Round 1 Games 1-2 Results Men. 
* Denotes qualification
                                                                           Gm1 Gm2 Tiebreak
 1 Anand, Viswanathan      IND 2797 * -   Touzane, Olivier        FRA 2382 0-1 1-0 1.5-0.5 
 2 Adams, Michael          ENG 2744 * -   Sarthou, Gaetan         FRA 2357 1-0 1-0  
 3 Morozevich, Alexander   RUS 2739 * -   Zeliakov, Nugzar        RUS      1/2 1-0  
 4 Ivanchuk, Vassily       UKR 2731 * -   Shovunov, Baatr         RUS 2348 1/2 1-0  
 5 Leko, Peter             HUN 2730 * -   Kobese, Watu            RSA 2373 1-0 0-1 2-0 
 6 Bareev, Evgeny          RUS 2719 * -   Gluzman, Michael        AUS 2400 1-0 1-0  
 7 Gelfand, Boris          ISR 2714 * -   Cabrera, Alexis         CUB 2415 1/2 1-0  
 8 Topalov, Veselin        BUL 2711 * -   Pierrot, Facundo        ARG 2425 1-0 1-0  
 9 Shirov, Alexei          ESP 2706 * -   Rizouk, Aimen           ALG 2442 1-0 1-0  
10 Kazimdzanov, Rustam     UZB 2704 * -   Vlassov, Nikolai        RUS 2461 1/2 1-0  
11 Smirin, Ilia            ISR 2702 * -   Simutowe, Amon          ZAM 2462 1-0 1-0  
12 Khalifman, Alexander    RUS 2699 * -   Ganguly, Surya Sekhar   IND 2464 1/2 1/2 2-0
13 Van Wely, Loek          NED 2695 * -   Felgaer, Ruben          ARG 2471 1-0 1/2  
14 Georgiev, Kiril         BUL 2695 * -   El Taher, Fouad         EGY 2477 0-1 1-0 2-0 
15 Svidler, Peter          RUS 2695 * -   Hoffman, Alejandro      ARG 2481 1-0 1/2  
16 Karpov, Anatoly         RUS 2692   - * Zhang Pengxiang         CHN 2487 1/2 1/2 0-2 
17 Dreev, Alexey           RUS 2690 * -   Supatashvili, Khvicha   GEO 2487 1/2 1-0   
18 Polgar, Judit           HUN 2686 * -   Al-Modiahki, Mohamad    QAT 2492 1-0 1-0  
19 Ponomariov, Ruslan      UKR 2684 * -   Li Wenliang             CHN 2494 1-0 1/2  
20 Ye Jiangchuan           CHN 2677 * -   Barsov, Alexei          UZB 2495 1/2 1/2 2-0 
21 Lautier, Joel           FRA 2675 * -   Barua, Dibyendu         IND 2499 1-0 1-0  
22 Short, Nigel            ENG 2675   - * Campora, Daniel         ARG 2506 0-1 1/2  
23 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  GEO 2674 * -   Iuldachev, Saidali      UZB 2508 1-0 1/2  
24 Grischuk, Alexander     RUS 2669 * -   Ghaem Maghami Esam      IRI 2509 1/2 1-0  
25 Zhang Zhong             CHN 2667 * -   Yu Shaoteng             CHN 2517 0-1 1-0 2-0 
26 Beliavsky, Alexander    SLO 2659 * -   Harikrishna, P.         IND 2522 1/2 1-0  
27 Bologan, Viktor         MDA 2655   - * Nataf, Igor             FRA 2527 1/2 0-1  
28 Nikolic, Predrag        BIH 2652 * -   Safin, Shukhrat         UZB 2529 1/2 1-0  
29 Sutovsky, Emil          ISR 2651 * -   Zapata, Alonso          COL 2530 1-0 0-1 3-2 
30 Vaganian, Rafael        ARM 2650 * -   Belkhodja, Slim         TUN 2531 1-0 1/2  
31 Xu Jun                  CHN 2646 * -   Atalik, Suat            BIH 2532 1-0 1/2  
32 Tkachiev, Vladislav     FRA 2642 * -   Hamdouchi, Hicham       MAR 2533 1/2 1/2 2-0 
33 Rublevsky, Sergey       RUS 2639   - * Nguyen Anh Dung         VIE 2533 1/2 1/2 2-0 
