2nd ACP World Rapid Cup started
4 January 2008 21:15 PM | Last modified: 21:18
Today the 2nd ACP World Rapid Cup began in Odessa (Ukraine). Sixteen players, who had qualified from the ACP Tour 2006-2007, are fighting in a short knockout event (rapid) for a first prize of 40.000 dollars. (Last year, Leko won the cup). On the first day, Jakovenko beat Savchenko 2-0, Radjabov defeated Drozdovsky 1.5-0.5 and with the same figures Ivanchuk beat his compatriot Eljanov and Shirov was… yes, eliminated, by Inarkiev. Tomorrow Leko, Najer, Karjakin, Svidler, Shabalov, Gelfand, Karpov (!) and Judit Polgar play.
Participants 2nd ACP World Rapid Cup
| Seed | Name | Country | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Peter Svidler | RUS | 2763 |
| 2. | Alexei Shirov | SPA | 2755 |
| 3. | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2751 |
| 4. | Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2737 |
| 5. | Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 2735 |
| 6. | Sergei Karjakin | UKR | 2732 |
| 7. | Dmitry Jakovenko | RUS | 2720 |
| 8. | Alexander Grischuk | RUS | 2711 |
| 9. | Judit Polgar | HUN | 2707 |
| 10. | Pavel Eljanov | UKR | 2692 |
| 11. | Ernesto Inarkiev | RUS | 2681 |
| 12. | Anatoly Karpov | RUS | 2655 |
| 13. | Evgeniy Najer | RUS | 2634 |
| 14. | Alexander Shabalov | USA | 2622 |
| 15. | Boris Savchenko | RUS | 2589 |
| 16. | Yuri Drozdovsky | UKR | 2574 |
During the last rapid game Inarkiev-Shirov the tournament website got overloaded but we’ve managed to trace the moves. Here you can replay all games of day 1:
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Dear Peter,
8th seed is Leko (as in the article text) or Grischuk (as in the tournament table)?
In the table I’ve used the January ratings. I think the tournament is using the October ratings.
Not the strongest, this tournament. Where are Anand, Kramnik, Topalov, Carlsen? Preparing for Corus?
or maybe they weren’t invited. everyone can’t play, that wouldn’t leave room for e.g. the below 2600-rated ukranian.