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Final report from
Chessbase
14th Dec: Gelfand has beaten Ponomariov to win
the World Cup. After drawing the regular games
they went into the perilous tiebreaks. They won
a rapid chess game each and drew two to proceed
to the blitz, where again each won a game. Game
three and four went to the Israeli, who thus won
the World Cup. Gelfand is now part of the
eight-player tournament to find a challenger for
the World Champion.
The FIDE World Chess Cup is taking
place in Khanty-Mansiysk from November 20th to December
15th 2009. It is a seven-round knockout event with six
rounds of matches comprising two games per round, with
the winners progressing to the next round
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Sites with reports and photos:
Chessbase
Chessdom
Chessvibes
TWIC
Arrangements and schedule
128 players are taking
part incl., 1. GM Gelfand, Boris 2758 ISR; 2.
GM Gashimov, Vugar 2758 AZE; 3. GM Svidler,
Peter 2754 RUS; 4. GM Morozevich, Alexander 2750
RUS; 5. GM Radjabov, Teimour 2748 AZE; 6. GM
Ivanchuk, Vassily 2739 UKR; 7. GM Ponomariov,
Ruslan 2739 UKR; 8. GM Grischuk, Alexander 2736
RUS; 9. GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2736 RUS; 10. GM
Wang, Yue 2734 CHN.
See a full list.
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Friday |
20 November |
Opening Ceremony |
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Saturday |
21 November |
Round 1- Game 1 |
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Sunday |
22 November |
Round 1 - Game 2 |
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Monday |
23 November |
Tiebreaks |
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Tuesday |
24 November |
Round 2 - Game 1 |
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Wednesday |
25 November |
Round 2 - Game 2 |
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Thursday |
26 November |
Tiebreaks |
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Friday |
27 November |
Round 3 - Game 1 |
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Saturday |
28 November |
Round 3 - Game 2 |
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Sunday |
29 November |
Tiebreaks |
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Monday |
30 November |
Round 4 - Game 1 |
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Tuesday |
01 December |
Round 4 - Game 2 |
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Wednesday |
02 December |
Tiebreaks |
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Thursday |
03 December |
Round 5 - Game 1 |
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Friday |
04 December |
Round 5 - Game 2 |
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Saturday |
05 December |
Tiebreaks |
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Sunday |
06 December |
Round 6 - Game 1 |
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Monday |
07 December |
Round 6 - Game 2 |
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Tuesday |
08 December |
Tiebreaks |
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Wednesday |
09 December |
Free Day |
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Thursday |
10 December |
Round 7 - Game 1 |
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Friday |
11 December |
Round 7 - Game 2 |
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Saturday |
12 December |
Round 7 - Game 3 |
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Sunday |
13 December |
Round 7 - Game 4 |
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Monday |
14 December |
Tiebreaks / Closing |
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Tuesday |
15 December |
Departures |
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The playing hall
in Khanty-Mansiysk
Pavel Eljanov was
lucky to win when his opponent blundered.
Chinese GM Yu
Yangyi, who pulled off the biggest upset (so
far) in round one.
Some arbiters
have taken to wearing masks, yet most players
choose not to.
Playing without a
mask Vassily Ivanchuk easily won his black game
against GM Alexei
Bezgodov of Russia, 255 points below him in the
ratings.
Alexander Morozevich (RUS)
David Howell
look-alike Ray Robson, the latest
US GM did not
survive against Georgian GM Baadur Jobava
Photos courtesy of
FIDE
Venue for the World Cup 2009
The Arts Centre is a multifunctional building
with that includes a boarding school, an art school,
Art and Culture College, concert complex and
educational office.
"Arts Centre has all the
facilities necessary to hold international chess
competitions. In 2005, 2007 the Arts Centre was
open for gross masters from different countries
of the World who were competing here for World
Chess Trophies."
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