RP’s So makes elite 4th rd of World Chess Cup
11/29/2009 | 01:27 PM
GMA News.TV
KHANTY-Mansiysk, Russia - GM Wesley So of the Philippines added defending champion GM Gata Kamsky of the US to his list of world-class victims, claiming a decisive 1.5-.5 triumph in their third-round showdown in the 2009 World Chess Cup at the Khanty-Mansiysk Center of Arts Saturday night.
In a fitting follow-up to his equally-shocking 1.5-.5 upset win over former world championship finalist GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Russia in the second round, the 16-year-old So avoided unnecessary risk with the white pieces and finished off Kamsky with a draw in 42 moves of the Dutch defense.
Wesley So
The multi-awarded Filipino champion from Bacoor, Cavite, who is expected to breach the super GM ELO 2700 mark at the end of the year, held a slight initiative in a rook and bishop ending when he accepted Kamsky's offer to split the point.
When the game was agreed drawn, So and Kamsky had a rook, bishop and four pawns each.
So, who shocked Kamsky in the opener of their two-game third round showdown Friday, thus earned the right to advance to the 16-player fourth round against the winner of the match between GMs Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine and Vladimir Malakhov of Russia.
The 11th-seeded Eljanov (ELO 2729) and the No. 22 Malakhov (ELO 2706), who drew their first two games, are set to play rapid tiebreak matches Sunday night.
"I'm really happy to have played well against Kamsky. But I really spend a lot of time for preparations against every single opponent. I know that even if they are already super GMs, they can also make mistakes," So told the official website of the World Cup.
"I just hope I can sustain my momentum," added So, who hardly showed any sign of the ill effects of the cool minus-30 weather condition in this scenic Western Siberian town patterned after the world-class Scandinavian resorts.
Kamsky, who lost to GM Anatoly Karpov in the 1997 World Championship, said So clearly deserved the victory.
"It is clear that my opponent (So) was better prepared. I was thinking that I could win against this player with my experience. But sadly, my opponent was not that easy to beat, as I was expecting. He turned out to be a very serious player," said Kamsky, who played the top board for the United States during the World Chess Olympiad in Turin in 2006 and Dresden in 2008.
I'm really happy to have played well against Kamsky. But I really spend a lot of time for preparations against every single opponent. I know that even if they are already super GMs, they can also make mistakes.
–Grandmaster Wesley So
"I was always choosing the wrong openings. Everything was decided in the first game. I played recklessly and got the problematic position. In the second game, I had to solve a difficult problem. But it is almost impossible to beat a good player with black," added the Russian-born Kamsky.
"I played the Dutch defense, sacrificed a pawn and got some chances. But at one point, I went too far and the advantages for my opponent were clear enough and I offered a draw so as not to suffer."
Sharing the limelight with So on the eighth day of competition was former women's world champion Judit Polgar, who shocked top seed GM Boris Gelfand of Israel to level the score in their third-round showdown.
Polgar, one of only three female participants in the 126-player field, capitalized on Gelfand's misplaced pieces on the board and launched a relentless attack against the Russian-born Israeli player to prevail.
Also advancing to the fourth were GM Alexei Shirov of Spain, who crushed GM Evgeny Tomashevsky of Russia, 1.5-.5; GM Ruslan Ponomariv of Ukraine, who subdued GM Alexander Motyloev of Russia, 1.5-.5; GM Nikita Vitiugov of Russia, who eliminated GM Konstantin Sakaev of Russia, 1.5-.5; GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, who nipped GM Wang Hao of China, 1.5-.5; and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, who ousted GM Yu Yangyi of China, 1.5-.5.
GMs Sergey Karjakin and Alexander Areschenko, both of Ukraine, recovered from a first-game loss to equalize their match scores against David Navara of the Czech Republic and Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia, respectively. - GMANews.TV
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
WCC: 3rd ROUND KNOCK OUT
Wesley So scalped his second Super GM and knocked Kamsky out of the tournament
www.ugra-chess.ru
The World Cup 2009 is experiencing an irreplaceable loss – the young Wesley So from the Philippines made a draw in the second game of Round 2 and knocked out the last World Cup winner, Gata Kamsky. “Everything was decided in the first game. At one point I was hoping that I could win against this player with my experience, - said Gata after the match. – But sadly, my opponent was not that easy to beat, as I was expecting.”
It is obvious: a new fantastic “gold nugget” has been found in Khanty Mansiysk now. Most probably in the nearest future, he will aspire for a place among the chess elite. And this is clear: no one from the high-class favourites can defeat him here. “The fact that Wesley So was born and grew up in a non-chess country, the Philippines , speaks about his fantastic talent,” – says the commentator of the Cup GM Sergey Shipov. To make the picture clear, we should also mention that he is practically self-educated and very enthusiastic. He has no coach and no financial support from the Government.
Judit Polgar played an excellent game against the rating favourite of the World Cup, Boris Gelfand. “The chess program was trying to find some defense for black but the solutions it offered, were too hard to realize for a human being,” – says Shipov. “Gelfand made one main mistake: he positioned pieces far from the king. He forgot how dangerous Judit could be in her attacks”. Bravo, Judit! To recover a from a loss in the first game against the tough Israeli player is a big feat.
The Ukrainian/Russian Sergey Karjakin and the Ukrainian Alexander Areschenko also recovered from a first game loss to equalize their match scores against David Navara from the Czech Republic and Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia, respectively.
Alexey Shirov managed to stop the marvelous series of 58 games without a loss, of the Russian Chess Champion Evgeny Tomashevsky. “The analysis of my loss of this game could make it clear: I should not play in the Cup,” – ironically mentioned Evgeny. “It could happen to anyone. It is a pity that my story stopped such ingloriously”.
Another series have been stopped at the Cup – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov made his first draw after five wins. Still it did not affect his qualification to the next Round.
CHESSBASE: Interview with Gata Kamsky
Berik interviews Gata Kamsky in a press conference after the American was knocked out by Wesley So
How come that you became another victim of the new star of the Cup – So?
Everything is clear: my opponent was better prepared and I was always choosing the wrong openings. In the first game I played recklessly and got a problematic position. I thought I could manage to beat this fellow on class. But he turned out to be very serious chess player. In the second game I had to solve a difficult problem: it is almost impossible to beat a good player with black. I played the Dutch Defense, sacrificed a pawn and got some chances. But at one point I went too far and the advantages for my opponent were clear enough. I offered a draw so as not to suffer…
Perhaps you underestimated your opponent?
No, it is not the case. So was playing better and he deserved the victory.
Could it be the case that you did not take the Cup seriously. You have already guaranteed your participation in the Candidates Matches.
This kind of thoughts perhaps did bother me. But it is not the reason of my elimination.
Why then did not you invite a second to help you? As we remember Emil Sutovsky was helping you in the last Cup after being knocked out?
Let's say neither me nor Emil had an opportunity to cooperate here. I just prefer to play without a second lately. There is another reason. A second or a coach should be paid, and a good coach should be paid well. We were working with Emil at the match against Veselin Topalov. The American Chess Federation did not support me in this cooperation. Well, you can develop the idea yourself now…
After your victory at the World Cup 2007 you have had an ascent of your career…
And now I am experiencing a descent… Like Kramnik says, it is high time to draw conclusions. There is only one difference: Kramnik has drawn them, I have not done so yet…
Interview by FIDE, photos by Galina Popova courtesy of FIDE
SOL CRUZ
PARAGUA PARA SA PARA SIMUL
MERALCO, Pasig City
W: Rolly SOL CRUZ
B: GM Mark PARAGUA
Result: 0-1
MERALCO, Pasig City
W: Rolly SOL CRUZ
B: GM Mark PARAGUA
Result: 0-1
GM MARK PARAGUA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Full name | Mark Callano Paragua |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Born | March 29, 1984  Philippines |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2529 (April 2009) |
| Peak rating | 2618 (January 2006) |
Mark Callano Paragua (born March 29, 1984) is a Filipino chess Grandmaster. He was born in the Philippines to Flordeliza Callano and Ricardo Paragua, who is also his coach. The father and son travel around the world to participate in international tournaments.
