Linares
Ivanchuk - Cheparinov
Tied in the centre of the board: 31.Nd4! Qe5 32.Qxe5 Nxe5 33.Nxf5 Kxf5 34.Rd5, and Black resigns. The national team championship is taking place in Spain.
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Khanty-Mansiysk
Ding Liren - Yu Yangyi
Looks like that the move a la Karpov 33.Kh2!? confused Black and he started to make mistakes: 33...h4? 34.Qg5! Semifinals of the FiDE World Cup finished in the capital of Ugra.
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Khanty-Mansiysk
Radjabov - Vachier-Lagrave
Direct fire upon the king: Black's position turned out to be quite hard after  11.e5! Bc6 12.Ng5!. Teimour Radjabov became the first finalist of the FiDE World Cup.
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Khanty-Mansiysk
Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian
Blunder of the day: 38...h4?? 39.Rf3. The World Cup semifinalists were determined in the capital of Ugra.
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Khanty-Mansiysk
Radjabov - Xiong
Preview of the quarterfinal thriller: 23...Ne3 24.Bxb5 Rxe4 25.Ng3 Ng4 26.Rac1 c4 - not for the faint-hearted! The FIDE World Cup is going on in the capital of Ugra.
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Khanty-Mansiysk
Ding Liren - Alekseenko
The knight in the centre is not always something to be proud of. Black's position became hopeless after 16.Bxf6! (with the idea of 16...Bxf6 17.f4!). The fourth round of the FIDE World Cup finished in the capital of Ugra.
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Khanty-Mansiysk
Grischuk - Ding Liren
At the top of mind is the control over white squares: 20.Qh1!? Ne5 21.f3. Quarterfinals of the FIDE World Cup started in the capital of Ugra.
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Khanty-Mansiysk
Xiong - Duda
A spectacular raid in back areas: 39.Re7! Rh8 40.Be8+ Kf6 41.Nd5+, and Black resigns. The FIDE World Cup is going on in the capital of Ugra.
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Skolkovo
Cramling - Sebag
Attack from the rear: 42.Ba6! Nd8 43.Bc8+ Ke7 44.Bxf5. The FIDE Women's Grand Prix leg is taking place in Skolkovo.
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Khanty-Mansiysk
Vitiugov - So
Breakthrough on the sideline: 35.Qa5! Qxe5 36.Rb7. The fourth round of the FIDE World Cup started in the capital of Ugra.
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Khanty-Mansiysk
Giri - Xiong
A fragile construction: 25...Rxc3! 26.Nxc3 Rxc3, and there is no 27.Qxc3 because of 27...Nc4+. One of the top seeds Anish Giri is leaving the FIDE World Cup.
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Khanty-Mansiysk
Grischuk - Xu Xiangyu
A stalemated flank: 32.Bf6 Ng8 33.g5!, and Black resigns. The FIDE World Cup is going on in the capital of Ugra.
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