action is coming up.} (24. Na4 $142 {[%cal Ya4c5]}) 24... f6
$1 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. exf6 (26. f4 h5) 26... Bxf6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $17 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Ge8e2] Black controls the e-file, and White's d4-pawn is weak.} 28. Qd2
Kg7 29. Bf1 Re7 30. Bg2 Rae8 31. Bxd5 $6 {It would be a good "asymmetric
exchange" for White (two pieces for a rook and two pawns); however, he
underestimates Black's strong reply.} (31. Qf4 $142) 31... Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 64]}
32. Bg2 $2 (32. Qxd4 {is impossible due to} Re1+) (32. Qf4 {was the only
chance to keep the material balance but after} Qxf4 33. gxf4 c5 {White's
position is completely ruined.}) 32... Nb3 $19 33. Ne4 $2 Nxd2 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 (
34... Kxf6 35. Rxd2 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zaibi, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. h3 Be6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. a3 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Nc6 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. g4 f6 18. Nxh7 Kxh7 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Qxb7 Qxa3 21.
Qd7 e5 22. Qxf5+ Kg8 23. Bg3 Rfd8 24. Bd3 Qd6 25. c4 Ne7 26. Qg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. b3 b6
9. Ba3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. f4 a6 14. Bf3 Bf8 15. Bb2
Qe7 16. Kh1 Bg7 17. Rfe1 Red8 18. Na4 b5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Ba3 a5 21. Bxc5 Qc7
22. g4 Ba6 23. Rc1 Re8 24. Qd2 b4 25. a3 bxa3 26. Bxa3 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. g5
Rb8 29. Rc3 Rb7 30. Bc5 a4 31. Ra1 axb3 32. Qb2 Ra8 33. Rxb3 Rxb3 34. Qxb3 Bxe5
35. fxe5 Qd8 36. Bd6 h6 37. gxh6 Kh7 38. Rf1 f5 39. Rg1 Qh4 40. Qb6 Qh3 41.
Qc7+ Kxh6 42. Qf7 Qf3+ 43. Rg2 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cori Tello, Deysi Estella"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. g4
{Aggressiv!} h6 9. Rg1 b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Bf5 g6 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14.
O-O-O {[#] Nun steht zuviel auf der c-Linie herum} c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Be1 (
16. Kb1 $17) 16... Rc8 17. Kb1 d4 $19 {Damit ist die Partie schon vorbei.} 18.
exd4 (18. Nxd4 b4 19. Nce2 Be4 {das drohte auch noch.}) 18... Bxf3 19. dxc5
Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Rxc5 {Zählen: Schwarz hat eine Qualität mehr.} 21. Qf3 O-O 22.
Ne4 Rc4 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Bd2 Be5 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nh5+ {Weiß hat noch einen
Trick.} Kg8 (26... gxh5 {ging nicht:} 27. Bxg5 Qb4 $11 (27... Qe6 28. Bf4+ Kf6
29. Bxe5+ Kxe5 30. Re1+ Kd6 31. Rxe6+ Kxe6 $11) 28. Bf6+ Kh6 29. Bg5+) 27. Bxg5
Qb4 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxf6 {Droht Lh6 mit Matt, aber...} Rg4 30. Rd1 (30. Bh6
Qe4+ 31. Kc1 Rc8+ {nebst Matt.}) 30... Qe4+ 31. Ka1 Qd5 {Das sieht alles so
leicht aus.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 $5 {A new, trendy line.} 12. cxd4 {
The following lines are critical:} Nd7 13. a3 $6 $146 {Trying to be creative
iwhen faced with a line I had no idea about. My idea was to be ready to play
b4 every time Black goes ...Na5 and ...c5, and possibility to sometimes hide
the bishop on a2. However it simply does not work.} ({The following lines are
critical:} 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Rb1 (15. Bf4 Nf8 16. Ng3 Ne6 17. Bd2 (
17. Bc1 $5 g6 $13) 17... Nc4 18. Bc3 c5 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Be7 21. b3 b4 $13
{1/2-1/2 (32) Motylev,A (2658)-Svidler,P (2739) Chita RUS 2015}) 15... c5 16.
d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Ng6 19. Ng3 Bc8 20. Rf1 Nb6 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. hxg4
h6 23. Nf5 Ne7 $13 {0-1 (41) Giri,A (2793)-Svidler,P (2727) Baku AZE 2015})
13... Bf6 14. d5 ({At this moment I realised} 14. Nf1 Na5 15. Bc2 c5 16. b4 {
was failing due to two reasons:} Nc4 (16... cxd4 17. Qd3 $6 g6 18. bxa5 $2 Nc5
$19) 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. e5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 $2 cxd4 $19) 14... Nce5 (14... Na5 15.
Ba2 c6 {is just slightly better for Black.}) 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf1 $6 ({
It was time to go for a draw with} 16. Nf3) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd2 $2
(18. Bd2 $1 {was the last chance to sort of equalise:} c6 (18... Bxb2 $6 19.
Rb1 c3 20. Bc1 $14) 19. Qf3 cxd5 20. exd5 Bxb2 21. Rab1 c3 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.
Bxc3 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxc3 25. Qxd6 $11) 18... c6 19. dxc6 (19. Nxc4 cxd5 20. exd5
Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Bxd5 $15) 19... Bxc6 20. Nxc4 d5 $1 (20... Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe4
22. Nxd6 {would hold due to} Be5 $6 23. Bf4 $1 $14) 21. Ne3 (21. e5 dxc4 22.
exf6 Qxf6 23. Re3 {was needed, although Black is better.}) (21. exd5 $2 Qxd5
$19) 21... Rxe4 22. Rb1 $2 {That's one nonsense move too many, now the
position is just lost!} (22. Ng4 Ba4 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qd2 Rae8 25. Rxe4 Rxe4
26. Qa5 h6 27. Bd2 Qxb2 28. Re1 {was the only chance to possibly hold a draw.})
22... h5 $5 {[%csl Gg4]} (22... d4 23. Ng4 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 h5 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {
followed by ...Qg6 wins.}) 23. Bd2 (23. Qxh5 $6 d4 24. Rd1 Rh4 25. Qc5 (25. Qe2
Qe8 $19) 25... Rc8 $19) 23... d4 24. Nc2 Qd5 25. f3 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 a5 27. Bf2
Rd8 28. b3 Bd7 (28... Qf5 $5) 29. Ne3 Qc5 30. Nc4 Bf5 31. Rc1 Bg5 32. Ra1 (32.
Nd2 Qc3 $5 $19 (32... Qxa3 $19)) 32... a4 33. h4 Bf6 34. Nd2 Bc2 35. Qc1 Qc3
36. bxa4 d3 37. Ra2 Re8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be3 f5 12. exf6 Nxc3 13. f7+ Rxf7 14. bxc3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Ne7 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Re1 c6 18. Bg4 Nf5 19. Re5 g6 20. Qd3 Ng7 21. Rae1
Bd8 22. Bh6 Bf6 23. R5e2 Re7 24. Rxe7 Bxe7 25. g3 Bf6 26. h4 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8
28. h5 Kf7 29. Bd1 Qe6 30. Bc2 Be7 31. Bf4 Nd6 32. hxg6+ hxg6 33. Bxd6 Bxd6 34.
Qd2 Kg7 35. Kg2 Qe7 36. Bd3 Bc7 37. Qd1 Qe6 38. Qb3 b6 39. a4 a5 40. Qc2 Bd8
41. Qd2 Be7 42. Qd1 Bd8 43. Qf1 Bf6 44. Qb1 Bd8 45. Bc2 Bc7 46. Qf1 Bd8 47. Qa6
Qd7 48. Bd3 Qd6 49. Qc8 c5 50. Qb7+ Be7 51. Be2 Kh6 52. Bf3 cxd4 53. cxd4 Bf6
54. Bxd5 Bxd4 55. f4 Bc5 56. Qa8 Qf8 57. Qa6 Qe8 58. Qc4 Qe1 59. Kh3 Qd1 60.
Bc6 Kg7 61. Qe6 Qh5+ 62. Kg2 Qf5 63. Qe2 Qf6 64. Be4 Qd4 65. Qc2 Qf6 66. Qd3
Qd6 67. Bd5 Qf6 68. Be4 Qd6 69. Qc2 Qf6 70. Kf3 Qd6 71. Qe2 Qd7 72. Qc2 Qd6 73.
Qc3+ Qd4 74. Qxd4+ Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 17. Nc3 Nd6 18. Qd3 Nf6 19. b3 Qd7 20. f3 Nf5 21. e3
Rfd8 22. Ne2 h5 23. Rac1 a5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Be1 Rd8 26. h3 g5 27. e4 dxe4 28.
fxe4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 e5 30. Qe3 Ne8 31. Nf5 Qxd1 32. Nxe7+ Kf8 33. Nd5 Rc8 34.
Kh2 Rc2 35. Qxb6 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qe2+ 37. Qf2 Qxe4+ 38. Kh2 Qxd5 39. Qd2 Qxd2+
40. Bxd2 a4 41. bxa4 f6 42. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bf1 e5 15.
dxe5 Qxe5 16. Ne2 Nbd5 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. a3 Ba5 20. Bd2 Bb6 21. Bc4
Rd7 22. Be1 Red8 23. Rd3 Ne4 24. Rad1 h6 25. b4 a6 26. Qb3 Nef6 27. a4 Ba7 28.
b5 axb5 29. axb5 Bc5 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Ra8 32. Be2 Rc7 33. Bf3 Rcc8 34. Rc1
Qe6 35. Bd2 Rab8 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Qc2 Ne7 38. Rc4 Rb7 39. Bb4 Ned5 40. Bd2
Rbc7 41. Ra1 Nb6 42. Rc5 Nbd7 43. Rca5 Ne5 44. Be2 c5 45. Ra6 Rc6 46. f4 Ned7
47. Bc4 Rxa6 48. Rxa6 Qe8 49. Ra7 Rd8 50. Kh2 Qe7 51. Qb3 Kf8 52. Qb7 Rb8 53.
Qc6 Rb6 54. Ra8+ Ne8 55. Qf3 Rb8 56. Ra7 Nd6 57. Bd5 Nb5 58. Ra5 Nf6 59. Bc6
Nc7 60. Bc3 Ne6 61. Be5 Rc8 62. Bb7 Rd8 63. Ba6 Ng5 64. Qc6 Nge4 65. Be2 Qd7
66. Qb6 Nd5 67. Qb3 f6 68. Bb2 Qc7 69. Rb5 Nd2 70. Qa3 Qe7 71. Rxc5 Nb1 72. Qa5
Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Atabayev, Yusup"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Nxc4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Na5 Nxa5 14. Rxc5
Nc6 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Rac8 17. O-O b6 18. Rc3 Na5 19. Rfc1 Rxc3 20. Rxc3
Rc8 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Bc1 Nd6 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bf4 Nf5 25. Bb8 a6 26. Kf1 f6
27. Ke1 Kf7 28. Ba7 b5 29. Bc5 Ne7 30. Kd2 Nd5 31. e4 Ne7 32. Bf1 Nc6 33. b3
Ne5 34. Be2 Bb7 35. Ke3 Bc6 36. f4 Nd7 37. Bd6 e5 38. h4 Ke6 39. Bb4 g6 40. h5
f5 41. exf5+ gxf5 42. Bc3 exf4+ 43. gxf4 Nc5 44. h6 Be8 45. Bd4 Ne4 46. Bg7 Nf6
47. Kd2 Ne4+ 48. Ke3 Nf6 49. Kd2 Ne4+ 50. Kd3 Nf6 51. a3 Bh5 52. Bf1 Bd1 53. b4
Nh5 54. Be5 Bf3 55. Kd4 Ng3 56. Bh3 Kf7 57. Kc5 Kg6 58. Kb6 Kxh6 59. Kxa6 Kh5
60. Bf6 Be2 61. Ka5 Kg6 62. Bd8 Ne4 63. a4 bxa4 64. Kxa4 Nc3+ 65. Ka5 Nd5 66.
b5 Nxf4 67. b6 Bf3 68. Bf1 Kh5 69. Ba6 Kg4 70. b7 Bxb7 71. Bxb7 h5 72. Kb4 h4
73. Kc3 h3 74. Kd2 Nh5 75. Ke3 h2 76. Kf2 Ng3 77. Bf3+ Kh3 78. Bg2+ Kg4 79.
Bf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Na5 11. Ba2 bxa4 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Bb1 c5 14. Nxa4 Qc7 15.
Nd2 d5 16. Bg5 d4 17. c3 Bb5 18. Qf3 h6 19. Bh4 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Bg3 Bd6
22. Qd1 g6 23. Bh4 Kg7 24. Qf3 Be7 25. Bg3 Nd7 26. Ba2 Qe8 27. Bd5 Bg5 28. Rd1
Nf6 29. Nxc5 dxc3 30. bxc3 Rxc5 31. Rxa5 Rxc3 32. Bc4 Bxd2 33. Rxd2 Nd7 34.
Bxb5 axb5 35. Ra7 Rb6 36. Kh2 Nf6 37. Qe3 Rd6 38. f4 Nh5 39. fxe5 Nxg3 40. Qxg3
Rd7 41. Ra6 Re7 42. Rf2 Rc6 43. Rxc6 Qxc6 44. Qf4 Qd7 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. Ra2 Re8
47. Qd6 Qc8 48. d4 Re6 49. Qd5 Rb6 50. Ra7 Qe8 51. Qc5 Qd8 52. d5 b4 53. Rc7
Rb5 54. Qxb5 Qxc7 55. d6 Qc1 56. Qxb4 Qf4+ 57. Kg1 Qxe5 58. d7 Qa1+ 59. Kh2
Qe5+ 60. g3 Qc7 61. Qd2 Qd8 62. e5 h5 63. h4 Kg7 64. Qd6 Kh7 65. Qd5 Kg7 66.
Kg2 Kg8 67. Kf3 Kg7 68. Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 c6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Rac1 Qb8 15.
Bf3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 c5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. b5 Rc8 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qa4 Rec8 21.
Nce4 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Ne5 24. f3 Rc4 25. Qb3 Qc7 26. Bb2 Ng4 27. g3
Nh6 28. Be5 Qc8 29. Bd6 Rc1 30. Bxf8 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qxf8 32. Nd6 Nf5 33. Nxf5
exf5 34. a4 g6 35. Qd4 Qc8 36. Kg2 Qc2+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Illingworth, Max"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qh4 a6 13. b3 Re8 14. Bh3 Ba8 15.
g4 b5 16. cxb5 Qa5 17. g5 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Qxc3 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. bxa6 Qc2 21. Re1
Qxa2 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23. bxa4 Nd5 24. Nd4 f5 25. Nb5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bh6 27. Kf2 Rc8
28. Rb1 Kf7 29. a7 Rc4 30. a5 Ra4 31. Nc7 Ra3 32. Nxa8 Bxe3+ 33. Kg2 Rxa5 34.
Rb7 Bxa7 35. Nc7 Bd4 36. Rb3 Rc5 37. Nb5 Be5 38. Rb4 Rc2 39. Kf2 Bxh2 40. Nd4
Rc3 41. Nf3 Be5 42. Nxe5+ dxe5 43. Bf1 h5 44. e3 Rc2+ 45. Be2 g5 46. Ke1 g4 47.
Bc4+ Kf6 48. Rb6+ Kg5 49. Bf7 g3 50. Rg6+ Kh4 51. Bd5 Rf2 52. Rh6 Kg4 53. Bc4
Kf3 54. Rxh5 Kxe3 55. Rg5 f4 56. Bd5 e4 57. Re5 Re2+ 58. Kd1 Kf2 59. Rg5 f3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. b4 Qc7 15.
Qb3 Bb7 16. h3 Nb6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Bd5 19. Qa3 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Bb7 21. Rdc1
Qe7 22. Nd4 Be5 23. b5 axb5 24. Qxb5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bxd4 26. exd4 Ra8 27. Rxa8+
Bxa8 28. Bg5 Qb7 29. Qxb7 Bxb7 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. f4 f5 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Bf3 Ba6
34. d5 exd5 35. Bxd5 Kf6 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Kd4 f6 38. Kc5 Bd3 39. g3 h6 40. Bg8
Bf1 41. h4 Bh3 42. Kc6 Bg4 43. Bd5 Be2 44. Kc7 Bg4 45. Bc4 Bf3 46. Bd3 Be4 47.
Be2 Bg2 48. Bh5 Bh3 49. Bf3 Bf1 50. Kc6 Bh3 51. Kd5 Bf1 52. Kc5 Bh3 53. Be2 Ke6
54. Bc4+ Ke7 55. Bd3 Ke6 56. Kc6 Ke7 57. Kc7 Bg4 58. Bc2 Bh3 59. Bd1 Bg2 60.
Bh5 Bf1 61. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 O-O 14. g3 a5 15.
h4 Be6 16. Qd2 a4 17. Ndxb4 Qb6 18. a3 Na5 19. Rd1 Qb7 20. Ne3 Nb3 21. Qc3 Nd4
22. Bd3 Bd8 23. O-O Bh3 24. Ned5 Bb6 25. Kh2 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Bc5 27. Kg2 Kh8 28.
Qd2 Rab8 29. Rb1 Qd7 30. Qg5 Rb7 31. Qh5 f6 32. Qd1 Rfb8 33. h5 h6 34. Ra1 Rf8
35. Rb1 Ra8 36. Ra1 Rab8 37. Rb1 Rf8 38. Ra1 f5 39. exf5 Nxf5 40. f3 Qf7 41.
Qe2 Qxh5 42. g4 Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a6 8.
N5c3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Na4 Be7 13. Nbc3 O-O 14. Nxb6
Qxb6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nd4 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. e4 Kh8 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rc1 f5
21. Qd3 Bf6 22. Rc2 g6 23. Rfc1 Bg7 24. Re2 f4 25. Rec2 Be5 26. Rc5 Qf6 27.
R1c2 h5 28. Bxb7 h4 29. Rc6 Qg5 30. Bxa6 fxg3 31. hxg3 Rf7 32. Rc8 Rxc8 33.
Rxc8+ Kg7 34. Bc4 Qg4 35. Bxf7 Qxc8 36. Bc4 hxg3 37. fxg3 Qh3 38. a4 Kh7 39. a5
Bxg3 40. Qd2 Qg4 41. Qe2 Qg5 42. a6 Bb8+ 43. Kf1 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 h6 8.
Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Qe2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5
O-O-O 15. Rhe1 c5 16. dxc5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Nd7 19. Re3 Nxc5 20. Be2
Ne4 21. Be1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd8 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rc3+ Kd7 25. Ra3 a6 26. c4 Rc8
27. Rc3 b5 28. b3 bxc4 29. bxc4 e5 30. Kd2 Ke6 31. Rb3 Bc6 32. Rb6 Nd7 33. Rxa6
Nc5 34. Ra5 Nb7 35. Ra3 e4 36. Be2 Nd6 37. Ra6 exf3 38. gxf3 Bb7 39. Rb6 Bc6
40. Bf2 Kd7 41. Ra6 g5 42. c5 Ne8 43. Bg3 Ra8 44. Rxa8 Bxa8 45. Bb5+ Bc6 46. a4
Ng7 47. Kd3 Nf5 48. Bf2 Kc7 49. Bxc6 Kxc6 50. Ke4 Ne7 51. Ke5 Nd5 52. a5 Nb4
53. Kf6 Kb5 54. Kxf7 Nc6 55. Kg6 Ne5+ 56. Kxh6 Nxf3 57. h3 Kxa5 58. c6 Ka6 59.
Kh5 Nd2 60. Kg4 Ne4 61. Be3 Nf6+ 62. Kxg5 Nd5 63. h4 Nxe3 64. h5 Nc4 65. h6 Ne5
66. h7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qb3 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5 12. h3 Rd8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Qe2 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Bc5 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Nd4 Nc7 21. f4
Rab8 22. Qh5 Nd7 23. Kh2 g6 24. Qe2 Bd5 25. Nc2 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Nc5 27. Qb4 N7e6
28. Ne3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Qd8 32. Qxd8+ Nxd8 33. Nc4 f6
34. exf6 Kf7 35. g4 Kxf6 36. Kg3 Na4 37. Be4 Nc5 38. Bc2 Nce6 39. g5+ Ke7 40.
Kg4 Nf7 41. h4 Nd4 42. Bd3 b5 43. Ne3 Kf8 44. Nc2 Ne6 45. Be4 c5 46. f5 Ne5+
47. Kg3 Nd8 48. fxg6 hxg6 49. Kf4 Ndc6 50. Ne3 Ke7 51. Nd5+ Kd6 52. Nc3 Nd4 53.
Bb1 Ne6+ 54. Kg3 a6 55. Ne4+ Kd5 56. Nf6+ Kd4 57. Ng4 Nf8 58. Nxe5 Kxe5 59. Kf3
Kd4 60. Kg4 c4 61. Bxg6 Nxg6 62. h5 Ne7 63. g6 b4 64. g7 Ng8 65. Kg5 c3 66.
bxc3+ bxc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. h3 Ne7 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bh2 Bf5 13. c3 Rd8 14.
Nbd2 c5 15. Re1 Be7 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Nfg5 Kd7 18. Rad1 Kc6 19. g4 h6 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Bg3 b5 22. Kg2 a5 23. Rd2 Nb6 24. Rde2 c4 25. f4 g6 26. Nd2 Rd3 27.
Ne4 b4 28. Rc1 b3 29. Ra1 a4 30. a3 Nd5 31. Rae1 Bc5 32. Nf6 Ne3+ 33. Kh2 Nc2
34. Rf1 Rhd8 35. Ne4 Bxa3 36. bxa3 Rd1 37. Rxd1 Rxd1 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxf5 b2
40. Nd2 Rxd2 41. Rxd2 b1=Q 42. f6 Ne1 43. f7 Nf3+ 44. Kg2 Qf5 45. Rf2 Qxf7 46.
Rxf3 Qe7 47. Rf6 Kd5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Espinosa Veloz, Ermes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2
g6 16. a4 Bg7 17. Bd3 c6 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. c4 bxa4 20. c5 dxc5 21. dxe5 axb3 22.
Qxb3 c4 23. Bxc4 Nc5 24. Qc2 Nfd7 25. Ba2 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rab1 Nd7 28.
Qb3 Nc5 29. Qe3 Nd7 30. Qxh6 Nf8 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Nf3 Rh5 33. Qe3 Bc8 34. Ng5
Ne6 35. Bxe6 Bxe6 36. g4 Rh8 37. Rec1 a5 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Rb6 Rxh3 40. Qxh3
Qxb6 41. Qh6 Ra7 42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. Qxe6 Rf7 44. Qd6+ Kg8 45. Qd2 a4 46. Kg2 a3
47. Rh1 Qb2 48. Qd8+ Rf8 49. Qg5+ Qg7 50. Rh5 Ra8 51. Qf5 a2 52. Qe6+ Qf7 53.
Rg5+ Kf8 54. Qd6+ Qe7 55. Rf5+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. a3 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. b3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Be4 15.
Qe2 Qb7 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. Nh4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxg2 21.
Nhxg2 Nc5 22. Rd1 Nce4 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. b4 Bf8 25. Nf4 Qe4 26. Qd3 a5 27. Nfd5
Nxd5 28. Nxd5 axb4 29. axb4 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 b5 31. Nc7 Re4 32. Nxb5 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Bd7
15. Kb1 Rc8 16. d6 e4 17. Bh6 Na4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.
Qd2 h5 22. fxe4 Qb6 23. Ne2 Rf2 24. Ka1 Qc5 25. Qd4+ Qxd4 26. Nxd4 Rc5 27. Be2
Re5 28. Bf3 Rxb2 29. Rc1 Rd2 30. Rc7 Nb6 31. Nb3 Rxd6 32. Rxb7 Kf6 33. Rxa7 Nc4
34. Rc1 Be6 35. Rc7 Nd2 36. Nxd2 Rxd2 37. R7c2 Rxc2 38. Rxc2 Ra5 39. Be2 Ke5
40. Bc4 Rc5 41. Bb3 Rxc2 42. Bxc2 g5 43. a4 g4 44. a5 Bc4 45. Bd1 Kxe4 46. Kb2
Bd5 47. g3 Ke3 48. Bb3 Bb7 49. a6 Bxa6 50. Bf7 h4 51. gxh4 g3 52. Bd5 Be2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Krnan, Tomas"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 14. O-O-O O-O
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 h5 18. g4 Nxg4 19. Nxg4 hxg4 20. Qxg4 Qd5 21.
Rhg1 Bf6 22. h5 Rad8 23. Rg2 Kh7 24. a3 Rh8 25. Rf1 Qc4 26. Qf3 Rxd4 27. f5 Rd3
28. Qe2 Rhd8 29. fxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Kc2 R3d5 32. h6 Rf5 33. Re1 gxh6
34. Rxe6 h5 35. Rh2 Kg6 36. Be1 Kf7 37. Re4 Re8 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. Kd3 Kf7 40.
Bf2 a6 41. Ke4 Re5+ 42. Kf3 Kg6 43. Be3 h4 44. Bf4 Re1 45. Kg4 Rg1+ 46. Kh3 Kf5
47. Rf2 Ke6 48. Rd2 Re1 49. Bc7 Be7 50. Bf4 Re4 51. Bc7 b5 52. Bb6 a5 53. Bc7
a4 54. Bb8 Re1 55. Bc7 Re3+ 56. Kg4 Re4+ 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. Bh2 Bg5 59. Rd6 Re3+
60. Kf2 Re6 61. Rd1 Kg4 62. Bc7 Be3+ 63. Kg2 Bc5 64. Rd2 Re1 65. c4 h3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lalith, Babu MR"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nbd7 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Qd3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Ba2
Rfd8 15. Qe3 b5 16. Rac1 Rdc8 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. Bg3 Bd5 20. Bb1 Qa6
21. Ne5 Qxa3 22. Bd3 Qa5 23. Ra1 Qxc3 24. Rec1 Qb4 25. Rcb1 Qe7 26. Rxb5 Nxe5
27. Bxe5 Bc6 28. Rba5 Nd5 29. Qg3 f6 30. Bd6 Qd7 31. h3 Rd8 32. Bc5 Nb6 33. Bb5
Nc8 34. Ba6 Nd6 35. Bd3 Nb7 36. Rxa7 Nxc5 37. Rxa8 Bxa8 38. dxc5 Bd5 39. Bf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2
Re8 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. O-O a5 12. a3 Bg4 13. b4 Bxe2 14. Ndxe2 Ncd7
15. Rad1 axb4 16. axb4 Qe7 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Nf4 Ne5 19. h3 Red8 20. c5 Qe8 21.
Qe2 dxc5 22. Nxc7 Qe7 23. Ncd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qe6 25. Nf4 Qe7 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rc1 Qb4 29. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. Bc2 c5 13. Na4 Na6 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Nc3 Be6 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd4 Ne6 18. Nfe2 Re8 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Re1 Qb6 21.
Bc3 Nc7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Bxb4 25. Rb1 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Qd6 27.
Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 (7...
Nbc6 {is also common.}) 8. h5 h6 9. Rb1 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty by
Leko. The R is very useful on b1: it controls the b-file and avoids being
caught by the unpleasant check on c3.} (9. Nf3 {is the main line, for example}
Bd7 10. Rh4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba4 12. Bd2 Nbc6 13. Rg4 Nf5 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Qb1
Kb8 16. Qb2 Rdg8 17. Rc1 g6 18. c4 $1 $16 {Naiditsch-Apicella, Haguenau 2013,
and White is better.}) 9... Nbc6 (9... O-O {is also natural.}) 10. Qg4 Nf5 11.
Bd3 cxd4 $6 ({The solid} 11... O-O $5 {was more accurate} 12. Ne2 b6 $13 {
and although White's position looks more powerful, still this is an unclear
middlegame.}) 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Bb2 $1 {White has sacrificed a P, but the
position is opened a little bit and Black's pieces are uncoordinated.} Qa5+ ({
In case of} 13... Nxc2+ 14. Kd2 $1 Qc5 15. Bxc2 Qxf2+ 16. Ne2 Qe3+ 17. Ke1 $16
{and White is better.}) 14. Kf1 $1 Qc5 (14... Qb6 {could have been met by} 15.
c4 $1 {White protected the b1-R, so now he is threatening Bxd4.} Qc5 ({or} 
15... Nc6 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qxg7 $16) (15... O-O 16. Rh3 $1 $16) 16. Bxd4 Nxd4
17. Qxg7 $16 {and Black is in trouble.}) 15. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 16. Qxg7 Qf8 17. Qf6
Rg8 (17... Nc6 18. Nf3 Rg8 19. Rh4 {transposes to the game.}) 18. Rh4 $1 {
Leko activates his other R too...} Nc6 19. Nf3 b6 20. Rf4 $1 {... and suddenly
that R becomes one of the strongest pieces.} Bd7 21. Re1 Ne7 ({After} 21... Qg7
22. Qxg7 Rxg7 23. Rf6 $16 {is similar to the text move.}) 22. Nd4 Qg7 ({
In the event of} 22... Rc8 23. Re3 $1 $18 {and Black's position is hopeless.})
23. g3 Qxf6 24. Rxf6 Rh8 25. Re3 $1 {White is threatening Ref3.} Ng8 26. Rf4
Ke7 27. Ref3 Be8 28. Rg4 Rc8 29. Rg7 Rc3 30. Rf4 Kd8 31. Nxe6+ $1 {The final
tactical blow!} Kc8 (31... fxe6 32. Rf8 $18 {followed by Bb5.}) 32. Nd4 {
A great victory by Leko!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bc8 13. Na3 Be7 14. Nc4 Nd7
15. Qd2 O-O 16. f4 b5 17. Na5 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Bg2 Bd7 20. Rac1 Rc8 21.
Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qa8 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rc7 Qe8 25. Nb7 Bd8 26. Nxd8 Qxd8 27.
Qc3 Re8 28. Qc5 Bc8 29. a3 h6 30. Kf1 f5 31. Ke1 fxe4 32. Bxe4 Bh3 33. Qc6 Re7
34. d6 Re8 35. d7 Rf8 36. Rc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. a4
Rc8 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. a5 h6 17. Ra3 Rfd8 18. Qb2 bxa5 19. Qa1 Nb8 20. Rxa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. d4 Be7 8.
d5 exd5 9. Nxd5 O-O 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bf4 Bg5 12. Bc7 Qe8+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14.
Bxe2 Re8 15. Bg3 Bd8 16. Ne3 Bg5 17. O-O-O Nb6 18. Bb5 Re4 19. Bd3 Ra4 20. Kb1
Be6 21. b3 Rd4 22. Be5 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rdd8 24. Kb2 f6 25. Bc7 Rd7 26. Bxb6 axb6
27. Bc4 Re7 28. Bxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rd7 Rxe3 30. Rxb7 Re2 31. g3 c4 32. bxc4 Rc8 33.
Rd1 Rxh2 34. Rdd7 Kh8 35. Rdc7 Rg8 36. Rxb6 h5 37. a4 Ra8 38. Rbb7 Rxa4 39. Kb3
Ra1 40. Rxg7 Rb1+ 41. Kc3 Rc1 42. Rgc7 Rhxc2+ 43. Kd4 Rd2+ 44. Ke4 Rd8 45. c5
Rc3 46. Kf4 Re8 47. c6 h4 48. gxh4 Rc5 49. Rh7+ Kg8 50. Rbg7+ Kf8 51. Rd7 Kg8
52. c7 Ree5 53. Rhg7+ Kf8 54. Rdf7+ Ke8 55. Rxf6 Re7 56. Rxe7+ Kxe7 57. Rh6
Rc4+ 58. Ke5 Kd7 59. Rh7+ Kc8 60. h5 Kb7 61. h6 Rc6 62. Kf5 Kb6 63. Rg7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. c4 Ne4 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Qc2 f5 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 c5 15.
Nxe4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. dxc5 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qc7+ 20. Kg1 Rac8
21. Qc4+ Rf7 22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. Qa4 Rcf8 24. Rd7 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Rf7 26. Qe8+ Rf8
27. Qa4 a6 28. Qc4+ Rf7 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qe6 Qe7 31. Ba3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. b5 Nb4 8. a3 Nd5
9. exd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qe7+ 11. Be2 Qxc5 12. O-O Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bd6
15. Bf3 Nge7 16. Re1 Nf4 17. d4 Nd3 18. Rd1 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Be6 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21.
Rxc5 O-O-O 22. b6 c6 23. Nc3 Rxd4 24. Re1 Kd7 25. Rxa5 Bd5 26. Na4 Rc4 27. Be2
Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Kd6 29. Bd3 c5 30. Be4 Rc8 31. Rd1 Kc6 32. Bxd5+ Nxd5 33. Re4 Kd6
34. Rh4 c4 35. Rxh7 Rg8 36. Kf1 Kc5 37. Rh5 Rd8 38. Rc1 Rd6 39. Rh7 Rd7 40. h4
Nxb6 41. h5 f5 42. g3 Kb5 43. Rb1+ Kc5 44. h6 gxh6 45. Rxd7 Nxd7 46. Rxb7 Ne5
47. Ke2 Kd4 48. Rb5 h5 49. a4 f4 50. a5 f3+ 51. Kd2 Nd3 52. a6 Nxf2 53. a7 Ne4+
54. Kc2 f2 55. Rf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Be2 a5 15.
O-O Bg5 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. Bf3 g6 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. b3 a4 21. Qd3 Ra5
22. Nde3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe6+ fxe6 14.
Nxe4 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Ke7 16. Rc1 Rab8 17. b3 Nd5 18. O-O Nb4 19. Ne4 Rhd8 20. f3
Rb6 21. Rc4 Rd5 22. Re1 a5 23. h4 h6 24. Re2 Nd3 25. Kh2 Ne5 26. Rcc2 Nd3 27.
Kg3 c5 28. Rc3 Rb4 29. Rd2 Rbd4 30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxc5 a4 33. Rb5
g6 34. Rb8 Kf6 35. Rf8+ Ke5 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. f4+ Ke4 38. Rf6 Ra3+ 39. Kh2 Rxa2
40. Rxg6 Kxf4 41. Kh3 h5 42. g3+ Ke4 43. Rxe6+ Kd4 44. Rg6 Ra5 45. Re6 Re5 46.
Ra6 Rb5 47. Re6 Kd5 48. Re3 Kd4 49. Re1 Ra5 50. Kg2 Re5 51. Rf1 Kd5 52. Rf6 Re6
53. Rf8 Re5 54. Kf3 Ke6 55. Kf4 Ra5 56. Rh8 Rf5+ 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Re1 a6 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 b5 12. Bh6 Qc7 13. Bf1 e6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 Rae8 17. Rad1 b4 18. Nb1 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. c4 bxc3 21.
Nxc3 Qc6 22. Re3 h6 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. Qe2 a5 25. Qc2 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Nd5 27. Rxf8
Nxf8 28. Qe4 Nh7 29. Qe5+ Nhf6 30. Ne4 Qb6 31. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 ({It is useful to compare the line played in the
game with:} 3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9.
O-O (9. Nf3 Be7 10. Ng3 {would transpose to our main game, but White can
deploy his knights more actively.}) 9... Nc7 10. Nf4 {[%cal Gd1g4,Gf4h5]}) 4.
Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 $5 {The white knights' development in
this line is a bit unnatural and Black has several ways of trying to take
advantage of it. It is known that grabbing the d4-pawn with ...Nc6 and ...Qb6
is dangerous. But the plan played in the game may be a safe positional
alternative given the differences with respect to White's main line explained
above.} 8. Nf1 {It makes sense transferring the knight to g3 before castling.
Even though Rfe1 is a generally useful move, White may well wish to play it
after completing his development.} ({White cannot really prevent the exchange
of bishops with} 8. Qe2 a5 9. O-O (9. a4 {Adams,M (2698)-Nakamura,H (2715)
London 2009 CBM 134 [Erenburg,S] (1/2-1/2, 60)}) 9... Ba6 10. c4 {This early
activity is likely to bounce back.} Nc6 11. cxd5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 exd5 {Black has
got a wonderful blocking square on e6 and White has not enough development to
prevent ...Nf8-e6 under favourable circumstances.} 13. dxc5 (13. Qb5 Rc8 14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Qe2 Nf8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne6 19. Be3 a4 $17 {
Sutovsky,E (2673)-Arizmendi Martinez,J (2571) Legnica 2013 (0-1, 40)}) 13...
Nxc5 14. Qf5 Qc8 15. Qh5 h6 16. e6 {This does not achieve much but White
obviously could not stand the idea of a blocking knight on e6.} Qxe6 17. Re1
Qd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rd8 20. Nf1 Nd3 21. Re3 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 O-O $17 {
Durarbayli,V (2630)-Markowski,T (2574) Warsaw 2015 (0-1, 69)}) (8. O-O Ba6 9.
Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Re1 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3] more or less wastes a tempo in the short
term.} b5 (10... O-O 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Ng3 Rac8 13. Be3 Qb7 14. a3 b5 15. b3 cxd4
16. cxd4 Rc6 17. Qd3 Rfc8 $132 {Solak,D (2607)-Rombaldoni,A (2488) Jerusalem
2015 (1-0, 35)}) 11. a3 Qb6 12. Nf1 c4 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Nc7 15. Ng3 a5 $132 {
Timofeev,A (2658)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2602) Dresden 2007 (½-½, 66)}) 8... Ba6
9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ng3 b5 {At least in conjunction with the next move this pawn
attack looks premature.} (10... h5 $6 {, trying to restrict the g3-knight,
cannot be recommended} 11. O-O ({A simpler way is} 11. h4 $14 {[%cal Gc1g5]
followed by the gradual invasion of the kingside dark squares.}) 11... h4 12.
Ne2 h3 13. g3 b5 {Ortiz Suarez,I (2612)-Cruz,C (2499) Barcelona 2013 (½-½,
61), With the h3-pawn more of a source of worries than a threat, White should
still be a bit better.}) ({In practice nobody has yet tried} 10... O-O {
but abstractly this may be the most flexible continuation, keeping all the
possible queenside plans in reserve.} 11. O-O Nc7 12. Nh5 c4 13. Qd2 Kh8 14.
Qf4 Rg8 15. Bd2 b5 {The king's position looks uncomfortable, but if White does
not find any concrete attacking plan the queenside pawn storm may become
threatening.}) 11. O-O Nab8 $6 $146 {Since Black planned this anyway, the
natural question is why didn't he transfer his knight to c6 before advancing
the b-pawn.} (11... b4 {is more consequent and has worked out well in practice,
but White has at least two ways to question Black's stability in the centre.}
12. Qa4 $6 (12. dxc5 $5 {Planning to meet any capture on c5 with cxb4 and a3,
b4.} bxc3 13. c6 $1 {This pawn is doomed anyway, but to retrieve it Black will
have to weaken the kingside defence.} Ndc5 14. bxc3 Rc8 15. Nd4 Nb8 16. Qg4 $36
) (12. c4 $5 dxc4 $140 $6 13. d5 $36) 12... Qc8 (12... Qb6 $2 {leaves the
d7-knight undefended. After} 13. Nh5 $1 {Black cannot castle so he has to
weaken the f6-square.} g6 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. exf6 h6 16. Ne5 $16 {Ortiz Suarez,
I (2572)-Rakhmanov,A (2603) Havana 2012 (1/2-1/2, 59)}) 13. cxb4 {Azarov,S 
(2667)-Nyzhnyk,I (2562) Warsaw 2011 (1-0, 37)} Nxb4 14. dxc5 a5 $132) (11... c4
{looks playable.} 12. a3 Nb6 $6 {this weakens the kingside defence without
really bringing in anything positive.} (12... Nc7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Qf4 Kh8 {
transposes to a line above.}) 13. Qd2 h6 14. Qf4 g6 15. h4 h5 16. Ne2 Nb8 17.
Qg3 Kd7 18. Bg5 $14 {Pavasovic,D (2575)-Franic,M (2402) Zadar 2006 (1-0, 53)})
12. a4 $1 {Nisipeanu,L (2675)-Jussupow,A (2583) Bundesliga 0304 2003 (11.2)
1-0 To Dieter this must have brought back pleasant memories after the game}
cxd4 {After his counter-developing knight move, Black has problems keeping his
stability.} (12... bxa4 13. Qxa4 O-O 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qg4 $36) (12... b4 13.
cxb4 cxd4 (13... cxb4 14. Qd3) 14. b5 {does not offer Black enough for the
pawn.}) 13. axb5 (13. Qxd4 $5 {[%cal Gd4g4,Gg3h5] is simpler but White prefers
to play on both wings..}) 13... dxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 $6 ({Since White has
weakened his queenside, Black could castle with chances for counterplay:} 14...
O-O $5 15. Qd4 Qb6 16. Qg4 Rc8 17. Nh5 g6 18. Bg5 Bf8 {[%cal Gb6b5,Gb5c4,Gc8c4,
Gb8c6]}) ({Changing the move order is not possible:} 14... Qb6 $6 15. Nf5 $16
exf5 $2 16. Qxd5 {[%csl Ga8] With the queen on c7 Black would have ...Nb6
defending the rook.}) 15. Qd4 g6 16. c4 $5 {Again a creative solution.} ({
But the simple} 16. Bh6 {keeping the king in the centre with queens on the
board may be better.}) 16... Qxc4 (16... dxc4 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Ba3 $16 {[%csl
Rb8,Gd6,Gf6]}) 17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Be3 {White is better developed. Retrieving
the c-pawn is a matter of time and the a-pawn is in great danger.} Nc5 (18...
a5 19. Rfc1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c4,Gb5b6]}) 19. Nd4 $6 {[%csl Gb3] Too mild. White
should have attacked the c-pawn at once.} (19. Nd2 c3 (19... a5 20. Nxc4 a4 21.
Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Ne4 $16) 20. Nde4 Nbd7 21. b6 a5 22. Rfb1 $36) (19. Rac1 {
(Only not the other rook, due to the fork on b3)} O-O 20. Rxc4 Nbd7 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 22. Nd4 $16) 19... O-O $6 {Returning the offered tempo.} (19... a5 $1 20.
Rfc1 (20. bxa6 Rxa6 $11) 20... Nbd7 21. Rxc4 Nxe5) 20. Rfc1 $14 Nd3 (20... Nb3
21. Nxb3 cxb3 22. Rab1 Nd7 23. Rc7 Rfd8 24. Rxb3) 21. Rxc4 Nxe5 22. Rc7 Bd8 $6
{This not only fails to do anything for the development but also obstructs the
f8-rook.} (22... Nbd7 $1 23. Nc6 (23. Raxa7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Bc5) 23... Bd6 24.
Rcxa7 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 Nf6 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 $14 {[%cal Gf6d5]}) 23. Rcxa7 Rxa7 24.
Rxa7 Nc4 25. Ne4 {With his knight immobile on b8, Black is as good as lost.} e5
({Spoiling the white structure does not help Black:} 25... Nxe3 26. fxe3 e5 (
26... Bb6 27. Rb7 Bxd4 28. exd4 $18 {[%csl Gb5,Gb8]}) 27. Nc6 Bb6 28. Rb7 Bxe3+
29. Kf1 Nxc6 30. bxc6 f5 31. Ng5 (31. Nd6 Bc5 32. Nb5 Bb4 33. c7 Ba5 {So,W 
(2773)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2744) FIDE World Cup 2015 (4.2) 0-1 allows Black to
give up his bishop for the pawn. True this ending also looks close to losing
especially if we refer to the game from this same CBM issue}) 31... Bxg5 32. c7
$18 {[%cal Gb7b8]}) (25... Bb6 {allows a decisive attack:} 26. Nf6+ Kg7 (26...
Kh8 27. Rb7 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Gd4e6]} Bxd4 28. Bxd4 e5 29. Bc5 Rd8 30. Kf1 Kg7
31. Be7 Rc8 {[%csl Gb8]} 32. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Ge7f6]}) 27. Nxe6+ Kxf6 28. Nxf8
Bxa7 29. Bxa7 Ke7 30. Nxg6+ fxg6 31. Bxb8 $18) 26. Bh6 Re8 27. Nc6 Nxc6 28.
bxc6 {The knight has disappeared but the c-pawn has become unstoppable.} Be7
29. h3 f6 30. Nc3 Nb6 31. Be3 Nc8 {The other knight has landed in a bad
situation now, but otherwise the c-pawn would have advanced unhindered.} 32.
Rd7 f5 33. Nd5 f4 34. Bd2 Bg5 35. g3 Re6 36. h4 Bxh4 (36... Be7 37. Nxe7+ Nxe7
38. c7 $18) 37. gxh4 Rxc6 38. Bc3 Nb6 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Nxc6+ Nxd7 41. Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.
Bh4 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. f4 g5 11. fxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Rc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Ne5 15. Qf2 Rc5 16. h4 Qc7 17. Kb1 Bxd5 18. Rg1 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. g4 Qa5
21. Nb3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rf6 23. Qg2 d5 24. Bd3 Nc6 25. c3 b4 26. g5 Rd6 27. c4
dxc4 28. Bxc4 Ne5 29. Rxd6 exd6 30. Qa8+ Qd8 31. Qe4 Qe7 32. Re1 Kd8 33. Qa8+
Rc8 34. Qxa6 Qd7 35. Qb6+ Ke7 36. Qf2 Kd8 37. Qb6+ Rc7 38. Bb5 Qf5+ 39. Ka2 Kc8
40. Qxd6 Nc6 41. Ba6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Phiri, Richmond"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bc3 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 f5 13. a4 Nf6 14. a5 b5 15.
Qc2 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rc8 17. Rfe1 c5 18. e3 dxc4 19. dxc5 Nd5 20. Nf3 Bxc5 21.
Red1 Qe7 22. Nd4 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf6 24. Rab1 Rfd8 25. Bf1 f4 26. gxf4 Bxd4 27.
exd4 Qxf4 28. Bg2 Rd6 29. Re1 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxe6 c3 32. Rc1 c2 33. Bf3
Bb7 34. Rxc2 Rxc2 35. Bxb7 Rg4+ 36. Kf1 Rf4 37. Bd5 Rfxf2+ 38. Ke1 Kf8 39. Re3
Rxh2 40. Rd3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qa3 c5 9. Qxc5 Nc6 10. e4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Qa3 a6 14. Be2
Qc8 15. O-O Qc5 16. Bh6+ Ke8 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Bb4 20. Bg7
Rg8 21. Bd4 Bc5 22. f4 f6 23. Nb5 Bxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Kf7 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. Bg4+ f5
27. exf5+ gxf5 28. Re1+ Kf6 29. Bf3 Rgd8 30. Bxb7 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 e6 32. Bxa6 Ra8
33. Bb5 Rxa2 34. Rb1 Ra5 35. Bf1 Ra4 36. b4 Nd5 37. b5 Nxf4 38. b6 Ra8 39. g3
Nd5 40. Bg2 Ke5 41. b7 Rb8 42. Kf2 Kd6 43. Bxd5 Kxd5 44. Ke3 e5 45. Rb5+ Kc6
46. Rxe5 Rxb7 47. Rxf5 Kd6 48. Kf4 Ke6 49. g4 Rg7 50. Ra5 Rg8 51. Re5+ Kf6 52.
Rf5+ Kg7 53. Rg5+ Kh6 54. Re5 Rf8+ 55. Kg3 Rf7 56. h4 Kg7 57. Rg5+ Kh8 58. Rf5
Ra7 59. Kf4 Kg7 60. Rg5+ Kh6 61. Rd5 Kg7 62. Ke5 Re7+ 63. Kf5 Rf7+ 64. Ke6 Rf4
65. Rg5+ Kh6 66. Rg8 Rf6+ 67. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7
8. Nge2 f5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nf4 Rc8 11. Nce2 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd3 O-O 14.
Rad1 Qa5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Rb1 Bd6 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. c3 Qc7 19. Rbd1 Rg8 20. g3 a6
21. f3 b5 22. Rg1 Qc4 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Rc7 25. Nd3 h5 26. Rg2 Kg7 27. Kg1
Rb7 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ra1 Kg7 30. Ke2 Rc8 31. Rgg1 Rc4 32. Kd2 Kf8 33. Rgc1 Nd7
34. b3 Rc8 35. a4 Nc5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Nxc5 Bxc5 38. b4 Bb6 39. Ra6 Ke7 40.
Rca1 h4 41. Ra8 Rxa8 42. Rxa8 hxg3 43. hxg3 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 Bb4 12. Bd3 b5 13. Nd4 {Very rare. Almost
everyone playis 13.g4, and it scores very well. Surely Vovk knew what he was
doing as he was playing very quickly until 13.Nd4 appeared on the board.} (13.
g4 Na5 14. Bd4 Nc4 $13 {Gharamian-Ni Hua 2011, for example.}) 13... Bb7 {
Natural. The position is a very clear sharp French. Black's attack on the
queenside looks menacing, but you can never underestimate how fast White can
achieve things on the kingside.} 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Nc5 16. Qf2 Nxd3+ 17.
Rxd3 Be7 18. Nd1 b4 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Ne3 f5 {A classic idea. Winning some space
on the kingside allows Black more defensive resources on that side. However,
it does allow White a break on that side of the board.} 21. g4 $6 (21. exf6
Bxf6 $17 {is not playable when White is so committed to the kingside.}) (21.
Rg1 {preparing g4 was better.}) 21... fxg4 22. Nxg4 Be8 $1 {Suddenly the bad
French bishop is jumping to g6 with devastating effect!} 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6
Bg6 $1 25. fxg7 Rf7 {The pawn on g7 does not harm White. He now has very
difficult problems to solve on the kingside.} 26. Be5 (26. c3 Qa5 $1 $19 {
for example:} 27. Rg1 Qxa2 {leads to beautiful continuations, but honestly I
doubt this was Vovk's idea.} (27... Bf5 {is more human and probably what Vovk
had in mind. White cannot prevent Qxa2.}) 28. Rxg6 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 (29. Kd2 Qxb2+
30. Ke3 Rxc3+ $1 31. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 32. Ke2 Qb2+ 33. Ke1 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 hxg6 {
winning.}) 29... b3+ $1 30. Kd3 Qd1+ $1 31. Qd2 (31. Ke3 e5 $3 32. Bxe5 Rc4 {
with a decisive attack.}) 31... Qf1+ 32. Qe2 Qxh3+ $19) 26... Qg5 $3 {
Brilliant. The queen attacks e5 and reinforces all the threats on the
queenside by placing itself on f5 when the time is right.} 27. Re3 Bxc2 $1 28.
Kd2 Bg6 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Kxc1 Qf5 {in opposite colored bishop situations, the
most important thing is king safety. It is obvious that White is the one
suffering here.} 31. Qe2 d4 $1 32. Rb3 (32. Bxd4 Qb1+ 33. Kd2 Rc7 $19) (32. Rg3
{was the best try, but already White is losing.} Qb1+ 33. Kd2 Qxb2+) 32... Qb1+
33. Kd2 Qc2+ 34. Ke1 d3 $1 35. Qd1 Rd7 36. Rxb4 d2+ 37. Ke2 Qxd1+ {A fantastic
game.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Ba7 7. d4 Nge7 8. O-O
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Rb8 14. Re1 Qf6
15. Re4 Be6 16. Rf4 Qd8 17. Qd3 Re8 18. a4 Qd7 19. b5 Bh3 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21. Nd5
c6 22. Ne3 Qe6 23. a5 axb5 24. cxb5 Ra8 25. Rb1 d5 26. bxc6 Qxc6 27. Qf5 Re7
28. Nxd5 Rd7 29. Nb6 Bxb6 30. Rxb6 Qd5 31. Rb5 Qxf5 32. Rfxf5 Rad8 33. Kg2 g6
34. Rfc5 Kg7 35. d5 Re8 36. d6 Rxd6 37. Rxb7 Re2 38. Rc3 Rf6 39. Rf3 Ra2 40.
Rxf6 Kxf6 41. Rb6+ Ke5 42. a6 h5 43. Kf3 g5 44. Ke3 g4 45. Kd3 f5 46. Kc4 f4
47. Kb3 Ra1 48. Rb5+ Kf6 49. Rb6+ Ke5 50. Rb5+ Kf6 51. Rb6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Saying no to Wei Yi's Sveshnikov/Pelikan.} g6 4.
O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Re1 O-O 9. d3 Nh6 10. h3 b6 11.
Ne4 Nf5 12. c3 Ba6 13. g4 Nh6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 f5 16. exf6 exf6 17. Qa4 {
An uncommon idea, to first push the B back and then return with Qb3.} (17. Qb3+
Kh8 18. Bf4 Nf7 19. Rad1 (19. Rac1 $5) 19... Qd7 20. Qa3 (20. d5 c5 $132) 20...
Bc4 21. Nd6 Bd5 22. Re3 Nd8 23. Rde1 Ne6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Dolzhikova,K (2278)
-Zontakh,A (2545)/Kiev 2007/CBM 119 ext (67)}) 17... Bb7 18. Qb3+ Nf7 19. Bf4
Qd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Nd6 (21. Nc3 Rfe8 {seems ok for Black.}) 21... Nxd6 22.
Bxd6 Rf7 {Black has come out of the opening with no serious problems. He has
2Bs but the pawn structure is not optimal for them at the moment. One
important point to note is that White's pawn has advanced to g4. He will
always have to look out for ...f5 and ...h5 breaks which could open Black's Bs.
White's control of the e<-> and the d6-square is not permanent. All these
factors make the position complex but dynamically equal. It is therefore
interesting to see Wei Yi's approach to it. He wants to keep one R on the
board to keep some fighting chances, rather than going for simplifications
with a very tiny edge.} ({Both the Rs would have been exchanged after} 22...
Rfe8 $5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {Black can still try but it
is closer to equality.}) 23. Re6 (23. Rac1 Rd8 24. Re6 Rfd7 $132) 23... h6 (
23... Rc8 24. Rae1 Bh6 $13 (24... Rd7 $6 25. Re7 $14) (24... h6 25. Nh4 Kh7 26.
Re7 $14)) 24. Rae1 Rd8 25. Nh4 ({It was worth considering bringing up the K to
bolster the >> pawn mass with} 25. Kg2 Ba6 (25... Kh7 26. Kg3 Bc8 27. Re8 $11)
26. Kg3 $11) 25... Kh7 26. Bb4 ({The natural follow-up seemed to be} 26. f4
$142 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf4f5] with the intention of closing the eyes of Black's
dark squared B.} Bc8 (26... f5 27. Be5 {[%cal Ge6g6]} (27. Nxg6 $2 $19 Bc8)
27... fxg4 28. Rxg6 gxh3 29. Rxg7+ Rxg7+ 30. Bxg7 Rg8 31. Kh2 Rxg7 32. Nf5 Rd7
33. Kxh3 $14) 27. Re7 (27. Re8 Rxd6 28. Rxc8 f5 29. Nf3 fxg4 30. hxg4 Rxf4 31.
Re7 Rxf3 32. Rcc7 $11) 27... Rxe7 28. Bxe7 Re8 29. f5 (29. Kf2 $2 f5 $19) 29...
gxf5 (29... Bf8 $2 30. Nxg6 $18) 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 31. gxf5 Bf8 32. Bb4 Rxe1+ 33.
Bxe1 $11) 26... Bc8 27. Re8 {This loses some important tempi.} (27. Re7 {
would be answered by} Rd7 (27... Rxe7 28. Rxe7 a5 29. Bd2 $11) 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 {
[%cal Gf6f5]} 29. Nf3 h5 $15 (29... f5 $6 30. g5)) (27. Rc6 $5 {[%cal Gc6h6]
was worth considering, maintaining an active position of the R to be ready for
the P breaks.} Ba6 $13 (27... f5 $5 28. gxf5 (28. Rxg6 $2 fxg4 29. hxg4 Bxd4
$17) (28. Nxg6 Bb7 29. Rce6) 28... gxf5 29. Nf3 $11) (27... Bd7 28. Rc7 $16)
28. Re7 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Kg2 $11 {with good chances to hold.}) 27... Rxe8
28. Rxe8 Bd7 29. Ra8 a5 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga8b8,Gb8b6]} ({It was more precise
to play} 29... f5 $142 {right away. For example} 30. gxf5 g5 31. Nf3 (31. Ng6
Bxf5 {is the same}) 31... Bxf5 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Bxh3 $15) 30. Bc3 {
The position seems to be getting difficult for White, especially with Black's .
..f5 coming, but White does have a resource.} ({It would need some computer
precision to find} 30. Bd6 $5 f5 31. g5 $1 {The machine wants to use the idea
of trapping the Black K in a mating net to carry out some simplifications.} (
31. Nf3 fxg4 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. Bxe5 g5 34. hxg4 Bxg4 $15) 31... Bxd4 (31... hxg5
32. Nf3 Kh6 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. dxe5 $13) 32. Nf3 Bxb2 33. Ne5 Rg7 (33... Bxe5 $2
34. Bxe5 $18 {[%cal Ga8h8]}) 34. gxh6 Kxh6 35. Nd3 Bf6 36. Bf8 $11 {[%cal
Gd3f4,Ga8a7]}) 30... f5 31. gxf5 $6 ({Compared to 30.Bd6 f5 31.g5, the resource
} 31. Nf3 $142 fxg4 32. Ne5 {was not out of human reach.} Bxe5 33. dxe5 g5 (
33... gxh3 $4 34. e6 $18 {[%cal Ga8h8]}) 34. hxg4 Bxg4 35. Rb8 $11 {with good
chances to hold.}) 31... g5 32. Ng2 $6 {The N would have been happier in the
centre.} (32. Nf3 $142 Bxf5 33. Ne5 (33. Kh2 $2 Be4 $19 {[%csl Rf2]}) 33... Rb7
34. Kh2 Bf6 $132 {Although it is Black who has every reason to keep pushing,
White's pieces are in the sort of position to create counterplay.}) 32... Bxf5
33. Ne3 (33. Kh2 Bb1 $19) 33... Be4 $15 {Black's 2Bs are now dominating. Wei
Yi gives a fine demonstration of his technique now.} (33... Bxh3 $6 34. Nxd5
$11) 34. Rb8 Rf3 35. Rxb6 Rxh3 36. Kf1 h5 37. Rb7 h4 38. Bxa5 Kg6 $1 (38...
Rh1+ 39. Ke2 h3 40. Bc7 $17 {invites unnecessary complications.}) 39. Ke2 Bxd4
40. Bb6 Bxb2 41. Bc5 Bc3 42. Rb6+ Kh5 43. Bf8 Bg6 44. Kf1 (44. Nxd5 Bd3+ 45.
Kd1 Rh1#) 44... Bd4 45. Nxd5 Rf3 46. Rb4 Bd3+ 47. Kg2 Rxf2+ 48. Kg1 Rf1+ 49.
Kg2 Rf2+ 50. Kg1 Ba7 51. Be7 (51. Ra4 Rxa2+ $19) (51. Rb7 Rf7+ $19) 51... Rb2+
52. Kh1 Rxb4 53. Nxb4 Be4+ 54. Kh2 Bb8+ {After this game, Wei Yi drew the
second one to advance to the 2nd round of the World Cup.} (54... Bb8+ 55. Kg1 (
55. Kh3 g4#) 55... h3 {[%cal Gh3h2,Gh2h1]}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4
c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nf1 Nd7 22.
Qe3 Rb8 23. N1d2 Nb6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra2 Ra8 26. Rea1 Qf6 27. Qe1 Rxa2 28.
Rxa2 Nc8 29. b3 cxb3 30. Nxb3 c4 31. Na5 Nd6 32. Nxb7 Nxb7 33. Qa1 Qf4 34. Ra7
Nd6 35. Qe1 b4 36. cxb4 Nb5 37. Ba4 Nxa7 38. Bxe8 Nc8 39. Ba4 Nd6 40. b5 Nxe4
41. Bc2 Nd6 42. b6 e4 43. Nd2 f5 44. b7 Nxb7 45. Nxc4 Bc5 46. Bb3 Kh7 47. Qe2
h4 48. Qc2 Bd4 49. d6 Nc5 50. Ba2 Nd3 51. d7 Nxf2 52. Ne3 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3
Bg4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rdf1 Qc5 17. Kb1 Bh4 18. a3 a6 19. Ba2 Rad8 20. Nd5 Rd7
21. h3 Be6 22. Rf3 Kh8 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Qe2 b5 25. Rfd3 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qf2 27.
Qxf2 Bxf2 28. b4 Bb6 29. c3 a5 30. Bc4 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 axb4 32. axb4 g6 33. Kc2
Kg7 34. Bxb5 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 f5 36. c4 Bd4 37. Kc2 fxe4 38. c5 Kf6 39. Kb3 Kf5
40. Kc4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a4 a5 15. Qe3
c6 16. Bf1 c5 17. g4 Bg6 18. b3 Nc6 19. Ba3 cxd4 20. Qf4 Nc5 21. Rac1 Nb4 22.
Bxb4 axb4 23. h4 f5 24. Nxd4 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O f6 13. Be3 Qd5 14. Rfc1
Bd6 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Nc4 Be7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Qg3 Be8 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd4
21. Qa3 Rb8 22. Rd1 Qxb2 23. Qxa7 Bf7 24. Qe7 f5 25. h4 e5 26. h5 e4 27. h6 e3
28. Qxe3 Bd5 29. Rab1 Qf6 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Ne8 Qf8 32. Re1 Be4 33. Nc7 Qf7 34.
Na6 Ra8 35. Nc5 Rxa2 36. f3 Bd5 37. Qg5 Qc7 38. Qf6 Ra8 39. Nd7 Qxd7 40. Re7
Qxe7 41. Qxe7 Bf7 42. Qf6 Kf8 43. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8.
Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc3 Qd7 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Ng6 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Qe2
Ng4 15. h3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 g6 17. Rad1 O-O-O 18. Nb3 b6 19. c4 c5 20. e5 fxe5 21.
Nd2 Qc6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nc3 Rd4 25. Qxe5 Qf6 26. Qe2 Bd6 27. Ne4
Qe5 28. Nxd6+ Qxd6 29. Qf3 Kb8 30. Re1 Ka7 31. b3 b5 32. cxb5 axb5 33. g3 Kb6
34. a4 c6 35. axb5 cxb5 36. Kh2 Rd2 37. b4 cxb4 38. Qf7 Qd4 39. Re6+ Ka5 40.
Rf6 g5 41. Qf8 Ka4 42. Rf3 b3 43. Qa8+ Kb4 44. Qf8+ Qd6 45. Qf5 b2 46. Qe4+ Ka5
47. Qa8+ Kb6 48. Qe4 Rd4 49. Qxh7 Rd1 50. Rb3 Qc6 51. Ra3 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ssegwanyi, Arthur"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "315"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Bf3 Ra7 11. a4 Rc7 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Nde2 Qc8 15.
Ng3 Rxc4 16. Rdc1 h6 17. Bxb6 d5 18. Be3 d4 19. Nce2 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Nc5 21. Qa3
Rd8 22. e5 Ne8 23. Nf4 Qc7 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Qf3 Na5 26. Bd2 Nc4 27. Qe2 Nxd2
28. Qxd2 Qxe5 29. Nd3 Qd5 30. Rc1 a5 31. Qc2 Bd6 32. Qc4 Qa8 33. f3 Bxg3 34.
hxg3 Nd6 35. Qc6 Qb8 36. Qc7 Nf5 37. g4 Ne3 38. Kf2 Nd5 39. Qxb8 Rxb8 40. Rc4
e5 41. Rc5 Nb4 42. Nxb4 Rxb4 43. Rxe5 Rxa4 44. Rd5 Ra2 45. Kg3 g5 46. b3 Ra3
47. Kf2 Kg7 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Kd2 Rxb3 50. Rxa5 Rb2+ 51. Kd3 Rxg2 52. Ra6+ Kg7
53. Kxd4 Re2 54. Rb6 Re8 55. Ra6 Re1 56. Rb6 Re2 57. Ra6 Re8 58. Rb6 f6 59. Ra6
Kf7 60. Rb6 Re6 61. Rb8 Kg7 62. Ra8 Re2 63. Ra7+ Kg6 64. Ra6 Re8 65. Rb6 Re7
66. Ra6 Kg7 67. Rb6 Kf7 68. Ra6 Re6 69. Ra8 Kg6 70. Rg8+ Kh7 71. Ra8 Kg7 72.
Rb8 Re7 73. Rb6 Rf7 74. Ke4 Re7+ 75. Kd4 Kg6 76. Ra6 Re5 77. Rb6 Re1 78. Ra6
Kf7 79. Rb6 Re6 80. Rb8 Ra6 81. Rc8 Ra4+ 82. Ke3 Rf4 83. Rc6 Kg7 84. Ra6 h5 85.
gxh5 Kh6 86. Ra8 Kxh5 87. Rh8+ Kg6 88. Ra8 Rb4 89. Ra6 Rb2 90. Rc6 Ra2 91. Rb6
Ra5 92. Kf2 Kf5 93. Kg3 Rc5 94. Ra6 Ke5 95. Rb6 Rd5 96. Ra6 Kf5 97. Rb6 Re5 98.
Ra6 Kg6 99. Rb6 Kf5 100. Ra6 Re6 101. Ra3 Rd6 102. Rb3 Ke5 103. Re3+ Kf5 104.
Ra3 Rd1 105. Ra5+ Kg6 106. Ra6 Re1 107. Rb6 Rg1+ 108. Kf2 Ra1 109. Kg3 Ra4 110.
Rc6 Ra7 111. Rb6 Rc7 112. Ra6 Rb7 113. Rc6 Kf7 114. Ra6 f5 115. Rc6 Kg7 116.
Ra6 Re7 117. Rb6 Kf7 118. Ra6 Re6 119. Ra5 Kf6 120. Rb5 Ra6 121. Rc5 Ra3 122.
Rc6+ Ke5 123. Rc5+ Ke6 124. Kg2 Rd3 125. Ra5 Kf6 126. Rb5 f4 127. Ra5 Re3 128.
Rb5 Re5 129. Rb8 Re2+ 130. Kf1 Ra2 131. Rf8+ Ke5 132. Re8+ Kd4 133. Re4+ Kd3
134. Re5 Rd2 135. Re8 Rc2 136. Re7 Rc5 137. Kf2 Rd5 138. Re8 Kd4 139. Re7 Ra5
140. Re8 Kd5 141. Kf1 Kd6 142. Kg2 Re5 143. Ra8 Ke6 144. Kh3 Kf5 145. Rf8+ Kg6
146. Kg4 Re1 147. Rg8+ Kf6 148. Rf8+ Kg6 149. Rg8+ Kf6 150. Rf8+ Kg7 151. Rf5
Rg1+ 152. Kh5 Rg3 153. Rxg5+ Kf6 154. Ra5 Rxf3 155. Kg4 Rf1 156. Rf5+ Ke6 157.
Rxf4 Rxf4+ 158. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 d5
9. e5 Ne4 10. Be3 a5 11. Rd1 b6 12. Ne1 cxd4 13. cxd4 f5 14. a3 Ba6 15. Nd3 a4
16. Qe1 Na5 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. h4 Nb3 19. Ra2 Bc4 20. f3 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22.
Rxc4 dxc4 23. Nc3 Nb3 24. Bxb6 Qc6 25. Be3 Rfd8 26. Nfe2 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28.
Kh2 Rd2 29. Nf4 Kf7 30. Ra1 Rad8 31. Rb1 Qc6 32. Qe3 Qc5 33. Qe1 Qc6 34. Qe3
Qc5 35. Qxc5 Nxc5 36. Nb5 Rc2 37. g4 Rdd2 38. gxf5 Nd3 39. Nd6+ Ke7 40. Kg3
Nxf4 41. Kxf4 Rxg2 42. h5 Rcd2 43. Ne4 Rd4 44. f6+ gxf6 45. exf6+ Kf7 46. Rc1
Rh2 47. Rg1 Rxh5 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Ra7 Rf5+ 50. Kg3 Rd3 51. Kg4 Rdxf3 52. Ng5
R3f4+ 53. Kg3 Rxg5+ 54. Kxf4 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 Rxf6 56. Rxh7 Rf2 57. Rc7 Rxb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adu, Oladapo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e4 h6 11. e5 Nh7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bd8 14. Re1 a5 15. b5
a4 16. Bb2 Qf8 17. h4 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nh2 Qg7 20. Ng4 Nhf8 21. Bf1 Qh7 22.
Bd3 Qh3 23. Qd1 Kg7 24. Bf1 Qh7 25. f3 Ng6 26. Re2 Rh8 27. Rh2 Qg8 28. Rxh8
Qxh8 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. Kg2 Nf5 31. Bd3 Nf8 32. Qc2 Ng6 33. Rh1 Qf8 34. cxd5 cxd5
35. Nf1 Be7 36. Qd2 Bd7 37. Rh5 Qd8 38. Nfe3 Nxe3+ 39. Qxe3 Rc8 40. Qd2 Ra8 41.
Qd1 Qa5 42. Qh1 Qd2+ 43. Nf2 Rg8 44. Bc1 Qc3 45. Rh7+ Kf8 46. Qh6+ Ke8 47. Bxg6
fxg6 48. Rxe7+ Kxe7 49. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Nd5
Nbd7 9. Nec3 Bb7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. a4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 bxa4 14. Rxa4
O-O 15. Bc4 Bg5 16. O-O a5 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Ra2 Qb8 19. Rfa1 Bd8 20. Ne3 Ra7 21.
Bd5 Bb5 22. Qd2 g6 23. b4 a4 24. c4 Bd7 25. b5 Bb6 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Qc7
28. Ra6 Bc8 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Nd5 Bxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Qd8 32. Qb6 Qh4 33. Ra8 Rf8
34. Qxd6 Qf2+ 35. Kh2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb3
Be6 9. Re1 Bxb3 10. Nxb3 Nd7 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe6 17. Bf4 c5 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Bxd6 Rfc8 20. Red1
c4 21. f3 b5 22. Rac1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Rd7 Rac8 26. Rcd1 R8c7
27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Rd6 b4 29. Ke2 a5 30. Rd5 a4 31. Ra5 c3 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Kd1
Rd7+ 34. Rd5 Rb7 35. Kc2 Rb2+ 36. Kxc3 Rxa2 37. Rd2 Ra3+ 38. Kd4 Ra1 39. Ke5
Rb1 40. Rd8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 {Not the most popular move order; however, various
transpositions may lead to similar positions in this system.} 10. Rd1 b6 11. e3
(11. e4 {is another plan.}) 11... Bb7 12. Be2 Rc8 ({In the following game
Black did without the rook move, and White kept some pressure:} 12... a6 13.
O-O Nh5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Ne5 d5 17. cxd5 Nexd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19.
Rc1 Qb8 20. Qc3 b5 21. Qc7 Ra7 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Rfd1 Kf8 24. f3 Ba8 25. e4 $14
{1/2 (41) Bukavshin,I (2487)-Shomoev,A (2582) Izhevsk 2012}) 13. O-O Na5 (13...
Nh5 $5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. b4 (15. Qa4 Nf6 16. Nb5 d5 17. Nxa7 Nxa7 18. Qxa7 Qc7
19. Qa4 dxc4 $11 {1/2 (22) Izoria,Z (2541)-Georgiev,K (2637) Rethymnon 2003}) (
15. Qd2 $5) 15... Nf6 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. Rd2 a5 18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 d5 20. cxd5
Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. b5 Na5 24. Qd3 Nc4 25. Nd4 Nd6 26. Bg4 Rc5
$11 {1/2 (43) Chekhov,V (2495)-Reeh,O (2465) Gausdal 1990}) 14. Nd2 (14. b3 d5
15. Qb2 Qe8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {0-1 (31) Ramirez,A (2331)-Coleman,
P (2535) ICCF 2001}) (14. Ne5 d6 (14... d5 $5 15. b4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. cxd5
exd5 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Qb3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 21. Bxe7 Nxc3 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. a4
Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Kf8 25. Kf1 Rc8 $11 {1/2 (41) Lauber,A (2380)-Gipslis,A (2470)
Pardubice 1996}) 15. b4 Qe8 $1 16. bxa5 (16. Ng6 fxg6 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. f4 {
0-1 (53) Kalesis,N (2390)-Graf,A (2580) Aegina 1996} d5 $15) 16... dxe5 17.
axb6 axb6 18. Qb1 $1 g5 (18... Bxa3 19. Qxb6 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Bxc6 21. Nb5 Bc5 22.
Bg3 Nd7 $11 {V.Golod}) 19. Bg3 Qc6 20. Bf3 e4 21. Be2 {1/2 (69) Golod,V (2578)
-Solleveld,M (2463) Zuerich 2005 CBM 110 ext [Golod,V]} Ba6 $132) 14... d5 15.
b4 Nc6 (15... Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Qc7 17. Bg3 Qc6 {1/2 (23) Gomez,A-Emmanuel,B LSS
2008} 18. b5 Qc5 19. Na4 Qxb5 20. Nd6 $1 Rxc2 21. Bxb5 $14) 16. Nf3 Qe8 (16...
a5 $5 17. Qb2 $5 (17. b5 $143 Nb8 18. Qb2 Nbd7 19. Na4 g5 20. Bg3 Ne4 21. Nd2
Bf6 22. Qa2 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Qc7 $15 {1-0 (43) Nadera,B (2390)-Hamid,R (2105)
Manila 1992}) 17... axb4 $140 18. axb4 Bxb4 $6 (18... Nxb4 $6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
cxd5 $36) 19. Nxd5 $1 exd5 20. cxd5 Qe7 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nd4 $36
) 17. Qb3 dxc4 18. Bxc4 a6 19. Be2 Nb8 $11 {Black has solved his opening
problems.} 20. Ne5 $6 {This risky move looks like a blunder. Is it indeed a
voluntary sacrifice?} Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} (20... b5 {[%cal Yb8d7] is quite
enough for equality but the text move wins an exchange.}) 21. Nxd5 (21. Bxe7
Nxc3 (21... Rxc3 $143 22. Qb2 Qxe7 23. Rxd5 Qc7 24. Rd4 Rc2 25. Rc4 $1) 22.
Bxf8 Nxe2+ 23. Kh1 Kxf8 {is clearly poor for White.}) 21... Bxd5 22. Rxd5 $8
exd5 23. Bg3 Rd8 $6 {Black starts playing passively, and White gradually
obtains good compensation.} (23... Bh4 $5 24. Bxh4 (24. Bf4 g5 $1 25. Nf3 Bxf2+
26. Rxf2 gxf4 27. exf4 Qe6) 24... Qxe5 25. Bg3 Qc3 26. Qxd5 Rfd8 $15 {[%csl
Gc3,Gc8,Gd8]}) 24. Rc1 Bf6 25. Ng4 Qe6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Bc7 Rc8 $6 (27... Rd7
$142 $1 $15 28. Bg4 $140 $2 Rc8 $1 29. Bxd7 Rxc7 $1 $19) 28. Bg4 Nd7 29. Qxd5
Qb2 30. Qd1 f5 31. Be2 Nf6 $2 {Why give up the a6-pawn?} (31... b5 {was more
appropriate, e.g.} 32. a4 $1 Nf6 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rb1 Qa2 $13 {[%cal Yf6e4]})
32. Bxa6 Rce8 (32... Qxa3 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. h3 $1 Qxb4 (34... Ne8 $143 35. Ra1
$1 Qxb4 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Be5) 35. Rb1 Qc4 36. Bxb6 $16) 33. Qc2 (33. Bxb6 $5
Qxa3 34. Bc4+ Kh8 35. b5 $16) 33... Qxa3 34. Bc4+ Kh8 35. Bd6 Ne4 36. Bxf8 Rxf8
{White has won a pawn and, despite a lot of technical problems, manages to
convert it.} 37. Rb1 Rc8 38. Qd3 Nc3 39. Rf1 f4 (39... Qxb4 40. Be6 Ra8 41.
Bxf5) 40. exf4 Qxb4 41. Be6 Re8 $2 {Black overlooks a strong rearrangement of
White's pieces.} (41... Rf8 $142) 42. Qg6 Rd8 43. Bf5 Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kh8 45. Qg6
Kg8 46. g3 (46. Qh7+ Kf7 47. Bg6+ Kf6 48. Bd3 $1 Kf7 49. Qf5+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kh8
51. Qg6 Kg8 52. Re1 Ne2+ 53. Kf1 $1 {was winning by force.}) 46... Qd6 47. Qh7+
Kf7 (47... Kf8 48. Re1 Qd5 49. Bg4 $18 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) 48. Re1 Ne2+ 49. Kg2 Nd4
50. Re5 b5 51. Bg4 Qc6+ 52. Kh3 Qc4 53. Bh5+ Kf8 54. Qg6 Qc8+ 55. f5 Kg8 56.
Bg4 Qc7 57. Re8+ Rxe8 58. Qxe8+ Kh7 59. Bh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Qc8 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. e4 Bg7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Be3 b6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15.
Rac1 a5 16. h4 Nc5 17. h5 Qb7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. f3 Rad8 20. Bg5 Be5 21. Qf2 a4
22. Nd5 Bg7 23. Rc2 Rb8 24. Rcd2 Qa7 25. Bf1 Rb7 26. Qe3 Bxd5 27. cxd5 b5 28.
Kh1 f6 29. Bh6 g5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rh2 Rbb8 32. Rdd2 Rh8 33. Bh3 b4 34. f4 b3
35. a3 Qa6 36. e5 Rbe8 37. Kg1 Qc4 38. Rd4 Qb5 39. Bf1 Qd7 40. e6 Qb7 41. fxg5
Rxh2 42. gxf6+ exf6 43. Kxh2 Rh8+ 44. Kg1 Kf8 45. Rb4 Qa7 46. e7+ Kf7 47. Rh4
Re8 48. Bb5 Rxe7 49. Rh7+ Kf8 50. Qh6+ Kg8 51. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O Nbc6 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 Nd4 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Bd3 Qa5 18. Qe1 Nc6 19. Rb1 Kf8 20. Qe4 Qb4 21.
Nd5 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Rc8 23. c3 Kg7 24. g3 e6 25. Nb6 Rcd8 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. f4
gxf4 28. gxf4 Bf6 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxf5 Ne7 31. Rf3 d5 32. Rbf1 Rhf8 33. Bd3 Nc6
34. Rg3+ Kh8 35. Rgf3 Kg7 36. Rg3+ Kh8 37. Rgf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Bc6
15. Rae1 Rac8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb7 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 Ne8 20. Bf3 Bxf3
21. Rxf3 f6 22. Bf4 b4 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Rd3 Rf7 25. h3 Bf8 26. b3 Qc6 27. Re2
Nc7 28. Ne4 Nd5 29. Nd6 Nxf4 30. Qxf4 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Qb5 32. Red2 Re7 33. Kh2
Qb8 34. Qg3 a5 35. c4 Qc7 36. R2d3 Rb8 37. R3d5 Rbe8 38. Rd3 Rb8 39. Ra6 Qxg3+
40. Kxg3 Reb7 41. Rxa5 Rxb3 42. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 43. Kf4 Rb4 44. Rc5 Kf7 45. Rc7+ Ke6
46. Rxg7 Rxc4+ 47. Kg3 h5 48. Rh7 Rc5 49. Kh4 Rg5 50. g3 Ra5 51. Rxh5 Ra4+ 52.
g4 Ra3 53. Rf5 Kf7 54. g5 Ra6 55. Kh5 Kg7 56. gxf6+ Rxf6 57. Rxf6 Kxf6 58. Kh6
Kf7 59. Kh7 Kf8 60. h4 Kf7 61. h5 Kf8 62. Kg6 Kg8 63. h6 Kh8 64. h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. c4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Nd2
Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 O-O 11. f3 b5 12. c5 Bxe4 13. fxe4 e5 14. Nxb5 cxb5
15. c6 exd4 16. cxd7 Nxd7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Ne5 19. Rf5 Bf6 20. Ra6 d3 21.
Bxh6 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 gxh6 23. Rfxf6 Qe3 24. Qh5 d2 25. Rf1 Rad8 26. Qxe5 d1=Q 27.
Rg6+ fxg6 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Adu, Oladapo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Nbc6 8. Re1
d4 9. Nh4 g5 10. Nhf3 Ng6 11. h3 Be6 12. a3 a5 13. Nf1 f6 14. N3h2 Qd7 15. Qh5
a4 16. Ng4 Kh8 17. Nh6 Nce7 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bxb7 Bxh3 21. Bxa8
Rxa8 22. Nh2 Be6 23. Qf3 Rb8 24. Qh5 Bd5 25. f3 c5 26. Nf1 Bf7 27. Qh2 Kg8 28.
Nd2 f5 29. Qh3 h6 30. Kf2 Bd5 31. Qh5 Qc6 32. Kg1 Rf8 33. Rf1 f4 34. Qh2 fxg3
35. Qxg3 Nh4 36. Ne4 c4 37. Rf2 cxd3 38. cxd3 Qa6 39. Bxg5 hxg5 40. Nxg5 Qh6
41. Raf1 Nf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3
Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. h3 e5 11. Na3 Be6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc4 h5 15. Qd2
Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Qxf3 17. Nb6 h4 18. Re3 Qh5 19. Nd7 f5 20. Nxb8 Rxb8 21. Qd1 Qg5
22. exf5 gxf5 23. Bg2 Ne7 24. gxh4 Qxh4 25. Rg3 Kf8 26. a5 b5 27. axb6 Rxb6 28.
