Radjabov wins 2nd ACP Rapid World Cup

Today Teimour Radjabov became the second winner of the ACP Rapid Cup by first defeating Dmitry Jakovenko 2-0 in the semis and then beating Alexander Grischuk in the final 2.5-1.5. A truly fantastic semi-final was Karjakin-Grischuk, in which the latter came back from being down twice, to win the sudden-death game in great attacking style.

Today’s games:

The following might be interesting for chess fans who happen to have satellite TV at home: the final match of the Rapid World Cup between Radjabov and Grischuk will be broadcast on TV on January 10, 9.15 pm Ukraine time (that’s 8.15 pm CET, also known as “ChessVibes Time”) on the satellite channel “Strana Sovetov”, relayed internationally. The technical parameters:

Satellite Express: AM, 22.53 deg. Satellite Express: AM, 22.53 deg.
Frequency 11039, H, 3/4, 3859 Frequency 11039, H, 3 / 4, 3859

Good luck checking your technical equipment!

Here are the full results of the tournament:

Day 1
Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	2589	0-2	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2720
Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2735	1.5-0.5	Drozdovskij, Yuri	g	UKR	2574
Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2692	0.5-1.5	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751
Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2755	0.5-1.5	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2681
Day 2
Shabalov, Alexander	g	USA	2622	0-2	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2763
Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2634	0.5-1.5	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737
Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2655	1.5-2.5	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2711
Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2707	0-2	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732
1/4 Final
Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2720	1.5-0.5	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2681
Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2735	3-2	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751
Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2763	0.5-1.5	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2711
Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	3-1	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737
1/2 Final
Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2735	2-0	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2720
Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	2-3	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2711
Final
Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2711	1.5-2.5	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2735

Links:

• Tournament website
• PGN of day 4 games
• all games in PGN
• “Leko grabs 1st ACP Rapid Chess Cup”