34 Zvjaginsev, Vadim       RUS 2638 * -   Gdanski, Jacek          POL 2537 1/2 1-0  
35 Gurevich, Mikhail       BEL 2633 * -   Rogozenko, Dorian       ROM 2548 1-0 1/2  
36 Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2630 * -   Savchenko, Stanislav    UKR 2549 0-1 1-0 1.5-0.5 
37 Dautov, Rustem          GER 2630 * -   Gurevich, Dmitry        USA 2550 1-0 1/2  
38 Sakaev, Konstantin      RUS 2630 * -   Volokitin, Andrei       UKR 2551 1/2 1/2 2.5-1.5 
39 Delchev, Alexander      BUL 2629 * -   Timoshenko, Georgy      UKR 2554 1-0 1/2  
40 Lastin, Alexander       RUS 2628 * -   Cvitan, Ognjen          CRO 2555 1/2 1-0  
41 Motylev, Alexander      RUS 2627 * -   Liang, Chong            CHN 2556 1-0 1/2  
42 Movsesian, Sergei       CZE 2627 * -   Malakhatko, Vadim       UKR 2557 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5  
43 Ehlvest, Jaan           EST 2627 * -   Radjabov, Teimour       AZE 2558 1/2 1/2 2.5-1.5 
44 Shipov, Sergey          RUS 2625 * -   Lesiege, Alexandre      CAN 2564 1/2 1-0  
45 Korchnoi, Viktor        SUI 2624   - * Psakhis, Lev            ISR 2566 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5  
46 Tiviakov, Sergei        NED 2618 * -   Christiansen, Larry     USA 2570 1/2 1/2 2-0 
47 Milov, Vadim            SUI 2614 * -   Yermolinsky, Alex       USA 2571 0-1 1-0 2.5-1.5 
48 Milos, Gilberto         BRA 2614 * -   Dao Thien Hai           VIE 2572 1/2 1-0  
49 Pigusov, Evgeny         RUS 2613 * -   Ivanov, Alexander       USA 2573 1/2 1-0  
50 Graf, Alexander         GER 2610   - * Sulskis, Sarunas        LTU 2573 0-1 1-0 0-2 
51 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROM 2609   - * Bruzon, Lazaro          CUB 2573 1/2 1/2 2-3 
52 Lputian, Smbat          ARM 2608 * -   Krasenkow, Michal       POL 2573 1-0 1-0  
53 Kaidanov, Gregory       USA 2605   - * Shabalov, Alexander     USA 2574 0-1 1/2  
54 Luther, Thomas          GER 2604   - * Volkov, Sergey          RUS 2578 0-1 1/2   
55 Asrian, Karen           ARM 2604   - * Khenkin, Igor           GER 2579 1/2 1/2 1.5-2.5 
56 Gyimesi, Zoltan         HUN 2602 * -   Conquest, Stuart        ENG 2580 1/2 1/2 3-2 
57 Gulko, Boris            USA 2602   - * Vescovi, Giovanni       BRA 2581 1/2 0-1  
58 Kotsur, Pavel           KAZ 2600   - * Dominguez, Lernier      CUB 2585 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5  
59 Baklan, Vladimir        UKR 2599 * -   Benjamin, Joel          USA 2587 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5 
60 Fedorov, Alexei         BLR 2599   - * Anastasian, Ashot       ARM 2588 0-1 1/2  
61 Avrukh, Boris           ISR 2598   - * Macieja, Bartlomiej     POL 2588 0-1 0-1  
62 Eingorn, Vereslav       UKR 2598   - * Sasikiran, Krishnan     IND 2589 1/2 1/2 0.5-1.5  
63 Kobalija, Mihail        RUS 2595 * -   Aseev, Konstantin       RUS 2591 1/2 1/2 2-0
64 Goldin, Alexander       USA 2594   - * Nielsen, Peter Heine    DEN 2593 0-1 1/2 
 
