Round 5.1: Carlsen & Shirov score
6 December 2007 18:27 PM | Last modified: 21:57
In the first game of the World Cup’s quarter finals (or round 5.1) both Magnus Carlsen and Alexei Shirov have won their White games. Alexei Shirov did it very convincingly: he got a big advantage out of the opening (and probably had made a thorough study of a recent Stellwagen game, who won with White against a Marshall Gambit in October at the World Championship under 20) and finished it smoothly. Carlsen-Cheparinov was one of the most exciting games from Khanty-Mansiysk so far, and after many complications a study-like (and terribly difficult) ending arose. After mistakes from both sides Magnus eventually found the very nice winning line.
World Cup Round 5.1 (Quarter Finals) Results
| No. | Name | Country | elo | Name | Country | Elo | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karjakin,S | UKR | 2694 | Alekseev,E | RUS | 2716 | 0,5 |
| 2 | Shirov,A | ESP | 2739 | Jakovenko,D | RUS | 2710 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Ponomariov,R | UKR | 2705 | Kamsky,G | USA | 2714 | 0,5 |
| 4 | Carlsen,M | NOR | 2714 | Cheparinov,I | BUL | 2670 | 1-0 |
Magnus Carlsen - Ivan Cheparinov
Alexei Shirov - Dmitry Jakovenko
Ruslan Ponomariov - Gata Kamsky
Sergei Karjakin - Evgeny Alekseev
More photos here.
Interesting mix on English and Dutch, Peter…
Oops. Now changed.
Funny: in his preparation Kamsky had prepared for playing with the white pieces. That’s why it took him 7 minutes to play his first move after he had learned he would be playing with teh black pieces…..