FIDE WCC R7-1: The finals start with a draw
07.07.2004 With US $170,000 at stake ($100,000 for the winner) the FIDE world championship went into its final stage on Tuesday, with an uneventful draw between second seed Michael Adams, 32, Elo 2731, and the "giant-killer" from Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 24, Elo 2652. illustrated report...
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Results of Semifinals
FIDE World Championship finals |
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Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
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2652 |
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Adams, Michael |
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2731 |
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Schedule
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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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.
Finals – Game one report
The finals of the FIDE world championship started on Tuesday with the first
game (of six) between the qualifiers Michael Adams of England (Elo 2731, second
seed) and Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan (Elo 2652, 27th seed). The winner
takes US $100,000, the loser gets $70,000.
The two players are now alone on the luxuriously carpeted stage. They have
two special rest rooms in the back to which they can retire during the games.
The spectators can follow the moves on a big projection screen
Michael Adams, 32 years old and England's top GM, went through to the finals
without having to play a single tiebreak.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 24 years old, the top Uzbekistani player, is the giant-killer.
After eliminating Ivanchuk, Grischuk and Topalov he is no longer considered
an underdog. Kasimdzhanov went into tiebreak games four times, but always managed
to decide the matches in the rapid games (i.e. no blitz games).
The first game of the finals started with Adams as white testing his opponent’s
opening preparation in the Sicilian Paulsen. Kasimdzhanov equalised fairly
easily, and on move 18 Adams offered a draw, which Kasimdzhanov accepted. Time
on the clocks White: 54 min., Black: 46 min.
Previous reports
General information
The FIDE site, which is being hosted by Libya
Telecom And Technology, contains the schedule, list of players, results
tree, games, reports, pictures and videos. The start page is http://wcc2004.fide.com
and http://wcclibya2004.com.
Live coverage
The live game transmission from Tripoli 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. Then click on the "View" button.
The games will also be covered and discussed on the Playchess.com
server.
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