At the 1998 Disney World Rapid Chess Championship for Kids, held November 15-17 at the EuroDisney theme park in Paris, Paragua and Bu Xiangzhi each finished first with 7 1/2 points in Boys 14 and under section, with Paragua taking the gold medal on tiebreak points.
He was the youngest Filipino master ever, at 9 years of age. He also became the youngest Filipino GM ever at 20 (until GM Wesley So erased it), beating out Eugenio Torre's record by about two years.
He qualified for the 2004 World Championship in Tripoli, Libya. Paragua was eliminated by Super GM Viktor Bologan of Moldova in the first round 1-3. He also qualified for World Cup Chess 2005 (qualifying tournament for world championship). He upset Super GM Sergei Movsesian; formerly of Armenia now playing for Slovakia in the first round before narrowly losing in the tie breaker against an even stronger opponent in Alexey Dreev of Russia in the second round (Paragua drew both his games against Dreev in the regulation)
Paragua become the first super Grandmaster (to reach 2600 mark) in Philippine history after he placed second in the Asian Zonal 3.3 Chess Championships that ended Friday at the Stanford Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Paragua finished the 9-round Swiss system event with 7.0 points after being forced to a draw by Singapore’s GM Wu Shaobin (Elo 2510), who handled the black pieces. The Filipino earned enough Elo points from the tournament to take his 2596 Elo rating to over the 2600 norm for super GMs, according to International Arbiter Gene Poliarco. Although there is some dispute as to the definition of super GM;(for example: Eugenio Torre was considered as among the elite grandmasters back in the early and mid 80s yet his rating never breached the 2600 mark). In January 2006 FIDE listed Paragua with a rating of 2618 enough to get him in the top 100, but his rating has dropped to 2521 since his marriage.
[edit] Notable games
- Mark Paragua vs Levon Aronian, Linares Anibal op 7th 2000, Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07), 1-0
- Mark Paragua vs Jason Goh Koon-Jong, 36th Olympiad 2004, Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen, Classical Variation (B85), 1-0
- Mark Paragua vs Sergei Movsesian, FIDE World Cup 2005, Slav Defense: Chameleon Variation, Advance System (D15), 1-0
- Mark Paragua vs Alexey Dreev, FIDE World Cup 2005, Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation (D45), 1-0
[edit] References
- FIDE rating card for Mark Paragua
- Mark Paragua player profile at ChessGames.com
Saturday, November 28, 2009
WCC R3 G1: So strikes again – beats Kamsky
ChessBase.com
Kamsky,G (2695) - So,W (2640) [C11]
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.1), 27.11.2009
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.a3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Na4 Qa5+ 11.c3 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 b6 14.Be2 Ba6 15.Bd1 Qb5 16.b4 Rc8 17.Nb2 Qc6 18.Rc1 0-0. The predecessor game went 18...f6 19.exf6 Nxf6 20.Bf3 0-0 21.c4 Qd7 22.a4 Bxc4 23.Nxc4 Qxa4 24.0-0 Qxb4 25.Be2 dxc4 26.Bxc4 Kh8 27.Qd3 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 b5 0-1 Gueroff,E-Jackelen,T (2325)/Germany 1988/GER-chT2. We are told that Kamsky offered a draw in this position, but So played on. Good nerves this kid has.
19.a4 Bc4 20.Bg4 Bb3 21.0-0 Bxa4
The first key moment: Kamsky somewhat surprisingly does not take on a4: 22.f5 [22.Nxa4 Qxa4 23.Ra1 and 24.Rxa7 was the obvious alternative]
22...Bb5 23.Rfe1 Rfe8 24.Re3 f6 25.fxe6 Nxe5 26.Bf5 g6 27.Bh3 Qd6 28.Rd1 Rcd8 29.Rd2 Qe7 30.Rf2 Nc6 31.Qd2
31...d4! 32.Re4 dxc3 33.Qxc3 Rf8 34.g4 Rd6 35.Bg2 Ne5 36.g5 Rxe6 37.gxf6 Rfxf6. Now young Wesley is two pawns up and rides in the full point without too much difficulty.
38.Rxf6 Qxf6 39.Re3 Bc6 40.Nd1 Qg5 41.Rg3 Qf4 42.Nf2 Bxg2 43.Kxg2 Nc4 44.Qd3 Ne3+ 45.Kg1 Nf5 46.Qd5 Qc1+ 47.Nd1 Kf7 48.Rc3 Qg5+ 49.Kf2 Qf4+ 50.Kg2 Qg4+ 51.Kf2 Qe2+ 52.Kg1 Qe1+ 53.Kg2 Kg7 0-1.
World Cup R2: Three super-GMs knocked out
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That would be fourth seed Alexander Morozevich, who lost 0-2 to Czech GM Viktor Laznicka; fifth seed Teimour Radjabov, who went down against Konstantin Sakaev, and Vassily Ivanchuk, who was eliminated by 16-year-old Wesley So. Top seed Boris Gelfand had a narrow scrape against Farrukh Amonatov, and Peter Svidler equalised against Tomi Nyback.
That would be fourth seed Alexander Morozevich, who lost 0-2 to Czech GM Viktor Laznicka; fifth seed Teimour Radjabov, who went down against Konstantin Sakaev, and Vassily Ivanchuk, who was eliminated by 16-year-old Wesley So. Top seed Boris Gelfand had a narrow scrape against Farrukh Amonatov, and Peter Svidler equalised against Tomi Nyback.
Once again we hand over, for starters, to our eloquent colleagues in the Khanty-Mansiysk press room:
The result of the classical games of the Round two is as follows: there are 16 clear participants for the 1/8 finals of the Cup. Three super grandmasters are out from the further fight. They lost in the first games of the Round two and could not balance in the second day. The Russian Alexander Morozevich lost to Czech Viktor Laznicka 2-0. The Ukrainian Vasily Ivanchuk could not cope with the young Wesley So of the Philippines. Teimur Rajabov lost to the experienced Russian Konstantin Sakaev.
Only the fivefold Russian Champion Peter Svidler managed to balance the situation by beating Tomy Nyback – they will meet in the tiebreaks. The same goes for the last year finalist Alexey Shirov, who could not make it easy, and lost to the Ukrainian Sergey Fedorchuk in the second game. We should also mention the resolute victory in both games of the following pairs: Shakhriyak Mamedyarov over Vadim Milov of ISR, Chinese Wang Yue over the Russian Boris Savchenko, Dmitry Jakovenko over Indian Sandipan Chanda.
On Thursday there will be 16 tiebreaks. So far the participants of the Cup did not express their disapproval of the format. They consider it fairer; sudden death could only theoretically decide the fate of a match.
Wesley So beats Kamsky in World Cup
The Times of India
Philippine's Wesley So continued to hog the limelight in the World Chess Cup after beating defending champion Gata Kamsky of United
States in the first game of the third round of this knockout event.
Kamsky, who won the previous event, lost with white pieces and his survival in the event now depends on whether he can win with black pieces.
Wesley on the other hand has a big advantage like situation, similar to the second round against big gun Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine when he had won the first game with black and did not find it too hard to draw with white.
Ivanchuk, who is in the world elite for a long time now, announced after the match that he would quit playing the game professionally.
"It was not just a match, it was a crucial match. I am sure that from now on I should forget about any serious aims in chess. I don't need anything from chess anymore. I will start new life with new goals. I will become just a chess fan now," Ivanchuk said.
Surely losing to a 16-year-old for an elite member of top level events is not easy to digest but those who know Kamsky are still banking on the former Russian who has steely nerves in tense situations.
"Today I played very well against Gata Kamsky. I was preparing to the game. I caught him at the opening and he spent a lot of time. I just hope that tomorrow I will be also lucky," said Wesley after his triumph.
Half the games in the last 32 stage ended decisively but the results saw the higher seeds prevailing generally apart from Kamsky and Sergey Karjakin who met his nemesis in David Navara of Czech Republic.
Top seed Boris Gelfand of Israel went one up against world's best rated woman Judit Polgar of Hungary after a tense game wherein the former showed his positional acumen to get the full point.
