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World Cup 2007. Khanty-Mansiysk - Round 1 by Malcolm
Pein
Michael Adams is safely through to the second round of the World
Cup but Nigel Short must play a speed chess tie breaker as the first round was
characterised by nervous play, typical for a knockout tournament with matches
over two games. Adams was worse with the white pieces against the Canadian Igor
Zugic but managed to escape with a draw before winning with black.
Short, who had major problems getting a Russian visa, drew twice
with David Baramidze of Germany.
One hundred and twenty eight players are competing for $1,600,000
that includes $120,000 for the winner who receives the right to a world title
final eliminator against Veselin Topalov.
Nigel Short crashed out of the World Championship at the first
hurdle as he lost a speed chess tie breaker to the German David Baramidze at
the Fide World Cup taking place in the Siberian city of Khanty Masisyk.
As reported yesterday Michael Adams is safely through to the
second round where he will play Mikhail Gurevich, an ex Russian now playing for
Turkey and a very tough customer. The top seed Vasily Ivanchuk will play
Mateusz Bartel of Poland.
One hundred and twenty eight players are competing for $1,600,000
in prize money and the right to a world title final eliminator against Veselin
Topalov. There were few surprises in round one. In one or two cases the
stronger player lost game one but won the return and the tie breaker.
Macieja,B (2606) - Laznicka,V (2610) [C10]
World Cup
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (1.1), 24.11.2007
[IM Malcolm Pein]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.0-0-0 Bc5 13.Qe5 Be7
14.Nxd4 Qa4 15.Qc7! Rd8?
[15...Qxa2 16.Nc6!! wins; 15...Qa6 16.Rhe1 Qb6 17.Qxb6
axb6 18.a3 0-0 19.f4 Bc5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nf3 Rfd8 22.c3 Kf8 23.Kc2 Ke7 24.g3 h5
25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Re4 f5 27.Re2 Rc8 28.b4 Bd6 29.Nd4 Kf6 30.Rd2 Ke7 31.Nf3 f6
32.Kb3 Bb8 33.Re2 Kd7 34.Re3 Re8 35.Kc4 Bc7 36.Nd4 h4 37.Kb5 hxg3 38.hxg3 Re7
39.a4 Re8 40.c4 Re7 41.Re2 Re8 42.Rd2 Kc8 43.Re2 Kd7 44.Rh2 e5 45.Nxf5 exf4
46.Rh7+ Kd8 47.gxf4 Re4 48.Rh8+ Kd7 49.Rh7+ Kd8 50.Rh8+ Kd7 51.Rh7+ Kd8 52.Rf7
Bxf4 53.Rxf6 Bc7 54.Rf8+ Kd7 55.Rf7+ Kd8 56.c5 bxc5 57.Kxc5 Rf4 58.a5 1/2-1/2
Todorovic,G (2491)-Kosic,D (2489)/Vrnjacka Banja SCG 2005/The Week in Chess
572] 16.Nf5! Rd7 [16...exf5 17.Rxd8+ Bxd8 18.Re1+ Ne4 19.Qxd8#]
17.Qc8+ Rd8 18.Nxg7+ 1-0
Gustafsson,J (2606) - Rodshtein,M (2615) [D43]
World
Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (1.2), 25.11.2007
[IM Malcolm Pein]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 The sharp lines of the Moscow Gambit which were explored
in depth at the Mexico City WCC tournament 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7
Nxd7 13.Bd6 It is this well placed piece and the pawn centre which gives
White compensation for the pawn. Black has long term problems with his king but
he will be better if he can play c6-c5 successfully and activate both his
bishops. 13...a6 14.a4 e5 15.d5 c5 16.b4! cxb4 [16...cxb3 17.axb5 is
good for White for example 17...axb5 18.Nxb5 Rc8 19.Ra7] 17.Bxb4 a5 18.Bd6
b4 19.Nb5 Rc8
As opposed to the line above Black has kept the 'a' file closed
but now there is a stunning rejoinder 20.Bxc4!! Rxc4 21.Qb3 Qc8 [After
21...Nb6 22.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 23.Rxc1 Black has to resort to 23...Na8 but this is not
totally clear even if appalling at first sight; 21...Rc8 22.Rac1 Bf8 23.Rxc8
Qxc8 24.Qe3 Nf6 25.Rc1 Qd8 26.Bxe5 Be7 27.d6 0-0 28.dxe7 Qxe7 29.Bd6 Qxe4
30.Qxe4 Bxe4 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Nd4 Nd7 33.Nb3 Nb6 34.Nxa5 Nxa4 35.Rc4 Nc3 36.Rxb4
Bd5 37.f3 Kg7 38.Kf2 Be6 39.Nc6 Nd5 40.Rd4 Nf4 41.Ne5 Nd5 42.Nd3 Ne7 43.Nc5 Bd5
44.Ra4 Nc6 45.Nd3 Bb3 46.Ra3 Bd5 47.Ke3 Ne7 48.Kd4 Be6 49.Nc5 Nc6+ 50.Ke4 Bc4
51.Rc3 Bb5 52.Nb3 Ne7 53.Nd4 Bf1 54.Rc2 Kf6 55.Rb2 Kg6 56.Ke5 Bd3 57.Rb7 Ng8
58.Nc6 Bf1 59.Rb2 h5 60.g3 Bh3 61.Rb6 Kg7 62.Rb7 Nh6 63.Nd4 Bc8 64.Rc7 Bh3
65.Ra7 Bc8 66.h4 gxh4 67.gxh4 Kg6 68.Rc7 f6+ 69.Kd6 Bh3 70.Ke7 Bg2 71.Rc6 Ng8+
72.Kf8 Nh6 73.Rc2 Bh3 74.Rc7 Nf5 75.Ne2 Bf1 76.Nf4+ Kh6 77.Rc5 Ng3 78.Kg8 1-0
Zhao Jun (2552)-Harikrishna,P (2668)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess
681] 22.Bc7 Qxc7 [22...Rc3 23.Nd6+ Kf8 24.Qxc3 bxc3 25.Nxc8 Bxc8
26.Bxa5 and with the Rh8 cut off White's passed pawn will be a menace]
23.Nxc7+ Rxc7 24.Rac1 Three pieces for a queen is an approximate
material balance but Black is vulnerable on the c file and both his bishops are
pointing at white pawns 24...Nc5 25.Qh3 Bc8 26.Qf3 g4? [26...Bf8 holds
it together] 27.Qe3 Bf8 28.f4! Black's position collapses with startling
rapidity 28...gxf3 29.Qxf3 f5 30.Qg3 [30.Qg3 There is no way to hold e5
for example 30...Bg7 (30...Rhh7 31.d6!; 30...Bd6 31.Qg6+) 31.Rxc5]
1-0
