World Cup 2009 Tied after 4 Rapid Games, Goes to Blitz! Gelfand Champ!

GM Ruslan Ponomariov made a great recovery with the black pieces to save his bid to win the 2009 World Cup by beating GM Boris Gelfand, who only needed a draw to take the prize.  Now we are headed to Blitz Finals, 2 games, up to 10, if still tied followed by an armageddon game. The tiebreak rules posted earlier here was evidently wrong info provided to chessdom.com as to the finals tiebreak format, instead groups of 2 games (Blitz) up to 10 will be played before an armageddon game or (sudden-death).

Total Match Score, including Classical and Rapid Games at the front:

Pairings for Blitz Games:

Blitz 1:  5-4 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1-0 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
Blitz 2:  5-5 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 1-0 Gelfand, Boris (ISR)

Blitz 3:  6-5 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1-0 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
Blitz 4:  5-7 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 0-1 Gelfand, Boris (ISR)

Here is the final blitz game where #1 seed GM Boris Gelfand of Israel won World Cup 2009 after a lot of work, fighting off the strong GM Ruslan Ponomariov, who had won "have to win" games to stay in the hunt.

GM Ruslan Ponomariov  vs  GM Boris Gelfand (Final Blitz Game)




A Great World Cup 2009, that's for sure!

World Cup 2009 Results after 3 tiebreak games

After 3 Rapid games, GM Boris Gelfand is leading GM Ruslan Ponomariov 2-1, having won game 2 with the White pieces.  GM Ponomariov has to win this final Rapid Game to stay alive, a draw or loss and GM Boris Gelfand is the 2009 World Cup Champion.

Rapid Game Results World Cup 2009

• Game 1   0.5-0.5  Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 1/2-1/2 Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
• Game 2   1.5-0.5  Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1-0  Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
• Game 3   1.0-2.0  Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 1/2-1/2 Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
• Game 4   2.0-2.0  Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 0-1 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)

GM Ponomariov wins with Black in Game 4 Rapid to send Finals to Blitz!

Game 2 (Rapid) GM Boris Gelfand  vs  GM Ruslan Ponomariov




GM Gelfand  vs  GM Ponomariov  Game 4 Rapid  Great game by GM Ponomariov to stay in!

GM Ruslan Ponomariov joins GM Boris Gelfand in World Cup 2009 Finals

GM Ruslan Ponomariov made short work of GM Vladimir Malakhov, (who has beaten TransWarp in 1 game with Deep Rybka 3.0 and drawn a few times as well, holding her back from the 4000 mark),  but the former FIDE World Champion was just a bit too much for him, advancing to the finals to play GM Boris Gelfand, the #1 seed at 2758 in the World Cup 2009 Finals on Thursday. 

World Cup 2009 Finals Set!

1. Boris Gelfand 2758 (ISR) vs 7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR)

Meanwhile a tournament in London has started with major players like Carlsen, Nakamura, Kramnik...I will do a post on that when I get back from eye doctor.


*note: There was a short time when there was a World Cup like tournament with 64 players I believe and the winner was FIDE World Champion for that year, GM Ruslan Ponomariov won one of these events and was FIDE World Champion.

World Cup 2009 Gelfand into finals, Ponomariov Joins with 4-2 victory

After the first 2 games of Round 6, Boris Gelfand showed why he's the top seed by defeating young GM Sergey Karjakin 2-0 while GM Ruslan Ponomariov still holds Ukraine's chance to get to the finals by holding Russian GM Vladimir Malakhov to a couple of draws to go into the Rapid and possibly Blitz tiebreaks.

Already in the Finals:

GM Boris Gelfand 2758 (ISR)

Round 6 Tiebreak Rapid Games: Dec 8, 2009

Game 1 Rapid
1.0-1.0   7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR) 0-1  22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706 (RUS)

Game 2 Rapid
2.0-2.0  22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706 (RUS) 0-1  7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR)

Game 3 Rapid
3.0-2.0    7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR) 1-0  22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706 (RUS)

Game 4 Rapid
2.0-4.0  22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706 (RUS) 0-1 7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR)

And GM Ruslan Ponomariov goes on to face GM Boris Gelfand, the #1 seed in the Chess
World Cup 2009!  There will be a rest day tomorrow with hostilities resuming on the 10th!
 