Russian Nikita Vitiugov, who had a few anxious moments before he could beat India's Abhijeet Gupta in the first round seemed set to move to the fourth round after his black-piece victory against compatriot Konstantin Sakaev.
Former world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine made his mark with a victory over Russian Alexander Motylev while another Russian Dmitry Jakovenko scored over Ukraine's Alexander Areshchenko to go one up in his mini-match.
The other winner of the day were twice world junior champ Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan and reigning world junior champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France accounting for the Chinese duo of Wang Hao and Yu Yangyi respectively.
Philippine's Wesley So continued to hog the limelight in the World Chess Cup after beating defending champion Gata Kamsky of United
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Kamsky, who won the previous event, lost with white pieces and his survival in the event now depends on whether he can win with black pieces.
Wesley on the other hand has a big advantage like situation, similar to the second round against big gun Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine when he had won the first game with black and did not find it too hard to draw with white.
Ivanchuk, who is in the world elite for a long time now, announced after the match that he would quit playing the game professionally.
"It was not just a match, it was a crucial match. I am sure that from now on I should forget about any serious aims in chess. I don't need anything from chess anymore. I will start new life with new goals. I will become just a chess fan now," Ivanchuk said.
Surely losing to a 16-year-old for an elite member of top level events is not easy to digest but those who know Kamsky are still banking on the former Russian who has steely nerves in tense situations.
"Today I played very well against Gata Kamsky. I was preparing to the game. I caught him at the opening and he spent a lot of time. I just hope that tomorrow I will be also lucky," said Wesley after his triumph.
Half the games in the last 32 stage ended decisively but the results saw the higher seeds prevailing generally apart from Kamsky and Sergey Karjakin who met his nemesis in David Navara of Czech Republic.
Top seed Boris Gelfand of Israel went one up against world's best rated woman Judit Polgar of Hungary after a tense game wherein the former showed his positional acumen to get the full point.
Russian Nikita Vitiugov, who had a few anxious moments before he could beat India's Abhijeet Gupta in the first round seemed set to move to the fourth round after his black-piece victory against compatriot Konstantin Sakaev.
Former world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine made his mark with a victory over Russian Alexander Motylev while another Russian Dmitry Jakovenko scored over Ukraine's Alexander Areshchenko to go one up in his mini-match.
The other winner of the day were twice world junior champ Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan and reigning world junior champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France accounting for the Chinese duo of Wang Hao and Yu Yangyi respectively.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
GM PARAGUA FUND-RAISING SIMUL
The 4th leg of the fund-raising simul for our handicapped brothers of the RP Paralympics Chess Team is scheduled on November 28 Saturday, 9:00 am, at MERALCO in Ortigas Center, Pasig City. As usual, entry fee is P500 with the proceeds going to the PARA.
If you are interested to play with GM Mark "The Big Mac" Paragua and help the least of our brothers, kindly register on the "Comments" portion.
I wanted to be the first to thank GM Mac for taking the initiative to share his God-given talents for the least of His brothers but I believe that Somebody up there already did.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Pinoy chesser So shocks Ivanchuk in World Cup
GMA News.TV
KHANTY-Mansiysk, Russia - GM Wesley So of the Philippines authored one of the biggest upset wins in the 2009 World Chess Cup when he pulled the rug from under former world championship contender GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the second round at the Khanty-Mansiysk Festival of Arts here.
Buoyed by his convincing 4-1 win over GM Gadir Guseinov of Azerbaijan in the first round, So outclassed the sixth-seeded Ivanchuk (ELO 2739) in 39 moves in the first of their two-game match in the 64-player second round.
So, seeded 59th with an ELO of 2640, needs only a draw against Ivanchuk with the advantageous white pieces in their second game to advance to the 32-player third round.
A win by Ivanchuk will send the match into tiebreak stage.
The Bacoor, Cavite-born So, who rose to prominence by becoming the world's seventh youngest player to earn a GM title in December 2007, played almost flawlessly against the highly-rated Ivanchuk despite handling the black side of the board.
The high school student of St. Francis of Assisi College-Bacoor won a pawn with 13. Qxd4+ and then forced the Ukrainian champion to give up a rook and bishop for knight and bishop.
On the 28th move, So wisely steered the game into his advantage by forcing an exchange of the queens and went into the endgame with two rooks, a knight and five pawns against Ivanchuk's rook, knight, bishop and four pawns.
Earlier Monday, So swept all three rapid tiebreak matches against Guseinov to become the only Filipino player to advance to the next round.
Forced into the rapid tiebreak stage after losing the second game to Guseinov, So left nothing to chance and blanked his Azerbaijan rival in the next three matches.
Last Pinoy standing
The two other Filipino campaigners, GMs Rogelio Antonio Jr. and Darwin Laylo, bowed out of contention after the first round.
Antonio, who earned the right to play in the World Cup by virtue of his strong finish in the Asian Individual Chess Championship held in Subic early this year, lost to GM Gata Kamsky, .5-1.5.
Laylo, the reigning Asian Zone 3.3 champion, bowed to No. 21 GM David Navara of Czech Republic, 2-4, including two consecutive losses in the rapid tiebreak games.
Top seed GM Boris Gelfand of Israel, meanwhile, was held to a draw by GM Farrukh Amonatov of Tajikistan in their opening match on center stage, the same result obtained by second seed GM Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan against GM Zhou Jianchao of China.
Upsets also claimed the scalps of third seed GM Peter Svidler and fourth seed GM Alexander Morozevich, both of Russia and fifth seed Teimor Radjabov of Azerbaijan.
Svidler lost to Tomi Nyback of Finland, Morozevich fell to Viktor Laznicka of Czech Republic and Radjabov succumbed to Konstantin Sakaev of Russia.
No. 8 GM Alexander Grischuk of Russia dumped GM Vladislav Tkachief of France; No. 9 GM Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia subdued GM Chanda Sandipan of India; and No. 10 GM Wang Yue of China humbled GM Boris Savcehnko of Russia to lead the seeded players in the win column.
KHANTY-Mansiysk, Russia - GM Wesley So of the Philippines authored one of the biggest upset wins in the 2009 World Chess Cup when he pulled the rug from under former world championship contender GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the second round at the Khanty-Mansiysk Festival of Arts here.
Buoyed by his convincing 4-1 win over GM Gadir Guseinov of Azerbaijan in the first round, So outclassed the sixth-seeded Ivanchuk (ELO 2739) in 39 moves in the first of their two-game match in the 64-player second round.
So, seeded 59th with an ELO of 2640, needs only a draw against Ivanchuk with the advantageous white pieces in their second game to advance to the 32-player third round.
A win by Ivanchuk will send the match into tiebreak stage.
Wesley So
The high school student of St. Francis of Assisi College-Bacoor won a pawn with 13. Qxd4+ and then forced the Ukrainian champion to give up a rook and bishop for knight and bishop.
On the 28th move, So wisely steered the game into his advantage by forcing an exchange of the queens and went into the endgame with two rooks, a knight and five pawns against Ivanchuk's rook, knight, bishop and four pawns.
Earlier Monday, So swept all three rapid tiebreak matches against Guseinov to become the only Filipino player to advance to the next round.
Forced into the rapid tiebreak stage after losing the second game to Guseinov, So left nothing to chance and blanked his Azerbaijan rival in the next three matches.
Last Pinoy standing
The two other Filipino campaigners, GMs Rogelio Antonio Jr. and Darwin Laylo, bowed out of contention after the first round.
Antonio, who earned the right to play in the World Cup by virtue of his strong finish in the Asian Individual Chess Championship held in Subic early this year, lost to GM Gata Kamsky, .5-1.5.
Laylo, the reigning Asian Zone 3.3 champion, bowed to No. 21 GM David Navara of Czech Republic, 2-4, including two consecutive losses in the rapid tiebreak games.
Top seed GM Boris Gelfand of Israel, meanwhile, was held to a draw by GM Farrukh Amonatov of Tajikistan in their opening match on center stage, the same result obtained by second seed GM Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan against GM Zhou Jianchao of China.
Upsets also claimed the scalps of third seed GM Peter Svidler and fourth seed GM Alexander Morozevich, both of Russia and fifth seed Teimor Radjabov of Azerbaijan.