Ra4 f4 29. Rg4 Qh6 30. b4 cxb4 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. cxb4 d5 33. Qd2 Qe6 34. Bh3
Qh6 35. Bg2 Qh5 36. Bf3 Qf5 37. d4 Ng6 38. dxe5 Nxe5 39. Qxd5 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Nxg4
41. Qd6+ Kg8 42. Bxg4 Qe4+ 43. Bf3 Qe5 44. Qxa6 Bf8 45. b5 Bc5 46. b6 Qg7+ 47.
Kf1 Qd4 48. Qa2+ Kh8 49. b7 Ba7 50. Qc2 Qa1+ 51. Kg2 Qg7+ 52. Kh3 Qd7+ 53. Kh4
Qe7+ 54. Kh5 Qe5+ 55. Kg4 Bb8 56. Qg6 Qg7 57. Kh5 Qe5+ 58. Qg5 Qe8+ 59. Kh4 Qf8
60. Be4 Qd6 61. Qg6 Qe7+ 62. Kh5 Qg7 63. Qf5 Qg8 64. Bd5 Qh7+ 65. Kg5 Qg7+ 66.
Qg6 Bc7 67. Bf7 f3 68. Qxg7+ Kxg7 69. Bh5 Bb8 70. Kf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Be7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 O-O 12. h4 b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 Nb6
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nbd7 17. Ne2 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Nfd7 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Rh3 Kh8
21. Rg3 f6 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Be3 Qa5 25. fxe4 Rae8 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27.
Bxc5 Rf7 28. Rgd3 Rc7 29. Rd5 Qa6 30. Bd6 Rcc8 31. Rc5 Ne5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33.
Bxb4 h6 34. Bc3 Qb5 35. Rd5 Qf1+ 36. Kb2 Qf4 37. h5 Qg4 38. Qd2 Qxe4 39. Rd4
Qb7 40. Rb4 Qa6 41. Bxe5 fxe5 42. Re4 Qf6 43. g4 Rd8 44. Qc3 Qf2+ 45. Ka3 Qf8+
46. Kb2 Qf2+ 47. Ka3 Qf8+ 48. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qd2 Nge7 12. O-O Ng6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. c3 Rd8
15. Bc2 Qe7 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Rd2 d6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Nfd4 Nce5 21.
b3 Nd7 22. f4 Ne7 23. f5 e5 24. Nf3 Nf6 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 h6 27. Ng3 Nc6 28.
c5 Nd4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Rxd4 Qxc5 31. Bb3 Qe5 32. Qd3 Re8 33. Ba4 Re7 34. Qa3
Rc5 35. Qe3 Bxe4 36. Nxe4 Nxe4 37. Bb3 Nc3 38. Qxe5 Rcxe5 39. f6 Re8 40. R1d2
Ne4 41. Rc2 Ng3 42. Rd1 Rf5 43. fxg7 Kxg7 44. Rf2 Rxf2 45. Kxf2 Ne4+ 46. Kf3
Re5 47. Kf4 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Atabayev, Yusup"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ng3 h6 15. a4
Bb6 16. Bd2 c5 17. d5 Rb8 18. Qc1 Bc8 19. Nh2 c4 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nhf1 Bd7 22.
Ne3 Nh4 23. Kh2 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Rf1 Qd8 26. f4 exf4 27. Rxf4 Ng6 28. Rf1
Bxe3 29. Bxe3 Ng4+ 30. hxg4 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qxg3 32. g5 hxg5 33. Bxg5 Re5 34. Bf4
Nxf4 35. Qxf4 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Re8 37. Rf1 Ra8 38. Bb1 Kf8 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Ke3 Ra1
41. Kd4 f6 42. Ke3 Kd8 43. Kd2 Be8 44. Bd3 Ra2 45. Bc2 Ke7 46. Rb1 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 a5 14. Bg2 Bg5 15.
O-O Be6 16. Qd3 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. h4 Bh6 19. a3 Na6 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Nxb4
axb4 22. Ra6 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Qb8 24. Bh3 b3 25. Qc4 Bd2 26. Rd1 Bb4 27. Rd3 Bc5
28. Rxb3 Qa7 29. Qe2 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. Qa6 g6 32. Qc8+ Qxc8 33. Bxc8 h6
34. Kf1 g5 35. h5 Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Bb7 Kd8 38. Bc6 Bd4 39. b3 Bc5 40. f3 Bd4
41. Bb5 Bc5 42. Ke1 Bb4+ 43. Kd1 Bc5 44. Ke2 Bb4 45. Kf2 Bc5+ 46. Kg2 Ke7 47.
Kh3 Kf6 48. Kg4 Be3 49. Bd7 Bd2 50. Bc8 Be3 51. b4 Bd2 52. b5 Ba5 53. f4 gxf4
54. gxf4 exf4 55. Kxf4 Bd2+ 56. Kf3 Ba5 57. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. b4 e5 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. e3 Re8 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 d5 12. a4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nd5 14. Qd2 Qg5 15. h4
Qe7 16. b5 N7f6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Ba3 Qd8 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Rc1 f6 21. Nc4 a6 22.
Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Krnan, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bf4
Rb8 9. Rc1 h6 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 Re8 13. Qd2 g5 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd4
Nge5 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bd4 Nge5 18. Be3 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "237"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qc3 Ne7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nc3 c5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxb5 18. Ra7 Bd7 19. Qd3 Nf5 20. Bc4 Rb8 21.
Bd2 Qc8 22. Re1 Rxb2 23. Bc3 Rb8 24. g4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Re7 Rb7 27. Rxb7
Qxb7 28. f5 Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Ba4 30. Qxd4 Qxc2+ 31. Re2 Qd1 32. Qxd1 Bxd1 33. Re4
Rd8 34. Bd5 Kf8 35. Rb4 Ke7 36. Ke1 Bxg4 37. Rxg4 Kf6 38. Ra4 Re8+ 39. Kf2 Re5
40. Be4 g6 41. Rd4 Ra5 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Bf3 Ke5 44. Re4+ Kf6 45. Rb4 Ke6 46.
Kg3 Rc5 47. Bg4+ Kf6 48. Rb7 Rc3+ 49. Bf3 Rc5 50. h4 Ra5 51. Bd1 Re5 52. Bb3
Re7 53. Rb6 Rd7 54. Kf4 Kg7 55. Bd5 Ra7 56. Rb4 Kf6 57. Kg4 Kg7 58. Rf4 Rc7 59.
Rd4 Re7 60. Bf3 Re6 61. Ra4 Re7 62. Kf4 Rc7 63. Rd4 Rd7 64. Kg5 Rd8 65. Rd5 Rd7
66. Rd3 Rd8 67. Rd4 Rd7 68. Rd5 Rd8 69. Bg4 Ra8 70. Bd1 Rb8 71. Rxd6 Rb5+ 72.
Kg4 Rb4+ 73. Kg3 Rb7 74. Bf3 Ra7 75. Rb6 Rc7 76. Rb4 Ra7 77. Kf4 Re7 78. Bd5
Kf6 79. Rb6+ Kg7 80. Ra6 Kh6 81. Be4 Kg7 82. Bf3 Rc7 83. Be4 Re7 84. Rb6 Kf8
85. Rb8+ Kg7 86. Ra8 Rc7 87. Ra5 Re7 88. Rb5 Kh6 89. Rb1 Kg7 90. Rg1 Kf6 91.
Ra1 Kg7 92. Bf3 Rc7 93. Ke5 Re7+ 94. Kd4 Rd7+ 95. Bd5 Re7 96. Rf1 Ra7 97. Ke5
Re7+ 98. Kd6 Ra7 99. Bc4 Rb7 100. Bd5 Ra7 101. Rf4 Ra6+ 102. Ke7 Ra7+ 103. Ke8
f6 104. Rb4 Kh6 105. Kf8 Ra5 106. Bf7 Re5 107. Rg4 g5 108. h5 Ra5 109. Rb4 Ra6
110. Rb5 g4 111. Rf5 Rb6 112. Bg6 Ra6 113. Kf7 Rb6 114. Ra5 Rb3 115. Kxf6 g3
116. Ra7 Rb6+ 117. Kf5 Rb5+ 118. Kf4 Rb4+ 119. Be4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. bxa5 Nxa5 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bb6 15.
h3 Re8 16. Bd2 Nb7 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Rf1 Ra7 20. Kh1 Rea8 21. Nh4 Nh5
22. Nhf5 Nxg3+ 23. Nxg3 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. f4 f6 26. Bb1 Ra8 27. d4 Na5 28.
Qd1 Nc4 29. Bc1 Ra1 30. Qd3 Qe8 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Bc2 Qg6 33. Kh2 Be6 34. Nf5
Bxf5 35. exf5 Qf7 36. dxe5 Nxe5 37. Qxb5 Qh5 38. Bd1 Qh4 39. Qb2 Qc4 40. Be2
Qa4 41. Bb5 Qa8 42. Qb3 Qb8 43. Kh1 Be3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 b5 5. Bg5 b4 6. Ne4 Bb7 7. c4 bxc3 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Nxc3 f5 10. e3 Bg7 11. Bc4 Qb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Na6 14. Ng5 Nc7 15.
Qd3 Ne8 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Nh3 Ng4 18. Nf4 Kh8 19. Nh5 Rg8 20. Nxg7 Rxg7 21. b3
Qd8 22. g3 Qf6 23. Ne2 Qh6 24. h4 Nf6 25. Nf4 Qxh4 26. Qc3 Qh6 27. Kg2 Rag8 28.
Rh1 Qg5 29. Rbd1 Re8 30. Kf1 Ne4 31. Qb2 Qf6 32. Qxf6 Nxf6 33. Nh5 Rg6 34. Nxf6
Rxf6 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. Rh4 e5 37. Kd2 h6 38. Kc3 d6 39. Bb5 Re7 40. Ra4 Bc8 41.
Rg1 Rg6 42. Rh1 Rc7 43. Rhh4 Rg4 44. Bc6 Kg6 45. Kd2 Re7 46. Kc3 a6 47. Rhxg4+
fxg4 48. b4 cxb4+ 49. Kxb4 h5 50. Ka5 h4 51. gxh4 Kh5 52. Rb4 Kxh4 53. Rb8 Bf5
54. Rd8 Be4 55. Rxd6 f5 56. Rh6+ Kg5 57. Rh8 Rg7 58. Re8 Rh7 59. Kb6 Rh1 60.
Rxe5 Rd1 61. Kc7 Bf3 62. e4 Bxe4 63. d6 Kf6 64. Rc5 Ke6 65. Bd7+ Kf6 66. Bc8
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Espinosa Veloz, Ermes"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Rfc8 16. Ng3 Bd8 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nc4 19. a4 h6 20. Qe2 Bc7 21. b3 Nb6
22. a5 Nbd5 23. c4 Bb8 24. Bd3 Nc3 25. Qc2 b4 26. Bf1 Ba7 27. Bd2 e4 28. Bxc3
bxc3 29. Nh2 d5 30. Ng4 Rd8 31. cxd5 Rxd5 32. Bc4 Rxf5 33. Qxc3 Qd6 34. Ne3 Rg5
35. Rad1 Qf4 36. Bf1 Rf8 37. g3 Nh5 38. Bg2 Nxg3 39. Rd7 Bb8 40. fxg3 Qxg3 41.
Qd2 Qxh3 42. Rd8 Rxg2+ 43. Nxg2 Bh2+ 44. Kf1 Qf3+ 45. Qf2 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 O-O 12. Be3 Rb8 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bf4 Ra8
15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. Be5 Ng4 18. Qg3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rd4 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21.
exd6 Qd2 22. Qf3 Rxd6 23. Rad1 Qb4 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Qd3 c5 27. Qd7
Kf8 28. Qb5 Rb8 29. Bf1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Rg1 N8d7 13. h5 g6 14. f4 e5 15. Nf3
Qc7 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 O-O-O 19. f5 gxf5 20. Bh3 Kb8 21. Bxf5
Bc8 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Qb4 Na4 24. Rg2 Qb7 25. O-O-O Rc4 26. Qb3 Rhc8 27. Re2
Bd8 28. Ne1 Ba5 29. Nd3 Bc3 30. Rf2 e4 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Qb4 exd3 33. Qxd6+ Ka8
34. Rdd2 dxc2 35. Bd4 R3c4 36. Rxf7 Qxf7 37. Qxa6+ Kb8 38. Be5+ R8c7 39. Qxb5+
Kc8 40. Qa6+ Kd7 41. Qb5+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ssegwanyi, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bd2 Bf8 12. O-O h6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bc3 Qd6
15. d4 e4 16. Ne5 f6 17. Ng6 f5 18. Nf4 Be6 19. f3 Na6 20. fxe4 Nb4 21. Bxb4
Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxb4 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. exf5 Rd6 25. a3 Qb6 26. Be4 Be7 27. Rf3
Kh8 28. Rcf1 Bf6 29. b4 Re8 30. Bd3 Re3 31. Kg2 Rd5 32. Rf4 Qd8 33. Qc4 Qe7 34.
R4f3 Ree5 35. Qg4 Rd4 36. Qxd4 Rxe2+ 37. R1f2 Bxd4 38. Rxe2 Qd7 39. Be4 Bf6 40.
Rd3 Qf7 41. Bf3 Kh7 42. h4 a6 43. Rde3 Qc4 44. Bh5 Qd5+ 45. Rf3 Be5 46. Kh3 g6
47. fxg6+ Kg7 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Rf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 b6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rb8 14. Nc3 Bb7 15.
Qd1 h4 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. f4 Bh6 18. Ne3 hxg3 19. Nf5 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qxd6
Nf6 22. Qxf4 Nh5 23. Qg4 g6 24. Rad1 Qc7 25. Rd7 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Bc8 27. Ne7+ Qxe7
28. Rxe7 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Ng7 30. Rd7 Ne6 31. e5 g5 32. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8.
Nxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Bxd1 Bxc5 10. Nfe5 Nbd7 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 11. e3 Ne5 12. d3 d6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nc2 Bg4
15. Qd2 d5 16. cxd5 c4 17. Ba3 Qd8 18. dxc4 Nxc4 19. Qd4 Rc8 20. e4 Qb6 21. Rf4
Ne5 22. Ne3 Be2 23. d6 Qa6 24. Bb4 Rcd8 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Nd5 Kg7 27. Nc7 Qc6
28. Qe3 a5 29. Bxa5 Qxd6 30. Nxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bb4 Qa6 32. Bc5 Qd3 33. Qxd3 Bxd3
34. Rd1 Ra8 35. a3 Bb5 36. Bh3 Bc6 37. Bf5 Nc4 38. Kf2 h6 39. Bb4 b5 40. Bc5
Be8 41. g4 Bc6 42. Kg3 Re8 43. Kf4 Re5 44. Bb4 Re8 45. h4 Ne5 46. Rd6 Ba8 47.
h5 Nc4 48. Ra6 Nd2 49. Bc5 Bxe4 50. Bd4 Bxf5 51. Bxf6+ Kh7 52. Kxf5 Nc4 53. Kf4
Ne3 54. Rd6 Nc4 55. Rd7 Kg8 56. g5 hxg5+ 57. Kxg5 Nxa3 58. Kh6 Kf8 59. Kh7 Re6
60. Rd8+ Re8 61. Rxe8+ Kxe8 62. Kg8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Illingworth, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. a5 c5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Na4 Rb8 15.
Rfd1 Rd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. c3 Bd8 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Bxa5 20. Nc5 Bb6 21.
b4 Nd5 22. Rc4 Kf8 23. Kf1 Bd8 24. Nxa6 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 Nxb4 26. Ra1 Nd5 27. Bf3
Bf6 28. Rac1 Ne7 29. Ra4 g6 30. Ra8 Rxa8 31. Bxa8 h5 32. Be4 Ng8 33. Rc8+ Kg7
34. Rc7 Be5 35. Rb7 Nf6 36. Bc6 Kf8 37. h3 Bd4 38. Ke2 Bc5 39. g3 Kg7 40. f3
Bd6 41. Kf2 Bc5+ 42. Kg2 Bd6 43. h4 Kf8 44. Kh3 Bc5 45. g4 Bf2 46. Rb8+ Kg7 47.
Rb2 Be1 48. Rb7 Kf8 49. g5 Ng8 50. Rb8+ Kg7 51. Rb1 Bf2 52. Rb2 Be1 53. Re2 Bc3
54. Kg3 Ne7 55. Be4 Be5+ 56. f4 Bc3 57. Kf3 Kf8 58. Rc2 Be1 59. Rc1 Bd2 60. Rd1
Ba5 61. Ra1 Bc3 62. Ra8+ Kg7 63. Ke2 Bb4 64. Re8 Bd6 65. Kf3 Bb4 66. Rd8 Ba5
67. Rd7 Kf8 68. Ke2 Bb4 69. Rd8+ Kg7 70. Rd7 Kf8 71. Rd8+ Kg7 72. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Be6 14. Bg2 Bg5
15. O-O a5 16. Qd3 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. h4 Bh6 19. a3 Na6 20. axb4 Nxb4 21.
Nxb4 axb4 22. Qc4 b3 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qxb3 Bd2 25. Qb6 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Rxb8 27.
Rb1 Bc3 28. b3 Ra8 29. b4 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Bxa1 31. Bh3 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. f4 Kf6
34. Kf3 Bc3 35. b5 Bd4 36. Bd7 h6 37. Bg4 Bb6 38. Bh5 g6 39. Bg4 Bd4 40. Bd7
Bb6 41. Bc8 Bd4 42. Bd7 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3
Bh7 9. a4 Ng6 10. a5 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Ne1 c5 13. c3 b6 14. f4 c4 15. Nd2
bxa5 16. b3 cxb3 17. Nxb3 Qc7 18. Nd3 Rfc8 19. Bd2 a4 20. Rxa4 Nb6 21. Ra6 Nc4
22. Bc1 Nf8 23. Nb4 Qb7 24. Na5 Nxa5 25. Rxa5 Rxc3 26. Rb5 Qc8 27. Bd2 Rc7 28.
Bg4 Qe8 29. Be2 a5 30. Na2 a4 31. Nc3 Qc8 32. Qa1 a3 33. Rc1 Nd7 34. Kf2 Rc6
35. Rb3 Nb6 36. Nb5 Rxc1 37. Bxc1 a2 38. Ba3 Bxa3 39. Nxa3 Nc4 40. Qxa2 Nxa3
41. Rxa3 Rb8 42. Qd2 Be4 43. Bf3 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Nc3
Nh7 9. Nd5 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Re1 Bg5 12. Nxg5 Nxg5 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Nc3 Qf6 16. Qf3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Qc2 f5
15. Nc3 e5 16. d5 e4 17. Nd4 Nb6 18. dxc6 Bxd4 19. cxb7 Bxb7 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21.
exd4 e3 22. Qd3 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 Re8 24. Kg1 Qb4 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Rd1 Nd5 27. Nxd5
Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Bxd5 29. a3 Rc8 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Bf3 Ke6 32. h4 Kd6 33. Re2 Rc4
34. h5 Bxf3 35. Kxf3 gxh5 36. Re5 Rxd4 37. Rxf5 Rd3+ 38. Ke2 Rb3 39. Rxh5 Rxb2+
40. Kf1 Rb1+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Kg1 a5 43. Rxh6+ Kc5 44. Rh5+ Kb6 45. Rh4 Rb3 46.
a4 Rb4 47. g3 Rb2 48. Rc4 Rb4 49. Rf4 Rb2 50. Kf1 Kc5 51. Rf5+ Kb6 52. Rf6+ Kb7
53. Rf2 Rb4 54. Rf4 Rb2 55. Rc4 Kb6 56. g4 Rd2 57. g5 Rd6 58. Kf2 Rg6 59. Rg4
Kc5 60. Kg3 Kd5 61. Kh4 Ke6 62. Rf4 Rg8 63. Kh5 Rh8+ 64. Kg6 Rh1 65. Rf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bc2 11. b4 Na6 12. b5 Nb4 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Na2 Nxa2
15. Rxa2 Bb3 16. Ra3 Bc4 17. Bd2 Be7 18. e3 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Kd7 20. Ke2 Rhb8 21.
b4 Ne8 22. Ng2 Nc7 23. Nf4 Nb5 24. Raa1 Bd8 25. Kd3 Bc7 26. Ne2 h5 27. Ra6 h4
28. Nc3 Nxc3 29. Kxc3 Rh8 30. Rfa1 hxg3 31. hxg3 Bxg3 32. f4 Rhc8 33. Rxa7+
Rxa7 34. Rxa7+ Rc7 35. Ra1 Bh4 36. b5 cxb5 37. Kb4 g5 38. fxg5 Bxg5 39. Ra6 Rc6
40. Ra3 Rc8 41. Be1 e5 42. Bg3 f6 43. dxe5 fxe5 44. Bxe5 Rxc5 45. Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 c5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qd8 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nc6
15. Rad1 cxd4 16. exd4 Qb6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. d5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nb8 20. Qa3 Rd7
21. Rfe1 Qd6 22. Qxd6 exd6 23. Bb5 Rc7 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 a6 26. Bf1 f5 27.
f4 Rf7 28. Rc8+ Rf8 29. Rc4 Rf7 30. Rb4 Kf8 31. Rb6 Rd7 32. h3 Ke7 33. g4 Rc7
34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Bd3 Nd7 36. Rb4 Kf6 37. Kf2 b5 38. Ke2 Nb6 39. a4 Nxd5 40.
Rd4 Nc3+ 41. Kd2 Ke6 42. axb5 axb5 43. h4 h5 44. Rb4 Rc5 45. Ke1 Rd5 46. Kd2
Rc5 47. Ke1 Rd5 48. Kd2 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rfc1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 Nb6
15. Ne2 Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. a4 Qb6 19. g3 g6 20. Kg2 h5 21. h4
Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Qc6 25. Ne2 Kg7 26. Qd2 b5 27. axb5
axb5 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. Nxc3 b4 30. Na2 Kf6 31. f4 Kf5 32. Kf3 f6 33. Nc1 g5 34.
hxg5 fxg5 35. fxg5 Kxg5 36. Nd3 Kf5 37. Nf2 Bf8 38. g4+ hxg4+ 39. Nxg4 Bg7 40.
Nf2 e5 41. dxe5 Bxe5 42. e4+ Ke6 43. exd5+ Kxd5 44. Nd3 Bd6 45. Nxb4+ Bxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qc7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Qc8 10. h3 Be7 11. Be2 Bd8 12. Nd2 Bc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. g4 Bg6 15.
f4 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Kf2 O-O 19. h4 h5 20. gxh5 Bh7 21. Rhg1 Kh8
22. a3 c5 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. Rg5 Ra5 25. Qd1 c4 26. Nc3 b5 27. Qg1 Rg8 28. Qg2 b4
29. axb4 Qxb4 30. h6 gxh6 31. Rxg8+ Nxg8 32. Rg1 Qf8 33. e4 dxe4 34. Nxc4 Rf5
35. Qg3 Ngf6 36. Ne3 Ra5 37. Nc4 Ra8 38. Ne5 Rb8 39. Nb5 Nxe5 40. fxe5 Nd5 41.
h5 f5 42. Qa3 f4 43. Qxf8+ Rxf8 44. Bc4 Rb8 45. b3 Ne3 46. Nd6 Bf5 47. Nxf5
Nxf5 48. Rg4 e3+ 49. Kg2 Nxd4 50. Rxf4 Nxb3 51. Bxe6 Nc5 52. Bc4 Re8 53. Rf5 e2
54. Kf2 Ne4+ 55. Ke1 Re7 56. Bd3 Ng5 57. Bxe2 Kg7 58. Kd1 Nf7 59. Rf6 Nxe5 60.
Ra6 Rd7+ 61. Kc2 Rf7 62. Re6 Rf5 63. Kc3 Rg5 64. Re7+ Kf6 65. Rb7 Nf7 66. Kd4
Nd6 67. Rb6 Ke7 68. Bf3 Nf5+ 69. Kd3 Nd6 70. Rc6 Nf7 71. Ke4 Nd6+ 72. Kf4 Rf5+
73. Ke3 Rg5 74. Ra6 Re5+ 75. Kf4 Rf5+ 76. Kg3 Rg5+ 77. Kh3 Rf5 78. Bg4 Rd5 79.
Kh4 Rd4 80. Ra5 Kf6 81. Kg3 Ne4+ 82. Kg2 Nd6 83. Be2 Nf7 84. Kf3 Ng5+ 85. Kf2
Rf4+ 86. Kg3 Re4 87. Bg4 Re3+ 88. Kf2 Re5 89. Ra6+ Ne6 90. Kg3 Re3+ 91. Kh4 Re4
92. Rb6 Re3 93. Rb7 Ng5 94. Rb8 Re5 95. Rg8 Nf7 96. Rg6+ Ke7 97. Bd1 Re4+ 98.
Kg3 Re6 99. Rg8 Rf6 100. Bc2 Ng5 101. Bg6 Nf7 102. Ra8 Nd6 103. Ra7+ Kf8 104.
Kg4 Nf7 105. Bf5 Ne5+ 106. Kf4 Nf7 107. Ra8+ Kg7 108. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. a5 Rb8 14. Bg5 Rb4
15. Na2 Rb5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nc3 Rb4 18. Na2 Rb5 19. Nc3 Rb4 20. Na2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Cori Tello, Deysi Estella"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nc2 Nd7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bf1 Bd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Kh7 15. f3
f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Kh1 Rc8 20. Rad1 a4 21. Nd5 Rf7
22. Bf2 e6 23. Nc3 Bc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Qc2 Qf8 26. Bg3 Rf5 27. Nb5 Nf7 28. b4
axb3 29. axb3 Be5 30. b4 Na6 31. Qb3 Rh5 32. f4 Bf6 33. Rxe6 Kg7 34. Rxf6 Kxf6
35. Qc3+ Ke7 36. Nd4 Rc8 37. Re1+ Kd7 38. c5 Nc7 39. c6+ bxc6 40. Qxc6+ Kd8 41.
Qb6 Kd7 42. Be2 Nd8 43. Bxh5 gxh5 44. Bh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 a6 {The Romanishin variation is a popular way of
avoiding the conventional lines. Black wants to take the play into relatively
non-standard positions by disrupting White's simple and non-committal plan of
Bg2, 0-0.} 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 ({Black has a couple of gambits ready in case White
chooses to play} 5. Nd4 {One of them is} d5 ({While the other one goes} 5... c6
6. cxb5 axb5 7. Nxb5 cxb5 8. Bxa8 d5 $44) 6. cxb5 e5 7. Nc6 Nxc6 8. bxc6 Bc5
$36) 5... Bb7 ({If Black wants to avoid taking a decision with the b5-pawn he
usually starts with} 5... c5 {so that after} 6. Nc3 {he has options of} Qb6 ({
or} 6... Qa5)) 6. Nc3 bxc4 $6 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gb1b7] In general, opening the file
which can be quickly occupied by White looks like a doubtful decision.} ({
It is important to note that whenever Romanishin was confronted with this
position he always chose to play} 6... b4) 7. bxc4 c5 8. Rb1 Bc6 9. O-O Be7 10.
d4 {This looks good although it has rarely been played before. White's main
alternatives are 10.Re1 and 10.Qc2.} cxd4 (10... Ne4 $6 11. Bb2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3
cxd4 13. Bxd4 ({White could have chosen} 13. Qxd4 $5 {when after} Bf6 (13... f6
14. Qd3 $16 {[%csl Re8,Rf6]}) 14. Qe3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. c5 $14 {his pieces
are clearly better placed.} (16. Qd4 $14)) 13... O-O 14. Bb6 Qc8 15. c5 a5 16.
Qd2 Na6 17. Rfc1 f6 18. a3 a4 19. Rc4 Bd5 20. Rxa4 Nxc5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qe3
Rb8 23. Rb5 Ne4 24. Ne1 Qc6 25. a4 Nc3 {0-1 Jozwicki,J (2195)-Koziak,V (2478)/
Barlinek 2010/CBM 137 Extra}) 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Rd1 Qa5 ({If Black wanted to
develop quickly he would have to part with his B with} 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc6
{but this is hardly inspiring. White has more than one way of keeping a
significant edge.} 14. Bxc6 (14. Qf4 $16 {[%csl Gc1,Gf3][%cal Gb1b8,Gd1d8]})
14... dxc6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (16... Rxd8 17. Rb6 $16) 17. Rb7 $16)
13. Bd2 $1 {This is much stronger.} ({A previous game went} 13. Bf4 Bc5 14. Bc7
Bxd4 15. Bxa5 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rc8 17. Ne5 (17. Be5 $5) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $14 {
[%csl Ra8,Rb8] Nowka,O-Sarosi,Z (2315)/Dortmund 1988/TD (29), with an edge for
White.}) 13... Qc5 14. Be3 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {White enjoys a
classical advantage in development and piece placement. Black cannot play ...
Nc6 without allowing significant concessions. It seems really tough for him to
get out of this, unless White dozes off.} a5 (16... Rc8 17. Na4 $16 {[%csl Ra8,
Rc4,Rc8][%cal Ga4b6]}) (16... Nc6 17. Nxc6 dxc6 18. Rb7 Rfe8 19. Na4 Ne4 (19...
Rab8 20. Rdb1 Rxb7 21. Rxb7 $16) 20. Rdd7 Kf8 21. Nb6 Rab8 $2 22. Rxe7 $1 $18)
17. Na4 $1 (17. Rb7 {is tempting but less convincing.} Na6 18. Na4 (18. Ndb5
Rab8 $14) 18... Rab8 $14) 17... Na6 (17... Nc6 $2 18. Nb6 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $18 {
[%csl Rd7][%cal Gd4f6]}) 18. Nb6 Rad8 $6 {This loses a pawn.} ({It was better
to go for} 18... Ra7 {although White has a variety of ways to continue his
initiative, for example} 19. Nb3 (19. Nb5 $5 Rb7 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Nb4 (
21... Rfb8 22. Nxd7 Rxb1 23. Nxb8 Rxb8 24. Rxa6 $18) 22. c5 $16) (19. Nf3 $5 {
[%cal Gb6c8]} Bc5 (19... Rb7 $4 20. Nc8 $18) (19... Rc7 20. Rb5 $16 {[%csl Ra5]
}) 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Ne5 $16) 19... Bb4 (19... Nb4 20. Nc8 $16) (19... a4 20.
Nxa4 $16) 20. c5 $16) 19. Rb5 $16 {[%csl Ra5]} Nc5 ({There was no way to save
the pawn -} 19... Bb4 20. a3 $1 Bc3 (20... Bxa3 21. Rxa5 $18) 21. Nc2 (21. Rd3
Bxd4 (21... Ne4 22. f3 $18) 22. Bxd4 $18) 21... d5 22. Rd3 $18) 20. Rxa5 $18
Rb8 21. Nb3 {Simplest.} ({Although} 21. Rb5 Bd8 22. Nd5 $18 {was also winning.}
) 21... Nxb3 (21... Rxb6 22. Nxc5 {[%csl Rd7]} Rd6 23. Rxd6 Bxd6 24. a4 $18)
22. axb3 Rb7 23. c5 Bd8 24. Rda1 $1 Ng4 (24... Bxb6 25. cxb6 Nd5 26. Bc5 Rfb8 (
26... Rc8 27. Ra8 $18) 27. Bd6 Rc8 28. Ra8 Nxb6 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. Ra8 $18) 25.
Ra7 Nxe3+ 26. fxe3 Rxb6 (26... Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Bxb6 28. cxb6 $18 {[%cal Gb6b7,
Ga7a8]}) 27. cxb6 Bxb6 28. Rxd7 Bxe3 29. Kf3 Bb6 30. Ra6 Bc5 31. Rc7 Bb4 32.
Rac6 g6 33. Rc8 {The first game had ended in a draw, so Laznicka advanced to
the second round of the World Cup with this victory.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 c6 16. a5 Be7 17. Ra4 Nd7 18. Ne4 b5 19. Ra1 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd4 Nc6 7. Nc2 Bxc3 8.
dxc3 h6 9. O-O Re8 10. Ne3 d6 11. f3 Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Qc2 exf3 14. exf3 Qc8
15. Bd2 Bh3 16. Rad1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. Bc1 Re6 19. Nf5 Ng6 20. Rf2 Rae8 21.
Nd4 Re5 22. h3 b6 23. a4 d5 24. cxd5 Rh5 25. h4 Rxd5 26. Rdd2 Ne5 27. b4 c5 28.
bxc5 bxc5 29. Nb3 c4 30. Nd4 Nd3 31. Rxd3 cxd3 32. Qxd3 Qxa4 33. Bb2 Rc5 34.
Nf5 Qd7 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. Nd6 Re6 37. Rd2 Nb6 38. Ne4 Rd5 39. Kf2 Rxd2+ 40.
Nxd2 Rc6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. Ng3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. h4 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. h5 Be6 14. Bd3 Rb8 15. b3
Qa5 16. Rc1 Rfe8 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Nge2 Nd7 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Na4 Qxd2+ 21.
Kxd2 c5 22. f4 Bf7 23. g4 Nf8 24. e5 Ne6 25. exd6 Nxg5 26. fxg5 Re5 27. Rce1
Rxg5 28. d7 Rd8 29. Nb6 Rxg4 30. Be4 Bf6 31. b4 cxb4 32. c5 Bg5+ 33. Kd1 b3 34.
axb3 Rg3 35. c6 Bxb3+ 36. Ke2 Rc3 37. Rhg1 Bh4 38. Rc1 Re3+ 39. Kd2 Rf8 40.
Rcf1 Bd8 41. Bd5+ Bxd5 42. Nxd5 Ba5+ 43. Kd1 Re5 44. c7 Bxc7 45. Nxc7 Rd8 46.
Ne8 Re7 47. Kd2 a5 48. Kd3 Re3+ 49. Kc4 d3 50. Rg4 Re5 51. Rgf4 Rf5 52. Rxf5
gxf5 53. Kc5 Kf7 54. Kd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 a5 11. d5 Qc7 12. Nd2 b6 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rfc1 Bd7 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. Nb3 Ncd7 17. Nd2 h5 18. Nd5 Qb8 19. b3 Nc5 20. a3 Nfd7 21. b4 Ne6 22.
Nf3 b5 23. cxb5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qd3 Qa7 27. Rab1 axb4 28.
axb4 Nb6 29. Rc6 Qb8 30. Nxd4 Ra2 31. Rc2 Qa8 32. Rxa2 Qxa2 33. Qc2 Qa7 34. Nc6
Qa3 35. Qb3 Qa8 36. h4 Bf6 37. Bf3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Qc8 39. Qc2 Qc7 40. Rc1 Qd7 41.
Na5 Rc8 42. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 c5 5. d5 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Nf6 8. Nf3 c4
9. Bc2 Qc7 10. O-O e5 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Nf5
Re8 16. N3h4 Bf8 17. Kh1 g5 18. Nxh6+ Bxh6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Bxg5 Nh7 21. Qg4 Kh8
22. Qh5 f6 23. Qxe8 fxg5 24. d6 Qc6 25. Rad1 Bb7 26. Qf7 Ndf6 27. Ne7 Bxe7 28.
dxe7 Rg8 29. Rd8 Ne8 30. Rfd1 Bc8 31. Qd5 Qc7 32. Qa8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 d6 8. Ne2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. d4 Bf5 11. d5 Ne7 12. f3 e4 13. f4 Qd7 14. b3 a4 15. Bb2 a3
16. Bc1 c6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 d5 20. c5 h5 21. Bd2 Ra6 22. Bc3
h4 23. gxh4 Rc8 24. Rac1 Rac6 25. b4 b6 26. cxb6 Rc4 27. Qd2 Qc6 28. b7 Qxb7
29. Bd4 Qxb4 30. Qxb4 Rxb4 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rc1 Be6 33. Bf1 Kh7 34. Be2 Bg4
35. Bxf6 Bxe2 36. Bd4 Bc4 37. Rc2 Kh6 38. Kg2 Rb1 39. Bc5 Rb2 40. Rf2 {[#]} Be2
{Adams hat noch ein paar Giftpfeile im Köcher.} 41. Bxa3 ({Falls} 41. f5 {
so trotzdem} d4 42. Bxd4 Rxa2 {und ist der a-Bauer stark.}) 41... Rc2 $5 {
Verhindert Lc5, um d4 spielen zu können.} (41... Rxa2 42. Bc5 Bf3+ 43. Kg3 Ra6
{mit der Drohung Tg6.} 44. f5 Rf6 45. Kf4 g6 46. Ke5 Rxf5+ 47. Kd4 $15) 42. f5
d4 43. exd4 e3 44. Rf4 ({Die etwas versteckte Möglichkeit für Weiß, die
Partie zu hakten, war} 44. Bc1 Bf3+ (44... Rxc1 $2 45. Rxe2 $16) 45. Kxf3 Rxf2+
46. Ke4 Kh5 (46... Rd2 47. Kxe3 Rxa2 48. d5 $11) 47. Bxe3 Rxa2 {wird kaum zu
gewinnen sein.}) 44... Bc4+ 45. Kg3 (45. Kf3 Bd5+ 46. Kxe3 Rc3+ $19) 45... Bd5
{Und Weiß ist nun in ersnthaften Schwierigkeiten. Der König ist bedroht und
der schwarze e-Bauer ist mobil.} 46. Rg4 Rf2 47. Rg5 {Weiß hat noch
Gegenspiel: Es droht f6 mit Gewinn.} f6 48. Rg6+ Kh7 49. h5 Rxf5 50. Bf8 Kg8 (
50... Rf3+ {reichte auch} 51. Kg4 e2 52. Rxg7+ Kh8 53. Re7 Rf1 54. Bg7+ (54.
Rxe2 Bf3+) 54... Kg8 55. Bxf6 e1=Q 56. Rxe1 Rxe1 $19) 51. Bb4 Kf7 52. Kh4 Bf3
0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Qb5 Na5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. b3 d5 15.
Ne5 Rfd8 16. Rac1 h6 17. h4 Bd6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nb5 Bf8 20. Rc2 Ne4 21. Bxe4
dxe4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd2 Be7 24. Kf1 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Bd2
Nc6 28. Nd6 Nxe5 29. Nxb7 Be7 30. a4 Nc6 31. g4 Ne5 32. a5 bxa5 33. Bxa5 Nxg4
34. Bb6 f5 35. Bxc5 Kf7 36. b4 Nf6 37. b5 Bxc5 38. Nxc5 Nd5 39. Na4 Ke6 40. b6
Kd6 41. b7 Kc7 42. Nc5 e3 43. fxe3 Nxe3+ 44. Kf2 Nd5 45. e4 fxe4 46. Nxe4 Kxb7
47. Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Nc5 15. O-O fxg3 16. hxg3 a5 17. Rfd1 h5 18. e3 Kb8 19. Rd4 Ne6 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8
21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Ne4 Bb4 23. b3 Ng6 24. Qb2 Rd8 25. Qa1 Ka7 26. Bf3 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 Qd8 28. Qb1 h4 29. g4 Qd5 30. Be2 Nc5 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. Qd3 Qe5 33. Qd2
Bb6 34. Bd1 Ka8 35. Qd6 Qc3 36. Kg2 Qe1 37. Bf3 h3+ 38. Kxh3 Qxf2 39. Bxc6 bxc6
40. Qxc6+ Ka7 41. Qd7+ Ka6 42. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Phiri, Richmond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Nd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. Qe1 Nd7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nc5 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Ne6 15. Rad1 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. Rxd6
O-O 21. e5 a5 22. b3 h6 23. Qe3 Ne6 24. Qf2 Qe7 25. Rfd1 Ng5 26. Qf4 Re8 27.
Rd7 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxb7 Re2 30. Rc1 Ne6 31. b4 axb4 32. Rxb4 Re5 33.
Rc4 Ra5 34. a4 c5 35. Rb1 Kf8 36. Rb7 Ke8 37. Kg1 Ra8 38. Kf2 Nd8 39. Re4+ Kf8
40. Rb5 Ne6 41. a5 Ra7 42. c4 Ra8 43. Re1 Ra7 44. Reb1 Ra6 45. Rb8+ Ke7 46.
R8b7+ Kf6 47. Ra1 Ke5 48. Rb6 Ra7 49. a6 Nd8 50. Ra5 Ne6 51. Rb7 Ra8 52. a7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Qb3 Re8
15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Bf1 a6 17. a4 Qe7 18. Re3 Qb4 19. Nd2 Rc7 20. Ba3 Qxb3 21.
Rxb3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. a4 Be6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. h3 h6 13. d4 exd4 14. e5 dxc3 15. bxc3
Nd7 16. Nb3 Nf8 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qxb5 f6 21. Bf4
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Bxe5 c6 24. Qd3 Qd8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. c4 Bc5 27. f4 Qe7
28. Kh1 Qf7 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Nb5 Rc8 31. Nc7 Bc6 32. Nxd5 Kh8 33. Nc3 Be7 34.
Ne4 Bd5 35. Kh2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Bb3 37. Qd3 Bxd1 38. Qxd1 Ng6 39. Qg4 Nxe5 40.
fxe5 Qd5 41. Qf5 Kg8 42. Kg3 Ba3 43. Kg4 Qd1+ 44. Qf3 Qd7+ 45. Kg3 Qd4 46. Qf4
Qd3+ 47. Kh2 Qd5 48. Nc3 Qd3 49. Na4 g5 50. Qg3 Qxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Kf7 52. Kf3 Ke7
53. Nb6 Ke6 54. Kg4 Bc5 55. Nc4 Kd5 56. Nb2 Ba3 57. Nd3 Ke4 58. Nf2+ Kxe5 59.
Kh5 Kf4 60. Kxh6 Be7 61. g4 Kg3 62. Ne4+ Kh4 63. Kg6 Kxh3 64. Kh5 Kg2 65. Kg6
Kh3 66. Kh5 Kg2 67. Nxg5 Kg3 68. Ne6 Kf3 69. Nd4+ Kf4 70. Nf5 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rxb7
Rfb8 15. Rxb8+ Rxb8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rd8 18. d5 Ne5 19. Qc1 Nc4 20. Bg5 Re8
21. Qb1 Qxb1 22. Rxb1 a5 23. Rc1 Nd6 24. Rc7 Ra8 25. Bxe7 Be5 26. Bxd6 Bxd6 27.
Rc6 a4 28. Be2 a3 29. Bc4 Be5 30. Ba2 Ra4 31. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. f5 Be7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxh4+ 15. g3 Bg5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. O-O Qc5 18. Qf2 Nc6 19. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2
Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Rb8 22. Bd5 Ne5 23. Bxb7 Ke7 24. Rb3 a5 25. a4 Kd7 26. Rf1 Kc7
27. Rfb1 Nd7 28. Rb5 Nc5 29. Bd5 Rhe8 30. Kf2 Rxb5 31. Rxb5 Re5 32. c4 g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Re1 exd4 12. Nxd4 d5 13. exd5 Bxd4 14. cxd4
Qxd5 15. Qa4 Kg7 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Ng3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Bg6 20. Qa3 Ne6
21. Qc3 Nxd4 22. Qxc7 Rac8 23. Qf4 Ne6 24. Qa4 Qc5 25. h4 Nd4 26. Rc1 Qxc1 27.
Rxc1 Rxc1 28. Qxa7 Ne2+ 29. Nxe2 Rxf1+ 30. Kh2 Rd2 31. Qe3 Rxb2 32. h5 Bxh5 33.
Ng3 Rfxf2 34. Nxh5+ Kg6 35. Nf4+ Kg7 36. a3 b5 37. Kh3 Rxf4 38. Qg3+ Kh8 39.
Qxf4 Rb3+ 40. g3 Rxa3 41. Qxf6+ Kg8 42. Qg5+ Kh8 43. Qe7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 d6 7. Ngf3 Nge7 8. h4 h5
9. O-O b6 10. c3 Bb7 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Bh3 Nd8 13. Qe2 f6 14. Ngf3 Nf7 15. d4 O-O
16. Re1 Rfe8 17. b3 f5 18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Qd3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf5 22.
Bg2 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Bd5 24. Re2 Nh6 25. Rae1 Nf5 26. Ng5 Bf6 27. Bxd5 exd5 28.
Qf3 Bxg5 29. Qxd5+ Kh7 30. hxg5 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Nxg3 32. Re6 Re8 33. Rxe8 Qxe8
34. Qxd6 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kxg3 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Na3 Bf8 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 c6 15. b4 Nc4
16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Nh2 Rc8 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Ng4 Be7 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qg4 Bg5
22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Rad1 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Red8 25. Rd2 Kf8 26. f3 Ke7 27. Kf2 f6 28.
Ke3 Rb8 29. Rb1 Rb7 30. Bd1 Rc8 31. Ra1 Bd7 32. Rd5 Rb6 33. Be2 Be6 34. Ra5 Bd7
35. Rd1 Rc7 36. Ra1 Rc8 37. Rd5 Rb7 38. Ra2 Be6 39. Ra5 Rb6 40. Rb2 Bd7 41. Rd2
Rc7 42. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bf4 c6 14. a3 Nc7 15.
b4 Ne6 16. Be5 Qd7 17. Nh4 Ne8 18. Nf5 f6 19. Bf4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Nd6 21. Bh3 Qe8
22. Rd3 Bc8 23. Rg3 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 Bd6 25. e3 b5 26. Kh1 g5 27. Rag1 Kg7 28.
R3g2 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qc8 30. Qc2 a5 31. Ne2 axb4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Ng3 Kh8 34.
Nf5 Qe6 35. Nxh6 Ra7 36. Nf5 Raf7 37. f3 Qd7 38. e4 Rh7 39. fxg5 fxg5 40. Rxg5
Bd6 41. Qg2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 Bd6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 a6 8. d4 e5
9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5
Bxb2+ 15. Kxb2 Be6 16. Rd4 Rc8 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Bd3 Qf6 19. Rc1 Rcd8 20. Be4
Rxd4 21. exd4 Rd8 22. Rd1 b6 23. Bc2 a5 24. Qe3 g6 25. g3 Bg4 26. Rd2 Kg7 27.
h4 h6 28. f4 Rd5 29. Qc3 Qe7 30. Bd1 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Qe2+ 32. Qd2 Qg4 33. Qd3 Qd7
34. Qc3 Kh7 35. a4 h5 36. Rd3 Kg8 37. Qc4 Qe6 38. Rd2 Qd7 39. Kc1 Kg7 40. Rd3
Qe6 41. Kd2 Qe4 42. Kc2 Qe6 43. Rd2 Qe4+ 44. Kb2 Qe1 45. Qd3 Kf8 46. Rd1 Qe6
47. Rc1 Kg7 48. Rc7 Qe1 49. Rc2 Kf8 50. Rd2 Kg7 51. Re2 Qb4 52. Re4 f5 53. Re2
Rxd4 54. Qc3 Kf6 55. Qxb4 Rxb4 56. Re5 Re4 57. Rb5 Re6 58. b4 axb4 59. Kb3 Ke7
60. Kxb4 Kd7 61. Re5 Rf6 62. Kb5 Rd6 63. Re3 Kd8 64. Ka6 Kd7 65. Kb5 Rd4 66.
Rc3 Re4 67. Rc2 Rd4 68. Rc1 Re4 69. Rc3 Rd4 70. Re3 Re4 71. Rd3+ Kc7 72. Rc3+
Kd7 73. Ra3 Kc7 74. Rd3 Re1 75. Rd4 Re3 76. Rc4+ Kb7 77. Rd4 Rb3+ 78. Kc4 Rxg3
79. Kb5 Rb3+ 80. Kc4 Rb1 81. Rd6 Ka6 82. Rxg6 Rf1 83. Rg5 Rxf4+ 84. Kb3 Ka5 85.
Rxh5 Rf3+ 86. Kc2 Kxa4 87. Rh8 b5 88. h5 Kb4 89. h6 Rc3+ 90. Kd2 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 $5 4. e3 f5 {This formerly considered
over-optimistic continuation has gained the right to exist lately.} ({The main
line goes} 4... Nf6 5. d4 e4 {as for instance in Aronian,L (2815)-Caruana,F 
(2791) Stavanger 2014 CBM 161 [Sumets,A] (1/2-1/2, 38)}) 5. d4 e4 6. d5 Na5 $6
$146 {A risky decision. In order to keep his structure intact Black takes his
knight out of play, at least temporarily.} (6... exf3 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+
Kxd8 9. gxf3 {Giri,A (2793)-So,W (2779) Saint Louis 2015 (½-½, 30), proved
playable for Black.}) 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. f3 {This early opening of the centre is
tempting with the knight on a5, but has the drawback of eliminating the
potential weakness of the e4-pawn and weakening the own structure.} ({An
alternate plan is} 8. Be2 {keeping the pawn break g2-g4 as a possibility.} d6 (
8... g6 $6 9. g4 $1 $36 {[%csl Ge4,Gf5]}) 9. a3 b6 10. b4 Nb7 11. Bb2 g6 12. g4
$5) 8... exf3 ({Black does not get much for the pawn after} 8... g6 9. fxe4
fxe4 10. Ncxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qh4+ 12. Nf2 Bg7 13. g3 Qe7 14. Bd3 {From the
structural point of view his position looks OK, but with the knight on a5 it
will be difficult to keep up the blockade on e5.}) 9. Nxf3 (9. Qxf3 {offers
some temporary initiative, but not more:} d6 10. Bd3 g6 11. e4 Bg7 12. exf5 O-O
13. O-O (13. fxg6 Ng4 $36 {[%csl Ge1]}) 13... Bxf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Qxf5 Nd7
16. Qe6+ Kh8 $13 {White has problems completing his development and defending
the c4-pawn at the same time. Now is one of the situations when the knight is
active on a5.}) 9... g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O {Black intends to save on the
tempo ...d7-d6 in case White opens the centre with e3-e4} ({If} 11... d6 12. e4
fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Qc2 {[%cal Ga1e1] Black is
more or less forced to search for counterplay with} b5 {when White retains an
advantage with} 17. cxb5 Qxb5 18. Be7) 12. d6 $5 {It is not easy to make such
a move, weakening the pawn and freeing the a5-knight at the same time.} ({But} 
12. Qc2 d6 13. e4 {runs into} b5 {since the queen blocks the desirable bishop
retreat to c2 after} 14. cxb5 c4 $132) ({Or if} 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 {Black
could consider} b5 14. cxb5 c4 15. Bc2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rb8 {with certain
counterplay.}) 12... b6 {Too slow to cross White's intentions.} (12... b5 $5
13. Nxb5 (13. cxb5 Bb7 14. Bd2 Re8 $44 {[%csl Rd6,Re3,Ge4]}) 13... Bb7 14. Bd2
Nc6 15. Bc3 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd2 Qa5 18. Nc3 Rae8 {with reasonable play
on the dark squares for the sacrificed pawn.}) 13. e4 $36 fxe4 14. Bxe4 $1 (14.
Nxe4 Bb7 15. Bg5 Qe8 $132) 14... Rb8 ({The point behind the last move is
revealed after} 14... Nxe4 15. Qd5+ $1 Kh8 16. Qxa8 {with insufficient black
compensation for the exchange.}) 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qd3 $16 {
White is better developed, has a huge space advantage in the centre and
kingside attacking chances.} Bb7 18. Rae1 {[%csl Ge8]} Qf7 {Quite an
uncomfortable situation for the queen.} 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nc6 21. g4 $6 {
A mysterious move.} (21. Ng5 {wins the queen without enough compensation:} Bxg5
(21... Qg7 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Ne5+ Kh8 26. Rxf6 Qxf6
27. Nxd7 $18) 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Qg3 $16) 21... Bxb2 $2 ({It was essential to
over-protect the e7-square before taking the pawn:} 21... Rbe8 $1 22. Ng5 (22.
b3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Bd8 24. Kg2 Nd4 $36) 22... Rxe1 $1 23. Nxf7 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Rxf1+
25. Qxf1 Rxf7 26. Qe2 Ne5 {This is a much better version of the queen
sacrifice than above. With such active pieces Black is not worse.} 27. g5 (27.
b3 Nxg4 $1 28. Qxg4 $2 Rf1+ 29. Kg2 Rg1+) 27... Rf2 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Qe4 Rf1+
30. Kg2 Rf2+ 31. Kg3 Rf3+ 32. Kg2 (32. Kh4 $2 Bf2#) 32... Rf2+ {with a
perpetual.}) 22. Ne7+ $1 $18 Kh8 (22... Nxe7 23. dxe7 Rfe8 24. Ng5 Bd4+ 25. Kg2
Qg7 26. Qg3 $18 {[%csl Yd6,Rg8][%cal Gg3b8,Yd6d5]}) 23. Nxc6 {There is already
more than one way to win.} (23. Ng5 Qg7 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Nxc6 dxc6 26. Ne6
$18) 23... dxc6 24. Ne5 Qb7 (24... Bd4+ 25. Kg2 Qg7 26. Nxc6 Qb7 27. Qe4 Rxf1
28. Rxf1 $5 Rc8 {This pin does not incommode White.} 29. Qd5 $1 $18 {The
knight is taboo due to the strength of the d-pawn.}) 25. d7 Bd4+ 26. Kg2 Rxf1
27. Qxf1 Bxe5 (27... Qc7 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Nxg6+ $1 {The shortest
way.} hxg6 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. dxe8=Q#) 28. Qf7 $1 {A nice attack though a piece
down. The d-pawn is simply too strong.} Qc7 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ Kg8 31. Rxe5
b5 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. g5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge5e7]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Kf7 20. Rd2 Rd5
21. Rfd1 Rhd8 22. Kf1 Bf6 23. Ke2 a5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Kd3 Be7 26. Kc2 a4 27.
b3 axb3+ 28. axb3 b4 29. c4 dxc4 30. Rxd8 cxb3+ 31. Kxb3 Bxd8 32. Kxb4 Ke6 33.
Kc4 Be7 34. f3 h5 35. g4 h4 36. h3 Ke5 37. Bd2 g6 38. Be3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. O-O a6 7. a3 Bd6 8. b4
cxb4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. e5 Ng4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Bb2 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. c5 Qc7
15. Qb3 Nc6 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bb2 b5 18. cxb6 Qf4 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Qe3 Bxd2 21.
Qxf4 Bxf4 22. Nc5 O-O-O 23. Ra4 Bd6 24. Nxa6 Be7 25. Rc1 Rg5 26. Nb4 Rc5 27.
Nd3 Rb5 28. Bd4 Bg5 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rxb6 31. Rh4 Rf8 32. Rxh7 Kd8 33.
Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxc6 Bxc6 35. Ne5 Ke8 36. Nxc6 dxc6 37. Rh4 Ke7 38. Ra4 Kd6 39.
h4 c5 40. Kf2 Rc8 41. Ke2 c4 42. g4 c3 43. Kd1 c2+ 44. Kc1 Rc3 45. Rf4 Ke7 46.
g5 Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qa5 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be6
15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. cxb4 Rad8 17. Red1 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. e3 f6 20. Rdc1 Be2
21. Rc2 Bd3 22. Rd2 Ba6 23. e4 f5 24. Rad1 fxe4 25. Bxe4 e6 26. Be5 Rf7 27.
Bxg7 Kxg7 28. f4 Bb5 29. Bc2 Bc4 30. Be4 Bb5 31. Bc2 Bc4 32. Be4 a5 33. bxa5
Ra8 34. Rc1 Bd5 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. Rc5 Kf6 37. Re2 Rff8 38. Kg2 Ra7 39. Kf3 Rfa8
40. Rb2 Rxa5 41. Rxa5 Rxa5 42. Rxb7 Ra3+ 43. Rb3 Rxa2 44. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e3 c6 7. a4 O-O 8. Ba3
Re8 9. Nf3 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Be2 Bc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bb5 Bxb5
15. axb5 Qc7 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Qb1 Qb7 19. Qd3 a6 20. c4 dxc4 21.
Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 axb5 23. Qxb5 Nd7 24. Bb2 Rxa1+ 25. Bxa1 h6 26. Bb2 Nd6 27.
Qb3 b5 28. Bc3 Qc6 29. Ne1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Bh5 15.
axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd2 e6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nh4
Be4 9. Rc1 Be7 10. f3 Bg6 11. g3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. Be2 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. f4 Rac8 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. Ne2 c5 18. O-O b5 19. Rfd1 Qa7 20. Ba5 Nb6 21. Kg2
Rd7 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. e4 Qd8 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Qd3
Qc7 28. h4 Bb6 29. Kh3 Nc5 30. Qd2 Qb7 31. Qc2 Qd7 32. e5 Nd3 33. Be4 Nf2+ 34.
Kg2 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Qd2 36. Kf3 Qxb2 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qxa6 Bc5 39. Qc6 Qa3+ 40.
Kg4 Qb4 41. Nc1 Be3 42. Nb3 Qe1 43. Qxb5 Qd1+ 44. Kh3 Qh1+ 45. Kg4 Qd1+ 46. Kh3
Qh1+ 47. Kg4 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a7
Rxa7 9. e4 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. exd5 d6 12. O-O Na6 13. Bc4 Bf5 14. Bd2 Nc7 15.
Re1 Nd7 16. a4 Nb6 17. b3 Qa8 18. Rc1 Nbxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Bf4
Qb7 22. Qxd6 Qxb3 23. Qxc5 Qxa4 24. Be5 Ra5 25. Qc3 Rc8 26. Qd2 Rxc1 27. Qd8+
Bf8 28. Rxc1 Ra6 29. h3 Qd7 30. Qb8 Qa7 31. Qd8 Qd7 32. Qb8 Qd5 33. Ba1 Bxh3
34. Re1 Bd7 35. Ne5 Be6 36. Qb2 Qb3 37. Qxb3 Bxb3 38. Nd7 Be7 39. Bd4 Rd6 40.
Bc5 Rxd7 41. Bxe7 Kg7 42. Bb4 g5 43. f3 h5 44. Kf2 Be6 45. Re5 Kg6 46. Bc3 h4
47. Bb4 Rc7 48. Rc5 Rb7 49. Bc3 Ra7 50. Ba5 Rb7 51. Bd8 Rb2+ 52. Kg1 f6 53. Rc6
Rd2 54. Rxe6 Rxd8 55. Ra6 Rd3 56. Kf2 Rd1 57. Rb6 Kf7 58. Rb8 Ke6 59. Ra8 Ke5
60. Ke3 f5 61. Re8+ Kf6 62. Rf8+ Kg6 63. Rg8+ Kh6 64. f4 g4 65. Rh8+ Kg6 66.
Rxh4 Ra1 67. Kf2 Ra2+ 68. Kg3 Ra3+ 69. Kf2 Ra8 70. Rh1 Ra2+ 71. Kg3 Ra3+ 72.
Kf2 Rb3 73. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Nf6
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nc3 e6 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Nc4 Rc6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Qxf6
Rg8 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. Qh4 Qd8 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rfd1 Ke7 19. Rd3 Rgc8 20. Ncd1
Rc5 21. f3 Ra5 22. Rda3 Bd4 23. Kf1 Rh5 24. h3 Rg5 25. Rd3 Bg7 26. Ra2 b5 27.
f4 Rgc5 28. b4 R5c7 29. a5 Bc6 30. Nf2 Bb7 31. Raa3 h5 32. g3 Bb2 33. Rab3 Bh8
34. Ke2 Ba8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Bg7 37. Kf3 Rh8 38. Rb1 Bc3 39. Nfd1 Be1 40.
Ke2 Bxe4 41. Kxe1 Bxd3 42. cxd3 d5 43. d4 Rcc8 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Nf2 Rc3 46. g5
Ra3 47. Rb2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wiedenkeller, Michael"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 14. Bc4
O-O 15. Rhd1 Bd7 16. Ke2 Rfc8 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Be8 19. Ke1 Nb4 20. Bxb7
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nd3+ 22. Kd2 Nxc1 23. Bxa8 Nxa2 24. Nd4 a5 25. Nc6 Bf8 26. Bd4 a4
27. f4 a3 28. g4 h5 29. h3 h4 30. Bf6 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 Nb4 32. Bb5 Bg7 33. Bxg7
Kxg7 34. Kc3 g5 35. fxg5 Kg6 36. Bc4 Nc6 37. Bd5 Ne5 38. Kb3 Nd3 39. Kxa3 Nf4
40. Kb4 Nxh3 41. e5 Nf4 42. Be4+ Kxg5 43. Kc5 Ne6+ 44. Kd6 Kf4 45. Bb7 h3 46.
Bh1 Ng5 47. Kd5 Kxg4 48. Kd4 Kf4 49. Kd5 Ke3 50. Kd6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Lalith, Babu MR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. e3
Be7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Ne4 h6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e4 b6 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nd4 a5 20. f3 axb4 21. axb4
Bc6 22. Qc3 Bd7 23. Bf1 Ra4 24. Nc2 Ra2 25. Ne3 Ba4 26. Rd4 Bc6 27. Rcd1 Rd7
28. b5 Bb7 29. Qb4 Ne8 30. e5 Ra8 31. exd6 Qc5 32. Qxc5 bxc5 33. R4d3 Rad8 34.
Nc2 Nxd6 35. Na1 Bc8 36. Nb3 Nb7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Bxd7 39. f4 Kf8 40. g3
Bc8 41. Bg2 Nd6 42. Na5 Ke7 43. b6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. Qe2 e6 8. e5 Ne7
9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. c3 Qb8 13. cxb4 Nd5 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf6
N5xf6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. Bc4 Nf8 18. Rac1 h6 19. Kh1 Qe8 20. b3 Rf7 21. b5 axb5
22. Bxb5 Qb8 23. a5 Rf5 24. Bc4 Bd5 25. b4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Ra7 27. Qc6 Bf6 28. h3
Rb5 29. Qe4 Rd5 30. Rc6 Qb5 31. Rfc1 Bd8 32. Nh2 h5 33. Nf1 Bf6 34. R6c4 Rf5
35. Qf3 Bd8 36. Ne3 Rf7 37. d5 e5 38. Qg3 h4 39. Qg4 Qe8 40. Re4 Bf6 41. Bc3
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zaibi, Amir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
g5 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Bg7 12. c4 O-O 13. Qe1 Qb6 14. Nxa5 Ng6 15. c5
Qc7 16. h3 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. b4 Ne4 19. Be3 Nf4 20. Nh2 Rae8 21. Qd1 e5 22.
Bxf4 gxf4 23. Nb3 Ng5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 f3 27. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 28.
gxf3 Rf4 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxf3 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Nc1 Qg5+ 34.
Kf1 Qh4 35. Qh2 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
O-O b5 9. d4 Bb7 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Bxf4 12. gxf4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe3
Qe7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. b4 Nd5 17. Qd4 Nd7 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. a3 O-O 20. Nb3 Bb7
21. Qa7 Ba8 22. e3 Ne5 23. Qxe7 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Nxe7 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Nc5 Nd5 27.
Rc1 h6 28. Kf1 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Ke1 Nf6 31. Kd2 a5 32. Rg1 axb4 33. Rxg5+
Kf8 34. axb4 Nd5 35. Rg4 Ke7 36. h4 Nxb4 37. Rxb4 Rxc5 38. Rxb5 Rc8 39. Rb4 Rh8
40. h5 f5 41. Ra4 Bd5 42. Rh4 Kf6 43. f4 Rh6 44. Kc3 e5 45. Kb4 Bf7 46. Kc5
exf4 47. exf4 Be8 48. Kd4 Rh7 49. Rh3 Rh8 50. Ke3 Bf7 51. Kf2 Rg8 52. Rc3 Rh8
53. Rh3 Rg8 54. Bf3 Be8 55. Rh1 Bf7 56. Rh2 Be8 57. Ke3 Bf7 58. Kd4 Rd8+ 59.
Ke3 Re8+ 60. Kf2 Rg8 61. Rh1 Ke7 62. Ra1 Rh8 63. Rg1 Kf6 64. Rg5 Rd8 65. Be2
Rh8 66. Kg3 Re8 67. Bf3 Rb8 68. Bd1 Rc8 69. Kf2 Rc4 70. Ke3 Rc3+ 71. Kf2 Rc4
72. Ke3 Rc3+ 73. Kd2 Rc4 74. h6 Rd4+ 75. Ke1 Rxf4 76. h7 Re4+ 77. Kf2 Re8 78.
Rg1 Rh8 79. Rh1 Bg6 80. Bc2 Rxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Nd5 Rab8 12. a4 Bd8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg5 Bxd5
15. exd5 Ne7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nh4 Ng6 18. Qh5 Kh8 19. Qf5 Qe8 20. Nf3 Rg8 21.
g3 Qf8 22. Nh2 Qh6 23. Kh1 Ne7 24. Qd7 f5 25. h4 Qf6 26. c3 b4 27. c4 Ng6 28.
Rae1 Nf8 29. Qa4 Ng6 30. Qa1 Qg7 31. Rg1 Bf6 32. Qd1 Ne7 33. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Be7 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Rfd1
Rac8 15. h3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bb5 17. Bb3 c5 18. Nc3 c4 19. Ba4 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Qxa4
21. Nxa4 Rc6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Nc3 a6 24. e4 Bb4 25. f3 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Bg5
h6 28. Bh4 g5 29. Bg3 Nd7 30. Ne2 Bd6 31. Bf2 Ne5 32. Be3 Nd3 33. Rb1 Bc5 34.
Bxc5+ Rxc5 35. Nc3 Kf6 36. Rd2 R5c6 37. Nd1 Ke5 38. Ne3 Nf4 39. Ng4# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 h6 12. Rd1 a6 13. b4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. e4
e5 16. Bb2 Qb8 17. h3 Re8 18. Qd2 Qa8 19. Bc2 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Rxa3 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 Ra5 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 b4 25. Ne2 Rg5 26. Bb3 c5 27. Qf4 Re7 28.
Ng3 Qe8 29. f3 Rd7 30. Rc1 Bc6 31. Nf5 Rd3 32. Bc4 Rd7 33. Nd6 Qf8 34. e5 Rg6
35. Bb3 Re7 36. Rxc5 Bd7 37. Qxb4 h5 38. gxh5 Rg5 39. Qh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8.
a3 Nc6 9. axb4 Qb6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Nxb4 12. Qxc4 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nc2 14. Rab1
Rac8 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Rbc1 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Nc6 23. e3 h6 24. Nd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Kf8 26. Ne4 Ke7
27. Qd2 Qb5 28. Nc3 Qc4 29. d5 exd5 30. Nxd5+ Kf8 31. Nc3 Qe6 32. e4 Ke8 33.
Qf4 Ne5 34. Nd5 Qd6 35. Qf5 Nd7 36. Qf3 Qe5 37. Qe3 b6 38. b4 Nf6 39. Nc3 g5
40. h3 h5 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 Qe6 43. Qd4 h4 44. f5 Qe7 45. Kf3 Nd7 46. Qh8+
Qf8 47. Qd4 Qe7 48. Kf4 Qf8 49. Nd5 Qh6+ 50. Kf3 f6 51. Qc3 Ne5+ 52. Kf2 Qg7
53. Qc8+ Kf7 54. Qe6+ Kf8 55. Qd6+ Kg8 56. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Rac1 b5 13. Bb3 c5 14. Bc2 cxd4
15. exd4 Nf8 16. a4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ng6 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxg6 hxg6
21. Qxb5 Be4 22. Ra1 Ng4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Qc6 25. f3 Bd5 26. Rdb1 Rxa1 27.
Rxa1 Ra8 28. Rxa8+ Qxa8 29. h3 Qa1+ 30. Be1 Qb2 31. Qe3 Qc2 32. Kh2 f6 33. h4
Kf7 34. Bg3 Bc4 35. Be1 Bd5 36. Bf2 Kg8 37. Bg3 Kf7 38. Bd6 Bc4 39. Bg3 Bd5 40.
Be1 Bc4 41. Bd2 Bd5 42. Qf4 Kg8 43. Kg3 Kh7 44. Qe3 Bc4 45. Bc1 Bf1 46. Qd2 Qa4
47. Qe1 Bc4 48. Bf4 Qa2 49. Qd2 Qb1 50. Qc1 Qa2 51. Qd2 Qb1 52. Kh2 Bd5 53. Qc1
Qd3 54. Qe3 Qb1 55. Qd2 Bc4 56. Bd6 Kg8 57. Ba3 Qb8+ 58. Kg1 Qg3 59. Qf2 Qf4
60. Qe1 Qb8 61. Qe4 Kf7 62. Qc6 Bd5 63. Qd6 Qc8 64. Bc5 Kg8 65. Kh2 Kh7 66. Qe7
Qb8+ 67. Qd6 Qb2 68. Qf4 Qxc3 69. Bf8 Qc2 70. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Atabayev, Yusup"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Ng6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 O-O 14. Nxe7+
Ncxe7 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Qa3 h6 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Qb4 Rc8 20. Rac1 Qc7
21. a3 Bd5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qg4 Qf4 24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Be3 Nxe3
27. Rxe3 Rc1 28. Ne1 g5 29. g3 Ne6 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Kg7 32. h3 b5 33. Nf3
Rc2 34. b4 h5 35. Rd3 Ra2 36. Ne5 Nf8 37. Nc6 Ng6 38. Re3 Rd2 39. Ne5 Nxe5 40.
Rxe5 Kg6 41. Rc5 Rd6 42. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qe2 Bf8 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. h3 g6 15.
a3 a5 16. Rc2 Bh6 17. Nf1 a4 18. bxa4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Na5 20. Bb5 Rxc2 21. Qxc2
Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rf8 23. Ne3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Qg5+ 25. Kf1 Qxd5 26. Qe4 Rc8 27. Qxd5
exd5 28. Bd3 Nc4 29. Bc3 Nxa3 30. Be1 Ra8 31. Ra1 Bf8 32. Bc3 Rxa4 33. Bb2 Ra5
34. Rc1 b5 35. Rc8 Kg7 36. Bxa3 Bxa3 37. Rb8 Ra4 38. Rxb5 Rxd4 39. Ke2 Bc1 40.
Rb1 Bg5 41. Rd1 Rb4 42. Kf1 Rb2 43. Rb1 Rd2 44. Be2 Ra2 45. Rb5 Rd2 46. Rb1 Rc2
47. Rb5 Rd2 48. Rb1 Kf6 49. Rd1 Ke5 50. Rxd2 Bxd2 51. Bb5 Kf4 52. Ke2 Ba5 53.
Be8 f5 54. Bf7 d4 55. Bg8 h6 56. Bf7 Kg5 57. f4+ Kxf4 58. Bxg6 Ke4 59. f3+ Kf4
60. Bh7 Bd8 61. Bg6 Bg5 62. Bh7 Ke5 63. Bg6 Kf6 64. Bh7 Bf4 65. Kd3 Be3 66. Ke2
Kg5 67. Kd3 h5 68. Ke2 f4 69. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3
Nc8 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 a6 11. Be3 Na7 12. Ne1 c5 13. f4 c4 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. b3 c3
16. Nb1 Bb4 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Qd3 Rc8 20. Nxc3 Ncxe5 21. fxe5 Bxc3
22. Ra2 Bxa5 23. Nf3 Bc3 24. Kh1 Qe7 25. Ng1 Qh4 26. Bf4 Qd8 27. Ne2 Qc7 28.
Qe3 h5 29. Qg3 Nf8 30. Bg5 Ng6 31. Bf6 Rg8 32. Qf3 Bb4 33. Qxh5 Be7 34. Bxe7
Qxe7 35. g3 Rh8 36. Qf3 Kf8 37. Qe3 Kg7 38. c3 Rh6 39. Nc1 Rch8 40. Raf2 Rh5
41. Nd3 Qg5 42. Qxg5 Rxg5 43. Kg1 Rc8 44. Rc2 Rg4 45. Rff2 b6 46. Kg2 a5 47.
Kf3 Rg5 48. h4 Rh5 49. c4 dxc4 50. bxc4 Rhh8 51. Ke3 Rhd8 52. Nb2 Ne7 53. Na4
Rc6 54. Rc3 Rd7 55. Rb2 f4+ 56. Ke4 Nf5 57. d5 Rcc7 58. Kxf4 Nd4 59. Nxb6 Rd8
60. Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 e6 8. Qc2 Bh5
9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bb2 Be7 12. a4 bxc4 13. bxc4 a5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Bb5+ Nbd7 16. O-O Ng4 17. h3 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Ngf6 20. Ne2 O-O 21. Ng1
Rfd8 22. Bd3 Nh5 23. Ba3 Bh4 24. g4 Nhf6 25. f3 Qg3 26. Qg2 g5 27. Rab1 Rdc8
28. Qxg3 Bxg3 29. Ne2 Bc7 30. Rb7 Bd8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Bb5 Rc7 33. Rxc7 Bxc7
34. Nc1 Nb6 35. Ke2 e5 36. dxe5 Bxe5 37. Nb3 Bc7 38. Bb2 Nfd7 39. Bd4 Nf8 40.
Bc3 Ne6 41. Bxa5 d4 42. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 43. exd4 Nxa4 44. Bd2 Nb6 45. Bc6 f6 46. Kd3
Kf7 47. Ke4 Nc8 48. Bb4 Bd6 49. Ba5 Bg3 50. Bd8 Ke6 51. d5+ Kf7 52. Bd7 Nd6+
53. Kd3 Be5 54. Bc6 g6 55. Ba5 Ke7 56. Bb4 Kf7 57. Bc5 Ke7 58. Kc2 Kf7 59. Kb3
Nc8 60. Ka4 Bd6 61. Bf2 Ne7 62. Kb5 Ng8 63. Bd7 Ne7 64. Bc5 Be5 65. Be6+ Ke8
66. d6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
Ba6 9. Re1 Qc8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 a6
15. Re1 Ra7 16. Qb3 Qd8 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Bf4 g5 21.
Bd2 f6 22. Ng4 Nc6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Nf5+ Kg6 25. g4 Rc8 26. Re6 Bf8 27. f4 Kf7
28. Re2 gxf4 29. Rc1 f3 30. Ree1 Raa8 31. Kf2 Nb4 32. Bxb4 Bxb4 33. Red1 Ke6
34. Kxf3 Kd7 35. Ne3 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Bd2 37. Rf1 Bxe3 38. Kxe3 Ke6 39. Rc1 Kd7
40. Kd3 Rg8 41. Rf1 Ke6 42. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Nd5 14.
Bd2 Be6 15. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. Ng3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 b5 12. f4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Qe7 16. O-O Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Ng4 18. Qxd7 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qxf2 20. Rf1 Qxb2
21. Nd5 Qb5 22. e6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. h4 c3 26. Qe4 c2 27.
Kh2 c6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Qa5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. a3
a6 9. b4 Qd8 10. Be2 f5 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rfc1 Nf6 14. a4 Ne4 15. a5
Qd6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Na4 Rad8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. g3 Rfe8 20. Bf1 Qe7 21. Nd3 Nd6
22. Nf4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 e5 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Rd1 Be6
28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. bxc5 Bc4 30. Nh5 Kh8 31. Nf6 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Re5 33. Nh5 h6 34.
Rc1 Be2 35. Nf4 Bf3 36. Kf1 Re4 37. Ke1 Rb4 38. Kd2 Rb5 39. Kd3 Rxa5 40. Kd4
Kg7 41. Ke5 b5 42. Nd3 Ra4 43. Kd6 f6 44. Nf4 a5 45. Ne6+ Kg6 46. Nd4 Rxd4+ 47.
exd4 b4 48. Rb1 Be4 49. Ra1 b3 50. Re1 a4 51. f3 Bxf3 52. Ke7 b2 53. h3 a3 54.
Kf8 a2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rc1 c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd6 Re8 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 c4
15. e4 Bxd6 16. exd5 Bc5 17. d6 f6 18. b3 fxe5 19. d7 Rf8 20. Nxe5 Rf5 21. Bf3
Bxf3 22. Nxf3 cxb3 23. axb3 Rd5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Qd6 Qb6 26. Qe7 Rf8 27. h4
Rd5 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Ne5 Rd8 31. Rc7 a6 32. b4 Kf8 33. f4 Ke7 34.
Ra7 R8xd7 35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. Rxa6 Rd4 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. g3 Rxb4 39. Kg2 Rb2+ 40.
Kf3 Rb3+ 41. Kg2 h5 42. Rc7 b4 43. Rc5 Rd3 44. Rb5 b3 45. Kf2 g6 46. Rb7 Kf5
47. Rb6 Rc3 48. Rb4 Kg4 49. f5+ Kxf5 50. Kg2 e5 51. Kf2 e4 52. Rb5+ Kg4 53.
Rg5+ Kh3 54. Rxg6 Rf3+ 55. Ke2 b2 56. Rb6 Kg2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Rb1 Rd8 13. Qb5 b6 14. e3 {
Everything has gone right for White in this opening. He has the pair of
bishops, is threatening c4, and Black's only resource drops the d5 pawn.} Na5 (
14... O-O 15. c4 Na5 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. cxd5 $16) 15. Bxd5 $1 Qxb5 16. Rxb5 a6
17. Rxa5 $1 {White "sacrifices" the exchange, but his compensation is huge:
Black will not be able to castle, White has practically two pawns for the
exchange, and his pair of bishops will dominate.} bxa5 18. Bc6+ Kf8 19. Kd2 Rc8
20. Bb7 Rb8 21. Bxa6 h5 22. h4 e5 23. a4 exd4 24. exd4 Bh6+ 25. f4 $1 Kg7 26.
Bb5 Rhd8 27. Kd3 Kg8 28. c4 {Black's rooks are completely dominated. This is
basically over.} Bf8 29. Bd2 Bc5 30. d5 Ra8 31. Be3 Bb4 32. Bb6 Rdb8 33. Bd4
Rd8 34. Rb1 Rac8 35. Bc3 $4 {What a blunder! To do such a thing at the World
Cup... but the game is not over!} (35. Rxb4 axb4 36. Bf6 $18 {is a computer
solution.}) (35. Rb2 $18 {seems human to me, to follow up with Rc2.}) 35...
Bxc3 36. Kxc3 Rxd5 {Now White is down the exchange. He still has a pawn, but
winning chances are gone... or so one would think.} 37. Ba6 Rc7 38. Rb5 Rdc5 (
38... Rd1 39. Rxa5 Rc1+ {should be a drawn endgame.}) 39. Rxc5 Rxc5 40. Kd4 Rc7
41. c5 Kf8 42. Kd5 Ke7 {White is very active, and should not be in danger, but
Black is up the exchange after all.} 43. c6 Kd8 44. Kd6 Re7 (44... f5 $1 $11 {
was important to give the rook more room} 45. Bc4 Ra7 46. Be6 Rc7 47. Bd7 Ra7 {
and the bishop cannot attack the pawns.}) 45. Bc4 Rc7 (45... f5 $1) 46. f5 $1 {
Now White is the one winning!} gxf5 47. Bd3 f4 48. gxf4 Re7 49. Bf5 Rc7 50. Bd7
$1 (50. Be4 $1 {was also good.}) 50... Ra7 51. f5 $1 Rc7 52. Kc5 Ke7 53. f6+ $1
Kd8 54. Kb6 Rxd7 55. cxd7 Kxd7 56. Kxa5 {The pawn endgame is easily winning.}
Kc6 57. Kb4 Kb6 58. a5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. d4 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bg5 Nbd7 16. Ne3 h6 17. Bh4 Qc7 18. Nd2 d5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Be4 Rad8 23. Qf3 Be6 24. Nf1 g6 25. Bc6 Re7 26. Ne3 f5 27. Nd5 Bxd5
28. Bxd5+ Kh7 29. Rad1 e4 30. Qe2 Red7 31. Be6 Rd6 32. Bb3 h5 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34.
g3 Bc5 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 f4 37. Kf1 fxg3 38. fxg3 Qe7 39. Qe2 e3 40. Bc2
Kg7 41. Qf3 Qd6 42. Be4 a5 43. Qe2 Qe6 44. Bf3 b4 45. cxb4 axb4 46. b3 Qh3+ 47.
Qg2 Qf5 48. Qe2 g5 49. Kg2 g4 50. Bc6 Bd4 51. Bb5 Qe4+ 52. Kg1 Qb1+ 53. Kg2
Qe4+ 54. Kg1 Qf3 55. Bd3 Kh6 56. Bc4 Kg5 57. Bd3 Bc5 58. Bc4 Bb6 59. Bd3 Ba7
60. Ba6 Bc5 61. Bc4 Bd4 62. Ba6 h4 63. gxh4+ Kxh4 64. Qe1+ Kg5 65. Be2 Qf4 66.
Qf1 Qe4 67. Qf7 Qb1+ 68. Kg2 Qe4+ 69. Kg1 Qf5 70. Qxf5+ Kxf5 71. Kg2 Kf4 72.
Bd1 Bf6 73. Be2 Bh4 74. Bd1 Bf6 75. Be2 Bd4 76. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Bc2 Bf8 13. Bd2 Na7 14. axb5 axb5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 c5 17. Nbd2 Qc7 18. Nh4 g6 19. Nf1 Nc6 20. Qe2 c4 21. Rad1
Be6 22. Qf3 Nh5 23. Nf5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Ra2 27. Rb1 c3
28. e5 Rxb2 29. Rbc1 Rd8 30. Qxf4 Qb6 31. Red1 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Bb3 33. Ne3 b4 34.
Qe4 Bxc2 35. Qxc2 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Qxd4 37. e6 Qf6 38. exf7+ Qxf7 39. Qd3 Bg7 40.
Nd5 c2 41. Qxc2 Qxd5 42. Qxg6 b3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. b3 Be7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bg5 Nh7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Nf6 17. Qd4 O-O 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 Bc6 22. e5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Rd4 f5 26. c4 h4 27. Kf3
b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. cxb5 Rc2 30. Red1 Rb2 31. R4d3 g5 32. Ke3 gxf4+ 33. Nxf4
Nf2 34. Rg1+ Kh8 35. Ng6+ Kh7 36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. Ne7 Rf8 38. Ng8+ Rxg8 39. Rxg8
Nxh3 40. Rh8+ Kg6 41. Rxh4 f4+ 42. Kd3 Rxb3+ 43. Kc4 Re3 44. b6 f3 45. Rxh3 f2
46. Rh1 Re1 47. Rd1 Rxe5 48. Rhf1 Re6 49. Rb1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bh5 4. e3 e6 5. Nh3 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Nf4 Bg6 8. d4 c5
9. Qd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. a3 Bd6 12. O-O-O a6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Nce2 Na5 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. g3 Nc6 17. Bg2 O-O-O 18. f4 Kb8 19. Nc1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qe2
f5 22. c4 Be7 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 Na7 25. Bxg7 Nb5 26. a4 Nc3+ 27. Bxc3 Qxc3
28. Qb2 Qxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Bf6+ 30. Kb1 Rd6 31. Rd2 Rhd8 32. Rhd1 Bc3 33. Rc2 Ba5
34. g4 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Ne2 Bd8 38. Kc1 Bb6 39. Kb2 Be3 40.