Rest Day after the tiebreaks on Dec 9, 2009 with Finals to start Dec 10, 2009.


* And on a local note, a nice message from GM Bassem Amin! 37. B-Amin (10:28 05-Dec-09 EST): welcome back my friend ,Icc was boring without you :)
(Thanks GM Amin!)  I know I was bored!! Nice to be back, even if it's it's usual quiet self (ICC for TransWarp)

Round 6 Semi-Finals Set! Final Four of World Cup 2009

Number 2 seed Vugar Gashimov 2758 (AZE) was upset by former FIDE One Year World Champion GM Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine, the number 7 seed with a rating of 2739, the ratings were fairly close, so it wasn't a mega-upset like some of the others during the tournament and with one seed at 22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706 (RUS).  But the number 1 seed from Israel Boris Gelfand is still hanging in there having defeated #9 Dmitry Jakovenko 2736 (RUS).

Here are the pairings for tomorrow's Round 7, after which the two finalists get a day's rest after this long tournament!  Stamina a definate to compete with the likes of these guys.

Round 6 Pairings Game 1

0-1 12. Sergey Karjakin 2723 (UKR) 0-1 1. Boris Gelfand 2758 (ISR) Game 1
2-0 1. Boris Gelfand 2758 (ISR) 1-0 12. Sergey Karjakin 2723 (UKR) Game 2

#1 Seed Boris Gelfand 2758 (ISR) Advances to the finals 2-0



Round 6 Pairings Game 1 & 2
0.5-0.5 7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR)  1/2-1/2  22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706 (RUS)
1.0-1.0 22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706 (RUS) 1/2-1/2  7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR)



After the huge lead of those from Russia, two Ukrainians make it to the semifinals, where it's possible they coud meet, taking on an Israeli and a Russian.  Not that countries really make a big deal here in the US, there is Country Pride when it comes to Chess in Europe and Asia and they will rabidly cheer for their countrymen!  I think if it was possible, there would be cheering like at football matches right down to the face paint! :-D  Nothing wrong with this of course in theory, and I'm sure would make many a chessplayer smile thinking about it, but chess has to maintain it's dignity, right down to a dress code at times!  Now if I was a world class Grandmaster, it would be very tough to see me trying to find nice suits in my size...I would make many a tailor happy! :D

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Round 5 Rapid Tiebreak Games Results

 Four players will be battling it out with Rapid Tiebreak games tomorrow to see the final two participants in the World Cup 2009, getting down to the Final Four of World Cup of Chess 2009, joining Ukraine's Sergey Karjakin and Russia's Vladimir Malakhov who are both waiting for their opponents.


Rapid Tiebreak Game 1 of Round 5

1.5-1.5 9. Dmitry Jakovenko 2736 (RUS) ½-½ 1. Boris Gelfand 2756 (ISR)
2.0-1.0 7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR) 1-0 2. Vugar Gashimov 2756 (AZE)



Rapid Tiebreak Game 2 of Round 5

2.5-1.5   1. Boris Gelfand 2756 (ISR) 1-0 9. Dmitry Jakovenko 2736 (RUS)
1.0-3.0  2. Vugar Gashimov 2756 (AZE) 0-1 7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR)


Rapid Tiebreak Game 3 of Round 5

1.5-3.5 9. Dmitry Jakovenko 2736 (RUS) 0-1 1. Boris Gelfand 2756 (ISR)
3.5-1.5 7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR) 1/2-1/2   2. Vugar Gashimov 2756 (AZE)


Those now in Round 6:

1. Boris Gelfand 2756 (ISR)
7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739
12. Sergey Karjakin 2723 (UKR)
22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706  (RUS)

World Cup 2009 Round 5 Game 2 results, who advances?

Here are the results of Round 5 game 2 of World Cup 2009 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. We have two players advancing on to Round 6 and 4 still trying not to join the 2 who were sent packing.