Women's Championships

 1 Galliamova, Alisa       RUS 2547 * -   Toubai Wissam        ALG      1-0 1/2
 2 Chiburdanidze, Maya     GEO 2513 * -   Houli Asma           ALG      1-0 1/2
 3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS 2507 * -   Paridar, Shadi       IRI 2009 1/2 1-0  
 4 Wang Pin                CHN 2504 * -   Chaves, Joarra       BRA 2050 1-0 1/2
 5 Xu Yuhua                CHN 2502 * -   Arouche Farida       ALG 2065 1-0 1-0  
 6 Zhu Chen                CHN 2497 * -   Maggiolo, Elisa      ARG 2090 1-0 1/2
 7 Ioseliani, Nana (IM)    GEO 2497 * -   Groberman, Elina     USA 2105 1-0 1/2  
 8 Skripchenko-Lautier, A  MDA 2494 * -   Phan-Koshnitsky N    AUS 2182 1-0 1-0  
 9 Peptan, Corina          ROM 2465 * -   Starr, Nava          CAN 2200 1-0 1-0  
10 Stefanova, Antoaneta    BUL 2459 * -   Shah, Pallavi        IND 2201 1-0 1/2
11 Maric, Alisa            YUG 2457 * -   Levushkina, Elena    UZB 2208 1-0 1/2
12 Bojkovic, Natasa        YUG 2452 * -   Kouvatsou, Maria     GRE 2234 1/2 1-0  
13 Stepovaia-Diachenko, T  RUS 2451   - * Mohota, Nisha        IND 2236 0-1 1-0 0.5-1.5 
14 Khurtsidze, Nino        GEO 2450 * -   Aarthie, Ramaswamy   IND 2249 1-0 1/2
15 Arakhamia-Grant, K      GEO 2446   - * Ciuksyte, Dagne      LTU 2255 1-0 0-1 0.5-1.5 
16 Hoang Thanh Trang       VIE 2445 * -   Huang Qian           CHN 2260 1/2 1-0  
17 Kosteniuk, Alexandra    RUS 2445 * -   Shahade, Jennifer    USA 2286 1-0 1-0  
18 Xu Yuanyuan             CHN 2431 * -   Pina, Sulennis       CUB 2289 1-0 0-1 2-0 
19 Zatonskih, Anna         UKR 2427 * -   Li Ruofan            CHN 2293 1-0 1-0  
20 Foisor, Cristina        ROM 2423 * -   Gu Xiaobing          CHN 2300 1-0 0-1 2-0 
21 Prudnikova, Svetlana    YUG 2411   - * Baginskaite, C       USA 2324 0-1 1-0 0-2 
22 Gaponenko, Inna         UKR 2409 * -   Lagvilava, G         BLR 2326 1-0 1-0  
23 Peng, Zhaoqin           NED 2401 * -   Arribas, Maritza     CUB 2327 1-0 1-0
24 Grabuzova, Tatiana      RUS 2399 * -   Galianina-Ryjanova,J RUS 2335 1-0 1/2
25 Zielinska, Marta        POL 2399   - * Gaprindashvili, Nona GEO 2349 0-1 1-0 0.5-1.5
26 Vijayalakshimi, S       IND 2397   - * Dworakowska, Joanna  POL 2350 0-1 1/2  
27 Kononenko, Tatiana      UKR 2395   - * Petrenko, Sveltana   MDA 2357 0-1 0-1  
28 Danielian, Elina        ARM 2395 * -   Shumiakina, Tatiana  RUS 2371 1-0 1-0  
29 Paehtz, Elisabeth       GER 2390 * -   Radziewics, Iweta    POL 2375 1/2 1/2 1.5-0.5 
30 Socko, Monika           POL 2389   - * Mkrtchian, Lilit     ARM 2376 0-1 0-1  
31 Alexandrova, Olga       UKR 2387   - * Sedina, Elena        ITA 2380 0-1 1-0  
32 Kiseleva, Natalia       UKR 2382 * -   Wang Yu              CHN 2382 1-0 0-1 2-0

Day One Results

Leading Round 1 Day 1 results: Anand 0-1 Touzane, Sarthou 0-1 Adams, Morozevich 1/2 Zeliakov, Shovunov 1/2 Ivanchuk, Leko 1-0 Kobese, Gluzman 0-1 Bareev, Pierrot 0-1 Topalov, Shirov 1-0 Rizouk, Ganguly 1/2 Khalifman, Svidler 1-0 Hoffman, Zhang Pengxiang 1/2 Karpov, Dreev 1/2 Supatashvili, Ghaem Maghami 1/2 Grischuk, Harikrishna 1/2 Beliavsky, Lputian 1-0 Krasenkow, Campora 1-0 Short, Korchnoi 1/2 Psakhis, Hamdouchi 1/2 Tkachiev, Sutovsky 1-0 Zapata and Kaidanov 0-1 Shabalov.



Shock of the first day was Anand's loss to Internet qualifier Touzane. To add insult to injury his Mercedes supplied by the organisers broke down as he tried to leave the venue. Other favourites such as Adams and Bareev won with black.