Rc3 Rd2+ 41. Rc2 Rd6 42. Rc3 Bf2 43. Kc1 Rh6 44. h3 Rg6 45. Rc4 Rg2 46. Kd1 Rh2
47. Rc3 Ka7 48. b4 Kb6 49. Rb3 Kc6 50. Rc3+ Kd6 51. b5 a5 52. Ng3 Bxg3 53. Rxg3
Kd5 54. Rg7 e3 55. Re7 Kd4 56. b6 Rb2 57. Rxb7 Ke4 58. Kc1 Rb4 59. Re7+ Kxf4
60. b7 Kf3 61. h4 Kf2 62. h5 e2 63. h6 Rxb7 64. Rxb7 e1=Q+ 65. Kb2 Qd2+ 66. Ka1
Qxh6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Na6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bc5 14. Nb3 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rd7 Rb4 21.
b3 Kf8 22. Rad1 Ke8 23. f4 g6 24. g4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5
Rb5 28. Rf1 b6 29. Rf4 Re5 30. Bf2 c5 31. Rh4 Rxf5 32. Rxh7 Ne6 33. Rh8+ Kd7
34. h4 Nf4 35. Be3 Ng6 36. Rh7 b5 37. h5 Ne5 38. h6 Ng4 39. Bd2 Ke6 40. Rh8 Rh5
41. Ra8 f6 42. Rxa7 b4 43. Ra6+ Kd5 44. Bxb4 Rxh6 45. Ra5 Ne5 46. Rxc5+ Kd4 47.
Rc8 Ke4 48. Bd6 Rg6+ 49. Kf1 Nf3 50. Re8+ Kd3 51. Bf4 Nd4 52. Re3+ Kc2 53. b4
Rg4 54. Bc7 Nb5 55. Ba5 Nd6 56. Rf3 Nc4 57. Rxf6 Nxa5 58. bxa5 Ra4 59. a6 Kc3
60. Rf3+ Kb2 61. Rb3+ Kc2 62. Rb6 Rxa2 63. Ke2 Kc3+ 64. Ke3 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. Bc2 Nb6 14. Rd1
Nfd5 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rac1
Rac8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Rc5 Rxc5 23. dxc5 Rd8 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Ke7 26. Ke2 b6
27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rb4 Rd6 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Rf4 f6 31. Kd4 Rc6 32. Kxd5 Rc5+ 33.
Kd4 Rc2 34. b3 Rxa2 35. Rxf6 Ke7 36. Rf3 Rc2 37. Kd3 Rc5 38. Rf4 Ke6 39. Re4+
Kd6 40. Rd4+ Ke6 41. Rc4 Rb5 42. Kc3 Kd6 43. Rf4 Rg5 44. g3 Kc5 45. Rf7 Rh5 46.
h4 Kb5 47. b4 Kc6 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. f4 Kc6 50. b5+ Kd6 51. Rb7 Rc5+ 52. Kb4 Rc1
53. Rxb6+ Kc7 54. Rf6 Rg1 55. Kc5 Rc1+ 56. Kd5 Rg1 57. Rc6+ Kb7 58. Rc3 Kb6 59.
Rb3 Re1 60. h5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3
Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rd1 O-O-O 14. Qa4 a6
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. Rac1 Ng6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxg5 Nf4 21.
Bxf4 Qxf4 22. d5 c5 23. b4 c4 24. b5 e3 25. bxa6 Bc5 26. a7 Bxa7 27. Nb5 Qxf2+
28. Qxf2 exf2+ 29. Kf1 Bb6 30. Na3 Kb8 31. Nxc4 Ba7 32. Rb1 Rhe8 33. Na5 Rd7
34. d6 Ne4 35. Nc6+ Ka8 36. Nxa7 Kxa7 37. Rd4 Nxd6 38. Kxf2 Red8 39. h4 f6 40.
Rbd1 Ne4+ 41. Ke3 Nc3 42. R1d2 Rxd4 43. Rxd4 Nd1+ 44. Kd3 Nf2+ 45. Ke3 Rxd4 46.
Kxd4 Nxg4 47. Kc5 g6 48. Kd6 Ne3 49. Bh3 g5 50. h5 g4 51. Bxg4 Nxg4 52. Ke6 Kb6
53. Kf5 Nh6+ 54. Kxf6 Kc5 55. Kg6 Ng8 56. Kf7 Nh6+ 57. Kg6 Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. h4 gxh4 12. Bxh4 Nc6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
f3 Bh6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf6 18. O-O-O Rg8 19. Qe3 Rxg2 20. f4 Ng4 21. Qf3
Rf2 22. Qg3 Qb6 23. Rxh5 Qe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Rd3 Nxc2 26. Kxc2 Nb4+ 27. Kd2
Nxd3 28. Kxd3 Rxf4 29. Ke3 Rf6 30. e5 Rf5 31. Rxf5 Bxf5 32. exd6 exd6 33. Bf3
Rc7 34. Na5 Bc8 35. Kd4 b5 36. b4 f5 37. Nd5 Rc2 38. Nb6 Be6 39. Bb7 Kd8 40. a3
Rd2+ 41. Ke3 Ra2 42. Nd5 Rxa3+ 43. Kd4 Bxd5 44. Bxd5 f4 45. Nb3 Ke7 46. Nc1 Kf6
47. Ke4 Kg5 48. Nd3 f3 49. Ke3 f2 50. Bg2 Kh4 51. Ke2 Kg3 52. Bf1 Ra1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Bc6
15. Rae1 Rad8 16. Bf3 Qb7 17. Nd1 Ne8 18. Nf2 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. e5 Ne8 21.
Ng4 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 dxe5 23. fxe5 Qe7 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qh4 h6 26. Qe4 Nxf6 27.
exf6 Qd6 28. Rd3 Qb6 29. fxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rg3+ Kh8 31. Qf4 e5 32. Qxe5+ f6 33.
Qh5 Qc7 34. Qxh6+ Qh7 35. Qf4 Qxc2 36. Rh3+ Kg8 37. Qg4+ Kf7 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39.
Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Rhf1 Bg2 17. Rg1 Bf3 18. Bc3 Qe7 19. g4 Bxf2 20. g5 Ng4 21. Be4
Ne3 22. Bxa8 Bxa8 23. Qd2 Nf5 24. Kb2 Bxg1 25. Rxg1 O-O 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Nf4 Bf3
28. Re1 Rd8 29. Qc1 Qc5 30. Ka1 a5 31. a4 Nd4 32. Qb2 e5 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. Rxe5
Nxb3+ 35. Qxb3 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Atabayev, Yusup"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O h6 7. c3 a6 8. b4 Ba7
9. a4 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Qc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bf5 16. Rfe1 d5 17. Ne5 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Rae1 Nf8 21.
Nc4 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 c6 23. Ne3 Qd7 24. Rg4 Ng6 25. Qb3 Kh7 26. h4 f5 27. h5 fxg4
28. Qc2 Qe6 29. Nc4 Kg8 30. hxg6 Re8 31. Ne3 h5 32. Ng2 Bb8 33. Bc1 Bd6 34. Be3
Qe4 35. Qc4+ Qd5 36. Qd3 b5 37. a5 Qe4 38. Qb3+ Qd5 39. Qd3 Qe4 40. Qb3+ Qe6
41. Qc2 Qc4 42. Qf5 Qd5 43. Qd3 Re6 44. Qc2 Qe4 45. Qb3 Qxg6 46. d5 cxd5 47.
Qxd5 Qf7 48. Qa8+ Bf8 49. Nf4 Rd6 50. Bc5 Rd1+ 51. Kh2 g5 52. Ng6 Qxg6 53.
Qxf8+ Kh7 54. Qe7+ Kg8 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qe7+ Kg8 57. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 e5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qd3 b5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. a3
O-O 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Rd2 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rb1 Rc4 19. Qd6 Rfc8 20. Be2 Qxd6
21. Rxd6 Rb4 22. Na2 Ra4 23. Nc3 Rb4 24. Na2 Rd4 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. e5 Nd5 27.
c3 Nf4 28. Bf1 dxc3 29. Nxc3 Ng6 30. Rd1 Nxe5 31. f4 Ng6 32. Rxd7 Bc6 33. Rd6
a5 34. Ba6 Rc7 35. f5 Nf8 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Rc1+ 38. Bf1 a4 39. Ra5 Rb1 40.
Ra7 h5 41. h4 Nh7 42. Ra8+ Nf8 43. Rxa4 Rxb2 44. Bc4 Rb6 45. Be2 Rf6 46. Ra5 g6
47. fxg6 fxg6 48. Ra7 Rf4 49. g3 Rd4 50. Kf2 Rd7 51. Ra6 Kg7 52. Bb5 Rf7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. Kh1 Nf4 12. Nc4 Bb6 13. a4 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
d4 Re8 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. a5 Ba7 19. Nfd2 Rd8 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. f3
Be6 22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. Nf1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 g4 25. Ncd2 Bc5 26. b4 Bd6 27. Ne3 gxf3
28. gxf3 Kh7 29. Ndf1 c5 30. Ng3 cxb4 31. cxb4 Bxb4 32. Nef5 Bc5 33. Nh5 Qg5
34. f4 exf4 35. h4 Qg6 36. Nxf4 Qf6 37. Nh5 Qe5 38. Rf1 Rg8 39. Qc2 Bxf5 40.
exf5 Qd5+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Nf4 Be3 43. f6+ Rg6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. b4 e5 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. d3 Re8 10. g3 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. bxa5 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Bg2 c6 15.
Qc2 Qxa5 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. O-O Bg4 18. Rfe1 b6 19. h3 Bd7 20. d4 Ne6 21. dxe5
dxe5 22. Nb3 Ra6 23. Qb2 Ng5 24. h4 Nh3+ 25. Kf1 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Ng4+ 27. Kg1 e4
28. e3 Qxg3 29. Rad1 Be6 30. Rd4 Nh2 31. Kh1 Ng4 32. Kg1 Nh2 33. Nd2 Nf3+ 34.
Nxf3 exf3 35. Red1 fxg2 36. Rd8 Qxe3+ 37. Qf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Ra8 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8
40. c5 bxc5 41. a5 Bc4 42. Kxg2 f6 43. Rd7 Re3 44. Bd2 Rd3 45. Rxd3 Bxd3 46.
Be3 Kf7 47. Bxc5 Ke6 48. Bf8 g5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Kf2 Kf5 51. Ke3 Bb5 52. Be7
h5 53. Bd8 h4 54. Be7 Kg4 55. Kf2 Bc4 56. Ke3 Ba6 57. Kf2 Kf4 58. Bd6+ Kf5 59.
Be7 Bc8 60. Ke3 h3 61. Bd6 Ke6 62. Bh2 Kd5 63. Kf3 Kc4 64. a6 Bxa6 65. Kg4 Bc8+
66. Kxg5 Kd3 67. Kh4 c5 68. Bf4 c4 69. Kg3 c3 70. Kf2 c2 71. Bc1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bg5 c5
15. Qd2 Be6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qe2 b4 18. e5 bxc3 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bh6 cxb2 21.
Rab1 Rfe8 22. Bxc4 Bf5 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. cxd3 f5 26. Bg5 Re6 27.
Rf2 Rb3 28. Rd2 Re3 29. d4 c4 30. Rdxb2 Kg7 31. d5 Rbd3 32. Rc1 c3 33. Rbc2 Kg6
34. Bh4 Re4 35. Rxc3 Rxd5 36. Rg3+ Kh6 37. Bf6 Rc5 38. Rxc5 dxc5 39. Bg7+ Kh5
40. Rg5+ Kh4 41. g3+ Kh3 42. Kf2 h5 43. Rxh5+ Kg4 44. Rh4# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qd1 Qc7
15. Qb3 e4 16. Be2 Nb6 17. Rfb1 Rab8 18. a4 Nc4 19. Be1 Rfc8 20. Qa2 b6 21. Rb4
Qc6 22. Rab1 Ne8 23. Bxc4 dxc4 {[#] Weiß hat gegen das stocksolide schwarze
Spiel nicht viel heraus geholt und entschließt sich nun, die Partie zu
komplizieren.} 24. f3 exf3 25. Bg3 Rb7 26. Be5 Re7 27. a5 bxa5 28. Rb5 Qg6 29.
Rxa5 Qd3 {Mit Gewinnstellung. Es droht Dxe3 oder Dxc3 oder auch f6 und g5.} 30.
Ra3 f6 (30... Qxe3+ 31. Qf2 Qd3 32. Rf1 fxg2 33. Qxg2 {ist weniger klar.}) 31.
Bf4 g5 32. Bg3 Rxe3 33. Re1 Re2 (33... fxg2 {mit der Idee} 34. Rxe3 Qf1+ 35.
Kh2 Qh1#) 34. Rxe2 fxe2 35. Bf2 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qf1 37. Bg3 e1=Q {[#]} 38. Bxe1
Qxe1 39. Rxa7 {Mit Mehrfigur ist der Rest einfach.} Qe6 40. Qb1 Rc7 41. Ra8 Re7
42. Qb4 Kg7 43. Rd8 Qe3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qb8 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bh4 Nge7 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. a4 b4 15.
Nd5 exd5 16. exd5+ Nce7 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qd4 Rg8 19. Ne5 Qa7 20. Qxa7 Rxa7 21.
Nc6 Bxg3 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5
9. Ng5 Be7 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh6 Bf8 12. Qh3 Be7 13. Nce4 Nb4 14. Qf3 Rf8 15. Nxh7
f5 16. Nef6+ Kf7 17. O-O-O Rh8 18. h4 Rxh7 19. Nxh7 Qa5 20. h5 g5 21. Bxb4 Bxb4
22. Nxg5+ Ke7 23. h6 c3 24. h7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. a4 g6 6. Qc2 Qd5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. b3
cxb3 9. Qxb3 Bg7 10. Ba3 Qb6 11. Qd1 Qd8 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 a5 14. d4 Na6 15.
Rfd1 Rb8 16. e4 Be6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. exd5
Nb4 22. dxe6 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Rbd8 24. Rab1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Qe2 Rc8 27. Na2
Nfd5 28. f4 Nc3 29. Nxc3 Rxc3 30. Bc1 Qc7 31. Be3 Rc2 32. Qf3 Qc3 33. Rd1 Bf6
34. h4 Ra2 35. h5 Kg7 36. g4 Ra1 37. h6+ Kf8 38. g5 Rxd1+ 39. Qxd1 Qa1 40. Qxa1
Bxa1 41. Bxb7 Bc3 42. Be4 Na2 43. Kg2 Bb4 44. Kf3 Nc3 45. Bd4 Nxa4 46. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5
Nd7 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. Nge2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nf4 h4
15. g3 O-O 16. O-O-O Kh8 17. f3 Be5 18. e4 Qf6 19. exd5 Bxf4+ 20. gxf4 Qxf4+
21. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 b6 12. Bd2 c5 13. Be1 Bb7 14. Qd2 c4 15.
Bc2 b5 16. e4 a5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Nce2 {After winning the first game, Hou Yifan
has to hold on the second to advance. However, her next move is risky to say
the very least.} f6 19. e6 Nb6 20. Bf5 $1 {Leitao's hold in the position is
very real. Qc2 is a huge threat. The commentators thought Yifan was done for,
but never count out anyone in this tournament!} g6 {A practical chance...} 21.
Nxg6 $6 (21. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 22. Nxg6 Kg7 23. Nef4 $1 $16 {and it's hard to find
moves for Black, even though there isn't anything immediate. A possible follow
up is Qe3 and Bd2, with strong threats.}) 21... hxg6 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Qg6+ {
A double piece sacrifice, but Leitao needs to win. Can he bring over his
pieces?} Kh8 24. f4 {It seems that Rf3 is unstoppable and lethal, but the
Chinese does not give up.} Qe8 $1 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Rf3 Nxe6 $1 {Somehow the
knight comes to g5 to defend!} 27. Rg3+ Ng5 28. fxg5 fxg5 29. Bd2 Qc6 30. Qh5
g4 {Out of nowhere White's attack is starting to evaporate. Black only needs a
draw so she allows several perpetuals, though with careful play Black might
even be winning.} 31. Rf1 Qe8 32. Qh6 Rf6 33. Rxg4+ fxg4 34. Rxf6 Bxf6 35. Qxf6
Qxe2 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 a6 8.
Bf1 Nc6 9. Na3 Bc5 10. b4 Ba7 11. b5 Ne5 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qb3 axb5
15. Bxb5 dxc3 16. dxc3 O-O 17. a4 d6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 b6 20. Rd1 Bb7 21.
Qb4 Rfd8 22. Red3 d5 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Re1 d4 26. Qxd4 h6 27. h3
Rc8 28. Re3 Rd8 29. Qxd8+ Qxd8 30. Re8+ Qxe8 31. Bxe8 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nxc6
Qb6 9. Be3 Ngf6 10. d5 Bc5 11. dxe6 Bxc6 12. exd7+ Nxd7 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd6
Bxg2 15. Qe5+ Ne6 16. Kxg2 O-O 17. Nc3 a6 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. a4 Nc5 20. Rd6 Qb7+
21. Qd5 b4 22. Qxb7 Nxb7 23. Rb6 bxc3 24. Rxb7 cxb2 25. Rxb2 Rab8 26. Rab1 Rxb2
27. Rxb2 c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. g3 fxe4 13. Bg2 Bg7 14. Bxe4 Be6
15. Qh5 Rc8 16. Rd1 Ne7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. O-O h6 19. c3 O-O 20. Nc2 f5 21. Bd5
Rc5 22. Ne3 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qe6 24. Qf3 f4 25. Qe4 Rc4 26. Rd4 Rxd4 27. cxd4 fxg3
28. hxg3 Qf7 29. f4 Kh8 30. Re1 Qa7 31. Kg2 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. Ne5 g6 13. f3 Nd6 14. Rad1 Nh5
15. Bh6 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Re8 17. e4 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. f4 Qh6 20. exd5 Nf5 21.
g4 Nxf4 22. gxf5 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 f6 24. Nc4 b5 25. Nd6 Re3 26. Qc2 Qf8 27. Nde4
b4 28. Nd1 Rh3 29. fxg6 f5 30. Qxc6 Rh6 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qe5+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+
Kxg7 34. Rxf5 Re8 35. Rf7+ Kxg6 36. Rf6+ Kg7 37. Rxh6 Kxh6 38. Ndf2 Kg6 39. d6
Rd8 40. Nd3 Kf7 41. Ne5+ Ke6 42. Nc5+ Kd5 43. d7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 6. Bb2 d6 7. e5 Ng6 8.
exd6 f6 9. Nc3 Bxd6 10. Ne4 e5 11. O-O Be7 12. d3 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Re1 O-O
15. Bc1 f5 16. Ng3 Bf6 17. Nh5 Qd6 18. Ba3 Bd5 19. c4 Bf7 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Rad1
Nf8 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qh6 Ng6 24. d4 e4 25. Nh4 Qe6 26. Bxc5 Kh8 27. Nxg6+
Bxg6 28. Rd2 Rd7 29. Red1 Kg8 30. d5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 a6 33. Rd6 Qf7
34. Bd4 Qg7 35. Qh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Ne2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. c4 Bc5 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Nc3
Bb6 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. c5 Bc7 13. Qh5 Ng6 14. Bd3 Bxe5
15. f4 Bf6 16. O-O Rb8 17. Rd2 Qa5 18. Rf3 Rxb2 19. Rxb2 Qxc3 20. Rb3 Qe1+ 21.
Bf1 Nh4 22. Rf2 Ba6 23. Bd2 Qa1 24. Rh3 g6 25. Bc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 gxh5 27. Rg3+
Ng6 28. Bxa6 Bd4 29. Kf1 Bxf2 30. Kxf2 Rb8 31. Ra3 Nxf4 32. Bf1 Rb7 33. Ra6 Rc7
34. g3 Ng6 35. Ke3 Ne5 36. Be2 h4 37. g4 Kg7 38. Bd1 Kg6 39. h3 Kg5 40. Ba4 Nd7
41. Ra5 h6 42. a3 e5 43. Bc2 e4 44. Ba4 h5 45. gxh5 f5 46. Kd4 f4 47. Ra6 Nb8
48. Ra5 f3 49. Ke3 Rf7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. g3 O-O 13. Kf2 Rad8 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Rhd1 e5 16. Ne2 Qb8 17. Ba5 b6 18. Be1 exd4 19. exd4 Bd6 20. Bd3 c5 21.
Bxg6 cxd4 22. Bf5 Bc5 23. Kg2 Qe5 24. Qd3 Nd5 25. Bf2 Nb4 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Bxe4
Nxa2 28. Ra1 Nb4 29. Bxd4 a5 30. Bc3 Rfe8 31. Nf4 Nf8 32. h4 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Bxd6
34. Rd1 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Ne6 36. Rd6 Nxf4+ 37. Kf2 Na6 38. Bd2 Nh5 39. Rxb6 Nc5
40. Bc2 Ne6 41. Bxa5 Nef4 42. Kg1 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 Nef4 44. Kg1 Ne2+ 45. Kh2 Nef4
46. Kg1 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Be6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Qg4 Qg6 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. Bc3 f6 14. a4 a6
15. Nd2 Qxg4 16. hxg4 h6 17. Nc4 Nc5 18. Ne3 Ne6 19. Nf5 Rd7 20. g3 Re8 21. Ke2
Bc5 22. Raf1 b5 23. f4 Bd6 24. Bd2 Kb7 25. Be3 Bc5 26. Bc1 Bd6 27. b3 bxa4 28.
bxa4 c5 29. Be3 Kc6 30. Rb1 exf4 31. Nxd6 f3+ 32. Kxf3 Rxd6 33. Ke2 Nd4+ 34.
Kd2 Nf3+ 35. Ke2 Nd4+ 36. Kd1 Nf3 37. Rh5 Ne5 38. Ke2 Rde6 39. Rb3 c4 40. Rc3
Kd7 41. Bf4 cxd3+ 42. cxd3 Rb8 43. d4 Rb2+ 44. Ke3 Nxg4+ 45. Kf3 Nh2+ 46. Rxh2
Rxh2 47. Rxc7+ Ke8 48. d5 Re7 49. Rc8+ Kf7 50. Bd6 Rd7 51. Bc5 Rc2 52. Rc6 h5
53. a5 g5 54. Ke3 h4 55. gxh4 gxh4 56. Bb6 Rxc6 57. dxc6 Rd6 58. c7 Rc6 59. Kf4
Rc3 60. Kg4 h3 61. Bd4 Rxc7 62. Kxh3 Rc4 63. Bb6 Rxe4 64. Kg3 Ke6 65. Kf3 Kd5
66. Kf2 f5 67. Kf3 Kc6 68. Kf2 Kb5 69. Kf3 Ra4 70. Bd8 Rxa5 71. Kf4 Kb4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
Bd7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5
15. Ne3 Rac8 16. a4 Qb6 17. d5 Qd4 18. f3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Ne8 20. b4 f5 21. Bh3
Rc7 22. exf5 gxf5 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 g6 25. Kf2 Nf6 26. Kf3 Kf7 27. Bf1 Ne4
28. Bb2 Rfc8 29. Bb5 a6 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rac1 Rdc7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. h4 Bf6
34. Bxf6 Kxf6 35. Rh1 Nd2+ 36. Ke2 Ne4 37. Rh2 Rc3 38. Kf3 Rb3 39. b5 axb5 40.
axb5 Ng3 41. Rf2 b6 42. Rc2 Nf1 43. Rc6 Nxe3 44. Rxd6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
fxe4 9. Nd2 d5 10. f3 Nc6 11. fxe4 Rxf1+ 12. Kxf1 dxc4 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Be3 Bd7
15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Na5 17. Qc3 b6 18. e5 Be7 19. Bh3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qe8 21. Qd3
h6 22. Bd2 Nb7 23. Rc1 Bf8 24. Kg2 c5 25. d5 b5 26. dxe6 Bc6 27. e7 Bxe7 28.
Bxc8 Qxc8 29. Qg6 Be8 30. Qe4 Nd8 31. Be3 Ne6 32. Kf2 Bc6 33. Qg6 Nf8 34. Qc2
Ne6 35. Qf5 Qd7 36. Rd1 Qc8 37. g4 Bd7 38. Qd3 Be8 39. Qf5 Qc6 40. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 g6 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd5
15. f4 N7f6 16. a4 Rc7 17. Rf3 Bb4 18. Rdf1 a6 19. Nb1 Qc8 20. Rg3 Re8 21. Rh3
Bf8 22. Nd2 Bg7 23. Ba3 Qd8 24. Bb2 Qc8 25. g4 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Rd8
28. Bc4 Nb6 29. Bd3 Ba8 30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Qb7 32. Ndf3 Nbd5 33. Bc1 Rxc1 34.
Rxc1 Nf4 35. Qf1 Nxh3+ 36. Qxh3 Qxb3 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Rc8 Rf8 39. Nxg6 Qd1+
40. Kf2 Re8 41. Nge5 Bxf3 42. Rxe8+ Nxe8 43. Qc8 Kf8 44. Qc5+ Kg8 45. Qe7 Bh5
46. Qxe8+ Bf8 47. Qd8 Qd2+ 48. Kg3 Kg7 49. Be4 Qe1+ 50. Kf4 Qd2+ 51. Kf5 Ba3
52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qf6+ Kg8 55. Nd7 Bg6+ 56. Ke5 Qa5+ 57. Bd5 Qc7+
0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb3
Be6 9. Re1 Bxb3 10. Nxb3 Nd7 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe6 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. Qc3 c6 20. f3 f6
21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Qa5 Qe7 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Red1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 h6 26. Qb6 Kh7
27. h3 Rc8 28. Qb3 b5 29. Qd1 c5 30. Rd7 Qg5 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 c4 33. Kf2
c3 34. bxc3 Rxc3 35. a4 Rc5 36. Rd6 a5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. Kg3 Kg8 39. Kg4 Rb2
40. g3 Rb5 41. h4 Kf7 42. Ra6 Rc5 43. h5 Rb5 44. Kf5 Rc5 45. Ra7+ Kg8 46. Re7
Rc3 47. Kg6 Rc6+ 48. Kf5 Ra6 49. Rxe5 a4 50. Rb5 a3 51. Rb1 a2 52. Ra1 Kf7 53.
f4 Ra3 54. g4 Ra4 55. e5 Ra5 56. g5 hxg5 57. fxg5 g6+ 58. hxg6+ Kg7 59. Ke6
Kxg6 60. Kd6 Ra6+ 61. Kd7 Ra7+ 62. Kd6 Ra6+ 63. Kd7 Ra7+ 64. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Atabayev, Yusup"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. g3 Bg5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. c3 Ne7 15.
f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bf6 18. Qd3 b4 19. Kh2 bxc3 20. bxc3 g6 21. Rab1
Re8 22. Ng3 Rc8 23. Ne4 Nf5 24. Rb7 Bg7 25. c4 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Rf2 a5 28.
Re2 Qd8 29. Ng5 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Bh6 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. Be4 Ne3 33. Qc3 Nf1+ 34. Kg2
Qe3 35. Qxe3 Nxe3+ 36. Kf3 Nxc4 37. Bd3 Nb6 38. Ne4 Nxd5 39. f5 Nb4 40. Bc4 Bf8
41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Nf6+ Kh8 43. Ke4 Bg7 44. a3 Nc2 45. Ne8 f5+ 46. Kd3 Nxa3 47.
Bf7 Nb5 48. Bxg6 a4 49. Bxf5 a3 50. Be6 Be5 51. Bb3 Kh7 52. Kc4 Nd4 53. Ba2 Ne2
54. Kb4 Nc1 55. Bb1+ Kh6 56. Kxa3 Ne2 57. Kb3 d5 58. Kb4 Kg5 59. Kc5 Nf4 60.
Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8.
Be3 Bb7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Rc8 12. c3 Bc5 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Qd2
O-O 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Bb1 Bc6 17. Rhg1 Rb8 18. c4 Rb4 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. b3 c4 21.
Kb2 Rfb8 22. Bd4 Rxb3+ 23. axb3 Rxb3+ 24. Kc1 c3 25. Qa2 Qb4 26. Rd3 Be4 27.
Bc2 Rb2 28. Rxc3 Rxa2 29. Rc8+ Qf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. e4 Nd7 14. Rfe1 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Qd5 16. Re3 Ng6 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 c5 21.
g3 Rad8 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. h4 h6 24. Qg4 Rd5 25. b4 Qb5 26. a3 Rfd8 27. Qe4 a5
28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Qc4 Qf5 31. Qa4 Rd3 32. Qc4 R3d5 33. Qa4 Rd3 34.
Qc4 R3d5 35. Qa4 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Rc8 9. Re1 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Ne8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb2 Bd3 14. Rc1 Nc7 15.
Re3 Bg6 16. Bf1 Nb8 17. a3 Qd7 18. Rec3 a6 19. Ne1 Nb5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. a4 Na7
22. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nc3
Qc8 9. b3 cxb3 10. Ne4 Ngf6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Ke8 13. Qxb3 Nb6 14. Bh3 Qc7
15. Nxe6 Qf7 16. e4 Bc8 17. Bf4 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Qe7 19. Rac1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4
21. Qxc4 Qd7 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Be7 24. d5 Bd8 25. f3 Bb6+ 26. Kg2 Kf7 27.
Rfc1 Rhd8 28. g4 Ne8 29. Be5 Rd7 30. f4 Rad8 31. Kf3 Nd6 32. a4 Nb7 33. h4 Na5
34. R6c3 Nb7 35. h5 Nd6 36. Rc6 Nb7 37. g5 Nd6 38. R1c2 Nb7 39. g6+ Kg8 40. Bc7
Bxc7 41. Rxc7 hxg6 42. hxg6 Kf8 43. e5 Ke8 44. d6 Na5 45. R2c3 a6 46. Kg4 Rb8
47. Rxd7 Kxd7 48. Rc7+ Ke6 49. Re7+ Kd5 50. Rxg7 Nc4 51. Rf7 Ke6 52. Rf6+ Kd7
53. Kg5 Rb1 54. Rf7+ Ke8 55. Re7+ Kd8 56. g7 Rg1+ 57. Kf6 Ne3 58. Ra7 Ng4+ 59.
Ke6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nb1 Rb8 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nf3 O-O
15. c3 Bg5 16. Be2 Bh6 17. O-O Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 a5 21.
Bd3 Qc7 22. Qe2 b4 23. Ba6 Rd8 24. c4 Rf8 25. Nh4 g6 26. b3 Bg5 27. Nf3 Bd8 28.
Qd2 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3
Nge7 9. e3 O-O 10. b3 b6 11. Ba3 Ba6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8 15.
Rc2 Nf5 16. Rec1 Nd6 17. Qd1 h6 18. Bf1 Bb7 19. Nb5 Ne4 20. Nd2 f5 21. Nxe4
fxe4 22. Nd6 Bf8 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Qg4 Qf7 26. Ba6 Rc7 27. Bb5
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Re1 Nd7 11. a4 Nc5 12. Bd5 Bd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. b4 Ne6 15.
c3 Bf6 16. Na3 Ne7 17. Bb3 Ng6 18. g3 Ng5 19. h4 Ne6 20. Nc2 Ra8 21. Rxa8 Qxa8
22. Ne3 Re8 23. Nh2 Qd8 24. Nhg4 Be7 25. Qf3 Bf8 26. Ra1 Ne7 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28.
exd5 Nf4 29. gxf4 Qxh4 30. Nh2 g6 31. Qg3 Qh5 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. Bd1 Qh3 34.
Qxh3 Bxh3 35. Bg4 Bxg4 36. Nxg4 Bg7 37. Ra7 f5 38. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 f6 11. Rc1 Kh8 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Atabayev, Yusup"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Ng6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Be7 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 O-O 11. Nc3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. g3 b5 14. Be3 Qd6 15.
Rc1 Bd7 16. h4 Bd8 17. Bg2 Nge7 18. a3 Be8 19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. Bxe5 Bh5 23. Ne2 Bf7 24. Nf4 Bb6 25. Bh3 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. b3 Qc6 28.
Bxf5 exf5 29. Nd3 Qg6 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Rxc5 32. Bd4 Rc7 33. Qf4 Rc8 34.
Re7 Qg4 35. Qe5 f4 36. Qxf4 Qxf4 37. gxf4 h6 38. Ra7 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rd1 40. Be5
d4 41. Ra8+ Kh7 42. Ra7 Kg8 43. Ra8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bh5 8. O-O e6
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Bg6 11. Nf4 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Be7 13. c5 O-O 14. a4 Ne4 15.
axb5 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 axb5 17. Ra1 Qc7 18. Qc2 Qb7 19. Nb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8 21.
Qb2 Nb8 22. Ra2 Bd8 23. Qa1 Rxa2 24. Qxa2 Bc7 25. f3 f5 26. Be1 Kf7 27. Bg3
Bxg3 28. hxg3 Nd7 29. Qa5 Ke8 30. Kf2 Nb8 31. Ke2 Nd7 32. Kd3 Nb8 33. Kc2 Nd7
34. Kc3 e5 35. Qa1 e4 36. Kb2 Kd8 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Qf1 Nf6 39. Qf5 Qd7 40. Qe5
Kc8 41. Qf4 Kb7 42. Kc3 Qc7 43. Qg5 Qd7 44. Qe5 Qc7 45. Qe6 Qd7 46. Qe5 Ng4 47.
Qf4 h6 48. Qf1 Qc7 49. Qa1 Kc8 50. Qa8+ Kd7 51. Nxd5 cxd5 52. Qxd5+ Kc8 53.
Qe6+ Qd7 54. Qxe4 Kd8 55. Qa8+ Ke7 56. e4 Nf2 57. Qd5 Qxd5 58. exd5 g5 59. Kb4
g4 60. Kxb5 Ne4 61. Kc6 Kd8 62. d6 Nxg3 63. Kd5 h5 64. b4 Ne2 65. Ke4 h4 66.
Ke3 Nxd4 67. Kf4 h3 68. gxh3 gxh3 69. Kg3 Kd7 70. Kxh3 Nf5 71. Kg4 Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 g6 12. Nf3 Ng7 13. Rhe1 Be6 14. Kb1
O-O-O 15. g4 Kb8 16. Ne2 h5 17. Rg1 hxg4 18. hxg4 Bc8 19. Rg3 Ne8 20. Nf4 g5
21. Ne2 f6 22. Nc3 Nd6 23. Rdg1 Rh6 24. Nd2 Rdh8 25. Qd1 Rh2 26. Qf1 a6 27. Nf3
R2h6 28. Nd2 Nb5 29. Qc1 Rh2 30. Nd1 Rh1 31. Qc2 Nd6 32. Qc5 Qc7 33. Qc1 Nb5
34. Qc2 Qe7 35. Bf5 Bxf5 36. Qxf5 Nd6 37. Qc2 Nbc4 38. Nxc4 Nxc4 39. Nc3 Qb4
40. Kc1 Qd6 41. Qd1 Rxg1 42. Rxg1 Rh2 43. Qe2 Qb4 44. Nd1 Ka7 45. Qc2 Qe7 46.
b3 Nd6 47. Qc5+ Kb8 48. Qb4 Kc7 49. Qa5+ Kd7 50. Qb4 Ke8 51. Qe1 Qh7 52. Qe2
Kf7 53. Qf3 Ne4 54. Rf1 Ke7 55. Rg1 Rh3 56. Qe2 Rh2 57. Qf3 Nd6 58. Rf1 Qd3 59.
Rh1 Rxh1 60. Qxh1 Ne4 61. Qe1 Nd6 62. f3 Qh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Rc1
Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Re8 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 dxc4 13. O-O b5 14. b3 Qa5 15.
b4 Qd8 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Rd1 Ne4 18. Qc2 Qd5 19. Re3 Nd6 20. Re5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Qe4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4 7. Ne5 b5 8. Bb3
Na5 9. Bxf7+ Nxf7 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qd5+ Kg7 13. Qxa8 Nc6 14. d5
Nd4 15. Nc3 Bd6 16. g3 Re8 17. Qxa7 Qf6 18. f4 e3 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Rad1 Nf5
21. Nxb5 Qxb2 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rde1 Qc3 24. Rd1 Rxg3+ 25. Kh1 Rh3 26. Rf2
Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1
Qg4+ 33. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Re1 Nd7 11. a4 b4 12. a5 Nc5 13. Bd5 Na7 14. Be3 Bf6 15.
Nbd2 Nb5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Ne3 g6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3
Bd7 22. Bc4 c6 23. Rec1 Rfd8 24. Qa2 h5 25. Rab1 Rb7 26. Rb2 Rdb8 27. Rd2 Rd8
28. Kh2 Rdb8 29. Kg1 Rd8 30. Kf1 Rdb8 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 g5
15. Be3 f5 16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Qb3 Bf6 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Qe7 20. Re1 c5 21. Bf2
cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxc4 23. Qe3 Ba6 24. Rad1 Bb7 25. Bc3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Rfd8 27. Qe3
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Nf3 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 Qc2+ 32. Kg1 Qe4 33. Qxe4
fxe4 34. Bxf6 exf3 35. Bxg5 Nc6 36. Kf2 Nb4 37. Kxf3 Nxa2 38. Bd2 a5 39. Ke4
Kf7 40. Ke5 h5 41. h3 Ke7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kf7 44. g5 a4 45. Kd6 b5 46. Kc5
b4 47. Bxb4 Nxb4 48. Kxb4 Kg6 49. Kxa4 Kxg5 50. b4 e5 51. b5 e4 52. b6 e3 53.
b7 e2 54. b8=Q e1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Atabayev, Yusup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Ng6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 O-O 11. Nc3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. g3 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2
e5 16. dxe5 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bg2 Bb7 19. Nf4 Qa5 20. Nxd5 Rf7 21. Nxf6+
gxf6 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Qf3 Raa7 25. Be3 Ne5 26. Qg2 b3 27. Bxa7
Rxa7 28. Qe4 Kg7 29. Rad1 Rc7 30. Re3 Qb6 31. a5 Qb5 32. Qd5 Rc5 33. Qxb3 Qc6
34. Qb6 Qc8 35. h3 Rb5 36. Qd8 Qxh3 37. Qe7+ Kg6 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Rc3 Rb7 40.
Rd8 Rf7 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Rd4 Rg7 43. Rh4+ Qxh4 44. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. h3 Re8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. e4 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. e5 dxe5 17. d6 Qb6 18. Nxe5 Bb7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 Bxb2 22. Re7 Rf8 23. Rb1 Nf6 24. Qg5 Bd4 25. Rd1 Nh5 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. Be5
d3 28. g4 Qa5 29. gxh5 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 d2 31. Qf6 Qxe5+ 32. Rxe5 d1=Q 33. h6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Rc8 9. Re1 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 c5 17. Qf3 Rc7 18. Rcd1 Bb7 19. Rd3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qb7
21. Qxb7 Rxb7 22. Red1 Rfb8 23. Kg2 Kf8 24. Kf3 Ke8 25. Ke4 Rd8 26. g4 Rbd7 27.
Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. f4 Ke8 30. Bc1 Kd7 31. f5 Ke8 32. Bf4 Kd7 33. Bg3
Bd8 34. h4 Be7 35. h5 Bd8 36. Bf4 Be7 37. Bd2 Ke8 38. Bc3 Bf8 39. f6 g6 40. Bd2
Kd7 41. h6 Kc6 42. g5 Kd7 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. Be3 Kd7 45. Kc3 Kc6 46. Kc2 Kb7 47.
Kd3 Kc6 48. Kc3 Kb7 49. Kb2 Kc6 50. Bd2 Kb7 51. Kc2 Kc6 52. Kd3 Kb7 53. Ke4 Kc6
54. Kd3 Kb7 55. Ke2 Kc6 56. Kd3 Kb7 57. Bc3 Kc6 58. Bd2 Kb7 59. Kc2 Kc6 60. Kd3
Kb7 61. Be1 Kc6 62. Bf2 Kb7 63. Be3 Kc6 64. Bd2 Kb7 65. Kc2 Kc6 66. Kb2 Kb7 67.
Be3 Kc6 68. Kc2 Kb7 69. Kb1 Kc6 70. Kb2 Kb7 71. Ka3 Kc6 72. Ka4 Kb7 73. Ka3 Kc6
74. Kb2 Kb7 75. Kc2 Kc6 76. Kd3 Kb7 77. Kc2 Kc6 78. Bd2 Kb7 79. Kd3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Atabayev, Yusup"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. O-O Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. e5 Nd5 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7
15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. f5 f6 17. fxe6 Nxc3 18. Qh5 fxg5 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 a5 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Na6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. Bb1 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 g6 15.
e4 Be6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 f6 18. Bg3 f5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 f4 21. Qe2 Bf7
22. Ra3 fxg3 23. hxg3 Qf6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. Nc3 b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8
15. e3 a5 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Qb2 Bf8 18. Nh4 Nb4 19. a3 Na6 20. dxc5 bxc5 {[#]} (
20... Nxc5 {gefiel Schwarz nicht:} 21. b4 (21. Nf5 g6 22. Bg7 gxf5 23. Bxf8
Rxf8 24. b4 Na4 25. Rxc7 Nxb2 26. Rb1 Nc4 27. Rxb7 Nxa3 28. Rb3 (28. Rd1) 28...
Nc4 $14) 21... Na4 22. Qb3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 $14) 21. Qd2 {Nun ist der a-Bauer
verloren.} Rd7 22. Bxa5 Qb8 23. Qd3 d4 24. Qb5 Bxg2 {Der Versuch, auf der
langen Diagonalen zu tricksen, wird abgewehrt.} 25. Qxd7 Ba8 26. exd4 Re7 27.
Qd8 Qb7 28. d5 Rd7 29. Qb6 Qc8 30. b4 c4 31. d6 Qe8 32. Re1 Qc8 33. Nf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. g3 fxe4 13. Bg2 Bg7 14. Bxe4 Be6
15. Qh5 Rc8 16. c3 Ne7 17. Rd1 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 O-O 19. Nc2 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc5 21.
Rd2 e4 22. Qe2 f5 23. O-O Qe7 24. f4 a5 25. Rfd1 Qe6 26. Ne3 b4 27. c4 Rd8 28.
Rd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rf8 30. Qd2 Qf6 31. b3 Qc3 32. Kf2 a4 33. bxa4 Ra8 34. Rxd6
Qxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Bc3 36. Rc2 Bd4 37. c5 Kf7 38. c6 Ke7 39. Rc4 Bxe3+ 40. Kxe3 Kd8
41. Rxb4 Kc7 42. Rc4 Rd8 43. Rc3 Rd5 44. h3 h5 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 fxg4 47.
Kxe4 Rd1 48. Kf5 Rg1 49. Rc4 g3 50. Kg4 Rg2 51. Kh3 Rg1 52. a5 g2 53. Kh2 Ra1
54. Kxg2 Rxa2+ 55. Kg3 Rxa5 56. Kg4 Ra8 57. f5 Kd6 58. c7 Rc8 59. Kg5 Ke7 60.
Kg6 Rg8+ 61. Kh7 Rc8 62. Kg7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qa4 Nc6 10. Nf3 e6 11. O-O a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bg3 Qd7 17. Rfc1 Be7 18. Ne2 O-O 19. Nf4 Rfc8 20. Nd3 Ba4
21. Qb6 Rc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxc6 Bxc6 24. Rc1 a5 25. a3 Kf7 26. Kf1 g5 27.
Ke2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3
Na5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Re1 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 13. d4 Bf6 14. Qd2 exd4
15. Bxd4 Re8 16. Nd5 Ne5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. b4 Qc6 20. Ra3 Rad8
21. Rd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Qd6 23. Qc3 f6 24. Nd2 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. Nb3 Rd8 27.
f3 Bb7 28. Kf2 Rd6 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. Nc5 Bc8 31. h4 h5 32. g3 Ke7 33. f4 Rc6 34.
f5 a5 35. c3 axb4 36. cxb4 Rd6 37. Nb3 Rc6 38. Nc5 Rd6 39. Rc1 Rd4 40. Nb3 Rxb4
41. Rxc7+ Kd6 42. Rc3 Bb7 43. Nc5 Bc6 44. b3 Rd4 45. Ne6 Rxe4+ 46. Kf2 Bd5 47.
Nxg7 Bf7 48. Rc8 Rg4 49. Ne8+ Bxe8 50. Rxe8 e4 51. Re6+ Kd5 52. Rxf6 Ke5 53.
Rb6 e3+ 54. Kf3 e2 55. Rxb5+ Kf6 56. Kxe2 Rxg3 57. b4 Rh3 58. Rc5 Rxh4 59. b5
Rb4 60. Kd2 h4 61. Kc3 Rb1 62. Kd4 h3 63. Rc6+ Kxf5 64. Kc5 Rc1+ 65. Kb6 Rxc6+
66. bxc6 h2 67. c7 h1=Q 68. c8=Q+ Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. Na4 Bd4 6. Ne2 h5 7. h3 Qf6 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. b3 Nge7 10. Nb2 Ng6 11. Nd3 h4 12. Bb2 b6 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14. Bxf3 hxg3
15. fxg3 Nce5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bg2 c5 18. d3 a5 19. a4 Ke7 20. Bc1 Bd7 21. Bf4
f6 22. g4 Ra6 23. Kd2 Ng6 24. Bg3 Nh4 25. Rag1 Ra7 26. Ke1 b5 27. axb5 Bxb5 28.
Kf2 Ng6 29. Ra1 Ne5 30. Ra3 Rha8 31. Rha1 a4 32. Ke2 Nc6 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34. Rxa4
Rxa4 35. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4 (
8. d4 {it is also hard to prove an advantage for White in the line} Bb6 9. Re1
Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bf1 Re8) 8... a6 (8... Ng6 {is also good} 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1
Bd7 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Nc4 Bb5 14. Nfd2 exd4 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. cxd4 c5
17. d5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Qf6 $132 {1-0 (29) Karjakin,S (2756)-Khenkin,I (2612)
Antalya TUR 2013}) 9. Nbd2 Ba7 (9... Ng6 10. d4 (10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Nf1
d5 $132 {1-0 (52) Malinovsky,K (2462)-Sergeyev,A (2368) Pardubice 2013}) 10...
Ba7 {transposes}) 10. d4 Ng6 11. Re1 c5 12. d5 (12. Bc2 {keeping the central
tension is also good:} b5 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 $132 {1/2 (31) Kobalia,M 
(2679)-Lysyj,I (2629) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 12... c4 $1 (12... b5 13. Bc2 c4 {
transposes.}) (12... Nh5 {is also good} 13. c4 Nhf4 14. Nf1 Rb8 $132) 13. Bc2
b5 14. Nf1 Bd7 {Black has a slight advantage from the opening.} 15. Be3 Qc7 16.
N3h2 (16. Qd2 Rab8 $132) 16... a5 $1 {Black starts an attack on the Q-side.}
17. Ng4 $6 Nxe4 (17... Bxg4 $5 18. hxg4 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 h6 $15) 18. Bxe4 f5 19.
Bc2 fxg4 20. hxg4 (20. Bxg6 $1 {was important} hxg6 21. hxg4 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Rf4
$132) 20... a4 (20... Nf4 $1 {is better to avoid Bxg6} 21. Ng3 a4 $132) 21. a3
(21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. a3 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Rf4 24. Rf1 Raf8 25. Qe2 {is more or less
equal, but Black has some chances.}) 21... Ne7 $6 (21... Rf6 $1 {was very
strong with the plan of Raf8} 22. g5 Rf7 $132) 22. Bxa7 Qxa7 23. Ne3 Rf6 24. f3
$6 (24. Qd2 Raf8 25. Rf1 {is better.}) 24... Raf8 25. Be4 h6 (25... Be8 $1 $17
{was very strong, with the plan of Bg6} 26. Qe2 Bg6 27. Rf1 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Rxf1+
29. Rxf1 Rf4 $1 $17) 26. g3 (26. Qe2 $1 Be8 27. Rf1 Bg6 28. g3 $1 $11 {
Avoiding Bxe4 followed by Rf4, the motif we saw earlier.}) 26... Be8 27. Kg2 (
27. Qe2 Bg6 28. Rf1 {transposes to the previous line with Qe2.}) 27... Bg6 28.
Qe2 Qd7 29. Rf1 Qe8 30. Qc2 (30. Rae1 $11) 30... Bxe4 31. Qxe4 (31. fxe4 $1 $11
{is surprisingly better} Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Rxf1 33. Nxf1 Qg6 34. Ne3 Qg5 35. Qf2
$11) 31... Qg6 {Black wants to exchange Qs.} 32. Qxg6 Nxg6 33. Rf2 Ne7 $15 {
Black has a slight advantage.} 34. Raf1 g5 35. Rd2 Kf7 36. Rdd1 Ke8 37. Rd2 Kd7
38. Rff2 Kc7 $1 {This plan is very strong, to move the K to c5.} 39. Rf1 Kb6
40. Rdd1 Kc5 41. Rd2 R6f7 $1 42. Rdd1 Ng8 $1 {Planning Nf6 and e4.} 43. Rd2 (
43. Nf5 h5 $17) 43... Nf6 44. Rh1 Rh7 45. Rdd1 Rfh8 46. Rh2 h5 $1 {Black opens
the h-file, White's task is getting harder.} 47. gxh5 Rxh5 48. Rxh5 Rxh5 49.
Rd2 Rh8 50. Rd1 Rg8 51. Rd2 e4 $1 52. fxe4 Nxe4 53. Rd4 Nf6 $17 {Black has
succesfully finished his plan, the rest is just a matter of technique, because
Black is going to play Re8-e5.} 54. Ng4 Nxg4 55. Rxg4 Re8 56. Kf3 Re5 57. Re4
Rf5+ 58. Kg4 Rf2 59. Kxg5 Rxb2 60. g4 Rb3 61. Re3 Rxa3 62. Kf6 Ra1 63. Rf3 a3
64. g5 Rg1 65. Rf2 b4 66. cxb4+ Kxb4 67. Ke6 Kb3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qd2 $5 {A rare move.} (10. Qc2) (10. O-O) (10. g4 {
are the main moves}) 10... Nb6 (10... g6 11. f3 Ndf6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. g4 Ng7
14. h4 (14. g5 Nd7 15. e4 {0-1 (62) Obsivac,J (2335)-Modr,B (2350) Czechia 1995
}) 14... h5 15. g5 Nd7 16. e4 $14 {1-0 (63) Wehmeier,S (2394)-Kalka,A (2407)
Germany 2006}) 11. f3 g6 (11... O-O 12. O-O {is better for White, because
e3-e4 will come and White is very strong in the centre.}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1
(13. e4 Be6 14. Rae1 {transposes.}) 13... Be6 14. e4 dxe4 (14... Ng7 {is a
better chance, it's hard to find any convincing move for White.}) 15. fxe4 Rad8
16. b3 $146 (16. h3 $1 {was the exact move to avoid ...Bg4:} Nc4 17. Qc1 Qb4
18. b3 Ne5 19. Bb1 $36 {1/2 (55) Gutman,L (2530)-Andersson,U (2600) Wijk aan
Zee 1987}) 16... Bg4 17. Qe3 $6 (17. Bb1 Rd7 18. h3 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Ng7 $132)
17... f6 $6 (17... f5 $1 $132) 18. a4 $1 (18. Nf4 $5 Qb4 $13) 18... Qb4 19. Bc2
Bxe2 $6 (19... Rfe8 $13 {was better, keeping the tension.}) 20. Nxe2 Ng7 21.
Rd1 $14 Qe7 $6 (21... f5 22. a5 Qxa5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Qg5 $36) 22. Qc3 $1 $36
{White has a serious advantage.} a6 23. Nf4 Kh8 24. Qh3 Qf7 25. Rd3 $1 {
With the plan of Qh6 and Rh3.} Nc8 (25... g5 26. Ne2 $16) 26. b4 $1 g5 27. Bb3
Qe8 28. Qh6 $1 (28. Ne6 $1 Nxe6 29. Bxe6 $16) 28... Qxe4 29. Rh3 $18 Ne7 (29...
gxf4) 30. Bc2 Qxc2 31. Nd3 Kg8 32. Qxh7+ Kf7 33. Ne5+ Ke6 34. Qxc2 fxe5 35.
Rh6+ Kd7 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. dxe5 Ne6 38. Rf6 Re8 39. Qh7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 c5 14. Nc3 b6
15. Kf2 Nc6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Ne2 c5 19. c3 h6 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. N4g3
dxc3 22. Nxc3 Kb7 23. Nf5 g5 24. Kg3 h5 25. fxg5 hxg4 26. h4 Re8 27. Kf4 g3 28.
Ne4 Bxe4 29. Kxe4 Kc6 30. Rd5 c4 31. Rg1 Bc5 32. Rxg3 a5 33. a4 Bb4 34. g6 fxg6
35. Rxg6+ Kb7 36. Rd7+ Kc8 37. Rf7 Bc5 38. Kd5 Kb8 39. Rgg7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 O-O 11. e4 Nc7 12. O-O e5 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Rad1
exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qb4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 N7e6 18. Qe3 Nxg5 19. Qxc5 Ne6 20. Qa3
a6 21. e5 Rd8 22. Qb4 Rd7 23. h4 Qd8 24. Rd6 c5 25. Rxd7 cxb4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Bxb7 Nc5 28. Bg2 Rd2 29. Rc1 Nd3 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Rd8 Rd1+ 32. Bf1 Nxf2 33. Rd6
Nh3+ 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. Bc4 Rc1 36. b3 Ng1 37. Rf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 O-O 10. e3 Rd8 11. Be2 e6 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O Ne7 14. Bf3 exd5
15. Rac1 a5 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Nf5 19. g4 Ne7 20. h4 Qd6 21. h5
Nc6 22. Kg2 Qe7 23. Rh1 g5 24. h6 Kh8 25. Rh5 f6 26. Re1 Qf7 27. Bd1 Rg8 28. f3
Ne7 29. Bc2 Ng6 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Rhh1 Bd7 32. Re2 Rae8 33. Rhe1 Kh7 34. Nd1 b6
35. b4 Rxe2+ 36. Rxe2 Re8 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Ng6 7. O-O f6 8. exf6
Qxf6 9. Qb3 b6 10. c4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qf7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Rac1 h6 14. Be3 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Bxf4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bb2
Bd6 9. g3 Qe7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d3 a6 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Rc2 b5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Qa1 e5 16. d4 exd4 17. exd4 Rfe8 18. Rfc1 Rb8 19. Bf3 Qe6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qb1
Qf5 22. Bg2 Qh5 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxe2 27. Nxe2
b4 28. f3 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Nc1 Ne8 31. Bf1 Nc7 32. Bd3 Nf8 33. Ne2 Nfe6 34.
h4 Kd7 35. f4 Be7 36. Ng1 a5 37. Nf3 Bd6 38. Ne5+ Bxe5 39. dxe5 d4 40. a4 Nd5
41. Bb5+ Ke7 42. Ke2 Nc3+ 43. Kd3 Nc5+ 44. Kc4 Ne6 45. Bc6 Ne2 46. Bd5 Nxg3 47.
Bxe6 Kxe6 48. Bxd4 Kf5 49. Bb6 Kxf4 50. Bxa5 Nf1 51. Bc7 Ke4 52. Kxb4 Kd5 53.
Kb5 Nd2 54. b4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qd3 c5 16. Kb1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qg3+ Kh8 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 22. Qe3 Ng8 23. Qxa7 Bf6 24. f3 Ne7 25. Qe3 Bg7 26. Qxe6
Nd5 27. c3 Rfe8 28. Qf5 Re2 29. Rc1 Rxg2 30. a3 b5 31. Qf7 Nf6 32. Qb7 Rd5 33.
f4 Kh7 34. Re1 Rdd2 35. Qxb5 Nd5 36. Ka1 Rgf2 37. Qe8 Nxf4 38. Qe4+ Kh8 39.
Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qe4+ Kh8 41. Qf5 Rd8 42. Qb5 Rd5 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Qc4 Rxh5 45.
Qg8+ Kg6 46. Re7 Rh1+ 47. Ka2 Nh5 48. Qe6+ Nf6 49. Qf7+ Kf5 50. Qxg7 Rhh2 51.
Rb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15.
Nh4 Qd8 16. Nhf5 Qf6 17. Qf3 g6 18. Nxh6+ Kg7 19. Qxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bd1 Rad8 21.
Be2 Nd5 22. Ng4 f5 23. Nh2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Ngf1 Ne5 26. d4 Nf7 27. Bf3
Nd6 28. Nd2 Bf7 29. Nb3 c6 30. Be2 Bxb3 31. axb3 c5 32. d5 Ne4 33. Bc4 Bb8 34.
Nf3 Kf6 35. Re2 Nd6 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. h4 Nf7 38. Kf1 Bc7 39. Be2 Rd8 40. Re1
Ne5 41. Nxe5 Bxe5 42. Bf3 Rd7 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Kd3 Kd6 45. Rg1 Rh7 46. g3 fxg3
47. fxg3 g5 48. hxg5 Rh3 49. Kc4 Rxg3 50. Rxg3 Bxg3 51. b4 b5+ 52. Kb3 Bf4 53.
bxc5+ Kxc5 54. g6 Be5 55. Kc2 a5 56. Kd3 Bg7 57. Ke3 Bh6+ 58. Kf2 Bg7 59. Kg3
b4 60. cxb4+ axb4 61. b3 Bh6 62. Kh4 Kd6 63. Kh5 Bg7 64. Kg5 Ke5 65. Bg2 Bf8
66. Bh1 Bg7 67. Bf3 Bf8 68. d6 Kxd6 69. Kf6 f4 70. g7 Bxg7+ 71. Kxg7 Ke5 72.
Kg6 Kd4 73. Kf5 Kc3 74. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Rd1 h6 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. Ne2
Bd5 15. Nfd4 Be4 16. c4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Ke7 18. f3 Bg6 19. Kf2 a5 20. g4 Rd7 21.
f4 Rhd8 22. f5 Bc5 23. Ke3 Bh7 24. Bc3 f6 25. exf6+ Kxf6 26. Rd2 g6 27. Rf1
gxf5 28. gxf5 Kf7 29. Rf4 Re8+ 30. Kf3 Re1 31. Re4 Rc1 32. Bxa5 Bxd4 33. Rexd4
Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Bxf5 35. Bxc7 Bxh3 36. Rh4 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6
9. Nh2 Nc5 10. b4 Nd7 11. Be2 a5 12. b5 f5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Qxh5 Nf6 15. Qe2
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Ng4 Qe8 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Nxh6+ Kh8 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. Qxg4
e3 22. O-O Qe7 23. fxe3 Rg8 24. Qf3 Raf8 25. Qg2 Qg5 26. Kh2 Qxe3 27. Rxf8 Rxf8
28. Rf1 Rxf1 29. Qxf1 Kg7 30. Qf5 Qe2+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rfd1 a5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Be1 a4 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
Rac1 Nd7 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd3 Nd6 18. c5 Nb5 19. Nb4 Nf8 20. f3 Ng6 21. Bg3 Qd7
22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Rad8 24. Qc4 Ne7 25. Bh4 Kh8 26. Bf2 f5 27. exf5 Nxf5 28.
Nd3 Nbxd4 29. Ne5 Qc7 30. Re1 Rd5 31. Qxa4 Red8 32. Nd3 h6 33. Nb4 Re5 34. Rcd1
Rf8 35. Nd3 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Nfg3+ 37. hxg3 Rh5+ 38. Qh4 Rxf2 39. Qxh5 Nxg3+ 40.
Kg1 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Nxh5 42. Ne5 Kh7 43. Rd7 Qa5 44. Rc1 Nf6 45. Rd3 Nd5 46. Kf3
Qd8 47. Re1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 a5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Nd5 14. e4
Ne7 15. Ba4 f5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Rf7 18. Be3 f4 19. Bxf4 Ng6 20. Be3 Ne5 21.
Qe4 Qe7 22. Bf4 Qxa3 23. Bxe5 Qxa4 24. Bc3 Bc8 25. g4 Qd7 26. h3 h5 27. Rd4
hxg4 28. hxg4 Bb7 29. Qe6 Re8 30. Re1 Ref8 31. f4 Qd8 32. f5 Qg5 33. Bd2 Qh4
34. Kg2 Rd8 35. Rh1 Bxd5+ 36. Rxd5 Qxg4+ 37. Kf2 Rxd5 38. Qxd5 c6 39. Qe6 Qd4+
40. Be3 Qd5 {[#]} 41. Qxd5 $6 {Danach wird die Aufgabe für Weiß viel
schwieriger.} (41. Qe8+ Rf8 42. Rh8+ Kxh8 43. Qxf8+ Kh7 44. Qc5 $18) 41... cxd5
42. Bd4 Rxf5+ 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Rh7 Rg5 45. Kf3 Kg8 46. Rh1 Kf7 47. a3 Ke6 48.
Rb1 Rh5 49. Kg4 Rh2 50. Rb6+ Kd7 51. Kf5 Rh5+ 52. Kg4 Rh2 53. Be5 Ra2 54. Rd6+
Ke7 55. Ra6 c3 56. Bxc3 Rxa3 57. Bxg7 {[#]} Kd7 {Das Endspiel ist theoretisch
natürlich remis, nur muss Schwarz das auch nachweisen.} 58. Kf5 Kc7 59. Bd4
Kb7 60. Rb6+ Kc7 61. Ke5 Rh3 62. Kxd5 Rh5+ 63. Kc4 Kd7 64. Ra6 Rf5 65. Bc5 Rf4+
66. Kd5 Rf5+ 67. Kd4 a4 68. Kc4 Rf4+ 69. Bd4 a3 70. Kd5 Rf5+ 71. Be5 Rf7 72.
Ra8 a2 73. Ra7+ Ke8 74. Ra8+ Kd7 75. Rxa2 Ke7 76. Ra6 {Mit Let's check hat man
Zugriff auf die dort gespeicherten Tablebases und sieht, dass natürlich auch
dieses Endspiel remis ist.} Kd7 77. Bf6 Ke8 78. Ra8+ Kd7 79. Ke5 Kc6 80. Ke6
Rb7 81. Be5 Kb5 82. Kd5 Rd7+ 83. Bd6 Rb7 84. Ra1 Kb6 85. Rc1 Kb5 86. Bc7 Ka6
87. Kd6 Rb5 88. Kc6 Rb6+ 89. Kd7 Rb5 90. Kc8 Rd5 91. Rb1 Rc5 92. Rb2 Rc4 93.
Kd7 Rc5 94. Bd6 Rb5 95. Ra2+ Kb7 96. Ra4 Kb6 97. Ra1 Kb7 98. Rd1 Kb6 99. Rh1
Kb7 100. Rh6 Rd5 101. Rh8 Rb5 102. Rc8 Kb6 103. Bc7+ Kb7 104. Rg8 Rd5+ 105. Bd6
Rb5 106. Rg6 Rd5 107. Ke6 Rb5 108. Rg1 Kb6 109. Rc1 Kb7 110. Bc5 Kc6 111. Bd4+
Kb7 112. Kd6 Ka6 113. Bc5 {[#] Bis hier ist alles im Lot für Schwarz.} Kb7 $2
{Nach langer Verteidigung einmal fehlgegriffen.} (113... Rb7 $11 114. Ra1+ Kb5
115. Rb1+ Ka6) (113... Ra5 $11 114. Kc6 Rb5 $8) (113... Rb3 $11 114. Ra1+ Kb5 (
114... Kb7 $2 115. Ra7+ Kb8 116. Kc6 Rd3 117. Ra1 Rd2 118. Bd6+ Kc8 119. Ra8#))
114. Ra1 Rb3 115. Ra7+ Kb8 116. Kc6 Rh3 117. Ra1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 O-O {A solid alternative to the main 8...g5, usually leading to very
sharp play.} 9. e3 Be6 10. a3 {No doubt, this move was a part of Viktor's home
preparation.} ({Michael had a positive experience with this line before. In
his previous game he has successfully solved all the problems at an early
stage of the game:} 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nd4 Nxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11 {
0-1 Dreev,A (2662)-Adams,M (2752)/Bilbao 2014/CBM 163/[Adams,M]}) 10... Bxc5 ({
For some reason, nobody has tried:} 10... Bxc3+ $5 11. Qxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13.
Qc2 Nd7 {Black's development advantage is now threatening, so it looks like
White has nothing better than giving the pawn back:} 14. f3 Nexc5 15. Ne2 Rc8
16. Qd1 Bf5 17. Nd4 Bg6 $132 {The resulting complex position looks quite
acceptable for Black.}) 11. Rd1 {The text move looks most flexible - the
d-file definitely belongs to White's rook anyway, but White is not obliged to
put his knight on f3, as we could see later.} ({After} 11. Nf3 Nc6 (11... Nbd7
{seems too passive:} 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Bh7+
Kh8 17. Bf5 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Yu Yangyi (2724)/Tsaghkadzor ARM 2015})
12. Bd3 (12. Rd1 $5 Rc8 13. Be2) 12... Rc8 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 a6
16. Rac1 Ba7 17. Bb1 d4 $11 {Kavutskiy,K (2349)-Le Quang Liem (2697)/Saint
Louis USA 2015 (61), Black has easily equalised.}) 11... Nbd7 $146 {The
dark-squared bishop was hanging, but that move is a sort of concession - Black
doesn't fight for control over d4-spot.} ({In the preceding game Black didn't
achieve full equality after} 11... Be7 12. Bc4 Nbd7 (12... Qa5 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14.
Nge2 Rac8 15. O-O $14) 13. Ba2 Rc8 14. Nge2 Nb6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Qd3 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 $14 {0-1 Andrejic,V (2268)-Atalik,S (2565)/Kragujevac SRB
2015 (38)}) ({However, it was worth giving serious attention to} 11... Nc6 $5 {
with an idea to meet} 12. Nxd5 {with} Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Nge2 Rfc8 $44 {
getting excellent compensation for a pawn.}) 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nge2 $1 {Viktor's
harmonious setup neutralises Black's pressure along the c-file.} ({Another
natural way of development} 13. Nf3 {would enable Black to solve all his
problems by means of:} d4 $5 14. Nxd4 (14. exd4 Bxa3 15. O-O Bb4 $132) 14...
Bxd4 15. exd4 Qb6 $1 {For instance,} 16. Rd2 Bb3 17. Qb1 Rfe8+ 18. Be2 Ne4 $1
19. Nxe4 Ba2 $1 20. Qxa2 (20. Qa1 Rxe4 21. O-O Bb3 22. Bg3 Rxd4 $11) 20... Rc1+
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rxe4 23. Bg3 Qxd4+ 24. Ke1 Nc5 25. Qb1 Qc4 26. Qd1 Nd3+
27. Kd2 Rd4 28. Ke3 Re4+ $11) 13... Re8 14. O-O $14 {Now Black has no
compensation for a weak isolated pawn.} Bd6 {This move is aimed at putting the
queen on b6.} ({Another possible continuation was} 14... a6 15. h3 Qc7 16. Qd2
$14) 15. h3 {A decent prophylactic move - Black's light-squared bishop
definitely lacks space now.} ({Another move deserving serious attention was} 
15. Nd4 $5 Qb6 16. Qd2 g5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 $14 {with strong pressure
along the f-file.}) 15... Qb6 ({A safer way was:} 15... a6 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Bh7+
Kh8 18. Bf5 $14 {Black has a worse, but rather solid position.}) 16. Nd4 $6 {
This natural move is a serious inaccuracy.} ({Both players have overlooked the
following tactical idea:} 16. f4 $1 {the bishop is almost trapped, so Black
has nothing better than} g5 ({After} 16... Nf8 17. Bxf6 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 gxf6 19.
Nd4 $18 {Black's extra pawn is not worth much - there are too many weaknesses.}
) 17. fxg5 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. g6 $16 {In the subsequent position the
vulnerablity of Black's king offers White a powerful attack for free.}) 16...
g5 $2 {Returning the favour.} ({GM Adams has missed a golden opportunity of
getting rid of his main weakness:} 16... Ne4 $1 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 {
leaves White with a symbolic advantage, since the Pe4 can be protected. For
instance,} 19. Rd4 Qc6 20. Rxe4 Be5 21. Bg3 Bxc3 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. bxc3 Nf6 {
with a probable draw.}) 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 $16 {White's k-side pawn
structure isn't perfect now, but Black is unable to put pressure on the Pe3.}
Ne4 {A human decision. Black doesn't mind giving up a pawn in order to
simplify matters.} ({After} 18... Re7 19. Qf2 Rf8 20. g4 $16 {Black's position
lacks any active ideas - the pressure along the f-file is extremely annoying.})
19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe6 {White manages to win the pawn, but Black's play is
getting somewhat more easily.} ({Possibly, the attacking approach would offer
even more:} 20. Qf2 $5 Bc4 21. Nf5 Bxf1 22. Rd6 Rc6 23. Nxh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8
25. Rxd7 Rf6 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Qd2 Rxh6 28. Kxf1 $16) 20... Qxe6 21. Qxe4 Nb6 ({
Correctly rejecting} 21... Qxe4 $2 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxd7 Rf8 24. Rxb7 a5 25.
Ra7 $18) 22. Qxb7 {It definitely makes sense to exchange the weak Pe3.} ({
Less is offered by} 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Rd3 a6 $14) 22... Qxe3+ 23. Kh2 Re7 24.
Qa6 Rcc7 $2 {A tactical blunder, which makes Viktor's technical task much
easier.} ({The cool-blooded} 24... Qc5 $1 25. Rf6 (25. a4 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27.
Nd5 Re6 $16) 25... Kg7 26. Qf1 Rc6 27. Rf5 Qc4 $16 {would allow Black to stay
in the game.}) 25. a4 $1 {That is the point! White's knight can disturb all
Black's major pieces now, so it is impossible to avoid further material losses.
} Qe6 ({Possibly, the most stubborn was:} 25... Re6 26. Rfe1 $1 Qxe1 27. Rxe1
Rxe1 28. a5 Nc4 29. Nd5 Re6 {, but after} 30. Qb5 {Black is going to lose the
second pawn:} Rc8 31. Qb7 Rd8 32. Qxa7 Nxb2 33. Qd4 $18) 26. Nb5 Rc5 (26... Rc8
{is also hopeless:} 27. Rfe1 Qxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1 29. a5 Ra1 30. Nd6 Rcc1 31. g4
$18) ({Or} 26... Rc2 27. Nd4 Qc4 28. Qa5 Rxb2 29. Nf5 Ree2 30. Nxh6+ Kh7 31.
Qf5+ Kxh6 32. Rd6+ Re6 33. Qxf7 Rxd6 34. Qf8+ $18) 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Nd4 $6 {
All of a sudden, Black gets one more chance to save the game!} ({There was no
reason to deviate from collecting another pawn:} 28. Nxa7 Rd5 29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30.
Qxe6 fxe6 31. Nc6 Rc7 32. Ne5 $18) 28... Qg6 29. b4 $2 {Allowing Black to swap
one pair of rooks.} ({There was still a winning way, though it was't trivial:} 
29. a5 Rd5 (29... Nc4 30. Rf6 Qg7 31. Nf5 $18) 30. Rf8 $1 Rxd4 31. axb6 axb6
32. Qc8 Qg7 33. Qc2+ Rde4 34. R1xf7 $18) 29... Rd5 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 $16 {The
activity of Black's pieces should not be underestimated now.} 31. Qc8 ({
The more precise way to liquadate into the endgame was:} 31. Qxg6+ Kxg6 32. Nc6
Re4 33. b5 Rxa4 34. Ne5+ Kg7 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Rd7 $16) 31... Qd3 $1 {Perhaps,
this move was overlooked by GM Laznicka.} 32. Qf5+ Qxf5 33. Nxf5 {Obviously,
the resulting version of the endgame suits Black, who gets an important tempo
for activating the rook.} Re6 $2 {Unfortunately for Michael, this loss of
tempo turns out to be a decisive mistake. Most probably, this move was played
under strong time pressure.} ({At the same time, the correct} 33... Re2 $1 {
would offer Black decent drawish chances. For instance,} 34. b5 Ra2 35. Rd1 Nc3
36. Rd6 Rxa4 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 $14) 34. b5 Kg6 (34... Nc3 35. Nd4 Rd6 36. Rxf7+ Kg6
37. Nf5 Rd2 38. Rc7 Kxf5 39. Rxc3 $18) 35. g4 {Supporting the Nf5 and giving
more space to the king.} Nc3 36. Ra1 Re4 ({An attempt to exchange k-side pawns
by means of} 36... h5 37. Ra3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Nd5 {doesn't work:} 39. Rh3 Kf6 40.
Nd4 Re4 41. Rh6+ Ke5 42. Nc6+ Kf4 43. a5 Kxg4 44. Rd6 Ne3 45. b6 $18) 37. Rc1
$1 Nxa4 38. Rc7 {Now there is a material balance on the board, but White's
pieces are dominating!} Re6 ({The most stubborn was:} 38... Re2 39. Rxa7 Nc5
40. Ra8 Rb2 41. Rh8 f6 {Forcing White to find the precise} 42. Nd6 $1 (42.
Rxh6+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ Ke6 $16) 42... Ne6 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. Rb8 $1 $18) 39. Rxa7 Nc3
40. Rb7 $18 {Now the q-side passer easily decides the game.} Nd5 41. Rd7 Nc3 ({
Or} 41... Nb6 42. Rd6 Kf6 43. Kg3 Rxd6 44. Nxd6 Ke6 45. Nf5 $18) 42. Nd6 Ne4
43. Nc4 (43. Nc8 $18 {was also good enough.}) 43... Nc5 44. Rc7 Na4 45. Kg3 Re1
46. Rc6+ f6 (46... Kg7 47. b6 Rb1 48. Kf3 $18) 47. Nd6 h5 48. b6 {A
disappointing loss for GM Michael Adams. However, he was able to recover and
win the second game of this match very convincingly.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. a3 Qb6 8. g4
h6 9. Qg3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 O-O-O 11. O-O h5 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 g6 14. b4 Bd6 15. Qh3
Be5 16. Bd2 Nd6 17. Rab1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qc7 20. a4 Bf4 21. Be3 Kb8
22. b5 c5 {[#] Um den 18. Zug war Schwarz die Partie allmählich aus der Hand
geglitten. Nun entscheidet Weiß mit Hilfe eines Königsangriffs auf der
langen Diagonalen.} 23. a5 Qd6 24. a6 ({Oder} 24. Qg2 b6 25. Ba8 Bh2+ (25...
Qc7 26. Bxf4) 26. Kh1 Qc7 27. f4 Bg3 28. axb6 Nxb6 29. Bc6 Bxh4 30. Bxc5 $18)
24... b6 25. Bg2 Bxe3 26. Qf3 Qd5 27. Qxf7 Qf5 28. fxe3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Nfd2 Nf8 11. a4 Ng6 12. Kh1 Be6 13. Nb3 Bf8 14. f3 b6
15. Qe2 c5 16. Qf2 f6 17. Nbd2 Qd7 18. Qg3 a6 19. Qf2 Nf4 20. g3 Nh3 21. Qe2 h5
22. Nb3 g5 23. Qg2 Qh7 24. Nbd2 Rad8 25. b3 Rd7 26. Nb1 h4 27. g4 Nf4 28. Bxf4
h3 29. Qf2 gxf4 30. Nc3 Bh6 31. a5 b5 32. Nd2 Qe7 33. Nd5 Qf8 34. Rab1 Bg5 35.
b4 c6 36. Nb6 Rd4 37. bxc5 Qxc5 38. Nb3 Bxb3 39. Rxb3 Qe7 40. Rd1 Red8 41. Qf1
Qc5 42. c3 R4d6 43. d4 exd4 44. c4 d3 45. Rbxd3 Rxd3 46. Rxd3 Rxd3 47. Qxd3 Qb4
48. Qf1 Qxa5 49. c5 Qc3 50. Qxh3 Kg7 51. Nc8 Qxc5 52. Qf1 Qf8 53. Na7 Qd6 54.
Qf2 b4 55. h4 b3 56. Nb5 cxb5 57. Qa7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1
Nbd7 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Na4 Be7 16. Qb1 Qb8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Nf6 22. Nf3 Qb7 23. Qb2 Rc8 24. Rd3 b5 25. Be5 Qe4 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27.
Bxc3 a6 28. h3 Kh7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Qd2 g5 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Ne1 h5 33. Qd3 Qe5
34. Kg2 Qb2 35. Qc2 Qxc2 36. Nxc2 Bc3 37. Kf3 f5 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. f3 Ba5 40. Kd3
Ke5 41. e3 g4 42. fxg4 fxg4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. e4 Kf6 45. Ne3 Kg5 46. Ke2 Bb6
47. Kf2 Bd4 48. Ke2 Bc5 49. Nf1 Bd6 50. Kd3 Be5 51. Ke2 Kf6 52. Kd3 Bd6 53. Ne3
Kg5 54. Nf1 Be5 55. Ke2 Bc7 56. Kd3 Bd6 57. Ke2 Kf6 58. Kd3 Bc7 59. Ne3 Kg5 60.
Nf1 Be5 61. Ke2 Kg6 62. Kd3 Kf6 63. Ne3 Kg5 64. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bb2 Rac8 15.
Qd2 Rfd8 16. Qe1 b5 17. Na2 Bg4 18. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 Bd5 15.
Nd2 c5 16. bxc6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 bxc6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rfb1 Rb8 20. Qe6 c5 21. Bc1
Re8 22. Ne4 Bf8 23. Qc6 f5 24. Nxc5 Rc8 25. Qxb6 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Rxe2 27. Bf4 Rxc5
28. Rb2 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Rc3 30. Qe2 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Bxa3 32. Qe8+ Qg8 33. Qc6 Bf8
34. Bc7 Qa2 35. Qa8 Qa3 36. Bxa5 h6 37. Qd8 Kh7 38. h4 Be7 39. Qd7 Qa1+ 40. Kg2
Qxa5 41. Qxe7 Qd5+ 42. Kg1 Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. Bxd5 {A rare continuation, instead of the usual} (15. dxc5) 15... Nf6 16.
Bg2 (16. Bf3 {is also possible but in the following correspondence game Black
successfully equalised:} cxd4 17. Bb2 b5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Bxd4 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Bb7 Re8 26. Qd2
g6 27. Rc1 Qe2 28. Qc3 Kg7 29. Bd5 h5 30. h3 Qe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Bb3 Re7 33.
f3 Ne8 34. Rc5 Nd6 {1/2 (48) Loinjak,S (2524)-Diaz,S (2418) Lechenicher
SchachServer 2009}) 16... cxd4 17. Bb2 {Black's task is not so easy as his
d4-pawn is weak.} b5 (17... Bb4 $6 {1-0 (52) Rodriguez Rueda,P (2183)-Orozco
Lopez,L (2155) Pereira 2011} 18. Ne4) 18. Rc1 (18. cxb5 {led to full equality
in the following correspondence game:} Bxb5 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Re5 Ba6 21. Nc4
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Bf1 Rc7 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Rd8 26. Bb2 Rc2 27. Re2
Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Rd2 29. Bxf6 Rxe2 30. Bd4 a5 {1/2 (30) Marcinkiewicz,B-Rakay,K 
(2514) ICCF Email 2002}) 18... Bb4 ({After} 18... bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4
Bc5 21. Qd3 {White's bishop pair should not be underestimated although it is
not easy for him to make progress, e.g.} Re8 (21... Qd6 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. Rc2
Rc7 24. Bf3 Rce7 25. Kg2 h5 26. h4 Rd7 27. Bc1 Rde7 28. Bf4 Qa6 29. Rb1 g6 30.
Rb5 $36 {1-0 (40) Dautov,R (2535)-Petran,P (2455) Kecskemet 1989}) 22. Rfd1 Rb8
23. Rd2 Bb4 24. Rdc2 Bc5 25. Rd1 Qa5 26. Bf3 Re1+ 27. Kg2 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Rd8 29.
Bc1 h6 30. Bf3 Nd7 31. Qf5 Bb4 32. Qxa5 {1/2 (32) Cardelli,G (2554)-Sabaev,S 
(2583) ICCF Email 2001}) (18... Qb6 $5 19. Qe2 Bc5 20. Qd3 {1/2 (20) Paredes
Prats,J (2379)-Munoz Moreno,F (2316) AEAC 2003}) 19. cxb5 {This is harmless.} (
19. a3 $5 {was an interesting attempt to put Black's last move under doubt}
Bxd2 $140 20. Qxd2 bxc4 21. bxc4 Bxc4 (21... Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxc4 23. Rc1 Bd5 24.
f3 $1) 22. Rfd1 d3 23. Qf4 $36) 19... Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Bxb5 21. Nc4 Re8 22. Qd3
Bc3 $132 23. Rd1 Nd7 (23... Ng4 {was more active. After} 24. Qf5 Bxc4 25. bxc4
Qc8 $1 {Black has no problems.}) 24. Qf5 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Re5 $2 {[%mdl 32] The
rook is misplaced here.} (25... Ne5 $1 {with the same idea} 26. Bd5 Qc8 $1 {
was appropriate here, too. Black's counterplay should be quite sufficient for
equality.}) 26. Qf3 Qe8 27. Bf4 Rc5 (27... Ra5 28. Rb1 $1 Rxa2 $140 $2 29. Bh3
Nf8 30. c5 $16) 28. Qb7 {[%cal Rg2c6]} Nf6 {[%csl Rf6]} ({Alas,} 28... Ne5 {
doesn't work any more due to} 29. Qxa7 Rxc4 $2 30. Bxe5) 29. Bf1 Qd7 30. Rb1
$16 {[%csl Rf6] White's pieces have invaded Black's camp. Pay attention to
Black's f6-knight, which is completely cut off.} g5 31. Qb8+ Kg7 (31... Ne8 32.