Round 2 Game 2 World Cup 2009


1.0-1.0  9. Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)  ½-½  1. Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
1.0-1.0  2. Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)  ½-½  7.  Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
1.5-0.5  22. Malakhov, Vladimir  (RUS)  3. ½-½ 3. Svidler, Peter (RUS)
0.5-1.5  13. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) ½-½  12. Karjakin, Sergey (UKR)

Advancing to Round 6: Seed #, ELO, Country

22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706  (RUS)
12. Sergey Karjakin 2723 (UKR)

4 to Round 4 Blitz tiebreaks, Gashimov. Malakhov & Ponomariov advance.

#2 seed Vugar Gashimov beat #50 seed Fabiano Caruana and #22 seed Viktor Malakhov took out #59 seed Wesley So in the Rapid tiebreaks to advance to round 5 and finally, Ruslan Ponomariov won his last rapid game to advance.  Now we are in the Blitz Tiebreaks, 2 games each (up to 10) with the last 4 playets vying to get into Round 5

Round 4 Blitz Tiebreak Games:

Game 1
3.5-3.5 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) 1/2-1-2 Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
3-4 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 0-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 



Game 2
4.5-3.5 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)
5-3 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)
Alexander Grischuk is now in a hole! Need to win to stay alive.

Dmitry Jakovenko advances to round 5
Boris Gelfand advances to round 5

Those Already In Round 5:

2. Vugar Gashimov 2758 (AZE)
3. Peter Svidler 2754 (RUS)
7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR)
12 Sergey Karjakin 2723 (UKR)
13. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2719 (AZE)
22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706 (RUS)

GM Gelfand vs GM Vachier-Lagrave



GM Jakovenko vs GM Grischuk




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World Cup late update on Rapid matches and those who advanced.

 I overslept after a busy day, we are now into the 4th rapid game, with one done already, a draw...here are current standings and those who advanced, there are 3 games that are still tied, one going into the blitz round! Now 2 games in the blitz round as Ponomariov advances.

World Cup Round 4 Rapid Game 4 results:

3.0-3.0 17. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2718 (FRA) 1/2-1/2 1. Boris Gelfand 2758 (ISR)
3.0-3.0 9. Dmitry Jakovenko 2736 (RUS) 1/2-1/2 8. Alexander Grischuk 2736 (RUS)
3.5-2.5 23. 7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR)  1/2-1/2 23. Etienne Bacrot 2700 (FRA)

Those joining those already in Round 5 today:

2. Vugar Gashimov  (AZE) (3.5-1.5 over  Fabiano Caruana (ITA) Had a great outing!)
7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR) (3.5-2.5 over Etienne Bacrot (FRA)
22. Vladimir Malakhov  (RUS) (4-1 over  Wesley So (PHI), who had a great showing as well!)

Already in  Round of 8 (Round 5):

3. Peter Svidler 2754 (RUS)
12 Sergey Karjakin 2723 (UKR)
13. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2719 (AZE)

Word Cup 2009 Round 4 Tiebreak game 1 pairings and those in Round 5

Here are the pairings for game 1 of the Rapid Tiebreaks for Round 4 tomorrow.  3 players have already advanced into Round 5, I will post them after the pairings..  I hope I get the colors right for the first game, it looks like on the official page which players are due white.  We shall see if I end up editing tomorrow :)

Round 4 Rapid Tiebreak Game 1 of possible 4 games at 25 mins +10 sec. inc. if still tied after these games, then follows a series of Blitz games, a Match of 2 Games at 5 mins +3 sec. inc. (Max. of 10 games) if after 2 games of standard chess, 4 games of rapid chess and 10 games of blitz chess, THEN it comes down to.....
Armageddon! Players draw lots for an important decision, whether to take White with 5 minutes and HAVE to win the game OR take black with 4 minutes on the clock and HOLD A DRAW with the time handicap to win the Armageddon game, there's only 1 game, so far it hasn't come to that in any of the rounds yet.

