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Tiebreak round 2: Volokitin & Kasimdzhanov out

29 November 2007 21:25 PM | Last modified: 21:36

Volokitin and Kasimdzhanov are the biggest names that were kicked out of the World Cup tournament in the tiebreaks of round 2, and both players lost their mini-matches in sudden death games. Despite his loss in game 1 on Tuesday, Ponomariov went through in the tiebreaks, just like Ivanchuk, Carlsen and the other hot shots that had to play the rapids today. The only relatively unknown player left is Jianchao Zhou from China, rated 2566, who beat Volokitin today and now faces Adams. Round 3 pairings & full tournament schedule.

World Cup Tiebreak Round 2 Results

No. Name Country Name Country Result
1 Galkin, A RUS Ivanchuk, V UKR 1,5-2,5
10 Carlsen, M NOR Naiditsch, A GER 3-1
14 Ponomariov, R UKR Wang Hao CHN 2,5-1,5
15 Tiviakov S NED Wang Yue CHN 1,5-2,5
18 Bu Xiangzhi CHN Motylev, A RUS 3,5-2,5
21 Volkov, S RUS Malakhov, V RUS 1,5-2,5
22 Kasimdzhanov, R UZB Georgiev, K BUL 3-4
26 Volokitin, A UKR Zhou Jianchao CHN 3-4
27 Navara, D CZE Rublevsky, S RUS 2,5-3,5
30 Zvjaginsev, V RUS Sasikiran, K IND 2-4
31 Tkachiev, V FRA Cheparinov, I BUL 2,5-3,5
32 Zhao Jun CHN Nisipeanu, LD ROU 1,5-2,5

This second round’s tiebreak saw some dramatic moments and blunders. Most of them are collected here:

World Cup Round 3 Pairings

No. Name Country elo Name Country elo
1 Ivanchuk,V UKR 2787 Nisipeanu,LD ROU 2668
2 Bacrot,E FRA 2695 Karjakin,S UKR 2694
3 Alekseev,E RUS 2716 Fressinet,L FRA 2654
4 Grischuk,A RUS 2715 Bareev,E RUS 2653
5 Aronian,L ARM 2741 Inarkiev,E RUS 2674
6 Jakovenko,D RUS 2710 Almasi,Z HUN 2691
7 Shirov,A ESP 2739 Onischuk,A USA 2674
8 Akopian,V ARM 2713 Malakhov,V RUS 2690
9 Macieja,B POL 2606 Sasikiran,K IND 2661
10 Ponomariov,R UKR 2705 Tomashevsky,E RUS 2646
11 Svidler,P RUS 2732 Rublevsky,S RUS 2676
12 Kamsky,G USA 2714 Georgiev,K BUL 2649
13 Adams,M ENG 2729 Zhou Jianchao CHN 2566
14 Carlsen,M NOR 2714 Dominguez,L CUB 2683
15 Wang Yue CHN 2703 Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2692
16 Cheparinov,I BUL 2670 Mamedyarov,S AZE 2752

Here’s the complete schedule (or “pairings tree”) for the rest of the tournament. Click for bigger version:

Written by peter | Filed under FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup 

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