| World Chess Cup Round 1 24th-26th November
2007 |
| Round 1 Match 01 |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily |
UKR |
2787 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
| Aderito, Pedro |
ANG |
2352 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Round 1 Match 02 |
| Abdel Razik, Khaled |
EGY |
2389 |
0 |
0 |
|
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0 |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
AZE |
2752 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
| Round 1 Match 03 |
| Radjabov, Teimour |
AZE |
2742 |
1 |
1 |
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|
2 |
| Genba, Vladimir |
RUS |
2413 |
0 |
0 |
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|
0 |
| Round 1 Match 04 |
| Hobaica, Juan Pablo |
ARG |
2427 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Aronian, Levon |
ARM |
2741 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
| Round 1 Match 05 |
| Shirov, Alexei |
ESP |
2739 |
1 |
1 |
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|
2 |
| Gwaze, Robert |
ZIM |
2429 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Round 1 Match 06 |
| Iturrizaga, Eduardo |
VEN |
2435 |
- |
0 |
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0 |
| Svidler, Peter |
RUS |
2732 |
+ |
1 |
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2 |
| Round 1 Match 07 |
| Adams, Michael |
ENG |
2729 |
½ |
1 |
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|
1,5 |
| Zugic, Igor |
CAN |
2477 |
½ |
0 |
|
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|
0,5 |
| Round 1 Match 08 |
| Ismagambetov, Anuar |
KAZ |
2480 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
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|
1,5 |
| Alekseev, Evgeny |
RUS |
2716 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
|
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|
2,5 |
| Round 1 Match 09 |
| Grischuk, Alexander |
RUS |
2715 |
1 |
½ |
|
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|
1,5 |
| Lima, Darcy |
BRA |
2487 |
0 |
½ |
|
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|
0,5 |
| Round 1 Match 10 |
| Zhao, Zong-Yuan |
AUS |
2491 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Carlsen, Magnus |
NOR |
2714 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
| Round 1 Match 11 |
| Kamsky, Gata |
USA |
2714 |
½ |
1 |
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|
1,5 |
| Adly, Ahmed |
EGY |
2494 |
½ |
0 |
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|
0,5 |
| Round 1 Match 12 |
| Filippov, Anton |
UZB |
2496 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
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|
1,5 |
| Akopian, Vladimir |
ARM |
2713 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
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|
2,5 |
| Round 1 Match 13 |
| Jakovenko, Dmitry |
RUS |
2710 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
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|
2 |
| Rahman, Ziaur |
BAN |
2497 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Round 1 Match 14 |
| El Gindy, Essam |
EGY |
2503 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Ponomariov, Ruslan |
UKR |
2705 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
|
|
|
2,5 |
| Round 1 Match 15 |
| Wang, Yue |
CHN |
2703 |
½ |
1 |
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|
1,5 |
| Pridorozhni, Aleksei |
RUS |
2506 |
½ |
0 |
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|
0,5 |
| Round 1 Match 16 |
| Laylo, Darwin |
PHI |
2508 |
½ |
0 |
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|
0,5 |
| Bacrot, Etienne |
FRA |
2695 |
½ |
1 |
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|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 17 |
| Karjakin, Sergey |
UKR |
2694 |
1 |
1 |
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|
2 |
| Matsuura, Everaldo |
BRA |
2511 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Round 1 Match 18 |
| Kabanov, Nikolai |
RUS |
2512 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Bu, Xiangzhi |
CHN |
2692 |
1 |
1 |
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|
2 |
| Round 1 Match 19 |
| Eljanov, Pavel |
UKR |
2691 |
½ |
0 |
|
|
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|
|
0,5 |
| Hossain Enamul |
BAN |
2514 |
½ |
1 |
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|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 20 |
| Wen Yang |
CHN |
2515 |
0 |
½ |
|
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|
0,5 |
| Almasi, Zoltan |
HUN |
2691 |
1 |
½ |
|
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|
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|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 21 |
| Malakhov, Vladimir |
RUS |
2690 |
1 |
1 |
|
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|
2 |
| Xu, Yuhua |
CHN |