Round 4 Rapid Game 1

• 1.0-1.0 17. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2718 (FRA) * 1. Boris Gelfand 2758 (ISR)
• 1.0-1.0 8. Alexander Grischuk 2736 (RUS) * 9. Dmitry Jakovenko 2736 (RUS)
• 1.0-1.0 2. Vugar Gashimov 2758 (AZE) * 50. Fabiano Caruana 2652 (ITA)
• 1.0-1.0 23. Etienne Bacrot 2700 (FRA) * 7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR)
• 1.0-1.0 59. Wesley So 2640 (PHI) * 22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706 (RUS)

Those who have already advanced to round 5:
 
3. Peter Svidler 2754 (RUS)
12 Sergey Karjakin 2723 (UKR)
13. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2719 (AZE)

The lowest seeds still hanging in there are 59. Wesley So, 50. Fabiano Caruana and seeds 1 and 2 are still at risk of getting upset, seed 1 being Boris Gelfand 2758 and 2 Vugar Gashimov 2758 as well, it seems they weren't picked alphabetically but seeds 8 & 9 both rated 2736, Alexander Grischuk and Dmitry Jakovenko are seeded alphabetically.  Who knows, FIDE works in mysterious ways ;-)
 

Word Cup 2009 Round 4 Game 2 pairings

As I have a doctor's appt tomorrow morning, I will post the pairings with the colors and try to update them before I leave and will finish when I get back. Well, I get back to see all the games are finished and that 3 players have advanced to Round 5!  I will post Sergey Karjakin's win over Nikita Vitiugov since it was the only game not drawn.  Looks like Caruana and So are going to rely on their rapid chess skills going into the tiebreak rounds.


World Cup Round 4 Game 2 Pairings:

• 1.0-1.0  1. Boris Gelfand 2758 (ISR) 1/2-1/2 17. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2718 (FRA)
• 1.0-1.0 9. Dmitry Jakovenko 2736 (RUS) 1/2-1/2 8. Alexander Grischuk 2736 (RUS)
• 1.5-0.5 13. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2719 (AZE) 1/2-1/2 61. Viktor Laznicka 2637 (CZE)
• 0.5-1.5 28. Nikita Vitiugov 2694 (RUS) 0-1 12 Sergey Karjakin 2723 (UKR)
• 1.0-1.0 50. Fabiano Caruana 2652 (ITA) 1/2-1/2 2. Vugar Gashimov 2758 (AZE)
• 1.0-1.0 7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR) 1/2-1/2 23. Etienne Bacrot 2700 (FRA)
• 1.5-0.5 3. Peter Svidler 2754 (RUS) 1/2-1/2 14. Alexei Shirov 2719 (ESP)
• 1.0-1.0 22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706 (RUS) 1/2-1/2 59. Wesley So 2640 (PHI)

Good to have that done ahead of time, now I just have to update in the morning, (done updating, just bumming that I had to miss some games, the same tomorrow as I have to go get a chest x-ray to make sure I'm not getting a touch of pneumonia like this summer.)  Congrats to those who have advanced to Round 5, I'm a bit of a Mamedyarov fan, but to see GM So or GM Caruana take it would be news as well, also GM Sergei Karjakin! Whose game follows:


 GM Nikita Vitiugov  vs  GM Sergey Karjakin

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Round 3 Games 5 & 6 Tiebreaks at the World Cup set the Final 16

 Getting down to the nitty gritty with just 4 players to fight it out!  Dimitry Jakovenko prevailed over Alexander Areshchenko and young Fabiano Caruana got a draw to take out Evgeny Alekseev to join the 10 who have advanced.  Now we are getting into Blitz games to decide which two will join the other 12 players to make the "Sweet 16" as it's often put in the American college basketball championship in March, my team Kansas University is rated #1 at the moment, but when they get pre-season #1 rankings, they often lose early and end up in the middle of the pack.  Would be nice to have another championship to go with March 2008 in March 2010!  While the games are going on, I will be getting the pairings posted for the 8 games tomorrow.