Svidler lost to Tomi Nyback of Finland, Morozevich fell to Viktor Laznicka of Czech Republic and Radjabov succumbed to Konstantin Sakaev of Russia.
No. 8 GM Alexander Grischuk of Russia dumped GM Vladislav Tkachief of France; No. 9 GM Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia subdued GM Chanda Sandipan of India; and No. 10 GM Wang Yue of China humbled GM Boris Savcehnko of Russia to lead the seeded players in the win column.
The Filipino phenom shines in Khanty-Mansiysk
from susanpolgar.blogspot.com
The more games the talented Wesley plays against world class opponents, the better and more confident he gets. After losing to Guisenov in the second game of his first round match, he reeled off 3 straight wins in the rapid playoff to advance to the second round. Then he went on to pull off the biggest upset of the 2009 World Cup so far by beating Ivanchuk 1.5-0.5. Well done Wesley! With proper training, experience, and opportunity, I have no doubt that he will be an elite player for years to come.
The more games the talented Wesley plays against world class opponents, the better and more confident he gets. After losing to Guisenov in the second game of his first round match, he reeled off 3 straight wins in the rapid playoff to advance to the second round. Then he went on to pull off the biggest upset of the 2009 World Cup so far by beating Ivanchuk 1.5-0.5. Well done Wesley! With proper training, experience, and opportunity, I have no doubt that he will be an elite player for years to come.
WCC 2009: WORLD HAS TURNED OVER
from ugra-chess.ru
You wanted sensations? Here they are! The Finnish Tomi Nyback easily won one of the leaders of the Russian team Peter Svidler. Czech Viktor Laznichka played better than another Russian Titan Alexander Morozevich. Vasily Ivanchuk easily let the young So Wesley from the Philippine beat him. The world has turned over: as a result, first seven rating favorites scored only 1.5 points. Two of them, Morozevich and Ivanchuk, will have to solve a titanic problem tomorrow – to win with black. Teimur Rajabov has the same task for tomorrow, but with only difference, he will play white. His opponent is an experienced fighter Konstantin Sakaev.
However the rest of the cup favorites were more or less lucky today. Some of them (Grischuk and Jakovenko) took over their opponents already in the openings. Other players (Kamsky, Shirov) won due to their first-class professionalism. The Chinese Wang Yue managed to realize the thesis E2-E4 - white starts and wins. But this was the 33rd move, then his opponent had to stop the clock as he was in a hopeless position. Our commentator, Grandmaster Sergey Shipov was amazed by Alexander Onischuk: “Strange, such a self-possessed universal chess player could play so risky with black”. One cannot say that Onischuk was tired even. He had almost no problems in the first round.
Many fans were interested in another story: how another hero of yesterday's marathon Varuzhan Hakobyan of the USA will play. (Let us remind you that he managed to win at the 16 th game of tie breaks.) We answer: the new American has professionally looked at the situation. Playing white, he made a calm draw. Perhaps he did right. Of course he lost the chance with white, but at least he has time to recover after emotions of yesterday. If he will stand up the second game, he will play in tie breaks again. And tie breaks, we must admit, may bring a lot of surprises!
World Cup R2: Svidler, Radjabov, Ivanchuk, Morozevich lose
from Chessbase.com
One of the most experienced GM in this event, and one of the highest ranked, met with a youthful GM from the Philippines – Wesley So, who turned sixteen just a few weeks ago.
Ivanchuk,V (2739) - So,W (2640) [C15]
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (2.1), 24.11.2009
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nge2 0-0 7.0-0 Bg4 8.f3 Bh5 9.Nf4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg5 c6 12.f4 Qb6
13.Na4!? Qxd4+ 14.Kh1 Ne4 15.c3 Nf2+ 16.Rxf2 Qxf2 17.cxb4 f6 18.Qg4 fxg5 19.Qe6+ Kh8 20.Nc5 Qxb2 21.Qh3+ Kg8 22.Qe6+ Kh8 23.Rf1 Qf6 24.Qh3+ Kg8
Most of the continuation after the first diagram was pretty much forced. Now White, who is an exchange and pawn down for the attack, has 25.Ne4 dxe4 26.Bc4+ Rf7 27.Qc8+ Kh7 28.Qh3+ with perpetual. But Ivanchuk wants more and tries something daring: 25.g3?! Re8 26.Nxb7 gxf4 27.Rxf4 Re1+ 28.Kg2 Qe6 29.Qxe6+ Rxe6 30.Nc5 Re7 31.b5 Nd7 32.Nxd7 Rxd7 33.bxc6 Rd6 34.Bb5 Re8 35.Rd4. White remains an exchange down and young Wesley So goes on to take the full point. 35...Kf7 36.Rf4+ Ke6 37.Rg4 Ke5 38.Kf3 Rf6+ 39.Ke3 0-1. Ivanchuk has his work cut out for him on Wednesday's second encounter.
One of the most experienced GM in this event, and one of the highest ranked, met with a youthful GM from the Philippines – Wesley So, who turned sixteen just a few weeks ago.
Ivanchuk,V (2739) - So,W (2640) [C15]
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (2.1), 24.11.2009
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nge2 0-0 7.0-0 Bg4 8.f3 Bh5 9.Nf4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg5 c6 12.f4 Qb6
13.Na4!? Qxd4+ 14.Kh1 Ne4 15.c3 Nf2+ 16.Rxf2 Qxf2 17.cxb4 f6 18.Qg4 fxg5 19.Qe6+ Kh8 20.Nc5 Qxb2 21.Qh3+ Kg8 22.Qe6+ Kh8 23.Rf1 Qf6 24.Qh3+ Kg8
Most of the continuation after the first diagram was pretty much forced. Now White, who is an exchange and pawn down for the attack, has 25.Ne4 dxe4 26.Bc4+ Rf7 27.Qc8+ Kh7 28.Qh3+ with perpetual. But Ivanchuk wants more and tries something daring: 25.g3?! Re8 26.Nxb7 gxf4 27.Rxf4 Re1+ 28.Kg2 Qe6 29.Qxe6+ Rxe6 30.Nc5 Re7 31.b5 Nd7 32.Nxd7 Rxd7 33.bxc6 Rd6 34.Bb5 Re8 35.Rd4. White remains an exchange down and young Wesley So goes on to take the full point. 35...Kf7 36.Rf4+ Ke6 37.Rg4 Ke5 38.Kf3 Rf6+ 39.Ke3 0-1. Ivanchuk has his work cut out for him on Wednesday's second encounter.
WCC 2009: So enters 2nd Round
from ABC-CBN News.com
Filipino chess sensation Wesley So advanced to the second round of the ongoing World Chess Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia after outclassing his Azerbaijan foe.
Filipino chess sensation Wesley So advanced to the second round of the ongoing World Chess Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia after outclassing his Azerbaijan foe.
According to FIDE.com, the 16-year-old Filipino Grandmaster outpointed Azerbaijan's GM Gadir Guseinov, 4-1, in the tie break games of the qualifier in the World Chess Championship 2011.
He will face GM Vasily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, who defeated Russia's GM Alexie Bezgodov, 2-0, in the first round.
So, who has an ELO rating of 2640, is expected to have a tough fight against the Ukrainian, who is currently ranked 12th in the world with an ELO rating of 2739.
The teenage wood pusher from Bacoor, Cavite, now ranked in the world as Number 7 among junior players, is the lone Filipino who survived the first round.
GM Rogelio “Joey” Antonio, Jr. bowed to World Chess Cup defending champ GM Gata Kamsky of the US after two matches in Round 1, 1.5-0.5.
GM Darwin Laylo also suffered the same fate against Czech GM David Navara, 4-2.
The three Filipino wood pushers, backed up by NCFP president Prospero "Butch" Pichay Jr. and PSC chairman Harry Angping, already has a guaranteed $6,000 for making it to the 128 players field main draw.