2517 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Round 1 Match 22 |
| Gopal, G.N. |
IND |
2520 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
| Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
UZB |
2690 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
| Round 1 Match 23 |
| Dominguez Perez, Lenier |
CUB |
2683 |
1 |
1 |
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|
2 |
| Iljushin, Alexei |
RUS |
2528 |
0 |
0 |
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|
|
0 |
| Round 1 Match 24 |
| Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son |
VIE |
2530 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
2,5 |
| Van Wely, Loek |
NED |
2679 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
|
3,5 |
| Round 1 Match 25 |
| Landa, Konstantin |
RUS |
2678 |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
0,5 |
| Nevednichy, Vladislav |
ROU |
2531 |
1 |
½ |
|
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|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 26 |
| Le, Quang Liem |
VIE |
2534 |
½ |
0 |
|
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|
0,5 |
| Volokitin, Andrei |
UKR |
2678 |
½ |
1 |
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|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 27 |
| Rublevsky, Sergei |
RUS |
2676 |
1 |
½ |
|
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|
|
|
1,5 |
| Hera, Imre Jr. |
HUN |
2544 |
0 |
½ |
|
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|
|
0,5 |
| Round 1 Match 28 |
| Andriasian, Zaven |
ARM |
2546 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Onischuk, Alexander |
USA |
2674 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
|
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|
2,5 |
| Round 1 Match 29 |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto |
RUS |
2674 |
½ |
1 |
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|
1,5 |
| Peralta, Fernando |
ARG |
2546 |
½ |
0 |
|
|
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|
0,5 |
| Round 1 Match 30 |
| Kunte, Abhijit |
IND |
2547 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
RUS |
2674 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
|
|
|
2,5 |
| Round 1 Match 31 |
| Cheparinov, Ivan |
BUL |
2670 |
+ |
+ |
|
|
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|
2 |
| Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos |
MEX |
2552 |
- |
- |
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0 |
| Round 1 Match 32 |
| Zhao, Jun |
CHN |
2552 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
|
|
|
2,5 |
| Harikrishna, P. |
IND |
2668 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 33 |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
ROU |
2668 |
1 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Amin, Bassem |
EGY |
2561 |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
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|
0,5 |
| Round 1 Match 34 |
| Balogh, Csaba |
HUN |
2561 |
½ |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
0,5 |
| Tkachiev, Vladislav |
FRA |
2661 |
½ |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 35 |
| Sasikiran, Krishnan |
IND |
2661 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
|
3,5 |
| Zhigalko, Sergei |
BLR |
2562 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
2,5 |
| Round 1 Match 36 |
| Kudrin, Sergey |
USA |
2563 |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
0,5 |
| Vallejo Pons, Francisco |
ESP |
2660 |
1 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 37 |
| Nikolic, Predrag |
BIH |
2657 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Iljin, Artem |
RUS |
2565 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Round 1 Match 38 |
| Ivanov, Alexander |
USA |
2565 |
½ |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
0,5 |
| Navara, David |
CZE |
2656 |
½ |
1 |
|
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|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 39 |
| Sutovsky, Emil |
ISR |
2655 |
½ |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
0,5 |
| Zhou, Jianchao |
CHN |
2566 |
½ |
1 |
|
|
|
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|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 40 |
| Flores, Diego |
ARG |
2566 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
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|
|
0 |
| Fressinet, Laurent |
FRA |
2654 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Round 1 Match 41 |
| Bareev, Evgeny |
RUS |
2653 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Becerra Rivero, Julio |
USA |
2568 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Round 1 Match 42 |
| Baramidze, David |
GER |
2569 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
|
|
|
2,5 |
| Short, Nigel D |
ENG |
2649 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 43 |
| Georgiev, Kiril |
BUL |
2649 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Megaranto, Susanto |