 But the final two games:  Blitz Game 1

• 3-4 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) 0-1 Svidler, Peter (RUS) 
• 4-3 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 

Blitz Game 2:

• 5-3 Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1-0 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER)
• 3-5 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 0-1 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)
  

 Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk eliminate Germany's Arkadij Naiditsch and Georgia's Baadur Jobava, respectfully and two more Russians to the final 16 players in the World Cup, I will post the pairings next, then time to rest, been at it a long time for me.
Those already advancing:

So Wesley (PHI)
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS)
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)
Shirov, Alexei (ESP)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)
Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)
Laznicka, Viktor (CZE)
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS)
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR)
Jakovenko, Dmitry  (RUS)
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)
 

Round 3 Game 4 Tiebreaks at World Cup 2009

   Well, we have some more casualties after tiebreak game 3.  Getting eliminated from the World Cup are:
 Judit Polgar, Viktor Bologan, Vladimir Malakhov, David Navara and the last Chinese players, Li Chao and Wang Yue, who were forfeited in game 2 tiebreak, for showing up too late and the games had already started, a terrible mistake on their fault, the rumor is they were outside smoking and just missed the start of the games, goes to show smoking may affect your chess earnings as well!  I just hope they aren't sanctioned in any way by the Chinese Chess Federation (Government).

 Round 3 Game 4 tiebreaks, 8 players left vying for the last spots!

Game Score and Current game result in middle:

• 3-3 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) 0-1 Svidler, Peter (RUS) 
• 3-3 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ Jobava, Baadur (GEO)
• 2-4 Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) 0-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 
• 2.5-3.5 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) 

Those who have made it to Round 4 Tomorrow:

So Wesley (PHI)
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS)
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)
Shirov, Alexei (ESP)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)
Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)
Laznicka, Viktor (CZE)
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS)
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR)

Round 3 Game3 Tiebreaks at World Cup 2009

After both Chinese players being forfeited for arriving late at the last game, Li, Chao b went 1 game down, while Wang Yue lost a one game advantage over his opponent, this round will see if they can come back and those on the edge of elimination, can hold on! 

Round 3 Game 3 Tiebreaks, Match Score at front, game result in middle,

• 1.5-3.5 Polgar, Judit (HUN) 0-1 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 
• 3.5-1.5 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) 1-0 Li, Chao b (CHN) 
• 2-3 Svidler, Peter (RUS) 0-1 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) 
• 3.5-1.5 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 1-0 Bologan, Viktor (MDA)  
• 2.5-2.5 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 
• 3-2 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) ½-½ Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) 
• 3.5-1.5 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) 1-0 Wang, Yue (CHN) 
• 1-4 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) 0-1 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS)  (RUS)
• 1-4 Navara, David (CZE) 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 
• 3-2 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) 1-0 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) 

Those facing elimination this round unless they win:

Vladimir Malakhov
David Navara

Those facing elimination if they don't win or draw:

Judit Polgar
Li Chao b
Viktor Bologan
Wang Yue


Those who have already advanced to Round 4:

So Wesley (PHI)
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS)
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)
Shirov, Alexei (ESP)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)

Round 3 Game 2 Tiebreaks at World Cup 2009

Tiebreak game 2 of Round 3 starts with controversy as both Chinese players, Wang, Yue and Li, Chao b were both forfeited for that game, evidently for not getting to the table on time.  All players in the games involved appeared upset, no one likes to win on a forfeit, Wang Yue had won his first game as well.  Li Chao b goes down 0.5-1.5 after the forfeited game, he will have to win in Game 3 of the tiebreaks to hold on to a chance for Round 4.  Other results are starting to come in as well.

 Round 3 Game 2 Tiebreaks, Match Score at front, game result in middle,

• 2.5-1.5 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) ½-½ Polgar, Judit (HUN)
• 1.5-2.5 Li, Chao b (CHN) 0-1 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) *
• 2.0-2.0 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) ½-½ Svidler, Peter (RUS)
• 1.5-2.5 Bologan, Viktor (MDA) 0-1 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 
• 2.5-1.5 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 
• 1.5-2.5 Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS
• 1.5-2.5 Wang, Yue (CHN) 0-1 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) *
• 3-1 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 1-0 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR)
• 3-1 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 1-0 Navara, David (CZE)
• 2-2 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)

 * Forfeited this game due to arriving after the games had started.