Be5 {is hardly better.}) 32. Be5 Qf5 33. Rb5 $1 Rxb5 34. cxb5 Qe6 35. a4 h5 36.
Qc7 h4 37. Bc4 Ba5 38. Bxe6 Bxc7 39. Bxc7 fxe6 40. Be5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Rfd1 Nbd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Rac1 h6 14. b3 Qc7 15.
g4 Ndf6 16. h3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qc6 20. f3 Nf6 21. e4
Rfd8 22. Qe2 Nd7 23. Bg3 Rac8 24. Kh2 Ne5 25. Ne3 Ng6 26. Rc2 Bh4 27. Bxh4 Nxh4
28. Ng2 Ng6 29. Rcd2 b5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. f4 Qb6 32. Qf2 Qb7 33. Qe3 Rc6 34. h4
Qc7 35. h5 Ne7 36. g5 Rc3 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 hxg5 39. fxg5 Nc6 40. Rc3 b4
41. Rc1 Qb7 42. Nf4 Ne5 43. Kh3 Qe7 44. Qg3 g6 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. Kg2 Rf8 47.
Rf1 Rf7 48. Qh4 Qb7 49. Qe1 Rf5 50. Kh3 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Qd2 Bf5 11. Rfc1 Qd7 12. Ne4 Rad8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5
e4 15. dxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Rc3 Nb6 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. e3 b5 20. a3 Re7
21. b4 Red7 22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 a6 24. Nf3 f6 25. Kf1 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Ke2 Ra1 28. Nd2 Ra2 29. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Ne5 9. Be4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. Bxf3 Rb8 12. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14. Bg5 dxc4
15. Qxc4 b5 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. a4 a6 18. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 f5
9. exf5 gxf5 10. Ng5 Qe8 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Be3 Na6 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. O-O-O a6 15.
Qc2 h6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. g4 b5 18. b4 Nce4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Nh4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 a5
22. Rdg1 Nh7 23. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. O-O Be4 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nd4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f3 Bg6 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. exd4
Kf7 21. Kf2 Ke7 22. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 {This move is
becoming popular nowadays. Black would like to play ...b4, but first he
prevents Na4 with 13...Qa5.} ({In the event of} 13... b4 14. Na4 $1 {.}) 14.
Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Ng3 (16. h4) ({and} 16. Nd4 {are more popular moves.})
16... a5 17. Nh5 f6 $146 {The new move in the game.} (17... a4 18. Bb5 (18. Bd3
f5 19. g4 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. gxf5 Rxf5 22. Qe2 Ra8 23. Rhg1 g6 24. Ng3 Rff8
25. h4 $36 {C.Balogh-Vasiesiu, Mamaia 2015. and White's attack looks faster.})
18... Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Rc1 Ne7 $132 {Caruana-Meier, Dortmund
2013, with a double-edged struggle.}) 18. Qg3 Rf7 19. Bb5 fxe5 $6 {A dubious
move, because Black opens the f-file, which will be very important for White.}
(19... a4 {was more logical, however} 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Qe1 Bb7
23. Qe2 $14 {and White's position looks more attractive.}) 20. fxe5 Ba6 (20...
Ndxe5 {could have been met by} 21. Rdf1 $1 $36 {and White looks nicely placed.}
) 21. Bxc6 $6 {Inaccuracy. White removes the c6-N, but the a6-B controls the
important f1-square.} (21. Rdf1 $1 {was the strongest reply,} Ndxe5 22. Bxa6
Rxa6 23. Bh6 $16 {and White has a dangerous attack!}) 21... Qxc6 22. Bh6 Rc8
23. Rc1 g6 $2 {This move looks like the only move, but it is a mistake!} (23...
Nc5 $1 {should have played} 24. Nxg7 Ne4 25. Qg4 Kh8 $132 {and Black has
strong counterplay; the position becomes very complicated.}) 24. Nf4 $1 {
Threatening Nxg6!} Kh8 (24... Nf8 25. h4 $1 $16 {followed by h5 and Black's
situation is difficult.}) 25. h4 Nc5 26. h5 Ne4 {Black tries to create some
counterplay, but his K is very weak.} 27. Qh4 gxh5 28. Qxh5 (28. Nxh5 {was
also strong.}) 28... Qe8 29. Rh4 ({The engine suggests} 29. Bg5 $1 Nxg5 30.
Qxg5 Rg7 31. Qf6 Qf7 32. Rh6 $18 {and Black has no hope left.}) 29... Rb7 $6 (
29... Re7 {was more accurate,} 30. Qg4 Qg8 31. Qh3 Qf7 {and the e6-P is
protected, however after} 32. Nh5 $36 {White's chances are better.}) 30. Qg4 $1
Qg8 31. Qh3 Qf7 $6 {Loses immediately, but Black's position was difficult.} ({
Even} 31... Nf2 {was tougher, but} 32. Qxe6 Qxe6 33. Nxe6 Re7 34. Ng5 $16 {
and White is a healthy P up.}) 32. Nxe6 $18 {Now Black is helpless.} Rg8 33.
Nd4 Qf2 34. Rg4 Re8 35. Be3 Qf7 36. e6 Qf6 37. Nf3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qxc4 Be6 14.
Qc2 Bf5 15. Qd2 Bh3 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qe3 Qd5 18. f3 Ng4 19. Qc3 Qb7 20. Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 {An idea popularised by
Smyslov. Black keeps the options open for the B on c8 and at the same time
makes a developing move, with the square b4 in mind for the N on a6.
Artemiev's intention seems to be to avoid discussions on mainstream theory
against Anand's second.} ({The most solid variation is naturally the most
popular} 5... Bf5 {[%cal Gf5e4,Gf6e4] fighting for the control of the centre.})
6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 (7... e6 {is a common alternative.}) 8. gxf3 {Spoiling
the pawn structure but bolstering the centre.} ({White has an interesting and
relatively unexplored gambit in} 8. Qxf3 Qxd4 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. O-O $44 {
but since 8.gxf3 is quite pleasant for White, this has not found many takers
as of yet.}) 8... Nb4 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. a5 ({An alternative and
popular approach is} 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Rg1 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge3,Ge4,Gf4][%cal
Gg1g8,Gf3f4] with a pleasant position and dynamic prospects.}) 11... O-O 12.
Qb3 b6 ({After} 12... b5 {White can either transpose to the game with} 13. axb6
({or choose} 13. Be2)) 13. axb6 ({The game Uhlmann vs Spiridonov, 1980 went} 
13. Be2 bxa5 14. Qa4 Qb8 $1 15. Rfc1 {when Black had an interesting
possibility to create play with} Nh5 ({In the game Black played} 15... Bd8 $5 {
but White found a way to to get rid of Black's main defender of the weak <<
pawn structure with} 16. Na2 $1 Bc7 17. Nxb4 axb4 {Now Uhlmann found another
subtle idea} 18. Kg2 $1 {and after} Bf4 (18... Bxh2 $2 19. e5 $18) 19. Rxc6 $16
{went on to win the game in 39 moves. 1-0 Uhlmann-Spiridonov, 1980.}) 16. Qxa5
Nf4 $132) 13... axb6 14. Be2 c5 $146 (14... Qc7 15. Ra4 (15. f4 c5 16. d5 exd5
17. e5 $6 c4 18. Qd1 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Ne4 $17 {0-1 Storland,K (2195)-Johansen,T 
(2240)/Stavanger 1997/EXT 2001 (35)}) 15... Rxa4 16. Nxa4 Ra8 17. Bd2 Qa7 (
17... c5 $142) 18. Ra1 Qa5 $2 19. Ra3 $1 Qh5 20. Nxb6 $16 {1-0 Blocker,C (2395)
-Stauffer,C (2174)/King's Island 2001/EXT 2002 (48)}) 15. Nb5 Rxa1 ({White
maintains a very slight but pleasant advantage after} 15... Nc6 16. Rxa8 Qxa8
17. Rc1 (17. d5 $6 exd5 18. Nc7 Qb7 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 $15) 17... cxd4
18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $14 {[%csl Rb6]}) ({The story is the same after} 15...
cxd4 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nxd4 $14 (17. Bxd4 $14)) 16. Rxa1 Nc6 17. Rd1 cxd4 $2 {
This just loses a pawn.} (17... Qa8 18. d5 $36) (17... Qb8 $142 18. d5 (18.
dxc5 $5 bxc5 $132 {[%cal Gb8e5,Gf8c8]}) 18... exd5 19. exd5 {Now Black has a
typical manoueuvre to blockade the d5-pawn with} Na5 20. Qa4 Nb7 $14 {with a
complex position that seems to give White dynamic prospects.}) 18. Nxd4 Nxd4
19. Bxd4 $16 {[%csl Rb6] The rest is a matter of technique and Wojtaszek shows
that he has the flair for it.} Qc8 20. Qxb6 Qc2 21. Kf1 Rd8 22. Ke1 $5 Qc8 23.
Be3 Rf8 ({Black could have provided more resistance with} 23... Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1
h6 $16 {although it would still be hoping against hope.}) 24. Rc1 Qa8 25. Qc7
Bd8 26. Qa7 Ba5+ 27. Kf1 Qxa7 28. Bxa7 h6 29. Rc4 Ra8 30. Bd4 Rb8 31. Be5 Rb7
32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rc5 Bd8 34. Rb5 Ra7 35. b4 g5 36. Bd4 Rc7 37. Rc5 Rd7 38. Rc4
Rb7 39. Rc8 Be7 40. b5 Nh5 41. b6 Rd7 42. Be5 Rb7 43. Rc7 Rxb6 44. Rxe7 Kg6 45.
Bd3 Rb3 46. Rd7 Ra3 47. Ke2 Ra4 48. Ke3 f6 49. Bd6 e5 50. Bb5 {Wojtaszek won
this (first) game and drew the second to advance to the 3rd round of the World
Cup.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 N8c6 12. Nxc6 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc6 14. Bf4 g5
15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 17. e5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rhd8 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Kh3 h6
21. Kg4 Nc6 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Rxd6 24. exd6+ Kd7 25. Kh5 f5 26. h4 Rg8 27.
Ne2 Rg2 28. Ng1 Rg4 29. Ne2 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Na3 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nbd7 11. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 (9. Qe2) ({and} 9. Re1 {are the other main lines.}) 9... Be7 10.
Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bf4 Bh4 13. Qf3 Be7 (13... Bg5 {is the alternative
continuation,} 14. e5 (14. Rad1 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Nf6 16. Na4 Re8 17. e5 Nd7 18.
Rfe1 h6 19. c4 {Predke-Grachev, Sochi 2015, with a typical middlegame.}) 14...
Bxf4 15. Qxf4 c5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. b3 Qa5 18. Qg3 g6 19. Ne2 Ng7 20. Qf4 Rac8
21. c3 Qc7 $11 {Nepomniachtchi-Andreikin, Moscow blitz 2015, with a balanced
position.}) 14. Na4 $146 {A novelty by Adams. This is a typical manoeuvre in
this line, because White prepares for c4.} ({Last year} 14. Rad1 {was also
tried} Nf6 15. h3 Nd7 16. Qg3 Bh4 17. Qh2 Ra7 18. Na4 Re8 19. Be3 Ra8 20. c4
Bb7 21. Bc2 Bf6 22. Kh1 Be5 23. f4 Bd6 24. Qg3 Qc7 25. Nc3 $14 {
Nepomniachtchi-Grachev, Kazan 2014, and White was slightly better.}) 14... Nf6
15. b3 Qa5 $6 {An inaccuracy, I think the Q is out of play on a5.} ({However} 
15... a5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qg3 $14) ({or} 15... Bb7 16. Rad1 $14 {is also more
comfortable for White.}) 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qg3 Re8 18. h4 $1 {A great move, White
starts to play on the kingside. He would like to play h5 with which he gains
some space and he creates some unpleasant threats for Black.} c5 19. c4 d4 (
19... Bb7 20. h5 $36) 20. h5 Qc7 21. Rae1 Bf8 $6 {Logical, but here this is a
dubious move.} (21... Kh8 {was more careful, for example} 22. h6 g6 23. Bg5 Bb7
{and still it is not easy to continue the attacking plan for White.}) 22. Bg5
$1 {Adams prepares for the attacking plan by f4!} g6 $6 {Another inaccuracy,
which creates more weaknesses on Black's kingside.} (22... Bb7 23. f4 $40 {
with a strong attack.}) 23. f4 $1 {White continues his attack.} Bg7 24. Qh4 Bb7
(24... Nf8 25. Rf3 Bb7 26. Rh3 $18 {with a decisive attack.}) 25. Kf2 $1 $18 {
After this nice K move Black has absolutely no hope left. White is threatening
with Rh1 which is undefendable.} Rf8 26. Rh1 f5 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29.
Rh6 {A nice victory by Adams!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21.
Qe3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qg5 23. Qf3 Qf4 24. Qd1 Re8 25. Re3 Re7 26. g3 Qh6 27. Qa4 a6
28. Qb4 Qf8 29. a4 Qd8 30. a5 Qc7 31. Nd3 Qd7 32. h4 Re8 33. Qb6 Re7 34. Re5
Kg7 35. Qb3 Qc7 36. Qb4 Qd7 37. Nf4 Re8 38. Nxe6+ Rxe6 39. Rxe6 Qxe6 40. Qxb7
Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Qc2+ 44. Ke3 Qc1+ 45. Kf3 Qe1 46. g4 h5
47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Qc8 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Qe4+ 50. Kd2 Qf4+ 51. Kc2 Qxh4 52. Qxa6
Qxf2+ 53. Kb3 c5 54. Qb6 c4+ 55. Ka2 Qc2 56. Qb4 Qg6 57. Qb5 h4 58. a6 h3 59.
a7 h2 60. Qxd5 Qa6+ 61. Kb1 Qg6+ 62. Ka2 Qa6+ 63. Kb1 Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 e6 8. cxd4
d6 9. O-O dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bd7 12. Be3 Na5 13. Nbd2 Be7 14. Rac1
Nxb3 15. Nxb3 Nd5 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Kf1 Rhc8 19. Ke2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
h5 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bd2 Rg8 23. g3 g5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. b3 g4 26. Ne1 Rf8 27. Ng2
Bd4 28. Ne3 Bc5 29. Rc4 Rc8 30. Nd1 e5 31. Nc3 Nxc3+ 32. Rxc3 Rc6 33. Be3 Bf8
34. Rc4 Kd6 35. Ra4 a5 36. h3 Rc2+ 37. Kd3 gxh3 38. Kxc2 Be7 39. Bc5+ bxc5 40.
Re4 Ke6 41. Re1 Kf5 42. Rh1 Kg4 43. Kd3 h4 44. gxh4 Bxh4 45. Ke3 Bg5+ 46. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O Nce4 17. Qb3 Qd6 18. g3 Nc5 19. Qxb4 Nxd5 20. Qa3 Qc6 21. Bd4
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Ne6 23. Rd2 Nec7 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. h4 Rb8 26. Ng5 Qf6 27. Qf3
Qxf3 28. Nxf3 e6 29. Ne5 Rdc8 30. Bf3 Ne8 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Rxb2 33. Rd7
Nf6 34. Re7 Rxa2 35. Nxf7 Ng4 36. f3 Kf8 37. Nd6 Rcc2 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. fxg4
Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8.
Bb3 Bb7 9. O-O Nxd5 10. d4 e6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ne4 N7f6 14. Ng3 Qb6
15. a3 Rfd8 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Bc2 Bd6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7
21. Bg5 Be7 22. Qd3 h6 23. Bd2 Nd5 24. h4 Qc7 25. Rac1 Qb7 26. g4 Rxc1 27. Bxc1
Bd6 28. g5 hxg5 29. Nxg5 Nf6 30. h5 Qd5 31. Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. Kh1 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nf4 14. N4b3 Neg6
15. f3 a6 16. Nxc5 axb5 17. Ncb3 c5 18. Nc1 b6 19. Ne2 b4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21.
cxb4 Ba6 22. Nc3 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 cxb4 24. Nd5 Qxb2 25. Nc4 Qg7 26. Ncxb6 b3 27.
a4 b2 28. Rb1 Qd4 29. Qg1 Qxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Ra5 31. Rxb2 Rb8 32. Rc2 Ne5 33. h3
Ra6 34. Nc8 Rxa4 35. Nxd6 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Rab1 37. Nc4 Nd3 38. Rd2 R8b3 39. Ra2
Rc1 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ Kg6 42. Ng4 Kh7 43. Nf6+ Kg6 44. Ng4 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Bg5 14. Bg2 Qa5
15. O-O Qc5 16. b3 a5 17. Kh1 a4 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Nc7 axb3 20. axb3 Rxa1 21.
Rxa1 Na5 22. Na6 Qb6 23. Naxb4 Nxb3 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. h4 Bd8 26. Nd5 Qa6 27. Nde3
g6 28. Qd3 Bxc4 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Be6 31. Kh2 Ba5 32. Bh3 Bxh3 33. Kxh3
Nd2 34. Rd5 Bc3 35. Ng4 Nxe4 36. f3 Nc5 37. Nxe5 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Nd3 39. Re2 Rc3
40. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bh6 Rd8 12. h4 Nf6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h5 Nxe4
15. Qe3 Bf5 16. hxg6 Bxg6 17. Ne5 cxd4 18. Qh6+ Kf6 19. Qf4+ Kg7 20. Qh6+ Kf6
21. Qf4+ Kg7 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Qxe4 Rd5 24. Qf4 Re5+ 25. Kd1 Rd8 26. Qh6+ Kf6
27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Qh6+ Kf6 29. Qh4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. exd5 exd5 10. Bg2 dxc4 11. O-O cxb3 12. Re1 bxa2 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. d5 cxd5 15.
Qa4+ Kf8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nd7 20. Re3 Nc5 21.
Qxa2 Qd6 22. Rd1 h5 23. Nc3 Qb8 24. Rde1 Rh6 25. Re7 Re6 26. R1xe6 fxe6 27.
Rxb7 Nxb7 28. Qxe6 Qe8 29. Qf5+ Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Bxb7 Re8 32. f4 Re1+ 33.
Kf2 Rc1 34. Ne2 Rc2 35. Ba6 Rb2 36. Ke3 b5 37. Nc1 Ke6 38. Nd3 Rb1 39. Kd4 b4
40. Kc4 Kd6 41. Nxb4 Rb2 42. Nd5 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Qa4 Qc8 10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nb8 13. e4 c5 14. Nd3 Nc6
15. d5 Na5 16. Rb1 d6 17. e5 exd5 18. cxd5 c4 19. Nf4 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Bd6 21. Re4
Qf5 22. f3 Rfd8 23. Rb5 Qd7 24. Nh5 f5 25. Re6 Bf8 26. Bg5 a6 27. Rxa5 bxa5 28.
Rc6 Rdc8 29. Qxc4 Rxc6 30. dxc6+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Be3 Rc8 33. Bd4 Rxc6
34. Kf1 Rh6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
c6 9. Nc3 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf4 Bb4 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. a3 Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 Qc8 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rd8 21.
Qh4 Nd7 22. Bd6 Qc6+ 23. f3 Nf8 24. Bb4 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. c5 a5 27. Bc3 Rc8
28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 bxc5 30. Bc3 Rb8 31. a4 Rb3 32. Bxa5 Ra3 33. Rc1 Rxa4 34.
Rxc5 f6 35. g4 e5 36. Kf2 Ne6 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Bd2 Ra2 39. Be3 g5 40. Rb8 Nf4
41. Bxf4 exf4 42. h4 h6 43. Rb7+ Kg8 44. Rc7 Ra1 45. h5 Ra5 46. e4 fxe3+ 47.
Kxe3 f5 48. Kd4 fxg4 49. fxg4 Ra4+ 50. Rc4 Ra5 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Rc7+ Kf6 53.
Rc6+ Kg7 54. Rg6+ Kh7 55. Rd6 Kg7 56. Rd4 Kf6 57. Rb4 Ra6 58. Rc4 Ke6 59. Rd4
Ra1 60. Rb4 Re1+ 61. Kf3 Rf1+ 62. Ke3 Re1+ 63. Kf2 Rd1 64. Ke2 Rd5 65. Ke3 Re5+
66. Kf3 Ra5 67. Re4+ Re5 68. Ra4 Rb5 69. Ra3 Rb4 70. Re3+ Kf6 71. Re4 Rxe4 72.
Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. O-O
e6 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 a5 14. Qd3 h6 15.
f4 Bd6 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Be7 19. h4 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. d5
exd5 22. Bb1 d4 23. Bxd4 c5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qf5 Qg8 27. Rf4 Bd4+
28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Rc7 Rf8 30. Qxb5 Bd5 31. Qc5 Bxb3 32. Qxd4 Rd8 33. Qb2 a4 34.
Rc6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rh1+ 36. Kxh1 Qd5+ 37. Kh2 Qxc6 38. Qe5 Bg8 39. Qa5 Qc1 40.
Be4 Qc4 41. Bf3 Qb3 42. g4 a3 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 a2 45. g6 Qe3 46. Kg2 Qc1
47. Qh5+ Qh6 48. Qe5 Qxg6+ 49. Kf2 Be6 50. Qb8+ Kh7 51. Qh2+ Qh6 52. Qe5 Qh4+
53. Ke3 Qf6 54. Be4+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Nd4
9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nf3 Ne6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nd2 Rab8
15. e3 g5 16. Qc1 Kh8 17. Qc3 Bc6 18. Bd5 f4 19. Rbe1 Qf5 20. f3 fxe3 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 22. Rxe3 Qf6 23. b5 Bd7 24. Ne4 Qg7 25. g4 b6 26. Ng3 Be8 27. Nf5 Rxf5 28.
gxf5 Bd7 29. Qe1 Bxf5 30. d4 exd4 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Qg8 33. Qe7 Bd3 34.
Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qd8+ Qg8 36. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 $5 {Karjakin has already
experimented with this slightly unusual combination of the Four Knights and
the Berlin.} a6 {This game will seriously challenge Black to try to play this
line again. Although Black is not lost he will have not an easy time defending
a slightly worse opposite-coloured bishop ending. We have some other ideas for
Black and they are better in my opinion:} (5... d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8.
c3 Bd7 9. Ba4 Ne7 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 Bc6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. g3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 (61) Carlsen,M (2848)
-Anand,V (2775) London 2012. Black got counterplay.}) (5... O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
Bg5 ({or:} 7. Be3 Bd6 8. h3 Nd7 9. Ne2 c5 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Nf5 Nf8 12. Nd2 Qf6
13. Qf3 Bxf5 14. exf5 e4 15. Nxe4 Qxb2 16. O-O Qxc2 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 Rad8
19. a4 b6 20. Qg3 Nd7 21. Bxd6 Nf6 $13 {1-0 (69) Karjakin,S (2772)-Malakhov,V 
(2707) Moscow (blitz) 2013}) 7... Qd6 8. Qd2 a5 9. h3 Re8 10. Nh4 a4 11. a3 b5
12. O-O Nh5 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. g4 h6 15. Be3 Nf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qf6 18.
Nf5 Qxb2 $13 {0-1 (40) Motylev,A (2676)-Kramnik,V (2796) Nizhny Novgorod 2013})
6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Qd4 8. Be3 Qxe5 9. d4 Qe7 10. dxc5 Nxe4 11. Qd4 Bf5 12.
O-O-O O-O 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bf5 (15... Bd5 16. Bf4 Rac8 17.
Rhe1 Be6 {would lead to the same thing.}) 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Rhe1 Be6 18. Re3 $1
{After some more or less forced sequence of moves we came to a position that
was already played some time ago. Karjakin actually finds an interesting plan,
showing that the position is not a dead draw.} (18. Re4 b5 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Kb2
f6 21. Kc3 Kf7 22. Kb4 g5 23. Bg3 a5+ 24. Kxa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (24) Negi,P (2480)
-Kotronias,V (2601) Ermioni 2006}) 18... Rfe8 (18... b5 19. Ra3 $16) 19. Rd4 b6
({A much better try was} 19... Re7 20. Rb4 Rb8 21. Ra3 h6 22. Rxa6 Bf5 $1 {
Black will get his counterplay along the e-line.}) 20. Rb4 a5 21. Ra4 Re7 22.
c4 $1 {Obviously Karjakin deeply understood the nuances in this position, and
that is the reason for winning this game.} Rd7 (22... Ra8 23. Bxc7 $5 Rxc7 24.
cxb6 Rb7 25. c5 {with next b4 White definitely has play here.}) 23. cxb6 cxb6
24. c5 $1 bxc5 25. Rxa5 c4 26. Rea3 $14 {Although both sides have the same
number of pawns White has managed to create a passer and his chances to exert
pressure are significantly increased.} Rdd8 27. Ra7 h6 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Bxc7
Rd3 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Ba5 {Preventing c3 and also controlling some additional
squares.} h5 32. h4 Bf5 (32... Bd5 33. Bd2 Rd4 34. Be1 Rd3 35. a4 Re3 36. Kd1
Re6 37. a5 Rg6 38. g3 Bxf3+ 39. Kc2 Rd6 40. Kc3 $16) 33. a4 Rd6 34. Bc3 c5 35.
a5 {After this it is rather difficult to defend for Black.} Rg6 36. a6 Rxg2 37.
Rf8 Be6 38. a7 Bd5 39. a8=Q Bxa8 40. Rxa8 Rf2 41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. b3
c5 9. Bb2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. a3 Rc8 12. e4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Rc1 Bf8 15.
Qe2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Nd5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 exd5 20. e5 Nd7 21.
f4 Ndc5 22. Qc2 Ne6 23. b4 b5 24. Bf1 Rd8 25. Qd3 Nec7 26. Qd4 Ra8 27. f5 g6
28. e6 fxe6 29. Qe5 Rc8 30. Bxb5 exf5 31. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 bxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Ba3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Bb5
Rab8 15. c4 a6 16. Ba4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Rdc8 18. Ne5 a5 19. Rd6 Ba8 20. f3 Kf8 21.
Rad1 Ke7 22. R6d3 Rc7 23. Kf2 Ne8 24. Rc3 Nd6 25. Bc2 f6 26. Nd3 Rbc8 27. Nb2
h6 28. Bd3 Bb7 29. Rb3 Nd7 30. Be2 Ba6 31. Rc1 Rc6 32. Na4 R8c7 33. Ke1 Rc8 34.
Rc2 R6c7 35. Nb6 Nxb6 36. Rxb6 Ra8 37. Kd2 Nc8 38. Rb1 Nd6 39. Kc3 e5 40. Rd2
Rc6 41. Rd5 Rac8 42. Bc1 e4 43. Bd2 R8c7 44. Be1 Bc8 45. Bg3 Be6 46. Rxd6 Rxd6
47. fxe4 Rcc6 48. Bxd6+ Kxd6 49. Rb7 Rc7 50. e5+ fxe5 51. Rb5 e4 52. Bh5 a4 53.
Ra5 Rb7 54. Ra6+ Ke5 55. Rc6 Rb1 56. Rxc5+ Kd6 57. Ra5 Rc1+ 58. Kd2 Rg1 59. Kc3
Rxg2 60. Rxa4 Rxh2 61. Bg6 Ke5 62. Ra5+ Kf6 63. Bxe4 g5 64. Bd5 Bxd5 65. cxd5
g4 66. Ra6+ Ke5 67. Rg6 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. h3 Re8 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15.
Bc2 Bc8 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. b4 Qb8 18. Rc1 Ng6 19. Bf1 Nf4 20. Kh2 Rc8 21. g3 Ng6
22. Qe2 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra2 25. Qd3 Qa7 26. Rc2 Ra3 27. Rec1 Ne7 28.
Nh4 Ng6 29. Ng2 Qb8 30. Ne3 Rc7 31. Nb1 Ra4 32. Bg2 Rc8 33. Nd2 Rc7 34. Nf5 Rc8
35. Qf3 Ne8 36. h4 Rc7 37. Bh3 Qd8 38. Nf1 Ne7 39. N1e3 Nxf5 40. Bxf5 Rca7 41.
Kg2 Ra8 42. Bxd7 Qxd7 43. Nf5 Qd8 44. c4 Rxb4 45. cxb5 Kf8 46. Qd3 Rba4 47. Rc6
g6 48. Nxh6 Kg7 49. Ng4 f5 50. Ne3 Rxe4 51. R1c4 Nf6 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53. R4c6 Nd7
54. Nc4 Nc5 55. Qc2 Rd4 56. Nxb6 Nd3 57. Nxa8 Ne1+ 58. Kf1 Nxc2 59. Rc8 Rd1+
60. Ke2 Nd4+ 61. Kxd1 Nxc6 62. Rxd8+ Nxd8 63. Nb6 Kf7 64. Nc4 Ke7 65. Kd2 Kd7
66. Kc3 Nf7 67. b6 g5 68. h5 g4 69. Kb4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Qg6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Qd3
Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Nc6 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Be2 Be8 18. Nd2 Nb4 19. Bf3 c6 20. a3 Nd5
21. Nce4 Be7 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nd3 Rac8 24. Nc4 Kf8 25. g3 c5 26. dxc5 bxc5 27.
Nde5 f6 28. Nd3 g5 29. Bg4 f5 30. Be2 Ba4 31. Rd2 Nb6 32. Nde5 Rxd2 33. Nxd2
Bf6 34. Nec4 Nxc4 35. Nxc4 Ke7 36. Bd1 Bc6 37. b3 g4 38. Be2 Bd5 39. a4 h5 40.
Nd2 Bb2 41. Rc2 Ba3 42. Nc4 Bb4 43. Rc1 Rb8 44. h4 Be4 45. Bf1 Kf6 46. Be2 Rd8
47. Kf1 Bf3 48. Rc2 e5 49. Rc1 Rd5 50. Rc2 Rd7 51. Rc1 Rd8 52. Rc2 Be4 53. Rc1
f4 54. exf4 exf4 55. gxf4 Kf5 56. Ne3+ Kxf4 57. Ng2+ Kf5 58. Ne3+ Ke5 59. Rc4
Rd4 60. Rc1 Kf4 61. Ng2+ Kf5 62. Ne3+ Ke5 63. Rc4 Bg6 64. Rc1 Kf4 65. Nc2 Bd2
66. Nxd4 Bxc1 67. Ne6+ Ke5 68. Nxc5 Ba3 69. b4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. c4 c6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Bxe4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ba6 14. Re1 Rfd8
15. Qc2 h6 16. Be3 Kh8 17. c5 bxc5 18. Bxc5 Bd3 19. Bxd3 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rxd3 21.
Rac1 Rb8 22. Re2 Rd5 23. Qc3 a5 24. h4 c5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Qxb4
Rd1+ 28. Qe1 Rxe1+ 29. Rexe1 Qc6 30. Red1 Qc7 31. Rd6 c4 32. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. b3 Rac8 14. Bb2 Bc6 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 a5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rac1 g6 21.
Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qf7 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qe3 Be7 25. Rd7 Qf6 26. c5 b6 27. Rc4
Bxc5 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Rh4+ Kg8 30. Rg4+ Kh8 31. Rh4+ Kg8 32. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qe3 c4 13. Ba2 O-O 14. f3 Be6 15.
Rd1 Qc7 16. Nc3 b4 17. Ne2 h6 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Bg3 b3 20. Bb1 bxc2 21. Bxc2 Rxb2
22. Rac1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6
9. a3 c6 10. Bg2 cxd5 11. cxd5 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. g4 Nc7 15. gxf5
Bxf5 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Bxa7 h6 20. Nge4 Ncxd5 21. Nxf6
Nxf6 22. Be3 Bxh3 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Qxd6 Qh2 25. Ke2 Qh5+ 26. Ke1 Qh2 27. Rg3
Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qh5+ 29. Ke1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bc3 Rc8 17. a3 Nd7 18. Nf1 Bf6 19. Ng3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd4 21. Qd1
Nxc2 22. Qxc2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qf6 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Red1 Nc4 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4
g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 Rxe6 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a6 13. Nc4 Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Nxe3 d5 16. b5 Ne7 17. exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Nde2 b5 13. Nd5 a5 14. Bb6 Qe8 15.
Kb1 Rb8 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Qg5 Nxd5 19. exd5 e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Ng3 Qd8 23. Qxd8 Rbxd8 24. Rhf1 d5 25. b3 Nd6 26. Kb2 b4 27. Rd2 a4
28. f4 a3+ 29. Kc1 Nb5 30. Ne2 g5 31. f5 Bc8 32. fxe6 Bxe6 33. Nd4 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman,SP"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After holding a tough and long duel in the first game with the black pieces
which lasted almost 74 moves, I had a tough choice of what to do against "the
Berlin Wall" as do most people nowadays :)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {
The rock solid Berlin Wall has been the top choice of most of the players in
the World Cup including myself as I played it with both colours in my mini
match against Sjugirov and here as well. Surprisingly I won both the crucial
games in the Berlin in this World Cup. Perhaps a good sign!?} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4
Nd6 6. Bxc6 {Entering into the theoretical endgame which surprised my opponent
to some extent since I had always preferred to play 4.d3 avoiding the endgame
in my previous games facing the Berlin.} dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {
If you need to get inspiration as to how to play this endgame and hope to get
something out of the opening there is one player whom you can follow in recent
years (ie) the contribution of GM Caruana and his second Mr Chuchelov to this
opening is phenomenal these days. They have demonstrated many interesting
ideas and plans for both sides. Even the World Champion Magnus Carlsen had
tough time facing it against Caruana in their recent encounters.} b6 {After
quite a long thought my opponent refrained from the usual sytem he always
plays with 9...Bd7 and 10...Be7.} (9... Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4
Bxh4 {is the recent trend nowadays.}) 10. Rd1+ (10. Nc3 Ke8 11. Rd1 {more or
less comes to the same position} (11. Bf4 Bb4 $1)) 10... Ke8 11. Nc3 h6 $6 {
A rare occurrence of moves 9...b6 and ...h6 together although I didn't exploit
it in the right way. Usually Black prefers to develop his bishop immediately
to b7 as in the games of Grischuk-Andreikin 2014 and Polgar-Carlsen 2010. Or
if he goes 9...h6 instead of 9...b6 he carries out the plan with ...Ne7. In
either way it is unusual to see the combination of both ...b6 and ...h6 moves
back to back.} (11... Bb7 12. Bf4 Bb4 (12... Rc8)) 12. b3 {I was confused in
the game where to develop my bishop - to b2 or f4. Perhaps considering the
dubious play of Black in the opening it was stronger to develop the bishop on
f4 with the idea of e5-e6 sometimes rather than the slow 12.b3-Bb2.} (12. Bf4
Be7 (12... Bb7 13. e6 $5 (13. g4 Ne7 14. Nd4)) 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Kg2
Be7 16. f3 Be6 17. Ne2 Bc4 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nf5 $14 {1-0 (41) Volokitin,A (2627)
-Postny,E (2654) Austria 2014}) 12... Bb7 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ $2 {Giving
easy play for Black to develop his pieces comfortably.} ({Here there are lots
of interesting ideas for White other than what I played in the game:} 14. g4
Ne7 15. e6 (15. Kh2 Ng6 16. Kg3 Be7 17. h4 h5) (15. Nd4 h5 $1) (15. Ne2 c5 16.
Ne1 h5) 15... f6 (15... fxe6 16. Ne5 (16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Ne5 Rg8 18. Rd1+ Kc8
19. Ne2) 16... Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd5 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. c4 Ne7 20. Nf4) 16. Nd4 {
Now the difference is his king is stuck on e8}) (14. Ne2 c5 15. Ne1) 14... Kxd8
15. Rd1+ (15. g4 Ne7 16. e6 f6 $1 {I was worried about this idea with ...f6
whenever White attempts to carry out an agressive e6 since in the longer run
the white pawn on e6 could be a weakness.}) 15... Kc8 16. g4 (16. Ne4 Be7 17.
c4 c5 18. Nc3 Rd8 {and Black is totally fine} 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Bf8 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf5e7]}) (16. Ne2 Be7 17. Nf4 c5 18. Ne1 (18. c4 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Nh4) 18... Rd8) 16... Ne7 (16... c5 17. gxf5 Bxf3 18. Rd3 Bc6 19. Nd5 Bd7 20.
Rf3 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5]}) 17. Kh2 (17. e6 f6) 17... Ng6 18. Kg3 Be7 {This is the
problem in the Berlin. Once Black gets his pieces coordinated, his two bishops
begin to make their voices heard.} 19. Ne4 (19. h4 h5 20. gxh5 Rxh5 21. Kg4 Rh8
22. h5 Nf8 $15) 19... c5 20. Re1 h5 $6 {I was bit relieved after this move
since now my knights find the appropriate squares to tie the black pieces to
defence.} ({I was more worried about} 20... Rd8 21. h4 Nf8 $15 {[%cal Gf8e6]
and Black has clear ideas whereas it was very unpleasant for White to make
moves since any advance of his pawns on the kingside would only weaken his own
side.}) 21. Nfg5 h4+ 22. Kh2 Rf8 23. f3 {From a general point of view it looks
like the white pieces are tied up but in fact it is Black whose pieces are
kept in defence of the f7-pawn and it is hard to touch the two knights on e4
and g5.} Bc6 24. Kg1 $1 {Co-ordinating all my pieces.} Nf4 $6 (24... a5 {
was necessary} 25. Kf2 Nf4 26. Bc1 Nd5 27. a3 f5 28. exf6 Nxf6) 25. Bc1 Nd5 (
25... Ne6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Bg5 Kd7 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Ng5 Rd8 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31.
Re2) 26. a3 $1 {[%csl Rd5]} f5 27. exf6 Nxf6 28. Ne6 (28. Ng3 $1 $16) 28... Rg8
29. N4g5 Bd6 30. Bf4 {Getting rid of the two bishops.} a5 31. Bxd6 cxd6 {
From here on we were in mutual time trouble.} 32. Nf4 a4 33. Nf7 (33. Ng6 $1 {
Its just nice to see the knight jumps all over the place.}) 33... axb3 34. cxb3
Kd7 $2 (34... Nd5 {It was difficult to find this only defence with less time}
35. Nxd6+ Kc7 36. Nb5+) (34... g5 35. Nh5) 35. Rd1 d5 36. g5 Nh7 37. Nxd5 Ke6
38. g6 Nf6 39. Nxf6 gxf6 40. Nd8+ {Finally the knight has reached its
destination :)} Kf5 41. Nxc6 Rxg6+ 42. Kf2 Rg3 43. Ne7+ Kf4 44. Nd5+ Ke5 45.
Rd3 b5 46. Nc3 {My opponent resigned here. I was very happy to have won this
mini match allowing me to advance further and also letting me demonstrate the
power of the knights :)} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. Nd5 Bh3 15.
Bc3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. f4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. a3 Nge7 $6 {[#]} ({Normal ist} 5...
Bg7) 6. Ne4 $1 {Die Felder c5, d6 und f6 möchten gedeckt werden.} Nf5 (6... b6
7. Nd6# {Kleiner Scherz...}) 7. d3 Be7 {Das ist nicht das Feld, auf das der
Läufer ursprünglich ziehen wollte, aber es drohte Lg5.} 8. e3 h5 9. Ne2 Kf8 (
9... h4 10. N2c3 h3 11. Bf3 $16) 10. N2c3 Kg7 11. Nd5 a5 12. O-O d6 13. d4 cxd4
14. exd4 Ncxd4 15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. Bg5 f5 17. Bf6+ Kf7 {[#]} 18. f4 $1 {Weiß
spielt sehr energisch.} fxe4 19. fxe5 Nf3+ (19... Bf5 20. Bxh8 Qb6 21. exd6
Rxh8 22. dxe7 Re8 {bot mehr Verteidigungschancen.}) 20. Bxf3 exf3 21. Bxh8 Qb6+
22. Rf2 Bg4 23. exd6 {[#] Schwarz hat eine Qualität weniger und steht mit
seinem ungeschützten König schlecht.} Rd8 24. c5 Qxc5 25. Qb3+ Nd5 26. Be5 a4
27. Qxa4 Re8 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 Re4 30. Bc5 Ke6 31. Rd1 b6 32. Bb4 Nxb4 33.
axb4 Kd7 34. h3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
c6 9. e4 d5 {This position was the subject of a major theoretical discussion
between Levon Aronian and Sergey Karjakin: it happened in 3 games between
those players, which were annotated in CBM 151, 155, and 159.} 10. Qe2 ({
Levon Aronian played} 10. exd5 {in the above-mentioned games. I condemned the
text move in CBM 151 but Topalov seems to have a different opinion.}) 10... b5
$1 (10... Nbd7 11. e5 Ne8 12. O-O Nc7 13. a4 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. h4 Qd7 16.
Red1 Red8 17. Be3 Rab8 18. Rdc1 (18. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Ye2g4,Ye1c2]}) 18... Rbc8
19. Kh2 Qe8 20. Ne1 Qd7 21. Nc2 dxc4 22. bxc4 Nd5 23. Bd2 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 c5 $11
{1/2 (32) Jussupow,A (2610)-Spraggett,K (2575) Quebec 1989}) (10... c5 11. dxc5
(11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. dxc5 (13. Be3 $5 {[%cal Ya1d1]}) 13... Bxc5 14.
Bg5 Re8 15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qb1 dxc4 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. a3 Na6 $13 {
0-1 (56) Tukmakov,V (2575)-Ehlvest,J (2445) Minsk 1987}) 11... Bxc5 12. e5 Ne8
(12... Nfd7 $5 13. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Yc5e7,Yd7c5] V.Gavrikov} 14. Rad1 $36 {
[%cal Yd2f4]}) 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfd1 Nc7 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Qc2 h6) 15...
Be7 16. Qe3 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 f6 18. Qe1 fxg5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qe6+
Kh8 22. Rxd5 (22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Bxd5 Bf6 24. Qxe8 Raxe8 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxf7 {
1/2 (26) Gavrikov,V (2550)-Lerner,K (2520) Riga 1985}) 22... Qe8 23. Nxg5 h6 {
1/2 (39) Perez,J (1924)-Fages,J (1892) IECG 2002} 24. Ne4 Bc8 25. Qe5 Bb7 26.
Rd4 $14) 11. e5 (11. exd5 $2 exd5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Nxb5 Ba3 $1 14. Bf1 Re8 15.
Be3 (15. Ne5 Bb2 16. Rd1 Bxd4 17. f4 Nfd7 18. Nxd4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe2 20. Bxe2
Rxe5 {0-1 (20) Tukmakov,V (2575)-Chernin,A (2570) Moscow 1987}) 15... Qa5+ 16.
Kd1 Nc6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 $19 {-> 0-1 (48) Gustafsson,J (2634)
-Zhigalko,A (2568) Warsaw 2008}) 11... Ne8 {[%csl Re8]} ({I still believe that
} 11... Nfd7 $1 {is more appropriate. White must play} 12. cxb5 cxb5 {anyway,
and the b8-knight comes out to c6. In the following correspondence game Black
obtained an excellent position, and it would be interesting to see what
Veselin Topalov had prepared here:} 13. Qe3 b4 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. O-O
Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Rc7 Rad8 20. Rfc1 Rfe8 21. Be3 Qxe5 22.
Qb5 Nf6 23. Rxa7 Bd6 $15 {0-1 (53) Simon,H (2141)-Van Seben,E (2239) IECG 2007}
) 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Qe3 (13. Nxb5 $2 Qb6 14. a4 Nc7 15. Bf1 Nc6 {[%csl Rd4]})
13... Nc6 (13... b4 14. Na4 (14. Ne2 $6 Nc6 15. Nf4 Qb6 16. Nd3 Nc7 17. Rc1 Nb5
$17 {0-1 (35) Dydyshko,V-Ivanov,A Minsk 1985}) 14... Nc6 15. Bf1 Qa5 16. Bd3 (
16. Nb2 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 f6 19. O-O Nc7 20. a3 Qb5 21. axb4 Bxb4 $11 {
1/2 (32) Atakisi,F (2512)-Lepikhov,A (2610) ICCF Email 2001}) 16... Rc8 (16...
Nc7 $5) 17. Rc1 $5 $36 (17. O-O $143 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxe7 Nxe7
21. a3 bxa3 22. Rxa3 Na6 $15 {0-1 (40) Atakisi,F (2523)-Teichmeister,S (2530)
ICCF 2002})) 14. Bf1 {[%mdl 32] A typical manoeuvre in this structure: White's
bishop is more active on d3 than on g2.} Rc8 15. Bd3 Nc7 16. Rc1 Ba3 $5 17. Rd1
Be7 18. h4 b4 19. Ne2 Bxd3 {A premature exchange, after which Black's
c7-knight becomes his headache for quite a while.} (19... Nb5 $5 $132 {[%cal
Yd8b6]}) 20. Qxd3 f5 (20... a6 {[%cal Yc7b5]} 21. Ng5 g6 22. Kf1 {, and the
weakness of Black's kingside promises White a strong attack} ({but} 22. Nxh7 $6
Kxh7 23. h5 {is premature due to} Rh8 $1)) 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bd2 a6
24. Rg1 Nb5 {Black has finally managed to activate his knight but White has
prepared an attack in the meantime.} 25. g4 $1 {[%mdl 128]} f4 ({The position
after} 25... fxg4 26. Rxg4 h5 27. Rg6 {is hardly satisfactory for Black but
the text move doesn't help him either.}) 26. g5 $1 hxg5 27. Qg6 Bd8 28. Rxg5 $1
Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bxb4 Be7 31. Bxe7 Nxe7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rg4 Nf5 34.
Rxf4 {White has won two pawns and easily converts his advantage.} Rc2 35. Ng3
Rxa2 (35... g6 36. a4 Nc7 37. h5) 36. Nxf5 exf5 37. Rxf5+ Ke6 38. Rf4 Ra1+ 39.
Kd2 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 Ra3 41. Ng5+ Kd7 42. Rf7+ Kc6 43. Rxg7 Rxb3+ 44. Kf4 Nxd4 45.
Rg6+ Kc5 46. Rxa6 Rb4 47. h5 Nc6+ 48. Kf5 Rh4 49. f4 Rxh5 50. Ra1 d4 51. Ke4 d3
52. Rc1+ Kb5 53. Kxd3 Nxe5+ 54. fxe5 Rxg5 55. Ke4 $18 {_|_} Rg2 56. e6 Kb6 57.
Ke5 Kb7 58. e7 Re2+ 59. Kf6 Rf2+ 60. Ke6 Re2+ 61. Kf7 Rf2+ 62. Ke8 Rf3 63. Rc4
Rf1 64. Kd7 Rd1+ 65. Ke6 Re1+ 66. Kd6 Kb6 67. Rb4+ Ka7 68. Rb5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 {
One of those lines in which it is more pleasant to play with White, but
leading to a draw in most cases. Black will need to spend some time to clear
the path for the c8-bishop and one of White's main hopes is getting the bishop
pair with chances for a persistent, even though many times symbolic, endgame
advantage. It is hard to prove an advantage right out of the opening, but
players with good technical skills may hope to win a game once in a while.}
Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {Speaking of White's intention to exchange the knight
for one of the enemy bishops.} ({More popular but not really effective is} 9.
d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 {Carlsen,M (2870)-Anand,V (2775) Chennai 2013 CBM
158 [Szabo,Kr] (1/2-1/2, 33)}) 9... Ne8 ({A few days later Vachier faced} 9...
Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 (11. d4 $5 {is also interesting} Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Bxd4 13.
Bf4 Ne8 14. Nd5 $44 {Kravtsiv,M (2565)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2692) Jerusalem 2015 (1/
2-1/2, 24)}) 11... Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. d3 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {White has
exchanged the other bishop from that in our main game. At the moment, Black's
superior development and lack of weaknesses seems to fully compensate for the
bishop pair, but if he does not achieve anything concrete White will be better
in the long run, as actually happened in the game.} 15. Qb4 Nf5 16. c3 Re8 17.
Bd2 c5 18. Qf4 h6 19. Re1 Rxe1 20. Bxe1 d6 21. h4 $5 {An interesting pawn
sacrifice.} g6 (21... Nxh4 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Bd2 $14 {[%cal Gd2f4]}) 22. Bd2 h5
23. Qa4 a6 24. Qd7 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Bf4 Nf5 27. f3 $14 {Black has not
done anything really wrong, but we can feel the aforementioned trend: White
has obtained a very pleasant ending. True, in Vachier Lagrave,M (2744)-So,W 
(2773) Baku 2015 (1/2-1/2, 41) he did not manage to get the full point.}) 10.
Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 ({More natural than} 11. Re2 {White has little chance to speed
up doubling his rooks on the e-file, while blocking the queen's access to f3
encourages Black to start active play with ...f7-f5.} c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5
14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. g3 Qf6 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2766)
-Giri,A (2750) Biel 2014 CBM 162 [Sagar Shah] (1-0, 61)}) 11... c6 12. Ne3 Bc7
({This gives up the control of the e7-square, but} 12... Be7 {has other
drawbacks: the bishop is hanging in some lines, allowing White to gain space
in the centre:} 13. c4 Nc7 (13... d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 $14 {wins a pawn
since Black cannot trap the enemy rook easily:} Qxd5 16. Rxe7 Be6 17. b3 b6 18.
Bb2 Qd6 19. Qf3 $16) 14. d4 d6 (14... d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 {The only way to avoid a
somewhat inferior position with symmetrical structure.} 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2
Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 $14 {[%csl Gc8,Gf7][%cal Ga1e1]}) 15. g3
Bf6 16. Bg2 g6 17. Qd3 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. b3 Be6 20. a4 $14 {Karjakin,S 
(2762)-Aronian,L (2784) Skopje 2015 (1/2-1/2, 40), White is more active, even
though Black's position is hard to break.}) 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8
Rxc8 {White has achieved his opening aim, but the light-squared bishop is
restricted by the central pawns. In order to endanger Black's position it is
necessary to exchange most of or all major pieces, in order to attack the
Achilles heel with Bc8. But that is not easy to achieve.} 16. d3 (16. g3 Nd6
17. Bh3 f5 {Nakamura,H (2772)-Carlsen,M (2862) Saint Louis 2013 CBM 157 
[Ramirez Alvarez] (½-½, 32), where it gradually solved Black's problems.})
16... Qf6 ({A few weeks later Vachier did not achieve anything after the more
ambitious} 16... f5 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. d4
g6 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2710) Berlin (rapid) 2015 (1/2-1/2,
31)}) 17. Qg4 Nd6 {The fastest way to start fighting for the only open file.} (
17... Bb6 18. Re2 Nc7 {is slower but more harmonious, since the knight is
heading for the optimal e6-square.} 19. c3 Rce8 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Bxg5 Rxe2 22.
Bxe2 Re8 23. Kf1 Ne6 24. Bd2 Bc7 25. g3 g6 26. b4 $14 {Guseinov,G (2621)
-Bacrot,E (2702) Fujairah 2012 (½-½, 30), This ending looks pleasant for
White, but the game ended in a draw without any special problems for Black.})
18. c3 Rce8 19. Bf4 $5 $146 {After Black's inaccuracy on move 21, the pin
created by this bishop will play an important part.} (19. Bd2 {led to an
uneventful draw:} Kg8 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Bxg5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8
24. Be3 a6 25. f4 f5 26. g3 Kf7 27. Kf2 Nf6 28. Kf3 g6 {Van Delft,M (2424)
-Klein,D (2489) Wijk aan Zee 2013 (1/2-1/2, 42)}) 19... Re6 20. g3 (20. Rxe6 {
is premature because of} fxe6 $1 {[%csl Gf2]} 21. Be3 e5 $132) 20... Rfe8 21.
Rxe6 Qxe6 $2 {Black must have completely lost the feel for danger, especially
that the line is considered to have a drawish character.} (21... fxe6 $6 {
is less convenient under the changed circumstances. After} 22. Re1 e5 23. Qh5
Nf7 24. d4 $14 {Black comes under a unpleasant system of pins.}) ({But} 21...
Rxe6 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Gf2] offeres good chances for equalising completely. The
main point is that the black queen exerts some X-ray pressure against f2 and
b2, thus preventing the thematic opening of the centre with c3-c4.}) 22. Qxe6
Rxe6 23. c4 $1 $16 {Suddenly Black has concrete problems. His pieces lack
harmony and the light-squared bishop is threatening to become active.} dxc4 (
23... d4 24. c5 {[%csl Gb7]} Ne8 25. Bh3 Re7 26. Bd2 Nf6 27. Bc8 b6 28. Rc1 b5
29. Re1 {[%csl Gc6] is hopeless for Black.}) (23... Ne8 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Be3
Bb6 26. Bh3 Re7 (26... Rd6 27. Rc1 $16) (26... Rc6 $2 27. Bd7 $18) 27. Bxb6
axb6 28. Rc1 $16 {Black has problems defending his weaknesses against White's
better coordinated pieces.}) 24. dxc4 Ne8 $6 {This passive retreat makes
things worse.} (24... Bb6 25. Rd1 Ne4 {is more active and offers better
chances for surviving.} 26. Be3 g6 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. Rd7 Nd6 29. f4 {Preparing
b2-b4.} (29. b4 {is premature due to} c5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Bg2 $6 Re1+) 29...
Kg7 (29... c5 30. b3 $16 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gg2h3]}) 30. b4 c5 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Bg2
$16 {for instance} b6 33. Bd5 Rf6 34. a4) 25. Bxc7 Nxc7 26. Rd1 {White's
attack is decisive already.} Re7 27. Rd8+ Ne8 (27... Re8 28. Rd7 $18) 28. Bh3
Kg8 29. Ra8 g6 (29... a6 30. Bc8 Kf8 31. Rb8 $18) 30. Rxa7 {White has won a
pawn and retains the initiative.} Nd6 31. c5 Nb5 32. Ra4 Nc7 33. Rd4 f5 34. Bf1
Kf8 35. Bc4 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Bg8 Re4 38. Rd2 h5 39. Rd6 g5 40. Rg6 g4 41.
Rg7+ Kd8 42. Rg5 Re8 43. Bc4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 a5 7. cxd5 a4 8. Qd1
cxd5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Rd8 14. Qd3 Qe8
15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 e5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Rbd1 Bc6 20. Bd4 Qe7 21. e3
Re8 22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. Qc2 a3 24. b3 Qb4 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Qxd4
28. Rxd4 Nc5 29. Kf2 Ne6 30. Rd2 d4 31. exd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Nxd4 33. Rxe8 Bxe8
34. f4 Bd7 35. Bxb7 Bxg4 36. Ke3 Nc2+ 37. Kd3 Bf5+ 38. Kc4 Be6+ 39. Bd5 Kf6 40.
b4 Ke7 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. b5 Kd6 43. Ne4+ Kc7 44. Kc5 Kb8 45. b6 Ne1 46. Kb5 Nc2
47. Nc5 Nd4+ 48. Ka4 Ne2 49. Kxa3 Nc3 50. Kb4 Nxa2+ 51. Kb5 Ka8 52. Nxe6 Kb7
53. Nd8+ Kb8 54. Nc6+ Kb7 55. Na5+ Kb8 56. Nc4 Nc3+ 57. Ka6 Nd5 58. Ne5 Nb4+
59. Kb5 Nd5 60. Kc5 Nf6 61. Kc6 Kc8 62. b7+ Kb8 63. Nd3 Ng8 64. Nb4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 h6 11. Bb3 Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.
Qxf5 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Rd1 Bc7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Kf2 Ba5 20. Kf3 Rcd8 21. Rb1
a6 22. a4 Bb4 23. Bc2 Ba5 24. Bd3 g5 25. g3 h5 26. Bf5 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Ne7 28.
Bd3 g4+ 29. hxg4 hxg4+ 30. Ke2 c4 31. Bxc4 Nf5 32. Kf2 Ne4+ 33. Kg2 Nfxg3 34.
b4 Rc8 35. Bd3 Bb6 36. a5 Ba7 37. Nf2 Nxf2 38. Kxf2 Nh5 39. Bf5 Re8 40. b5 Bc5
41. Bxg4 Nxf4 42. Bd2 Nd5 43. Kf3 Nc3 44. Rg1 Kf8 45. bxa6 bxa6 46. Rh1 Re5 47.
Rh8+ Ke7 48. Rc8 Ne4 49. Be1 Bxe3 50. Rc7+ Kd6 51. Rd7+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Nd7 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. h5 h6 14. g4 Rb8 15.
g5 b4 16. Na4 e5 17. Qd2 Qa5 18. b3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bxg5 20. Qxd6 Bxf4+ 21. Qxf4
Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Rd6 Re8 24. Rg1 Kh7 25. Nc5 a5 26. Rd5 f6 27. Kb2 Nf7 28.
Nd7 Rb7 29. Bg4 Kh8 30. Rgd1 Rxe4 31. Nxf6 gxf6 32. Bxc8 Rc7 33. Bf5 Rf4 34.
Rxa5 Ne5 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Rg1+ Kf7 37. Rh8 Rc6 38. Rh7+ Kf8 39. Rd1 Ke8 40.
Rh8+ Ke7 41. Rh7+ Ke8 42. Bg6+ Nxg6 43. hxg6 Rf2 44. Rc1 Rg2 45. Rxh6 Kf8 46.
Rh4 Rb6 47. Rf1 Rc6 48. Rc1 Rb6 49. Rc4 Kg7 50. Rf1 Kxg6 51. Rff4 f5 52. Rxb4
Rxb4 53. Rxb4 Kg5 54. Rb8 Re2 55. a4 f4 56. a5 Re5 57. a6 Ra5 58. Ra8 f3 59. a7
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Nc3 Bc6 9. O-O e6 10. d3 Be7 11. e4 O-O 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Nc4 Rb8 15.
Bf4 Rc8 16. e5 Nd7 17. h4 Nb6 18. Re1 Rb8 19. Qg4 Qxd3 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Be4
Qd4 22. Rad1 Qb4 23. Bh6 g6 24. Rd2 Rd8 25. a3 Qc4 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Bxf8 Kxf8
28. Qf4 Be7 29. Qd2 Nxe5 30. Bd5 Qd4 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Re4 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Qd2 34.
Qxd2 Nxd2 35. Re2 Bf6 36. Bxb7 Nc4 37. Nd5 Bd4 38. b3 Na5 39. Nc7 Bd7 40. Ba6
Nxb3 41. Bb5 Bc8 42. Kg1 Bb7 43. Ne8 Bf3 44. Re1 Nd2 45. Nd6 Bd5 46. Rd1 Nf3+
47. Kf1 Nh2+ 48. Kg1 Ng4 49. Rd2 Kf8 50. a4 e5 51. Bc4 Bc6 52. Bb5 Bf3 53. Nc4
e4 54. Bc6 f5 55. Ra2 Bd1 56. Nxb6 Nxf2 57. a5 c4 58. Nxc4 e3 59. Nxe3 Ng4 60.
a6 Ba7 61. Rd2 Bxe3+ 62. Kg2 Bb3 63. Rd8+ Kg7 64. Rd7+ Kf6 65. a7 Bxa7 66. Rxa7
h6 67. Ra6 Kg7 68. Rb6 Bf7 69. Kf3 g5 70. Bb7 Ne5+ 71. Kg2 Ng6 72. hxg5 hxg5
73. Bc8 Ne7 74. Bd7 Bd5+ 75. Kf2 Be4 76. Rd6 Ng8 77. Ke3 Nf6 78. Bc8 Bc2 79.
Kd4 Nh5 80. Rc6 Be4 81. Rc7+ Kg6 82. Rc3 Nf6 83. Ra3 Ng4 84. Ra6+ Kg7 85. Re6
Bb1 86. Re1 Bc2 87. Kc3 Ba4 88. Bxf5 Nf6 89. Re7+ Kh6 90. Ra7 Bd1 91. Kd4 g4
92. Ke5 Nh5 93. Ra6+ Kg7 94. Ra3 Bf3 95. Ra7+ Kh6 96. Ra6+ Kg7 97. Ra3 Kh6 98.
Be4 Nxg3 99. Bxf3 gxf3 100. Rxf3 Nh5 101. Kf5 Ng7+ 102. Kf6 Nh5+ 103. Kf5 Ng7+
104. Ke5 Nh5 105. Rf1 Kg6 106. Rf2 Ng7 107. Rf6+ Kg5 108. Rf7 Kg6 109. Rxg7+
Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rfc1 Na5
15. Bd3 e5 16. Bh6 b6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 f6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Qg5 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Qd6 22. Bb5 h6 23. Qg3 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 exd4 {[#]} 25. Rc7+ $2 {Führt zu
einem schlechten Endspiel:} (25. e5 Qe7 26. e6 {mit der Idee} Qxe6 $2 27. Nf4
Qd6 (27... Rxf4 28. Qxf4 $16) 28. Rd5 {und Schwarz kann g6 nicht halten.})
25... Kg8 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Rd5 Rxd5 28. exd5 d3 29. Nc3 d2 30. d6 Rd8 31. d7
Kf7 32. Kf2 a6 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. Kxd2 Rxd7+ 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 {[#] Nach dem
Turmtausch hat Weiß nun einen Bauern wenige und muss ums Remis kämpfen.} 36.
Nd5 b5 37. h4 Nc6 38. Nf4 Ne5 39. Kc3 a5 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. a3 Nc6+ 42. Ke4 Ne7
43. h5 gxh5 44. Nxh5 Kc5 45. Kd3 Nd5 46. g3 b4 47. axb4+ Kxb4 48. Kc2 a4 49.
Ng7 Ne3+ 50. Kb2 a3+ 51. Ka2 Nd5 52. Nf5 h5 53. Nd4 Ka4 54. Ka1 Nc3 55. Nf5 Ne2
56. Ka2 Kb4 57. Kb1 {[#]} Nc3+ (57... Kb3 $1 {gewinnt sofort.}) 58. Kc2 Ne4 59.
Kb1 Kb3 60. Nd4+ Kc3 61. Nf5 Kb4 62. Ka1 Nc3 63. Nd4 Kc4 64. Nf5 Ne2 65. Ka2
Kb4 66. Ne3 Nxg3 67. Nd5+ Kc4 68. Nf4 h4 69. Kxa3 {[#] Nach heldenhafter
Gegenwehr auf verlorenem Posten hat Weiß den a-Bauern erobert, es reicht aber
trotzdem nicht zum Remis.} Kd4 70. Kb2 Ke4 71. Nh3 Kf3 72. Kc3 Ne4+ 73. Kd4 Nf2
74. Ng1+ Kf4 75. Kd5 Nd1 76. Kd4 Nf2 77. Kd5 Kg4 78. Kd4 Nh3 79. Ne2 Kf3 80.
Kd3 Kf2 81. Kd2 Ng5 82. Nf4 Kf3 83. Ne2 Kf2 84. Nf4 Kf3 85. Ne2 Nh3 86. Ke1 Kg2
87. Nd4 Ng5 88. Nf5 h3 89. Ne3+ Kf3 90. Nf1 Ne4 91. Nh2+ Kg2 92. Ng4 Nf6 93.
Ne3+ Kg1 94. Nf1 Nh5 95. Ke2 Nf4+ 96. Ke1 Kg2 97. Ne3+ Kf3 98. Nf1 Nd3+ 99. Kd2
Kf2 100. Ne3 {[#]} Ne5 (100... h2 $4 101. Ng4+) 101. Nd1+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8.
Ba3 Qc7 9. d4 a6 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Bxc5 b6 12. Ne5 bxc5 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Qxf7+
Kd8 15. O-O Be8 16. Qc4 e6 17. Rab1 Ke7 18. Qxa6 Kf6 19. Ng4+ Kf7 20. Ne5+ Kf6
21. Ng4+ Kf7 22. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Nh4 Rfe8 13. a4 a5 14. Bd2 b6 15.
Kh1 Nc5 16. g4 Nfd7 17. f4 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Ne3 Qd8 20. Nhf5 exf4 21. Nd5
Bg6 22. Bxa5 Rxa5 23. Ndxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qxa5 Re8 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rad1 f6 27.
Rxf4 Rb8 28. Rf2 Ne5 29. g5 fxg5 30. Rd5 Ncd7 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxg6+ hxg6 33.
Rfd2 Rb7 34. Bf1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Na6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe5+ Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rd1 Bc5 11. Qf4 Nc7 12. Qf5 d5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. cxd5
Ncxd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 Bg4 17. h3 Rac8 18. Qd3 Ne4 19. Be3 Bf5 20. Bxc5
Rxc5 21. Qe3 Qd7 22. g4 Bg6 23. Rac1 b6 24. Qf4 Qa4 25. h4 f6 26. a3 Rc4 27.
Qh2 Qb3 28. h5 Bf7 29. Rb1 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Qe3+ 31. Kf1 Rxg4 32. Bh3 Rf4 33. Qf2
Bxh5 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Bg2 d4 36. Kf2 g5 37. Rxd4 Rxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Rxd4 39. Rc1
Rd7 40. Ke3 Bg6 41. Rc6 Rd3+ 42. Ke2 Rb3 43. Rxf6 Rxb2+ 44. Kf1 Bd3+ 45. Kg1
Be4 46. Re6 Bxf3 47. Bxf3 Rb3 48. Bd5 Rd3 49. Re5+ Kg7 50. Rxg5+ Kf6 51. Rh5
Rxa3 52. Rxh7 Ke5 53. Bc6 Kd6 54. Be8 Re3 55. Ba4 Re7 56. Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 g5 14. Bg3 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. d4 Re7 20. dxe5 Qg4 21.
Qxg4 Bxg4 22. f4 Be2 23. Rfe1 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Bh5 25. Re4 Bg6 26. Re2 Rae8 27.
Rae1 Bd3 28. Rd2 Bg6 29. Kf2 a5 30. a4 Bxe5 31. Bxe5+ Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33.
Rd7 b5 34. Bd1 Be4 35. g3 bxa4 36. Bxa4 Rh5 37. Kg1 Bd5 38. Re7 Rf5 39. b3 Be6
40. c4 Rf3 41. Kg2 Rc3 42. Ra7 Bg4 43. Rxa5 Bd1 44. Bxc6 Bxb3 45. c5 Rc2+ 46.
Kg1 Be6 47. h4 Kf6 48. Bf3 Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Ke3 Rc3+ 51. Ke2 Bc4+ 52. Kf2
Be6 53. c6 Rc2+ 54. Ke3 Rc3+ 55. Ke2 Bc4+ 56. Kf2 Be6 57. Be4 Bg4 58. Bd5 Ke7
59. Ra8 Kd6 60. Rd8+ Ke5 61. Bg2 Rc2+ 62. Kg1 Rc1+ 63. Kh2 Rc2 64. Rd3 Be2 65.
Re3+ Kd6 66. c7 Bg4 67. Kg1 Rxc7 68. Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Nc6 15.
Bd1 Ne7 16. Na2 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. Bc2 Bb5 19. Rfe1 Nc6 20. Rcd1 Ne7 21. Nc3
Bc6 22. Rd2 Rb8 23. Rc1 g6 24. Bd3 Kf8 25. Kf1 Bd7 26. Ke1 h5 27. h4 Ke8 28. g3
Nc6 29. Bc2 Ne7 30. Na2 Bb5 31. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "322"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. e3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Qc3
Qa4 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Re8+ 17. Kd1 Nb8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kc2 Bd7 20. Bd3 b6
21. Nb3 Ba4 22. Rhe1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nd7 25. Kc3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Nxc5
27. Bf5 a5 28. b4 axb4+ 29. Kxb4 Nb7 30. Bd7 Ra2 31. Bc6 Rxf2 32. Bxd5 Kf8 33.
Bxb7 Rb2+ 34. Kc3 Rxb7 35. Re4 Rd7 36. Rf4 Rd6 37. g4 Kg7 38. h4 Rd5 39. Kc4
Rd1 40. h5 Rd2 41. Kc3 Rd1 42. Kc4 Rg1 43. Kd3 f5 44. Rxf5 Rxg4 45. Ke3 Rg5 46.
Rf4 Rxh5 47. Kf3 Rg5 48. Ra4 Kg6 49. Ra8 Kg7 50. Kf4 Rg1 51. Ra5 Rd1 52. Kg4
Rd4+ 53. Kg3 Kg6 54. Ra8 h5 55. Rg8+ Kf5 56. Rf8 f6 57. Rh8 Kg6 58. Rg8+ Kh7
59. Rf8 Kg7 60. Ra8 Rg4+ 61. Kh3 Kg6 62. Rg8+ Kf5 63. Rh8 Kg5 64. Rg8+ Kf4 65.
Rh8 Rg1 66. Kh2 Rg5 67. Kh3 Rd5 68. Ra8 Rd1 69. Ra4+ Kg5 70. Ra8 Rd3+ 71. Kg2
h4 72. Rg8+ Kf4 73. Ra8 f5 74. Ra4+ Kg5 75. Rb4 Rg3+ 76. Kh2 Re3 77. Kg2 Re4
78. Rb8 Rg4+ 79. Kh3 Rg3+ 80. Kh2 Ra3 81. Rg8+ Kf4 82. Rh8 h3 83. Rh4+ Ke5 84.
Rh8 Rd3 85. Re8+ Kf4 86. Rh8 Re3 87. Rh4+ Ke5 88. Rh8 f4 89. Re8+ Kd4 90. Rf8
Ke4 91. Re8+ Kd3 92. Ra8 Ke2 93. Ra1 Kf2 94. Rb1 Re1 95. Rb2+ Kf3 96. Rb8 Re7
97. Ra8 Re5 98. Ra7 Re8 99. Rb7 Ra8 100. Rb6 Kg4 101. Rg6+ Kf5 102. Rb6 Ra3
103. Rb8 Re3 104. Ra8 Ke4 105. Ra4+ Kf5 106. Ra8 Rd3 107. Rb8 Ke4 108. Ra8 Rd1
109. Ra4+ Ke3 110. Ra3+ Ke2 111. Ra2+ Rd2 112. Ra1 Ke3+ 113. Kxh3 f3 114. Ra8
Rd7 115. Ra3+ Ke2 116. Ra2+ Rd2 117. Ra1 Rd7 118. Ra2+ Rd2 119. Ra1 Kf2 120.
Kh2 Re2 121. Kh3 Re7 122. Ra2+ Kg1 123. Ra1+ Kf2 124. Ra2+ Re2 125. Ra1 Re3
126. Kh2 Re1 127. Ra2+ Re2 128. Ra1 Rb2 129. Kh3 Rc2 130. Kh2 Re2 131. Kh3 Re1
132. Ra2+ Ke3 133. Ra3+ Kf4 134. Ra4+ Re4 135. Ra8 Re1 136. Ra4+ Ke3 137. Ra3+
Kf2 138. Ra2+ Re2 139. Ra1 Rd2 140. Kh2 Rb2 141. Kh3 Re2 142. Kh2 Re3 143. Kh3
Rd3 144. Kh2 Rd2 145. Rb1 Rd3 146. Kh3 Rd8 147. Rb2+ Ke3 148. Rb3+ Ke2 149.
Rb2+ Rd2 150. Rb1 Ke3 151. Rb3+ Ke4 152. Rb4+ Rd4 153. Rb8 Ke3 154. Rb3+ Kf4
155. Kh2 Kg4 156. Rb8 Kf4 157. Kg1 Ke3 158. Re8+ Re4 159. Rxe4+ Kxe4 160. Kf2
Kf4 161. Kf1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 h6 12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. bxc3 Bd5
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qb5 Qf7 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. Nc6 a6 21.
Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxd5 Rc5 24. Rad1 Re8 25. Kf1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Kf7 27.
Ke2 g5 28. Ne3 Ke6 29. c4 Ne5 30. Rb1 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. g3 h5 33. h3 Nf7 34.
Rb4 Nd6 35. h4 g4 36. Kd2 Rc7 37. Nd1 Nc4+ 38. Ke2 Nd6 39. Kd3 Rf7 40. Kd4 Rf3
41. Rb3 Rf5 42. Re3+ Kf6 43. Ra3 Ke6 44. Re3+ Kf6 45. Re2 Rf3 46. Kc5 Nf5 47.
Rd2 Nxg3 48. fxg3 Rxg3 49. Rd6+ Kg7 50. Rd7+ Kg6 51. Rd6+ Kg7 52. Rd5 Kg6 53.
Rg5+ Kh6 54. Re5 Rg2 55. a3 Ra2 56. Kb4 Rh2 57. Ne3 Rb2+ 58. Kc3 Rf2 59. Rg5
Rf3 60. Kd4 Rh3 61. Nf5+ Kh7 62. Ke5 Rxa3 63. Rxh5+ Kg6 64. Rg5+ Kh7 65. Rg7+
Kh8 66. Rxg4 Ra5 67. Kf6 Ra6+ 68. Kg5 Ra4 69. Rg1 Rb4 70. Rd1 Rb2 71. Rd8+ Kh7
72. Rd7+ Kg8 73. Nh6+ Kh8 74. h5 Rg2+ 75. Ng4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nd2 c3 8.
bxc3 Bxc5 9. Qg4 Nd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxd7+ Bxd7 12. Qg7 Rf8 13. Ngf3 Be7 14. O-O
Qc7 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Nxf6 Bc6 17. Qh6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Rd5 20. Qg7
Rfd8 21. Kh1 Kb8 22. Qg3 e5 23. Rab1 Ka7 24. Qh4 Rd2 25. Qxh7 Rxa2 26. Qe4 f6
27. f4 exf4 28. Qxf4 Qc6+ 29. e4 Re2 30. Rbe1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Qxc3 32. Re3 Qa1+
33. Kg2 Rd1 34. Rg3 Re1 35. h4 Rg1+ 36. Kh3 Rh1+ 37. Kg4 Qd1+ 38. Kf5 Qh5+ 39.
Kxf6 Qh8+ 40. Kf7 Rxh4 41. Qe3+ b6 42. Rg7 Qd8 43. e5 a5 44. e6 Qd5 45. Kf6+
Ka6 46. Rd7 Qb5 47. Qd3 Rf4+ 48. Kg7 Rg4+ 49. Kh6 Rh4+ 50. Kg6 Rg4+ 51. Kh6
Rh4+ 52. Kg7 Rg4+ 53. Kf8 Rf4+ 54. Ke8 Rxf2 55. e7 Qxd3 56. Rxd3 Re2 57. Kd7
Kb5 58. Kd6 Kc4 59. Rd1 a4 60. Rc1+ Kb4 61. Rc8 a3 62. e8=Q Rxe8 63. Rxe8 a2
64. Ra8 Kb3 65. Kc6 Kb2 66. Kxb6 a1=Q 67. Rxa1 Kxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
Nf6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. b4 Bd6 14. a5 f6 15.
Be3 Nd8 16. Rfd1 Nf7 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 a6 21.
Rd5 Be7 22. Rad1 c6 23. Rd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Rfd1
Nf6 15. Ne5 Rac8 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. Qf5 Qe6 18. g4 Ba8 19. Rac1 Bd6 20. Nd3 Be7
21. Bg3 g6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Bh4 Kf7 24. Ne5+ Kf8 25. h3 Nd7 26. Bg3 Bf6 27.
Nxd7+ Rxd7 28. Rc2 c4 29. b3 c3 30. Be2 d4 31. exd4 Be4 32. Rcc1 Rxd4 33. Bc4
Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 c2 35. Re1 Rd8 36. Bf4 Rd1 37. Rf1 Bb2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nf3 Nhf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. h3 a5
15. Ne5 Nfd7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 f6 18. Qf2 Be6 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. exf6 Rxf6 21.
Rxf6 Qxf6 22. h4 Nd7 23. Ne2 Bg8 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. Nf4 Nf8 26. h5 Re8 27. Rf3 Qb4
28. Qf2 Qe7 29. a3 Qd6 30. Qg3 Qe7 31. Bg6 Rd8 32. Nd3 Rd6 33. Ne5 Rf6 34. Bf5
Bh7 35. Bc8 Rxf3 36. gxf3 b6 37. Qf4 c5 38. Kf2 cxd4 39. Qxd4 Qf6 40. Qxd5 Qh4+
41. Kg2 Bg8 42. Nf7+ Bxf7 43. Qxf7 Qd8 44. Bf5 Nh7 45. Qd7 Qf6 46. Qc8+ Nf8 47.
b4 axb4 48. axb4 Kg8 49. Qc4+ Kh8 50. Qe4 Qg5+ 51. Bg4 Qf6 52. f4 Qb2+ 53. Kf1
Qc1+ 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Be2 Qd8 56. Bd3 Qh4+ 57. Kf1 Qxh5 58. Qd4 Qd1+ 59. Kg2
Qd2+ 60. Kf3 Qd1+ 61. Ke4 Qh1+ 62. Ke5 Qc6 63. Qd8 Qe6+ 64. Kd4 Qg8 65. Qxb6
Qb3 66. Qb8 Qb2+ 67. Ke4 Qf6 68. b5 h5 69. Qe5 Qf7 70. Qf5 Qe7+ 71. Kf3 g6 72.
Qe5+ Qxe5 73. fxe5 Kg7 74. b6 Nd7 75. b7 Nxe5+ 76. Ke4 Nd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g3 Be7 12. Bh3 Nf8 13. O-O Bd8 14. Qc2 b6 15. Bf2
Ne7 16. Nb2 Nfg6 17. Nd1 Nf5 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Bd7 20. Ng5 O-O 21. Bg4 Bxg5
22. fxg5 a5 23. a3 Ra7 24. Rab1 axb4 25. axb4 Rfa8 26. Qf2 Be8 27. h4 Ra2 28.
Bd2 Ba4 29. h5 Nf8 30. Qf4 Bc2 31. Rbc1 Be4 32. Rf2 Ra1 33. Qe3 R8a2 34. Rxa1
Rxa1+ 35. Rf1 Ra2 36. Rf2 Qa7 37. Be2 Ra1+ 38. Rf1 Rxf1+ 39. Bxf1 b5 40. Bc1
Nd7 41. Qf2 Kf8 42. g4 g6 43. Qe3 Qa2 44. Qd2 Qa7 45. Kh2 Ke7 46. Kg3 Qa8 47.
Be2 Qa7 48. Bf1 Ke8 49. Qf2 Qa4 50. Qd2 Nb8 51. Be2 Nc6 52. Bd1 Qa7 53. Kf4 Ne7
54. Qb2 Kd7 55. Qa3 Qxa3 56. Bxa3 Nc6 57. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. Nf3 b4 6. Nb1 Bb7 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 a5
9. a3 Qc7 10. axb4 axb4 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. c3 Qxc5 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Qxb4 Qxb4 15.
cxb4 Na6 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Nbd2 Nh5 19. g3 Rc8 20. Kf2 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Rxc3 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Ra1 Bb7 24. Ra7 Bc6 25. Ne5 Nf6 26. Nxc6 dxc6 27. Rxe7
Ng4+ 28. Kg2 Nf6 29. Nf3 Kf8 30. Rc7 Rc2+ 31. Kg1 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 Ng4
34. Nd4 Rxh2 35. Nxc6 Rb2 36. Rb7 Ne3 37. b5 h5 38. Ne5 f6 39. Nxg6+ Ke8 40. b6
Ng4 41. Re7+ Kd8 42. b7 Nh2 43. b8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. a3 Qxc5 6. b4 Qc7 7. Bb2 Bg7 8.
e3 O-O 9. c4 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O d6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nb1 Rac8 14. Nc3 Qb8
15. Qb3 Qa8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Na4 Bc6 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. h3 Rc7 20. Ne1 Rfc8 21. Rc2
Bh8 22. Kh2 Bg7 23. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Nf1 Bxb3 10. axb3 d5 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. Ng3 a5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qe6
15. Qb5 Bb6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Rad1 f6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Nb6 20. Ra1 Rfd8 21.
Ra3 Rd7 22. Qe2 Rad8 23. Nf5 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 Rd6 26. Nf2 Nd7 27. Qb5 b6
28. b4 Na7 29. Qe2 Nc6 30. b5 Ne7 31. b4 axb4 32. cxb4 c5 33. bxc6 Rxc6 34. Ra7
Rdc8 35. Rd1 R8c7 36. Qa6 Rxa7 37. Qxa7 Rd6 38. Rc1 Rc6 39. Ra1 Rd6 40. Qb7 Qc4
41. Ra7 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qc8 43. g4 Qxb7 44. Rxb7 h6 45. Ne1 Kf7 46. Kg2 Ke6 47.
Kf3 Rc6 48. Ra7 Kd6 49. Ned3 Rc7 50. Ra2 Rc4 51. h4 h5 52. gxh5 gxh5 53. Nh1 f5
54. Ndf2 Nf6 55. Ng3 Ke6 56. b5 fxe4+ 57. Nfxe4 Nxe4 58. Nxe4 Nf5 59. Ng5+ Kf6
60. Ne4+ Ke6 61. Rh2 Ke7 62. Rh3 Rb4 63. Nc3 Ke6 64. Rh1 Rxh4 65. Rxh4 Nxh4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. a3 Bc5 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qc2 Bd6 15.
Nd1 e4 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Bc3 Ng4 18. Nc4 Bf5 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Bb4
Qe5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rd7 24. Rfc1 Nf6 25. Rxc7 Nxd5 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Rd1
Bc6 28. Bc5 f5 29. e3 Kf7 30. Bf1 Rd8 31. Bc4 Rd7 32. Ba2 g5 33. Kf1 Kg6 34.
Ke1 Nf6 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Bd6 Ng4 37. h3 Nh2 38. Bd5 Nf3+ 39. Kd1 Bc6 40. Be6
h5 41. Bc8 Ng1 42. h4 Nf3 43. hxg5 Kxg5 44. Bf4+ Kg4 45. Be6 Ng1 46. Bd6 Nh3
47. Ke2 Bb5+ 48. Ke1 Kf3 49. Bxf5 Nxf2 50. Bg6 Nd3+ 51. Kd2 Nxb2 52. Bxh5+ Kf2
53. Kc3 Nc4 54. Bc5 Ne5 55. Kd4 Nd7 56. Bd6 Nf6 57. Bg6 Bc6 58. Ke5 Ng4+ 59.
Kf4 Nf6 60. Ke5 Ng4+ 61. Kf4 Nf6 62. Bc5 Nd5+ 63. Ke5 Kxg3 64. Bxe4 Nc3 65.