INA |
2569 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Round 1 Match 44 |
| Gajewski, Grzegorz |
POL |
2573 |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
0,5 |
| Volkov, Sergey |
RUS |
2648 |
1 |
½ |
|
|
|
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|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 45 |
| Socko, Bartosz |
POL |
2646 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Georgiev, Vladimir |
MKD |
2576 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
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|
0 |
| Round 1 Match 46 |
| Mamedov, Rauf |
AZE |
2582 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
|
2,5 |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
RUS |
2646 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
|
3,5 |
| Round 1 Match 47 |
| Motylev, Alexander |
RUS |
2645 |
1 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Savchenko, Boris |
RUS |
2583 |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
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|
0,5 |
| Round 1 Match 48 |
| Gagunashvili, Merab |
GEO |
2584 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Zhang, Pengxiang |
CHN |
2644 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
|
|
|
2,5 |
| Round 1 Match 49 |
| Roiz, Michael |
ISR |
2644 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
| Akobian, Varuzhan |
USA |
2585 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| Round 1 Match 50 |
| Ganguly, Surya Shekhar |
IND |
2585 |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
0,5 |
| Tiviakov, Sergei |
NED |
2643 |
1 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 51 |
| Wang, Hao |
CHN |
2643 |
½ |
1 |
|
|
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|
|
1,5 |
| Markus, Robert |
SRB |
2586 |
½ |
0 |
|
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|
0,5 |
| Round 1 Match 52 |
| Belov, Vladimir |
RUS |
2587 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
|
|
|
2,5 |
| Khalifman, Alexander |
RUS |
2643 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
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|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 53 |
| Izoria, Zviad |
GEO |
2643 |
- |
- |
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|
0 |
| Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan |
IRI |
2591 |
+ |
+ |
|
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|
2 |
| Round 1 Match 54 |
| Milos, Gilberto |
BRA |
2592 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
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|
1 |
| Avrukh, Boris |
ISR |
2641 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
|
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|
3 |
| Round 1 Match 55 |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij |
GER |
2639 |
½ |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Granda Zuniga, Julio E |
PER |
2592 |
½ |
0 |
|
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|
0,5 |
| Round 1 Match 56 |
| Berg, Emanuel |
SWE |
2593 |
0 |
½ |
|
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|
0,5 |
| Najer, Evgeniy |
RUS |
2635 |
1 |
½ |
|
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|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 57 |
| Sakaev, Konstantin |
RUS |
2634 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4 |
| Vitiugov, Nikita |
RUS |
2594 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
3 |
| Round 1 Match 58 |
| Kaidanov, Gregory S |
USA |
2597 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Gurevich, Mikhail |
TUR |
2627 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
|
|
|
2,5 |
| Round 1 Match 59 |
| Shabalov, Alexander |
USA |
2626 |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
0,5 |
| Pavasovic, Dusko |
SLO |
2597 |
1 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 60 |
| Leitao, Rafael |
BRA |
2601 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
1 |
| Shulman, Yuri |
USA |
2616 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
3 |
| Round 1 Match 61 |
| Rodshtein, Maxim |
ISR |
2615 |
½ |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
0,5 |
| Gustafsson, Jan |
GER |
2606 |
½ |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Round 1 Match 62 |
| Macieja, Bartlomiej |
POL |
2606 |
1 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
1,5 |
| Laznicka, Viktor |
CZE |
2610 |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
0,5 |
| Round 1 Match 63 |
| Kozul, Zdenko |
CRO |
2609 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
|
3,5 |
| Bruzon Batista, Lazaro |
CUB |
2607 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
2,5 |
| Round 1 Match 64 |
| Galkin, Alexander |
RUS |
2608 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
3 |
| Bartel, Mateusz |
POL |
2608 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