Those already in Round 4 are:

So Wesley (PHI)

Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS)
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)
Shirov, Alexei (ESP)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA

First Tiebreak results in for Round 3 at World Cup 2009

Here's a quick gander at the results of the first game of tiebreak games to be held today at Khanty Mansiysk, to see who advances to round four and the round of 16!


Tiebreak Game 1, Round 3 World Cup 2009

• Bacrot, Etienne 2700 vs Wang, Yue 2734 ½-½
• Caruana, Fabiano 2652 vs Alekseev, Evgeny 2715 ½-½
• Eljanov, Pavel 2729 vs Malakhov, Vladimir 2706 0-1
• Gashimov, Vugar 2758 vs Li, Chao b 2596 ½-½
• Jakovenko, Dmitry 2736 vs Areshchenko, Alexander 2664 1-0
• Jobava, Baadur 2696 vs Grischuk, Alexander 2736 ½-½
• Laznicka, Viktor 2637 vs Bologan, Viktor 2692 ½-½
• Navara, David 2707 vs Karjakin, Sergey 2723 0-1
• Polgar, Judit 2680 vs Gelfand, Boris 2758 0-1
• Svidler, Peter 2754 vs Naiditsch, Arkadij 2689 ½-½

Those already in Round 4 are:

So Wesley (PHI)
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS)
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)
Shirov, Alexei (ESP)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)

World Cup 2009 Round 3 Pairings And Game 1 results

Here are the pairings for round 3 of the World Cup 2009, games of Round 3 game 1 are ongoing now, I will update results later today.  Pairings are shown by seed number, the upset set shown first, the big surprise being the #113 seed Yu, Yangyi of China obviously, sitting where the #16 seed should be, impressive tournament so far. Also can be said of  Li, Chao b, Viktor Laznicka, Konstantin Sakaev, Wesley So and other young GM Fabiano Caruana!

• 1. Boris Gelfand (ISR) 1-0 32. Judit Polgar (HUN)
• 2. Vugar Gashimov (AZE) ½-½ 95. Li Chao b (CHN)
• 3. Peter Svidler (RUS) ½-½ 30. Arkadij Naiditsch (GER)
• 61. Viktor Laznicka (CZE) ½-½ 29. Viktor Bologan (MDA)
• 69. Konstantin Sakaev (RUS) 0-1 28. Nikita Vitiugov (RUS)
• 59. Wesley So (PHI) * (B) 1-0 27. Gata Kamsky (USA) 
• 7. Ruslan Ponomariov (RUS) 1-0 26. Alexander Motylev (RUS)
• 8. Alexander Grischuk (RUS) ½-½ 25. Baadur Jobava (GEO)
• 9. Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 1-0 41. Alexander Areshchenko (UKR)
• 10. Wang, Yue (CHN) ½-½ 23. Etienne Bacrot (FRA)
• 11. Pavel Eljanov (UKR) ½-½ 22. Vladimir Malakhov (RUS)
• 12. Sergey Karjakin  (UKR) 0-1 21. David Navara (CZE) * (W)
• 13. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 1-0 20. Wang Hao (CHN)
• 14. Alexei Shirov (ESP) ½-½ 19. Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS)
• 50. Fabiano Caruana (ITA) ½-½ 18. Evgeny Alekseev (RUS)
• 113. Yu, Yangyi (CHN) 0-1 17. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)  * (W)

* GM So had Black, GM Navara and Vachier-Lagrave had White pieces.

 

 

World Cup Round 2 final results

Here are the results of the round 2 tiebreak games at Khanty Mansiysk. First posted are those who finished off their opponents in the two game classical time limit chess, followed by those who needed tiebreaker games to advance on to round 3 with their wins today.

Those who advanced yesterday and whose opponents are seen in the post below this one.

1. Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
2. Gashimov Vugar (AZE)
3. Laznicka, Viktor (CZE)
4. Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS)
5. So, Wesley (PHI)
6. Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)
7. Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)
8. Wang, Yue (CHN)
9. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)
10. Yu, Yangyi (CHN)
11. Wang, Hao (CHN)
12. Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)
13. Jobava, Baadur (GEO)
14. Motylev, Alexander (RUS)
15. Kamsky, Gata (USA)
16. Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER)
    

 Those needing to win using tiebreak games today, including one relieved Peter Svidler after losing the first game on Tuesday to Tomi Nyback, who had come off a first round upset win.

      Final Match Score      Winners in Bold text

1. 1.5-3.5 Nyback, Tomi (FIN) - Svidler, Peter (RUS)
2. 2-4 Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) - Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
3. 2.5-3.5 Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) - Eljanov, Pavel (UKR)
4. 3.5-2.5 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) - Timofeev, Artyom (RUS)
5. 4-1 Shirov, Alexei (ESP) - Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR)
6. 3.5-2.5 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) - Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB)
7. 2.5-3.5 Meier, Georg (GER) - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)
8. 3.5-1.5 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) - Fressinet, Laurent (FRA)
9. 2.5-3.5 Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) - Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS)
10. 2.5-3.5 Shabalov, Alexander (USA) - Navara, David (CZE)
11. 3.5-1.5 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) - Smirin, Ilia (ISR)
12. 2.5-3.5 Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) - Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR)
13. 4.5-3.5 Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) - Milos, Gilberto (BRA)
14. 2-4 Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) - Bologan, Viktor (MDA)
15. 4.5-3.5 Li, Chao b (CHN) - Pelletier, Yannick (SUI)
16. 4.5-3.5 Polgar, Judit (HUN) - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU)
    

World Cup 2009-Round 2, Game 2 Results + those on to Round 3

 Here are some of today's results, with the match winners in bold text, there have been several upsets again, with Viktor Laznicka eliminating Alexander Morozevich, the Philippine wonder kid, Wesley So holding a draw to eliminate Vassily Ivanchuk and just finishing the day, Konstantin Sakaev taking out Teimour Radjabov with the draw. GM Judit Polgar is going to the tiebreak stage tomorrow vs Romanian, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu after getting the late start playing after her opponent in the first round failed to show up due to an injury, will this hurt her in the rapid game tiebreaks? We shall see..  I will post GM Viktor Laznicka's victory over GM Alexander Morozevich, who was not on form it seems, or Laznicka was inspired!

       Match Score in front with today's game result in middle, those advancing in bold text. The rest play in rapid tiebreak matches of 4 games if needed, followed by blitz and armaggedon tiebreak games. The Rapid games will be played with 25 minutes with 10 second increment following each move.

1. 1.5-0.5 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1-0 Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK)
2. 0.5-1.5 Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) 0-1 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)
3. 1-1 Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1-0 Nyback, Tomi (FIN)  
4. 2-0 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 1-0 Morozevich, Alexander (RUS)  *
5. 0.5-1.5 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) ½-½ Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) *
6. 1.5-0.5 So, Wesley (PHI) ½-½ Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)  *
7. 1-1 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½-½ Akobian, Varuzhan (USA)
8. 0.5-1.5 Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) ½-½ Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)
9. 2-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 1-0 Sandipan, Chanda (IND) 
10. 0-2 Savchenko, Boris (RUS) 0-1 Wang, Yue (CHN)
11. 1-1 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) 1-0 Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) 
12. 1-1 Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey (UKR)
13. 2-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) 1-0 Milov, Vadim (SUI) 
14. 1-1 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR) 1-0 Shirov, Alexei (ESP)
15. 1-1 Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB) ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)
16. 0.5-1.5 Bartel, Mateusz (POL) ½-½ Yu, Yangyi (CHN) *
17. 1-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) ½-½ Meier, Georg (GER) 
18. 1-1 Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) ½-½ Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS)
19. 1-1 Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½ Khalifman, Alexander (RUS)
20. 0-2 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND) 0-1 Wang, Hao (CHN) 
21. 1-1 Navara, David (CZE) ½-½ Shabalov, Alexander (USA)
22. 1-1 Smirin, Ilia (ISR) ½-½ Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS)  
23. 2-0 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) 1-0 Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND)  
24. 1-1 Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) ½-½ Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS)
25. 1.5-0.5 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 1-0 Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN)
26. 0.5-1.5 Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) ½-½ Motylev, Alexander (RUS)
27. 1.5-0.5 Kamsky, Gata (USA) ½-½ Zhou, Weiqi (CHN)
28. 1-1 Milos, Gilberto (BRA) ½-½ Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) 
29. 1-1 Bologan, Viktor (MDA) ½-½ Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) 
30. 0.5-1.5 Onischuk, Alexander (USA) ½-½ Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER)
31. 1-1 Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) 0-1 Li, Chao b (CHN) 
32. 1-1 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) ½-½ Polgar, Judit (HUN)
    