Bxc6 bxc6 66. Kd6 Kf3 67. Kxc6 a5 68. Bd4 Nb1 69. a4 Nd2 70. Kb5 Nb3 71. Kc4
Nd2+ 72. Kd3 Ne4 73. Bb6 Nf2+ 74. Kd4 Nd1 75. e4 Nc3 76. Kxc3 Kxe4 77. Kc4 Ke5
78. Kc5 Ke6 79. Kc6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. d3 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 cxd5 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Qa6
Qb8 15. Nb3 Qb4 16. Rfc1 Reb8 17. Rc2 Rb6 18. Qa5 Qd6 19. d4 Rab8 20. Qc3 Rb4
21. e3 Rc4 22. Qd2 Qa6 23. Rcc1 Qb6 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. d5 Bf5 26. Na5 Qxb2 27.
Qxb2 Rxb2 28. Nxc4 Rc2 29. Na3 Re2 30. Nb5 a6 31. Nd6 Bg6 32. e4 Kf8 33. Bf1
Rc2 34. Bxa6 Nc5 35. Bf1 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Bg2 Bxg2 38. Kxg2 Rd2 39. a4
Rxd5 40. a5 Rd7 41. a6 Ra7 42. h4 h5 43. Ra5 f6 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. f4
exf4+ 47. gxf4 Kc6 48. Ke4 Kb6 49. Ra4 Re7+ 50. Kf5 Ka7 51. Kg6 Rd7 52. f5 Re7
53. Kxh5 Rd7 54. Kg6 Re7 55. h5 Rd7 56. h6 gxh6 57. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Nb3 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nbxd4 Bd7 14. e5
Ng4 15. Bg3 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Re8 18. Qf3 c5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5
Bf8 21. Rad1 Qa5 22. Qf3 Rad8 23. Bc3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qc7 25. a4 Qd7 26. Qe4 b6
27. h4 a6 28. Re3 b5 29. b3 c4 30. axb5 cxb3 31. cxb3 Qxb5 32. Kh2 Bd6+ 33. g3
Bf8 34. Kg2 Rd1 35. Be1 Rd8 36. b4 Rb8 37. Rd3 Re8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Qc1 h6 8. a3 Nge7
9. Rb1 e5 10. Bd2 Be6 11. b4 Qd7 12. Nf3 cxb4 13. axb4 d5 14. b5 Nd4 15. cxd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. O-O h5 20. Bb4 Kd7 21. Qf4
Bh6 22. Qh4 Bg5 23. Qh3+ f5 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rhe8 26. Rb2 Be7 27. Bxe7
Rxe7 28. Ra1 Re5 29. Ra4 Rd5 30. h4 Kd6 31. Rc4 Re8 32. Kf3 Re7 33. Ra4 b6 34.
Rc4 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Kxc7 36. Kf4 Kb7 37. Kg5 Rd6 38. Ra2 a5 39. bxa6+ Ka7 40. Kf4
Re6 41. e3 dxe3 42. fxe3 b5 43. e4 fxe4 44. dxe4 b4 45. e5 b3 46. Rb2 Rb6 47.
e6 Rxe6 48. Rxb3 Kxa6 49. Kg5 Ka7 50. Rf3 Rb6 51. Kh6 Kb7 52. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Qg3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Kb8 11. f4 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14.
Rhe1 f6 15. a3 Rhe8 16. Be2 Nb6 17. Qg3 a6 18. h4 Bc4 19. Bh5 Rf8 20. Qf2 Bg8
21. Be2 Bc4 22. g4 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Nc8 24. Kb1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Re8 26. g5 Nd6 27.
Re1 Qf7 28. Qf2 b6 29. a4 a5 30. b3 c5 31. Qd2 c4 32. e5 fxe5 33. fxe5 Nb7 34.
Qd5 Qxd5 35. Nxd5 cxb3 36. cxb3 Nc5 37. Kc2 Ne6 38. Rf1 Nd8 39. Ne3 Rxe5 40.
Rf8 Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3 h6
9. g4 Bg6 10. Qe2 Ngf6 11. e4 a4 12. b4 c5 13. e5 Ng8 14. b5 h5 15. Bg2 hxg4
16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Nh6 18. c4 Nb6 19. d4 Rc8 20. Rd1 Nxg4 21. Qf1 cxd4 22.
Qh3 Bf5 23. Qh8 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Nxd4 Qg5 26. Bf3 Nxe5 27. Be2 Qg1+ 28.
Kd2 Qg5+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ 30. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 d6 12. a4 a5 13. e4 Nd7 14. Be2 Qe7 15.
Rb1 O-O-O 16. Bf3 f5 17. e5 Bxf3 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. gxf3 h5 20. c5 Qc6 21. cxb6
cxb6 22. Qd3 h4 23. gxh4 Rxh4 24. Rg1 Qxa4 25. Qa6+ Kc7 26. Qa7+ Kd6 27. Rxb6+
Nxb6 28. Qxb6+ Ke7 29. Qc5+ Kf6 30. Qe5+ Kf7 31. Rxg5 Rh7 32. Rxf5+ exf5 33.
Qxf5+ Ke8 34. Qxh7 Qa1+ 35. Nb1 Qb2 36. Kd1 a4 37. f4 a3 38. Qg8+ Ke7 39. Qg7+
Ke8 40. Qe5+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Ke8 42. Qe5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Qf3 Bf8 14. a5 Bd7 15.
Qg3 Rac8 16. Nf3 Nh5 (16... Bc6 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Nd1 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bc3
Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bc5 22. Nf2 Bxf2 23. Rxf2 f6 24. Nh4 Kh8 25. Nf5 Nf8 26. Re1 Ng6
27. h4 Nf4 28. h5 Nxh5 29. Qh4 Nf4 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Qxf6+ Kg8
33. Qg5+ Kf7 34. Rf1 Re7 35. Rxf4+ Ke8 36. Bb4 Rd8 37. Bxe7 Qxe7 38. Qh5+ Kd7
39. Rf7 Qxf7 40. Qxf7+ Kc8 41. Qf5+ Rd7 42. d4 {1-0 (42) Mamedov,R (2638)
-Shomoev,A (2567) Moscow 2009}) {[#]} 17. Qh4 g6 $2 ({Nötig war} 17... Nxd3
18. cxd3 Nf6 19. Bb6 Qb8 20. g4 $40) 18. g4 $18 Be7 19. Ng5 Nf6 (19... Bxg5 20.
fxg5 Ng7 21. Bb6 Qc6 22. Rf3 Z0 {und} 23. Rh3 $18) 20. Bb6 Qc6 21. Bd4 (21. Ra4
$1 Nxd3 22. cxd3 h5 23. Rc4 $18 {mit Damengewinn.}) 21... h5 22. gxh5 Nxh5 23.
Be2 e5 24. Bxh5 Bxg5 (24... gxh5 25. Qxh5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5+ {Alles gewinnt.} Kf8
27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Bc5+ Qxc5 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Qf6+ Kf8 31. Qxf7#) 25. Qxg5 Bf5
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "212"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rc1 Kh8 13. Be2 Rad8 14. Qb3 Qc7
15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Qa3 a5 17. Na4 b6 18. Qb3 Nc5 19. Qxb6 Qxb6 20. Nxb6 Bxb2 21.
Rb1 Ba3 22. f4 Rb8 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Rfd8 25. Rb5 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Nd3 27. Bg4
Bc1 28. Bxc1 Nxc1 29. a4 h5 30. Bf3 Nd4 31. Nd7 Rd8 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Nxb8 Nd3
34. Nd7 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Kg7 36. c5 Kf7 37. c6 Ke8 38. Nb6 Kd8 39. Nc4 Kc7 40.
Nxa5 h4 41. Nb7 Nf4 42. Kh2 Kxc6 43. Nd8+ Kb6 44. Nf7 Ka5 45. Ng5 Kxa4 46. Kg1
Kb4 47. Kf2 Kc4 48. Ke3 Nd5+ 49. Ke4 Nc3+ 50. Kf4 Kd5 51. Nf7 Ne2+ 52. Kg4 Nd4
53. f4 Ke4 54. Nh8 Nf3 55. Nxg6 Nh2+ 56. Kg5 Nf3+ 57. Kg4 Nh2+ 58. Kxh4 Kf5 59.
Kh5 Nf1 60. Kh6 Ng3 61. Kg7 Nh5+ 62. Kf7 Ng3 63. Nxe7+ Kxf4 64. Kxe6 Ne4 65.
Ng6+ Kg5 66. Kf7 Kh6 67. Nf4 Kg5 68. Ng6 Nc5 69. h4+ Kh5 70. Kg7 Ne6+ 71. Kf6
Nd8 72. Nf4+ Kxh4 73. Ne2 Kg4 74. Nd4 Kg3 75. Kf5 Kh4 76. Nf3+ Kh5 77. Kf6 Kg4
78. Ng5 Nc6 79. e6 Kf4 80. Nf7 Ke4 81. Ne5 Nb4 82. Kf7 Nd5 83. Nc6 Kf4 84. Nb4
Nb6 85. Kf6 Nc8 86. Nc6 Ke4 87. Na7 Nb6 88. Kf7 Nd5 89. Nc6 Kf4 90. Ne7 Nb6 91.
Ng6+ Kf5 92. Nh4+ Kg4 93. Ng2 Nc8 94. Kf6 Kf3 95. Nh4+ Ke4 96. Nf5 Nb6 97. Nd6+
Kf4 98. Kf7 Nd5 99. Nc4 Kg5 100. Ne5 Kf5 101. Nc6 Kg5 102. Nb4 Nb6 103. Nc2 Nd5
104. Nd4 Kf4 105. Nc6 Kg5 106. Ne7 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Rc1
f5 9. h3 c6 10. Be2 Bf6 11. O-O Qe8 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5
15. dxe5 Bd7 16. Qd4 Qe7 17. f4 exf3 18. gxf3 Be8 19. Bd3 Bg6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21.
Rc2 Rf5 22. Rg2 Raf8 23. f4 g5 24. Rg4 R8f7 25. Rf3 Kf8 26. Rfg3 gxf4 27. exf4
Ke8 28. h4 Qf8 29. Rf3 Qh8 30. Qf2 Rh5 31. Qg3 Qh7 32. Rg6 Rxh4 33. Rxe6+ Kf8
34. Rd6 Rf5 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rb8 Rfh5 37. f5 Rh1+ 38. Kf2 Rxf5 39. Qxg7+ Qxg7
40. Rxb7+ Ke6 41. Rxg7 Rh2+ 42. Kg3 Rxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Rxb2 44. Rxa7 Rc2 45. Ra5
Kxe5 46. Ke3 d4+ 47. Kd3 Rc3+ 48. Kd2 Kd5 49. a4 Rxc5 50. Ra8 Rc3 51. a5 Ra3
52. a6 Kc4 53. Kc2 d3+ 54. Kb2 Rb3+ 55. Ka2 Rb6 56. a7 Rb7 57. Ka3 Kc3 58. Ka2
d2 59. Rd8 Rxa7+ 60. Kb1 Rb7+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Qb3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 e6
15. Qxb7 Qa5 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. cxb4 Rfb8 18. a3 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. f4 Rb2 21.
Rf2 Be4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. e3 Rb3 24. Re2 Raxa3 25. Rxa3 Rxa3 26. Kf2 h5 27. Rd2
Kg7 28. h4 Ra1 29. Rd4 Ra2+ 30. Kf1 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Ra2+ 32. Kh3 Re2 33. Rxe4 Kh6
34. g4 hxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Re1 36. Kf3 Rh1 37. Kg3 Rg1+ 38. Kf3 Rh1 39. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
d3 Bb7 15. Qb4 c5 16. Qf4 Nf5 17. c3 h6 18. Bd2 g5 19. Qc7 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Bxc6
21. Re1 Kf8 22. g3 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Bh3 Ng7 25. f4 f6 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. b3
d6 28. Be3 Ne6 29. Bg4 Be8 30. Bf3 Bg6 31. Be4 f5 32. Bd5 g4 33. Bg2 Be8 34. c4
Nd8 35. d4 Nc6 36. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Bb5 c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 c5 11. Qxd7 Nxd7 12. Ba3 b6 13. Rb1 Rd8 14. O-O Bb7
15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. f3 e6 17. Bb5 Bf8 18. Bc1 Be7 19. Be3 Kg7 20. Kf2 Nb8 21. Rd2
Nc6 22. Rbd1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Na5 24. Bf4 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Be5+ f6 27. Bf4
Kf7 28. g4 Bb4 29. Rb2 Be7 30. Rbd2 Rdc8 31. d5 exd5 32. exd5 Bb4 33. Rb2 Bc5+
34. Be3 Bd6 35. Nd4 Be5 36. Rbd2 a6 37. Nb3 Rc2 38. f4 Bb8 39. Kg3 Rxd2 40.
Rxd2 Rd8 41. Bxb6 Rxd5 42. Rxd5 Bxd5 43. h4 g5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Be3 Bd6 46.
Nc1 Ke7 47. a4 Bc4 48. Kf3 Bd5+ 49. Kg3 gxf4+ 50. Bxf4 Ba3 51. Nd3 Bc6 52. a5
Bb5 53. Nf2 Ke6 54. Kh4 Be8 55. Bd2 Be7+ 56. g5 Bg6 57. Ng4 Kf5 58. Kg3 Bxg5
59. Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Na4 Bb6 8. c3
Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bc4 Ng6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nxe6 Kd7 16. f4 Qxe6 17. Qb5+ Ke7 18. f5 Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Nxd7 20. fxg6 Rhf8
21. Be3 Rf6 22. Bf2 Rxg6 23. Bh4+ Ke6 24. a3 Rf8 25. Rxf8 Nxf8 26. Rf1 Nd7 27.
Bd8 c6 28. b4 h5 29. a4 Rh6 30. Bg5 Rh8 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. c4 b5 33. a5 bxc4 34.
dxc4 c5 35. b5 Nb6 36. Rc1 Rxa5 37. Bd8 Nxc4 38. Bxa5 Nxa5 39. Rc3 d5 40. Rxc5
dxe4 41. b6 Nb3 42. Rc7 Na5 43. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. b3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rd8 15.
e4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. h3 h6 18. Nd4 Qb8 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. f4 Ned7 21. Bf2 Bf8
22. Re1 Qa8 23. Nf3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. g4 g6 26. Rcd1 Qb8 27. e5 Nd7 28. Ne4
Bxe4 29. Qxe4 dxe5 30. fxe5 Bg7 31. Rd3 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 33. Rxd8 Bh2+ 34.
Kh1 Rxd8 35. Qc6 Bg3 36. Rf1 Qd6 37. Qf3 Qc7 38. b4 cxb4 39. c5 Rd2 40. c6 a5
41. a3 Be5 42. axb4 axb4 43. Qe3 Rxg2 44. Kxg2 Qxc6+ 45. Qf3 Qc7 46. h4 Kg7 47.
h5 g5 48. Kh3 Bf4 49. Rd1 Qc2 50. Rh1 b3 51. Qb7 b2 52. Qb4 Qd3+ 53. Kg2 Qe2+
0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. e3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nb3 Qxc3+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 Ne4+ 15. Ke1 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Kg7 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. f3 Bd7 20. Kd2
Rac8 21. Rhc1 Rc7 22. Nd4 Rfc8 23. Rab1 Ng8 24. Bf5 Ne7 25. g4 Bxf5 26. gxf5 h5
27. g4 hxg4 28. fxg4 Ng8 29. Nf3 Kf6 30. Rb4 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxb7 Ra5
33. Rd7 Rxa2+ 34. Kd3 Ra3+ 35. Kd2 Ra4 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rxd5 Nf6 38. Rb5 Ra2+
39. Kd3 Ra3+ 40. Kd4 Ra4+ 41. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Qg3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Kb8 11. f4 Ne7 12. Bd3 Qd4 13. Qxd4 Rxd4 14.
O-O-O f6 15. Be2 c5 16. Bf3 Nc6 17. a3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nd4 19. Ne2 Rd8 20. c3
Nxe2+ 21. Bxe2 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Kc8 23. Kd2 Kd7 24. Ke3 Kd6 25. h4 Bf7 26. Bg4 b6
27. Bf5 h6 28. Bc8 Bb3 29. g4 a5 30. Bf5 Bf7 31. Bc8 Bb3 32. Ba6 Bf7 33. Be2
Bg8 34. Bf3 Bf7 35. e5+ fxe5 36. f5 Bg8 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Bf7 39. Bg4 Bb3
40. Bh5 Bd5 41. Be2 Bf7 42. Bb5 c4 43. Ba4 Bd5 44. Bd1 c6 45. Be2 Bf7 46. Bf3
Bd5 47. Bh5 Bg8 48. Bg6 Bd5 49. Bh7 Ke7 50. Bg6 Kd6 51. Bh5 Bg8 52. Bf3 Bd5 53.
Bg4 Bf7 54. Be2 Bd5 55. Bh5 Bg8 56. Bg6 Ke7 57. Ke4 Kd6 58. Bh5 Bd5+ 59. Ke3
Bg8 60. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nd2 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Ng4
15. h3 Ngf6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qb3 Be6
21. Qxb7 Reb8 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxb2 24. a3 Rb3 25. Rfc1 Ng6 26. R6c3 Rxc3
27. Rxc3 Nxh4 28. Nxh4 Rb8 29. Rc5 Rd8 30. Nf3 Bd5 31. Ne5 f6 32. Ng6 Be4 33.
Rc8 Rxc8 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Nxc8 Bc6 36. Nxa7 Bd7 37. d5 Ke7 38. Nc6+ Kd6 39. Nb4
Kc5 40. f3 h5 41. h4 g5 42. g3 Kd4 43. Kf2 Be8 44. Na6 Bd7 45. d6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 f5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nb2 b5 15. a4
bxa4 16. Nxa4 Rb8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. g4 Nb3 {[#] Weiß
bläst nun zum Angriff und gibt eine Qualität auf a1.} 21. gxf5 (21. Ra2 f4
22. Bxf4 Ra8 $11) 21... Nxa1 22. Qxa1 Rxf5 (22... Qc6 23. f6 Ra8 24. g6 $13)
23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Qf1 (25. e6 $5) 25... Qa5 26. Bc6 Bb7 27. Bxd7
Qd5 {[#] Gegenangriff auf der langen Diagonalen.} 28. Bf4 Ba8 {Um mit Tb1 die
weiße Dame von g2 abzulenken.} 29. Bxf5 Rf8 $19 {Die Fesselung auf der
f-Linie entscheidet endgültig.} 30. Nb6 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qxc3 33. Bg3
(33. Nxa8 Rxf5 {und der Lf4 ist auch weg.}) 33... Qxd4+ 34. Qf2 Qa1+ 35. Qe1
Qa7 36. Qf2 c3 37. e6 Bc6 38. e7 Qxe7 39. Nc4 Be4 40. Nd6 c2 41. Nxe4 c1=Q+ 42.
Kg2 Qc6 {Nun hat Schwarz wirklich sehr viele Schwerfiguren. Weiß gab auf.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxe2 7. Ncxe2 Qb6
8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Qxb2 10. c4 Qa3 11. Rb1 Qa6 12. Qb3 b6 13. Ne5 Qb7 14. Nf4 Be7
15. Qa4+ Nfd7 16. d5 Qa6 17. Qxa6 Nxa6 18. Nxf7 e5 19. Nxh8 exf4 20. Rfe1 Kf8
21. Bxf4 Bf6 22. Re6 g5 23. Bg3 Bxh8 24. d6 Nac5 25. Re7 Bf6 26. Rxh7 Kg8 27.
Rh5 Kg7 28. f4 Kg6 29. Rxg5+ Bxg5 30. fxg5 cxd6 31. Bxd6 Kxg5 32. Re1 Rc8 33.
Re7 a5 34. Rg7+ Kf6 35. Rh7 Kg6 36. Re7 Rc6 37. Bxc5 Nxc5 38. Kf2 Na4 39. Re4
Nc3 40. Rd4 Nxa2 41. Ke3 Nb4 42. Kd2 Kf5 43. g3 Ke5 44. Rh4 Rd6+ 45. Kc3 Rd3+
46. Kb2 a4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bc6 11. Ba3 b6 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Qb3 Qd7
15. Bb2 Bd5 16. Qa3 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Qc3 Rac8 20. Ba6 Rb8 21.
Bc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kf1 b5 26. Rc2 Kf8 27.
Ke2 Ke7 28. Rd2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Qc7
15. O-O O-O 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. b4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 bxc5 20. b5 Qb7+ 21.
f3 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 a6 23. a4 axb5 24. axb5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ra8 26. Nc6 Bf8 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Qe4 Ra2+ 29. Kh3 h5 30. Rd8 Kg7 31. Qd3 e5 32. Qd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 a5 8. e4
Nc6 9. e5 Ng4 10. Ne4 b6 11. Bf4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bd6 Bxb2
15. Rb1 Bxa3 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. cxb6 Bb4+ 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Be2 Qf4 20. Bf3 Rf8
21. Rxb4 axb4 22. O-O Qd4 23. Nb3 Qxb6 24. Qd6 Bc8 25. Ra1 Qb8 26. c5 Qxd6 27.
cxd6 Ne5 28. Nc5 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rf5 30. Nb3 Bb7 31. Ra7 Bc6 32. Nd4 Rd5 33.
Nxc6 dxc6 34. d7 Kf8 35. Rc7 Ke7 36. Rxc6 Rb5 37. Rd6 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Be7 9. e4 Na5 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qe2 b5 12. Rad1 a6 13. d5 Qe8 14. Rfe1 Nb3 15.
Bf4 Rb7 16. h3 Nc5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ne5 Rb6 19. Be3 Rd6 20. f4 Bb7 21. Bf2
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qa8 23. Rd4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Qd7 27. h4
Nd3 28. Bh3 Bc8 29. Be3 Nxb2 30. h5 Nd3 31. h6 Bf8 32. Ne2 c5 33. e5 b4 34.
axb4 cxb4 35. Nd4 b3 36. Qe2 Qb7 37. hxg7 Qxg7 38. Kh2 b2 39. Nxe6 Bxe6 40.
Bxe6+ Kh8 41. Qc2 Qb7 42. Qb1 Ne1 43. Kh3 Qg2+ 44. Kg4 Qe2+ 45. Kg5 Be7+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. e3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. f3 exf3 16. Qxf3 Qe7 17. Rcd1 Bb8 18. e4 c5 19. d5 f4 20. e5 exd5 21. gxf4
g5 22. Qg4 d4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. fxg5 Qe7 25. e6 Qd6 26. Rd2 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rf8+
28. Ke1 Rf4 29. Qh3 Qc6 30. e7 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Re4+ 32. Kd3 Rxe7 33. Kc2 Bf4 34.
Qc8+ Kg7 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. Bxd4+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
f3 Bb7 15. Qf2 Nf5 16. c3 a5 17. d3 d6 18. Bd2 Re8 19. d4 h6 20. Bd3 Nh4 21.
Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 g5 23. Qe3 Bc6 24. b3 Nf5 25. Qe2 Nh4 26. Be1 Ng6 27. Qe3
Nf4 28. Bc2 h5 29. Bd2 h4 30. h3 Bd7 31. Kh2 Bf5 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34.
fxe4 Ne6 35. d5 Nc5 36. Bxg5 Nxe4 37. Bd8 Nxc3 38. Bxc7 Nxd5 39. Bxd6 b5 40.
Kg1 Kg7 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Kf3 Kf5 43. Bc5 Nc3 44. a3 Ne4 45. Be3 Nc3 46. Bd2 Nb1
47. Bxa5 Nxa3 48. Ke3 Nc2+ 49. Kd3 Na1 50. b4 Nb3 51. Bb6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qb6 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Qe3 h6 14. Rhe1
Rd7 15. f3 Bh7 16. g4 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. f4 Rhd8 19. Nf3 Qa6 20. Qe2 Qa4 21.
h4 b5 22. h5 a5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Kb7 25. Rf1 R8d7 26. Rf3 Ka6 27. Rdf1 c5
28. dxc5 Rd2 29. Qxd2 Rxd2 30. Kxd2 Qxc2+ 31. Ke3 Be4 32. Rxf7 Qd3+ 33. Kf2
Qc2+ 34. Ke3 Qd3+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Ke3 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Qg3 Bd4 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. Rf1 Qg6 11. Bd2 Qxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 13. O-O-O h5 14.
a3 Ng4 15. Be1 a6 16. Rd2 Ba7 17. Nd1 Rhe8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. f3 Ne3 20. Nxe3
Bxe3+ 21. Kb1 g6 22. Bc3 c5 23. Bd3 Bd4 24. Be1 c4 25. Be2 b5 26. Ba5 Be3 27.
Bc3 c5 28. f4 Bg4 29. Bxg4+ hxg4 30. f5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Rd7 32. e5 Kb7 33. Ka2
Kc6 34. Rf6+ Kb7 35. Ba5 Bd4 36. Rb6+ Ka7 37. e6 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Rf7 39. c3 Bf2
40. Rg6 Bxg3 41. Bb6+ Kb7 42. Bxc5 Bf2 43. Bd6 g3 44. Bxg3 Bxg3 45. Rxg3 Rf1
46. Rg6 a5 47. g4 a4 48. g5 Rg1 49. Rg8 Ka7 50. Rg7+ Kb6 51. Rg6+ Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. h3 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. c3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qe8 10. a4 a6 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bh2 e4 14. Nd4 Ne5 15.
a5 b5 16. c4 b4 17. c5 Bd5 18. Qa4 Qe7 19. Qxb4 Nfd7 20. Rfc1 f5 21. Qa3 c6 22.
Nc4 Nd3 23. Bd6 Qg5 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Nb6 Nxb6 26. cxb6 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Bxd4 28.
Bxa6 f4 29. exd4 f3 30. g3 Qxc1+ 31. Kh2 Qd2 32. Kg1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bf5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bf3 Rab8
15. Be4 Be6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 e6 19. Qf3 Qa5 20. Bb2 Qb5 21.
Rab1 Qa4 22. a3 Rfc8 23. h4 gxh4 24. Qg4 Qc2 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Qxh4 Qe4 27. Qg3
Qg4 28. Qh2 Ne4 29. c4 Kh7 30. dxc5 Rg8 31. Bxg7 Rxg7 32. Ne5 Qf5 33. Rb2 Rbg8
34. f3 Ng3 35. Ng4 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 a6 7. Nge2 d6 8. h3
Ba7 9. O-O Re8 10. d4 h6 11. Kh2 Bd7 12. b4 Qc8 13. Bb2 exd4 14. exd4 Ne7 15.
Qd2 Bc6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Rae1 Ng6 18. f4 c6 19. Nd4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 c5 21. bxc5
Qxc5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf8 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Rxe8 Bxe8 26. Qb4 Bb6 27. Qxc5
Bxc5 28. Nb3 Nd7 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Be2 f6 31. g4 Kf7 32. Kg2 Ba4 33. Kf2 b6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 c6 9. c3 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 Nf8 13. Ne5 Be6 14. f4 Be7
15. f5 Bd7 16. Qe2 N8h7 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Ndf3 Qc7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd5 21.
Qe4 Re8 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxf5 24. Nxf7 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Bxh2+ 26. Nxh2 Qxf7
27. Qd8+ Qf8 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Nf3 b6 30. Bd2 Bb1 31. Qe5 Nf6 32. Qe6 Kh7 33. a3
Be4 34. Ne5 Qa8 35. Ng4 Nxg4 36. Qxg4 Qd5 37. Be3 Qc6 38. Bf4 g5 39. Be5 Kg6
40. Kh2 h5 41. Qg3 h4 42. Qf2 Qe6 43. g3 h3 44. Qe2 Qf5 45. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qb6 12. O-O O-O 13. d5 Rfd8 14. Qf3
Nf8 15. Rfe1 Bxc2 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qg3 Bg6 18. h4 Qc5 19. Ba2 Qe7 20. Re5 Rd3
21. f3 h5 22. Rae1 Qf7 23. Rxe6 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Kh8 25. R6e2 Qf6 26. Re5 c6 27.
Qg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Bg5 Nfe7
15. Ng3 f6 16. Bd2 Bg4 17. h3 Bd7 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Nf1 Qc8 20. Ng3 Qc7 21. Nf1
Qc8 22. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 c4 13. Bf5 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bxf5 15.
Qxf5 Qc8 16. Qb1 Qc6 17. Nc1 Qe6 18. a3 Nc6 19. b3 cxb3 20. Nxb3 b6 21. Qd3 Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. Nbd2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qb6 14. Nf3
Nf5 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Qd2 c5 17. Rac1 d4 18. b3 Rac8 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Bf4 Bd5 21.
Ng5 Rg7 22. Qd3 h6 23. Ne4 g5 24. Bd2 Nh4 25. e6 Rf8 26. Qg3 Qxe6 27. Nxg5 Qa6
28. Rxe7 hxg5 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rxc5 Rf5 31. Bxg5 Ng6 32. h4 Qe2 33. f3 Qe5
34. Qxe5+ Nxe5 35. Kf1 Be6 36. Rc7+ Rf7 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Ke2 Bd7 39. Bf4 Bb5+
40. Kd2 Ng6 41. Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Nd5 {White players find it difficult
to achieve an advantage against the clever 10.Be3 h5 line. The main
theoretical discussion has shifted towards the variation with the move of the
white knight to d5.} Bxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 14. c4 a5 15. a4 {Very solid but
somewhat alibistic line serving the purpose of totally stabilising the defence
of the queenside against Black's counterplay. If White wants to test the
opponent's skills in this type of position he will probably have to resort to
the more flexible move 15.Rc1.} (15. Rc1 a4 (15... b6 16. Be2 g6 17. O-O Bg7
18. Na1 O-O 19. Nc2 Nc5 20. Na3 h4 (20... Nh7 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Bd1 f5 23. Bc2
$16 {1-0 (53) Zakhartsov,V (2529)-Kovchan,A (2488) Kharkov 2005}) 21. Nb5 Qe7
22. b3 Nh5 23. Bd1 f5 24. a3 $14 {1/2 (52) Goloshchapov,A (2556)-Anisimov,P 
(2500) Sochi 2006}) 16. Na1 e4 (16... g6 17. Be2 Bg7 (17... Ng8 18. O-O Bh6 19.
f4 Ne7 20. fxe5 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Nxe5 22. Nc2 Nf5 23. Qf2 Qc5 $11 {0-1 (49)
Aguera Naredo,J (2417)-Van Kampen,R (2581) Basel 2013}) (17... Qa5 18. Qxa5
Rxa5 19. Nc2 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Na3 Nc5 22. Kd2 $11 {0-1 (52) Kuipers,S 
(2381)-Van Kampen,R (2529) Netherlands 2011}) 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Na3 (19. O-O O-O
20. Na3 Rac8 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 (46) Varadi,V (2388)-Ardelean,G 
(2503) Hungary 2012}) 19... b6 20. O-O O-O 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Rb1 Nfd7 23. b4 axb3
24. axb3 $14 {1-0 (38) Saric,I (2622)-Ardelean,G (2510) Legnica 2013}) 17. Nc2
exf3 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Nd4 Be7 20. Be2 O-O 21. O-O Rfe8 22. Kh1 Bf8 23. Rg1 $14
{1/2 (52) Mekhitarian,K (2543)-Kovchan,A (2579) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 15... b6
16. Be2 (16. Qf2 g6 17. Be2 Bg7 18. O-O O-O 19. h3 Nc5 20. Ra3 Nfd7 21. g4 hxg4
22. hxg4 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 $11 {0-1 (42) Apicella,M (2501)-Areshchenko,A (2566)
Cappelle-la-Grande 2003}) 16... g6 17. O-O Bg7 18. Rae1 O-O 19. h3 {Caruana
does not object to the safe concentration of his forces in the centre and the
kingside, as the other flank was closed against counterplay.} Rfe8 (19... Nc5
20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Bd1 Nd7 22. b3 f5 23. Bc2 Nf6 24. Qd1 Nh7 25. g4 $14 {
0-1 (43) Nolte,R (2420)-Gopal,G (2604) Olongapo City 2010}) 20. g4 Rab8 21. g5
{White is openly admitting that his strategy has limits and it is not easy to
improve the position further.} Nh7 22. Qc2 Nc5 23. Nxc5 (23. Nd2 Qd7 24. Kg2
Nxa4 25. Ne4 Nc5 $11) 23... dxc5 $2 {[%mdl 32] The Argentinian player of
Russian origin lives in Canada and belongs to the most promising young GMs on
the American continent. Unfortunately for him his judgement in this critical
position has simply failed him. Recapturing with the d-pawn is strategically
inferior and Black will be devoid of any counterplay. After the correct 23...
bxc5! the game would most likely have ended with a draw.} (23... bxc5 $1 24. b3
e4 25. h4 (25. fxe4 Qe7 26. Bd3 Be5 $15) 25... exf3 26. Bxf3 Nf8 $11) 24. Kg2
Qd8 (24... h4 $2 25. Qe4 $18) 25. h4 Rb7 26. Bd3 Nf8 27. Bf2 Rbe7 28. Bg3 Qd6
29. Re4 {Caruana will concentrate all his pieces, aiming at Black's weakness
on e5. Unfortunately the defender can only wait and exercise his patience.} Nd7
30. Rfe1 Kf8 31. Qb3 {The Italian/American superstar understands very well
that it is not that easy to break Black's stronghold in the position. White's
queen will be threatening to sneak in via the b5-c6 axis, which is very
dangerous.} (31. R1e2 Kg8 32. Qb1 Nb8 (32... f5 33. gxf6 Nxf6 34. R4e3 Bh6 35.
Bxg6 Bxe3 36. Bxe8 $16) 33. Qe1 Nd7 34. R4e3 Kf8 $16) 31... Bh8 (31... f5 $5
32. gxf6 Qxf6 (32... Nxf6 33. R4e2 Kf7 34. Qc2 Nh7 35. f4 $18) 33. Qb5 $16) 32.
Qb5 $1 Bg7 (32... f5 33. gxf6 Nxf6 34. R4e2 Kf7 35. Rg1 $16) 33. R4e3 Bh8 34.
R1e2 Bg7 35. Be4 Rc8 {Kovalyov relents and prepares to reshuffle his forces
for the protection of the c6-square.} (35... Kg8 36. Qc6 $1 Qxc6 37. dxc6 Nb8
38. Rb3 $16) 36. Bc2 Ree8 37. Qb3 Red8 38. Re4 Re8 39. R4e3 Red8 40. Qc3 $1 {
Defence belongs to the most difficult skills for any chessplayer, as it is too
easy to get it not quite right. Black is suddenly unable to pile up his rooks
on the e-file and will perish.} Kg8 (40... Re8 41. Qe1 Qb8 42. f4 $1 exf4 43.
Bxf4 Rxe3 44. Bxb8 Rxe2+ 45. Qxe2 $18) 41. Qe1 Rf8 42. Re4 f5 {Kovalyov bows
to the necessity to do something against the impending idea f3-f4 with an
immediate decision.} (42... Rfe8 43. f4 Qe7 44. fxe5 $18) (42... Rfd8 43. f4
exf4 44. Bxf4 Qf8 45. Re7 Bxb2 46. R2e6 fxe6 47. Qxe6+ Kh8 48. Rh7+ $18) 43.
gxf6 Rxf6 44. Rxe5 $1 (44. Bxe5 Nxe5 45. Rxe5 Rcf8 $16) 44... Nxe5 (44... Nf8
45. Re7 Qd8 46. Qd2 $18) 45. Bxe5 Qf8 46. Bxf6 Qxf6 {The queen is hoping to
get some activity and complicate the progress of the white pieces.} (46... Bxf6
47. Bxg6 Qh6 (47... Qg7 48. Kh3 $18) 48. Be8 $18) 47. Qg3 Rf8 48. Bxg6 Qd4 49.
b3 Qd1 50. Re7 Kh8 51. Bd3 $1 {In a completely winning position Caruana enjoys
the task of finding the most precise continuations.} Qd2+ (51... Rg8 52. Qg6
$18) 52. Kh3 Qb2 (52... Qh6 53. d6 Qf6 54. Be4 $18) 53. Be4 Qa1 54. Qg2 {
White has managed to crush all the dreams of counterplay and is ready to
advance his passed pawn on the d-file.} Rf4 (54... Rd8 55. d6 Qf6 56. Qg5 Qxg5
57. hxg5 Bf8 58. Rb7 Bg7 (58... Rxd6 59. g6 $18) 59. g6 $18) 55. Qg5 Rxe4 (
55... Qf6 56. Re8+ Bf8 57. Qxh5+ $18) 56. Qxh5+ Kg8 57. Rxe4 Qf1+ {Kovalyov
feels obliged to give some checks and hope for the utterly impossble miracle.}
58. Kg4 Qg2+ 59. Kf5 Qc2 60. Kg6 Qg2+ 61. Qg4 {The game is very instructive
for the typical plans in this line. Black lost due to his unfortunate
recapture on the c5-square with the d-pawn.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Qd2 e5 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. h4 h5
9. f4 Nd4 10. Nd1 d5 11. c3 Ne6 12. Nf3 d4 13. Bg1 Nc6 14. c4 f6 15. Nf2 Bh6
16. Nh3 Qd6 17. Bh2 Bd7 18. O-O O-O-O 19. a3 a5 20. Kh1 b6 21. b3 Kc7 22. Rab1
Rb8 23. Qe2 Rbg8 24. Ne1 Ned8 25. Nc2 g5 26. f5 g4 27. Nf2 a4 28. b4 Nb7 29. b5
Nca5 30. Na1 Qe7 31. Qc2 Ra8 32. Nd1 Nd6 33. Re1 Qf7 34. Bf1 Ra7 35. Bg1 Rha8
36. Bf2 Nb3 37. Re2 Nxb5 38. cxb5 Bxb5 39. Nb2 Bc6 40. Be1 b5 41. Nd1 Bf8 42.
Rg2 Kd7 43. Kh2 Nxa1 44. Rxa1 b4 45. Nb2 b3 46. Qd1 Bb5 47. Nc4 Bxc4 48. dxc4
Bh6 49. Bd3 Rb7 50. Rb1 Kc6 51. Bd2 Qf8 52. Kg1 Bxd2 53. Qxd2 Rab8 54. Kf1 Ra8
55. Ke1 Rh7 56. Rb2 Qh6 57. Qxh6 Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O b6 8.
Nc3 Bb7 9. d4 Rc8 10. Qd3 $5 $146 {Interesting novelty. Leaving the c-file so
as to take back on d4 with the N.} (10. Rd1 a6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qf4 Qe7 13.
Be3 O-O 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 $11 {0-1 (87) Svetlov,D (2396)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2573)
Moscow RUS 2015}) (10. Bg5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 O-O 13. Rad1 Qe8 $11 {
1/2 (29) Andreikin,D (2580)-Vitiugov,N (2617) Plovdiv 2008}) 10... cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bb4 $1 {I like this move, Black wants to take on c3 and
forces the next moves.} (12... Be7 13. Rd1 $14 {is a bit better for White.})
13. Ndb5 $1 a6 (13... O-O $5 {is a nice line} 14. Nxa7 Bxc3 15. Nxc8 Be5 16. f4
Bb8 17. Nd6 Nc5 18. Nxf7 Qxd3 19. Nh6+ gxh6 20. exd3 Nxd3 $13) 14. Nd6+ (14. a3
$1 {was interesting} Bc5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qe7 17. Qb4 $5 {is the extra
possibility connected with a3.}) 14... Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qe7 16. Qd3 (16. Qd4 O-O)
16... b5 $132 {Black is already fine.} 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Nd5 Qe6 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {At the first sight, the position is easily drawn,
but actually it's very unclear.} 22. Qa3 $1 {The only chance to fight.} (22.
Rac1 O-O $11) (22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Qc6+ 24. Qe4 O-O $11) 22... Rc2 $1 23. b3
$1 {Preparing Rac1, because the Q is defending c1.} Qc6+ 24. Kg1 Qc5 $1 (24...
f6 25. Rfc1 $36) 25. Qxa6 O-O 26. a4 (26. e3 {is simpler} b4 27. a4 bxa3 28.
Qxa3 Qxa3 29. Rxa3 Rb8 30. Rd1 $14) 26... Rxe2 (26... Rb8 {The computer
suggests this, but I am not sure.} 27. e3 bxa4 28. bxa4 e4 29. Rad1 $14) 27. a5
(27. Rac1 Qd5 28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. axb5 $14) 27... e4 $1 28. Rae1 $1 Rxe1 (28...
Rb2 $1 $11) 29. Rxe1 f5 (29... Qb4 30. Re3 f5 {is also not so clear.}) 30. Qe6+
(30. Rd1 f4 31. Qd6 Qc2 32. Qd5+ Kh8 {is not bad for Black.}) 30... Kh7 31. Rd1
Rf6 32. Qd5 Qc2 (32... Qc3 $1 33. Qxb5 e3 $132) 33. Rd2 (33. b4 f4 34. Qd2 Qc4
35. Rc1 Qe6 36. Rc3 $1 $14) 33... Qc3 (33... Qb1+ 34. Rd1 (34. Kg2 f4) 34...
Qc2 {repetition of moves.}) 34. Ra2 Qe1+ (34... e3 $1 {is again better.}) 35.
Kg2 f4 36. a6 f3+ 37. Kh3 Rg6 $4 (37... e3 $1 38. Qe4+ Rg6 39. Qxf3 exf2 40.
Rxf2 Rxa6 $11) 38. Kh4 $4 (38. a7 Qg1 39. Qf5 $1 Qg2+ 40. Kh4 $18) 38... Qb4 $4
(38... e3 39. Qxf3 exf2 40. Rxf2 Rxa6 $11) 39. Kh3 $4 (39. Qf5 $3 Qxb3 40. Ra1
Qc3 41. Kh5 $18) 39... Rg5 $1 $17 {Now Black is even better.} 40. Qf7 Qc5 $1
41. g4 Qc1 $1 42. a7 h5 $1 (42... Qg1 43. Qg8+ Kxg8 44. a8=Q+ Kh7 45. Qxe4+ Rg6
46. Qxf3 Qf1+ 47. Kh4 Qg1 $11) 43. Qxh5+ (43. Qg8+ {is not so good now:} Kxg8
44. a8=Q+ Kh7 45. Qxe4+ Kh6 $19) 43... Rxh5+ 44. gxh5 Qc8+ 45. Kg3 Qa8 $19 46.
Ra6 Kg8 47. b4 Kf8 48. Kf4 Ke7 49. Ke3 Kd7 50. Kd4 Kc7 51. Ke3 Kb7 52. Ra5 Kb6
53. Ra3 Kc6 54. Ra5 Kd6 55. Kd4 Qd5+ 56. Ke3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bh4 O-O-O 11. Bg3 Qf6 12. Qh5 Qxd4 13. Qa5 Qb6 14. Qxb6
cxb6 15. Na4 Nd5 16. exd5 Bc5 17. Rad1 Rhe8 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. f3 Re2 20. dxc6
Bxc6 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rf2 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3
Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Nd5 11. Bxc4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8+
Nxd8 15. Ne5 Be7 16. g3 Kf8 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rd1 f6 19. Nf3 a6 20. Na4 b5 21. Nb6
Rb8 22. Rc1 Rxb6 23. Rxc8 Rd6 24. Be4 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Ra1 26. a3 Ra2 27. Bb7 a5
28. Ba6 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Bc4 Rxb2 31. Nd4 Kg7 32. Rc7 Kf8 33. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 {Yu started allowing/
enticing the Sveshnikov only in Baku.} ({Earlier he played the popular Paulsen
continuation} 5... Qc7 {, but maybe the following game shortly before the WCup
discouraged him:} 6. g3 (6. Be3 {is nowadays the main move:} a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxf6 13. g4 h6 14. h4 Bb7
15. Rh2 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O 19. g5 h5 20. Rf2 d5 21.
Re1 g6 22. Re3 a5 23. Rb3 a4 24. Qxa4 Qc5 25. Rg2 Ra8 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. Rxb4
Rxa2 $132 {Saric,I (2637)-Yu,Y (2677) Wijk aan Zee 2014 Black equalised, but
later got too optimistic and went on to lose.}) 6... a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O h5 $5
({Fashionable, the more restrained alternatives are} 8... d6 {, or the
immediate}) (8... Nxd4) 9. Re1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Re2
e5 14. Nd5 Qc6 (14... Qd8 $5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. Nxe3 Be6 18. Nf5 O-O
$5 (18... Qc7 19. b4 Bb6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxd6+ Ke7 22. Nf5+ Kf7 23. c4 $1 $16
{Lu,S (2570)-Van Foreest,J (2493) Moscow 2015}) 19. b4 Bb6 $44 {seems playable}
) 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 g6 17. Rd1 Be6 18. b4 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxa2 $6 (19... Rc8
$142 $5 $132) 20. Rc3 Qb6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 O-O 23. Bh3 b5 24. Rc5 Bc4 25.
Bf1 $36 {Lu,S (2607)-Yu,Y (2726) Zaozhuang 2015}) 6. Nxc6 {Karjakin refuses
the offer, as White can also fight for an edge with the text move.} ({In Baku
White had no success against the Sveshnikov:} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9.
Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 (12. Nb1 {is rare and artificial:} Rb8
13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. c3 Bg5 16. Be2 Bh6 17. O-O Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.
Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Bd3 Qc7 22. Qe2 b4 23. Ba6 Rd8 (23... bxc3 $1 24. Bxc8
Rxb2 $36) 24. c4 Rf8 25. Nh4 g6 26. b3 Bg5 27. Nf3 Bd8 28. Qd2 Rb6 {½,
Motylev,A (2649)-Grachev,B (2649) Baku 2015}) (12. c3 Ne7 13. Nc2 {is too
feeble:} (13. Nxf6+ $142 {is the only way to fight for an advantage}) 13...
Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rb8 15. Nb4 Bb7 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Be2 a5 18. Nd5 b4 19. O-O bxc3
20. bxc3 Bg5 21. Rab1 Qd7 22. Rb3 Bc6 23. Rfb1 Rxb3 24. Rxb3 g6 25. Rb6 Rc8 26.
h3 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Rxc3 28. Rxd6 Qe7 $11 {[%csl Ge2,Gg5] Giri,A (2793)-Carlsen,M
(2853) Saint Louis 2015 Here the ^- led to a quick draw.}) 12... b4 13. Nc2 O-O
14. Be2 (14. g3 a5 15. h4 Be6 16. Qd2 (16. Bh3 a4 $5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ndxb4
Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Be7 $44) {also allows the pawn sacrifice} 16... a4 $5
17. Ndxb4 Qb6 18. a3 Na5 19. Rd1 Qb7 20. Ne3 Nb3 21. Qc3 Nd4 22. Bd3 Bd8 $36
23. O-O Bh3 $15 {Iordachescu,V (2583)-Yu,Y (2721) Baku 2015}) 14... a5 15. O-O
Bg5 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Rad1 {gives Black a choice; a playable option is the more
complex} Ra7 $5 (17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qb6 19. b3 Rfd8 $11 {is simple and
roughly equal}) 18. Bf3 g6 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. b3 a4 21. Qd3 Ra5 22. Nde3 $11 {
½, Motylev,A (2649)-Grachev,B (2649) Baku 2015}) 6... bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4
Qc7 (8... Bb7 {was mainstream about a decade ago, but here White retains the
initiative with the recent novelty} 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ ({The simple
} 11. c4 {is also pleasant for White:} Ne3 12. Bxe3 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Rc1
Qb7 15. f3 Bc6 16. Rc2 O-O 17. Rd2 a5 18. Qc2 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bd3 Rf7 21.
Be4 Ra6 22. Rfd1 $36 {Solodovnichenko,Y (2587)-Westerberg,J (2443) Vaxjo 2015})
11... Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. b3 Qxd6 17. Rd1
Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. a4 $5 $146 Nb4 (19... Bc6 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Bf1 d5 22. Be3
Nd7 23. c4 Nc5 24. Rab1 Nxb3 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Rxb3 Rxa4 28. Bxb6
$14 {Shirov,A (2715)-Westerberg,J (2478) Skopje 2015}) (19... f6 $5) 20. Rxd7
Bc6 $6 (20... Nxc2 21. Rb1 Bc6 $14) 21. Rd2 b5 22. Ba3 $1 bxc4 23. Bxb4 cxb3
24. cxb3 Bd5 25. a5 Bxb3 26. a6 $16 {[%csl Ga6] Geller,J (2474)-Lintchevski,D 
(2554) Kazan 2015}) 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 ({White has
chances to come out on top even after} 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qa5 (16... Qb6 17. b3 {has been played more often; the more
recent try doesn't substantially change the character of the position.}) 17.
Be2 g5 18. Rhd1 Rd8 19. g3 g4+ (19... Ng6 20. Ke3 gxf4+ 21. gxf4 Rg8 22. b3
Qb6+ 23. Rd4 c5 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rd6 Rb8 26. Rad1 $16 {Leon Hoyos,M (2376)
-Otero Acosta,D (2400) Santa Clara 2005}) 20. Kg2 c5 21. Kg1 Nc8 ({Too passive
} 21... h5 $5 {deserves attention}) 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Rab1 Qc6 24. b4 Bb7 25. Bf1
cxb4 26. Qxb4 Ba8 27. Qa5 $16 {[%cal Rb1b8] Areshchenko,A (2656)-Terrieux,K 
(2440) Grosseto Prugna 2015 White's queenside play is faster than the
impending counterattack.}) 12... Nxf6 13. Be3 Qd8 (13... Qa5 {doesn't solve
the opening problems after} 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Kf2 O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7 17. a3 Bc5
18. Re1 Rg7 19. Qc1 (19. b4 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Qc7 21. g3 $14 {/+/-}) 19... Bb7 20.
b4 Bxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Qc7 22. Rg3 c5 (22... a5 $5) 23. Qe3 f5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.
Rg1 h5 26. h3 $40 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yg2g4] Inarkiev,E (2679)-Galkin,A (2598)
Konya 2011}) 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Bb7 16. Rd1 $1 {White develops his
initiative without bothering about his king in the centre.} ({This recent idea
seems more testing the the previously played} 16. Kd1 c5 $5 17. Qxc5 (17. Bxc5
Ne4 18. Qe5 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 Qf6 $32 ({or} 19... Rc8 $5 {[%csl Ra1,Rd1,Rh1] can
be dangerous only for White with his uncoordinated rooks.})) (17. Bd3 Rc8 18.
Re1 Be4 (18... Qb6 $1 19. Qxb6 axb6 $11) 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qe5 Nf6 21. Kc2 (21.
Bxc5 $5 Kf7 22. Ke2 $14) 21... Qa5 22. Bd2 Qa6 23. Qe2 O-O 24. Bc3 Ne8 $132 {
Renet,O (2469)-Tregubov,P (2611) Haguenau 2013}) 17... Be4 18. Qd6 (18. Be2 Rc8
19. Qa3 (19. Qxa7 O-O $44) 19... d6 20. Ke1 (20. Qa4+ Rc6 21. Qxa7 O-O $44)
20... O-O 21. Rd1 d5 22. Bd4 Rf7 (22... Qe8 $5) 23. c5 (23. Qa6 $5) 23... a5 (
23... Bxg2 24. Rg1 Be4 25. b4 Bf5 $15 {[%cal Yf6e4]}) 24. Rf1 $2 (24. Rg1 $13)
24... Bxg2 25. Rg1 Be4 26. Qg3 Bg6 27. Bf3 Qf8 28. h4 Nd7 29. h5 Bf5 $17 {
[%csl Rc5] Akopian,V (2713)-Radjabov,T (2742) Heraklio 2007 This game
illustrates the problems White faces with his almost permanently wandering
king.}) 18... Rc8 19. Bxa7 Rc6 20. Qb8 Rc8 21. Qd6 Rc6 22. Qb8 Rc8 23. Qe5 ({
The sensible choice is} 23. Qd6 $142 $11) 23... O-O 24. Bd4 (24. Be2 Qe7 25.
Bd4 d6 26. Qg5 e5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Bc3 Qa7 29. Rf1 Bg6 30. Rf3 Qg1+ 31. Rf1
Qb6 32. Rf3 Ne4 $40 {Rivas Romero,G (2285)-Troia,E (2294) email 2012}) 24...
Kh8 (24... Qe7 $44 {[%cal Yd7d6]}) ({or} 24... Bf5 $5 {are possible
alternatives; in both cases Black has compensation.}) 25. Be2 d5 26. c5 Qa5 27.
a3 Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rc1 Qb6 $13 {Najer,E (2627)-Khairullin,I (2554)
Plovdiv 2008 Even an exchange down Black is not without play, but he didn't
make most of his chances in the further course of the game.}) ({Yu recently
faced a similar attempt} 16. Kd3 c5 $5 17. Kc2 Rc8 (17... Ne4 $1 {, followed
by 0-0 looks even better for Black.}) 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rhe1 Bxg2
21. Rg1 Be4 22. Rxg7 Bg6 23. Bxg6+ hxg6 24. Rg1 Rxh2+ 25. Kc1 Ra8 26. Kb1 Re2
27. Bc1 Ra4 28. R7xg6 Ne4 $11 {/=/+, Lu,S (2606)-Yu,Y (2723) Xinghua 2015})
16... Rc8 ({Here the sacrifice is already less attractive and White was on top
after} 16... c5 17. Qxc5 Be4 18. Ke1 (18. Rd4 Qb8 19. b3 Kf7 20. Rg1 Rc8 21.
Qe5 Qb7 22. Rd6 Rc6 23. Ke1 Qb4+ 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. Be2 $16 {Savchenko,B (2556)
-Tregubov,P (2571) St Petersburg rpd 2015}) 18... Rc8 19. Qa3 Rf8 20. Be2 Kf7
21. Rg1 Kg8 22. Qxa7 d5 23. c5 Bc2 24. Rc1 d4 25. Rxc2 dxe3 26. Qa4 Qe7 27. Qc4
Nd5 28. g3 Kh8 29. Bf3 Qf6 30. c6 $16 {Daubenfeld,G (2233)-Anderson,J (2358)
email 2009 Although improvements for both sides are quite likely, in general
it doesn't seem that Black has enough here.}) 17. g4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (17. Qc5
Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bxb6 c5 20. a4 d5 21. a5 Nd7 22. Kf2 Rf8 23. Kg3 Nxb6 24.
axb6 Rc6 25. cxd5 Rxb6 $132 {Dicker,F (2301)-Murlasits,M (2166) email 2010}) (
17. c5 {led to a sterile endgame after} Ba6+ 18. Kf3 Bxf1 19. Rhxf1 Nd5 20. g3
Rf8 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. h4 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Rb7 25. b3 Rf5 26. Re5 Rxe5
27. fxe5 Rb4 28. Rd3 h5 29. a3 $11 {½, Simmelink,J (2263)-Bancevich,S (2223)
email 2009}) ({Formally the text move is a novelty, although} 17. Rg1 c5 {
would probably only transpose after} 18. g4) 17... c5 {Logical, as after} (
17... Nxg4 $2 18. Bc5 $40 {[%csl Rb7,Re8] the Bb7 stays offside and Black will
soon have problems with his king.}) 18. Rg1 Rf8 {After the official theory
ends, the game quickly reaches its critical point.} (18... Qe7 19. Bg2 Qxd6 20.
Rxd6 Ke7 21. Bxb7 Kxd6 22. Rd1+ Ke7 23. g5 Nh5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd3 d6 26. Ra3
Rc7 27. Kd3 Kd7 28. Ra5 Kc8 29. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4]} Rf7 30. Ra6 $36 {Blauhut,H 
(2514)-Chiru,I (2532) email 2009 The endgame is decidedly unpleasant for Black
- he has zero winning chances and is under strong pressure.}) ({The engine
recommendation is} 18... Rc6 {, but I suspect Karjakin was well prepared for
this. The complications seem to favour White, a sample line is} 19. Qe5 O-O 20.
Bg2 d5 (20... Nxg4 21. Qc3 d5 22. cxd5 Ba6+ 23. Kd2 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 Rb6 25. Bh3
$36) 21. cxd5 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 $1 (22. Kd2 Bc4 23. Kc1 exd5 24. Qc3 $14 {is
perhaps also better, but less incisive.}) 22... Nxg4 23. Qh5 Nxe3 24. Be4 $1
$16) 19. f5 $1 (19. Bxc5 $6 Rf7 $36 {[%cal Rf6e4] prematurely opens the
position.}) 19... Qb6 $6 {Probably the first step in the wrong direction.} (
19... exf5 $6 {already allows} 20. Bxc5 $16) (19... Ne4 $142 $1 20. Qe5 Qf6 21.
Qxf6 Rxf6 $132) 20. fxe6 dxe6 21. g5 Nd5 {A difficult decision.} (21... Qxd6 $5
22. Rxd6 Ke7 {was maybe better, as it forces White to choose:} 23. Rxe6+ $5 (
23. Rd3 Ng4 $1 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Rxg2 Nxe3 26. Kxe3 Rf5 $132) (23. gxf6+ Kxd6
24. fxg7 Rg8 25. Bh6 $44) 23... Kxe6 24. Bh3+ Kf7 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. gxf6 gxf6
$14 {[%csl Ra7,Gb7,Rc5,Ge3,Rf6,Rh7] All Black's pawns are isolated, but the ^-
give him drawing chances.}) 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Ke1 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Ge3,Re6,
Gf1][%mdl 4128] /+/- In the endgame White has the bishop pair and a better
pawn structure; these strategic pluses give him a long-lasting pull.} Nd7 24.
Be2 Ke7 (24... Bf3 25. Rf1 Bxe2 26. Rxf8+ $1 Nxf8 (26... Kxf8 27. Rxd7 Bxc4 28.
Rxa7 $16 {[%csl Ga2]}) 27. Kxe2 $14 {/+/-}) ({The more active} 24... Ne5 $5 {
deserves attention.}) 25. Rd3 Be4 (25... Ne5 26. Ra3 a6 27. Ra5 Kd6 28. Rf1 $36
) 26. Ra3 Rc7 27. Kd2 e5 28. Rf1 $1 Rb8 {Yu retains the rooks in a hope for
more effective future counterplay, but the game won't confirm this, as his
forces remain passive.} (28... Rxf1 29. Bxf1 $16 {is depressing, but probably
the lesser evil.}) 29. Kc3 Rb6 30. Rd1 Rbc6 31. Bg4 Nb6 32. Ra5 {White
coordinates all his forces.} g6 33. b3 ({Even more incisive is} 33. Re1 $1 {
[%csl Re4] /\} Bf5 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 33... Bf5 34. Be2
Nd7 35. a3 Be6 36. h4 {White is in no hurry and gradually tightens the screw.}
Bf7 $6 {Hastens the end, but the position seems beyond saving anyway.} (36...
Rb6 37. Rxd7+ $5 (37. Bf3 $16) 37... Kxd7 38. Bxc5 Rb8 39. a4 $5 $16 {[%csl
Ra7] /+- and after the fall of Pa7, the connected passed pawns should decide
the issue.}) (36... Bf5 37. Bf3 $5 e4 38. Be2 $16 {[%cal Yb3b4,Ye3f4] /+-}) 37.
Bf3 Rb6 (37... Rd6 38. Rxd6 Kxd6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 40. Bg4 {[%cal Ye3f2,Yf2g3] and
Black is practically paralysed:} Nb6 41. a4 $18) 38. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 39. Bxc5 e4
(39... Rb8 40. Bxa7 Rbc8 41. Bb6 $18) 40. Bg4+ (40. Bg4+ Kc6 41. Bxb6 axb6 42.
Re5 $18 {and Black will be 2 pawns down without any counterplay.}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Everyone knew this game would end in a draw, but just how that draw was going
to happen was still a mystery.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e6 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12.
O-O-O b4 13. Nce2 Qc7 14. h4 d5 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bh2 dxe4 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5
Rxh2 19. Rxh2 exd4 20. Rh4 Ng4 (20... b3 {was Leko-Grischuk, 2012. That game
also ended in a draw but Leko had the upper hand for some time.}) 21. Rxg4 Nc5
22. Rh4 d3 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. Rh8 {Played after a little bit of thought} O-O-O {
And after this Leko finally sank into a 20 minute think. A complicated
position that Giri no doubt had deeply analyzed.} 25. g6 (25. Kb1 dxc2+ {
was Jakovenko-Artemiev, 2013. Jakovenko won that game but the computers found
a way of equalizing somewhere somehow.}) 25... fxg6 {Giri seemed to finally be
on his own here, but he played this after only thinking 10 minutes.} 26. fxe4
Bxe4 27. Nb3 Nxb3+ 28. axb3 Be7 29. Bxd3 (29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Bh3+ Kb7 31. Rg1
$1 Qb6 {should also only be equal. Black's king is exposed but White's isn't
happy either.}) 29... Rxh8 30. Bxe4 Rd8 31. Qe3 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Qc5 33. Qxc5+
Bxc5 {for example.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman,SP"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After winning two of my previous matches against Grandmaster Sjugirov and
Grandmaster Harikrishna with a score of 2-0 and 1.5-0.5, I had to face the
experienced local superstar Shakriyar in the third round. I had a rest day
before the game since I had won the previous match without going into rapid
tiebreaks. So I was making a note of all the options my opponent would play
but somehow to check the sharp Panov Botvinnik Attack never came into my mind
but it actually happened in the game.} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 (6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4
{Thousands of games have been played here and the latest word is: Black
equalises in this long forcing endgame.}) 6... dxc4 (6... Be6 {is another
possibility leading to complex positions.}) 7. Bxc4 Qxd4 (7... h6 {is the
mainline} 8. Bh4 (8. Bf4) 8... Qxd4 (8... e6) 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. O-O-O e5 11. f4
Bg4 12. Nf3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Rc8 14. fxe5 (14. Bf1 Nd5 15. fxe5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ba3+
$13) 14... Rxc4 15. exf6 Ne6 {[%csl Rh4]} 16. Bf2 Bb4 17. fxg7 Rg8 18. Kc2 Rxg7
19. Kb3 Rf4 20. Bxa7) 8. Qxd4 Nxd4 9. O-O-O e5 10. f4 Bg4 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. gxf3
Rc8 13. fxe5 Rxc4 14. exf6 Ne6 15. Rhe1 g6 {I played pretty fast until this
point and somehow during the game I was always in a mindset that this position
without the inclusion of 7...h6 8.Bh4 is how players nowadays handle it and
also firmly remembered that there was a game of Bacrot-Shirov 2014 in
Poikovosky and I had analysed it a long way back and found that Black held in
the game without any problems. That's all I knew about this position. This is
the problem of blindly following without remembering the proper analysis and
then suddenly on the board after blitzing out the opening moves you end in a
difficult position and it becomes too late to realise what has happened.} 16.
Kb1 (16. Re4 Rxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Bh6 19. f4 Bxg5 20. fxg5 h6 21. h4
hxg5 22. hxg5 Rh5 23. Rd5 Rh1+ 24. Kd2 Rh2+ 25. Kc3 Rh3+ 26. Kc4 Rh4+ 27. Kc3
Rh3+ {1/2-1/2 (48) Bacrot Etienne (FRA) (2721)-Shirov,A (2703) Poikovsky RUS
2014}) 16... Bb4 (16... Rc6 $1 {is the right key move preparing ...Bd6. This
is the move you have to remember and the follow-up while planning to enter
into this position from the start. But anyway objectively speaking White has a
dominating position and a clean initiative even after 16...Rc6 and Black lacks
development and co-ordination. So still it remains a mystery why and on what
basis I entered into this variation which is hard for myself to explain.} 17.
Ne4 $1 (17. Nb5 Rc5 18. a4 a6 19. b4 Rc4 20. Nd4 h6 21. Nxe6 Rxb4+ 22. Kc2 fxe6
23. f7+ Kxf7 24. Rd7+ Ke8 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Rd7+ Ke8 27. Rd8+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 (27)
Petr,M (2526)-Neuman,P (2463) Czechia 2012}) (17. Nd5 Bd6 18. Bh6 Kd7 19. Re2
Rd8 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Nf4+ Rd5 $1) 17... Bb4 18. Re3
$1 (18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 O-O 20. Rd7 Rb8 21. Red1 h6 22. h4 (22. a3 a6 (22...
g5 23. b4) 23. b4 b5 24. h4 Nf4) 22... a6 23. a3 Nc5) 18... O-O 19. Bh6 Rb8 (
19... Rfc8 20. Rb3 $1 a5 21. a3 Nc5 22. Re3 Nxe4 23. axb4 Nxf6 24. bxa5 $16)
20. Rd7 (20. Rb3 Bf8 21. Be3 a6 22. Ba7 (22. Rd7 b5) 22... Rd8) 20... Bf8 (
20... Rc7 21. Rxc7 Nxc7 22. Bf4 Rc8 23. Bd6 $16) (20... a5 21. a3 Bf8 22. Bxf8
Nxf8 23. Re7 b6 24. Rd3 {and White is on top}) 21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Re7 Rd8 23. a4
Rd1+ 24. Ka2 Rd4 25. Ka3) 17. Rxe6+ {In the spirit of Shakhriyar. I knew
Shakriyar would go for this as he is always known for these kinds of sacrifice,
gaining a strong initiative. Practically I was more worried about the calm and
simple positional approach with 17.Re4 and White has a huge positional
advantage and he can bring his king slowly and improve his position, whereas
here after 17.Rxe6+ White has to play in a more accurate manner not to lose
his initiative.} (17. Re4 Rxe4 18. Nxe4 O-O 19. Rd7) 17... fxe6 18. f7+ Kxf7
19. Rd7+ Kf8 (19... Kg8 20. Bf6 Rf4 21. Ne4 Rxf3 22. Be5 Re3 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24.
Rxb7 Re1+ (24... Rxe5 25. Nd7+ Kg7 26. Nxe5+ Kf6 (26... Be7 27. Rxe7+ Kf6 28.
Nc6 Rc8 29. Nxa7 $18) 27. Nd7+ $18) 25. Kc2 Rxe5 26. Nd7+ Kg7 27. Nxe5+ Be7 28.
Rxe7+ Kf6 29. Rxa7 $16 (29. Nc6 Rc8)) 20. Rd8+ Kg7 21. Rd7+ Kf8 22. Ne4 h6 23.
Rd8+ (23. Bf6 Rg8 24. Rxb7 {After the game Grandmaster Shakriyar told this was
just a stronger option with a dominating position compared to what he played
in the game} g5 25. a3 $1 (25. Rxa7 g4) (25. b3 Rxe4 26. fxe4 a5) 25... Rxe4
26. fxe4 Bd6 (26... Bc5 27. b4 Bg1 28. Be5 $16) 27. e5) 23... Kf7 24. Rxh8 hxg5
25. Rh7+ Kf8 $1 (25... Ke8 26. Rxb7 g4 27. Nf6+) 26. Nxg5 (26. Rxb7 g4 27. b3
Rd4 28. Ng5 gxf3 $1 {This was the trick I was counting on when I played 22...h6
} 29. Nxe6+ (29. Nxf3 Rf4 30. Ne5 Rf1+ 31. Kc2 Rf2+ (31... a5) 32. Kd3 a5)
29... Ke8) 26... Be7 27. Nxe6+ Ke8 28. a3 $1 {A strong waiting move asking
Black what is his next move. It put me into an unpleasant situation since
White has the strong threat of f4-f5.} (28. f4 {immediately is possible too.
But when he can improve his position and also carry out the same threat later
why not to improve. "The threat is better than the execution" :)} Rc6 29. f5)
28... b5 {During the game I was deciding between 28...b5 and 28...a5 which one
is not so weakening when White carries out his f4-f5 plan but it was not easy
to come to any conclusion. Perhaps 28..a5 was a better choice.} (28... a5 $142
29. f4 Rc6 30. f5 Bf6) 29. Rg7 $6 (29. f4 $1 a5 (29... Rc6 30. Nd4 Rc4 31. Nxb5
a6 32. b3 $1 $16) 30. f5 gxf5 31. Ng7+ Kd8 32. Nxf5 $16) 29... a5 30. f4 b4 31.
axb4 Bf6 $1 {Trying to make the position messier.} 32. Rxg6 Kf7 33. f5 (33. Rg4
Kxe6 34. f5+ Kd5) 33... Rxb4 34. Rg2 Be5 $2 {Until this point I found some
nice resources to create some chance to hold the game. Now comes the decisive
mistake. In fact I noticed his 35.Nd8+ and the consequences after that while
playing 31...Bf6 but always thought that when he plays 36.Nc6 attacking the
rook and bishop I had this trick of 36...Rxb2+ 37.Rxb2 Bxb2 38.Kxb2 Kxf5 and
then I can go and take the h2-pawn. So I played 34...Be5 immediately without
thinking in order to save time, since I was running low on time. Later after
playing the move I realised that he can come with his knight to f3. Instead 36.
..Be5 36...Rh4 was the right way with good chances to hold which I spotted
immediately after playing 34...Be5. Often You find the right move immediately
after the blunder... by then it was too late!} (34... Rh4 $1 35. Rd2 Rh5) 35.
Nd8+ Kf6 36. Nc6 Rf4 (36... Rh4 37. Nxe5 Kxe5 38. Rf2 Kf6 39. Ka2 $18) (36...
Rxb2+ 37. Rxb2 Bxb2 38. Kxb2 Kxf5 39. Kb3 Kg4 40. Nd4 Kh3 41. Nf3 $18) 37. Re2
$1 Bc7 38. Ne7 Rf1+ 39. Ka2 Bf4 40. Nd5+ Kxf5 41. Re8 {And Shakriyar drew the
second game with the black pieces without any problems to win this mini match.
Later he continued his fine form by beating Caruana and was only stopped by
the World Cup winner Karjakin in the rapid games.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 a6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Nc4
Bd5 15. Bd4 Rac8 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Nce5 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 a5 20. Rc6
Kf8 21. g3 h6 22. Bc4 Rb8 23. Rc7 Ke7 24. Nd4 g5 25. f3 Ra8 26. Bb5 Kd6 27.
Rc6+ Ke7 28. Kf2 Ne8 29. Ba4 Kd8 30. f4 Nef6 31. Kf3 g4+ 32. Ke2 Rc8 33. a3 Ne4
34. Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. Bc6 Ndf6 36. Kd3 Nc5+ 37. Kc4 Nfe4 38. b4 Nd6+ 39. Kc3 axb4+
40. axb4 Nce4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4
Rb8 16. Bd3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. d5 c4 20. Bc2 Nc5 21. Bd2 Nfd7
22. Bc3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. Bb4 Ra8 26. Nf1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Ra8 28.
Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Qc3 Bd6 30. Nd2 Bb7 31. b3 Ba6 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Nxc4 Bxc4 34.
Qxc4 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxb4 36. Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd7 11. Bc4 Bf6 12. Bg3 Bc6 13. b4 b5 14. cxb6 cxb6
15. Qe2 Be7 16. O-O Bd5 17. a3 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. a4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qa8 21.
Qc7 Bd8 22. Qc2 Bf6 23. Qb2 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Qxa4 25. Qxb6 Rc8 26. Rb1 h6 27. h4
h5 28. Kh2 Qc6 29. Qa5 g6 30. Rb6 Ra8 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. dxc5 Kf8 33. c6 Ke8 34.
Kh3 Rc8 35. Bd6 Be7 36. Be5 f6 37. Bc3 e5 38. Ra6 Bd6 39. Ba5 Ke7 40. Ra7+ Ke6
41. Rg7 Rxc6 42. Rxg6 Rc2 43. Kg3 Kf7 44. Rh6 Bf8 45. Rxh5 Kg6 46. Rh8 Kg7 47.
Rh5 Kg6 48. Rh8 Kg7 49. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Ndb5 Qb8 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Qd2 a6 16. Bf4 Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Re1 Qg3 19. Nc3 Bf5 20. Nxd5 Rfd8 21.
Bc4 Rac8 22. Kb1 h5 23. Qc3 {Black is down a pawn and his position looks very
sketchy. His king on g8 does not feel safe and his attack on the c2 pawn isn't
quite that strong yet.} Qxg2 $6 {well, at least Black recovers his material...
for now} 24. Ne3 $1 Qxf3 25. Rhf1 $6 (25. Ref1 $1 {prevents what happened in
the game. For example} Qg3 (25... Qe4 26. Nxf5 $18) 26. Qf6 $1 $18 {
Threatening mate with Bxf7+ and the f5 bishop. Black is positively lost.})
25... Qg3 26. Rg1 (26. Bxf7+ $1 Kh7 (26... Kxf7 27. Qc4+ Kf6 (27... Kg7 28.
Nxf5+ gxf5 29. Rg1 $18) 28. Nxf5 {gets swiftly mated.}) 27. Nxf5 Qxc3 28. bxc3
gxf5 29. Rxf5 $18) 26... Qe5 27. Nxf5 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Kf8 29. Nh6 (29. Ng3 Ne5
30. Rxe5 Rxc4 31. Ne4 {is an extra piece that White should eventually convert.}
) 29... Ne5 30. Bxf7 $6 (30. Bb3 Nc4 (30... f6 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Rxg6 $18) 31.
Bxc4 Rxc4 32. Ref1 {should be winning somehow.}) 30... Nf3 31. Bxg6 Nxe1 32.
Rxe1 $2 (32. Bxh5 $1 $18 {keeps the knight on e1 trapped!}) 32... Kg7 33. Bf5
Rc6 $1 34. Re7+ Kf8 35. Rf7+ Ke8 {Strangely, now White is forced into a very
awkward position with his minor pieces.} 36. Rh7 Rd1+ 37. Kb2 Rb6+ 38. Ka3 Rdd6
{the knight is trapped} 39. Rh8+ (39. Nf7 Rd5 {is a double attack on the
bishop and a5... mate!}) 39... Ke7 40. Ng8+ Kf7 41. c4 Rdc6 $1 42. Bd3 Kg7 {
Black wins back the exchange and eventually drew the game.} 43. Rxh5 Kxg8 44.
Rd5 Rc7 45. h5 Kg7 46. c5 Rb1 47. c4 Rh1 48. Kb4 Rh2 49. a4 Kh6 50. Ka5 Rb2 51.
Be4 Rb3 52. Re5 Rb2 53. c6 bxc6 54. Re6+ Kxh5 55. Rxc6 Re7 56. Bd5 Kg5 57. Rxa6
Kf5 58. Bc6 Ke5 59. Bb5 Rb7 60. Ra8 Kd6 61. Ka6 Rc7 62. Rd8+ Kc5 63. a5 Rh7 64.
Rb8 Ra2 65. Rb6 Rg7 66. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. Kg2 Qxf3+ 21.
Kxf3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 bxa4 23. Bxa4 c5 24. Be5 Bf8 25. Bb3 Nb6 26. c4 Ra7 27. Bb8
Rd7 28. Bf4 g5 29. Be3 Rd6 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 {
Black also has a few other retreats:} (7... Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. a4 e6 10. g3 a5
11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. cxd5 Nbxd5 15. e4 Nb4 16. Rd1 Ra8
17. Bf4 Be7 $14 {1-0 (88) Onischuk,A (2665)-Kamsky,G (2683) Saint Louis 2015})
(7... Be6 8. a4 $5 b6 9. Nf3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 h6 13. Rfd1
Nbd7 14. Rac1 Qa8 15. a5 Rb8 16. Qa3 bxa5 17. Na4 $14 {1-0 (41) Sadler,M (2658)
-Ferguson,M (2415) Hinckley Island 2015}) 8. Bd2 b5 9. Nf3 $5 {Ding Liren
finds a new way in this line.} (9. c5 e5 $5 10. a4 exd4 11. exd4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 (
12. Nf3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Re7+ 14. Be2 g6 15. O-O Bg7 16. axb5 axb5 $13) 12... Qxh4
13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. cxd6 O-O 15. Be2 Re8 16. Be3 Rd7 17. O-O Rxd6 $15 {½-½ (27)
Korinek,J-Vujadinovic,M corr. 2014. White has some compensation but the
position doesn't look particularly dangerous for Black.}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 e6
11. O-O c5 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Bf1 Bb7 14. Be1 {The position is very much
familiar with some lines from the QGA.} c4 {I think Black is not ready for
this, it was better to preserve the pressure on the centre and develop:} (14...
Bd6 15. Bxb5 (15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qa3 $5 (16. Qc2 O-O $13) 16... Ra8 (16... O-O
17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Qxa7 $18) 17. b4 Nce4 18. Qb2 O-O 19. a4 {although logical
play from White I guess Black should hold this.}) 15... axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17.
Nxa7 Qxa7 {This line given by modules is completely unclear at least in my
opinion.}) 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. a4 $1 {Due to the slightly awkward position of the
rook on a7 Black is facing some problems now.} b4 (16... Bc6 17. axb5 axb5 18.
Rxa7 Qxa7 19. e4 $1 b4 20. d5 $1 $16) 17. Nb1 Bd5 (17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bd6 19.
h3 O-O 20. Qxc4 Qb8 {Perhaps this was a better try to keep queens when already
faced with losing a pawn.}) 18. Rc1 Bd6 19. Nbd2 {Simply losing a pawn, White
is simply much better.} c3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 O-O 23. a5 e5
24. Nc4 Bb4 25. Rcc1 Bxe1 26. Nxe1 exd4 27. exd4 Rb8 {Black managed at least
to put some pressure on the white centre but his position is still lost.} 28.
Nd3 g6 29. Nd6 Kg7 30. f3 Rb3 31. Rcb1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Nf8 33. Nb4 Ne6 34. Nc8
Rc7 35. Nb6 Bb7 36. d5 Nf4 37. d6 Rc5 38. d7 Ne6 39. Bxa6 Bxa6 40. Nxa6 Rxa5
41. Nc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. axb5 axb5 14. d3 Qd7 15.
Nd2 Nc6 16. Rb1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nf1 Kh8 19. Bd2 f5 20. Ra1 Rad8 21. Ra6
Rf6 22. Raa1 h6 23. Qh5 Rdf8 24. Nh2 Rd6 25. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Svidler,P (2727)-Karjakin,S (2762) FIDE World Cup 2015 (7.3) 0-1 In
this game Grischuk faces one of the most difficult tasks in chess - the
necessity to beat a strong opponent with Black. Although he tried, in this
game Alexander never really got a chance... In Baku in later rounds this
situation arose at least twice (in regular tournament games): In the semifinal
Giri against Svidler played solidly and Peter had no problems securing the
required draw. The only successful one was Karjakin in the final (Game 3)
after he went for an all-out risk in an equal position.} e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6
4. c4 a6 $5 5. a3 {A cautious move.} ({The more usual continuation is} 5. Nc3 {
, this position subsequently arose between the same opponents in the World
blitz Championship:} d5 6. dxc5 ({Allowing Black to develop his bishop with
tempo, more usual is either} 6. a3 {, or}) (6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Bd6
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Ba7 {This leads to a typical isolated queen's
pawn position with mutual chances.}) 6... Bxc5 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 Qe7
10. cxd5 Rd8 11. Bd3 exd5 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Ned4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Bc5 Qe6
16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 d4 18. O-O dxe3 19. Qe2 exf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Rd7
$11 {/=/+,Eljanov,P (2717)-Grischuk,A (2774) Berlin blitz 2015/ Black has an
extra pawn, which he managed to convert with some help after a long fight.})
5... b6 {The first indication of the tournament situation.} ({The most natural
continuation is} 5... d5 {, here after} 6. dxc5 (6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 {
leads to a similar position, only with opposite colours. This line from the
Queens Gambit accepted is satisfactory for Black.}) 6... Bxc5 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bb2
O-O {White can develop his knight differently with} 9. Nbd2 {not obstructing
the long dark diagonal. The problem with these lines for Black is that while
he can equalize, they can lead to rather sterile symmetrical positions -
something Grischuk wants and needs to avoid...} Nc6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Bd7 12.
Rd1 h6 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qb1 Rfd8 15. Qa1 Be8 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18.
Bxe4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 f6 20. Qb1 Rd8 21. Rc1 $14 {/=, Slobodjan,R (2522)-Godena,M
(2496) Arco 2001}) 6. Nc3 cxd4 $6 {Black is in no hurry to develop his bishop
to b7, where it's usually misplaced in Benoni-like positions after a d5
advance.} ({However, instead of giving up the centre, a more flexible choice
would be the immediate} 6... d6 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10.
Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Rc2 Rc8 13. Re1 Bf8 14. Bf1 Rc7 15. g3 Qa8 16. Bg2 cxd4
$5 {Only now Black releases the central tension - he has prepared strong
queenside counterplay.} 17. exd4 Rec8 18. Nb1 b5 19. Nbd2 Nb6 $15 {Petran,P 
(2395)-Eingorn,V (2610) Austria 1999}) {Perhaps a more promising set-up is}
7... g6 $5 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 (9. b4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Re8 12.
Bb2 Bf8 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. h3 $6 (14. bxc5 bxc5 15. d5 $14) 14... e5 $1 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Bf5 cxb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Na2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bf8 20. Nc3 {Rajkovic,D 
(2495)-Stean,M (2530) Smederevska Palanka 1980} g6 $11 (20... Rxc4 $5)) 9...
Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. e4 $5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc7 14. a4 Qa8 15. Rae1
Rfc8 16. Bb1 Bf8 17. f4 d5 18. e5 Bc5 19. Rd1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Kh1 Bxd4 (
21... g6 {[%cal Yc5e7,Yd7c5]} 22. Qg4 $5 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) 22. Bxd4 Nc5 23. Qe3
$16 {Moutousis,K (2436)-Aftsoglou,I (2235) Kavala 2006}) 8. O-O Bg7 9. b4 O-O
10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 (13. Rc1 $142 {White doesn't
find an effective plan, loses time and his position collapses surprisingly
quickly.}) 13... Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Rc1 $6 e5 $1 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qd8
18. dxe5 Bxd5 19. Bxa6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qf1 Rh5 $17 {
Bui,V (2411)-Rombaldoni,A (2502) Durban 2014}) 7. exd4 d6 {Although I'm
definitely influenced by Eljanov's impressive play and the final result, this
passive continuation seems inferior.} (7... d5 {seems objectively more in
keeping with the previous move, although even here White should retain some
advantage:} {Black had no problems wahtsoever after the soft} 8. Bg5 (8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd3 (9. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 $32) 9... Bb7 10.