The winner of this year’s World Chess Cup, which will end on december 15, will compete in the World Chess Championship 2011.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
WORLD CUP: R1 RESULTS
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Name G1 G2 R1 R2 R3 R4 B1 B2 Tot
Round 1 Match 01
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1 ½ 1.5
Obodchuk, Andrei (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 02
Sarwat, Walaa (EGY) 0 0 0
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 03
Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1 1 2
Hebert, Jean (CAN) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 04
Abdel Razik, Khaled (EGY) 0 0 0
Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 05
Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) 1 1 2
Ezat, Mohamed (EGY) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 06
Bezgodov, Alexei (RUS) 0 0 0
Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 07
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½ 1 1.5
El Gindy, Essam (EGY) ½ 0 0.5
Round 1 Match 08
Sriram, Jha (IND) ½ 0 0.5
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 09
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Rizouk, Aimen (ALG) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 10
Kabanov, Nikolai (RUS) 0 0 0
Wang, Yue (CHN) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 11
Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Al Sayed, Mohamad N. (QAT) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 12
Rodriguez Vila, Andres (URU) 0 ½ 0.5
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 13
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) 1 1 2
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 14
Kunte, Abhijit (IND) ½ 0 0.5
Shirov, Alexei (ESP) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 15
Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3.5
Smerdon, David (AUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2.5
Round 1 Match 16
Yu, Yangyi (CHN) 1 ½ 1.5
Movsesian, Sergei (SVK) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 17
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) ½ 1 1.5
Yu, Shaoteng (CHN) ½ 0 0.5
Round 1 Match 18
Pridorozhni, Aleksei (RUS) ½ 0 0.5
Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 19
Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Ivanov, Alexander (USA) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 20
Friedel, Joshua E (USA) 0 0 0
Wang, Hao (CHN) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 21
Navara, David (CZE) 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 4
Laylo, Darwin (PHI) 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 2
Round 1 Match 22
Amin, Bassem (EGY) 0 0 0
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 23
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3.5
Nijboer, Friso (NED) ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 24
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (CHI) 0 ½ 0.5
Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 25
Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 1 ½ 1.5
Robson, Ray (USA) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 26
Hess, Robert L (USA) ½ 0 0.5
Motylev, Alexander (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 27
Kamsky, Gata (USA) 1 ½ 1.5
Antonio, Rogelio Jr (PHI) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 28
Gupta, Abhijeet (IND) ½ 0 0.5
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 29
Bologan, Viktor (MDA) 1 ½ 1.5
Adly, Ahmed (EGY) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 30
Hou, Yifan (CHN) ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 2.5
Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 3.5
Round 1 Match 31
Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN) ½ 0 0.5
Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 33
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) 1 ½ 1.5
Lupulescu, Constantin (ROU) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 34
Li, Chao b (CHN) ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sargissian, Gabriel (ARM) ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 3
Round 1 Match 35
Onischuk, Alexander (USA) ½ 1 1.5
Flores, Diego (ARG) ½ 0 0.5
Round 1 Match 36
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy (UKR) ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.5
Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5
Round 1 Match 37
Efimenko, Zahar (UKR) 0 ½ 0.5
Milos, Gilberto (BRA) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 38
Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Round 1 Match 39
Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 40
Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 3.5
Tiviakov, Sergei (NED) ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 2.5
Round 1 Match 41
Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Corrales Jimenez, Fidel (CUB) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 42
L`Ami, Erwin (NED) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Round 1 Match 43
Smirin, Ilia (ISR) 1 ½ 1.5
Ehlvest, Jaan (USA) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 44
Shabalov, Alexander (USA) 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4.5
Baklan, Vladimir (UKR) 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 3.5
Round 1 Match 45
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND) 1 1 2
Filippov, Anton (UZB) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 46
Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5
Fier, Alexandr (BRA) ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.5
Round 1 Match 47
Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) 1 1 2
Sjugirov, Sanan (RUS) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 48
Petrosian, Tigran L. (ARM) ½ 0 0.5
Meier, Georg (GER) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 49
Grachev, Boris (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 3
Bartel, Mateusz (POL) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Round 1 Match 50
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (CUB) ½ 0 0.5
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 51
Sokolov, Ivan (NED) 0 0 0
Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 52
Negi, Parimarjan (IND) 1 0 ½ 0 0 1.5
Milov, Vadim (SUI) 0 1 ½ 1 1 3.5
Round 1 Match 53
Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 3.5
Leitao, Rafael (BRA) ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 2.5
Round 1 Match 54
Gustafsson, Jan (GER) 1 0 0 0 ½ 1.5
Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) 0 1 1 1 ½ 3.5
Round 1 Match 55
Savchenko, Boris (RUS) ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 4.5
Shulman, Yuri (USA) ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 3.5
Round 1 Match 56
Sandipan, Chanda (IND) 1 ½ 1.5
Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 57
Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Le, Quang Liem (VIE) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Round 1 Match 58
Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 4
Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS) 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 4
Round 1 Match 59
So, Wesley (PHI) 1 0 1 1 1 4
Guseinov, Gadir (AZE) 0 1 0 0 0 1
Round 1 Match 60
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Granda Zuniga, Julio E (PER) ½ 0 0.5
Round 1 Match 61
Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 1 ½ 1.5
Papaioannou, Ioannis (GRE) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 62
Nyback, Tomi (FIN) 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4.5
Andreikin, Dmitry (RUS) 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 3.5
Round 1 Match 63
Mamedov, Rauf (AZE) ½ 0 0.5
Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 64
Volkov, Sergey (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) 1 ½ 1.5
Name G1 G2 R1 R2 R3 R4 B1 B2 Tot
Round 1 Match 01
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1 ½ 1.5
Obodchuk, Andrei (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 02
Sarwat, Walaa (EGY) 0 0 0
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 03
Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1 1 2
Hebert, Jean (CAN) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 04
Abdel Razik, Khaled (EGY) 0 0 0
Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 05
Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) 1 1 2
Ezat, Mohamed (EGY) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 06
Bezgodov, Alexei (RUS) 0 0 0
Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 07
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) ½ 1 1.5
El Gindy, Essam (EGY) ½ 0 0.5
Round 1 Match 08
Sriram, Jha (IND) ½ 0 0.5
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 09
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Rizouk, Aimen (ALG) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 10
Kabanov, Nikolai (RUS) 0 0 0
Wang, Yue (CHN) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 11
Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Al Sayed, Mohamad N. (QAT) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 12
Rodriguez Vila, Andres (URU) 0 ½ 0.5
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 13
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) 1 1 2
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 14
Kunte, Abhijit (IND) ½ 0 0.5
Shirov, Alexei (ESP) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 15
Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3.5
Smerdon, David (AUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2.5
Round 1 Match 16
Yu, Yangyi (CHN) 1 ½ 1.5
Movsesian, Sergei (SVK) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 17
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) ½ 1 1.5
Yu, Shaoteng (CHN) ½ 0 0.5
Round 1 Match 18
Pridorozhni, Aleksei (RUS) ½ 0 0.5
Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 19
Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Ivanov, Alexander (USA) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 20
Friedel, Joshua E (USA) 0 0 0
Wang, Hao (CHN) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 21
Navara, David (CZE) 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 4
Laylo, Darwin (PHI) 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 2
Round 1 Match 22
Amin, Bassem (EGY) 0 0 0
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 23
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3.5
Nijboer, Friso (NED) ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 24
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (CHI) 0 ½ 0.5
Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 25
Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 1 ½ 1.5
Robson, Ray (USA) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 26
Hess, Robert L (USA) ½ 0 0.5
Motylev, Alexander (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 27
Kamsky, Gata (USA) 1 ½ 1.5
Antonio, Rogelio Jr (PHI) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 28
Gupta, Abhijeet (IND) ½ 0 0.5
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 29
Bologan, Viktor (MDA) 1 ½ 1.5
Adly, Ahmed (EGY) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 30
Hou, Yifan (CHN) ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 2.5
Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 3.5
Round 1 Match 31
Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN) ½ 0 0.5
Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 33
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) 1 ½ 1.5
Lupulescu, Constantin (ROU) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 34
Li, Chao b (CHN) ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sargissian, Gabriel (ARM) ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 3
Round 1 Match 35
Onischuk, Alexander (USA) ½ 1 1.5
Flores, Diego (ARG) ½ 0 0.5
Round 1 Match 36
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy (UKR) ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.5
Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5
Round 1 Match 37
Efimenko, Zahar (UKR) 0 ½ 0.5
Milos, Gilberto (BRA) 1 ½ 1.5
Round 1 Match 38
Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Round 1 Match 39
Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) 1 ½ 1.5
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 40
Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 3.5
Tiviakov, Sergei (NED) ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 2.5
Round 1 Match 41
Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) 1 ½ 1.5
Corrales Jimenez, Fidel (CUB) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 42
L`Ami, Erwin (NED) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Round 1 Match 43
Smirin, Ilia (ISR) 1 ½ 1.5
Ehlvest, Jaan (USA) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 44
Shabalov, Alexander (USA) 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4.5
Baklan, Vladimir (UKR) 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 3.5
Round 1 Match 45
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND) 1 1 2
Filippov, Anton (UZB) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 46
Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5
Fier, Alexandr (BRA) ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.5
Round 1 Match 47
Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) 1 1 2
Sjugirov, Sanan (RUS) 0 0 0
Round 1 Match 48
Petrosian, Tigran L. (ARM) ½ 0 0.5
Meier, Georg (GER) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 49
Grachev, Boris (RUS) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 3
Bartel, Mateusz (POL) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Round 1 Match 50
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (CUB) ½ 0 0.5
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 51
Sokolov, Ivan (NED) 0 0 0
Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR) 1 1 2
Round 1 Match 52
Negi, Parimarjan (IND) 1 0 ½ 0 0 1.5
Milov, Vadim (SUI) 0 1 ½ 1 1 3.5
Round 1 Match 53
Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 3.5
Leitao, Rafael (BRA) ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 2.5
Round 1 Match 54
Gustafsson, Jan (GER) 1 0 0 0 ½ 1.5
Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) 0 1 1 1 ½ 3.5
Round 1 Match 55
Savchenko, Boris (RUS) ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 4.5
Shulman, Yuri (USA) ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 3.5
Round 1 Match 56
Sandipan, Chanda (IND) 1 ½ 1.5
Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 57
Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
Le, Quang Liem (VIE) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1.5
Round 1 Match 58
Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 4
Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS) 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 4
Round 1 Match 59
So, Wesley (PHI) 1 0 1 1 1 4
Guseinov, Gadir (AZE) 0 1 0 0 0 1
Round 1 Match 60
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) ½ 1 1.5
Granda Zuniga, Julio E (PER) ½ 0 0.5
Round 1 Match 61
Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 1 ½ 1.5
Papaioannou, Ioannis (GRE) 0 ½ 0.5
Round 1 Match 62
Nyback, Tomi (FIN) 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4.5
Andreikin, Dmitry (RUS) 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 3.5
Round 1 Match 63
Mamedov, Rauf (AZE) ½ 0 0.5
Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) ½ 1 1.5
Round 1 Match 64
Volkov, Sergey (RUS) 0 ½ 0.5
Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) 1 ½ 1.5
WORLD CUP: GRISCHUK, PONOMARIOV, & SHIROV
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There were no special sensations in the first games of the first round at the World Cup 2009 which started on Saturday in Khanty Mansiysk. The rating favorites won their games at the first six boards. Though, some of strong Grandmasters could not manage to advance after the first day. So, Alexander Grischuk, Moscow chess player made a draw with Indian Jha Sriram, the Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov playing white could not win Egyptian Essam El Gindy, Alexey Shirov made a draw with Indian Abhijeet Gupta.
One of the representatives of women's chess - Women's World Champion Alexandra Kostenyuk lost to the Azerbaijani Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Another woman chess player Hou Yifan made a draw with Arkady Naiditsch.
The second games of the first round will take place on Monday. In case of a draw after both games, a winner will be defined at the tie breaks.
There were no special sensations in the first games of the first round at the World Cup 2009 which started on Saturday in Khanty Mansiysk. The rating favorites won their games at the first six boards. Though, some of strong Grandmasters could not manage to advance after the first day. So, Alexander Grischuk, Moscow chess player made a draw with Indian Jha Sriram, the Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov playing white could not win Egyptian Essam El Gindy, Alexey Shirov made a draw with Indian Abhijeet Gupta.
One of the representatives of women's chess - Women's World Champion Alexandra Kostenyuk lost to the Azerbaijani Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Another woman chess player Hou Yifan made a draw with Arkady Naiditsch.
The second games of the first round will take place on Monday. In case of a draw after both games, a winner will be defined at the tie breaks.
WORLD CUP: AN OVER 2700 PLAYER LEAVES
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The first loss among the favorites of the World Cup happened after the 1 st round. Sergey Movsesian from Slovakia, whose rating is over 2700 lost in the first round (classical games) to less known chess player from China Yu Yangyi. In the first game the Chinese won and in the second one Movsesian did not manage to win back.
The rest of the favorites, with some exceptions, have gone all the way to the next round. We will only mention that three players over 2700 will still have to fight to qualify to the second round in the tie breaks: Cuban Dominguez, Czech Navara and French Bacrot.
The Women's World Champion Alexander Kostenyuk is also leaving the Cup. She lost in both games to Azerbaijani Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Another representative of women chess, Chinese chess player Hou Yifan made two draws in both classical games and will continue competing against German Arkady Naiditsch in the tie breaks.
The result of the first round is as follows: 45 games out of 64 were ended with score, other games were drawn. On Monday the tie breaks will define the rest players of the 2 round. We should also mention that this year World Cup's regulations have been changed: four rapid games will be played. If a winner is not defined, there will be the match of two blitz games. In case of a draw, they will play another two blitz games. And so on, but no more than 5 blitz matches. In case of a draw situation after blitz games, there will be the sudden death game.
The first loss among the favorites of the World Cup happened after the 1 st round. Sergey Movsesian from Slovakia, whose rating is over 2700 lost in the first round (classical games) to less known chess player from China Yu Yangyi. In the first game the Chinese won and in the second one Movsesian did not manage to win back.
The rest of the favorites, with some exceptions, have gone all the way to the next round. We will only mention that three players over 2700 will still have to fight to qualify to the second round in the tie breaks: Cuban Dominguez, Czech Navara and French Bacrot.
The Women's World Champion Alexander Kostenyuk is also leaving the Cup. She lost in both games to Azerbaijani Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Another representative of women chess, Chinese chess player Hou Yifan made two draws in both classical games and will continue competing against German Arkady Naiditsch in the tie breaks.
The result of the first round is as follows: 45 games out of 64 were ended with score, other games were drawn. On Monday the tie breaks will define the rest players of the 2 round. We should also mention that this year World Cup's regulations have been changed: four rapid games will be played. If a winner is not defined, there will be the match of two blitz games. In case of a draw, they will play another two blitz games. And so on, but no more than 5 blitz matches. In case of a draw situation after blitz games, there will be the sudden death game.
WORLD CUP: R1 G4 WESLEY SO
[Event "World Cup"][Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"][Round "1.4"]
[White "W So"]
[Black "G Guseinov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 cxd5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6
Qxf6 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Qg4 a6 17. h4 Ne7 18. h5 Nf5 19. Bd2 gxh5 20. Qxh5
Qh4 21. Qxh4 Nxh4 22. g3 Nf5 23. Kg2 Re7 24. Rh1 Nh6 25. Rh5 Ree8 26. g4
Kf7 27. Kg3 Ng8 28. Rxh7 Nf6 29. Rhh1 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. f5 e5 32. dxe5
dxe5 33. g5 Nd7 34. f6 Bf8 35. Bf5 Nb6 36. Rxe5 Bd6 37. Bf4 Bxe5 38. Bxe5
Rg8 39. Kf4 Nc4 40. Bd4 Nxb2 41. Bg4 Nc4 42. Bh5+ Ke6 43. f7 Rf8 44. g6 Nd6
45. Bg4+ Ke7 46. Bc5 1-0
[Date "2009.11.23"][Round "1.4"]
[White "W So"]
[Black "G Guseinov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 cxd5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6
Qxf6 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Qg4 a6 17. h4 Ne7 18. h5 Nf5 19. Bd2 gxh5 20. Qxh5
Qh4 21. Qxh4 Nxh4 22. g3 Nf5 23. Kg2 Re7 24. Rh1 Nh6 25. Rh5 Ree8 26. g4
Kf7 27. Kg3 Ng8 28. Rxh7 Nf6 29. Rhh1 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. f5 e5 32. dxe5
dxe5 33. g5 Nd7 34. f6 Bf8 35. Bf5 Nb6 36. Rxe5 Bd6 37. Bf4 Bxe5 38. Bxe5
Rg8 39. Kf4 Nc4 40. Bd4 Nxb2 41. Bg4 Nc4 42. Bh5+ Ke6 43. f7 Rf8 44. g6 Nd6
45. Bg4+ Ke7 46. Bc5 1-0
Monday, November 23, 2009
FIRST ROUND: WITHOUT SENSATIONS? PERFECT!
from ugra-chess.ru
One sensation for the first round of the so-called unpredictable World Cup is not much, you must admit. The favorites of the tournament were winning differently: in a beautiful and elegant way, in a positional fight and showing class. But what was the most important in general – without big problems. Concerning Sergey Movsesian, he perhaps was not just lucky in the pairings. Among many low rated opponents, Yu Yangyi had a potential which occurred to be much higher than his position in the rating list. Sergey, by the way, confirmed this fact after the match as well.