    
    

 Viktor Laznicka vs Alexander Morozevich


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World Cup 2009-Round 2 Pairings-

Here are today's results in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia at the World Cup Tournament 2009.  It looks like several players are putting the pressure on their opponents after winning with the black pieces and only needing a draw to hold for the win tomorrow to advance to round 3.  Among these players are: Viktor Laznicka, Wesley So, the young phenom from The Philippines, Dmitry Jakovenko, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, a player who has taken on TransWarp many times, Etienne Bacrot, the US's own Gata Kamsky and Yannick Pelletier. Laznicka being an upset winner in today's game vs Alexander Morozevich! Also with the upset, only with the white pieces is China's Yangyi Yu and Toni Nyback's upset over Russia's Peter Svidler, I will post that game and Wesley So's win over Vassily Ivanchuk below the results.

1. 0.5-0.5 Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) ½-½ Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 
2. 0.5-0.5 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) ½-½ Zhou, Jianchao (CHN)
3. 1-0 Nyback, Tomi (FIN) 1-0 Svidler, Peter (RUS)
4. 0-1 Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) 0-1 Laznicka, Viktor (CZE)
5. 1-0 Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) 1-0 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE)
6. 0-1 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 0-1 So, Wesley (PHI)
7. 0.5-0.5 Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
8. 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA)
9. 0-1 Sandipan, Chanda (IND) 0-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)
10. 1-0 Wang, Yue (CHN) 1-0 Savchenko, Boris (RUS)
11. 1-0 Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) 1-0 Eljanov, Pavel (UKR)
12. 0.5-0.5 Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) ½-½ Timofeev, Artyom (RUS)
13. 0-1 Milov, Vadim (SUI) 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)
14. 1-0 Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 1-0 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR)
15. 0.5-0.5 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½-½ Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB)
16. 1-0 Yu, Yangyi (CHN) 1-0 Bartel, Mateusz (POL)
17. 0.5-0.5 Meier, Georg (GER) ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)
18. 0.5-0.5 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½-½ Fressinet, Laurent (FRA)
19. 0.5-0.5 Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) ½-½ Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS)
20. 1-0 Wang, Hao (CHN) 1-0 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND)
21. 0.5-0.5 Shabalov, Alexander (USA) ½-½ Navara, David (CZE)
22. 0.5-0.5 Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) ½-½ Smirin, Ilia (ISR)
23. 0-1 Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) 0-1 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)
24. 0.5-0.5 Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) ½-½ Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR)
25. 0.5-0.5 Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) ½-½ Jobava, Baadur (GEO)
26. 1-0 Motylev, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 Najer, Evgeniy (RUS)
27. 0-1 Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) 0-1 Kamsky, Gata (USA)
28. 0.5-0.5 Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½-½ Milos, Gilberto (BRA)
29. 0.5-0.5 Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) ½-½ Bologan, Viktor (MDA)
30. 1-0 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) 1-0 Onischuk, Alexander (USA)
31. 0-1 Li, Chao b (CHN) 0-1 Pelletier, Yannick (SUI)
32. 0.5-0.5 Polgar, Judit (HUN) ½-½ Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU)

 

Nyback, Tomi  1-0 Svidler, Peter


Ivanchuk, Vassily  0-1 So, Wesley


Fine games by both players!

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