O-O Be7 11. Ne5 {leads to a well-known Queen's Indian line with the extra
moves a3 and a6; White probably keeps at least a slight pull here.}) (8. Ne5 $5
{is another way to fight for an edge.}) 8... Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11.
Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O 15. Rc1 Nd5 16. Qe2 N7f6 17. Rfd1
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc8 $11 {Segal,A (2375)-Franco Ocampos,Z (2505) Moron 1982}) 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 (10. b4 {[%cal Yc1b2];Kramnik,V (2791)-Polgar,J 
(2701) Hoogeveen Unive Crown 15th 2011 (2) 1-0 , followed by a fianchetto was
adopted in a similar position by Kramnik; this move-order has the extra merit
of discouraging Black from playing d5.}) 10... Bb7 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 (12. b4
$1 {is still more accurate.}) 12... Re8 ({Here Black misses his last chance to
play} 12... d5 $5) 13. b4 $1 Bf8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Rc1 $14 {[%mdl 32] Black's
position resembles the Hedgehog, but the liberating attempts are either
impossible (b5) ineffective (d5), or weakening (e5). On the other hand,
White's strategy firstly concentrates on the queenside, building up a bind
here.} Rac8 {A natural square for the rook.} (15... Rab8 {[%cal Yb7a8] ,
followed by Ba8 could be intended as prophylaxis against the future a4-a5, but
it enhances the strength of} 16. d5 $1 $36) 16. Nd2 $1 {Eljanov is in no hurry.
} ({He avoids the complications after} 16. d5 h6 (16... exd5 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18.
Nxd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qb8 20. Nd4 Bxd5 21. Bxa6 Bxg2 22. Bb5 Re5 23. Bf4 Bxh3 24.
Nc6) 17. dxe6 (17. Bh4 exd5 18. Rxe8 Nxe8 19. cxd5 Nef6) 17... Rxe6 18. Be3
Bxf3 19. gxf3 $5 (19. Qxf3 Ne5) 19... Ne5 20. Bf5 Nxc4 $44) 16... Qb8 (16... g6
17. Nb3 Bg7 {is perhaps more to the point, but} 18. Bf1 $14 {retains the pull.}
(18. a4 $5 $14)) 17. Nb3 h6 18. Bh4 Ba8 19. Bf1 Qb7 {[%cal Rc8c4]} 20. f3 Nh5
21. Qd2 Qa7 {Just loses a tempo, as the queen is misplaced here and it invites
White to play the following useful move.} (21... Qb8 $14) 22. Bf2 Qb8 23. Rb1 (
23. d5 $5 e5 (23... Ne5 24. Na4 $16 (24. Nd4 $5)) 24. a4 $16) 23... Be7 24. a4
e5 $6 {To have a chance to win the game Black should undertake some action,
but this has the opposite effect.} (24... Bg5) (24... Qc7 {/\} 25. a5 $6 b5 26.
c5 Red8 $13) 25. d5 {[%csl Ra8] The guy on a8 will be dead meat till the
bitter end.} Bg5 26. Qd1 Qc7 27. a5 $16 bxa5 (27... b5 28. c5 $16 {[%csl Ra8,
Gc5,Gd5][%cal Rf1b5]}) 28. Nxa5 Bf4 (28... f5 {is more to the point, but
doesn't substantially change the evaluation and gives White a choice between
immediate breaks, or quietly piling up the pressure:} 29. Nc6 $5 (29. c5 Nxc5
30. Nc6 $16) (29. Ra1 $16) 29... Bxc6 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. c5 $1 {/\} dxc5 32.
Bc4+ Kh8 33. b5 $36) 29. Ne2 $5 Bg5 30. h4 Be7 31. g4 {This is still not
direct aggression - the primary goal is to stymie any Black kingside play.}
Nhf6 {A sad, but necessary retreat.} (31... Nf4 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. c5 $1 (33.
Qd4 Ne5 34. Qxf4 Qd8 35. h5 Bg5 $14 {/<=>}) 33... Nxc5 (33... dxc5 $2 34. Rxe7
$1 Rxe7 35. d6 $18) 34. bxc5 (34. Rc1 $5) 34... Qxa5 35. Ra1 $16 {/+-} (35. c6
$16 {/+-})) 32. Ng3 Qd8 (32... g6 33. Qd2 $16 {gives White a useful tempo.})
33. h5 Bf8 {Black loses track, the bishop will return shortly.} ({However,
even the more resilient} 33... Nh7 34. Bd3 $16 ({or} 34. Nf5 $16 {is quite
dreary.})) 34. Bd3 Nh7 35. Bf5 Ng5 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Ne4 $1 {Exchanging Black's
only active piece.} Be7 (37... Nxe4 38. Bxe4 {[%cal Ya5c6,Yb4b7]}) 38. c5 $1
$18 {The decisive break.} Nxe4 (38... dxc5 39. d6 $18 {wins a piece.}) 39. Bxe4
Nf6 40. c6 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Rf2b6]} Rc8 41. Qd3 {[%csl Ra6][%mdl 128] The
time-control is over and White has an iron grip on the whole position. Eljanov
finishes in style - while Black desperately tries to hold his queenside, he
shifts his attention to the opposite flank and due to his extra piece (the
poor Ba8 is shut out) whips up a swift mating attack.} Nxe4 42. Qxe4 (42. Rxe4
$18) (42. fxe4 $18) 42... Bg5 43. Be3 $5 Bxe3 44. Rxe3 Rf8 {[%cal Yf7f5]} 45.
Qf5 $1 Rb8 46. Nc4 Rb5 47. Rd3 Qc7 48. Nd2 $1 a5 49. Ne4 Rxb4 50. Rxb4 axb4 51.
g5 $40 Qa7 {Black is helpless against the White's kingside powerplay.} ({
A sample line is} 51... Rd8 52. gxh6 gxh6 53. f4 Bxc6 54. dxc6 exf4 (54... Qxc6
55. fxe5 Qc2+ 56. Nf2 $18) 55. Qxf4 Qxc6 56. Rf3 Qb7 57. Kh2 $5 $18 {Although
formally material is still equal, White's attack will finally break thorough.})
52. gxh6 gxh6 53. f4 (53. Nf6+ Kg7 54. f4 $18) (53. f4 f6 (53... Rb8 54. Nf6+
Kf8 55. Nd7+) 54. Rg3+ Kh8 55. Nxf6 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Qf7 56. Rg6 Qh7 57. fxe5 b3
58. Qd7 $1 Qxd7 59. Rxh6+ Kg7 60. Rh7#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 (
{The once ubiquitous} 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 {is losing its adherents
nowadays. After} Bd6 $5 11. Nh4 ({More usual and testing is} 11. Re1 Be4 12.
Qc1 Bb7 13. Bg5 {Dominguez Perez,L (2713)-Alekseev,E (2700) Havana 2010 See
the notes to this game in CBM 137.}) ({or} 11. Ng5 $5) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8
(12... Nbd7 13. Ba5 Qc8 14. Qc6 e5 15. e3 exd4 16. exd4 Rb8 17. Nd2 Nb6 18.
Rac1 Re8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qxe8+ Nxe8 22. Rc6 Kf8 23. Nhf3 $14 {
Gupta,A (2662)-Alekseev,E (2691) New Delhi 2012}) 13. Rc1 (13. e4 Qb7 14. Re1
Nbd7 15. Nf3 Be7 16. Bg5 c5 $1 17. d5 $6 (17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. dxc5
Rfc8 $11) 17... c4 18. Nbd2 Bb4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. b3 Ng4 (20... c3 $5) 21. bxc4
Nde5 $36 22. Nxe5 Rxf2+ 23. Kg1 Qa7 24. Nxg4 Rxd2+ 25. Be3 Rxc2 26. Bxa7 Bxe1 {
0-1, Mamedyarov,S (2735)-Zhigalko,S (2654) Kocaeli 2015}) 13... Qb7+ 14. Nf3
Rc8 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nbd7 17. Qc6 Rcb8 (17... Qxb2 $5 $13 {Sumets}) 18. Na3
Ne4 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. Nc4 Bf8 21. Be3 c5 22. Nfe5 (22. Ra2 $142) (22. Nce5 $5)
22... cxd4 23. Nxd7 dxe3 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 $11 {Caruana,F (2786)-Karjakin,S (2775)
Tashkent 2012/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 152 by
Sumets.}) 8... Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 ({Currently more popular than the
alternative} 10. Bf4 Bd6 {and now:} 11. Bg5 (11. Qc1 $5 Bxf4 $5 (11... Nbd7 12.
Nc3 b5 $5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc8 15. axb5 Qb7+ 16. f3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18.
Rd1 c6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bg5 Nd5 21. Ne4 Bf8 22. Nc5 Qa7 23. e4 Nb6 24. b3 Nd7
$11 {Donchenko,A (2567)-Fridman,D (2639) Dresden 2015}) (11... a5 12. Nc3 (12.
Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Bc3 Ne4 15. Nfd2 f5 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Be1 Qh5 18. Nc3
Nf6 19. h3 Rf7 20. e3 Raf8 $132 {Giri,A (2752)-Kramnik,V (2783) Stavanger 2014.
For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 161 by Marin.}) 12... Na6
13. Rd1 (13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bxf3 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Kg2
Bc7 19. e3 Qe7 20. Qc2 Nb4 21. Qb3 Rd7 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Ne4 Bb6 24. Nd2 Bc7
25. Ne4 Bb6 26. Nc3 Kh8 27. h4 f5 28. h5 Bc7 29. Na2 e5 $132 {Fridman,D (2600)
-Boruchovsky,A (2472) Warsaw 2013}) 13... Nb4 14. Be5 (14. Bg5 $5) 14... Nbd5 (
14... Nfd5 15. e4 Nb6 $132) 15. Qb1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 (16... Ne4 $5 $13) 17.
Qb3 Nb6 18. c4 Bb4 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Qc2 Bd6 22. Rab1 Bxe5 23. Nxe5
Qe7 24. Bxd5 Qxe5 25. Bxb7 $36 {Monroy,C (2436)-Egorov,K (2190) Vienna 2015})
12. Qxf4 Qd6 {seems simpler and quite adequate.} 13. Nc3 (13. Qxd6 cxd6 14.
Nbd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 d5 16. Rfc1 Nc6 17. e3 {Nowak,I (2330)-Bielavsky,J Warsaw
1979} Nb4 $11) 13... Qxf4 14. gxf4 a5 $11 {/+/=}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13.
Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a5 (14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a5 (15... c5 $5 $11) 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 Bb4 18. Rac1 c6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qc7 21. Rfd1 {1/2, Kuzubov,Y (2638)
-So,W (2779) Kocaeli 2015}) 14... Qe7 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 17. e4 Bb4 18.
e5 Nd5 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Ne3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Nxd5
Rxd5 25. Rcb1 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 27. Rb4 Rc4 $11 {Adams,M (2738)-Anand,V (2797)
Baden Baden 2015}) 10... Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 (12. Qc1 {prevents c5 for the
time being and seems to pose more opening problems. The most notable recent
example is} h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nbd2 Bh7 $5 16. Nb3 c6 17. Qc3 Be7
18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Ne5 Na6 20. Nxb7 $5 Qxb7 21. Bxc6 Qc7 $2 (21... Qa7 $1 22. Bxa8
Bb4 $14 {/~~}) 22. Bxa8 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rxa8 24. Nc6 Bd8 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. f3 Rc8
27. Ra3 Bg6 28. Kf2 Rb8 29. Rd2 f6 30. Raa2 Rb3 31. Rab2 Rxc3 32. Rb5 $16 {
Eljanov,P (2717)-Nakamura,H (2814) WCup Baku 2015}) 12... c5 (12... h6 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Nc3 (14. Nbd2 Bxf3 (14... Bh7 $5 $132) 15. Nxf3 Nd7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17.
Rfd1 c6 18. a5 Qc7 19. e4 Rfd8 20. Bf1 Nf8 21. h4 Rd7 22. Bc4 Rbd8 23. e5 Be7
24. Kg2 h5 25. Rd3 $14 {Kozul,Z (2576)-Shariyazdanov,A (2592) Sibenik 2005})
14... Bh7 $5 (14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. e3 a5 17. Rc1 Na6 18. h4 Nb4 19. Be4
Nd5 20. Bb1 Nxc3 21. bxc3 e5 22. f4 exd4 23. Qd3 Re8 24. exd4 Kf8 25. Rce1 g6
26. h5 gxh5 27. Qf5 $14 {Prohaszka,P (2508)-Szabo,K (2510) Szombathely 2008})
15. Qb3 (15. e4 Nc6 16. e5 Be7 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Be4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Re1
Rad8 21. Qc1 Bd5 22. Qc3 Rfe8 23. Rac1 Rd7 24. Bh3 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. b4
Red8 27. Qc4 Rd3 $15 {Bachmann,A (2589)-Lysyj,I (2661) Iasi 2014}) 15... Nc6
16. e3 (16. Rfd1 Na5 17. Qa2 Qe7 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Rxa3 Rfd8 20. e3 c5 21. Ne2
e5 $17 {Baumegger,S (2205)-Wells,P (2530) Oberwart 1995}) 16... Na5 17. Qa3 Be7
18. Qa2 Nc6 19. Qc4 (19. Rfd1 $142 $5) 19... Na5 20. Qe2 c5 21. d5 exd5 $2 (
21... c4 $13) (21... Qb6 $5) 22. Rad1 d4 23. exd4 c4 24. Ne5 $36 {Bogdanovich,
S (2590)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Berlin rpd 2015}) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nbd2 (14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 {was the move order in Nakamura-Anand, we will get to this
game yet by transposition.}) 14... Bc6 15. Ne5 ({Leko must have been well
prepared for the more usual continuation} 15. Nb3 Be7 $5 (15... Bb4 16. Ne5 $14
) 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 {and we are back in Nakamura-Anand:} 17. Na5 h6 18. Be3 Nd5 ({
Black did well in email games after} 18... Bd5 $5 19. Ne5 Nbd7 20. Nd3 e5 21.
Rfd1 (21. Nxb7 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rdb8 23. Na5 e4 24. Nc6 exd3 25. Nxe7+ (25. Nxb8
dxe2 26. Rfe1 Rxb8 $15) 25... Kf8 26. Nf5 dxe2 27. Rfe1 Rxb2 28. Bc1 Rc2 29.
Ne3 Rc7 30. Rxe2 Re8 31. h3 Nb6 32. Ba3+ {1/2, Pereverzev,A (2373)-Bykov,E 
(2199) email 2006}) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rdc8 23. b3 Nd5 (23... Rc3 24. Rac1
Rxc1 25. Nxc1 b6 26. Nc6 Bf8 27. Nd3 $14 {Lohmann,H (2554)-Nowak,I (2367) ICCF
email 2007}) 24. Nc4 Nc3 25. Rd2 Nxa4 26. Rxa4 b5 27. Ncxe5 Nxe5 28. Re4 Nc6
29. Nf4 Bf8 30. Nd5 Rd8 31. Bb6 Rd6 32. Bc5 Rdd8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. b4 a5 $11 {
Marquardt,G (2270)-Schilling,F (2331) email 2007}) 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Bf4 Nd5 21.
Ne5 g5 (21... Nxf4 $142 $5 22. gxf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd7 $11) 22. Bd2 Bf6 23. Nd3
(23. Nexc6 $5 Nxc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Rab1 Rab8 26. Rfc1 Nb4 27. Be1 $14 {Marin}
) 23... b6 24. Nc4 b5 (24... Nd7 $142 {Development is preferable, Black is
close to equality.}) 25. Bxd5 (25. axb5 $142 Bxb5 26. Ba5 $1 {/\} Bxc4 $6 27.
Bxd8 Bxd8 28. Rfc1 Bxd3 29. Rc8 Bb5 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Rb8][%cal
Rc1c8]}) 25... bxc4 26. Bxc4 Bxb2 27. Ra2 Bg7 28. Rc1 Be8 29. Nc5 Bf8 30. Bd3
Nc6 31. Be4 Rdc8 32. Kf1 Ra7 33. Nb3 Rac7 34. Rac2 {Nakamura,H (2814)-Anand,V 
(2816) Saint Louis 2015} Ba3 $1 35. Ra1 Bd6 $11) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Be7 $146 {
A novelty. Black wants to finish development without any concessions, but the
text move is rather passive. Other alternatives deserving full attention are:}
(16... Nbd7 17. Rc1 Nxe5 18. Rxc5 Ned7 19. Bxf6 (19. Rc1 h6 20. Bf4 e5 (20...
Rc8 $1 21. Nc4 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nd6 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qb6 $132) 21. Be3 Ng4 22.
Qb3 Ndf6 23. Rfd1 Qd5+ 24. Qxd5 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 Nxd5 26. Nc4 $36 {Aronian,L 
(2808)-Karjakin,S (2776) Monte Carlo rpd blindfold 2011}) 19... Nxf6 20. Qc2
Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qd7 (22... Qxc2 $142 23. Rxc2 Rd8 $11) 23. Nf3 Rd8
24. Qb3 h6 25. Rc4 Qe7 26. e4 e5 27. Qc3 $14 {Meier,G (2654)-Hou,Y (2676)
Dortmund 2015}) (16... Bd4 $5 17. Ndf3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Nc6 $6 (19...
h6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ng4 Kg7 23. Rxb7 Nc6 $132) (19... b5 $5 20.
Qxd8 Rxd8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxb5 Nbd7 23. Nc6 Re8 $11) 20. Bxf6 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
gxf6 22. Nd7 Rfd8 23. Rxb7 f5 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Rc5 $36 {Li,C (2686)-Xiu,D 
(2534) Xinghua 2013}) 17. Rc1 Nbd7 (17... h6 $143 18. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 19. Ndf3 {
[%csl Rb8]} Nc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 $14 (23. Rd7
$14)) 18. Nxd7 (18. Nd3 Qa5 $11 {[%cal Ya8c8,Yf8d8]}) (18. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 (18...
Nxf6 19. Ndc4 Rc8 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Na5 $11 {/+/=}) 19. Nd3 Rc8 $132) 18...
Qxd7 19. Nf3 (19. Nc4 Qc7 $5 (19... Qc6+ 20. f3 Rfc8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {
should also hold}) 20. Bf4 Qc6+ 21. f3 Nd5 $11) 19... Qxd1 (19... Rfd8 20. Qxd7
Rxd7 21. Ne5 ({or} 21. Rc2 {is very similar to the game - almost equal, but
Black must still play accurately.})) 20. Rfxd1 Rfc8 21. Ne5 $11 {[%mdl 32] /+/
= White has a tiny edge due to his more active pieces - it may well evaporate
after good defence. His strategy will be to further improve his pieces, to
gain more space if allowed - and try to provoke further positonal concessions.}
h6 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. Nd3 Rdc8 (23... Rac8 24. Ba5 {forces a minor one, but
nevertheless a concession:} Re8 (24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Rd7 26. Bb6
$14) 25. Ne5 $14) ({Komodo prefers} 23... Nd5 $5 {[%cal Yf7f5,Ya8c8] /\} 24. e4
Nf6 $132 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gd8d1]}) 24. f4 Kf8 $6 {This inconcrete move allows
White to gain some more space.} (24... Nd5 $142 25. Kf3 (25. e4 Nf6 26. Kf3
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rd8 $132) 25... f5 $1 $11) (24... Ne4 $5 25. Be3 f5 $132 {
[%cal Ye7f6,Yg8f7]}) 25. Kf3 $14 {[%cal Yg3g4,Yh2h4,Ye2e4] ()} Nd7 26. Be3 Ke8
(26... Bf6 27. a5 (27. b3 $5) 27... Bd8 28. b4 $14) (26... f5 27. g4 $5 $14)
27. Bd4 Bf6 (27... g5 28. e4 f6 $14 {is still quite solid, but Black's minor
pieces remain passive.}) 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5] The drawback of the
bishop swap is the dominant Ne5, which can be chased away only by a weakening
pawn move.} Ke7 30. e4 Rxc1 (30... b5 $6 31. a5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6]}) (30... g5
$5 $14 {is more active - if the timing is right, Black can consider opening
the g-file for his own counterplay.}) 31. Rxc1 Ne8 32. Nd3 a5 (32... g5 33.
fxg5 $5 hxg5 34. h4 $14) (32... Rd8 33. Ke3 Rd7 34. a5 $14) 33. Rc5 Kd6 $6 ({
Far more resilient was} 33... Rd8 $142 $1 34. Ke3 b6 35. Rc6 Rd6 36. Rc4 (36.
Rc8 Rd8 $14) 36... f6 $14) 34. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Yd3c5,Yc3b3] Keeps the king cut
off from the queenside and creates new threats.} ({Leko hardly could have
reckoned with the cooperative} 34. Rb5 $6 Kc7 $14 {[%cal Ye8d6,Yb7b6] /=})
34... Ra6 $6 {This doesn't help, but Black was already under serious pressure
and it's difficult to find a substantial improvement.} (34... Ke7 35. Rb3 Ra7
36. e5 $16) (34... b6 35. Ne5 $16) 35. e5+ Ke7 (35... Kd5 $2 36. Rc8 $18 {
[%csl Re8]}) 36. Nc5 Rb6 37. Rd3 $1 {[%csl Re8] Suddenly Black can't prevent
the penetration of White's R to the 7th rank, moreover his knight is
absolutely dominated.} Rxb2 38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. Nxb7 {[%cal Rb7d8,Rb7a5]} Rb3+ (
39... Rc2 40. Nxa5 Nc7 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Rd6 $16 {/+-}) 40. Kg4 Rb4 41. Nd8 $18
{The time-trouble is over, but Black's position is beyond salvation.} Kg8 42.
Re7 $1 f5+ (42... Kf8 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Re7 Kf8 45. Ra7 $18) 43. Kh5 Kh7 ({
Desperation, but after} 43... Kf8 {Black is paralysed and White has more than
one way to win:} 44. Ra7 (44. Rxe6 Rxa4 45. Kg6 $18) 44... Rb6 45. Kg6 Kg8 46.
Nb7 $1 {[%cal Ra7a8,Rb7d6]} Nc7 (46... Kf8 47. Nc5 $18) 47. Nd6 Rc6 48. Nb5 Ne8
49. Ra8 $18) 44. Rxe8 Rb2 45. h3 $8 Rh2 46. Kh4 $8 {[%csl Re6] Again forced,
but fully sufficient - Black's mating dreams are busted and the extra material
counts.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bd3 {Less common
but not less strong than} (7. Be3) ({or} 7. Bg5) {White's idea is to
over-protect his central e4-pawn as soon as possible.} 7... c6 (7... c5 8. d5
b5 {is a more appropriate reaction} ({rather than} 8... e6 {, to which White
can restrict Black's counterplay by means of} 9. a4) {e.g.} 9. cxb5 axb5 10.
Nxb5 Na6 $132 {in the spirit of the Benko Gambit.}) 8. O-O (8. a4 a5 $1 {
[%cal Ye7e5]}) 8... b5 9. Re1 (9. e5 $5 {is another principled move here. An
example:} dxe5 (9... Nfd7 10. exd6 exd6 11. Re1 $36) (9... Ne8 10. Bg5 $5) 10.
dxe5 Nfd7 11. e6 $1 Nc5 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Bc2 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5
16. Be3 Nbd7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nxb5 cxb5 20. Bxc5 Bxb2 21. Rb1
$14 {1/2 (60) Hoffmann,M (2474)-Baklan,V (2627) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
2009}) ({Practice has also seen:} 9. Qe2) (9. Bg5) (9. cxb5) (9. Bf4) (9. a3) (
9. d5) (9. b3) (9. Be3) 9... Nbd7 (9... bxc4 10. Bxc4 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 (11... e6
12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qd2 a5 14. e5 Nfd7 15. Rac1 Na6 16. Bh6 $16 {1-0 (23) Kizov,A 
(2418)-Hristodorescu,D (2229) Ischia 2012}) 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Nd7 14. Bg5
Nf6 15. Re1 h6 16. Bh4 e6 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Ne5 $16 {1-0 (38)
Morozevich,A (2774)-Solak,D (2630) Neum 2008}) (9... Ne8 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nd7
12. Bf1 b4 13. Na4 Qc7 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Qa5 16. Qc2 e5 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. Red1
Qc7 19. Nc4 $16 {1-0 (45) San Segundo Carrillo,P (2375)-Taimanov,M (2495)
Palma de Mallorca 1989}) (9... Nfd7 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 $5) 10... Nb6 11. cxb5 (
11. c5 $5 dxc5 12. dxc5 N6d7 13. Qd2) 11... axb5 12. a3 N8d7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14.
Bh6 {1/2 (14) Golod,V (2577)-Gutman,L (2465) Bad Zwischenahn 2006}) 10. Bg5 (
10. e5 $5) 10... h6 {As often happens in positions after h2-h3 and Bc1-g5, it
is probably better for Black to refrain from this weakening move.} (10... e5 $5
11. d5 bxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 $14) 11. Be3 bxc4 (11... e5 {was better here, too.})
12. Bxc4 d5 13. Bd3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Bd2 {Black can't push ...c6-c5, and
his weak c6-pawn guarantees White a lasting edge.} Qb6 16. b4 $5 (16. Qc1 $5)
16... Nxb4 (16... Bxd4 {is possible here although after} 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxh6
Rd8 19. Bc2 Qxb4 (19... Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Nxb4 21. Ng5 $1 Nxc2 $2 22. Rxe7 $18 {->
}) 20. Rb1 Qa5 21. Qd4 N7f6 22. Bb3 {White obtains excellent compensation for
the missing pawn. E.g.} Bf5 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Qh4 $1 Bxb1 25. Rxe7 Nh5 26.
Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Bb3 Qc3 28. g4 Re8 $8 29. Bg7+ Qxg7 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. gxh5 {
, and he keeps winning chances.}) {Instead, Black goes for a queen sacrifice
but doesn't obtain enough compensation due to his poor development.} 17. Rb1 a5
18. a3 Nxd3 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Rxb6 Nxb6 20. Re3 Nb2 21. Qc1 N2c4 22. Rc3 (22.
Re1 {was more appropriate} Nxd2 $140 23. Nexd2 {[%cal Re1e7,Rc1c6]}) 22... Nxd2
23. Qxd2 Rd8 24. Qe1 (24. Rxc6 Bb7 25. Rxb6 Bxe4 {is clearly good for Black.})
24... Nd5 25. Rxc6 Bb7 26. Rc5 Nf4 27. Rc7 Rab8 $6 (27... Bd5 $142 28. Rxe7 Ne6
{with good drawing chances.}) 28. Rxe7 Nd5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Qxa5 {White's
material advantage is now clearly convertible although his task is still
difficult.} Rbb8 31. Ne5 Ra8 32. Qc5 Rac8 33. Qa7 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Nc7 $2 {[%mdl
8192] Probably overlooking White's reply.} (34... Rc7 35. Qa5 {[%cal Ya3a4]})
35. Nc5 {Black's resignation is a bit premature but even the best defence} (35.
Nc5 Bxe5+ 36. dxe5 Rd5 $1 (36... Nd5 37. e6 $1) 37. Ne4 Kg7 $1 (37... Rxe5 38.
Qb8+ {[%cal Yb8b2,Rb2e5,Rb2c1]}) {is rather hopeless for him after} 38. Qb8 Ne6
39. Nd6 $1) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. e4
d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. c5 Bc7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Be3 Be5 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. O-O Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Qa5 16. Rc1 Re8 17. a4 a6 18. Bf3 Qxc5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. h3
Be6 22. c4 Rab8 23. Qb3 b6 24. Rfd1 h6 25. Rb1 Bf5 26. Bxb6 Bxb1 27. Rxb1 Qe7
28. a5 Qf6 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bd4 31. Kf1 Bc5 32. Be4 Rec8 33. Bf5 Rc6 34.
Be4 Rd6 35. Kg2 Bxb6 36. c5 Bc7 37. Rxb8+ Bxb8 38. cxd6 Bxd6 39. f4 Bc7 40. Kf3
Bxa5 41. Bd3 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. O-O
Be6 9. Na4 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Ne5 Nb6 13. c5 Nbd7 14. f4 a6 15.
b4 Bf5 16. h3 h5 17. Be3 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Ne8 19. Bf2 Ndf6 20. b5 axb5 21. Ra7 Bh6
22. Na2 Ng7 23. Nb4 Rfc8 24. Rda1 g5 25. e3 Be6 26. Nbxc6 Rxc6 27. Nxc6 bxc6
28. Rxe7 Nd7 29. Ra7 Rd8 30. Be1 gxf4 31. gxf4 Nf5 32. Ba5 Rc8 33. Rexd7 Bxd7
34. Rxd7 Nxe3 35. Bf3 Nf5 36. Bxh5 Bxf4 37. Bxf7+ Kh8 38. Bd8 Be3+ 39. Kg2 Bxd4
40. b4 Ne3+ 41. Kf3 Nc2 42. Kg4 Nxb4 43. Kf5 Nd3 44. Be7 Ra8 45. Be6 Ra1 46.
Bxd5 Rf1+ 47. Ke4 Bxc5 48. Kxd3 Bxe7 49. Bxc6 Rd1+ 50. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Nxd4 13. exd4 Be6 14. Be3
Qd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Bf1 Bg4 18. Re1 Bf3 19. Qb5 Bg4 20. Qa5 b6
21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. Bxb5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bc6 Be6 26. Kf1 Bf6
27. f3 Kg7 28. Ke2 g5 29. g4 Be7 30. Bf2 Bd6 31. Bg3 Bxg3 32. hxg3 Kf6 33. Ke3
Ke7 34. Bb5 a5 35. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Qd5 6. Qa4 Nge7 7. f4 exf3 8.
Nxf3 a6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d4 Qd7 12. b4 f6 13. Na3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Re8
15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Qb3 Be6 17. c4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Bf3 Qa4 21.
Bxb6 Qxb3 22. axb3 cxb6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Bg4 Kd7 25. Re1 Bxb4 26. Rxe6 Bxa3
27. Rxf6+ Ke7 28. Re6+ Kf7 29. Kf1 h5 30. Bf5 Rh6 31. Rxh6 gxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bh6 Nf6 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. d5 c4 14. Bb1 e6 15.
O-O exd5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qf4 Bh8 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Be6 21. Nd4
Qd5 22. Nxe6 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe6 24. f4 f6 25. Rxc4 fxe5 26. Rc7 exf4 27. Bxf4
Rf6 28. Be3 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Na4 Bd6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. Rxd4 Be5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bg2 c6
15. c5 d5 16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. Qc2 Bc7 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Bd4 Qxe2 20. Qc3 Bf5 21.
Nc5 b6 22. Re1 Qc2 23. Na6 Qxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bd6 26. Rd1 Be7 27.
Bxc6 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. f3 Ne3 30. Bd4 Nc2 31. Be5 Bd3 32. Nb8 Be7 33. Be4
Bc5+ 34. Kh1 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Nb4 36. a4 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Nfd7 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8.
Qd3 Bg7 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Qa3 Qd6 11. O-O Qxa3 12. Nxa3 N8d7 13. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nxc5 10. Nge2 Qa5 11. Qd2 b5 12. Nxb5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rb8 14. Rhb1
Bf5 15. Nbd4 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 Ne4+ 17. Ke1 Rfc8 18. Nc6 Rb6 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bd3 e6
21. e4 exd5 22. exd5 Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Bxb2 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxc8 Nxc8 26. Kd2 Ke7
27. Nc3 Nd6 28. f4 h6 29. g3 g5 30. Ne2 gxf4 31. gxf4 Nc8 32. Ng3 Nd6 33. Ke3
Kd8 34. Bh7 Kc7 35. Bg8 Kd7 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Bh7 Kd7 38. Kg4 Ne8 39. Be4 Ng7 40.
Bc2 Ba3 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Ne4+ Kxd5 43. Bb3+ Kd4 44. Bxf7 Nf5 45. Nf6 Bc1 46. Be6
Nh4+ 47. Kg3 Ng6 48. f5 Nf8 49. Bc8 Bg5 50. Ng4 h5 51. Nf2 Nh7 52. Nh3 Bd8 53.
Ng1 Ke3 54. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 {
The Poisoned Pawn Variation is widely tested in computer games, but some brave
players are trying to master the labyrinth as humans.} 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3
10. e5 h6 {The modern era of chess has favoured this line as opposed to the
immediate 10...dxe5.} 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 {
The great exception to the rule continues. White is diligently developing his
pieces while Black is only using his queen. The serious alternative 14...h3!?
is less tested, but does not change the general picture.} (14... h3 $5) 15. O-O
Nd7 16. Rbd1 $5 {For the sake of sanity only the games by humans in this
position are quoted. Negi's book on 6.Bg5 in the Najdorf variation has
introduced the cunning move 16.Rbd1!? to the general public as a special
suggestion of a promising line.} (16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Qe1 (17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Qf3 Bd7)
(17. Rf4 e5 18. Nd5 exd4 19. Qxd4 Kd8 {0-1 (39) Nisipeanu,L (2673)-Wojtaszek,R
(2711) Aix les Bains 2011}) 17... Nxf6 (17... h3 18. gxh3 Qe5 19. Qf2 Qc7 20.
Qe3 Qe5 21. Qg1 Nxf6 22. Rbe1 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Rxf6 Bg7 25. Ne4 Ke7 26.
Ref1 Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Bd7 {1/2 (40) Swiercz,D (2608)-Areshchenko,A (2701) Gorzow
Wielkopolski 2014}) 18. Nf3 Qc5 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Qxh4 Be7 22. Qd4
Rg8 23. Ne5 Rg5 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Bxg4 f5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Rbe1 {0-1 (43) Yu,Y
(2697)-Robson,R (2628) Las Vegas 2014}) (16. Qd3 $6 Qe5 17. Ne4 (17. Kh1 $2 h3)
(17. Rbd1 Nc5) 17... Nc5 $15) 16... h3 17. g3 (17. Bg4 $5) (17. Qd3 $5) 17...
Bb4 18. Qe3 Bxc3 19. Nxe6 Qe5 $6 $146 {[%mdl 4] Areschenko deserves great
credit for the willingness to take the risk and play the position for a win
with this new move. Accepting the sacrifice of the knight seems to be
dangerous, but White will actually have to settle for a draw.} (19... fxe6 $5
20. Qxe6+ Kd8 21. Qe7+ Kc7 22. Qd6+ Kd8 23. f7 Bg7 24. Bg4 (24. f8=Q+ Bxf8 25.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qxf8+ Kc7 27. Qd6+ Kd8 $11) 24... Qb5 25. f8=Q+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+
Bxf8 27. Qxf8+ Kc7 28. Qd6+ Kd8 29. Qf8+ Kc7 30. Qd6+ Kd8 31. Qf8+ Kc7 {
1/2 (31) Czarnota,P (2523)-Moranda,W (2588) Poland 2015}) 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Qxe5
Bxe5 22. Nxa8 Nxf6 {Black will struggle to achieve complete equality. The
problems after the alternative capture of the f6-pawn with the bishop are not
an encouraging sign.} (22... Bxf6 $2 23. Bh5 $1 Kg7 24. Rd6 Rf8 25. Nb6 Bd4+
26. Rxd4 Nxb6 27. Bg4 $18) 23. Nb6 Kg7 (23... Be6 24. Nc4 $1 Bxc4 (24... Bc3
25. Rf3 $18) 25. Bxc4 Kg7 26. Rfe1 Rc8 27. Bf1 Bb8 28. Re2 Rc4 29. Bxh3 $16)
24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rf5 Bb8 {With hindsight the whole bishop manoeuvre via a7
back to d4 makes a truly artificial impression. It should have stayed on a1-h8
diagonal in the first place, even though White would have enjoyed better
chances anyway.} (25... Bb2 $5 26. Bf1 (26. c4 Ba3 27. Kh1 Ne4 28. Rd7 Nd6 29.
Rf1 b6 30. Bg4 Rxc4 31. Be6 $16) 26... Ba3 27. Rd3 Bb2 28. Bxh3 Rxc2 29. Rf2
$16) 26. Rdf1 Ba7+ (26... Rxc2 27. Rxf6 Ba7+ 28. Kh1 Rxe2 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30.
Rxb7 Bf2 31. Rfb1 $16) 27. Kh1 Bd4 28. Bd3 Rc6 29. g4 Rc7 30. g5 $1 {An
excellent decision by Wei to trade the g-pawn opens up the position and
enables access to the black king.} hxg5 (30... Ng8 31. R1f3 $18) (30... Ng4 $2
31. R5f4 Nxh2 32. Kxh2 Be5 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 34. Kxh3 $18) 31. Rxg5+ Kf8 (31...
Kh6 32. Rg3 Be5 33. Rxh3+ Kg7 34. Rf5 $16) 32. Rg3 Nd5 (32... b5 33. Rxh3 Ng4
34. Rh4 Nf2+ 35. Kg2 Nxd3 36. cxd3 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 $16) 33. Rxh3 Ne3 (33... Rd7
34. Rh4 Be5 35. Rf5 $16) 34. Rf4 $1 {The defender is fighting an exchange down
for no material compensation. All the white pieces are actively taking part in
the game.} Ba7 (34... Bb6 35. Rh6 Ba7 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Re4 $18)
35. Re4 Nd1 (35... Nxc2 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 38. Rc4+ $18) 36. Rh8+
Kg7 37. Rh7+ Kf8 (37... Kxh7 38. Rc4+ Kg7 39. Rxc7 Nf2+ 40. Kg2 Nxd3 41. cxd3
$18) (37... Kf6 38. Rf4+ Ke5 39. Rf5+ Kd4 40. Rhxf7 $18) 38. Rc4 $1 Bc5 (38...
Rd7 39. Bg6 Ne3 40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Rxf7+ $18) (38... Rxc4 39. Bxc4 Ke7 40. Rxf7+
Kd6 41. Rxb7 $18) 39. Bg6 {An excellent performance by the Chinese player and
a true setback for any player, who is hoping to play for a win with Black in
this line.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O ({M.Marin: The idea of the last move is to avoid exposing the king's
bishop to ...Nb6 in view of White's intention to meet ...c5 with d4-d5:} 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. d5 $2 ({of course, White has other options like} 10. O-O)
({or} 10. dxc5 {- MK}) 10... Nb6) 8... a6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 {
- see Kasimdzhanov-Topalov in CBM 151.}) 9. a4 Nh5 $146 {Hardly a good novelty.
} (9... c5 {is quite possible:} 10. d5 $5 {(a relatively new idea but not too
dangerous)} (10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. a5 Nbd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. e4 Nb4 19. Bc7 Rdc8 20. Bb6 Be8 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kf8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 $13 {0-1 (42) Tregubov,P (2608)-Fridman,
D (2629) Baden-Baden 2013}) (10. dxc5 {is less dangerous for Black than in the
position without ...a7-a6 a2-a4 as he has the perfect b4-square at his
disposal:} Nxc5 11. Bxc4 Bd7 (11... Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Qa5
{1/2 (43) Smirnov,A (2440)-Solomon,S (2365) Cammeray 2015} 15. Qb3 $14) (11...
Qa5 $5 12. Qe2 Bd7 $1 (12... Rd8 13. e4 Bd7 14. Rfb1 Qb4 15. Bd2 Be8 16. e5
Rxd2 17. Nxd2 Nfd7 18. a5 {1-0 (18) Kveinys,A (2512)-Kalvaitis,S (2258)
Vilnius 2012}) 13. e4 $140 Bc6 $132) 12. Ne5 (12. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Rb2b4,Yf3e5,
Ye5f3]}) 12... Rc8 13. Nxd7 Ncxd7 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Qb1 Bb4 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Bg3
Nc5 $11 {1-0 (72) Atalik,E (2458)-Zatonskih,A (2512) Mamaia 2012}) 10... Nxd5
11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Nf6 (12... Nb6 $2 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 (13... Rxd8 $2 14. Bc7 {
, exploiting the insertion of ...a7-a6 a2-a4}) 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Bxc5 $16) 13.
Qe5 $5 (13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxc4 Nd5 15. Be5 Be6 16. Rfc1 f6 17. Bg3 Kf7 18. Kf1
Nb4 19. Ke2 Bxc4+ 20. Rxc4 b5 21. Rc3 c4 $36 {0-1 (54) Pashikian,A (2618)
-Kanmazalp,O (2389) Plovdiv 2012}) (13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. a5 Qb3 16.
Qxb3 Bxb3 17. Nd2 Be6 18. e4 Rad8 19. Rfc1 {1/2 (56) Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)
-Jakovenko,D (2734) Loo 2013} Rd4 20. f3 Rfd8 $132) 13... Re8 (13... Ng4 14.
Qc3 Be6 15. Bxc4 Bf6 16. Qb3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qe7 18. Rad1 $14 {1/2 (34) Gupta,A 
(2606)-Neverov,V (2519) New Delhi 2014}) (13... Qe8 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. a5 Bc6 16.
b3 Ne4 17. Qb2 Nd6 18. Bd3 Bb5 19. Rfd1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nb5 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Qc2
$14 {1/2 (67) Gelfand,B (2748)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2706) Baku 2014 CBM 163 [Marin,
M]}) (13... Bd7 {(recommended by M.Marin)} 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. Nd2 $5) (13... Be6
$5 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Bxc4 {1-0 (48) Gonzalez Garcia,J (2497)-Capo Vidal,U (2319)
Mexico City 2012} Bc6 $13) 14. Bxc4 Bf8 15. Qc3 Be6 16. Rfd1 (16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17.
Rfd1 Qe7) 16... Qe7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Ng5 Qc6 19. Qc4 Re7 20. Rd6 Qe8 $13 {
[%cal Rh7h6]} 21. Qc2 $2 Rxe3 $1 $17 {1/2 (67) Grandelius,N (2628)-Kravtsiv,M 
(2599) Abu Dhabi UAE 2015}) ({Other options:} 9... Bd6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b6
12. Bxc4 (12. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Yd2c4]}) 12... Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5
g5 $1 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. hxg3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Kg7 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Nf8 22. Rfd1 Ne6 23. e4 $14 {1/2 (33) So,W (2755)-Zhou,J (2580) Las Vegas
2014}) (9... b6 $5 10. Nd2 ({with Black's bishop on e7 and not on d6,} 10. Bxc4
Bb7 11. Qe2 {looks more sensful}) 10... Bb7 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Bg3 N7f6 13. Qb3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Bf4 g5 16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. f3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 b5 20.
Na5 Qxb3 21. Nxb3 Bc6 $11 {1/2 (180) Gupta,A (2662)-Vaibhav,S (2494) Kolkata
2012}) (9... Nd5 10. Bxc4 (10. Bg3 b6 11. Bxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Bd6
14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qd3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 c5 $11
{1/2 (65) Navara,D (2734)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Berlin GER 2015}) 10... Nxf4 11.
exf4 {- game}) 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. exf4 {[%mdl 32] This is a typical position in
which White has a damaged pawn structure but controls the e-file and the
e5-square; moreover, undermining with f4-f5 becomes a potential threat.
Practice, since the classic games Alekhine - Rubinstein and Rubinstein - Canal,
has proven that Black's task is not easy.} c6 (11... c5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Ba2 {
keeping pressure.}) 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Rfd1 g6 {Eliminating the f4-f5
threat but inviting h2-h4-h5.} 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Neg5 Nd5 17. g3 Bd7 18. h4 $1 {
[%mdl 128]} h5 $6 {The weakening of dark squares boosts White's attack.} (18...
f6 {is realatively better but doesn't solve Black's problems after} 19. Ne4 {
[%cal Yh4h5]} ({but not} 19. Nxe6 $2 Re8)) 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Qf3 Bf8 21. g4 $5
hxg4 22. Nxg4 Bg7 $6 (22... Be7 $5 {was more stubborn but hardly helpful, too,
after} 23. Ne5 {[%cal Yh4h5]} ({rather than} 23. h5 Nxf4) {e.g.} 23... Nf6 24.
f5 gxf5 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxf5) 23. h5 $1 gxh5 24. Ne5 {Black is helpless. If
necessary, White's rook will join his attack via d3.} Nf6 25. f5 $1 Rxd4 26.
Rxd4 $2 {After this obvious but wrong move the position becomes less clear
although White keeps an attack.} (26. fxe6 $1 Qxe5 27. exf7+ Bxf7 28. Nxf7 Qf4
$1 29. Ne5+ Kh7 30. Rxd4 Qxe5 $8 31. Rad1 $18) 26... Qxe5 27. Rad1 Nd5 (27...
Kf8 28. Rf4 $1 Bh6 29. Qg3 $36) 28. Bc2 exf5 (28... Bh6 $5 {forcing} 29. Nh3 (
29. Qxh5 Qg7)) 29. Qxh5 Nf4 $2 {This nervous move helps White to break through.
} (29... Qf6 $142 $1 30. Qh7+ (30. Bb3 Qg6 31. Qxg6 fxg6 {with good drawing
chances in the endgame.}) 30... Kf8 31. Qh4 Kg8 32. R4d3 Bd7 33. Rg3 Re8 {
tenaciously defending.}) 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Nf3 $1 Qe2 $2 (31... Qc7 $8 {
although after} 32. R4d2 {Black's position is very bad.}) 32. Rxf4 Qxc2 33. Rd2
Qb1+ (33... Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Qxf4 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Qxg7 {, and
White should win.}) 34. Kg2 c5 35. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. cxd5
Nd4 9. e3 Ne2+ 10. Kh1 Bf5 11. Qc4 Nxc1 12. Rxc1 Ng4 13. Nh3 e4 14. Nc3 Ne5 15.
Qf1 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 f5 17. Rc2 Rf6 18. Rd1 Nd3 19. f4 c4 20. b3 cxb3 21. axb3 Nb4
22. Rcc1 Nd3 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. Nd4 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Ba3 26. Rc2 Qxd5 27. g4 fxg4 28.
Bxg4 Kh8 29. Qa1 Bc5 30. Ne6 Bd6 31. Nd4 Bc5 32. Ne2 Rg6 33. h3 b6 34. Qc3 h5
35. f5 Rg5 36. Nf4 Qf7 37. b4 {1/2-1/2 (37) Yu,Y (2721)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku
2015 [#] Hier gab Karjakin in Gewinnstellung remis.} (37. b4 Bd6 38. Be2 Qxf5
39. Bf1 Bxf4 40. exf4 Qxf4 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15.
Nf1 Qc7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Qd2 Nf8 19. Bh6 Ne6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bf1
Rad8 22. b4 Nd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rad1 Nf6 25. Qe3 h6 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. c4 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 c5 29. cxb5 cxb4 30. Rb1 Qc3 31. Qxc3 bxc3 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Nxe5 Nxe4
34. Nxe4 Bxe4 35. Nc4 Nd4 36. Rxc3 Nxb5 37. Re3 Bf5 38. Re1 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 d4 4. b4 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O h6
9. a4 a5 10. b5 c5 11. bxc6 Nexc6 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Ne1 N8a6 14. Nc2 Re8 15. Bxb4
axb4 16. Nb3 Ra7 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. a5 Bf5 19. e3 dxe3 20. Nxe3 Be6 21. Nd5 Qg5
22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 e4 24. Rad1 exd3 25. Rxd3 Kh8 26. Rfd1 Be5 27. Nb6 Bc7
28. Bd5 Kg7 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. Nd4 Rd6 31. Nc8 Ra8 32. Nxd6 Bxd6 33. Ne6+ fxe6
34. Rxd6 Nc5 35. Rb6 Rxa5 36. Rxb4 Ra2 37. Rb5 Ne4 38. Rxb7+ Kf6 39. Rf1+ Ke5
40. Rb5+ Kd6 41. Rb6+ Ke5 42. Rb5+ Kd6 43. Rd1+ Ke7 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. Rb8 Kg5
46. Rf8 Re2 47. Rc1 Nc5 48. Ra1 e5 49. Re8 Nd3 50. c5 Kg4 51. Rd1 e4 52. Rxe4+
Kf3 53. Rf4+ Nxf4 54. Rf1+ Kxe3 55. Rxf4 Rc2 56. Rf6 g5 57. Rxh6 g4 58. Re6+
Kf3 59. Rf6+ Ke3 60. Re6+ Kf3 61. Rf6+ Ke3 62. h3 gxh3 63. Kh1 Rxc5 64. Kh2 Rh5
65. g4 Rh4 66. g5 Rg4 67. g6 Ke4 68. Kxh3 Rg1 69. Kh4 Ke5 70. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Na3 Be6 9. O-O Bxb3 10. Qxb3 e6 11. d4 Qd7 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Na5 14. Qb5
Bxa3 15. Qxa5 Bd6 16. Qh5 a6 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qh3 Be7 20. Qh6 Bf8 21.
Qh4 Be7 22. Qh6 Bf8 23. Qh3 Be7 24. Qf3 O-O 25. Qh3 h5 26. Be3 Qc6 27. g4 Bxg5
28. Bxg5 f6 29. Be3 Nc4 30. gxh5 Rf7 31. Qg3 g5 32. b3 Ne5 33. Kf1 Kh7 34. h3
Rg8 35. Qg2 Nf3 36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Kf1 Nf3 38. Ke2 Nd4+ 39. Kf1 Nf3 40. Ke2 Nd4+
41. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nf5 g6 11. Nxh6 Bxh6 12. g5 Ng4 13. gxh6 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Nc6 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Rxh6 17. Qf6 Qe6 18. Rhf1 Rxh2 19. Qxf7 Qxf7 20.
Rxf7 Nb4 21. a3 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Na6 24. Rg1 Nc5 25. Kc2 Rd7 26.
Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Rg4 Kc6 28. c4 g5 29. Rxg5 Nxe4 30. Rg8 a5 31. Rc8+ Kd7 32. Ra8
b6 33. Kd3 Nc5+ 34. Ke2 Ne4 35. Rg8 Kc6 36. Rg4 Nc5 37. Rh4 Nb3 38. Rh8 Nc5 39.
Kf3 Nb3 40. Rh2 Nc5 41. Rg2 Na4 42. Ke4 Nc3+ 43. Kd3 Na4 44. Ke4 Nc3+ 45. Kd3
Na4 46. Rh2 Nc5+ 47. Ke2 Na4 48. Kd2 Nb2 49. Kc3 Na4+ 50. Kb3 Nc5+ 51. Kc2 Na4
52. Rh6 Nc5 53. Kd2 Ne4+ 54. Kd3 Nc5+ 55. Ke2 Ne4 56. Rh4 Nc5 57. Kf3 Nd3 58.
Rh2 Nc5 59. Rc2 Nd3 60. Ke4 Nc5+ 61. Kf5 Nd3 62. Ke4 Nc5+ 63. Kf5 Nd3 64. Rd2
Nc5 65. Rd1 Na4 66. Ke6 Nc5+ 67. Ke7 Ne4 68. Rd5 Kc7 69. Rd3 Kc6 70. Rd5 Kc7
71. Rd1 Kc6 72. Rd5 Kc7 73. Rd1 Kc6 74. Kd8 Kc5 75. Kc7 a4 76. Rb1 Kxc4 77.
Rxb6 d5 78. Re6 Nc3 79. Rxe5 Kb3 80. Re8 Kxa3 81. Rb8 Nd1 82. Kd6 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. Bg5
Bc8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Be7 17. b3 f6 18. Bf4 Bd8 19. Bh2 Kf7 20. Kf1 Re8
21. Nf4 h4 22. Nd3 b6 23. c4 c5 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Nf4 c6 26. Nd3 a5 27. Nb2 b5
28. a4 Be6 29. Rd3 Bb6 30. Bf4 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Ke2 Nd4+ 33. Nxd4 cxd4 34.
Kd3 Bb6 35. Kc2 Bf5+ 36. Kd2 Be6 37. f3 Ke7 38. Kc2 Bf5+ 39. Kd2 Be6 40. Bh2
Bc5 41. Kc2 Bf5+ 42. Nd3 bxc4 43. bxc4 Bd6 44. Bg1 c5 45. Bf2 Bg3 46. Bxg3 hxg3
47. h4 Kf7 48. Kd2 Bxd3 49. Kxd3 Kg6 50. Kd2 Kh5 51. Kd3 Kxh4 52. Kd2 Kg5 53.
Kd3 Kf4 54. Kd2 Ke5 55. Kd3 f5 56. Kd2 Kf4 57. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Nh3 Bxh3 10. gxh3 Nd7 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nc8 13. Qf3 Nd6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. h4 Kh8 17. h5 g5 18. e4 f5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qe2 Ne4 21.
Rae1 Nxc3 22. Qxe7 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Re5 Qf7 25. Qxg5 h6 26. Qe3 Rae8 27.
Re1 Bxe5 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. dxe5 Re6 30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Re4 Qf5 32. Qe3 Qf3 33.
Qd4 Rf7 34. Re3 Qf5 35. Qxa7 b6 36. Qa8 c6 37. Qd8 b5 38. Qd4 Rg7 39. Kg2 Rf7
40. a3 Re8 41. Qe4 Re6 42. f4 Qxe4+ 43. Rxe4 c5 44. Kf3 b4 45. axb4 cxb4 46.
Kg4 Rb7 47. f5 Re8 48. e6 b3 49. Re1 b2 50. Rb1 Rb5 51. Kg5 Rf8 52. e7 Rfxf5+
53. Kg4 Rfe5 54. Rxb2 Re4+ 55. Kf3 Rxb2 56. Kxe4 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Täuscht die
Najdorf-Variante an.} 6. Be2 g6 {Und nach dem kleinen 6.Le2 doch Drachen.} 7.
Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 {Topalov bereitet aber nun doch die lange Rochade vor. Im
Unterschied zur ähnlichen Position in der richtigen Drachenvariante hat Weiß
Le2, Schwarz a6 eingeschoben.} Nc6 9. f3 d5 {Kommt etwas früh.} (9... O-O 10.
O-O-O d5) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 {Mit dem Tausch des Lg7
verliert der Drachen stets viel Gift.} 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Qc5 Qb8
16. g3 a5 17. Na4 Rd8 ({Hier ging} 17... Nf4 {mit der Absicht.} 18. gxf4 (18.
Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd5 $11) 18... Qxf4+ 19. Kb1 Qxa4 $17) 18. a3 (18. c4 Nb4 19.
a3 Na2+ 20. Kb1 Qb3 $11) 18... h5 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. Rhd1 h4 21. f4 {[#]} Rab8 $2
22. c4 $18 Nf6 (22... hxg3 {reicht nicht:} 23. cxd5 gxh2 24. dxe6 Rxd2 25.
exf7+ Kxf7 26. Kxd2 Rd8+ 27. Bd3 Qxf4+ 28. Qe3 Qxa4 29. Rf1+ $19) 23. Qe5 Rdc8
({Nun scheitert} 23... Qxe5 {am Zwischenzug.} 24. Rxd8+) 24. Nc5 {Auf a6 gibt
es noch ein Problem.} Bf5 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Na6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 f6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 a6 15.
Qb3 Qf7 16. Nc4 g5 17. a4 Bd7 18. Nxd6 Nxd6 19. Ra2 Rfe8 20. Rae2 Rxe2 21. Bxe2
Re8 22. h3 h6 23. Bf1 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Ne7 25. Nd3 b6 26. Nb2 b5 27. a5 Bf5 28.
Nd3 Bxd3 29. Bxd3 Qe6 30. Qd1 Kg7 31. h4 Ng6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Bc2 c6 34. Be3
g4 35. Qe1 Kf7 36. Qc1 f5 37. Bd3 Ne4 38. g3 Qe8 39. Bf4 Qh8 40. Qe3 Qh5 41.
Bc2 Nf8 42. Bd1 Ne6 43. f3 gxf3 44. Bxf3 Qh3 45. Bg2 Qg4 46. Bf3 Qh3 47. Bg2
Qh5 48. Bf3 Qg6 49. Kh2 Qh7+ 50. Kg2 Qg6 51. Kh2 Qh7+ 52. Kg2 Qg6 53. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Nc3 Qe6
8. a3 a5 9. Bf4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bxc7 Re8 12. e5 Ng4 13. Ne4 Ba7 14. Kb1
d5 15. exd6 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 Rxe4 17. f3 Nf2 18. fxe4 Nxd1 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Rxd1
Bc5 21. a4 Be2 22. Rd2 Bf1 23. g3 f6 24. d7 Be7 25. d8=Q+ Bxd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
27. Bxd8 Kf7 28. Bxa5 Ke6 29. Bb6 Ke5 30. b3 Kxe4 31. c4 Kd3 32. a5 Bh3 33. a6
Bc8 34. a7 Bb7 35. Kb2 f5 36. Ka3 g5 37. Kb4 f4 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Bg1 Ba8 40.
Kc5 Kc3 41. b4 f3 42. b5 cxb5 43. cxb5 Kb3 44. b6 Ka4 45. Kd6 Kb5 46. Kc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ba5 11. O-O Nce4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd4 Bxd2 14.
Qxd2 Bg4 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rc8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Rc2 Qd7 19. Rfc1 g6 20. Rc4
Nd5 21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. hxg4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Re8 24. Kh2 Re5 25. Kg3 Kg7 26. Nb3 b6
27. Nd2 Nf6 28. Rc6 Rd5 29. Nb3 Rb5 {White has been pressing slightly, but the
endgame is close to a draw.} 30. Kf4 $2 {Step one to suicide.} h5 31. Rc2 $2 (
31. gxh5 Rf5+ 32. Kg3 Nxh5+ 33. Kh4 Rxf2 $19) (31. f3 exf3 32. gxf3 hxg4 33.
fxg4 Rb4+ 34. Nd4 Rxb2 {is unpleasant but White has chances.}) 31... h4 {
Suddenly White is getting mated.} 32. Nc5 {Otherwise g5 is mate.} (32. g5 Rf5#)
32... Rxc5 {A clean extra piece is more than enough for Wesley So.} 33. Rxc5
bxc5 34. g5 Nh7 35. Kg4 f5+ 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. Kxh4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Bf5 4. Qe2 Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h5 8. g5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Nh3 e5 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Bg2 Na4 15.
Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 c6 17. Nf4 Re8 18. Nfxh5 Bf8 19. Qf4 Qa5 20. Qc4 b5 21. Qb3
Nc5 22. Qc3 Qxa2 23. Rhe1 Na4 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. cxb3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Nc5 27. Nf4
Bd6 28. Nge2 Re8 29. Rd1 Nxb3+ 30. Kc2 Nc5 31. Bf3 Bf5 32. Nd4 Bd7 33. Nfe2 a5
34. Nc3 Na6 35. Ne4 Nb4+ 36. Kb1 Bf8 37. h5 a4 38. h6 Re5 39. Bg2 Nd5 40. Rc1
Nf4 41. Bf1 c5 42. hxg7 Kxg7 43. Nf3 Rf5 44. Nh4 Re5 45. Nf3 Rf5 46. d4 cxd4
47. Rc7 Ne6 48. Rxd7 Rxf3 49. Bxb5 a3 50. Be2 Rf4 51. f3 axb2 52. Ng3 Kg6 53.
Rd5 Nxg5 54. Bd3+ Kh6 55. Nf5+ Kh5 56. Nxd4 Bg7 57. Nf5 Bf6 58. Ng3+ Kh4 59.
Nf5+ Kh5 60. Rd6 Ne6 61. Be4 Kg5 62. Rd5 Rxe4 63. fxe4 Kf4 64. Nd6 Nd4 65. Rh5
Bg7 66. Rh7 Be5 67. Rxf7+ Ke3 68. Nc4+ Kxe4 69. Kxb2 Kd5 70. Ne3+ Ke4 71. Ng4
Nf3+ 72. Kb3 Bd4 73. Rf8 Nd2+ 74. Kb4 Nf3 75. Kb5 Ba1 76. Re8+ Kf4 77. Nf2 Ne5
78. Kc5 Kf3 79. Rf8+ Ke3 80. Kd5 Nd3 81. Ng4+ Ke2 82. Rf5 Bg7 83. Ke4 Bc3 84.
Kd5 Bd2 85. Kd4 Bb4 86. Rh5 Bc5+ 87. Kc4 Bf2 88. Rh2 Kf3 89. Kxd3 Bg3 90. Rh8
Kxg4 91. Ke4 Bc7 92. Rg8+ Kh4 93. Kf5 Kh3 94. Rg4 Kh2 95. Ke4 Kh1 96. Kf3 Kh2
97. Rg2+ Kh1 98. Kf2 Bb6+ 99. Kf1 Bc7 100. Rg7 Bd6 101. Rh7+ Bh2 102. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bd3 h6 11. e4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7
15. c6 Rac8 16. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Bb7 20. f3 Rfd8
21. Ke3 Nc5 22. Be2 Na4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rb1 a6 25. Bd1 Nc5 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. f4
Rd8 28. Bf3 a5 29. Rc3 Ke7 30. a3 g5 31. g3 gxf4+ 32. gxf4 Rg8 33. b4 axb4 34.
axb4 Na6 35. Be2 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. Nc6+ Kd6 38. Ne5 f5 39. Nc4+ Kc7 40. b5
Nc5 41. e5 Ne4 42. Bf3 Nc3 43. Nd6 Bd7 44. Be2 Nxe2 45. Kxe2 Kd8 46. Kf2 Be8
47. Kg3 Bh5 48. Kh4 Be2 49. Kg3 Bh5 50. Kf2 Kc7 51. Ke3 Kd8 52. Nc4 Kc7 53. Kd4
Be8 54. Nd6 Bh5 55. Ke3 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. a3 Qxc5 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Bc4 Bg4 14. Nd4 a5
15. O-O Rac8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Rc2 Bg7 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Na4 20. Ncb5 Nc5 21.
Ba2 Na6 22. Bc4 Bf6 23. b3 Kf8 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. Nxc7 Rxc7 {White has an
excellent position. Up a pawn and trying to convert. Svidler, however, goes
for the kill when it was not ready} 26. Ne6+ $2 Bxe6 $2 (26... fxe6 $1 27. dxe6
{it looks like Black loses the bishop, but this is not the case} Rxc4 $1 28.
Rxc4 (28. Rxd7 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 {is an extra piece for Black.}) 28... Bxe6 29.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 {gives Black two beautiful bishops and a winning position against
the rook.}) 27. dxe6 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 fxe6 $6 29. Qd8+ {Now White's attack is
decisive.} Kg7 30. Bxe6 Rc6 31. Qg8+ Kh6 32. Qf8+ (32. h4 $1 Rxc2 33. Qf8+ Bg7
34. Qf4+ Kh5 35. Qg5#) 32... Bg7 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. Qxe7 g5 35. Bf5 Qc3 36. g3
b5 37. h4 Qf6 38. hxg5+ {The endgame is trivially winning with three extra
pawns.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. Re1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qc2 f5 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qf8 19. Rac1 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Raf8 21.
Be4 Nd5 22. b4 a6 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxb5 b6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Bg4 27. Nxd4
Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxf2 29. Bxh6 Bh3 30. Rd2 Rxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Bxg2 32. Be3 Bc6 33.
Bxb6 Rf3 34. Rc1 Be4 35. a4 Rb3 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. a5 Rb2 38. h4 g6 39. Rc3 Ra2
40. Re3 Ra4 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Rc3 Bd5 43. Rc5 Ke6 44. Bd8 Ke5 45. Kg3 Ra2 46.
Bc7+ Ke6 47. Kg4 Ra4+ 48. Bf4 Be4 49. Kg5 Bd3 50. Re5+ Kf7 51. Rd5 Be4 52. Rd7+
Ke6 53. Rd6+ Ke7 54. a6 Ra5+ 55. Kh6 Rh5+ 56. Kg7 Rxh4 57. Bg3 Rh3 58. Rd4 Bh1
59. Bd6+ Ke6 60. a7 g5 61. Bb4 Rb3 62. Rd6+ Kf5 63. Rf6+ Kg4 64. Rb6 Rb1 65.
Rb8 Ra1 66. Bc5 Ra6 67. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Nbd2 Qf6 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bd2 Nfe7
15. Ng3 Bg4 16. Be2 Nf5 17. Qb3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Ne7 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Bd3 b6 21.
Re3 Nf5 22. Rf3 h5 23. Qc2 g6 24. g4 hxg4 25. Nxg4 Qh4 26. Ne5 Ne7 27. Rg3 Nf5
28. Rh3 Nxd4 29. Rxh4 Nxc2 30. Nxg6 fxg6 31. Bxc2 Bf5 32. Bb3 c6 33. c4 Be7 34.
Rh2 Rad8 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. Bc3 Bf6 37. Bxf6 Rxf6 38. Rd1 Kg7 39. Rh4 Rfd6 40.
Rhd4 Be6 41. f3 Kf6 42. Kf2 g5 43. Rh1 Bf7 44. f4 Bg6 45. fxg5+ Kxg5 46. Bd1
Be4 47. Bf3 Bxf3 48. Kxf3 Kf6 49. Kf4 Rf8 50. g4 Kg6+ 51. Kg3 Re6 52. Rh5 Re3+
53. Kg2 Re2+ 54. Kg3 Re3+ 55. Kg2 Re2+ 56. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Na3 Be6 9. d4 Bxb3 10. Qxb3 cxd4 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Nbxd4 e6 13. O-O Be7 14. a4
Nd5 15. a5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. c4 Nf6 19. b3 h5 20. Nf3 h4 21. h3
Rh5 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Bb6 Qf4 24. Rad1 e5 25. Be3 Qf5 26. c5 Qc8 27. b4 e4 28.
Nd4 Nd5 29. Qb3 Kg8 30. Rfe1 Bf6 31. Bc1 Qe8 32. Qc4 Rd8 33. Ne2 e3 34. fxe3
Re5 35. Nc3 Nxc3 36. Qxc3 Red5 37. Qc2 Qb5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Bd2 Rd3 40. Re2
Ra3 41. Re1 Qd7 42. Rc1 Rd3 43. Be1 Rxe3 44. Bf2 Rd3 45. Re1 g6 46. Qc4 Rd2 47.
Qf4 Kg7 48. Bxh4 Qd4+ 49. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 50. Kf1 Rb2 51. Re4 Rxb4 52. Be1 Rc4 53.
Rxd4 Rxc5 54. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. Re1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qc2 f5 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Nbxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. Qd1 Bc5 20. Nf3 Bc6 21.
Be4 Nd5 22. b4 Bb6 23. a4 a6 24. Qb3 Qd7 25. Kh1 Qd6 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Be8
28. Rac1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxf2 30. Rc8 Rf8 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Bb4 Qe6 33. Rc2 Bb6
34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Rd2 Bf7 36. Qa3+ Kg8 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qxb7 Qg6 39. Rd1 Qc2
40. Rf1 Qc4 41. Nd2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. h3 Na5 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 Bb7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. a5 Rad8 19. Rad1 g6 20. g3 Kg7 21. Kg2
Rfe8 22. c3 Rf8 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 bxc3 26. bxc3 Re8 27. Nd2
Qd6 28. Ne4 Qxd5 29. Qxa6 Be7 30. c4 Ra8 31. Qxg6+ Kxg6 32. cxd5 Rxa5 33. Rd1
f5 34. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. a3 h5 8. h3
Ba7 9. b4 h4 10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 Bxf5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. O-O-O Bd3 15.
Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Qf5 17. N2c3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. d3 Kd7 20. Rdg1 g6 21. Rg5
Qe6 22. Qc2 d5 23. Nd2 Rhf8 24. Nd1 Rf5 25. Rg4 Rbf8 26. Rh2 g5 27. Nb3 Kc8 28.
Nc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 d4 30. Qxb5 dxe3 31. Qa6+ Kd7 32. fxe3 Rf1 33. Rc4 Nd5 34.
Re2 R8f3 35. b5 Nce7 36. Kd2 Nb6 37. Rc3 Qd5 38. Qa7 Nc4+ 39. Kc2 Nc8 40. Qb8 {
Eine wilde Stellung. Schwarz öffnet nun die d-Line - für den Gegner.} e4 $2
41. Rd2 $18 Rxd1 {Eine Ausrede, die nicht mehr reicht:} (41... Nxd2 {geht
nicht:} 42. Rxc7+ Kd6 43. Rg7+ Kc5 44. Qxc8+ Kb6 45. Qa6+ Kc5 46. Rc7+) 42.
Rxd1 Nxe3+ 43. Kb1 Qd6 44. Rdc1 Nd5 45. Rc6 Qh2 46. R6c2 Qf4 47. dxe4 Qxe4 48.
Ka1 Nce7 49. Qb7 Re3 50. b6 Re1 51. bxc7 Rxc1+ 52. Rxc1 Nc8 53. Rd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rfb1 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Bg3 Bc6
15. e4 f5 16. Rxb6 Bxe4 17. Bxc4+ Kh8 18. Qa2 cxb6 19. Ng5 f4 20. Nxe4 fxg3 21.
hxg3 Rc8 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. Be6 Rcd8 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. f3 b5 27. axb5
Qb6 28. Kh2 Kg7 29. g4 Rd6 30. Bc4 e5 31. g5 Be7 32. dxe5 Rdd8 33. Bf1 Qc7 34.
Qe6 Rf5 35. f4 Rxf4 36. b6 Qd7 37. Qxd7 Rxd7 38. Nf6 Rd8 39. g4 Rf3 40. Bg2
Rxc3 41. Bxb7 Rd2+ 42. Kg1 Bc5+ 43. Kf1 Rg3 44. Ke1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Nbd2 Qf6 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bd2 Rfe8
15. Qc2 a6 16. Re2 Nfe7 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Rae1 Qf7 20. Bc1 g5 21.
Nd2 Re7 22. h3 Rae8 23. Ndf1 Bd7 24. Qd1 Be6 25. b3 Rf8 26. f3 Ree8 27. Nc2 Bd7
28. Ba3 Bxa3 29. Nxa3 Ne7 30. Nc2 Bb5 31. Re3 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Ng6 33. Qd2 Nf4 34.
Kg1 c6 35. Kh2 Ng6 36. g3 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 h5 38. Ne1 h4 39. Nd3 hxg3+ 40. Kxg3
Nh4 41. Qe2 Nf5+ 42. Kf2 Nxe3 43. Qxe3 Qf5 44. Kg2 Kh7 45. Qe2 Rf6 46. b4 Rh6
47. Nf2 Re6 48. Qd2 Kg8 49. Ng4 Qf4 50. Qd1 Qf5 51. a4 Qf4 52. a5 Re7 53. Kf2
Qf5 54. Kg2 Qe6 55. Kf2 Qd6 56. Kg2 Re6 57. Kf2 Qe7 58. Qd2 Qd8 59. Qd1 Qd6 60.
Qd2 Qf4 61. Qd1 Kf8 62. Kg2 Ke7 63. Kf2 Kd6 64. Kg2 Kc7 65. Kf2 Kb8 66. Kg2 Ka7
67. Kf2 b6 68. axb6+ Kxb6 69. Kg2 Kb7 70. Kf2 Qf5 71. Kg2 Re8 72. Kf2 Qe6 73.
Qd2 Kb6 74. Qd1 Qd6 75. Kg2 a5 76. bxa5+ Kxa5 77. Qa1+ Kb6 78. Qb2+ Kc7 79. Qa2
Rb8 80. Ne5 c5 81. Qd2 cxd4 82. cxd4 Rb4 83. Qxg5 Rb2+ 84. Kg3 Qb4 85. Qxg7+
Kb6 86. Qf6+ Kb5 87. Nd3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Rb1 e5 8. b4
Be6 9. d3 h6 10. b5 Ne7 11. a4 Qd7 12. Ba3 Rfe8 13. Nd2 Rab8 14. a5 b6 15. Nde4
Nh7 16. axb6 axb6 17. Bb2 f5 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Ra1 d5 20. cxd5 Nexd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ Qxd5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 e4 25. dxe4 Rxe4 26. Nd4 Ne8 27. e3
Nd6 28. Rab1 Nc4 29. Rfc1 Nd2 30. Ra1 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Nb3 32. Rxc7 Nxa1 33. Bxa1
Ra8 34. Bd4 Re6 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rh7 Ra5 37. Rxh6 Rxb5 38. h4 Kf7 39. Rh7+ Ke8
40. Kg2 Kd8 41. h5 gxh5 42. Rxh5 Kd7 43. g4 Rg6 44. g5 Ke6 45. Rh6 Kf7 46. Rh7+
Kg8 47. Rh8+ Kf7 48. f4 Rb1 49. Rc8 b5 50. Rc5 Ra6 51. Rxf5+ Kg6 52. Rd5 b4 53.
Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Ke4 Re6+ 55. Kd3 b3 56. Rb5 Kh5 57. Rxb3 Rd1+ 58. Kc4 Kg4 59. Kd5
Re8 60. g6 Kf5 61. g7 Rd8+ 62. Kc4 Ke4 63. Rb5 Rc8+ 64. Rc5 Rc1+ 65. Kb3 Rb8+
66. Ka2 Rg1 67. f5 Kd3 68. Rc3+ Ke4 69. f6 Rf1 70. Rc7 Ra8+ 71. Ra7 Rc8 72. f7
Kd3 73. g8=Q Rc2+ 74. Ka3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. h3 Na5 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 a5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Bb2 Bd6 19. Rad1 Nd7 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Bc4
Ne6 22. Qg4 Bc8 23. Nf3 Nd4 24. Qg3 Be6 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. e5 Bc5 27. Bd3 Qd7
28. Qf4 Rab8 29. Bc1 Bf8 30. Qh4 Bf5 31. Bc4 Be7 32. Qf4 Be6 33. Bd3 c5 34. Be4
Bd5 35. Bf5 Be6 36. g4 Rbc8 37. Re4 g6 38. Bxe6 Qxe6 39. Rd3 c4 40. bxc4 Rxc4
41. Bb2 Rxc2 42. Bxd4 Rc4 43. Rf3 b3 44. Bb2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
Rc8 9. a4 b4 10. a5 e6 11. d3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bc6 15. Nbd2
Bb5 16. Bh2 Re8 17. Bb3 Bxd3 18. c4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. e5 c4 21. Bc2 Ne4 22.
Bxd3 cxd3 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Nc5 25. Rd4 Qc7 26. e6 Qb7 27. Rb1 Qa8 28.
exf7+ Kxf7 29. Ne5+ Kg8 30. Rxd3 Bf6 31. Re3 Rcd8 32. Qe2 Qd5 33. Ng4 Rxe3 34.
Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Qxe3 Qd1+ 36. Qe1 Qxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Kf7 38. Bc7 Rd5 39. Rb1 Ne6 40.
Bb6 Nc5 41. Kf1 Nb7 42. Ra1 h5 43. g3 Kg6 44. Kg2 Rb5 45. Ra4 Kf7 46. Kf3 Rb3+
47. Kg2 Rb5 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Kg7 50. f4 Kf7 51. f5 Rd5 52. Kg3 Kg7 53. Kh4
Nd6 54. Rb4 Nb7 55. Rc4 Nxa5 56. Rc7+ Kg8 57. Kh5 Nb3 58. Kg6 Kf8 59. Rc3 Rb5
60. Be3 Ke7 61. Rc6 Re5 62. Rc3 Rb5 63. Rc7+ Kd6 64. Bf4+ Kd5 65. Kxf6 a5 66.
Ra7 Nd4 67. Kg6 Ke4 68. Bh2 Kf3 69. Rd7 Nc6 70. g5 a4 71. f6 Rb6 72. Kg7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Rb1 e5 8. b4
Be6 9. d3 h6 10. Nd2 Qc8 11. b5 Ne7 12. a4 Bh3 13. Bb2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Kh7 15.
Nf3 c5 16. bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qb3 g5 18. e4 Nd7 19. Ba3 b6 20. Qb5 Nc5 21. Rfd1 f5
22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. a5 Qf6 24. Ne1 f4 25. Rd2 Nc6 26. Nd5 Qd6 27. axb6 axb6 28.
Qb2 Rab8 29. f3 h5 30. Nc2 g4 31. Rf1 Qg6 32. Rdf2 Rf7 33. Qc1 Bh6 34. Qd1 Rg8
35. fxg4 hxg4 36. gxf4 g3 37. hxg3 Qxg3+ 38. Kh1 Rg4 39. Rh2 Rh4 40. Qe2 Rxh2+
41. Qxh2 Qxd3 42. Re1 exf4 43. Qh5 Ne5 44. Rg1 Qf3+ 45. Qxf3 Nxf3 46. Rd1 Ne5
47. Nxb6 f3 48. Kg1 Ng4 49. Nd5 Bf4 50. Nxf4 Rxf4 51. Rd7+ Kg6 52. Rd6+ Kg5 53.
Rd5+ Kh4 54. Kf1 Kg3 55. Ne1 Ne3+ 56. Kg1 f2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 12. Bb2 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In Round 4 of the Fide World Cup in Baku a highly interesting encounter took
place, as the two most promising players in China, who fared really well in
this event, were paired against each other.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 (2... c5 $5 {
is a sound additional line to the Grünfeld.}) 3. Nc3 d5 {Most of the
Grünfeld adherents have adopted 2...c5 as a counter to 1.Nf3, but Wei Yi is
faithful to the more principled but also more risky Anti-Grünfeld, which can
be seen often in his games.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 {A trendy line that already
featured in some of Wei Yi's games.} (5. Qb3 {is the main alternative.}) 5...
Bg7 6. h5 {A rather uncommon opening concept. White achieves a huge space
advantage on the kingside but on the other hand fails to develop his pieces at
the same time.} Nc6 7. g3 Bg4 8. h6 Bxc3 (8... Bf6 {is the main alternative.}
9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O {White is relying on his extra pawn in the centre and space
advantage on the kingside, with decent chances for a slight edge.} Bxf3 (10...
Re8 11. Ne4 Bh8 12. d3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qa4 Nb6 15. Qc2 c6 16. Re1 Nd5 17.
Bd2 Qb6 18. e3 Bh8 19. Rab1 $14 {1-0 (41) Tomashevsky,E (2758)-Navara,D (2734)
Berlin 2015}) 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bg2 Qd7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. d3 Rad8 15. Bd2 Nd4 16.
Rc1 b6 17. Ng5 c5 18. Nf3 Bf6 $11 {1/2 (75) -1/2 (75) Cori Tello,J (2612)-Wei,
Y (2641) Pune 2014}) 9. dxc3 Qd6 10. Bg2 ({The alternative} 10. Ng5 $5 f6 11.
Bg2 Nb6 (11... Rd8 12. Ne4 Qe5 13. Qb3 $14) 12. Ne4 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 14.
Ke1 {leads to a highly interesting endgame. Thanks to his advanced h-pawn and
the bishop pair White seems to have some chances for a slight edge.} Nd7 15. b3
$14) 10... O-O-O 11. Ng5 $1 {White is still behind in development but anyway
he starts concrete operations leading to a highly complicated situation.} (11.
Qa4 {soon led to a huge advantage for the young Chinese prodigy in a recent
game.} Qe6 12. O-O f6 13. Qc4 Bh3 $17 {1/2 (31)-1/2 (31) Wang,Y (2721)-Wei,Y 
(2725) Zaozhuang 2015}) 11... Ne5 12. Qa4 Nb6 {This leads by force to an
endgame where White is holding the initiative.} (12... Kb8 $2 13. Qe4 $1 (13.
Nxf7 $2 Nxf7 14. Qxg4 Nxc3 $1) 13... Bc8 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Rxd5 16. Bf4
$14) ({After} 12... f6 $5 {Black might have less problems to solve.} 13. Nf7
Nxf7 14. Qxg4+ Kb8 15. Qa4 e5 {leads to another double-edged situation with
chances for both sides.}) 13. Qd4 {forcing the exchange of queens, but the
character of the game still remains extremely forcing and complicated.} f6 (
13... Qxd4 14. cxd4 Rxd4 15. b3 $1 {White will get a strong inititative on the
long diagonal.} (15. f4 f6 16. fxe5 fxg5 17. Bxg5 Be6 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bf6 Nd7
$11) 15... Rdd8 16. f3 f6 17. fxg4 fxg5 18. Bxg5 Nd5 (18... Nxg4 $2 19. Bh3 $18
) 19. O-O $14) 14. Bf4 $1 {An energetic counter-attacking developing move! Now
unclear complications arise which should lead to a balanced position if both
sides act accurately.} Qxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 (15... Rxd4 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. b3 $14 {
leaves Black with a horribly compromised structure.}) 16. Nf7 Nxd4 17. Rc1 e5
18. Rh4 $1 {A pretty way of activating the last piece.} (18. Nxh8 exf4 19. Nxg6
hxg6 20. Rh4 f3 21. exf3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Rf4 Bd5 24. Rxf6 Nd7 25. Rxg6
Ne5 26. Rg7 Nd3+ 27. Kd2 Nxc1 28. Kxc1 Bxa2 $11) 18... exf4 $2 (18... Bxe2 $1 {
was the way of maintaining the balance, based on concrete variations.} 19. Nxh8
(19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nxh8 Bc4 21. Nxg6 hxg6 $15) (19. Be3 Bf3 20. Bxd4 Bxg2 21.
Bxb6 axb6 22. Ra4 Kb8 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 $11) 19... Rxh8 20. Be3 Bf3 21. Bh3+ Nf5
$11) 19. Nxd8 $2 (19. Rxg4 $1 {would have secured a huge advantage.} f3 (19...
Nxe2 20. Bxb7+ $1 {Maybe the two players did not spot this nice shot.} (20.
Kxe2 Rhe8+ 21. Kf1 Rd7) 20... Kxb7 21. Nxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kxe2 $16) 20. Bh3 $1 (20.
Bf1 Nxe2 21. Bxe2 Rhe8 22. Nxd8 Rxe2+ 23. Kf1 Kxd8 24. Rd1+ Kc8 (24... Ke7 25.
