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Wednesday Quiz 6.3.19

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Black to play

The solution: 24…Qg3!!-+ [24…Qg3 25.Qb4+ (25.Qxd4 Qxh3+ 26.Bh2 Bxg2+; 25.Bh6+ Kxe8 26.Ba4+ Ke7) 25…Bc5 26.Qxc5+ bxc5 27.Bxg3 Nxg3+ 28.Kh2 Nxf1+ 29.Kg1 Kxe8; 24…Ng3+ 25.Bxg3 Qxg3 26.Qh6+ Kxe8 27.Qxe6+ Kd8-+] 0-1

FIDE World Team Championship 2019

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The 1st round begins in a few hours!

Pairings of 1st round of the men’s tournament

Bo. 1   India Rtg – 10   Sweden Rtg
1.1 GM
Adhiban, B.
2683 – GM
Grandelius, Nils
2694
1.2 GM
Sasikiran, Krishnan
2678 – GM
Blomqvist, Erik
2488
1.3 GM
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar
2633 – GM
Smith, Axel
2487
1.4 GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2637 – IM
Johansson, Linus
2479
Bo. 2   Iran Rtg – 9   Russia Rtg
2.1 GM
Maghsoodloo, Parham
2673 – GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2753
2.2 GM
Idani, Pouya
2604 – GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2771
2.3 GM
Tabatabaei, M.Amin
2600 – GM
Andreikin, Dmitry
2725
2.4 GM
Firouzja, Alireza
2657 – GM
Artemiev, Vladislav
2736
Bo. 3   Egypt Rtg – 8   United States of America Rtg
3.1 GM
Amin, Bassem
2709 – GM
Swiercz, Dariusz
2655
3.2 GM
Adly, Ahmed
2611 – GM
Sevian, Samuel
2642
3.3 IM
Fawzy, Adham
2461 – GM
Onischuk, Alexander
2647
3.4 GM
Hesham, Abdelrahman
2450 – GM
Izoria, Zviad
2603
Bo. 4   China Rtg – 7   Azerbaijan Rtg
4.1 GM
Ding, Liren
2812 – GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2701
4.2 GM
Yu, Yangyi
2761 – GM
Guseinov, Gadir
2664
4.3 GM
Wei, Yi
2733 – GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2662
4.4 GM
Bu, Xiangzhi
2731 – GM
Abasov, Nijat
2627
Bo. 5   England Rtg – 6   Kazakhstan Rtg
5.1 GM
Adams, Michael
2708 – GM
Jumabayev, Rinat
2609
5.2 GM
Mcshane, Luke J
2661 – GM
Ismagambetov, Anuar
2545
5.3 GM
Howell, David W L
2693 – IM
Makhnev, Denis
2476
5.4 GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2681 – GM
Kostenko, Petr
2466

And the women’s event

Bo. 1   Armenia Rtg – 10   Egypt Rtg
1.1 IM
Mkrtchian, Lilit
2390 – WGM
Wafa, Shahenda
2175
1.2 WFM
Sargsyan, Anna M.
2340 – WGM
Wafa, Shrook
2166
1.3 WIM
Gevorgyan, Maria
2264 – WIM
Moaataz, Ayah
2036
1.4 WIM
Ghukasyan, Siranush
2221 – WIM
Elansary, Eman
1944
Bo. 2   Russia Rtg – 9   Kazakhstan Rtg
2.1 GM
Lagno, Kateryna
2559 – IM
Abdumalik, Zhansaya
2469
2.2 GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2545 – IM
Saduakassova, Dinara
2462
2.3 GM
Gunina, Valentina
2515 – FM
Assaubayeva, Bibisara
2374
2.4 GM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2504 – IM
Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan
2295
Bo. 3   India Rtg – 8   Georgia Rtg
3.1 IM
Karavade, Eesha
2357 – GM
Khotenashvili, Bela
2474
3.2 WGM
Soumya, Swaminathan
2401 – IM
Arabdize, Meri
2392
3.3 IM
Padmini, Rout
2332 – GM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2454
3.4 WGM
Kulkarni, Bhakti
2322 – IM
Melia, Salome
2385
Bo. 4   China Rtg – 7   Hungary Rtg
4.1 GM
Tan, Zhongyi
2513 – GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2454
4.2 WGM
Huang, Qian
2441 – IM
Gara, Anita
2384
4.3 GM
Lei, Tingjie
2477 – WGM
Gara, Ticia
2324
4.4 WGM
Ding, Yixin
2432 – WIM
Havanecz, Bianka
2270
Bo. 5   United States of America Rtg – 6   Ukraine Rtg
5.1 WGM
Abrahamyan, Tatev
2377 – GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2560
5.2 FM
Yip, Carissa
2279 – GM
Ushenina, Anna
2443
5.3 WGM
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca
2276 – IM
Gaponenko, Inna
2427
5.4 WCM
Wu, Rochelle
2120 – IM
Buksa, Nataliya
2416

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Monday Quiz 4.3.19

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White to play

The solution is: 21.Rh8+! Kf7 [21…Kxh8? 22.Qd4++-] 22.Qe3!!+- Qf5 [22…exf3+ 23.gxf3] 23.Rch1! exf3+ 24.gxf3 Qe5 [24…Qc2+ 25.Kf1] 25.R1h7+ Kf6 26.Rf8+ Kg5 27.Rxf4! Qxf4 28.Qe7+ [28.Qe7+ Qf6 29.f4+ Kf5 30.Rf7] 1-0