It is amazing how many young chess players have come to Khanty Mansiysk. The Russian Sanan Syugirov, the American Ray Robson and Robert Hess, So Wesley from the Philippines, Indian Negy Parimarjan, Italian Fabiano Caruano, Chinese Hou Yifan. They all are about 15-17 years old. They all have good perspectives. No doubt sooner or later some of them will ask the stars of today to make space for them at the top of a chess Olimpus. It seems that FIDE policy on chess popularization in the planet brings its positive results. This can only makes us happy.
WORLD CUP: R1 G2 WESLEY SO
[Event "World Cup"][Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"][Round "1.2"]
[White "G Guseinov"]
[Black "W So"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 h6 13. O-O c5
14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. c4 Nf4 17. Rfd1 Rxb2 18. Kf1 Rf8 19. Rxd6 hxg5
20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxg5 f5 22. Qxf4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf6 24. Re1 Qb7 25. Qh7
Qf7 26. Qh8+ Qf8 27. Qh5+ Kd8 28. Qe5 Rb6 29. Rd1+ Kc8 30. Qe4 Kc7 31. Qe3
Rf4 32. Qc3 Kc8 33. Qd3 Qe7 34. h4 Rb7 35. Re1 Rb4 36. Kg1 Qd7 37. Qa3 Kb7
38. Qe3 Qd6 39. Ne5 Qd4 40. Qg3 Qd2 41. Nd3 Rd4 42. Qxg7+ Ka8 43. Qf8+ Kb7
44. Nxc5+ 1-0
[Date "2009.11.22"][Round "1.2"]
[White "G Guseinov"]
[Black "W So"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 h6 13. O-O c5
14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. c4 Nf4 17. Rfd1 Rxb2 18. Kf1 Rf8 19. Rxd6 hxg5
20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxg5 f5 22. Qxf4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf6 24. Re1 Qb7 25. Qh7
Qf7 26. Qh8+ Qf8 27. Qh5+ Kd8 28. Qe5 Rb6 29. Rd1+ Kc8 30. Qe4 Kc7 31. Qe3
Rf4 32. Qc3 Kc8 33. Qd3 Qe7 34. h4 Rb7 35. Re1 Rb4 36. Kg1 Qd7 37. Qa3 Kb7
38. Qe3 Qd6 39. Ne5 Qd4 40. Qg3 Qd2 41. Nd3 Rd4 42. Qxg7+ Ka8 43. Qf8+ Kb7
44. Nxc5+ 1-0
WORLD CUP: R1 G2 JOEY ANTONIO
[Event "World Cup"][Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"][Round "1.2"]
[White "R Antonio"]
[Black "G Kamsky"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 c4 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Nbc6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Bh5 12. Nf1 f6 13. Ng3 Bxg3 14.
hxg3 O-O 15. b4 a6 16. Qb3 Bg6 17. Bf1 Bf7 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. b5 axb5 20. Rxa8
Rxa8 21. Qxb5 Bg6 22. Bf1 h6 23. Bf4 Ra5 24. Qb3 Bf7 25. Rb1 Ra7 26. Ne1
Nc8 27. Nd3 b6 28. Nb4 Na5 29. Qc2 g5 30. Bd2 Kg7 31. Re1 Nd6 32. Bd3 Nac4
33. Bc1 Ra1 34. Qe2 Ra8 35. Qf3 Re8 36. Rxe8 Qxe8 37. Nxd5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2
Bxd5 39. Qxd5 Qxc3 40. Bxc4 Nxc4 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44.
Qd8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2
[Date "2009.11.22"][Round "1.2"]
[White "R Antonio"]
[Black "G Kamsky"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 c4 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Nbc6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Bh5 12. Nf1 f6 13. Ng3 Bxg3 14.
hxg3 O-O 15. b4 a6 16. Qb3 Bg6 17. Bf1 Bf7 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. b5 axb5 20. Rxa8
Rxa8 21. Qxb5 Bg6 22. Bf1 h6 23. Bf4 Ra5 24. Qb3 Bf7 25. Rb1 Ra7 26. Ne1
Nc8 27. Nd3 b6 28. Nb4 Na5 29. Qc2 g5 30. Bd2 Kg7 31. Re1 Nd6 32. Bd3 Nac4
33. Bc1 Ra1 34. Qe2 Ra8 35. Qf3 Re8 36. Rxe8 Qxe8 37. Nxd5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2
Bxd5 39. Qxd5 Qxc3 40. Bxc4 Nxc4 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44.
Qd8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2
WORLD CUP: R1 G2 DARWIN LAYLO
[Event "World Cup"][Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"][Round "1.2"]
[White "D Laylo"]
[Black "D Navara"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O
8. h3 e5 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O Qe7 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxb5 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Qb3 Ba6 19. Qc3 f6 20.
Ng4 Rae8 21. Rac1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 h5 23. Re6 Qd8 24. Ne3 b6 25. g4 Bb7 26.
g5 Bc8 27. gxf6+ Kg8 28. Re7 Rf7 29. Qe5 Qd6 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Qg5 1-0
[Date "2009.11.22"][Round "1.2"]
[White "D Laylo"]
[Black "D Navara"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O
8. h3 e5 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O Qe7 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxb5 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Qb3 Ba6 19. Qc3 f6 20.
Ng4 Rae8 21. Rac1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 h5 23. Re6 Qd8 24. Ne3 b6 25. g4 Bb7 26.
g5 Bc8 27. gxf6+ Kg8 28. Re7 Rf7 29. Qe5 Qd6 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Qg5 1-0
Sunday, November 22, 2009
WCC 2009: So wins but Antonio, Laylo lose
GMA News.TV
GM Wesley So moved into a good position to march into the next round as he hurdled his first match in the 2009 World Chess Cup Sunday at the Khanty- Mansiysk Center of Arts.
So, seeded 59th in this tough 128-player field with an ELO of 2640, played almost flawlessly with the advantageous white pieces to bring down GM Gadir Guseinov of Azerbaijan (ELO 2625).
The 15-year-old campaigner from St. Francis College (Cavite) needs only to draw against Guseinov in the second of their two-game encounter late Sunday to advance to the 64-player second round.
Guseinov, seeded No. 70, is one of 46 players who earned a ticket to the World Cup through the tough European Championships.
But the two other Filipino campaigners - GMs Rogelio Antonio, Jr. and Darwin Laylo - were not as fortunate.
Antonio, the most-experienced player in the three-man Filipino delegation in the knockout-style tournament being held in this Scandinavian-like resort town in Western Siberia, lost to defending champion and No. 27 seed GM Gata Kamsky of the US.
Kamsky is one of only three players seeded into the tournament for his participation in the 2007 World Cup.
And Laylo, who clinched his second straight trip to the World Cup by topping the Asian Zone 3.3 championship in Vietnam also this year, bowed to No. 21 seed GM David Navara of Czech Republic.
Both Antonio (ELO 2574) and Laylo (ELO 2552) now need to win the second game of their first-round appearance to send their respective pairings into knockout stages.
