FIDE WCC R2-2: 14 games in four days
23.06.2004 It is a gruelling enterprise. After two classical games come the tie-breaks: two rapid games, two blitz and one sudden death – the latter at 01:00 a.m. Chinese player Ni Hua went through the maximum number in both rounds. Top seed Nigel Short fought valiantly but lost out to Michal Krasenkow. Here's our round two illustrated report.
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Round two, game two report
The 64 players left in the tournament sat down and fought against their nerves,
to see what would happen in the critical second game. Seventeen had won in
the first round, and only three of these actually managed to reverse the result
on the second day. One of them was Zurab Azmaiparashvili, who turned around
a lost game to hang in there at the very last moment.
Slovakian Sergei Movsesian vs Hungarian Peter Acs
Sergei Movsesian equalized the score, as did Loek van Wely. At the end of
the classic time control games 17 players had qualified for the next round,
while 15 matches were tied, so that the games had to go to play-offs at 8.30
pm.
Nigel Short (right), prepared to give his all against Michal Krasenkow
At the end of the day another top seed had to pack his bags. Nigel Short tried
hard to recover from yesterday’s
unlucky loss, but Krasenkow hung on valiantly to get the half point he
desperately needed to qualify.
In the classic games there were 8 wins with the white pieces, 20 draws and
4 wins for Black. This shows the high level of technique and concentration
utilized by players at this level to squeeze out a match win by drawing in
the second game. If the rapid games were drawn, then the matches went into
tiebreaks. This consisted of two rapid games, and then into a blitz play-off,
with a time control of 5m + 10s.
Valerij Filippov of Russia vs Loek van Wely of Holland
One must bear in mind that players who are knocked out in the second round
will get $10,000 and the winners $15,000. However, when players have tied
in the rapid games, they get at least 20% of this difference i.e. $1,000 and
if they tie also in the blitz a further 20%, so the loser would get $12,000
and the winner $13,000. The overall colour scores in the blitz games were white
+4, black +5 and 7 draws.
Vassily Ivanchuk vs the talented young Indian Pentala Harikrishna
Valerij Filippov and Loek van Wely played a total of six games – two
classic, two rapid and two blitz. All were decided and in the end it was Filippov
who qualified by winning both the blitz games. Ivanchuk overcame the talented
Indian Harikrishna in the rapid games to go through to round 3.
The shooting star from Baku, Teimour Radjabov, who went the full distance
to eliminate Denmark's Peter Heine Nielsen.
In general the matches were very close and, apart from board 2 (Smirnov-Elarbi),
all the players were quite evenly matched. The maximum difference in rating
on any board was 135 points. Rating difference reflects the expected result
in a single game. When the difference is a 100 points the player with the higher
rating is expected to get 0.64, with 200 points difference the higher rated
player should get 0.76 and so on.
An all-Chinese battle: Ni Hua vs Ye Jiangchuan
After the eight blitz matches only Rublevsky, Filippov and Movsesian had managed
to reach a decisive result and progress to round three. Dominguez-Malakhov,
Radjabov-Nielsen, Hamdouchi-Kudrin, Mamedyarov-Lputian and Ye Jiangchuan-Ni
Hua remained undecided. At 01.00 am they sat down for the sudden death play-off.
In this game White gets an extra minute on the clock, but had to win or be
knocked out. The result? Five wins for white! So qualifiers were Ye Jiangchuan,
Dominguez, Radjabov, Hamdouchi and Mamedyarov. Ni Hua, who had been through
a similar procedure in the first round, had played 14 games in four days!
The above pictures are from the event's picture
gallery page and are brought to you be courtesy of FIDE (© FIDE.com)
Under the watchful eye of the patron [Photo Uwe Bönsch]
Results of Round two
1 |
Delchev, Aleksander (BUL) |
Topalov, Veselin (BUL) |
0-1 |
0-1 |
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2 |
Elarbi, Abobker (LBA) |
Smirnov, Pavel (RUS) |
0-1 |
0-1 |
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3 |
Asrian, Karen (ARM) |
Adams, Michael (ENG) |
1/2 |
0-1 |
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4 |
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) |
Kotronias, Vasilios (CYP) |
1-0 |
1-0 |
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5 |
Harikrishna, Pentala (IND) |
Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) |
1/2 |
1/2 |
0-1 0-1 |
6 |
Short, Nigel D. (ENG) |
Krasenkow, Michal (POL) |
0-1 |
1/2 |
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7 |
Dominguez, Lenier (CUB) |
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0 |
8 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROM) |
Tiviakov, Sergei (NED) |
1-0 |
1/2 |
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9 |
Kharlov, Andrei (RUS) |
Sokolov, Ivan (NED) |
1-0 |
1/2 |
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10 |
Dreev, Alexey (RUS) |
Felgaer, Ruben (ARG) |
1-0 |
1-0 |
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11 |
Adianto, Utut (INA) |
Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) |
1/2 |
0-1 |
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12 |
Ye, Jiangchuan (CHN) |
Ni, Hua (CHN) |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1-0 0-10-1 1-0 1-0 |
13 |
Anastasian, Ashot (ARM) |
