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World Cup Round 5 Tiebreaks

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The last chance to qualify for the candidate’s tournament have start with the mayority of the elite playing. Each day i going to show us the best games of the round with my analysis.

CAPTAIN AMERICA IS ON FIRE. Shankland vs Dubov

Samuel Shanlan is in a great level and after 2 great opening preps in the classical games but how only lead to a 2 draws in the first rapid he reach an active position and he manages to convert and reach quarterfinals. YT Analysis

https://lichess.org/study/1WOqEfCL/XUnNjtLZ#0

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Russian Fight in the Petrov. Esipenko vs Grebnev

Grebnev try again the same line who gives him the draw in the classical game but this time Esipenko went more agressive with long castle to early checkmate his opponent and advance round.

https://lichess.org/study/1WOqEfCL/pxmtYomR#0

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Mastering Double Rooks Endgames. Harikrishna vs Alcantara

In the first 2 rapid games Acantara had 2 endgames with advantaje but he cannot convert into full point none of them. But finally in the third rapid he played a great endgame to eliminate the indian grand master

https://lichess.org/study/1WOqEfCL/DstCe21q#51

Now the quarterfinals are:
Sindarov vs Jospem
Yakubboev vs Donchenko
Esipenko vs Shankland
Erigaisi vs Wei Yi

If you want to see the best games each day im posting all the days analysis of the tournament in youtube and in lichess Lichess Blog Youtube Channel