On the other hand, another loss to Kamsky and Navara will mean outright elimination for the two Filipino players.
Top seed GM Boris Gelfand of Israel also opened his campaign on a bright note, beating IM Andrei Obodchuk of Russia.
Second seed GM Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan defeated IM Walaa Sarwat of Egypt while third seed GM Peter Svidler of Russia whipped IM Jean Hebert of Candada.
Other notable first-round winners were No. 4 GM Alexander Morozevich of Russia over IM Khaled Abdel Rzik of Egypt; No. 5 GM Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan over IM Mohamed Ezat of Egypt; No. 6 GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine over GM Alexei Bezgrodov of Russia; No. 9 GM Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia over GM Aimen Rizouk of Algeria; and No. 10 GM Wang Yue of China over GM Nikolai Kabanov of Russia.
Reigning women's world champion Alexnadra Kosteniuk of Russia lost to No. 13 GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan while world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta of India drew with GM Nikita Vitiguv of Russia in another highly-anticipated first-round pairing.
GM Wesley So moved into a good position to march into the next round as he hurdled his first match in the 2009 World Chess Cup Sunday at the Khanty- Mansiysk Center of Arts.
So, seeded 59th in this tough 128-player field with an ELO of 2640, played almost flawlessly with the advantageous white pieces to bring down GM Gadir Guseinov of Azerbaijan (ELO 2625).
Wesley So
Guseinov, seeded No. 70, is one of 46 players who earned a ticket to the World Cup through the tough European Championships.
But the two other Filipino campaigners - GMs Rogelio Antonio, Jr. and Darwin Laylo - were not as fortunate.
Antonio, the most-experienced player in the three-man Filipino delegation in the knockout-style tournament being held in this Scandinavian-like resort town in Western Siberia, lost to defending champion and No. 27 seed GM Gata Kamsky of the US.
Kamsky is one of only three players seeded into the tournament for his participation in the 2007 World Cup.
And Laylo, who clinched his second straight trip to the World Cup by topping the Asian Zone 3.3 championship in Vietnam also this year, bowed to No. 21 seed GM David Navara of Czech Republic.
Antonio
On the other hand, another loss to Kamsky and Navara will mean outright elimination for the two Filipino players.
Top seed GM Boris Gelfand of Israel also opened his campaign on a bright note, beating IM Andrei Obodchuk of Russia.
Second seed GM Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan defeated IM Walaa Sarwat of Egypt while third seed GM Peter Svidler of Russia whipped IM Jean Hebert of Candada.
Other notable first-round winners were No. 4 GM Alexander Morozevich of Russia over IM Khaled Abdel Rzik of Egypt; No. 5 GM Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan over IM Mohamed Ezat of Egypt; No. 6 GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine over GM Alexei Bezgrodov of Russia; No. 9 GM Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia over GM Aimen Rizouk of Algeria; and No. 10 GM Wang Yue of China over GM Nikolai Kabanov of Russia.
Reigning women's world champion Alexnadra Kosteniuk of Russia lost to No. 13 GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan while world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta of India drew with GM Nikita Vitiguv of Russia in another highly-anticipated first-round pairing.
WORLD CUP: R1 G1 JOEY ANTONIO
[Event "World Cup"][Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"][Round "1.1"]
[White "G Kamsky"]
[Black "R Antonio"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8.
a4 Be7 9. a5 a6 10. c3 Na7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Be3 Bg6 13. Ne1 c5 14. f4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. b4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nb8 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Qd2 Rfe8
21. Bd1 Bd8 22. Be3 b6 23. axb6 Qb7 24. Qf2 Nb8 25. Ra3 Nd7 26. Be2 Nxb6
27. Nd2 Nd7 28. Rfa1 Nb8 29. Bd4 Be7 30. R3a2 Qc6 31. Nb3 h6 32. h3 Kf8 33.
b5 f6 34. Qe3 Qb7 35. b6 Qd7 36. exf6 gxf6 37. Na5 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39.
Bxe5 Bg5 40. Qd4 Nc6 41. Nxc6 Qxc6 42. Rxa6 1-0
[Date "2009.11.21"][Round "1.1"]
[White "G Kamsky"]
[Black "R Antonio"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8.
a4 Be7 9. a5 a6 10. c3 Na7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Be3 Bg6 13. Ne1 c5 14. f4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. b4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nb8 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Qd2 Rfe8
21. Bd1 Bd8 22. Be3 b6 23. axb6 Qb7 24. Qf2 Nb8 25. Ra3 Nd7 26. Be2 Nxb6
27. Nd2 Nd7 28. Rfa1 Nb8 29. Bd4 Be7 30. R3a2 Qc6 31. Nb3 h6 32. h3 Kf8 33.
b5 f6 34. Qe3 Qb7 35. b6 Qd7 36. exf6 gxf6 37. Na5 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39.
Bxe5 Bg5 40. Qd4 Nc6 41. Nxc6 Qxc6 42. Rxa6 1-0
WORLD CUP: R1 G1 DARWIN LAYLO
[Event "World Cup"][Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"][Round "1.1"]
[White "D Navara"]
[Black "D Laylo"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nbd7
8. O-O e6 9. Bf4 Qb4 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. a3 Qa5 14.
Qd3 Qc7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rae8 17. Qd3 f5 18. Rae1 e5 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20.
dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bh5 Ra8 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Bxa7 Nd7 24. Bd4 c5 25. Bc3 f4 26.
Qe6 Nf6 27. Bf3 b5 28. b3 b4 29. Bb2 bxa3 30. Bxa3 fxg3 31. hxg3 Bxg3 32.
Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qc6 Bh2+ 34. Kg2 Qf4 35. Rh1 Rd2 36. Qa8+ Ng8 37. Rxh2 Qg5+
38. Kf1 Qe5 39. Rh5 Qa1+ 40. Kg2 h6 41. Bd5 1-0
[Date "2009.11.21"][Round "1.1"]
[White "D Navara"]
[Black "D Laylo"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nbd7
8. O-O e6 9. Bf4 Qb4 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. a3 Qa5 14.
Qd3 Qc7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rae8 17. Qd3 f5 18. Rae1 e5 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20.
dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bh5 Ra8 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Bxa7 Nd7 24. Bd4 c5 25. Bc3 f4 26.
Qe6 Nf6 27. Bf3 b5 28. b3 b4 29. Bb2 bxa3 30. Bxa3 fxg3 31. hxg3 Bxg3 32.
Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qc6 Bh2+ 34. Kg2 Qf4 35. Rh1 Rd2 36. Qa8+ Ng8 37. Rxh2 Qg5+
38. Kf1 Qe5 39. Rh5 Qa1+ 40. Kg2 h6 41. Bd5 1-0
Monday, November 2, 2009
FIDE TOP 10
GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria has lost three points, while second-placed Magnus Carlsen of Norway has gained a whopping 29, to move to an historic 2801 score, just the fifth player in history – after Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Topalov – to do this. Actually Topalov lost a few more points at the European Team Championships in Novi Sad, so that his inofficial "live" rating would be 2805. That would put Carlsen just four points behind the leader.
Other notatble changes at the top: Armenian GM Levon Aronian has gaind 13 points but dropped to place four (overtaken by the cometary rise of Magnus Carlsen). Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan has gained 18 to climb from 14th to 6th in the world rankings. Boris Gelfand and Peter Svidler are up a few places, Peter Leko down from 6th to 9th. Vassily Ivanchuk continues to roller coast, shedding 17 rating points and dropping from 8th to 12th.
Other notables: Hikaru Nakamura lost 20 points, Evgeny Tomashevsky gained the same number, Vallejo gained 15, Wang Yue 18, Navara 15, Almasi 19 and Adams 16.
FIDE November 1st 2009 – Top 100 Players
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2810 | 10 | 1975 |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2801 | 10 | 1990 |
| 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2788 | 0 | 1969 |
| 4 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2786 | 13 | 1982 |
| 5 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2772 | 0 | 1975 |
| 6 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2758 | 11 | 1986 |
| 7 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2758 | 11 | 1968 |
| 8 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2754 | 17 | 1976 |
| 9 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2752 | 10 | 1979 |
| 10 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2750 | 0 | 1977 |
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