Eugeny Atarov reports:

"The organisers are doing their best for the players. The spectators are not allowed close to the boards as was the case in Delhi. The main problem for the participants is the constant rumble of noise in the hall. The arbiters from time to time try to ask the public for silence, but it is in vain..."

"At the players briefing yesterday there was a small sensation. The organisers have been informed, that on November 29th the Kremlin Palace of congresses will be occupied - and the first games of the second circle will be transferred to the Central chess club on Gogolevsky parkway. How 64 men and 32 women and spectators with journalists will fit in - is not clear."

Round 1 Playoffs

Playoff

Karpov eliminated in a rapid playoff against Zhang Pengxiang. Anand, Khalifman and Leko are through after playoff.

Leading Round 1 Casualties: Karpov, Short, Bologan, Rublevsky and Korchnoi.

Players in bold won their tie-break. * Note Kasparovchess.com and FIDE differ on the results of the matches Sakaev - Volokitin and Baklan-Benjamin also KC announced Yermolinsky through on their quick update page but both FIDE and KCs result page now say Milov. I've gone with the FIDE version. Also it now seems Ehlvest beat Radjabov, I'm sure it didn't say that earlier. I guess we'll have to see who turns up tomorrow.

Anand, Viswanathan - Touzane, Olivier 1.5-0.5
Leko, Peter - Kobese, Watu 2-0
Khalifman, Alexander - Ganguly, Surya Sekhar
Georgiev, Kiril - El Taher, Fouad 2-0
Karpov, Anatoly - Zhang Pengxiang 0-2
Ye Jiangchuan - Barsov, Alexei 2-0
Zhang Zhong - Yu Shaoteng 2-0
Sutovsky, Emil - Zapata, Alonso 3-2
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Hamdouchi, Hicham 2-0
Rublevsky, Sergey - Nguyen Anh Dung 0-2
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Savchenko, Stanislav 1.5-0.5
Sakaev, Konstantin - Volokitin, Andrei 1.5-2.5
Movsesian, Sergei - Malakhatko, Vadim 1.5-0.5
Ehlvest, Jaan - Radjabov, Teimour 2.5-1.5
Korchnoi, Viktor - Psakhis, Lev 0.5-1.5
Tiviakov, Sergei - Christiansen, Larry 2-0
Milov, Vadim - Yermolinsky, Alex 2.5-1.5
Graf, Alexander - Sulskis, Sarunas 0-2
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Bruzon, Lazaro 2-3
Asrian, Karen - Khenkin, Igor 1.5-2.5
Gyimesi, Zoltan - Conquest, Stuart 3-2
Kotsur, Pavel - Dominguez, Lernier 0.5-1.5
Baklan, Vladimir - Benjamin, Joel 1.5-2.5
Eingorn, Vereslav - Sasikiran, Krishnan 0.5-1.5
Kobalija, Mihail - Aseev, Konstantin 2-0

Leading Round 1 Day 2 results: Touzane 0-1 Anand (Anand gets into a playoff), Zeliakov 0-1 Morozevich (Morozevich through), Ivanchuk 1-0 Shovunov (Ivanchuk through) Topalov 1-0 Pierrot (Topalov through with a perfect score), Grischuk 1-0 Ghaem Maghami (Grischuk through), Adams 1-0 Sarthou (Adams through perfect score), Beliavsky 1-0 Harikrishna (Beliavsky through), Simutowe 1-0 Smirin (playoff), Khalifman 1/2 Ganguly (playoff), Li, Wenliang 1/2 Ponomariov (Ponomariov through), Barua 0-1 Lautier (Lautier through perfect score), Macieja 1/2 Avrukh (Macieja), Shabalov 1/2 Kaidanov (Shabalov through), Milos 1-0 Dao Thien Hai (Milos through), Nataf 1-0 Bologan (Nataf through), Polgar 1-0 Al-Modiahki (Polgar through), Bareev 1-0 Gluzman (Bareev through), Rizouk 0-1 Shirov (Shirov through), Tiviakov 1/2 Christiansen (playoff), Supatashvili 0-1 Dreev (Dreev through), Kasimdzhanov 1-0 Vlassov (Kasimdzhanov through), Short 1/2 Campora (Campora through), Kobese 1-0 Leko (playoff), Cabrera 0-1 Gelfand (Gelfand through)



Eugeny Atarov reports that there is tight security to get into the tournament hall even for the strongest players. The players were frisked for electronic equipment that might be used in cheating.

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