Neelotpal, Das (IND) |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1-0 1/2 |
14 |
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) |
Lastin, Alexander (RUS) |
0-1 |
1-0 |
1/2 0-1 |
15 |
Sadvakasov, Darmen (KAZ) |
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) |
0-1 |
1/2 |
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16 |
Gurevich, Mikhail (BEL) |
Kozul, Zdenko (CRO) |
0-1 |
1/2 |
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17 |
Iordachescu, Viorel (MDA) |
Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1-0 0-1 1/2 0-1 |
18 |
Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) |
Nielsen, Peter Heine (DEN) |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1-0 |
19 |
Nakamura, Hikaru (USA) |
Aleksandrov, Aleksej (BLR) |
1-0 |
1/2 |
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20 |
Beliavsky, Alexander G (SLO) |
Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS) |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1/2 1-0 |
21 |
Almasi, Zoltan (HUN) |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP) |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1/2 1-0 |
22 |
Bologan, Viktor (MDA) |
Moiseenko, Alexander (UKR) |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1/2 0-1 |
23 |
Sulskis, Sarunas (LTU) |
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) |
0-1 |
0-1 |
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24 |
Kritz, Leonid (GER) |
Leitao, Rafael (BRA) |
0-1 |
1/2 |
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25 |
Lputian, Smbat G (ARM) |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0-1 |
26 |
Graf, Alexander (GER) |
Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) |
1/2 |
0-1 |
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27 |
Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (USA) |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim (RUS) |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1/2 0-1 |
28 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) |
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) |
1-0 |
1/2 |
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29 |
Filippov, Valerij (RUS) |
Van Wely, Loek (NED) |
1-0 |
0-1 |
1-0 0-1 1-0 |
30 |
Hamdouchi, Hichem (MAR) |
Kudrin, Sergey (USA) |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1/2 1/2 1-0 |
31 |
Aronian, Levon (ARM) |
Guseinov, Gadir (AZE) |
1-0 |
1-0 |
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32 |
Acs, Peter (HUN) |
Movsesian, Sergei (SVK) |
1-0 |
0-1 |
0-1 1-0 0-1 |
General information
The FIDE site, which is being hosted by Libya
Telecom And Technology, looks well equipped to handle live coverage of
the event. The schedule, list of players, results tree and games are all in
place, there are reports and picture galleries. The start page is http://wcc2004.fide.com
and http://wcclibya2004.com.
Live coverage
The live game transmission from Tripoli, apparently of all games, requires
you to have Java Virtual Machine installed on your PC. This program is distributed
free of charge by Sun Microsystems (and is useful for many other applications).
Visit the Java
check page to see if you have everything required for the live coverage
and install Java if you don't. To follow the games click on "Live coverage"
in the link list above. There is a "View" button behind each pairing
of players. Many of the key games will also be covered and discussed on the
Playchess.com server.
Schedule
Note that local time in Tripoli is the same as in Central Europe. The
start of the games is generally at 14:30h, which is GMT + 2 and translates
to 13:30 London, 8:30 a.m. New York, 16:30 Moscow, 18:00 New Delhi, 20:30 Hong
Kong, 21:30 Tokyo, 22:30 Melbourne, and 03:00 a.m. (on the next day) in the
French Polynesia-Marquesas Islands of Taiohae.
World Chess Championship
2003-2004 18 June - 13 July 2004 – Schedule |
Date |
Day |
Events |
Games |
Time |
18 June |
Friday |
Opening Ceremony
Players' Meeting |
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18.00
22.30 |
19 June |
Saturday |
Round 1 |
Game 1 |
14.30 |
20 June |
Sunday |
Round 1 |
Game 2* |
14.30 |
21 June |
Monday |
Round 2 |
Game 1 |
14.30 |
22 June |
Tuesday |
Round 2 |
Game 2*
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14.30 |
23 June |
Wednesday |
Round 3 |
Game 1 |
14.30 |
24 June |
Thursday |
Round 3 |
Game 2* |
14.30 |
25 June |
Friday |
Rest Day |
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26 June |
Saturday |
Round 4 |
Game 1 |
14.30 |
27 June |
Sunday |
Round 4 |
Game 2* |
14.30 |
28 June |
Monday |
Round 5 |
Game 1 |
14.30 |
29 June |
Tuesday |
Round 5 |
Game 2* |
14.30 |
30 June |
Wednesday |
Rest day |
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1 July |
Thursday |
Round 6 |
Game 1 |
14.30 |
2 July |
Friday |
Round 6 |
Game 2 |
14.30 |
3 July |
Saturday |
Round 6 |
Game 3 |
14.30 |
4 July |
Sunday |
Round 6 |
Game 4 |
14.30 |
5 July |
Monday |
Round 6 |
Tie-Breaks |
14.30 |
6 July |
Tuesday |
Final Match |
Game 1 |
14.30 |
7 July |
Wednesday |
Final Match |
Game 2 |
14.30 |
8 July |
Thursday |
Final Match |
Game 3 |
14.30 |
9 July |
Friday |
Rest Day |
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10 July |
Saturday |
Final Match |
Game 4 |
14.30 |
11 July |
Sunday |
Final Match |
Game 5 |
14.30 |
12 July |
Monday |
Final Match |
Game 6 |
14.30 |
13 July |
Tuesday |
Final Match |
Tie-breaks |
12.30 |
13 July |
Tuesday |
Closing Ceremony |
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18.00 |
* Tie-breaks at 20:30h |
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