Rxg6 $1) (24... Ke8 25. Rxg6 $1) 25. Rf4 Re6 26. Rxf3 $16) 20... Nxe2 21. Nxd8
Nxc1 22. Nf7 Re8+ 23. Re4+ $18) 19... f3 $1 {Maybe Ding underestimated this
strong intermediate move.} 20. exf3 (20. Bh1 $1 {seems to be safer, althoug
it's quite counter-intuitive to place the bishop in the corner of the board.}
Rxd8 (20... Nxe2 21. Nf7 Rf8 22. Rc5 Rxf7 23. Rxg4 $14) 21. Rxg4 f5 22. Rxd4 (
22. Rh4 fxe2) 22... Rxd4 23. Bxf3 $11 {should lead to a draw in the long run.})
20... Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Re8+ $1 {It's important to activate the rook with check
in order to take away the important e6-square from the white knight.} (21...
Bxf3 $2 22. Ne6 $16) 22. Kd2 Bxf3 23. Nf7 Bc6 $2 {Unfortunately Wei Yi fails
to exploit a golden opportunity to seize the initiative.} (23... Re2+ $1 {
would have been strong, luring the white king to an unfortunate square.} 24.
Kd3 (24. Kc3 Re7) 24... Re7 25. Nd6+ (25. Nh8 g5 26. Rd4 Nd5) 25... Kd8 26. Rf4
(26. Nc4 Be2+ $19) 26... Be2+ {Now the black bishop can escape with check!} 27.
Kd4 Rd7 28. Rxf6 Rxd6+ 29. Rxd6+ cxd6 $17) (23... Re7 24. Nd6+ Kd8 25. Rf4 $16)
24. b4 $5 {I really like this energetic idea to create some threats on the
queenside.} a6 (24... Kd7 $1 {was the best reaction, but the text move seems
too natural to reject it. But if you are aware of White's strong response, it
becomes clear that it would be more appropriate not to insert a6.} 25. Rf4 (25.
Rd4+ Bd5 26. a4 c6 $17) 25... Nd5 26. Rd4 b6 27. b5 Bb7 $15) 25. a4 $1 {
Increasing the tension even further...} Nxa4 $2 {It's too risky to
decentralise the knight in this fashion, but Ding fails to exploit this:} (
25... Re7 $1 {would have maintained the balance.} 26. Nd6+ cxd6 27. b5 Kc7 28.
bxc6 bxc6 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Nd5 $11) (25... Kd7 $2 {is not possible
anymore.} 26. Rd4+ Bd5 27. a5 $18) 26. Re1 $2 {Now Ding Liren misses a big
chance. The posititon is so complicated that it's impossible for both players
to avoid serious mistakes.} (26. Rf4 $1 Nb6 (26... f5 27. Rd4 Nb6 28. Re1 $18)
27. Rxf6 Nd5 28. Rxg6 $3 {The main point, that was probably missed by both
players.} hxg6 29. h7 $16 {White will emerge an exchange up with decent
winning chances.}) 26... Nb6 27. Rg4 $6 (27. Rd4 Rf8 28. Re7 Bd5 29. Nd6+ cxd6
30. Rxh7 Rg8 31. Kd3 Kd8 $14 {Objectively the position should be in some kind
of balance but it's definitely easier to play with White since Black has to be
constantly aware of tactics connected with the white h-passed pawn.}) 27... Rg8
$6 (27... Rf8 $1 28. Re7 Nd5 $1 (28... Bd5 29. Nd6+ cxd6 30. Rxh7 Rg8 31. Rf4
f5 32. Rd4 g5) 29. Nd6+ cxd6 30. Rxh7 Nc7 $1 {The black rook is better placed
on f8 than on g8, because Rg7 doesn't win an important tempo now!} 31. Rg7 (31.
Rxg6 Be4 $19) 31... Ne8 32. h7 Nxg7 33. Rxg6 Rh8 34. Rxg7 Bd5 35. Kc3 Kd8 36.
Kd4 Be6 37. f3 Ke8 38. Rxb7 Kf8 39. g4 Bf7 40. Rb6 Rxh7 41. Rxd6 Ke7 42. Rxa6
Be6 43. Kc5 $11 {This position should liquidate into a draw.}) 28. Re7 Nd5 (
28... Kb8 29. Ng5 $1 {is similar}) 29. Nd6+ $1 {The h7-pawn is much more
important than the immobile knight on d6!} cxd6 30. Rxh7 {Like in most
complicated posititons in chess the computer evaluates it 0.00 after dozens of
moves. Still in a practical game it seems like Black has more problems to
solve than White, so I would tend to evaluate this constellation as +=} g5 31.
Re4 Rg6 $2 {It's not easy to decide how to arrange the pieces, but this
construction with the rook on g6 is definietly a step in the wrong direction.}
(31... f5 $5 32. Re6 Nc7 33. Rxd6 Ne8 34. Re6 Kd8 35. Ree7 f4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37.
Rhf7 Rh8 38. h7 Nf6 $11) (31... Nc7 $5 {Also it looks kind of passive it seems
necessary to redeploy the knight in order to arrange a fortress.} 32. Ree7 Ne8
33. Kd3 Kd8 34. Rhf7 Bd5 35. Rh7 Bc6 $11) 32. Re6 $1 {After this exact rook
move Black has difficult problems. But with precise moves he should still hold
his position together.} g4 $6 {It was necessary to improve the position of the
king. Strangely enough, its movement in both directions was still enough to
save the game.} (32... Kd8 $1 33. Rxd6+ Ke8 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rdd8 Ke6 36. Rdg8
Kf7 37. Rb8 Ke6 38. b5 axb5 39. Rhe8+ Bxe8 40. Rxe8+ Kf5 41. h7 Rh6 42. h8=Q
Rxh8 43. Rxh8 Ke4 $11) (32... Kb8 $1 33. Rxd6 Nxb4 34. Rh8+ Ka7 35. h7 Rh6 36.
Rxf6 Rh2 (36... Rxf6 37. Ra8+ Kxa8 38. h8=Q+ $18) 37. Rg6 (37. Rf7 Be4) 37...
Be4 38. Rxg5 Rxh7 39. Rxh7 Bxh7 40. Kc3 Nd3 41. Rg7 Nxf2 42. Rxh7 Ne4+ 43. Kd3
Nxg3 {Amazingly the knight cannot be won quickly enough in this situation.} 44.
Rf7 a5 $11) (32... Nxb4 33. Ree7 $1 Rg8 34. Ref7 Bd5 35. Rxf6 $14) 33. Rxd6
Nxb4 $2 {Only this move seems to be the decisive mistake! It was still
necessary to evacuate the king, while the important knight, which cages the
rook in on d6, had to be kept in the centre.} (33... Kb8 $1 34. Rd8+ (34. Rh8+
Ka7 35. h7 Rh6 36. Rdd8 Rh2 $11) 34... Ka7 35. Rdh8 f5 $1 {clearing the 6th
rank for the rook.} 36. Rg7 Rd6 37. h7 Nf6+ 38. Kc3 Nxh7 39. Rgxh7 Be4 $11) 34.
Rh8+ Kc7 35. Rd4 $1 {Now it's all over, because both of White's rooks are
active.} Nd5 (35... a5 36. h7 Rh6 37. Rxg4 Kb6 38. Rg7 Be4 39. Re7 Rxh7 40.
Rexh7 Bxh7 41. Rxh7 $18) 36. h7 Rh6 37. Rxg4 Ne7 38. Rg7 Kd7 39. Rf8 {A really
complicated and nerve-racking game!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Na4 Ng4 12. Qd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Nb6 Ra7
15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rad1 Rb6 19. Ne1 Nd7 20. Nd3 Nf6 21.
f3 Qc7 22. c3 a5 23. Qe3 Rc6 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. a3 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Rbxb6 27. Ra1 Rc4
28. Nf2 Kf7 29. Nd1 a4 30. Ne3 Rc8 31. Rad1 Ke7 32. h4 Nd7 33. g3 Nc5 34. Kg2
Rf8 35. h5 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qd8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Qd6
15. Qxd6 Bxd6 16. Rfc1 a5 17. c5 Be7 18. a3 a4 19. Rc4 Rd8 20. Rac1 Ra5 21. f4
g5 22. Ne4 Rb5 23. R1c2 Rb3 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. Rxd4 f5 26. Nd6 Bc6 27. Bg2 Bf6 28.
Rb4 Rxd3 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Rxa4 Be7 31. Ra6 Bxd6 32. cxd6 R8xd6 33. Raxc6 Rd1+
34. Kf2 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 Rd2+ 36. Ke3 Rxb2 37. Rxe6 Rxh2 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Rg6+
Kh7 40. Rxg5 Ra2 41. Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 $5 {Another attempt to avoid the Grünfeld Defence.}
Ne4 (3... Bg7 4. Nc3 {, and Black should either play the King's Indian or go
for} d5 {(the system 4.Bg5 Bg7 in the Gruenfeld), which is quite risky.}) 4.
Bf4 c5 (4... e5 5. dxe5 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 d6 7. Ngf3 $14) 5. Qc2 (5. f3 {was played
in the following blitz game, without any success for White:} Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nxd2
7. Bxd2 Qb6 8. Bc3 Bg7 9. e3 Nc6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rd1
a5 14. Be2 d5 $11 {1/2 (39) Mamedyarov,S (2743)-Aronian,L (2815) Dubai 2014}) (
5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Bg7 7. d5 d6 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 Nd7 12.
Ne2 Nf6 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. O-O-O a6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. h3 b5 17. g4 $13 {1-0 (42)
Minzer,C (2350)-Sanchez Almeyra,J (2435) Buenos Aires 1994}) 5... Qa5+ (5... d5
6. cxd5 Qxd5 (6... Bf5 7. g4 $1) 7. e3 {[%cal Yf1c4]}) (5... Nf6 6. d5 Bg7 7.
Nc3 d6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. e4 a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 e5 13. g3 $14 {
0-1 (31) Stojanovic,M (2443)-Gross,D (2465) Valjevo 2000}) (5... f5 $5 6. f3
Qa5+ 7. Nd2 {- game}) 6. Nd2 f5 (6... Nxd2 7. Bxd2 Qc7 8. d5 (8. dxc5 Bg7 9.
Bc3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. h4 Qxc5 12. h5 Nc6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Nf3 d6 15. e3
Bg4 16. Be2 Rac8 $13 {1-0 (41) Chernyshov,K (2531)-Feher,G (2402) Zalakaros
2005}) 8... Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nf3 $14 {1/2 (11) Ivanisevic,I (2596)
-Macieja,B (2613) Vrsac 2006}) (6... Nf6 7. d5 d6 8. e4 Bg7 (8... Na6 9. a3 Bg7
10. Be2 $14 (10. Ne2 $2 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bf5 12. Qf3 Nb4 {1/2 (23) Ovsejevitsch,S
(2508)-Eljanov,P (2568) St Petersburg 2002})) 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nh5 11. Bg5 f6
12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 $132 {1-0 (35) Ovsejevitsch,S (2545)-Schmidt,W (2435)
Legnica 2006}) 7. f3 (7. e3 Bg7 8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. d5 e5 10. Bg3 Nb4 11. Qb1 {
1-0 (48) Ovsejevitsch,S (2582)-Bae,T (2411) Basel 2011} Nxg3 12. hxg3 e4 $36) (
7. Ngf3 Bg7 $132) 7... Nf6 8. d5 d6 (8... Bg7 9. Be5 d6 10. Bc3 Qc7 11. e4 O-O
12. Bd3 e6 13. dxe6 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe6 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Bxg7 Qxg7
18. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {1/2 (35) Barsov,A (2445)-Vareille,F (2380) Val Thorens 1995}
) 9. e4 (9. e3 $5 Bg7 10. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2c3]}) 9... Na6 10. Ne2 fxe4 11. fxe4
Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nh5 (13... Ng4 $5 14. O-O Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2
Bxf2 17. Bh6 $44 Bd7 $1 18. Nf3 Bd4 {, giving back the exchange with a decent
position.}) (13... Nb4 {hardly makes sense:} 14. Qc1 (14. Qb1 $2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4
Bf5) 14... Ng4 15. O-O Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. Bh6 $44) 14. Bg5 Qd8
$2 {[%mdl 16384] A bad move. The exchange on h5 destroys Black's kingside pawn
structure.} (14... Nf4 $1 15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Bg4 $13) 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Nf3
h6 17. Be3 Bg4 18. O-O e6 19. Qd2 $1 Kh7 20. Rad1 $1 {A good move. White wants
Black to close the centre.} e5 $6 ({It was probably better to balk to the end:
} 20... Qd7 {After the game move White should not worry about the centre and
starts a decisive attack.}) 21. Rf2 Nc7 22. Rdf1 {[%mdl 128]} Rb8 {Too late
for counterplay!} (22... Qe7 {was not much better, though.}) 23. h3 Bd7 24. Ne2
$1 {[%cal Re2g3]} h4 25. Kh2 b6 26. g3 hxg3+ 27. Nxg3 Rg8 28. Nh5 Ne8 29. Nxg7
Nxg7 30. Bxh6 Nh5 31. Ng5+ Kg6 32. Rg1 Qe7 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Bg5 Qe8 35. Qe2 Ng7
36. Rf6 Rf8 37. Rh6+ Kg8 38. Bf6 Rxf7 39. Qh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ ({It is interesting to compare the
following line with that played in the game:} 4... Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e4 c5 {With the bishop on c1 instead of d2, White has} 9. d5 $1
exd5 10. e5 $1 $36) 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 dxc4 ({Earlier
this year Adams preferred the solid but somewhat passive} 8... c6 {Wojtaszek,R
(2733)-Adams,M (2740) Biel 2015 CBM 168 [Ftacnik,L] (1/2-1/2, 46)}) 9. e4 c5 (
9... c6 10. Bf4 {transposes to a completely different line, usually arising
via the 5.g3 Semislav as in Dubov,D (2629)-Dreev,A (2649) Moscow 2014 CBM 164 
[Pavlovic,M] (1-0, 41)}) 10. Bf4 ({Premature action in the centre does not pay
off:} 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 b5 $15 {Jacobsen,B (2375)-Azarov,S 
(2621) Rijeka 2010 (0-1, 22)}) ({Or if} 10. d5 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 {the d2-bishop
is hanging, eliminating thus the dangers for the e4-knight after} 12. Nxd5 Nxd2
) 10... Nb6 (10... cxd4 11. Qxd4 {Activates White's play:} Nc5 (11... e5 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Be6 14. Nd5 $14 {Nguyen,A (2484)-Csom,I (2472) Budapest
1999 (0-1, 29)}) (11... Nb6 {Ragozin,V-Budo,A Leningrad 1936 (1-0, 41)} 12.
Qxd8 Rxd8 13. a4) 12. Qxc4 Qd3 {Ragozin,V-Levenfish,G Leningrad 1936 (½-½,
30). As we see, there was some activity in this line almost 80 years ago!!} 13.
Ne5 $1 Qxc4 14. Nxc4 Nd3 15. e5 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 $16) 11. a4 {
[%csl Gb6][%cal Ga4a5]} cxd4 (11... a5 {[%csl Gb5,Gb6]} 12. Nb5 {[%cal Gf4c7]}
Ne8 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 $36) 12. Nxd4 Bc5 $1 $146 ({Clearly an
improvement over the passive} 12... a6 13. a5 Nbd7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxd5 {
Giving up the bishop will backfire despite some temporary initiative.} (15.
Nxd5 $1 exd5 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxd5 $14) 15... exd5 16. Nf5 Nc5
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. Nb6 Bh3 20. Nxa8 $2 Qxa8 21. Qh5 (21. Re1 b5
22. f3 Nd3 $17) 21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qc8 $15 {1/2-1/2 (29) Sorokin,M (2400)
-Pigusov,E (2530) Voronezh 1988}) 13. Ndb5 Qxd1 $1 {A precise move forcing
White into committing one of his rooks.} (13... a6 14. Nc7 Ra7 15. a5 Nbd7 16.
e5 Ne8 17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18. Ne4 $36) 14. Raxd1 (14. Rfxd1 {[%csl Gf2]} e5 $1 {
[%cal Gc8g4]} (14... Bd7 15. a5 $16) 15. Bxe5 Bxf2+ $1) 14... Bd7 15. Nc7 $2 {
This will eventually yield White an advantage but it could have led to the
opposite had Black defended correctly.} (15. a5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Na4 $132) 15...
Rac8 $2 {There was no need to attack the knight.} ({It was essential to defend
the d7-bishop:} 15... Rad8 $1 {[%csl Gd7]} 16. a5 Na4 17. e5 Ng4 $17) 16. a5
Na4 (16... Na8 $6 {is too passive:} 17. Nxa8 e5 (17... Rxa8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5
exd5 20. Rxd5 $18) 18. Bxe5 Bg4 (18... Rxa8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd7 $18) 19. Rd2
Rxa8 20. h3 Be6 21. Rfd1 $16) 17. e5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 (18... Rxc7 19. exf6 $18
{[%csl Gd7]}) 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 $14 {White is better centralised and his
majority is more mobile than Black's.} Bc6 (20... b6 $14) 21. Bxc6 ({White
could have safely taken the pawn with} 21. Bxc4 $5) 21... Rxc6 22. Rd7 Ra6 $6 {
Taking the rook too far from the kingside.} (22... b5 23. axb6 Bxb6 24. Rfd1
$14) 23. Rxb7 Rxa5 24. e6 $2 {This is a thematic idea, weakening the seventh
rank, but the last move is premature.} (24. Rd1 $1 Ra2 (24... Ra8 {does not
work as in the line below since after} 25. Rdd7 {the f7-pawn is hanging.}) 25.
e6 fxe6 26. Rdd7 $16) 24... g5 ({A simpler way was} 24... fxe6 25. Rd1 Ra8 26.
Rdd7 Bf8 $13 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7a1]}) 25. Bxg5 fxe6 26. Bf4 Rf7 $6 {Allowing
White to defend his only weak spot, the f2-pawn.} (26... Ra2 $11 {would have
left White short of active plans.}) 27. Rb8+ Rf8 28. Rb2 $1 Ra3 29. Be5 $14 {
White's position is not only better but also easier to play. He has the better
structure and safer king.} Rb3 30. Re2 Rb5 31. Bf4 Kf7 32. Rd1 Rb7 33. Rde1 Rb6
34. Kg2 Rc8 35. Re4 Rb2 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. R1xe3 $16 {White has activated his
reserve rook making the aforementioned trumps even more relevant.} Rc5 (37...
Rc6 38. Rh4 Kg7 39. Rg4+ Kf6 40. Rf4+ Kg6 41. Ref3 $36) 38. Rxe6 Rf5 39. Re7+ (
{The simple} 39. Re2 {was also possible.}) 39... Kf8 40. Re8+ Kf7 41. R3e7+ Kg6
(41... Kf6 42. Rf8+) 42. Rg8+ Kf6 43. Rf8+ Kxe7 44. Rxf5 {After the exchange
of one rook, White wins with relative ease.} Kd6 45. Ra5 Rb7 46. g4 Kc6 47. Ra4
Kc5 48. h4 Rd7 49. g5 Kb5 50. Rb4+ Kc5 51. Rb8 a5 52. Ra8 Kb6 53. h5 Rd3 54. h6
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 ({A month
previously Topalov won a nice game against Carlsen in} 6. Bd3 b5 7. c4 g5 $5 8.
Nxg5 Ne5 9. Be2 bxc4 10. Na3 Rg8 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. d4 Nb6 13. Bh5 Nxh5 14. Qxh5
Rg7 15. Nxh7 Qd7 16. dxc5 dxc5 $15 {Carlsen-Topalov, Saint Louis 2015.}) 6...
b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. c4 e6 ({The greedy} 9... Nxe4 $6 {is too
dangerous, because} 10. f3 Nef6 11. Nf5 $40 {and White has a strong attack.})
10. Nc3 Be7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. a3
Bd8 {A very typical manoeuvre in the Hedgehog System. Black prepares for ...
Bc7 with which he exerts pressure on the b8-h2 diagonal.} 17. Bg1 {A
prophylactic move.} h5 $146 {A novelty by Topalov. Black would like to advance
with his h-P and creates some weaknesses on White's kingside.} (17... Bc7 18.
b4 d5 19. cxd5 Bf4 20. Be3 Bxh2 (20... Bxe3 {(Fernandez Aguado-Vehi Bach,
Sitges 1989)} 21. Rxe3 $1 exd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. exd5 $16 {
and White is a healthy P up.}) 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Qa2 Nf8 23. Bc4 $16 {and
White is better, for example} Qe5 24. Bxe6+ $1 Nxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Bd4 $1
$18 {and wins.}) 18. b3 Ne5 (18... h4 $5 {was also possible.}) 19. f4 Ned7 20.
b4 Qa8 {White weakened his e4-P after f4, so Black immediately puts it under
pressure.} (20... h4 $5) 21. Bd3 Be7 {The B was already useless on d8.} (21...
h4 $5) 22. h3 Rc7 $6 {An inaccuracy.} ({Even now} 22... h4 $5 {was an
interesting option too.}) 23. Re2 (23. e5 $1 {was the strongest reply,} dxe5
24. fxe5 Nh7 25. Bh2 $1 $36 {followed by Ne4 and White has a nice initiative.})
23... h4 24. Bf2 Nh5 25. Nf3 Ng3+ 26. Bxg3 hxg3 27. Qe1 Nf6 28. Qxg3 Nh5 29.
Qg4 Nf6 30. Qg3 Nh5 31. Qg4 Nf6 32. Qh4 g6 ({In the event of} 32... Nxe4 33.
Ng5 Nxg5 34. fxg5 g6 35. Rf1 Bf8 36. Be4 $1 {and now} Rxc4 $2 {does not work
because of} 37. Rxf7 $3 Kxf7 38. Qh7+ Bg7 39. Rf2+ $18 {and White wins.}) 33.
Ng5 Qd8 (33... Nh5 {was also an alternative.}) 34. Rd1 Nh5 35. Qg4 e5 ({
Probably} 35... Nf6 {was more accurate,} 36. Qf3 Nh5 {and in the event of} 37.
Nxe6 $5 fxe6 38. Qg4 Nxf4 39. Qxf4 Bf6 $44 {with a double-edged fight.}) 36.
Nd5 Bxd5 37. exd5 Bxg5 38. fxg5 Nf4 39. Rc2 b5 $2 {A decisive mistake,
probably in time trouble.} (39... Nxd3 40. Rxd3 e4 41. Rd4 e3 42. Re2 Rce7 $44
{with some compensation for the P.}) 40. c5 $1 Nxd3 (40... Nxd5 {could have
been met by} 41. Bxg6 $1 Ne3 42. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 (42... Kf8 43. Qh5 $1 Nxd1 44.
Qh6+ Ke7 45. Rd2 $18) 43. Qe4+ $18 {and White wins.}) 41. Rxd3 e4 42. Rd4 e3
43. c6 Re5 44. h4 Rce7 45. Re2 Qb6 46. g3 a5 47. Kg2 axb4 48. axb4 Qa7 49. Rd3
Re4 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qd8 Rxb4 52. Rd1 Rbe4 53. Qxd6 Qa4 54. Rde1 $2 {This safe
move is a mistake! Now Black gets some chances.} (54. Rc1 $1 $18 {was the best
answer followed by c7, so Black can resign.}) 54... Qc4 $1 {The correct reply!}
55. h5 gxh5 56. Qh6+ Kg8 57. g6 fxg6 $2 {The decisive mistake, which loses
immediately!} (57... f5 $1 {was very important,} 58. Rxe3 (58. Qxh5 Qxd5) 58...
Rxe3 59. Rxe3 Qxd5+ 60. Kf1 Qh1+ $11 {and Black survives with perpetual checks.
}) 58. Qxg6+ $18 Rg7 59. Qxh5 Qd4 60. Ra2 {Now Black is already helpless.} Rf4
61. Ra8+ Rf8 62. Rxf8+ Kxf8 63. Qh8+ Kf7 64. Rf1+ Ke7 65. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. d3 Bb7 14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qb4 Nf5 16. c3 Re8 17. Bd2 c5 18. Qf4 h6 19. Re1 Rxe1 20. Bxe1
d6 21. h4 g6 22. Bd2 h5 23. Qa4 a6 24. Qd7 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Bf4 Nf5 27. f3
f6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. g4 Nxh4 30. Bxd6 Nxf3 31. gxh5 Ng5 32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33. Ke3
Ne6 34. d4 cxd4+ 35. cxd4 b5 36. Bd3+ f5 37. Bc2 Kg5 38. Bb3 f4+ 39. Kd3 Kf5
40. d5 Ng5 41. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. a4
Be7 15. e6 Bd6 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kf6 18. Ne4+ Kf7 19. Ng5+ Kf6 20. Ne4+
Kf7 21. a5 c5 22. Nxd6+ cxd6 23. c4 Ba6 24. b3 b5 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. b4 cxb4 27.
Rb1 Rac8 28. Rxb4 Rc5 29. Bb2 Bc6 30. a6 Ra5 31. Ne2 Re8 32. Nd4 Nxd4 33. Rbxd4
Rg5 34. Rf4+ Kg8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Re4 37. Rxe4 Bxe4 38. Rxd6 Rxg4+ 39. Kf1
Rg6 40. Rd7 Rxa6 41. Rxg7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. Be3 Qd5 17. b4 Qd7 18. h3 Rfd8 19. g4 Be6 20. Bf4 h5 21. Re3 Bxg4
22. Qxd3 Qxd3 23. Bxd3 Be6 24. Kh2 Bd5 25. Rg1 a5 26. Bxb5 axb4 27. e6 fxe6 28.
Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Ne5 Bd6 30. Reg3 Rd7 31. Nxd7 Bxf4 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Nxh5 Bxg3+
34. Rxg3 g6 35. Nf4 Ra1 36. Rg5 bxc3 37. bxc3 Be4 38. Re5 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40.
Kh2 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nhf6
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qb5 Ne8 19. Qa4 Nd6 20. Na3 Qc7 21.
e3 Qb7 22. Bf1 Nb8 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Bd3 g6 26. Qb3 Rc7 27. Rdc1
Rfc8 28. Rc3 Nc6 29. a4 Na5 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Qd1 Nc6 32. Qe2 a5 33. Bc3 Qb8
34. Qd1 Qd8 35. Bf1 Be7 36. Qe2 Qd6 37. Bg2 Bf6 38. h4 h5 39. Qb5 Nb4 40. Qe2
Qe7 41. Qd1 Kg7 42. Ra3 Rc8 43. Rb3 Qd6 44. Bd2 Rc7 45. Bf3 Qf8 46. Kg2 Be7 47.
Rc3 Qd8 48. Qb3 Rd7 49. Be2 Rc7 50. Be1 Bd6 51. Rxc7 Qxc7 52. Qc3 Na2 53. Qxc7
Bxc7 54. f3 f5 55. Bd2 Nb4 56. g4 hxg4 57. fxg4 fxg4 58. Bxg4 Kf7 59. Be2 Nc6
60. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 b6
15. Qc2 g6 16. Bg5 Qf8 17. Bf6 Re8 18. h3 Bf4 19. N1h2 Nd6 20. Ng4 Ne4 21. Bh4
h5 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Qd6 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Bb5 Nb8 27. Bxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 $5 {
A relatively rare contnuation which came into the limelight recently after
having been used by Carlsen at the 2013 Candidates. So might have decided upon
this variation due to the later improvement over a previous game of his
opponent.} ({The main line goes} 7. Ndb5 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+
Kxd8 {as for instance in Nakamura,H (2775)-Kramnik,V (2801) Moscow 2012 CBM
149 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 40)}) 7... Bb4 8. Be2 {Both sides will keep the
tension in the centre for a while, but Nxc6 and ...dxc4 are permanent issues.}
(8. Nxc6 bxc6 {only strengthens Black's centre without causing him any major
inconvenient regarding his development.} 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Be7 12.
Qc2 Ba6 $11 {Bruzon Batista,L (2659)-Vidit,S (2651) Baku 2015 (1-0, 39)}) 8...
O-O ({Carlsen's aforementioned game went} 8... dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 bxc6
11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. O-O Nxf4 13. exf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ke7 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Kramnik,
V (2810) London 2013 (1/2-1/2, 30). White's position looks more active but due
to the king's presence in the centre Black had no trouble reaching a draw.}) 9.
O-O Bxc3 ({After castling} 9... dxc4 {looks a bit more suspicious, since in
the endgame the king would be far from the centre:} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (10... Qxd1
11. Rfxd1 bxc6 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Be5 $16 {is a lot different from the
Candidates' game.}) 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Rac1 (13. Be5 $5 $14 {looks
more natural.}) 13... Nxf4 14. exf4 Bb7 $11 {Huzman,A (2580)-Moiseenko,A (2692)
Berlin 2015 (1/2-1/2, 53)}) ({The last move anticipates possible problems in
the centre, which could pop up after} 9... Re8 10. cxd5 $1 Nxd4 (10... Bxc3 11.
dxc6 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bxd4 13. c7 Qe7 14. exd4 Nd5 15. Qc1 {with a well defended
and annoying pawn on the seventh rank.}) (10... exd5 11. Ncb5 Re7 12. Rc1 $16)
(10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 $16 Qxd5 $2 12. Bf3 $18) 11. Qxd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd5 13.
Bg3 $14) 10. bxc3 $146 ({Vachier had previously faced} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. bxc3
Ne4 12. Qc2 Qf6 13. Rac1 e5 14. Bg3 $6 (14. f3 Nc5 15. Bg3 {may be better but
Black would have an active position anyway}) 14... Bf5 $36 {Zhigalko,A (2589)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2711) Warsaw 2012 (0-1, 69)}) 10... Re8 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 11.
Bg5 {The bishop was at risk of becoming a passive piece so White spends a
couple of tempi to exchange it for the important f6-knight, thus reducing
Black's control over d5.} h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 {allows Black to develop strong
counterplay:} g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Nb5 Rd8 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rad1
Be6 18. c4 Nf4 $5 19. exf4 exf4 $11 {Black will retrieve the piece and the
mutual weaknesses will compensate for each other.}) 12... Qxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 {
From the structural point of view, the c3-pawn is almost as weak as the
d5-pawn (the difference is made by the bishops' colour) but White has on his
side a slight advance in development.} 14. Qb3 Rd8 {A necessary loss of time
allowing White to increase his pressure.} 15. Bf3 Na5 $6 {This will lead to an
unpleasant ending. Quite possibly, Black missed something in the line from the
next comment.} (15... Qd6 16. Rfd1 Ne5 {looks safer.} {The combination} 17.
Bxd5 $2 Qxd5 18. Nb5 {does not work on account of} Nf3+ $1 19. Kh1 $2 ({
This is the thematic line, but it loses. Better is} 19. gxf3 {accepting that
he will have to struggle after} Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Be6) 19... Qh5 20. Rxd8+ Kh7 21.
Qc2+ g6 22. gxf3 (22. h3 Bxh3 $19) 22... Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 Bh3 $19) 16. Qb5 $1 {
Attacking the knight and keeping an eye on the d5-pawn.} (16. Qa4 {is less
effective due to} Nc4 $11 {when} 17. Bxd5 $2 {does not work on account of} Nb6
$19 {[%cal Gb6a4,Gb6d5]}) 16... Qb6 ({Vachier might have relied on} 16... b6
17. Bxd5 a6 18. Qa4 Rxd5 $2 19. Qe8+ Kh7 20. Qe4+ Qg6 21. Qxd5 Bb7 {[%csl Gg2]
failing to notice that} 22. Qf5 $18 {pins the queen.}) 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rfb1 {
After getting additional weaknesses Black's position became unpleasant. In the
event of complete exchanges of the weak pawns White would get an ending with 4
pawns versus 3 pawns, which would offer good winning chances if he kept a
minor piece in the process.} Nc4 19. Rb4 (19. Be2 $5 Rd6 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rb4
{[%csl Rc8,Gd4]}) (19. a4 $5 $16 {[%cal Gb1b4]}) 19... Ra3 20. Nb5 Ra5 21. h3
$6 {Wasting a vital tempo in a moment when White faced no back rank dangers.} (
21. a4 $14 {stabilises the queenside in White's favour since} Bd7 $6 22. Rd1
$16 {wins a pawn on account of} Be6 $2 23. Rxc4 $18) 21... Bd7 22. Bxd5 $2 {
Unexpectedly losing a piece.} (22. a4 Nd2 23. Be2 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Ne4) 22... Ne5
$1 {[%csl Gb5,Gd5][%cal Ra5d5,Rd8d5] Quite a curious system of pins and X-Ray
attacks.} (22... Bxb5 $2 23. Bxc4 $16) 23. Re4 (23. c4 Bxb5 $19) 23... Ng6 24.
Bxf7+ {Relatively best.} Kxf7 25. Nd6+ Kg8 26. Nxb7 Bc6 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. Nxa5
Rd6 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. a4 Rxc3 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rxa5 {White has managed to
simplify to an ending which at first sight looks drawish. But the black knight
will show impressive versatility in weakening and attacking the white
structure and So will not display the required accuracy in defence..} Rc1+ 33.
Kh2 Rc2 34. Kg3 Nf8 35. h4 ({Another way of advancing the pawns is} 35. f4 Nd7
36. Kf3 Nb6 (36... Rc3 37. Ra6 Nf6 38. Ra5 {prevents the knight's activation.})
37. e4 Rc3+ 38. Kf2 Nd7 39. e5 Nc5 {and White has no lesser worries than in
the game.}) 35... Nd7 36. Kf3 Kh7 37. Rf5 Nc5 38. g4 Nd3 39. Kg3 g6 40. Rf7+
Kg8 41. Rf6 Kg7 42. g5 $2 {This looks like the decisive mistake. So obviously
relied on the stability of his fortress but probably misjudged the ending
after the more or less forced rook exchange.} ({It was better to keep both
enemy pawns vulnerable on the sixth rank with} 42. Ra6 $1 {for instance} Rxf2 (
{Or} 42... Nxf2 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Ra6 {when in order to avoid a repetition
Black would have to give up both his pawns and head for a rook and knight
versus rook ending.}) 43. Ra3 $1 {Forcing the rook to abandon the f-file.} Rd2
44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Ra8+ Ke7 46. Ra7+ Kd8 47. Ra6 Ne5 48. Re6 $11) 42... h5 43. f3
{White has a wide range of defensive plans, but none of them seems to work.} (
43. f4 {loses quicker than the game continuation:} Ne1 44. f5 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 gxf5
46. Rxf5 Re2 47. Re5 Nd3 48. Re8 (48. Re6 $2 Nf4+ $1) 48... Kf7 {and the rook
does not have favourable squares along the e-file.}) ({One natural question is
how would Black make progress if White keeps his pawns on their actual squares:
} 43. Kg2 Ne5 44. Kg3 Ng4 45. Rf4 Ra2 46. Rf3 Ra4 {Reducing White's mobility
even more.} 47. Kh3 Ne5 48. Rf6 Rg4 49. Ra6 Nf3 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52.
Ra7+ Kd8 ({Black does not make ay progress after} 52... Ke6 53. Ra6+ Kf5 54.
Ra5+) 53. Ra8+ Kc7 54. Rf8 Ng1+ ({The hurried} 54... Nxh4 {leads to a draw:}
55. f3 Nxf3 56. Rxf3 Rxg5 57. Rf6 Kd7 58. e4 $1 Ke7 59. e5 $11 {The pawn has
reached e5 just in time to help build a fortress.}) 55. Kh2 Kd6 56. f3 Nxf3+ $1
57. Rxf3 Rxh4+ 58. Kg3 Rg4+ 59. Kf2 Rxg5 {Black's king is better centralised
than in the previous line which makes a decisive difference.}) ({With the
h-pawn much safer than on h6, the rook's side attack does not work:} 43. Ra6
Rxf2 44. Ra3 Rd2 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ra7+ Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf5 {It is
also important that after g4-g5 this square is available for the king,
practically winning a tempo.} 49. Rf6+ Ke5 50. Rxg6 Nc5 {White has no time to
eliminate Black's last pawn due to the danger of a direct attack:} 51. Rh6 Ne4+
52. Kh3 Re2 53. Rxh5 (53. g6 Rxe3+ 54. Kh2 Nf6 $19) 53... Rxe3+ 54. Kg2 Kf4 $19
) 43... Ne1 44. e4 Rc3 45. Kf2 Nd3+ 46. Kg3 Ne5 47. Kg2 {It may seem that
White has stabilised things, but his rook is kind of trapped:} Rc6 $1 48. Rxc6
(48. f4 {loses the h4-pawn:} Rc2+ 49. Kg3 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Nf3 $19) 48... Nxc6 49.
f4 Kf7 {This ending offers no saving hope since White will not be able to keep
the compact character of his structure due to zugzwang.} 50. Kf3 ({f4-f5 is a
permanent issue, but it almost never works:} 50. f5 $2 gxf5 51. exf5 Ne7 52. f6
Ng6 53. Kg3 Ke6 $19) 50... Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Kd2 (52. f5 gxf5 53. exf5 Ke5
54. f6 Nd4 55. Kd3 Ne6 56. Ke3 Nf4 57. Kf3 Ng6 $19) 52... Kc5 53. Kd3 (53. f5
Ne5 $19) 53... Kb4 54. Kd2 (54. f5 Kc5 (54... Ne5+ $2 55. Kd4 $18) 55. fxg6
Ne5+ 56. Ke3 Nxg6 $19) 54... Kc4 55. Ke3 Kc5 $1 ({Vachier's initial intention
might have been} 55... Ne7 {If so, he must have noticed in time the saving
line:} 56. f5 gxf5 57. g6 $3 {Clearing the g5-square for the king in order to
eliminate the last black pawn.} (57. exf5 Nxf5+ 58. Kf4 Nxh4 59. Ke5 Kd3 $19)
57... fxe4 58. Kxe4 Nxg6 59. Kf5 $11) 56. Kd3 Nd8 {Not the only way of
improving the knight's placement.} 57. Ke3 Nf7 58. Kd3 (58. f5 Ne5 59. Kf4 Kd4
$19) 58... Nd6 59. Ke3 Kc4 60. f5 Ne8 $1 {Preparing to block the g-pawns.} (
60... gxf5 $2 61. g6 $11) 61. fxg6 (61. f6 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6]} 62. Kf4 Kd4 $19)
61... Ng7 62. e5 (62. Kf4 Kd4 $19) 62... Kd5 63. Kf4 Kd4 64. e6 $5 Kd5 (64...
Nxe6+ $2 65. Kf5 $18 {As we can see, there are several moments when the line
between winning and losing is very thin.}) 65. e7 Ke6 66. Ke4 Kxe7 67. Ke5 Ke8
{The most elegant way.} ({But} 67... Kf8 {also wins:} 68. Kf6 {This looks like
a zugzwang, but the knight is too mobile to allow that:} Ne8+ 69. Ke6 Nc7+ 70.
Kd6 Nb5+ 71. Kc5 (71. Ke5 Kg7 72. Kf5 Nd4+ 73. Ke4 Nc6 74. Kf5 Ne7+) 71... Na3
{[%cal Gf8g7,Gg7g6]}) 68. Kd5 (68. Kf6 Kf8 69. Ke5 Ke7 {with a decisive
opposition.}) 68... Kd7 (68... Kd7 69. Ke5 Ke7 {is the same as above.}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. c3 Qd7 15.
Qe2 Rad8 16. Rd1 d5 17. b4 h6 18. Bd2 Rfe8 19. h3 Bd6 20. Be1 Qc7 21. Rdc1 Qd7
22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 a5 25. Qa2 Bb6 26. c4 dxe4 27. dxe4 Bc7 28.
c5 Qd3 29. Bc3 Qb5 30. Rb1 Qa6 31. Nd2 Rd3 32. Qc2 Red8 33. Nc4 Qa7 34. Nb6 Qa6
35. Qa2 Rd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Kf7 38. Bxa5 Qb5 39. Nc4 (39. Qc4 $1) 39...
Nxa5 40. Nxa5 Qxc5 41. Nb3 $2 (41. Nc4 $11 {Black's structure is bad but he is
very active. Svidler should hold.}) 41... Qc3 42. Ra7 $4 {Probably this move
came with a draw offer. Svidler took it, though he is winning:} (42. Ra7 Qe1
43. Rxc7+ Kg6 {White is getting mated and his knight is trapped. For example:}
44. Nf5 Qg1+ 45. Kg3 Nh5+ 46. Kf3 Rd3+ 47. Ne3 Nf4 {and White will soon be
mated on g2.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 h6 (9... Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 {is an important
question in this line, because Black has had good results in it.}) 10. h3 {
The inclusion of h3 and h6 is favourable for White, because ...Bg4 is not an
option anymore.} Re8 (10... Be6 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Ba2 c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. b4 Nb7 16. c4 $13 {1-0 (53) Bartel,M (2619)-Schachinger,M (2443)
Legnica 2013}) 11. Bd2 $146 (11. Nd5 Be6 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Nb4 Nxb4
15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. axb4 d5 17. Bc3 d4 18. Bd2 c5 19. bxc5 b4 20. Bc1 Bxc5 $11 {
1/2 (66) Bruzon Batista,L (2707)-Espinosa Veloz,E (2461) Havana CUB 2013})
11... Bf8 12. a4 (12. Nd5 {is also good.}) 12... Rb8 (12... b4 13. Nd5 Rb8 (
13... Na5 14. Ba2) 14. a5 {seems to be better for White.}) 13. axb5 axb5 {
White has opened the a-file, which is very important.} 14. Re1 Be6 15. Nd5 Nd7
(15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. c4 $14) 16. c3 Ne7 (16... Nc5 17. Bc2 $14 {
followed by d4.}) 17. Ne3 $1 {Keeping the pieces with some space advantage.}
Bxb3 18. Qxb3 Ng6 (18... d5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Qc2 Nxd5 21. Ng4 $36) 19. g3 $1 (
19. Qc2 {to prepare for d4 is also good.}) 19... Nc5 $6 {Black forces White to
move his queen to c2, but this is a really useful move.} (19... c6 {seems to
be better:} 20. Qc2 Nf6 $11) 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. b4 $1 Ne6 22. d4 $1 (22. Ra7 $14)
22... exd4 23. cxd4 c5 24. d5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Nf5 Ne5 (26... Rbc8 27. Qb3
Rc4 28. Kg2 $14 {The d4 P is vulnerable.}) 27. Kg2 Rbc8 28. Qb3 d3 29. Ra2 $1 {
Preparing for f4.} Ra8 $6 (29... g6 $142 30. Nxh6+ Bxh6 31. Bxh6 f5 {and
suddenly Black gets counterplay.}) 30. Rea1 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qc8 {A very tricky
move, planning Qc4.} 32. Ne3 $1 {Avoiding Qc4.} g6 33. Bc3 h5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35.
Qxd3 Qe8 36. Re2 Bg7 (36... Rxe4 $2 37. Ng4 $1) 37. Nc2 f5 38. f3 fxe4 39. fxe4
$16 Re7 40. Nd4 Bxd4 41. Qxd4 Re5 42. Qd3 Kh7 43. Qc2 Qe7 44. h4 Kg7 45. Qd3
Kh7 46. Kh2 Kg7 47. Qd4 Kh7 48. Re3 g5 $6 {Why change the structure?} (48...
Qc7 {was better and it is not so easy to find a winning plan for White.}) 49.
hxg5 Qxg5 50. Rf3 Re7 51. Rf4 $16 Qg6 52. Rf6 Qg5 53. Qf2 Kg7 54. Rxd6 (54. Rf5
$142 $1 Qg4 55. e5 $1 {wins immediately} dxe5 56. d6 Rd7 57. Rxe5) 54... h4 55.
Kh3 (55. gxh4 $142 Qe5+ 56. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Rxe4 58. h5 Rxb4 59. Kf3 $16)
55... hxg3 56. Qf5 Qxf5+ 57. exf5 Re4 58. Rg6+ $6 (58. Kxg3 Rxb4 59. Kf3 $14)
58... Kf7 59. Rxg3 Rxb4 (59... Kf6 $1 $11) 60. Rd3 Rc4 61. d6 Rc8 $2 (61... Ke8
$1 $11 62. Kg3 Kd7 63. f6 b4 64. f7 Rc8) 62. Kg4 Kf6 63. Kf4 b4 64. Ke4 $18 Rb8
65. Kd5 $2 (65. Rb3 $18) 65... b3 66. d7 b2 67. Rb3 Rxb3 68. d8=Q+ Kxf5 69.
Qd7+ Kg5 70. Qe7+ Kg4 71. Qe4+ Kg3 72. Qg6+ Kh4 $2 (72... Kf4 $11) 73. Qb1 Kg5
74. Kc4 Rb8 75. Qg1+ Kf5 76. Qc5+ Kg4 77. Qd4+ Kf3 78. Qf6+ Ke4 79. Qe6+ Kf3
80. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 cxd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
O-O e6 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Nd2 a5 13. b5 Na7 14. a4 Bb4 15.
Nb3 Nc8 16. Rfc1 Nb6 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Qd1 Qd8 21.
Qe1 Nc8 22. f3 Ne7 23. Rc1 b6 24. Qc3 Rc8 25. Qd2 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qd6 27. Qc2 g6
28. Nc1 e5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Qd2 Qa1 31. Bc2 d4 32. exd4 Ned5 33. Kf2 Nb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd4 Nxc5
15. f3 Bg6 16. Nb5 Re8 17. f4 Be4 18. Nd6 Re7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bc6 21. Qc2
Ne6 22. Rad1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 g6 {[#]} 24. f5 {Mit "normalen" Zügen hat Weiß
eine überlegene Stellung erreicht. Nun folgt schon die Exekution:} Nd4 25. Qd2
Nxf5 ({Es drohte} 25... Z0 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qg5 Rd7 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Nxf7+
Rxf7 30. Qh6+ Rh7 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Qxf8#) 26. Rxf5 ({Noch besser als} 26. Nxf5
{was aber auch gewinnt.}) 26... gxf5 27. Nxf5 (27. Nxf5 Ree8 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29.
Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. d3 Bd6 8.
a4 O-O 9. Nc3 b6 10. Nb5 Ba6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb3 Bb8 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Nc4 N7f6
15. Bd2 Bb7 16. e4 Ne7 17. e5 Nfd5 18. Ncd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 Rb8 20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21.
d4 cxd4 22. Bb4 Re8 23. Bxe7 Rexe7 24. Rad1 Rbd7 25. Rxd4 h6 26. Rfd1 Qc7 27.
Re1 Rd8 28. Bxd5 Qc5 29. Red1 Red7 30. Bxe6 Rxd4 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Rxd4 Qxd4
33. Bh5 Qd5 34. Qb4+ Kg8 35. Qe7 Qd7 36. Bf7+ Kh7 37. Qxd7 Rxd7 38. Bc4 g5 39.
Kg2 Rd4 40. b3 g4 41. h3 h5 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. e6 Kg7 44. Kf1 Re4 45. Kg2 Rd4
46. Kf1 Re4 47. Kg2 Rd4 48. f3 gxf3+ 49. Kxf3 Kf6 50. g4 Ke7 51. g5 Rh4 52. Kg3
Re4 53. Kf3 Rh4 54. g6 Rh6 55. g7 Rg6 56. Ke4 Rg5 57. Kd4 Rxg7 58. Kd5 Rh7 59.
Kc6 Rg7 60. Kc7 Rh7 61. Kc6 Rg7 62. Kc7 Rh7 63. Bd5 Rh5 64. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Ne5 e6 14. h3 h5 15. f3
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 {The temptation to win the piece with} 17. g4 {is
understandable.} (17. f4 {was probably a little safer for White as he keeps a
space advantage and Black struggles to activate his pieces.}) 17... hxg4 18.
hxg4 Bxg4 19. fxg4 Nxe5 20. Bd4 Qh4 ({Things might have been less rosy for
White had Black now played} 20... Nxg4 {and if} 21. Bxg7 {Black throws in the
zwischenzug} Qh4 ({Black no doubt missed Qh4, and only saw that} 21... Kxg7 22.
Qd4+ {leads to tragedy.}) 22. Rf3 Kxg7 {and now Black has three pawns for the
piece and pressure against the exposed king with the knight-queen combo and
potential h-file fun.}) 21. Qe1 Qxg4 22. Rd1 Nf3+ 23. Rxf3 Bxd4+ 24. Kf1 Be5
25. Qd2 Rc4 26. Qe3 Bg7 27. Qxa7 Rb4 ({Komodo 9 suggests the very interesting
idea of} 27... g5 {followed by Qh5 and g4 to continue harrassing White.}) 28.
b3 Rc8 29. Rdd3 Qg5 30. Nd1 Rg4 31. Qxb7 Rf8 32. Ne3 Bd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Qc7
Rd2 35. a4 Rb2 36. Nd1 Rb1 37. Rd3 Rc1 38. Qh2 Rfc8 (38... Qf6+ {White would
be hard-pressed to find a good answer to} 39. Ke1 (39. Bf3 e5 $1 {and ...e4 is
fatal}) 39... Rfc8 40. Qg3 R8c2 {and White is losing.}) 39. Kf2 Qf6+ 40. Bf3 e5
$2 41. Ne3 $1 {and now White is in the driver seat.} d4 42. Ng4 Qg5 43. Nxe5
R8c3 {[#]} 44. Qh8+ $1 {Simple, decisive.} Kxh8 45. Nxf7+ Kg7 46. Nxg5 Rxd3 47.
exd3 Rc3 48. a5 Rxd3 49. a6 Rd2+ 50. Ke1 Ra2 51. Ne6+ Kf6 52. Nc5 Ra5 53. b4
Ra2 54. b5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Bb2 O-O
15. a4 b4 16. Nb1 c4 17. dxc4 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Nxe4 19. Re1 Nd6 20. Nbd2 Rac8 21.
Rad1 Na5 22. Nxe5 Ndxc4 23. Ndxc4 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxe6 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6
27. Re2 h6 28. g3 Rfc6 29. Rdd2 R4c5 30. h4 Rc7 31. Kg2 Ra5 32. Rd4 Rxa4 33. h5
Ra5 34. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Bg3 Nc6 8. Ngf3
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qc2 c4 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Bf2 Be7 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15.
Bxg4 Nd6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 Qc8 19. Qf3 b5 20. h4 a5 21. h5 h6
22. Bh4 Re8 23. Nf1 Qe6 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Ng3 b4 26. Nf5 Qe4 27. Raf1 Bc8 28. Ng3
Qxf3+ 29. gxf3 a4 30. Ne2 a3 31. cxb4 Bxb4 32. Nf4 axb2 33. Nxd5 Rxa2 34. Rb1
Ba5 {[#]} 35. Rhg1 {Droht immerhin Sf6, aber} Kf8 (35... Kf8 {mit Remisangebot,
das Weiß angesichts von Lb7 und Vormarsch des c-Bauern annahm.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 e6 7. b3 d5 8. Ba3
Qa5 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. d4 b5 12. Bxc5 bxa4 13. b4 Qc7 14. Bxf8 Nxf8 15.
c5 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bb5 17. Re1 Qc6 18. a3 Rd8 19. Ra2 g5 20. f4 gxf4 21. exf4 Ng6
22. Rf2 Ne7 23. g4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Qd7 26. Rd2 Bc6 27. d5 Bxd5 28.
f5 Nc6 29. g5 Qc7 30. f6 Bxe4 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8 32. Bxe4 Bf8 33. Qh5 h6 34. g6 Qd7
35. Kf1 fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 37. h4 a5 38. bxa5 Nc6 39. f7 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41.
Kg3 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 Qc3+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+ 47.
Kg3 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 c6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1
Rad8 15. cxd5 exd5 $2 {Though some games saw errors swing back and forth, in
this game, it was all Eljanov needed and he never let go of the reins.} (15...
cxd5 {The difference from the game is that now after} 16. e4 dxe4 17. Qd6 Qxd6
18. Rxd6 e3 $1 {Black is able to contain White.} 19. Re1 Nb8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
Rxe3 Rd2 {and Black is ok.}) 16. e4 dxe4 17. Qd6 {Black is probably already
lost strategically.} Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nc5 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxd6 21. exd6 Rd8
22. Rd1 c5 23. Bc6 Kf8 24. Kf2 g6 25. g4 c4 26. Ke3 c3 27. Rd4 (27. d7 {
was stronger and more expedient.} Ke7 28. Rc1 Kd6 29. Rxc3 $18) 27... c2 28.
Kd2 Be2 29. g5 Bg4 30. Be4 Ke8 31. Bxc2 Kd7 32. b4 b5 33. Bd3 Kc6 34. a3 a6 35.
Be4+ Kb6 36. Ke3 Be6 37. h4 a5 38. Bd3 ({White misses the amazing shot} 38. f5
$3 gxf5 39. Bf3 Rc8 40. Kf4 Rc4 41. Ke5 Bd7 42. bxa5+ Kxa5 43. Bd5 $1 {and
after} Rxd4 44. Kxd4 Ka4 45. Bxf7 {Black cannot stop both the d- and g-pawns
from queening.}) 38... axb4 39. axb4 Re8 40. Kf3 Kc6 41. f5 Bd7 42. Be4+ Kb6
43. Kf4 Ka6 44. Rd2 Kb6 45. Rd4 Ka6 46. Bd5 Bxf5 47. Bxf7 Rf8 48. d7 Rd8 49.
Ke5 ({Black resigned since after} 49. Ke5 Rxd7 50. Rxd7 Bxd7 51. Bg8 Kb6 52.
Bxh7 Bf5 53. h5 {it is over.}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bb4 6. Bb2 Ne4 7. Nge2 Qf6 8. f3
Bxc3+ 9. Bxc3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. f4 c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. exd4
exd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. d5 Ne7 18. O-O-O Rd8 19. Bc4 Kf8 20. Rhe1 Bg4
21. Rd2 Rbc8 22. h3 Bd7 {Diagram [#] White is a pawn up and has a clearly
dominating position. The most natural move 23.d6 can be met with 23...Nf5
which Wojtaszek did not like. Hence he stopped 23...Nf5 with 23.g4 intending
to meet 23...Rxc7 with 24.d6. But he had missed something really huge!} 23. g4
$2 (23. Kb2 $1 {was a simple move which was sufficient for a very tangible
advantage. The main reason is that after 23...Rxc7 24.d6 Rxc4 is not a check!}
Nf5 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Nd6 26. Bd3 $16 {I think it is extremely difficult
for Black to defend this. White will open a second front on the kingside and
will sooner or later breakthrough.}) 23... Rxc7 $1 24. d6 {What had Radoslaw
missed?} Rxc4+ $1 $17 {From a better position Black slid into a worse game and
soon lost.} 25. bxc4 Nc6 26. c5 g6 27. Rb2 Bc8 28. Re4 Kg7 29. Kd2 h5 30. Kc3
hxg4 31. hxg4 Rh8 32. Re3 Rh1 33. Rd3 Nb8 34. g5 Rc1+ 35. Kd4 Nd7 36. Rb5 a6
37. Ra5 Nb8 38. Ke3 Bd7 39. Rb3 Bc6 40. Kd4 Nd7 41. Rc3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 dxe4 8.
Nxe5 O-O 9. dxe4 Qe7 10. Qf4 Nh5 11. Bxf7+ Kh8 12. Qg3 $3 Rxf7 ({The point is
that after} 12... Nxg3 $2 13. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 14. hxg3+ {Black gets mated!}) 13.
Nxf7+ Qxf7 {Instead of being dead lost, the ball is in White's camp with rook
and two pawns for the two pieces and the better center. That said, Ding Liren
was not about to tuck his tail between his legs, and fought back hard and drew
the game.} 14. Qd6 Be6 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. O-O-O Re8 17. Rhf1 Bc4 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19.
b3 Ba6 20. Kb1 h6 21. f3 Nf4 22. Rd2 Kh7 23. Red1 Re6 24. Qb8 Qf6 25. Na4 Be2
26. Rc1 b6 27. Nc3 Ba6 28. Rcd1 Nc4 29. bxc4 Qxc3 30. Qxf4 Qb4+ 31. Ka1 Qc3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 e6 7. b3 d5 8. Ba3
Qa5 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. Qc1 Ne4 12. d4 b6 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Bxd4 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nac3 Bb7 18. Qb2 Ndf6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21.
Rd4 Rad8 22. Rad1 Kg8 23. Nc3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Qd2 Rxd4 26. exd4 Qe6 27.
Qf4 Qc6 28. h3 Kg7 29. Nd1 Qc2 30. Ne3 Qxa2 31. Qc7 Ba8 32. Qb8 Qa1+ 33. Kh2
Qe1 34. Qf4 Qc3 35. Nf5+ gxf5 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qxf6 Bc6 38. Qd6+ Kg7 39. d5 Be8
40. b4 Qf6 41. Qc7 h6 42. h4 f4 43. Bxe4 fxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Kf8 45. Qc5+ Kg8 46. d6
Bd7 47. f3 Qg7+ 48. Kf2 Qf6 49. h5 Qf4 50. Qd4 Qh2+ 51. Ke1 Qxh5 52. Qf6 Qg5
53. Qe7 Qxe7 54. dxe7 Kg7 55. Bf5 Bc6 56. Be4 Be8 57. Bb7 Kf6 58. Bxa6 Kxe7 59.
Bb7 Kd6 60. Kf2 Bc6 61. Bc8 Kd5 62. f4 Kc4 63. f5 Kxb4 64. f6 Bd5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 $5 {A pretty rare move
nowadays although very logical in my view: White puts pressure along the
c-file and interferes with the typical play c7-c5.} ({My opponent had been
playing this line with success with White:} 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 (
{also in Baku Giri beat Leko in nice technical manner} 14. Nbd2 Bc6 15. Ne5
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Be7 17. Rc1 Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Nf3 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 $14 {
1-0 (46) Giri,A (2793)-Leko,P. This one reminded me of the other game which
was played in 1980 in Amsterdam (before Anish was born), Ribli-Karpov. I was
not yet born in 1980 either but thanks to chess books I found out this
exemplary game won by the Hungarian grandmaster.}) 14... Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16.
Nb3 Be7 17. Na5 h6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Ne5 g5 $6 (21...
Nxf4 22. gxf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd7 $11) 22. Bd2 Bf6 23. Nd3 $14 {1-0 (43)
Nakamura,H (2814)-Anand,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Rd1 a5 15. Nbd2 Bh7 $146 {A very logical novelty - Black simply does not want
to give up his bishop.} ({Probably more principled is} 15... Bxf3 {because now
we get a very typical structure for this line. In the last round of the super
tournament in Biel this year I played an identical structure with Adams. I
lost but because of rook blunders not an opening outcome (I was clearly better
all along).} 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Qd2 Be7 19. h4 Bb4 20. Qc2 Nb6 21. Ne5
Bd6 22. Nd3 Nd5 23. e4 Nb4 24. Qe2 Qe7 (24... Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Qe7 $11) 25. e5 Bc7
26. Nf4 Rad8 27. Qe4 Bb6 28. Nh5 Nd5 29. Ra3 f6 30. Rb3 fxe5 31. dxe5 Qf7 32.
Qg4 Kh8 $2 (32... Nb4 $13) 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxb6 Rxe5 35. Nf4 $18 {1-0 (50)
Sasikiran,K (2682)-Svetushkin,D (2592) Moscow 2015}) 16. Nb3 c6 17. Qc3 {
I have to put pressure on the a5-pawn. Otherwise the black knight will be
transferred to b4 and secure Black from any trouble.} Be7 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Ne5
Na6 20. Nxb7 $1 {The only way to fight for an advantage.} Qxb7 21. Bxc6 Qc7 $2
{This looks like the only serious mistake by Black in this game. After a long
think Hikaru didn't find the correct way.} (21... Qa7 22. Bxa8 Bb4 $1 {an
important intermediate move. I believed that White still has a way to the edge
but analysis shows that Black is able to establish an exact defensive plan.}
23. Qf3 Qxa8 (23... Rxa8 $4 24. Nc6) 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Rac1 Be4 $1 {It is very
important to transfer the bishop to the defence of the queenside} 26. Nc6 (26.
f3 Bd5 27. Nc4 Rd8 28. Kf2 f5 $132) 26... Bd5 27. Nxb4 Nxb4 28. Rc3 Bc6 29. Rc5
Kf8 30. Rdc1 Ra6 $132 {and now it's unlikely that White can break through such
a strong defence.}) 22. Bxa8 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rxa8 24. Nc6 $1 Bd8 25. Nxd8 Rxd8
26. f3 $1 {Now apart from the fact that White has a more flexible pawn
structure the black bishop has lost all prospects. White does not have access
to the b-file but this factor is not so important and in the game I slowly
managed to regroup and grab the file.} Rc8 27. Ra3 Bg6 ({Difficult to advise
something concrete. It is logical to bring the king:} 27... Kf8 28. Kf2 Ke7 {
but I'm not forced to hurry and am able to strengthen the position on the
kingside first} 29. g4 $1 (29. Rd2 Rb8 30. Raa2 Rb3 31. Rab2 Rxc3 32. Rb5 Bc2
33. Rxa5 Nc7) 29... Nc7 30. e4 Rb8 31. h4 {and White has a big advantage.}) 28.
Kf2 Rb8 29. Rd2 f6 30. Raa2 $1 {Now when Black's king is far from the centre -
I have time to penetrate with success.} Rb3 31. Rab2 Rxc3 32. Rb5 Bc2 33. Rxa5
Nc7 34. Ra7 f5 (34... Kf8 35. a5 Ba4 (35... Ke8 36. Rb7 Kd8 37. d5 exd5 38. a6
Nxa6 39. Rxd5+ Kc8 40. Rxg7 $18) 36. Rb7 Bb5 37. e4 Ba6 38. Rb6 $18) 35. a5 Kh7
36. Rb7 Rc4 37. Rb6 Ba4 38. a6 Bc6 39. a7 Bd5 40. Ra2 Rxd4 41. Rc2 Na8 42. Ra6
{Black managed to get a foothold on the last line of defence. But as a rule
such positions are indefensible and I was able to prove it in practice.} Rd1
43. h4 $1 {Typical play on the principle of two weaknesses. Black should
prevent 44.h5 but at the same time also other ways are bad.} h5 (43... Kg6 44.
Rc8 Bb7 (44... Kf6 45. Rd8 Ke7 46. Rad6 Nb6 47. a8=Q Nxa8 48. R6d7+ Kf6 49.
Rxa8 $18) 45. Rxe6+ Kf7 46. Rce8 $18) (43... g5 44. h5 Kg7 45. Rb2 $18) 44. Ke3
Rg1 45. Kf4 Rg2 46. Rd6 Rg1 47. Rc8 Ra1 48. Kg5 ({Another way was also fine:} 
48. Rxd5 exd5 (48... Nb6 49. a8=Q $18) 49. Rxa8 Kg6 50. Ke5 Ra5 51. e3 Kh7 52.
Kd6 Kg6 53. Kc6 Ra1 54. Kxd5 $18) 48... Rxa7 49. Rdd8 g6 50. Rh8+ ({Of course
it would be nicer to finish the game with mate in 4 but I honestly did not
even consider alternatives to 50.Rh8.} 50. Kf6 $1 Kh6 51. Rh8+ Rh7 52. Rcg8
Rxh8 53. Rxh8# {the game continuation promises about +5 computer units. Which
is also good.}) 50... Kg7 51. Rcg8+ Kf7 52. Rxg6 Ra6 53. Rh7+ Kf8 54. Kxh5 Nb6
55. Kg5 Nc4 56. h5 Nd6 57. Rf6+ Kg8 58. Rd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Ra2 Nbd7 13. Re2 b5 14. Nd2 Ne4 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc3 17. Qc6 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Nb6 19. e4 a5 20. Bxb5 axb4 21.
a4 Qe6 22. Qc2 Bf4 23. d5 Qe7 24. Bc6 Ra7 25. g3 Be5 26. Nf3 Bc3 27. Bg5 Qd6
28. Be3 Ra5 29. Nd4 Nc4 30. Bf4 Qf6 31. Nb3 Ra6 32. Bb5 Na3 33. Qe2 Nxb5 34.
Qxb5 Rfa8 35. Bxc7 Rxa4 36. d6 Be5 37. Nc5 Bxd6 38. Bxd6 Ra2 39. Bf4 Qc3 40.
Be3 h6 41. Rc1 Ra1 42. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 43. Kg2 Kh7 44. Qe8 Qc4 45. Nd7 Qf1+ 46. Kf3
Qd1+ 47. Kf4 Qd6+ 48. Kf3 Qd1+ 49. Kf4 Qd6+ 50. e5 g5+ 51. Kg4 Qe6+ 52. Qxe6
fxe6 53. Nc5 Kg6 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. Ke2 Rh1 56. Bd2 Rb1 57. Kd3 b3 58. Be3 Kg6 59.
Nxe6 Kf5 60. Nd4+ Kxe5 61. Kc3 Ke4 62. Nxb3 Rh1 63. Nd2+ Kf5 64. Nf3 Ke4 65.
Nd2+ Kf5 66. Kd3 Rxh2 67. Ke2 Rh1 68. Nf1 h5 69. f3 h4 70. g4+ Kg6 71. f4 gxf4
72. Bxf4 Rg1 73. Ne3 Ra1 74. Nf5 h3 75. Nh4+ Kf6 76. Nf3 Ra2+ 77. Ke3 Rg2 78.
Nh2 Kg6 79. Kf3 Rg1 80. Be3 Rg2 81. Nf1 Kh7 82. Bf2 Kg6 83. Ne3 Rh2 84. Kg3 Rh1
85. Nf5 h2 86. Nh4+ Kh7 87. Nf3 Rg1+ 88. Kxh2 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd7 11. Qe4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Rac1 Bf6 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Qf4 Bh8 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qf6 18. Qc7 Qd8 19. Qf4 Qf6 20. Qc7 Qd8 21.
Qf4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. c4 Nb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Rhe1
Bb4 15. c3 Be7 16. Bb3 Qa5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Bc5 Bxc5
21. Nxc5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Qe2 Kf8 25. g3 Nf6 26. Qe3 b6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 {Not really a scary system, but as the
game shows quite effective if Black insists playing in the spirit of his
favourite opening, the Grьnfeld.} O-O 5. Be2 b6 {This is still OK, but the
plan behind it is the main cause for the later problems. Black can also switch
to the King's Indian or the Benoni.} (5... d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 {Svidler,P (2727)
-Karjakin,S (2762) FIDE World Cup 2015 (7.1) 1-0 would most probably lead to a
reversed version of the game}) ({Personally I would prefer} 5... c5 {when the
modern trend is} 6. d5 {transposing to the rather modest (and earlier non
existing) e2-e3 Benoni. True, over the past years White has ocasionally won at
top level, but this was mainly caused by Black's lack of experience with the
Benoni. See for instance Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Gelfand,B (2748) Tashkent 2014
CBM 163 [Szabo,Kr] (1-0, 57)}) 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 d5 $6 {As a rule, the
Grьnfeld has ...d7-d5 as a reaction to Nb1-c3, but the main problem here is
that Black has wasted two tempi without preparing the standard break ...c7-c5.}
({It was safer to get some control in the centre with} 7... e6 {Sokolsky,
A-Botvinnik,M URS-ch sf Leningrad 1938 0-1 trying to transpose to a hybrid
structure known from Botvinnik's games, the most famous being} 8. b4 {The most
consistent way to cross Black's plans.} ({The other way to do so is less
effective:} 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Rb1 c6 11. Bc4 Na6 $11 {Tikkanen,H 
(2559)-Howell,D (2650) Tromso 2014 (0-1, 49)}) 8... a5 (8... d5 $5 9. c5 $2 a5
10. b5 bxc5 11. Ba3 c4 12. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44) (8... d6 $5) 9. b5 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7
11. e4 {Yudovich,M-Yurkov,V Moscow 1965 (1-0, 25)} Re8 $11 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Ge6e5]}) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 $1 {A strong move in the spirit of the 4.Bd2 and
5.Bd2 lines, revealing the fact that Black has neglected his standard
counterplay with ...c5.} c5 $6 $146 {This runs straight into trouble, even
though from a practical point of view Black retains reasonable drawing chances.
} ({Black is not in time to prepare ...c7-c5 with} 9... Nd7 10. Nxd5 $1 (10.
Qb3 e6 11. Rfd1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qa3 Qe7 $11 {Bondarevsky,I-Taimanov,M
Leningrad 1963 (0-1, 41). As we see again and again, people were not afraid to
play ...e7-e6 in the old days.}) 10... Bxd5 11. Qc2 $1 (11. Bc3 {is too slow:}
Nf6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Ne4 $11 {Anton Guijarro,D (2626)-Lillo
Castany,V (2312) LLucmajor 2014 (1-0, 48)}) 11... c5 12. e4 Bb7 13. d5 $14 {
Voloshin,L (2426)-Schnitzspan,L (2341) Germany 2001 (1-0, 44)}) ({But maybe
Black's best is} 9... e6 $5 {[%cal Gb8d7] tested only in a few games between
lower rated players.}) 10. dxc5 $1 {Otherwise Black would have a wonderful
position.} Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 {A thematic pawn sacrifice, aiming
to complete the development and get some stability on dark squares.} (12...
bxc5 {offers White the initiative:} 13. Qa4 ({Actually even the endgame after} 
13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfb1 Bd5 15. Rb5 {Karpov,A (2705)-Kasparov,G (2715) World
Championship 31th-KK1 1984 (27) 1-0 is unpleasant. Compare for instance with})
13... Qc7 14. Rfd1 {and Black does not have a clear plan for developing yet,
while his kingside is also in danger in view of Qh4.}) 13. cxb6 axb6 $14 {
Polugaevsky,L (2620)-Kortschnoj,V (2645) Candidates sf1 1977 (10) 1/2 With the
dark-squared bishops on the board and the white knight on a worse square Black
would have entirely adequate compensation for the pawn. The classical game
which comes to my mind is} 14. Qd4 Qc7 15. Rfb1 Ra5 (15... Rfc8 {[%csl Gc3]
looks more natural.}) 16. Qb4 e6 ({Now or on the next move Black should have
considered exchanging on f3, thus eliminating the only piece which could fight
against the blockade on c5:} 16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 {Kasparov,G (2690)
-Kortschnoj,V (2610) Candidates sf1 1983 (1) 0-1 Once again a classical game
comes to mind, with the difference that in that case the pawns were equal.})
17. Qe7 Qd8 (17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rc8 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Bc6
20. Nd4 Ba4 21. Rdb1 e5 22. Nb3 {On b3 the knight is safe against the exchange.
Moreover, Black has weakened his kingside a bit more than he would have liked
to.} Ra7 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. c4 Bc6 25. Rb2 Kg7 26. f3 Re8 27. Kf2 $14 {The extra
pawn is by no means easy to convert but Black's position remains unpleasant.}
e4 $6 {Handing over the control over the d4-square which White immediately
takes advantage of.} 28. Nb3 $1 exf3 29. gxf3 Ba4 30. Rd1 Re5 31. Rd5 Rxd5 (
31... Re8 32. Nd4 $16 {[%cal Ge3e4] with a dominating white position.}) 32.
cxd5 Bxb3 {A necessary concession in order to prepare the king's advance.} (
32... Kf6 33. Nd2 Ke5 34. e4 f5 35. Nc4+ $16) 33. axb3 Kf6 34. f4 g5 35. Rc2
gxf4 36. exf4 Ke7 37. Rc6 Nf6 38. Bf3 Rd7 39. Rxb6 Nxd5 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Kg3 {
Despite all, Black has managed to retains saving chances as "all rook endings
are drawn". But from a practical point of view, the position remains +/-} h5 $6
{Not only delaying the thematic rook activation but also unnecessarily
weakening the h-pawn.} (41... Rd2 $1 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Gd2b2] was called for
and only if} 42. h4 $6 {then} h5 $14 {In the absence of the threat Kh4, White
has problems demonstrating a concrete plan.}) 42. Kh4 Rf5 {The weakness of the
h5-pawn forces Black into keeping his rook passive.} ({It was too late for} 
42... Rd2 43. Kxh5 $1 Rxh2+ 44. Kg5 {Black is in danger on both wings. The
b-pawn is ready to run ahead and the f7-pawn is in danger.} Rd2 {[%cal Gd2d5]}
(44... Rb2 45. Rb7+ {wins the f7-pawn soon.}) 45. Rb5 Rd3 46. Kf5 Rc3 47. b4
Rc4 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. b5 Rb4 50. Kg5 $18 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 43. Rb4 Rd5 44. Rc4 Kf6
45. b4 Kg6 46. Rc6+ f6 47. Rc2 $1 {White takes advantage of the temporary
passivity of the enemy rook to put his own behind the passed pawn.} Rb5 ({
The double attack} 47... Rd4 {would allow the b-pawn to get too far:} 48. Rb2
Rxf4+ 49. Kh3 Rd4 50. b5 Rd7 51. b6 Rb7 52. Kh4 (52. Kg3 Kf5 $5) 52... f5 53.
Kg3 $1 Kf6 54. Kf4 $18) 48. Rb2 Kf5 $1 {The only chance.} ({Passive defence
would not help:} 48... Kf7 49. Kg3 Ke6 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Rb1 Ke6 52. Ke4 $18) 49.
Kg3 Ke4 50. Rb1 $5 {Anticipating the threat ...f6-f5.} (50. Rb3 f5 51. Rb1 (51.
h4 {prevents ...h5-h4 but insures the black kingside against Kh4.} Kd4 52. Rb1
Kc3 $11) 51... h4+ $1 52. Kxh4 Kxf4 53. Kh3 Ke3 $11 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 50... Kd3
$2 {The drawing area in chess in general and in rook endings in particular is
quite wide and only the last move is the decisive mistake.} (50... f5 $2 {
is what White had been preparing for with his last move:} 51. Re1+ Kd4 52. Re5
$18) ({But Black should have kept his king close to the f4-pawn:} 50... Ke3 $1
51. Rb3+ Ke4 52. Rb2 Ke3 53. Rb1 Ke4 {and White has nothing better than
transposing above with} 54. Rb3 f5 55. Rb1 h4+ $1 $11) 51. Kf3 Kc2 {The king
has managed to start some counterplay but will remain out of the play during
the decisive phase.} 52. Ra1 Rxb4 53. Ra5 Rb3+ 54. Ke4 h4 (54... Rh3 55. Ra2+
Kb3 56. Rf2 $18) 55. Kf5 Kd3 56. Kxf6 Ke4 57. f5 {The king is cut off
horizontally - a decisive element in rook endings.} h3 58. Ra4+ Kf3 59. Kg5 Rb5
60. Ra2 Rb4 61. f6 Rg4+ 62. Kf5 Rf4+ 63. Ke6 Re4+ 64. Kd6 Rd4+ 65. Ke7 Re4+ 66.
Kf8 Rb4 67. f7 Rf4 68. Rb2 Ra4 69. Rb6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Qc2 N7b6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Bf3
Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Rac1
b6 15. Rfd1 h6 16. h3 Ne8 17. Nb5 Bf6 18. b3 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6
21. Qg4 Kf8 22. Rc4 Qd5 23. Rdc1 h5 24. Qf4 Bb2 25. R1c2 Be5 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27.
Rxe4 Bd6 28. Rh4 g6 29. Rhc4 Rb8 30. d4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Ke8 32. Kg2 Rb7 33. Rdc4
Ke7 34. Bg5+ f6 35. Be3 Rdd7 36. Rc8 Rd8 37. R8c4 Rdd7 38. Ra4 Rbc7 39. Rxc7
Rxc7 40. h4 e5 41. f4 Ke6 42. fxe5 Bxe5 43. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bh2 Qf6 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Bxf4 gxf4 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. O-O-O Rg8 15.
Rdg1 Bd7 16. g4 fxg3 17. Rxg3 Ne7 18. d4 Bb6 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21.
Qe3 Nc6 22. Rg1+ Kh7 23. Qd3 Rg8 24. Rxg8 Kxg8 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27.
Qf3 Qe7 28. h4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 h5 14. f5
hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 16. Rf4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nf3 Rh8 19. Be3 c5 20. c3 g5
21. Nxg5 Bh6 22. Rf2 Rg8 23. Rh2 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Rxg5+ 26. Rg2
Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Ke7 28. Rd1 Rg8+ 29. Kf3 Rg5 30. Kf4 Rg2 31. Rxd5 b6 32. b3 Rf2+
33. Ke4 Re2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. Rd3 Ra1 36. Ke4 Re1+ 37. Kd5 f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6
39. Rf3 Re5+ 40. Kc6 c4 41. bxc4 Rc5+ 42. Kb7 Rxc4 43. Kxa7 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 8.
Qd3 c5 9. d5 Bg4 10. Ng5 h6 11. h3 Bc8 12. Nf3 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Be3 Qe7 15.
Rd1 Nc6 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 {A typical Grunfeld position. Black has some
problems with his c5 pawn at the moment, but he is definitely better developed
than White.} c4 (17... Na5 18. Bxc5 Rfc8 19. Be3 Rxc3 $1 {With strong
counterplay.}) 18. Rxe6 {An obvious exchange sacrifice. White does get enough
compensation for the lost material, but it is unlikely that it is any more
than that.} fxe6 19. Bxc4 Rfe8 (19... Kf7 $1) 20. Nb5 Na5 21. Bd3 {Black has
some issues since a7 is hanging and there is a fork that is being threatened
on c7.} Rec8 22. Ke2 Nc4 $5 {The start of an unusual series of trades.} (22...
a6 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. e5 Nd7 25. Bxg6 $14) 23. Nxa7 $1 Nxe3 24. Nxc8 Nxg2 25. Ne7+
$1 (25. Rc1 Nf4+ 26. Ke3 Nxh3 $15) 25... Kf7 26. Nxg6 $1 {A nice detail.
Because the knight covers f4, it cannot be ignored.} Kxg6 27. Rg1 Rxa2 (27...
Nd7 28. Rxg2+ Kf7 {was probably better, gunning for the b2 pawn and taking
control of e5.}) 28. Rxg2+ Kf7 29. Ne5+ {White emergest upa a pawn and retains
winning chances.} Kf8 30. Ng6+ Kf7 31. Nf4 Rxb2+ 32. Ke3 Bf8 33. Bc4 Rb6 {
Black is just in time to defend his pawn, but even that endgame is unpleasant.}
34. Nxe6 Rxe6 35. e5 (35. f4 Ke7 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Kd4 Nd7 $1 {seems close to
a draw as well.}) 35... Nd7 36. f4 b5 $1 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 38. Rd2 b4 $1 39. f5+
Kxf5 40. Rxd7 Kxe5 {White has an extra exchange, but because of the powerful
passed b-pawn and the reduced number of pawns there is nothing Svidler can do
to win.} 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. Rd5 Ke6 43. Rb5 Kf6 44. Ke4 Be7 45. Kf4 Bd6+ 46. Ke4
Be7 47. Kf4 Bd6+ 48. Kg4 Ke6 49. Kh5 Kd7 {White captures the pawn on h6, but
now the b-pawn is dangerous.} 50. Kxh6 Kc6 51. Rf5 b3 52. Rf1 Kc5 53. h4 b2 54.
Rb1 Be5 55. Kg6 Kc4 56. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Rad1 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Be7 16. Ne4 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Rfxc8 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. Bxe7 Nxe4 20. f3 Rc7
21. Bd8 Rcc8 22. Bh4 Nc5 23. Rd2 Kg7 24. Rfd1 e5 25. Rd6 Ne6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27.
Rd7+ Kg8 28. Bf6 Rc2 29. Rg7+ Kf8 30. Rxh7 Rxe2+ 31. Kh3 e4 32. Kg4 exf3 33.
Kxf3 Rc2 34. Kg4 Rc5 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Rxa8 Kxf6 37. Rxa7 Rc2 38. b4 Rc4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Qe2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Qe8 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nh5
15. Nxh5 Qxh5 16. O-O Ne7 17. Kh2 Rf6 18. d4 Raf8 19. Ng1 Ng6 20. g3 Qg5 21.
Qe2 h5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Rad1 h4 24. Rd3 hxg3+ 25. Rxg3 Qh4 26. Qe3 Qh5 27. Rg4
Nf4 28. Qg3 Qh7 29. Rg5 R8f7 30. Rd1 Qh6 31. Qg4 Kh7 32. Rd8 g6 33. f3 Nh5 34.
Qg2 Rf8 35. Rd7+ R6f7 36. Rd1 Qg7 37. Qg4 Qf6 38. h4 Nf4 39. Kh1 Kg7 40. Rd2
Rh8 41. Qg3 Rh6 42. c4 Kf8 43. b3 Rfh7 44. Rh2 Ke8 45. Rg4 Kd7 46. Qf2 Kc8 47.
Ne2 Nxe2 48. Qxe2 Rxh4 49. Rhxh4 Rxh4+ 50. Rxh4 Qxh4+ 51. Kg2 Qg5+ 52. Kh2 Kd7
53. Qd3+ Ke7 54. Qc3 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bd5 dxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15.
Nb3 Nb6 16. c4 Na4 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Qc2 {White has a very nice advantage. His
pieces are obviously in better squares, he has targets in Black's pawn
structure and Black doesn't have a good plan.} bxc4 19. dxc4 Bb4 {Black's
pieces are so uncoordinated that White has decisive blow already.} 20. Bxc6 (
20. c5 $1 {The pawn is taboo, but also there is no good way of preventing a3!}
Bxc5 (20... Nxc5 21. Bxc6 Nxb3 22. axb3 Bxc6 23. Qxc6 $18) (20... Rab8 21. a3
Bxd2 22. Nbxd2 Nxc5 23. Rac1 {wins a piece anyway.}) 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Rac1 $18
) 20... Bxc6 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxe5 Qd6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Nd4 Qc5 25. Nb3 Qe5
26. Rad1 {White is up a pawn with a good position, but in such fast time
control anything can happen...} Rfe8 27. Re3 Rab8 28. Rd5 Qb2 29. Qxb2 Nxb2 30.
c5 Nc4 31. Re2 a5 32. Rd4 a4 33. Rxc4 axb3 34. axb3 Rxb3 35. Rd2 Kf8 36. f3 Rb5
{It seems like Mamedyarov is hanging on like a champ. The rook endgame is by
no means easy to win. Black is active and if he can somehow trade off the
c-pawns he will be in great shape to hold a 4v3 draw. However, Mamedyarov
flagged! With this loss he was forced to win the next game.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 8.
