Tiebreak round 1: Short, Khalifman & Harikrishna also out
26 November 2007 22:40 PM | Last modified: 22:57
After the tiebreak of the first round, three more big names had to say goodbye to the World Cup and to their own hopes. Former candidate Nigel Short was kicked out by Baramidze (who, according to Sergei Shipov, arrived in the playing hall 56 seconds before his flag would fall and still won this game with the 10 seconds increment!). Former FIDE World Champion Khalifman went down to his compatriot Belov and Harikrishna lost to Jun Zhao. Round 2 pairings!
Five matches were decided in the blitz playoff. This is where ex-FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov finally broke the stubborn resistance of the young Indian Gopal. Two matches proceeded to the cruelest form of chess competition, the sudden death game. Roiz and Sakaev survived while Akobian and Vitiugov were sent home.
Here are today’s tiebreak results:
World Cup Round 1 Tiebreak Results
| No. | Name | Country | elo | Name | Country | elo | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Alekseev,E | RUS | 2716 | - | Ismagambetov,A | KAZ | 2480 | 2,5-1,5 |
| 12 | Akopian,V | ARM | 2713 | - | Filippov,A | UZB | 2496 | 2,5-1,5 |
| 14 | Ponomariov,R | UKR | 2705 | - | El Gindy,E | EGY | 2503 | 2,5-1,5 |
| 22 | Kasimdzhanov,R | UZB | 2690 | - | Gopal,GN | IND | 2520 | 4-2 |
| 24 | Van Wely,L | NED | 2679 | - | Nguyen,NTS | VIE | 2530 | 3,5-2,5 |
| 28 | Onischuk,A | USA | 2674 | - | Andriasian,Z | ARM | 2546 | 2,5-1,5 |
| 30 | Zvjaginsev,V | RUS | 2674 | - | Kunte,A | IND | 2547 | 2,5-1,5 |
| 32 | Harikrishna,P | IND | 2668 | - | Zhao Jun | CHN | 2552 | 1,5-2,5 |
| 35 | Sasikiran,K | IND | 2661 | - | Zhigalko,S | BLR | 2562 | 3,5-2,5 |
| 42 | Short,N | ENG | 2649 | - | Baramidze,D | GER | 2569 | 1,5-2,5 |
| 46 | Tomashevsky,E | RUS | 2646 | - | Mamedov,R | AZE | 2582 | 3,5-2,5 |
| 48 | Zhang Pengxiang | CHN | 2644 | - | Gagunashvili,M | GEO | 2584 | 2,5-1,5 |
| 49 | Roiz,M | ISR | 2644 | - | Akobian,V | USA | 2585 | 4-3 |
| 52 | Khalifman,A | RUS | 2643 | - | Belov,V | RUS | 2587 | 1,5-2,5 |
| 54 | Avrukh,B | ISR | 2641 | - | Milos,G | BRA | 2592 | 3-1 |
| 57 | Sakaev,K | RUS | 2634 | - | Vitiugov,N | RUS | 2594 | 4-3 |
| 58 | Gurevich,M | TUR | 2627 | - | Kaidanov,G | USA | 2597 | 2,5-1,5 |
| 60 | Shulman,Y | USA | 2616 | - | Leitao,R | BRA | 2601 | 3-1 |
| 63 | Kozul,Z | CRO | 2609 | - | Bruzon,L | CUB | 2607 | 3,5-2,5 |
| 64 | Bartel,M | POL | 2608 | - | Galkin,A | RUS | 2608 | 1-3 |
A selection of today’s games:
The round 2 pairings haven’t been published yet, so what follows is not official. However, I figured that together with FIDE’s pairings tree I could do the math as well:
World Cup Round 2 Pairings
| No. | Name | Country | elo | Name | Country | elo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivanchuk,V | UKR | 2787 | - | Galkin,A | RUS | 2608 |
| 2 | Zhao Jun | CHN | 2552 | - | Nisipeanu,LD | ROU | 2668 |
| 3 | Bacrot,E | FRA | 2695 | - | Roiz,M | ISR | 2644 |
| 4 | Karjakin,S | UKR | 2694 | - | Zhang Pengxiang | CHN | 2644 |
| 5 | Alekseev,E | RUS | 2716 | - | Sakaev,K | RUS | 2634 |
| 6 | Nevednichy,V | ROU | 2531 | - | Fressinet,L | FRA | 2654 |
| 7 | Grischuk,A | RUS | 2715 | - | Najer,E | RUS | 2635 |
| 8 | Van Wely,L | NED | 2679 | - | Bareev,E | RUS | 2653 |
| 9 | Aronian,L | ARM | 2741 | - | Gustafsson,J | GER | 2606 |
| 10 | Inarkiev,E | RUS | 2674 | - | Vallejo,F | ESP | 2660 |
| 11 | Jakovenko,D | RUS | 2710 | - | Belov,V | RUS | 2587 |
| 12 | Almasi,Z | HUN | 2691 | - | Socko,B | POL | 2646 |
| 13 | Shirov,A | ESP | 2739 | - | Shulman,Y | USA | 2616 |
| 14 | Onischuk,A | USA | 2674 | - | Nikolic,P | BIH | 2657 |
| 15 | Akopian,V | ARM | 2713 | - | Ghaem Maghami,E | IRI | 2591 |
| 16 | Malakhov,V | RUS | 2690 | - | Volkov,S | RUS | 2648 |
| 17 | Radjabov,T | AZE | 2742 | - | Macieja,B | POL | 2606 |
| 18 | Zvjaginsev,V | RUS | 2674 | - | Sasikiran,K | IND | 2661 |
| 19 | Ponomariov,R | UKR | 2705 | - | Wang Hao | CHN | 2643 |
| 20 | Hossain,E | BAN | 2514 | - | Tomashevsky,E | RUS | 2646 |
| 21 | Svidler,P | RUS | 2732 | - | Pavasovic,D | SLO | 2597 |
| 22 | Rublevsky,S | RUS | 2676 | - | Navara,D | CZE | 2656 |
| 23 | Kamsky,G | USA | 2714 | - | Avrukh,B | ISR | 2641 |
| 24 | Kasimdzhanov,R | UZB | 2690 | - | Georgiev,K | BUL | 2649 |
| 25 | Adams,M | ENG | 2729 | - | Gurevich,M | TUR | 2627 |
| 26 | Volokitin,A | UKR | 2678 | - | Zhou Jianchao | CHN | 2566 |
| 27 | Carlsen,M | NOR | 2714 | - | Naiditsch,A | GER | 2639 |
| 28 | Dominguez,L | CUB | 2683 | - | Baramidze,D | GER | 2569 |
| 29 | Wang Yue | CHN | 2703 | - | Tiviakov,S | NED | 2643 |
| 30 | Bu Xiangzhi | CHN | 2692 | - | Motylev,A | RUS | 2645 |
| 31 | Cheparinov,I | BUL | 2670 | - | Tkachiev,V | FRA | 2661 |
| 32 | Mamedyarov,S | AZE | 2752 | - | Kozul,Z | CRO | 2609 |
Go Gusti!
Hard question for Germans who to root for. Personally, I’d like to see them (especially Gusti) advance as far as possible. On the other hand, I also want to see Carlsen or Aronian wipe the board with Topalov next year. Reluctantly, I’ll root for the latter ones, knowing they have better prospects of achieving something.
Gusti should only try to reach with black a position, in which, will be the move g4 a weekness and a bad move
A great tournament and a fantastic chance to promote good chess.
However, the FIDE fools totally screw up that chance with the horrible Internet coverage of live games from Elista.
I hope this is the last time something like this is handled by amateurs.