Qb5 Bd7 9. Qb3 c5 10. d5 Qb6 11. Bc4 Bg4 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. h3 Bc8
15. Be2 e6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. f4 Ned7 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bc4 Nb8 20. O-O Nc6 21.
e5 Ne8 22. a3 g5 23. fxg5 Nxe5 24. Be2 Nd6 25. g4 Bd7 26. Nce4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4
Bc6 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Bd2 Ng6 30. Bc3 e5 31. Kh2 h6 32. Nh5 hxg5 33. Bd3 Nh4 34.
Nxg7 Nf3+ 35. Kg3 Kxg7 36. Bf5 Nd4 37. Rae1 Rae8 38. Re3 Rf7 39. Rfe1 Rxf5 40.
gxf5 Nxf5+ 41. Kg4 Nxe3+ 42. Rxe3 Kf6 43. Re1 Bd7+ 44. Kg3 Bf5 45. h4 gxh4+ 46.
Kxh4 Bd3 47. Kg4 Bf5+ 48. Kf3 Bd7 49. Rxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. d5 Na6 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nf5 Bc8 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. e4 Bxf5 14. exf5 h6 15.
h3 Re8 16. Be3 Qd7 17. g4 Qa4 18. Qe2 Nfd7 19. h4 f6 20. Kh2 Kf7 21. Kg3 Rh8
22. Rh1 e4 23. Bd4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Bxe4 Rad8 26. Rab1 Qa3 27. Rhc1 Rd6
28. f3 Ke7 29. Rc2 Kd8 30. Qe3 Kc8 31. Rb4 Rhd8 32. Rcb2 Re8 33. Rb5 Kd7 34.
Bc2 Ke7 35. Kf2 a6 36. R5b4 Kf7 37. Ke2 Qa5 38. Kd2 Qa3 39. Kc1 Rh8 40. Kb1
Rdd8 41. Ka1 Rd6 42. Kb1 Rdd8 43. Be4 Rd6 44. Rg2 Kf8 45. Ka1 Ke7 46. Rb1 Kd8
47. Rgb2 Kc8 48. Bc2 Rdd8 49. Rg1 Rd6 50. Rbb1 Rdd8 51. Rgc1 Rd6 52. Be4 Rdd8
53. Qd2 Rd6 54. Qc2 Qa4 55. Qe2 Qa3 56. Qd2 Rdd8 57. Rh1 Rd6 58. Qc2 Qa4 59. g5
hxg5 60. Qxa4 Nxa4 61. hxg5 Rdd8 62. Bc2 Nc5 63. Rbg1 Kd7 64. Kb2 Kd6 65. a4
Nb7 66. Kc1 Na5 67. Bd3 Nb3+ 68. Kd1 Nc5 69. Bc2 Nb7 70. Ke2 Na5 71. Bd3 Nb7
72. Ke3 Nc5 73. Bc2 Rdf8 74. Kf2 Nb7 75. Ke3 Nc5 76. Ke2 Nb7 77. Kf2 Nc5 78.
Ke3 Nb7 79. f4 Nc5 80. Kf3 e4+ 81. Kg4 Re8 82. Re1 a5 83. Rh5 Kd7 84. Re2 Kd6
85. Bd1 Nd3 86. Reh2 Rxh5 87. Rxh5 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Ng3 a6 8. Be2
Bf8 9. c4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rc1 Ndb4 13. d3 Qd7 14. a3 Nd5 15.
Nce4 a5 16. Ng5 Nb6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bg4 Qd6 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Bf3
g6 22. Ne4 Qe6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Ra6 25. Qc4 Rb6 26. g3 Nde7 27. Qxe6 fxe6
28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Nd5 30. Bc3 Rd7 31. d4 exd4 32. Bxd4 Rxb4 33. Bc5 Ra4 34.
Be2 Ra5 35. e4 Nf6 36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Be3 Kf7 38. Rb1 Nd8 39. f4 b6 40. Rd1 Ke7
41. f5 exf5 42. exf5 Nf7 43. Bf4 Nde5 44. Rc1 c6 45. Be3 b5 46. Bc5+ Kf6 47.
fxg6 hxg6 48. Rf1+ Ke6 49. Bd1 Ng5 50. Bb3+ Nc4 51. Kg2 Ra8 52. Bb4 (52. Bc2
Ra2 53. Rf2 Rxc2 $5 54. Rxc2 Kd5 55. Bf2 b4 56. Rc1 $1 {Looks risky but is
holdable.}) 52... Ne4 $1 {The knights are doing an excellent job of
controlling the bishops now.} 53. Re1 Kd5 54. Rd1+ Ke5 55. Re1 Kd4 56. Rd1+ Ke3
57. Rc1 {Black's made real progress, and now Svidler goes in for the kill.} c5
58. Re1+ Kd4 59. Rd1+ Ke5 60. Bxc4 bxc4 61. Be1 Ra3 62. Kf1 Ra2 63. Rc1 Kd4 64.
Rd1+ Ke3 65. Rc1 Kd3 66. Rd1+ Nd2+ {Black is simply too active. The pawn rolls
forward.} 67. Bxd2 Rxd2 68. Ke1 c3 {Black threatens Ke3, Rxh2 and there is
nothing White can do about it.} (68... Rxd1+ 69. Kxd1 Ke3 {is actually also
winning.}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Re1 c5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Bb2 d4 $6 {Dieser Vorstoß ist verfrüht.
Geduldiger und sicherer war zum Beispiel} (17... Qd7) 18. Nf3 d3 19. exd3 Nxd3
20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rxe7 Nxb2 22. Qd7 $6 ({Mit} 22. Qd2 Nd3 23. Rxa7 {konnte
Weiß einen Bauern gewinnen. Nach} Rd8 {verweist Komodo auf den eleganten
Konter} 24. Nd4 {mit Vorteil für Weiß.}) 22... Qc1+ 23. Re1 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rxc8
25. Bh3 Rd8 26. Ne5 {Die Stellung scheint ausgeglichen. Aber der Springer b2
ist immer noch außer Spiel und das bereitet Schwarz Sorgen.} g6 27. Bf1 Bxf1
28. Kxf1 a5 29. Re3 f6 30. Ng4 Kf7 31. Rc3 h5 32. Ne3 Nd3 33. Rc7+ Ke6 34. Rb7
Nc1 35. Rxb6+ Kf7 36. Rb7+ Ke6 37. Rb6+ Kf7 38. a4 {Weiß hat es geschafft,
einen Bauern zu gewinnen und sich Gewinnchancen zu verschaffen.} Rd3 39. b4
axb4 40. Rxb4 Ra3 41. Nc4 Ra1 42. Kg2 Nd3 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Rb6+ Ke7 45. a5 Ra4
46. Rc6 Ne1+ 47. Kf1 Nf3 48. Rc7+ Ke6 49. Ke2 Nxh2 50. Kd3 Nf3 51. Rc6+ Kf5 52.
Kc3 g5 53. Rc5+ Ke6 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kb2 Ra4 56. Kb3 Ra1 57. Kb2 Ra4 58. Nb6
Rb4+ 59. Ka3 Rb1 60. Ka2 Rb4 61. Rc6+ Kf5 62. a6 Ne5 63. Rxf6+ {Hier hatte
Eljanov praktisch seine gesamte Bedenkzeit verbraucht und lebte nur noch von
den 30 Sekunden Inkrement, die er nach jedem Zug bekam.} Kxf6 64. Nd5+ ({Nach} 
64. a7 Rxb6 65. a8=Q {wird Schwarz versuchen, mit Turm und Springer eine
Festung aufzubauen. Und auf den ersten Blick ist nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß die
knacken soll. Eljanov entschied sich deshalb für den Übergang ins
Springerendspiel. Aber auch das scheint nicht zu gewinnen zu sein.}) 64... Ke6
65. Nxb4 Nd7 66. Nd3 Kd6 67. a7 Nb6 68. Kb3 Kc7 69. Kc3 Kb7 70. Kd4 Kxa7 71.
Ke4 Nc4 72. Ne5 Nb2 73. Nf7 h4 74. Nxg5 hxg3 75. fxg3 Kb7 76. g4 Kc8 77. Kf5
Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 {Svidler did play the Ruy Lopez in Baku, but he mostly preferred
the Breyer system with} (9... Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1
(13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 c5 18. bxc5 exd4 19. c6
dxc3 20. cxb7 cxd2 21. Qxd2 Rb8 22. Bxb5 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qxb7 24. Bd3 Qa8 25. Rxb8
Rxb8 26. Bb2 Qa2 27. Re2 h6 28. Qc1 Qb3 29. Bc4 Qb7 $132 {0-1 (38) Karjakin,S 
(2762)-Svidler,P (2727) Baku 2015}) 13... Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 {Svidler
preferred the rare} Rb8 $5 ({After the standard continuation} 15... c5 16. d5
c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 {Black has lately faced some problems in
the line} 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nf1 Nd7 22. Qe3 {Here a new idea is} Rb8 $5 (22...
Qf6 23. Ra2 Kh7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Rea1 Qf4 $6 26. g3 Qxe3 27. Nxe3 Bd6 28. h4 $1
$36 {Yu,Y (2668)-Safarli,E (2649) Tromso 2014/ For more details see the notes
to this game in CBM 162.}) 23. N1d2 Nb6 24. axb5 (24. Ra2 b4 $1) 24... axb5 25.
Ra2 Ra8 26. Rea1 Qf6 27. Qe1 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Nc8 29. b3 cxb3 30. Nxb3 c4 31. Na5
Nd6 32. Nxb7 Nxb7 33. Qa1 Qf4 34. Ra7 Nd6 $132 {Saric,I (2678)-Amin,B (2636)
WCup Baku 2015}) 16. Bd3 (16. Bd2 d5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe4
20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bf4 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Bg7 23. Rd7 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Bb3 c5
26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Ba2 Re7 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Bb1 Kf6 30. Bxe4 Re8 31. f3 Bxe4
32. fxe4 Rd8 33. Kf2 Ke5 {½, Timofeev,A (2664)-Tkachiev,V (2657) Dagomys 2008}
) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 c5 $132 {The exd4 motif is more typical for the Zaitsev,
in the Breyer Black mostly tends to hold on to his centre. However, Svidler
still found a plausible way to employ this idea:} 18. axb5 (18. Bf4 Qb6 (18...
c4 $5 19. Bc2 b4 $132) 19. a5 $6 (19. b4 $5 $13) 19... Qa7 20. d5 c4 21. Bc2
Nc5 22. Qd2 Ba8 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. Bh6 Qe7 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Bxf8
Rxf8 28. e5 Nxd5 29. Qxf5 Nd3 30. Ng5 f6 31. exd6 {Zhigalko,S (2668)-Kolesnik,
E (2374) Minsk 2010} Qxe1+ $1 32. Rxe1 fxg5 $17) 18... axb5 19. d5 c4 20. Bc2
Nc5 21. Bd2 Nfd7 22. Bc3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. Bb4 Ra8 26. Nf1 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Qc3 Bd6 30. Nd2 Bb7 31. b3 Ba6 $1 32. bxc4 bxc4
33. Nxc4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Nxe4 $11 {Radjabov,T (2738)-Svidler,P (2727) WCup Baku
2015}) 10. d4 Re8 (10... Nd7 {is probably not ideal:} {Kislik recommends the
more refined} 11. Bc2 $5 {, now after} (11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Re8 {transposes
back to the game.}) (11. a4 Na5 (11... Bf6 12. d5 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8
Qxa8 15. Na3 Ba6 16. Nh2 (16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Ba4
Bb7 21. Nxc4 cxd5 22. Nxd6 dxe4 23. Nh2 Bc6 24. b5 Bd5 25. b6 Rd8 26. Bxd7 Rxd7
27. Nxe4 $36 {Svidler,P (2690)-Gabriel,C (2555) Bad Homburg 1998}) 16... Ng6
17. Ng4 Be7 18. Ne3 Rb8 19. Nec2 Nc5 20. Nb4 Bc8 21. Nc6 Rb6 22. Bc2 Bd7 23. b4
Nb7 24. Be3 $1 $16 {Dominguez Perez,L (2726)-Svidler,P (2739) Tbilisi 2015})
12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 $142 (13. Nbd2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. d5 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bf6 (
16... Re8 17. Ra3 Bf6 18. Nh2 g6 (18... c4 19. Ng4 Bg5 $13) 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. Nf3
h5 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Qd2 Nf6 {De Firmian,N (2540)-Kjartansson,G (2306)
Copenhagen 2007} 23. Ng5 $1 Bxh6 24. Ne6+ fxe6 25. Qxh6+ Kf7 26. e5 $18) 17.
Nf1 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 {Robson,R (2596)-Bartel,M (2658) Moscow 2012}
Bxa8 $132 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 13... c4 14. Na3 (14. Be3 $5 Qb8 15. Nbd2 Nc5 16. Ra3
Rc8 17. Qe2 Bd8 18. Rea1 Bb6 19. Nh2 Qc7 20. Kh1 {Pikula,D (2489)-Abramovic,B 
(2469) Pozarevac 2013} Rf8 {/\} 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Rae8 $132) 14... bxa4 $5
15. Bxa4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Ncb3 17. Ra2 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Qc7 19. Qe3 f5 20. Nb1 Nb3 21.
Ra4 a5 22. exf5 Bxd5 23. Be4 Qc6 24. Bxd5+ Qxd5 25. Nbd2 Nc5 26. Rxc4 Rxf5 $11
{Dominguez Perez,L (2734)-Efimenko,Z (2689) St Petersburg rpd 2012}) 11... exd4
(11... Re8 12. d5 Na5 13. Nbd2 c6 14. b4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17.
Qe2 Nb6 18. a4 a5 19. b5 Bd7 20. Be3 Be6 21. Rad1 $36 {Radulski,J (2586)-Rusev,
K (2536) Bankia 2011}) 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb3 c5 14. a3 Nc6 {White still retains
the option to develop his knight more actively with} 15. Nc3 Re8 (15... Nxd4
16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Ba2 $14) 16. Nd5 Bf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6
18. Be3 Rxe4 19. dxc5 (19. Bc2 Ree8 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bg5 $44) 19... Nxc5 20. Bd5
Re7 21. Rc1 $44 {White has compensation, but it's an open question if he can
claim an advantage as well.}) 11. Nbd2 exd4 {The recent fashion. Svidler faced
this new line earlier this year with White against Kjartansson, got interested
and added it to his repertoire. Also an article by Erik Kislik in the New in
Chess Yearbook didn't go unnoticed and the system started appearing at GM
level more often.} ({Until now the standard Zaitsev continuation has been} 
11... Bf8 12. a3 ({The text-move heralds a positional approach, promoted by L.
Kritz in a survey in CBM 139.} 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5
16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 $13 {is the main Zaitsev line, which has been around for
about 30 years now, since the legendary K-K matches. An article in CBM 138
sums up the developments in this branch up to October 2010. While it probably
remains playable for Black, over the board players tend to avoid it due to its
extreme complexity. Thus this tactical line has become mostly the domain of
postal, or engine encounters.}) 12... h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Qf3 c6 16.
dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng4 Nc5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bc2 Red8 21. Nf1 d5 22.
exd5 Bxd5 23. Ng3 Bb3 24. Bxb3 Nxb3 25. Rb1 Kh7 26. Be3 Kg6 27. f4 exf4 28.
Bxf4 Nd2 29. Rbc1 Nc4 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. Ne2 Re8 32. Bc1 Bd6 33. Rf1 Rd2 $1 $11 {
Giri,A (2798)-Ding,L (2782) Bilbao 2015}) 12. cxd4 (12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 c5
$132 {/=/+ only eases Black's task.}) 12... Nd7 (12... Na5 $6 13. Bc2 Nd7 {
enables the timely} 14. b3 $1 Bf6 15. Bb2 c5 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Ne4
Nf8 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Nfg5 (20. Ng3 $1 Ne6 21. Nf5 Rad8 22. Rad1 $14 {Kislik})
20... Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nc6 22. Qg4 Nd4 23. Bd3 Rad8 24. Rad1 Ng6 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26.
Qxg5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 f6 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qd5+ Ne6 30. Bf5 $44 {[%csl Gb2,Gf5]
Mihok,O (2455)-Kislik,E (2362) Budapest 2014}) 13. Nf1 {The natural reaction.}
(13. a3 $146 Bf6 14. d5 Nce5 (14... Na5 $5 15. Ba2 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 $11 {
[%cal Yc6e5,Yd7c5] /=/+ with excellent piece play.}) 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf1 (16.
Nf3 $11) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd2 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxc4 d5 21. Ne3
$2 (21. e5 dxc4 22. exf6 Qxf6 $15) 21... Rxe4 22. Rb1 h5 23. Bd2 d4 $17 {
Edouard,R (2630)-Smirin,I (2655) W Cup Baku 2015}) ({After the untested} 13. d5
Na5 14. Nd4 {Kislik recommends} Bf6 15. Nf5 Bc8 16. Bc2 Nb6 17. Ne3 c6 18. dxc6
Nxc6 $1 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd3 Nd7 (21... Nd4 22. Nf3 Bd7 $132) 22.
Nd5 Nc5 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Be3 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bxd5 26. exd5 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Ne5 28.
Nxe5 Bxe5 $11) 13... Na5 (13... Bf6 {[%cal Yc6a5]} 14. Qd2 $5 {stops Na5} a5 (
14... Nb6 15. Ng3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nh5 $14) 15. a4 (15. Ng3 $5 a4 16. Bd5
Nb6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd3 Nc4 19. Rb1 $14 {Kislik}) 15... Nb4 16. Ng3 c5 17.
Nf5 c4 $6 (17... Qb6 $5 $13) 18. Bc2 Nb6 19. axb5 Bc8 20. Ng3 g6 21. Bb1 Bd7
22. e5 Bg7 23. Ne4 $16 {Smirin,I (2652)-Urkedal,F (2469) Stockholm 2013}) 14.
Bc2 Bf6 {[%mdl 32] The critical opening position of the new line. Black has
given up the e5-point, combines the Zaitsev and Chigorin systems, possibly
striving for a Benoni-like structure. Contrary to the main line of the Zaitsev,
Black has another point in his favour - he has avoided weakening his kingside
with h6. While this is certainly not the classical Closed Ruy Lopez strategy ,
it's undoubtedly a very interesting approach! Studying this line, one must
also take into account numerous engine games - the machines have played it
more often than humans!} (14... c5 15. Ne3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 g6 (16... Bf6 17. Ndf5
Bxe4 18. Nxd6 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Re6 20. Rd1 Ra7 (20... Be5 21. Ndf5) 21. Ne4 Qe8
22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. b3 Nc6 24. Bb2 Ne7 25. a4 Rc6 26. Qe2 bxa4 27. Rxa4 $36 {
Pranjic,M (2397)-Favai,J email 2011}) 17. b3 $1 (17. Ng4 Ne5 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19.
f4 Kxh6 20. fxe5+ Kg7 21. e6 Bf6 22. exf7 Kxf7 23. Bb3+ Nc4 $36 {[%cal Rd8b6]
Pichot,A (2492)-Mekhitarian,K (2570) Buenos Aires 2015}) 17... Rc8 18. Bb2 Nc6
({Kislik also analyses this position and considers alternatives} 18... Bg5 19.
Nd5 Nb6 20. Qg4 $1 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bf6 22. Be4 Be5 (22... Bg7 23. Re2 Be5 (23...
f5 24. Bxf5 Rxe2 25. Be6+ Rxe6 26. Nxe6 Qd7 27. Nxg7 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Kf7 29. g5
Bxd5 30. Rd1 $14) 24. Rae1 Qf6 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Qd3 $16 {[%cal Yg2g3,Ye4g2,
Yf2f4]}) 23. Rad1 b4 24. Ba1 Qf6 25. Qd7 $1 (25. Bf3 Qd8 26. Be4 Qf6 $11) 25...
Qd8 (25... Ba8 26. Bf3 $14) 26. Qa4 Qb6 27. Re3 Re7 28. Bf3 $14 {[%csl Ra5]
Black's main problem is of course the offside Na5.}) (18... Bf6 19. Ng4 Bg7 20.
Qd2 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b4 $14) 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. Ne2 Bg7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Ng3 Kg8 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rad1 Red8 26. Re2 Qe7 27.
Qe3 Ne5 28. Red2 {Mourato,M (2329)-Moreira,J (2406) email 2012}) 15. Rb1 {
White has numerous options, preparing b3 and Bb2 is one of the critical moves.}
(15. N1h2 c5 16. Ng4 (16. d5 Nc4 17. Rb1 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Nd7 $5 {
is an untested suggestion by Kislik, who considers the knight misplaced on g6.}
(19... Ng6 20. Be3 Bh4 21. Re2 a5 22. g4 (22. Nf1 a4 23. g3 Bf6 24. Nh2 b4 25.
Ng4 Ba6 26. Re1 b3 27. axb3 axb3 28. Bxb3 Rxe4 29. Bc2 {Sokolov,A (2563)-Baron,
T (2467) Haguenau 2013} Rb4 $11) 22... Bg3 23. Qf1 b4 (23... h6 $5 $13) 24. Qf3
Ba6 25. Rg2 Bxh2+ 26. Rxh2 Bc4 27. b3 Bb5 28. h4 a4 29. h5 $36 {Smirin,I (2663)
-Baron,T (2473) Acre 2013}) 20. Nf3 (20. Be3 $2 Bh4 21. Re2 f5 $1 22. exf5 Nf6
$17) 20... a5 21. b3 b4 22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Nb6 $132 {<<}) 16... cxd4 (16...
Bxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 {-16...cxd4.}) 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 19.
Qd1 (19. Ne3 Nf6 20. f3 d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Bf5 Rc4 {De Firmian,N
(2553)-Fressinet,L (2654) Selfoss 2003} 23. Qd2 $5 $14) (21... Rxe3 $5 22.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Bxe3 Nxd5 $13) 22. Bf5 (22. Qd2 Nc6 23. b3 Be6 24. Qxd8 Rexd8
25. Bb2 Nd4 26. Bb1 b4 27. Kf1 Rc7 28. Rd1 Rcd7 29. Nc2 Nxc2 30. Bxc2 Nd5 $11 {
Kislik}) 22... Nc6 23. Qh4 $6 Be6 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. Kh1 Rcd8 26. Rf1 Nd4 27. Bxe6
Rxe6 $17 {Sautto,D (2097)-Dervishi,E (2523) Genova 2002}) (19. Re2 Ne5 (19...
Nf8 20. Qd1 Ne6 $132) 20. Ne3 Qf6 {Wang,J (2375)-Urkedal,F (2473) Reykjavik
2013} 21. Qb6 $14) 19... h5 $5 (19... Nc4 20. a4 Nc5 21. axb5 axb5 22. f3 Qb6
23. Kh1 Ne6 24. b3 Qd4 25. Ra2 Ne5 26. Ne3 Nc6 27. Bb1 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Nc5 29.
Nf5 $16 {Bauer,C (2602)-Fressinet,L (2654) Belfort 2003}) (19... d5 20. Bd2 Nf8
21. Ne3 dxe4 22. Bc3 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. f3 Ne6 26. fxe4 Nc5
27. e5 Ne4 $11) 20. Nh2 (20. Ne3 $5 Nf6 21. b4 (21. f3 d5 $11) 21... Nc6 22.
Bb3 Rxe4 23. Bb2 Ne5 24. Qd2 $44 {Kislik}) 20... Qc7 (20... d5 $1 $11) 21. Bb1
Nf6 22. Bg5 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxh5 Bg6 $6 (24... d5 $1 25. Rac1 Nc6 26.
Qg4 Qb7 27. Bf6 Bg6 $11 {Kislik}) 25. Qh4 Qc4 26. Ng4 f5 $2 (26... Rxe1+ 27.
Rxe1 Nc6 $14) 27. b3 Qf7 28. Ne3 Re4 29. Bf4 d5 30. f3 Ree8 31. Rad1 Rcd8 32.
Rc1 d4 33. Nf1 $40 {[%csl Rg6,Rg8] Svidler,P (2739)-Kjartansson,G (2468)
Caleta 2015}) ({Another important alternative is} 15. Bf4 Nf8 (15... c5 $6 16.
e5 $1 dxe5 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. Qd3 $1 Nxe5 $2 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Nf5
Re2 22. Rxe2 Bxe2 23. Re1 Bd3 24. Nh6 Ne5 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qxf7+ Kd6 27. Bxd3
gxh6 28. Be4 Nac6 29. Rd1+ Nd4 30. Bxa8 {1-0, Robson,R (2613)-Chirila,I (2514)
Lubbock 2013}) {The main engine continuation is} 16. Bg3 (16. Ng3 Ne6 (16... g6
17. b3 (17. Rb1 c5 18. d5 Nc4 19. Qc1 Nd7 20. Nf1 Rc8 (20... Bc8 $5 $13) 21.
N1h2 Nce5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 c4 25. g5 Bg7 26. Bd2 a5 27. Bc3
b4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qe3 Qe7 30. f4 Qc7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 {Yu Yangyi (2736)-Svidler,
P (2740) Ningbo 2015} 32. Ba4 $14) 17... c5 18. d5 $5 {was an impressive
positional sacrifice, White quickly got a dangerous attack after} Bxa1 19. Qxa1
f6 20. Nh2 Bc8 21. Bc1 Ra7 22. Bb2 Rf7 23. f4 b4 24. Rf1 c4 25. Bd4 Qc7 26. Qd1
Bd7 27. f5 cxb3 28. axb3 Rc8 29. Bd3 Bb5 30. Ng4 $40 {Gopal,G (2575)-Narayanan,
S (2459) Kolkata 2015}) 17. Bc1 (17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bc3 c5 19. e5 dxe5 (19... cxd4
20. exf6 dxc3 21. fxg7 Qf6 22. Qd3 Qxg7 23. bxc3 $14) (19... Be7 $5) 20. dxe5
Be7 21. b3 b4 (21... Na3 22. Be4) 22. bxc4 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 bxc3
25. Ne2 Rab8 26. Nxc3 Nd4 27. Be4 Rb4 28. Bd5 Rb2 $132 {[%cal Ye7h4]} 29. Rb1
Rc2 30. Rbc1 Rb2 31. Rb1 Rc2 32. Rbc1 Rb2 {½, Motylev,A (2658)-Svidler,P 
(2739) Chita 2015}) 17... g6 18. Rb1 c5 (18... d5 $5 19. e5 Bg7 20. h4 c5 21.
dxc5 Qc7 22. b4 Nc4 $44 {is Kislik's idea.}) 19. d5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. b3
Bc8 22. Bf4 b4 $13 {Pavlidis,A (2522)-Bok,B (2591) Hoogeveen 2015}) 16... c5
17. e5 (17. dxc5 dxc5 18. e5 (18. Qb1 Qb6 19. e5 (19. Ne3 Rad8 (19... Ng6 20.
e5 Nxe5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Ng4 Bd4 24. Qf5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 g6 26.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qxf7 Qe6 28. Qxg6 Qxg6 29. Bxg6 Re2 $44) 20. Nf5 Bc8 $5 (20...
Nc4 21. e5 Bxf3 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. gxf3 Nd2 25. Qd1 Re1+ 26. Qxe1
Nxf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 $16) 21. e5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Be7 $13) 19... Be7 20.
Ne3 Rad8 21. Be4 c4 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Nf5 Bb4 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Ng6 $13 {
quaddy,h (2586)-amadeus chess,h (2648) playchess.com 2011}) 18... Qxd1 19.
Raxd1 Bd8 $5 20. Ne3 Bc7 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. b3 (22. Be4 Ne6 23. Bf4 Rb8 24. g3 c4
25. Nc3 Nc6 26. a3 Bc7 27. Rd7 Rbd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Ng5 h6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 $15
{sweaty carpenter,h (2587)-hope,h (2558) Engine Room 2011}) 22... Ne6 23. Be4
Rc8 24. Nh4 g6 25. Nf3 Ba8 26. Nc3 Nc6 27. Re3 Kg7 28. Nd5 Ncd4 29. Nf6 Rf8 $11
{Sin Libro,C (2492)-Hope,H (2497) Engine Room 2011}) 17... dxe5 18. dxe5 {
- 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.e5}) ({The immediate} 15. b3 c5 16. Bb2 Nc6 {is too soft:}
17. Ng3 (17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rac1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qb6 $11) 17... g6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19.
Rad1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Bb1 Qb6 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 d5 25.
Red1 Nf6 $11 {Preotu,R (2447)-Stefansson,H (2560) Reykjavik 2015}) (15. Ng3 g6
16. Bh6 (16. b3 c5 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Nxd4 $1 (18... h5 {Gao,R (2533)-Eljanov,
P (2727) Reykjavik 2015} 19. e5 $1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exf6 $44) 19. Nxd4
cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bg5 21. Be3 d5 22. exd5 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qb6 $11) (16. Bf4 c5 17.
Bxd6 cxd4 18. Bd3 {Hevia Alejano,C (2511)-Kjartansson,G (2451) Merida 2014} Nc4
19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 $17) 16... Rc8 $5 (16... Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Bd3 c5
19. Bf4 Nf8 20. e5 dxe5 {Kryvoruchko,Y (2708)-Iordachescu,V (2589) Abu Dhabi
2014} 21. Bc1 $5 b4 22. Bxa3 bxa3 23. dxc5 e4 24. Bxe4 Bxa1 25. Qxa1 $44) 17.
b3 (17. b4 Nc4 18. Bb3 Ndb6 $1 19. a4 bxa4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxa4 Re6 $132 {
Kislik}) 17... c5 18. Rc1 ({More testing might be the generous} 18. d5 $5 Bxa1
19. Qxa1 $44) 18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 d5 20. Re2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Nf3 Qf4 23.
exd5 Bxd5 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nxd2 Nf6 $11 {Quesada Perez,Y (2637)
-Narayanan,S (2459) Kolkata 2015} 27. Ndf1 Bb7 28. Ne3 Nc6 29. Bb1 Re7 30. Ne2
Nb4 $11 {Quesada Perez,Y (2637)-Narayanan,S (2459) Kolkata 2015}) ({Also after
} 15. Qd3 {there are only a few human games:} Nf8 (15... g6 16. N1h2 c5 17. Ng4
Nc6 18. d5 Nb4 19. Qd2 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Bg7 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Qd2 $14
{Polovnikov,Y (2240)-Pawlowski,S (2474) email 2006}) 16. Rb1 (16. N1h2 c5 17.
Ng4 Nc6 (17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 $132) 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bg5 $2
(19. d5 Nb4 $11) 19... Qg6 20. d5 Nb4 21. Qd2 h6 22. Bf4 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Bxd5 24.
Nh4 Qf6 25. Bxd6 Bxe4 $17 {Severiukhina,Z (2332)-Kovanova,B (2398) Voronezh
2009}) (16. b4 Nc4 17. Rb1 c5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. d5 Qa5 (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
21. Be3 Ng6 22. a4 b4 23. Bxc5 a5 $13 {1/2-1/2 (116) sparta 300,d (2313)
-knilch,e (2419) Engine Room 2013}) 20. a4 Ng6 $132) 16... c5 17. d5 Nc4 18.
N1h2 Bc8 $5 (18... h5 19. b3 Ne5 ({Kislik prefers} 19... Nb6 20. Nf1 b4 $13)
20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qd1 h4 22. Qg4 Ng6 23. Bd2 Bd4 (23... Bc8 $1 $11) 24. Qh5 Ne5
25. Re2 Bc8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Rxe3 g5 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. f4 $14 {
[%csl Rg7] softescu,h (2518)-tapalov,r (2306) Engine Room 2013}) (18... Ne5 19.
Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Qd2 (21. Ng4 Bh4 $1 (21... Bg5 22. f4 $1 Bh4 23. Re2
Bc8 24. Bd2 Bxg4 25. hxg4 $14) 22. g3 Be7 23. f4 Qd7 {could be playable for
Black - Kislik.}) 21... Ng6 (21... Bc8 $5 22. f4 Bh4 $13) 22. Ng4 Bh4 23. Rf1
a5 24. Qd1 Bc8 25. a3 a4 26. f4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Bf6 28. Rfd1 c4 29. Bf2 Qa5 30.
g3 Rad8 31. Qf3 Qc7 32. h4 $14 {i3litz,h (2645)-rocky iii,d (2598) Engine Room
2011}) 19. b3 Nb6 (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Nf3 Bb7 23. e5 $36)
20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 h6 $13 {is similar to the game position.}) 15... c5 16.
d5 {[%cal Rb2b3]} (16. b4 cxb4 $5 (16... Nc4 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. d5 Bc3 19. N1d2
Nde5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Re3 Bd4 22. Rg3 Qf6 $132 {Kislik}) 17. N1h2 (17. Rxb4
$142 Nb6 $13) 17... Rc8 18. Ng4 Be7 19. d5 Nc4 20. Nd4 Bg5 (20... Nde5 $1 $15)
21. f4 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Nf5 Nc5 (23... a5 24. Rb3 $44) 24. Rxb4 Rc7 {
Iordachescu,V (2590)-Kjartansson,G (2484) Jerusalem 2015} 25. e5 $1 dxe5 26.
fxe5 Nxe5 27. Rg4 g6 28. d6 Rd7 29. Bg5 $16) 16... Nc4 $8 17. b3 (17. Ng3 g6
18. b3 Nce5 $142 (18... Ncb6 19. Bf4 $1 (19. Nh2 Bg7 20. Ng4 Ne5 21. Nh6+ Kh8
22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Qd2 (23. Ng4 $11) 23... Bc8 24. h4 b4 25. h5 a5 26. hxg6 fxg6
27. f3 a4 28. Ne2 axb3 29. axb3 Ra2 $17 {Lopez Martinez,J (2538)-Svetushkin,D 
(2581) Roquetas de Mar 2015}) 19... Ne5 (19... Qe7 20. a4 $14) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. a4 Re8 23. Nf1 b4 24. Ne3 a5 25. Bd3 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27.
Qd3 Ra8 28. Rbd1 $14 {Kislik}) 19. Nh2 Nb6 20. Rf1 a5 21. f4 Ned7 22. Ng4 Bg7
23. f5 Qh4 24. Bf4 Ne5 {is a line, analysed by Kislik:} 25. f6 $5 Nxg4 26. fxg7
Ne5 $132) 17... Nce5 18. N3h2 Ng6 {Kislik considers this inferior, but it's
not so clear, as White won't find it so simple to dislodge the defensive
knight.} (18... Nb6 19. Ng3 g6 {tranposes to the above lines.}) ({Another
plausible alternative is} 18... c4 {Untested is the better} 19. Ne3 ({
Premature is} 19. f4 $6 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Nf3 (21. Qxd3 Nc5 22. Qf3 Bxd5
$36) 21... Nc5 22. Ng3 Bc3 23. Bd2 b4 24. Rc1 Qf6 25. Kh2 Rac8 26. e5 dxe5 27.
fxe5 Qb6 28. Bxc3 bxc3 29. Rxc3 Bxd5 $36 {Baron,T (2497)-Efimenko,Z (2695)
Plovdiv 2012}) 19... Nd3 $5 (19... cxb3 20. axb3 $14) 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Nf5 Nc5
$132) 19. Ng3 $146 (19. Bd2 Bg5 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Nf5 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Nh5 $5 (22...
Bc8 23. g4 Ra7 24. Ng3 (24. Kh1 Rc7 25. h4 c4 26. h5 Ne5 27. Rg1 cxb3 28. Rxb3
Rc4 $132 {0-1 (44) Agopov,M (2434)-Gonda,L (2535) Germany 2013}) 24... Nd7 25.
f4 Ndf8 26. Nh5 b4 27. Bd3 f6 28. Nf3 a5 29. Bb5 Bd7 30. Bc4 $36 {Berg,E (2489)
-Pilgaard,K (2459) Gausdal 2003}) 23. g3 Bc8 24. Kg2 Ra7 25. Ng4 Nf8 $6 (25...
Nf6 $142 $13) 26. e5 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 g6 28. Bc2 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Qd6 30. Nc4 Qd8 {
Bauer,C (2639)-Svetushkin,D (2589) Leon 2012} 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Ne3 $14) (19.
Ne3 Bc3 (19... Rc8 20. Nf5 Nb6 21. Ng4 c4 22. Be3 Bc3 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Ngh6+
gxh6 25. Qg3+ Ng6 26. Bxb6 $18 {Dubreuil,J (2250)-Daurelle,H (2292) Nimes 2009}
) (19... Bc8 $5) 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Bc8 22. Nf5 Nb6 23. g4 Ra7 24. f4 b4 25.
Bd3 a5 26. Bb5 Rf8 27. Rbd1 a4 28. e5 axb3 29. axb3 dxe5 30. fxe5 Bb7 $132 {
Macieja,B (2579)-Berczes,D (2495) Las Vegas 2015}) (19. f4 $6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5
$1 {/\} 21. exf5 Nh4 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nf3 Nxf3 24. Qxf3 Nf6 $17) 19... Bc8 $1
{Improving the bishop, which has little to do on b7 in a Benoni set-up.} ({
The text-move is more natural than} 19... Bc3 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Nf6 22. f4
$14 (22. a4 $14)) 20. Rf1 $5 {Improves the rook and prevents Bg5 due to f4.} ({
Giri didn't like} 20. Ng4 Bc3 {, for example} 21. Rf1 (21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2
Nf6 $11) 21... Nde5 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Nef5 Neg6 24. Qf3 Be5 $132) 20... Nb6 21.
Ng4 {White had his first longer thought and he allows a swap of a pair of
minor pieces after all.} (21. f4 $5 {is an aggressive alternative, suggested
by Gleizerov. White's plan shows after} Bd7 $6 ({Less clear is} 21... a5 $142 {
/\} 22. f5 Ne5 23. Nh5 Nbd7) 22. f5 Ne5 23. Nh5 $36 {[%cal Yc1b2,Yh5f6,Yh2g4]
The bishop is misplaced on d7 and Black has difficulties holding the e5-square.
}) ({Another option is the restrained} 21. Bd2 {[%cal Yg3h5]}) 21... Bxg4 $5 {
Svidler follows his plan, started on move 19.} ({Both} 21... Bd4) ({and} 21...
Bc3 {can be met by} 22. Ne2 {Now} Bxg4 23. hxg4 Bf6 24. Ng3 {transposes back
to the game.} (24. f4 h6 $13)) 22. hxg4 (22. Qxg4 Ne5 23. Qe2 g6 {is a good
Benoni for Black - he already has queenside play and it's difficult to say,
how White should develop his own initiative.}) 22... h6 {Finally Black moves a
kingside pawn, feeling he needs this for the defence.} ({Probably he has to
play this sooner or later and} 22... Be5 23. Nf5 Nh4 24. Ne3 $14 {seems better
for White.} (24. g5 Nxf5 25. exf5 h6 $5 26. b4 $5 {[%cal Yb1b3,Yb3h3] si
interesting, but more double-edged.})) 23. Nf5 Ne7 24. Ne3 ({Giri shortly
mentions the immediate} 24. g3 {[%cal Yg1g2,Yf1h1] , but he saw White would
have a hard time breaking through:} Nxf5 25. gxf5 Nd7 $11 {seems OK for Black,
if necessary he can even escape with his king towards the centre.}) 24... b4 {
[%cal Ya6a4]} (24... Nd7 {is rather slow after} 25. g3 {, so Black starts his
active counterplay. It will succeed admirably, but the text-move gives up the
light squares and is quite committal.}) 25. g3 ({Gleizerov's prohylactic} 25.
Bd3 $1 {seems more to the point, after} Nd7 $5 (25... Qd7 26. g3 a5 27. Qe2 $14
) (25... a5 26. Bb5 Rf8 27. a4 bxa3 28. Bxa3 $36) 26. g3 $14 {White has good
control over the queenside.}) ({Giri considered also} 25. a4 $5 bxa3 26. Bxa3
$14 {, but didn't want to distract his bishop from eyeing h6.}) 25... a5 $132
26. Kg2 (26. Bd3 a4 27. Bb5 axb3 28. axb3 Rf8 $13 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) ({After} 26.
a4 {White must already reckon with the positional sacrifice} c4 $5 27. bxc4 Rc8
$44) 26... a4 27. bxa4 $6 {Gives Black too much play.} (27. Bd3 axb3 28. axb3
Ra2 29. Re1 {[%cal Ye1e2]} Qc7 30. Re2 Rea8 $11) 27... Qd7 28. Qd3 ({The way
to bail out was} 28. a3 $5 Nxa4 29. Bxa4 Rxa4 (29... Qxa4 30. Qxa4 Rxa4 31.
axb4 cxb4 32. Bd2 b3 33. Rxb3 Rxe4 $11) 30. axb4 (30. Nc4 Nc8 (30... bxa3 31.
Nb6 Qa7 32. Qxa4 Qxa4 33. Nxa4 a2 34. Bf4 axb1=Q 35. Rxb1 $11 {/+/=}) 31. Qc2
Qb5 $11) 30... Rxb4 31. Rxb4 cxb4 32. Qb3 (32. Bd2 Rb8 $11) 32... Bc3 $11)
28... Ng6 (28... Nxa4 $6 29. e5 $1 Bxe5 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Re1 $36 {is too
dangerous, especially with the approaching time-trouble.}) 29. Nf5 $6 ({Here} 
29. a3 $1 {was the best chance to hold the balance:} Ne5 (29... Nxa4 30. axb4
Ne5 31. Qd2 (31. Bxa4 Rxa4 32. Qe2 Rxb4 33. Rxb4 cxb4 $15) 31... Nxg4 32. Nc4
$13) 30. Qd1 Nxa4 31. Bxa4 Qxa4 32. axb4 cxb4 33. Nf5 $132) 29... Nxa4 30. Bxa4
$2 {Positional capitulation.} ({The attack lacks punch after} 30. g5 hxg5 31.
Rh1 Nc3 (31... Ne5 32. Qd1 g4 33. Bxa4 Rxa4 34. Nxd6 Rea8 $17) 32. Qf3 Rxa2 {/\
} 33. Qh5 Nh4+ $1 (33... Rxc2 $4 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Nxh8 36. Rxh8#) 34. gxh4
g6 35. Nh6+ Kg7 $19) ({White still had some tricks up his sleeve after} 30. Qf3
$142 $5 Nc3 (30... Qd8 31. g5 $5 Bxg5 32. Bxa4 Rxa4 33. Bb2 Bf6 34. Bxf6 Qxf6
35. Nxh6+ Kf8 36. Qxf6 gxf6 37. Nf5 Ra6 38. a3 bxa3 39. Rh1 a2 40. Rb7 a1=Q 41.
Rh7 Re7 42. Rb8+ Re8 43. Rb7 $11 {is probaly not forced, but still a pretty
line.}) 31. Nxh6+ gxh6 (31... Kf8 32. g5 $13) 32. Qxf6 Qe7 $15) 30... Rxa4 $17
{Peter was not afraid of ghosts and declined a draw at this point.} 31. Rh1 Ne7
$1 {[%mdl 256] Cool defence. Exchanging or chasing away the most dangerous
attacking piece is by far the cleanest solution.} (31... Rxa2 {invites
unecessary complications after} 32. g5 hxg5 (32... Bxg5 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Qf3
f6 35. Rh2 $1 $44 (35. Qh5 Nh4+ 36. gxh4 Rxe4 37. Ng3 Rf4 $36)) 33. Qf3 Re5 34.
Bb2 (34. Qh5 Rxf5 35. exf5 Qxf5 $19) 34... Rxf5 35. exf5 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Bxb2 37.
fxg6 $15) 32. g5 {The sacrifice on h6 is desperate, but so is this thrust.} (
32. a3 bxa3 33. Bxa3 Nxf5 (33... c4 $5) 34. exf5 Rxg4 $17 {/-+}) (32. Bb2 Nxf5
33. gxf5 Qe7 $17 {would prolong the game, but hardly save it.}) 32... hxg5 33.
Ne3 (33. Nxe7+ Qxe7 34. e5 Qxe5 35. Qh7+ Kf8 $19 {[%cal Re5e4]}) 33... Rxa2 $19
34. Bd2 (34. e5 Bxe5 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ng8 $19 {is again just a couple of
checks.}) 34... Ng6 35. Nf5 (35. Rh2 Ne5 36. Rbh1 g6 $19 {and the attack is
over.}) 35... Ne5 36. Qe2 g6 (36... g4 $19) 37. Nh6+ (37. Bxg5 {White's last
ditch attempt is most convincingly parried by the pretty} Rxe2 $142 $1 (37...
Bxg5 38. Qxa2 gxf5 39. f4 Bxf4 (39... fxe4 40. fxe5 Qf5 $19) 40. gxf4 Ng6 $19)
38. Bxf6 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1 (39. Kxf2 Ng4+) 39... Rh2 $3 {[]} 40. Rxh2 Nf3+ $19)
37... Kg7 38. Nf5+ Kg8 (38... gxf5 {is possible as well, but Svidler wisely
waits until move 40.}) 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ gxf5 41. Qh5 Ng6 {White's threats
are illusory and Black already has more than one way to win.} (41... Ng4 42.
Bxg5 Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 Bd4 $19) (41... Ng6 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Bxg5 Bxg5 44. Qxg5 Qe7
$19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 11. e3 Ne5 12. Nh4 d6 13. d3 Ng6 14. Nxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c6 {The Caro-Kann does seem like a strange choice for a must win game.
The reason is that White has several dull variations to play against this.} 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 (3. e5 Bf5 {lately leads to interesting and unbalanced play. Not
exactly what Svidler is looking for.}) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3
{Out of the many ways you can play against the Caro-Kann, this looks like one
of the best if drawing is the same as winning.} Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 {Yes, this is
the best move, but how can Black hope to win such an endgame?} 8. dxe5 Qa5+ 9.
c3 Qxe5+ 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Bc5 14. Bf3 O-O-O
15. O-O Nd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rad1 {Black isn't really worse; his isolated
pawn in the middle of the board isn't that hard to protect and White can't
much progress against it. The problem is that he doesn't need to "make
progress" at all.} Nf8 18. Rfe1 Ne6 19. Be3 {Trade all the pieces!} b6 (19...
d4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 {is simply unacceptable for Giri.}) 20. Rd3 Kb7
21. Red1 Kc6 22. Ne2 Rh4 23. Nd4+ Bxd4 24. Bxd4 b5 25. g3 Rh5 26. Bxa7 Ra8 27.
Be3 Rxa2 {Giri can try as he may, but he will never be able to create anything
in this position.} 28. R1d2 Re5 29. h4 Ra4 30. Kg2 f6 31. Bd4 Rh5 32. Re3 Kd7
33. Red3 Kd6 34. Be3 Kc6 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. R1d2 Ra8 37. Rd1 Ra4 38. R1d2 Ra2 39.
Kf1 Ra1+ 40. Rd1 Ra2 41. R1d2 Re5 42. Bd4 Rh5 43. Be3 Ra8 44. Rd1 Ra4 45. R3d2
Ra2 46. b3 Rxd2 47. Rxd2 b4 48. cxb4 Kb5 49. Bc5 Nxc5 50. bxc5 Kxc5 51. Ke2 g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 (5. c4 d5 {leads to Maroczy
type of positions}) 5... Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. a4 Nb4 {Even though it is
hard to get rid of the knight here, I wonder what exactly it is doing on this
square. I liked it better on c6, where it can go to d4 later.} 9. Nd2 $1 h6 10.
Nc4 Bg4 11. Qd2 {Avoiding the subtle weakness of f3.} Bd7 12. Nd1 Re8 13. Nde3
Bf8 14. c3 Nc6 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 {White's position is rather nice. He
controls more center and his plan is more obvious - an important asset in a 25
minute game!} Be6 17. Qf2 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 {Black is making some
progress by simplifying the center and getting some pressure on the e-file.
However now Eljanov has the pair of bishops in an open position, the g2 bishop
might be particularly powerful in the future.} 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Qf3 Na5 22. Ne5
Qb6 23. Rab1 Rad8 24. Kh1 Qb3 $6 25. Be1 Qxa4 $6 {Shameless pawn grabbing, but
this was not the time to do it.} 26. Bh4 $1 Rd6 27. Ra1 $1 {Black's pieces in
the queenside are rather awkward. Eljanov immediately exploits this.} Qb5 28.
c4 Qa6 29. d4 $1 Rxd4 (29... cxd4 30. b4 $18) 30. Qc3 $1 (30. Bxf6 gxf6 31.
Rxa5 $1 (31. Qg3+ Bg7 32. Rg1 fxe5 {lets the queen back into the game via the
6th rank.}) 31... Qxa5 32. Qg3+ Bg7 33. Rg1 $1 {was also decisive.}) 30... Ne4
(30... b6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qg3+ Bg7 33. Rg1 {is a much easier to calculate
version of the above}) 31. Qxa5 Qxa5 32. Rxa5 Nd2 33. Rd1 {White's basically
up a piece.} Bd6 34. Bf2 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Nxc4 36. Bxd4 Nxa5 37. Bc3 Nc4 38. e6
Rxe6 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Bd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. Nf4 Nc4
15. Bc3 Bb4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Nd3 Ba3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20. Nc5 Rc7 21.
Nxb7 Rxb7 22. Rxc6 Qxa2 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Rb1 a5 25. Bd1 Nf6 26. Bc2 g6 27. f3
Qa3 28. Qc3 Qb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Ra1 h5 31. h4 Re8 32. Kf2 Ree7 33. Ke2 Rec7
34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Kd2 Rb7 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Bd3 Nd7 {Black is solid, but
passive. Karjakin starts opening up the position for his bishop. Even though
this looks drawish to the naked idea, a deeper inspection shows that this is
just unpleasant for Black.} 38. e4 dxe4 39. Bxe4 Rb6 40. Ra4 e5 41. Ke3 Kf6 42.
dxe5+ {Not afraid of the symmetrical pawn structures. The bishop is superior
to the knight and b4 is weak, Karjakin will work with this.} Kxe5 43. Ra5+ Kd6
44. Kd4 Rb8 45. Bd5 $1 {Dominating the board.} f6 46. Ra6+ Ke7 47. f4 Nb6 (
47... Nf8 {is uncomfortable to play but maybe a better try. It's hard to
imagine Black will hold on once he loses b4, though.}) 48. Ra7+ Kd6 49. Bf7 {
The Russian player made it look easy! Black's position is already falling
apart.} Rc8 50. Ra6 Kc6 51. Bxg6 Kb7 52. Ra5 Rc3 53. Be4+ Kb8 54. Rb5 Ka7 55.
Rxh5 {Simply too many pawns, and Black can't even grab b3 yet.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. a4
Nb4 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. Nc4 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Na5 Bd7 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Nc4 Be6 18. c3 Nc6 19. Ne3 a6 20. Na3 Rb8 21. Nd5 Ne7
22. Nc4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nce3 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 g6 26. Ra7 Bxd5 27. exd5 Qb6
28. Qa1 c4 29. dxc4 bxc4 30. Re2 Rb7 31. Ra6 Qb3 32. g4 Rb6 33. Ra5 Rb7 34. Be4
Qb6 35. Ra6 Qd8 36. Qa4 Qb8 37. Kg2 Rd8 38. Qxc4 Rxb2 39. Rxb2 Qxb2 40. Ra7 Qb6
41. Rc7 {Eljanov is on the offensive in this position with opposite colored
bishops. His position is certainly better as he is more active.} Bg7 42. h4 $2
(42. Qc6 $1 {makes Black's position very uncomfortable. For example:} Qb8 (
42... Qxc6 43. dxc6 d5 44. Rb7 $1 {looks almost winning for White.}) 43. Rb7
Qc8 44. c4 $1 $16 {with domination. c5 is a threat, forcing a passed pawn.})
42... Bf6 43. h5 $2 {Completely missing his opponent's ideas. This move simply
gifts the game away.} Bh4 {Oops. f2 cannot be defended. The game is over, the
queen on c4 is overloaded.} 44. Kh3 Qxf2 $6 (44... Bxf2 {is even stronger, but
taking with the queen is certainly tempting.}) 45. Qd3 gxh5 46. gxh5 Bg5 47.
Qg3 Qf1+ 48. Qg2 Qf4 49. Qg4 Qe3+ 50. Kg2 (50. Qf3 Qxf3+ 51. Bxf3 f5 {looks
bad, but what else?}) 50... Rb8 51. Rc8+ Rxc8 52. Qxc8+ Kg7 {White's king is
too weak. Eljanov simply cannot hold on to his position here.} 53. Qc4 Qd2+ 54.
Kh3 Qd1 55. Qd3 Qxh5+ 56. Kg2 Qg4+ 57. Kh1 Bh4 58. Bf5 Qg5 59. Qf3 Be1 60. Bc2
Bd2 61. c4 Qh4+ 62. Kg2 Qxc4 63. Qf5 Qxd5+ 64. Be4 Qe6 65. Qh7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 f5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2
Qa5 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Qa4 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. e3 O-O-O
15. Bd3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 e5 17. f4 e4 18. Be2 h6 19. Kf2 g5 20. h4 Rdg8 21. Rh1
gxf4 22. exf4 Rg7 23. h5 Rhg8 24. Rhg1 Qa6 25. a4 Be8 26. Be1 Nd7 27. Ke3 Nf6
28. Rh1 Qa5 29. Bf2 b6 30. Rh3 Kd8 31. Be1 Ke7 32. Bf2 Kf8 33. Be1 Re7 34. Rh1
Rgg7 35. Ra3 Kg8 36. Bf2 Kh8 37. Be1 Rg8 38. Bf2 Reg7 39. Rh3 Qa6 {Black has
obtained what must be a strategically winning position. All of his pieces are
better and White's structure is shattered. And yet Eljanov has been unable to
find a way in, and it is not easy to find at all. Karjakin, however, cracks
under pressure.} 40. Qd1 $2 Ng4+ $1 {It seems silly to give up this knight,
but Black gets to take all the pawns.} 41. Bxg4 fxg4 42. Rh1 Qxc4 43. Qe2 Qxd5
{Two pawns are two pawns.} 44. Rd1 Qe6 45. c4 Rd7 46. Rd5 Bf7 47. Be1 Qe8 48.
Rf5 Kh7 49. Bc3 Be6 50. Rf6 Rf7 51. Rg6 {Trying to create complications,
Karjakin gives away yet another pawn.} Rxg6 52. hxg6+ Kxg6 53. Ra1 h5 54. Rd1
Rd7 55. Qh2 Qd8 $2 (55... Bxc4 56. Qh4 Qd8 57. f5+ Kxf5 58. Qxh5+ Qg5+ 59.
Qxg5+ Kxg5 {is just winning for Black, but it is easy to be scared of ghosts.})
56. Ba1 d5 $2 {This move is hard to understand. He should simply take the free
pawn when he can.} (56... Bxc4 57. Qb2 {i guess this was the point of ba1, but
it comes with no threat at all.} d5 58. Qe5 d4+ $19) 57. cxd5 Rxd5 58. Qb2 Rd3+
59. Ke2 Qd4 60. Qxd4 cxd4 61. Rxd3 Bc4 62. Bxd4 exd3+ 63. Ke3 {Opposite
colored bishop endgames aren't easy, but luckily for Eljanov this one is
winning.} Kf5 64. Bc3 a5 $1 65. Be1 Ke6 (65... Bb3 66. Kxd3 Bxa4 67. Bf2 Bb5+
68. Kd4 (68. Kc3 Ke4 $19) 68... Be8 69. Kd5 b5 {and this is just over. White
will eventually have to bring back the king and let the Black king in, or he
will have to bring back the bishop after which h4 is a lethal breakthrough in
the kingside.}) 66. Bc3 Kf5 67. Be1 Kf6 68. Bd2 Kg6 69. Bc3 Kf5 $4 {Trying to
gain time, Eljanov misses the fact that this is a three-fold repetition.
Karjakin correctly claimed it and won the match.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 ({The traditional way to meet the Reti is} 3...
c6 {but over the past years White has discovered many new ideas. As I have
found out from my own games, there is a strong trend towards the game move.})
4. O-O Be7 5. d3 $5 ({Deviating from what Karjakin must have expected, the
main Catalan line:} 5. c4 O-O 6. d4) 5... O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 {
In the remote past, the King's Indian Attack proved a deadly occasional weapon
in Fischer's hands and in the nineties it served well a whole generation of
Moldavian players.} b5 {Black's best way to meet White's slow kingside attack
is based on the massive queenside pawn storm.} ({By piece pressure alone Black
does not get much:} 8... b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rac8 13.
N1h2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Re2 Qc5 16. Nf3 Rc7 17. a3 a5 18. Kh2 Rfc8 19. h5
Bc6 20. h6 g6 21. Qd2 Ba4 22. b3 Bb5 23. Bg5 Bf8 24. Qf4 Qc3 25. Ra2 Ba6 (25...
Bc5 26. Qg4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gg5d2]}) 26. Nxd4 $18 {1-0 (56) Andriasian,Z 
(2609)-Shahinyan,D (2431) Yerevan 2014}) 9. exd5 $5 ({A relatively rare
continuation. In game six Svidler switched to the thematic} 9. e5 {followed by
Nf1, h4-h5, which is clearly the main line.} Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 ({Playing with
White, Karjakin had faced} 10... Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14.
Ng4 Bf8 15. c4 Ne7 16. b3 Bc6 17. h5 h6 {Karjakin,S (2753)-Dominguez Perez,L 
(2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 (½-½ , 30), with a solid defence.}) 11. h4 a5 12.
N1h2 Re8 13. h5 h6 14. Ng4 Bf8 15. Bf4 a4 16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Rb8 18. Ne3 Bb7
19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxa4 Ra8 23. Qc2 Ra6 24. Reb1 Qa7
25. Be3 Ba8 26. Qc3 Rd8 27. Nd2 Nd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qc2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rxa3
31. Rxa3 Qxa3 32. Ne4 Qa6 33. Rb3 Qa5 34. f4 Ra8 35. Qb1 Qd5 36. Rb5 Qc6 37.
Kf3 {White's space advantage and the domination of the knight over the bishop
ensures White some advantage, but with queens on board it is difficult to find
a way to make progress without weakening his own king. Karjakin's next move
"solved" this problem for White.} Ra3 $2 {Abandoning the back rank will not
have immediate consequences yet, but it will cause the exchange of queens.} 38.
Rb8 Ra8 39. Qb7 $1 Qxb7 40. Rxb7 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Karjakin,S (2780) Tata
Steel-A 75th 2013 (8) 1-0 Suddenly, the d4-pawn is weak and the white king is
ready for taking active part in the attack. This type of ending must have
raised some unpleasant memories to Karjakin, connected with the partly similar
position from} Ra3 {For the second time in a short while the rook steps on
this square hoping to get some counterplay.} (40... Rd8 {would not have saved
the pawn:} 41. g4 Ba3 42. Nd2 Bf8 43. Ke4 {White can combine the attack based
on f4-f5 with attacking the pawn with Nb3 or Nf3, with every chance to win.})
41. Rb8 $1 Rxd3+ 42. Kf2 {White threatens to win the bishop with Ne4-c5-d7 and
sadly Black does not have ...Rc3 to prevent this manoeuvre.} g6 ({Or if} 42...
Ra3 43. Nc5 Ra7 {White has} 44. Rd8 $1 {followed by Nd7, winning the exchange.}
) 43. Nc5 ({Even better would have been} 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. hxg6 {since the
g6-pawn is untouchable:} fxg6 $2 45. Rb7+ Kh8 46. Rh7#) 43... Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Rb2
45. Rxb2 Bxc5 46. hxg6 fxg6 47. Ke2 {and White won without problems. Svidler,P
(2727)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku 2015 (1-0, 58)}) 9... Nxd5 {Black's choice is a
mere matter of taste. The game move leads to a reversed King's Indian. The
only problem is that what could be entirely satisfactory for Black (equality)
might not be too promising when inverting colours even with an extra tempo.} (
9... exd5 10. Nb3 $5 {[%csl Gc5]} (10. d4 {does not look too threatening as it
transposes to some sort of French Isolani.} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13.
Nb3 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Re8 16. Bg5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 h6 (17... Qd6 $1 18.
Be3 $6 Re8 $15) 18. Be3 Bg6 19. c3 Bc2 $11 {Topalov,V (2772)-Caruana,F (2791)
Flor & Fjaere 2014 (1/2-1/2, 31)}) 10... Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Be3 Rad8
14. d4 c4 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 b4 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Rc1 {
Zvjaginsev,V (2655)-Lysyj,I (2686) Kazan 2014 (1-0, 37)}) 10. Ne4 (10. a4 b4
11. Nc4 Bb7 12. h4 h6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. a5 Rad8 15. c3 Bf6 16. Qc2 {Malakhov,V 
(2694)-Matlakov,M (2689) Berlin 2015 (1/2-1/2, 26). White has a comfortable
reversed King's Indian, but no advantage.}) (10. c4 $5 {is interesting,
forcing Black to display certain tactical accuracy:} bxc4 11. dxc4 Nb6 $6 (
11... Ndb4 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. a3 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Nbd3 15. Bxa8 Nxe1 16. Qxe1 Nd3 17.
Qe3 Nxc1 $11 18. Be4 $2 Bg5 19. f4 Bf6 $15 20. Kg2 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bd4 22. Qf3 Na2
) 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 a4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ra7 16. Ne4 $14 {Markus,R (2604)
-Kravtsiv,M (2576) Germany 2014 (0-1, 45)}) 10... Bb7 11. c3 $146 ({Finally a
novelty over} 11. Bd2 {as played in the game between lower rated players
Grossmann,S (1886)-Lindenberg,G (1889) Greifswald 2003 (0-1, 29)}) 11... a6 {
I do not see the need for defending the b5-pawn since Black will advance it on
the very next move.} (11... h6 {makes some sense, preventing Bc1-g5 and if} 12.
a4 b4 {the pawn is not really needed on a6.}) 12. a4 b4 ({Once again} 12... h6
{looks more constructive.}) 13. Bg5 $5 {A refined positional move. Black is
forced to weaken either the defence of the c5-pawn or else the e6-pawn.} f6 14.
Bd2 e5 ({The developing} 14... Qb6 {offers White some tactical ideas:} 15. a5 (
15. Bh3 $5) 15... Nxa5 16. d4 $44 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ge4c5,Gc5e6,Gf3d4,Gd4e6,
Ge1e6] Suddenly, several white pieces threaten to put unbearable pressure on
e6.}) 15. Rc1 {Zita,F-Bronstein,D Moscow-Prague 1946 (6) 0-1 The position
remains typical for a reversed ...exd4 King's Indian, but Black is slightly
underdeveloped, his queenside is weak and his queen's bishop misplaced,
belonging rather on e6 than b7. One of the first games revealing the drawbacks
of having the bishop on the long diagonal was} Rf7 {If Black could regroup
with ...Bf8 and ...Rd7 White would face certain problems with his d3-pawn, but
Svidler's answer proves this plan too slow.} ({The more natural} 15... Qd7 {
would not have yielded Black absolute safety either:} 16. cxb4 cxb4 ({With the
a2-g8 diagonal defended by the rook on f7 or the bishop on e6 Black could
react with} 16... Ndxb4 {but here this loses a pawn:} 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5
Nxd3 $2 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rd5 $18) 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 {Black is not in
immediate danger, but his position is hanging a bit.}) 16. d4 $1 bxc3 $6 {
Karjakin must have understood perfectly that opening the b-file could cause
him problems with the b7-bishop, but thought that getting rid of the c6-knight
would bring some relief.} (16... cxd4 {offers better chances for equalising:}
17. cxd4 exd4 (17... Nxd4 {is slightly worse, even though preferable to the
game continuation:} 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qb3 {followed by Nc5 and the inevitable
retrieval of the d4-pawn. The b5-pawn is a good shield for the queen, but also
for the b7-bishop.}) 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qd3 {It seems as if Black is stuck, but
the unexpected} Nc3 $3 20. Nxd4 (20. bxc3 $6 dxc3 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {leaves Black
with two dangerous pawns.}) 20... Nxa4 {Black's extra pawn compensates for
White's hyper-activity.}) 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 (18... exd4 {does not
spare Black problems.} 19. Qb3 Rb8 (19... Qd7 20. Bh3 $1 $18) (19... Bf8 20.
Nc5 Bxc5 21. Ng5 $3 $18) 20. Nfg5 $1 {Suba,M (2500)-Solozhenkin,E (2515) Berga
op 1993 (7) 1-0 Before thinking that these are just computer moves, one should
have a look at the following brilliant game displaying similar ideas in more
complicated shape.} fxg5 21. Nc5 Ncb4 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24. Qxd5 Kf8
25. Qxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rc8 Rd7 27. Bc6 {wins material.}) 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qb3 $16
{Despite his extra pawn, Black's position is very difficult. His pieces are
exposed, both wings are weak and the d4-pawn is doomed in the long run.
Objectively, there might be reasons to hope for a long defence, but from a
practical point of view things are hopeless. Suggestively, the game lasted
only nine more moves.} Rb8 $6 (20... Bf8 $2 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 $18) ({
Black's last chance to retain chances for survival was} 20... Qd7 21. Ba5 {
[%csl Gc7,Gd8][%cal Ge4c5]} (21. Rc4 $5) (21. Red1 $5) 21... Rc8 22. Red1 $16
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc3 24. Nxc3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 dxc3 26. Rxc3 Bd6 {The pinned rook
causes Black major problems of coordination. White will most likely win the
a6-pawn.}) 21. Rb1 {Creating another pin.} Qd7 (21... Rf8 $2 22. Bf4 $18) 22.
Rec1 Qe6 $2 {Just increasing the force of the next knight move by putting the
queen into a pin.} 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 $18 Rd8 (24... Rd7 25. Bxd5 $18 {
[%csl Gb8]}) 25. Ba5 Rd6 26. Qc4 {[%cal Gb1b7]} Nc3 27. Rxb7 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Ne2+
29. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.02"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 ({In the Ruy Lopez a2-a4 is a
thematic move, activating the queen's rook and weakening the black queenside.
Since in this game White will play it a bit earlier than in the main lines, it
is worth mentioning that} 12. a4 {is premature since Black has not committed
his f8-rook yet:} c5 13. d5 c4 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Ng3 Rfb8 $1 {
The most effective regrouping, forcing White to release the queenside tension
and give away the control of the a-file.} 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qe2 Bc8 19. g4 Bd7
20. axb5 axb5 21. Bg5 Ne8 22. Nd2 Ra7 23. Be3 Rba8 $36 {Polgar,J (2658)
-Kasparov,G (2851) Internet KC 2000 (1/2-1/2, 49)}) 12... Re8 13. a4 $5 ({
After the usual} 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 {Black has a choice between two
reliable systems:} c5 ({The modern trend is} 15... Bg7 16. Bd3 c6) 16. d5 c4)
13... Bf8 (13... c5 {would have probably transposed to one of the main lines
mentioned above, but maybe Svidler intended to play the modern one, based on
refraining from ...c7-c5.}) 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 $5 ({White could, of course,
transpose with} 15. Nf1 {as for instance in a game played in the same
tournament:} Qc7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Qd2 Nf8 19. Bh6 Ne6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Bf1 Rad8 22. b4 Nd7 {Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Adams,M (2742) Baku 2015 (1/
2-1/2, 38). But Karjakin wants to make full use of the concrete move order,
keeping his knight close to the queenside.}) 15... Rc8 ({In a somewhat older
game, one of the main specialists of the ...c7-c6 system with Black kept
regrouping as in the main line:} 15... g6 16. b4 Nb6 17. a5 $6 {Stabilising
Black's queenside.} ({It is true, though, that} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19.
dxe5 dxe5 20. Nb3 {offers White only some temporary control as after} Qc7 21.
Be3 Nbd7 {it would be hard to stop the equalising ...c6-c5 for too long.})
17... Nbd7 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. c4 exd4 20. Bxd4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 c5 $15 {Berg,E (2623)
-Sasikiran,K (2694) Dresden 2008 (0-1, 63)}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 c5 $5 $146 {
A surgical novelty.} ({After} 17... Qc7 {Black eventually landed in troubles
in Karjakin,S (2767)-Carlsen,M (2868) Stavanger 2013 CBM 155 (0-1, 46) [Marin,
M]}) ({But the slow treatment of the position is entirely viable as in the
following classical game:} 17... g6 18. Bb2 Nh5 19. g3 exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. Bc3
Nb6 22. e5 Rc7 23. Nb3 Bc8 24. Kg2 Ng7 25. Nh2 h5 26. Nc5 Nc4 27. Nf3 Bf5 {
Short,N (2635)-Portisch,L (2605) Wijk aan Zee 1990 (½-½, 56), with a
harmonious position for Black.}) 18. bxc5 exd4 (18... dxc5 {would offer White
a dangerous initiative based on activating his Spanish bishop:} 19. Bxb5 cxd4
20. Bc4 dxc3 21. Qxc3 {[%csl Gb7,Gf7]} Qc7 (21... Re7 22. Ba3 Nc5 23. Rab1 $36)
22. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 (23... Ke7 24. Ba3+ Nc5 25. Nb3 $18) (23... Kg6
24. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gf3h4,Rg5e6]}) 24. Qb3+ Bd5 25. exd5 $14 {Even though
the d5-pawn is most likely doomed, the weakness of the e5-pawn will leave
Black struggling in the endgame.}) 19. c6 ({White has not developed enough to
build up a massive centre:} 19. cxd4 dxc5 20. d5 c4 21. Bf1 Bc5 $36 {[%cal
Gd8b6,Gf6h5]}) 19... dxc3 {This is the simplest solution, but it allows White
to retain some symbolic advantage.} (19... Bxc6 $5 {is more ambitious but not
easy at all to calculate:} 20. Nxd4 b4 21. Ba6 (21. cxb4 Bb5 22. Qb3 Bxd3 23.
Qxd3 d5 $132) (21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bb2 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qc7 $15) 21... bxc3 $1 (
21... Rc7 22. cxb4) 22. Bxc8 cxd2 23. Bxd2 Bxe4 24. Bxd7 Bxc2 25. Bxe8 Be4 $11)
20. cxb7 cxd2 21. Qxd2 Rb8 22. Bxb5 Qb6 {A viable move, even though it will
eventually lose a tempo.} (22... Rxb7 23. Bc6 {[%cal Ga1a8] offers White some
initiative.}) ({But} 22... Qc7 $5 {may be a slight improvement over the game.})
23. Rb1 Qxb7 24. Bd3 Qa8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Bb2 {+/=/= White has the bishop
pair, more space and the better structure. But in view of the reduced number
of pawns, his chances to prove anything concrete are very slim.} Qa2 27. Re2 h6
28. Qc1 Qb3 29. Bc4 Qb7 30. Qd1 ({Since White intended to play e4-e5 it would
have made sense to keep the bishop pair in the process, but unfortunately} 30.
e5 dxe5 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 {allows the queen exchange with an obvious draw:
} Qb1) 30... Re8 31. Bxf6 {Betting on an illusory attack.} (31. e5 dxe5 32.
Nxe5 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 {is not too promising either, but White would at least keep
some symbolic pressure.}) 31... Nxf6 32. e5 dxe5 33. Nxe5 Re7 34. Qd4 Nd7 {
Those thinking the game would not last for too long were right, but they
surely failed to guess the result as a draw looks inevitable already.} 35. Nxf7
{This does not spoil anything yet, as after general exchanges on f7 the
reduced material would not offer Black any winning chances. In fact, the f7/f2
square theme will be recurrent in this match.} ({But a more restrictive move
order was} 35. Rb2 Qc7 36. Nxf7 Rxf7 {when Karjakin's manoeuvre} 37. Rb5 {
is entirely playable, but not really effective after, say,} Bc5) 35... Rxf7 36.
Rb2 Qc6 {Occupying the square on offer.} 37. Rb5 $4 {Bringing the last
reserves into the attack is not too threatening, as Rf5 can always be met with
...Nf6.} ({Karjakin's blunder was probably intended as an improvement over} 37.
Rb3 {which allows (among many other playable moves)} Ne5) 37... Kh8 $1 {
As simple as that. The white rook is hanging, meaning Black keeps his extra
piece.} 38. Rd5 $6 {Shortening the agony.} Nb6 {Confronted with new material
losses, Karjakin resigned. With hindsight, Karjakin's blunder can be regarded
as a non-intentional psychological gambit. Had the game ended in a draw,
Svidler might have kept his composure and his minimal advantage on the score
table, but facing the perspective to win easier than expected he took a few
highly uninspired decisions.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. h3 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Rb1 Nde5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Be4 {WeiЯ hat nichts gegen Abtausch.} Qd7 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Bd2
Rae8 19. Bc3 e6 20. Nb6 {Schwarz hat es geschafft, den Springer ins Abseits zu
stellen.} d5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc5 $1 {Rein objektiv sollte nun der d-Bauer
ziehen - entweder nach d4 oder tauschen auf c4. Aber WeiЯ kцnnte jeweils in
ein ausgeglichenes Endspiel abwickeln.} Rf6 $5 23. b4 Ne5 24. cxd5 Nd3 25. Qe3
Nxf2 $2 ({Korrekt wдre} 25... Nf4 26. Kh2 $1 Nxg2 $1 27. Kxg2 exd5 $1 28. Qxe8
Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 {aber dann mьsste Schwarz Dauerschach geben.}) ({Auch das
Endspiel nach} 25... Qxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Nxf2 27. Re1 {bietet kaum die dringend
benцtigten Chancen auf Gewinn.}) 26. Rf1 $1 Qe4 $5 27. Rbe1 ({Nach} 27. Qxe4 $2
Nxe4 28. Rxf6 Kxf6 29. dxe6 Kxe6 {kцnnte sich Schwarz Hoffnungen machen.})
27... exd5 $5 {Schwarz muss zocken, denn} (27... Ref8 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxf6
Nxf6 30. dxe6 {bietet keine Chance.}) 28. Rxf2 $2 ({Nach} 28. Qc3 $1 {kann
Schwarz aufgeben.}) 28... Qh4 $1 ({Hatte Svidler auf} 28... Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3
30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Nxd5+ {gehofft?}) 29. Qd2 $2 {Verliert vollends die Nerven.}
({Nach} 29. Qxe8 Qxf2+ 30. Kh2 Qxb6 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Qd7 Qd6+ 33. Kg1 {kann
Schwarz noch kдmpfen, aber die Remiswahrscheinlichkeit ist sehr hoch.}) 29...
Rxf2 $1 30. Qc3+ d4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 {
Karjakin has shown in this World Cup that he is not afraid of going into
symmetrical positions in must-win situations. He holds a slight advantage in
this position due to his superior development.} Bd7 (7... a6 {is certainly
considered the main line.}) 8. Ndb5 Kd8 {The king does not feel comfortable
here, but this seems to be part of Svidler's idea considering how much time he
used on the clock.} 9. Be3 Nc6 {There's only a handful of games in this
positions, surprsingly two of three o them from this year. None of them
continued with f3, though.} 10. f3 (10. h3 a6 11. Bb6+ Kc8 12. Nc7 {
Heimann-Ulibin, 2015. White eventually won this game.}) 10... h5 {I assume
this move is to prevent g4, but it seems rather drastic and it weakens g5.} (
10... e5 11. O-O-O Kc8 12. g4 h6 $14) 11. O-O-O Kc8 12. Bg5 g6 13. Nd6+ $1 exd6
14. Bxf6 {Now Black is saddled with a permanent weakness on d6, and also on d5.
Karjakin can be very happy with this position. After only 14 moves he has a
clear positional advantage.} Rg8 15. e4 Be6 16. Kb1 Kd7 17. Nd5 Bg7 18. Bxg7
Rxg7 19. Bb5 {Black isn't losing anything right now, but his awkward rook on
g7, problems with d6 and lack of a plan make his position very unpleasant.} Kd8
20. Rd2 {Meanwhile, White's play is rather obvious.} Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Kc7 22. Rc1
Re8 23. Rd4 {I'm not sure I understand moving the rook back.} (23. Ba4 {
immediately with the idea of b4 looks more active.}) 23... Re5 24. Ba4 b5 $1
25. Bb3 Rc5 $1 {Getting some activity while he can, Svidler tries to push back
White's pieces and force some trades.} 26. Rd5 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 a6 28. Rd3 g5 {
it is intuitive to keep the pawns on black squares, but here it was more
important to liberate the rook.} (28... f5 $1 {I think would have solved most
of Black's problems. The pawn structure after} 29. exf5 (29. Kd2 fxe4 30. fxe4
Re7 $11 {Black will have a superb knight on e5.}) 29... gxf5 {looks ugly, but
Black's activity is strong:} 30. g3 h4 $1 31. gxh4 Rh7 {with equality.}) 29.
Kd2 h4 30. Rc3 Kb6 31. Rd3 Kc7 32. Ke3 f6 33. Rc3 Kb6 34. Rd3 Kc7 35. Rc3 Kb6
36. Bd5 Ne7 37. Kd4 {Now White can continue pressing. Black's rook is still
quite bad, and it was not too late to play f5, trying to get some activity.}
Rh7 38. Be6 Rh8 39. a3 Rd8 40. Rc2 Rh8 41. Rf2 Ng6 42. Kd5 Rd8 43. Bf5 Nf4+ 44.
Kd4 {Black is in trouble. He is quite passive and g3 is coming, but he still
has resources.} Re8 (44... d5 $1 45. e5 $1 (45. g3 dxe4+ 46. Ke3 (46. Kxe4 Re8+
47. Kd4 Ne2+ {picks up g3.}) 46... Nd5+ 47. Kxe4 Rd6 {close to equal.}) 45...
fxe5+ 46. Kxe5 d4 47. Rd2 Kc5 {White is still better, no doubt, but there
isn't anything clear yet.}) 45. g3 Ne6+ 46. Bxe6 Rxe6 47. Kd5 $18 {Black loses
a pawn and because of the difference in activity the endgame is simply
hopeless.} Re5+ 48. Kxd6 hxg3 49. hxg3 g4 (49... a5 50. g4 {White eventually
swings the rook to attack f6 and wins.}) 50. fxg4 Rxe4 51. Rf4 $1 {The last
detail to win the game.} (51. Rxf6 Rxg4 {should be winning but it's not as
clear.}) 51... Re3 52. Rxf6 Rxg3 53. Ke5+ Kb7 (53... Kc5 54. b4+ Kc4 55. Rc6+
Kb3 56. Kf4 Rg2 57. Rxa6 {is equally bad.}) 54. Kf5 {The pawn supported by the
rook and the king easily advances.} Rb3 55. g5 Rxb2 56. g6 {Black won't create
any kind of activity, the passed pawn is unstoppable.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. cxd5
{[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:
43]} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qa5+ {
[%emt 0:03:53]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 11. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
08:17]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]}
13. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Bh4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 16. Bg3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 18.
Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 19. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 21. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 22. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:
37]} 23. Bf1 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rf7
{[%emt 0:00:34]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:
03:37]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 27. Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 28.
Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 29. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 31. Ne1 {[%emt 0:
01:37]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 32. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 33.
Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rca4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bd5 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 35. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Rdd2 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 38. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 40. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Qe1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 42. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:
24]} 43. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 44. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h5
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 45. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Nxf6+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 48. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. f4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra2
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 52. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 53. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Bd8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 56. Kg5 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 58. g3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Kd2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 62. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 63. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 64. Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc6
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 65. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 66. Kc2 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 67. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 68. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 69. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 70. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 71. Ka5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 72. Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc8+ {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 73. Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 74. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd7
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 75. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 76. Kb8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 77. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 78. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 79. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be6
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 80. d5+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 81. Kc8 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 82. Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 83. Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 84. e6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bc4
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 85. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 86. Bc1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 87. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 88. e7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 89. Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. N1h2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13.
h5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 15. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 17. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 18. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:08:26]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 20. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 21. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:01:28]}
Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 23. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Reb1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 25. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ba8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 26. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rd8
{[%emt 0:01:51]} 27. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. Bxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 30. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 33.
Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} 35. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 36. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 37. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 38. Rb8 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 40. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 41. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
Rxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 43. Nc5 {
[%emt 0:02:00]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 45. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d3+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} 48. Kxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 50. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 51. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg1
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 52. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 53. Kc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 54. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bh2 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 55. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 57. Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 58. Rf7+
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 2. c4 c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} e6 8. Be2 Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. dxe6 {[%emt 0:
01:39]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 15. Qb1 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 16. a3 Nc6 17. a4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qe6 {
[%emt 0:01:45]} 18. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 19. Re1 {[%emt 0:
01:50]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 20. a5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 21.
Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. e4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bc6 23. Rxc4
Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 24. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Bc3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. f3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 27. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 29. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 32. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 33. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rd8
{[%emt 0:00:34]} 34. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 36. Qxd4+ Rxd4 37. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 38. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f4+ 39. Ke2 Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
40. Bxa6 bxa6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 5. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Bxd7+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:
04]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:
01:24]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 13.
Re1 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 15. b5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Be6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Ba3 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 20. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 21. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bh6
{[%emt 0:00:34]} 22. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 25. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 26. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
exf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]
} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Rxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]
} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 15. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 16. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 18. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} b4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b3 {
[%emt 0:01:20]} 20. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 21. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23.
Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Ba4 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxb1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. Kxf2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 33. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
h6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 38. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qb2
{[%emt 0:00:14]} 40. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Qe5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 42. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 43. Qxb8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:08]
} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 9. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13.
Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Nf5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} Ndf8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 17. h4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 18.
h5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxg6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 21. g3 {[%emt 0:
00:46]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23.
exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Ne4 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Rdd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
28. d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Nh6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. gxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. f5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 33. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
c6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Rxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 37. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 38. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. f6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke6
{[%emt 0:00:21]} 40. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Rg8 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 42. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 43. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke6 44. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
45. f7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 0-1

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