World Chess Cup Round Four Started on Monday

Mamedyarov and Svidler victorious, other games drawn

The final-16 of the 2009 World Chess Cup started on Monday with first games of the round four matches. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov continued his winning streak (only one draw in seven games), this time against the young Czech Viktor Laznicka. Replay the game bellow and enjoy the black queen's beautiful dance.

Peter Svidler is a renowned expert for the Gruenfeld Indian defence, and although he recently suffered several defeats (also against GM Nyback in round one), he continues to persistently defend the black's cause. This time he successfully rebuffed Alexei Shirov's aggressive attack and decided the game with a pawn fork. Among other Russian players, Alexander Grischuk and Dmitry Jakovenko signed a quick peace protocol, probably still feeling the consequences of the exhausting round three tiebreaks. Nikita Vitiugov played his favourite French defence with black and forced Sergey Karjakin to early repetition of moves. Vladimir Malakhov was defending a slightly inferior position against Wesley So who tried everything to win the game, but the draw was finally agreed when only Kings and pair of Rooks remained on the board.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Faik Gasanov and Vugar Gashimov

Fabiano Caruana held Vugar Gashimov to a draw with black pieces, while French representatives Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Etienne Bacrot could not achieve more than draws with white.

Return games are being played on Tuesday, with Chessdom live commentary provided for the game between Malakhov and Wesley So.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Etienne Bacrot representing France

Wesley So preparing for the game

Viktor Laznicka arriving to the playing hall

Round four, game one results:

Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA) ½-½ Gelfand Boris (ISR)
Gashimov Vugar (AZE) ½-½ Caruana Fabiano (ITA)
Shirov Alexei (ESP) 0-1 Svidler Peter (RUS)
Laznicka Viktor (CZE) 0-1 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)
Karjakin Sergey (UKR) ½-½ Vitiugov Nikita (RUS)
So Wesley (PHI) ½-½ Malakhov Vladimir (RUS)
Bacrot Etienne (FRA) ½-½ Ponomariov Ruslan (UKR)
Grischuk Alexander (RUS) ½-½ Jakovenko Dmitry (RUS)

More information on the official website

Words of Wisdom by Susan Polgar

Here is Susan Polgar's blog about Wesley's Win against Gata kamsky and how he can sustain his winning streak!!!

Susan Polgar: Wesley has done the hardest part by winning with Black. But don't expect Kamsky to roll over without a fight.

The strategy for Wesley now is:

1. Again, it is critical NOT to get into time pressure in the second game. This is especially important against Gata because he will complicate the position and without sufficient time, Wesley could make mistakes at crunch time.

2. Do not play openings which would give Gata dangerous counter play. There is no reason to take unnecessary risks.

3. Do not play passively. Gata is one of the best in grinding out closed positions.

4. Do not get over confident. Gata is very mentally tough and he is more than capable of making a comeback. The match is not over until it is final.

World Cup R3: WESLEY SO squeezes win over GATA Kamsky

Filipino Pride, Wesley Barbasa So, had just done the impossible and squeezed a win over veteran Gata Kamsky. The Filipino hero defied the odds as he displayed nerves of steal facing a World Championship Candidate who is renowned for expertise in match play format.

Kamsky,G (2695) - So,W (2640) [C11]
World Cup 2009 (3.1), 27.11.2009

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.a3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Na4 Qa5+ 11.c3 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 b6 14.Be2 Ba6 15.Bd1 Qb5 16.b4 Rc8 17.Nb2 Qc6 18.Rc1 0–0 19.a4 Bc4 20.Bg4 Bb3 21.0–0 Bxa4 22.f5 Bb5 23.Rfe1 Rfe8 24.Re3 f6 25.fxe6 Nxe5 26.Bf5 g6 27.Bh3 Qd6 28.Rd1 Rcd8 29.Rd2 Qe7 30.Rf2 Nc6 31.Qd2 d4 32.Re4 dxc3 33.Qxc3 Rf8 34.g4 Rd6 35.Bg2 Ne5 36.g5 Rxe6 37.gxf6 Rfxf6 38.Rxf6 Qxf6 39.Re3 Bc6 40.Nd1 Qg5 41.Rg3 Qf4 42.Nf2 Bxg2 43.Kxg2 Nc4 44.Qd3 Ne3+ 45.Kg1 Nf5 46.Qd5 Qc1+ 47.Nd1 Kf7 48.Rc3 Qg5+ 49.Kf2 Qf4+ 50.Kg2 Qg4+ 51.Kf2 Qe2+ 52.Kg1 Qe1+ 53.Kg2 Kg7 0–1

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Ivanchuck interview after 2nd round loss to Filipino Wesley So

interview from official website

Vassily IVANCHUK: "I was thrown out of a saddle"

After the loss in the Round 2, Vassily Ivanchuk looked like a broken-hearted man. It was obvious: he is genius; it is just difficult to stand up the loss to the young and unknown So Wesley from the Philippines . Undoubtedly these were emotions when he declared that he would stop the professional chess player career.

• I committed chess suicide, - starts Ivanchuk. – In the first game all went ok, I was about to win. I was almost sure that I am winning! And then… Then I just went crazy. At one point I could make a stalemate, but my position seemed to me perspective and I decided to continue playing. Perhaps the decision was right, if it were not a time trouble. Having two minutes against ten, you are doomed to failure. So, the result is obvious: an inadequate situation estimation which led to a tragedy. In the second game I was trying to make a balance, but I missed something. My opponent, by the way, played very badly.

• Have you every followed the games of So Wesley? How can you define him?

• Of course I have seen some games. I could give him characteristics, but I see no sense in it. I am not objective now.

• You previous visits to Khanty Mansiysk could not be called successful as well. They think that the main reason is that you play a lot during a year.

• It has nothing to do with the number of games! Unlucky days started when I could not win Vladimir Kramnik in the finals of Memorial Tal. But I could. The real tragedy started then. I was so much unlucky at the Moscow blitz, as I have never been unlucky in my life. I blundered all possible pieces: queen, rooks, and pawns. At that blitz tournament I was as if I was thrown out of a saddle. And plus, I was losing.

To my mind I should leave the professional chess now. Chess becomes hobby for me from now on. As for the signed contracts, yes, I will play in all tournaments where I have to. Perhaps I will even participate in a tournament before the New Year. I should win SOMETHING! And that will be the end. No serious plans, no professional goals.

• It is just one mini match. You should not lose hope.

• It was not just a match, it was a crucial match. I am sure, from now on I should forget about any serious aims in chess. I don't need anything from chess anymore. I start new life with new goals. Chess… I will become just a chess fan now. I will follow chess; will follow the games of my ex-colleagues.

• It is well known – chess and Ivanchuk cannot exist separately.

• This is right but in the past. And now chess is killing me. Chess is playing against me! Chess is destroying me! I would take it easy if my opponent would be much stronger than me, or he will be better prepared. But my loss was so stupid, it is a destiny sign, which screams: “Vasya, leave it, it is not your business”.

• There is an impression that you put all stakes on this tournament?

Maybe. But now I only feel that the world crashed down around me. Everyone is against me and I don't see the way out…

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World Cup R2: Ivanchuk, Morozevich, Radjabov sent home

report from chessvibes.com

After so many upsets yesterday, it was almost inevitable that some of the top seeds had to leave the World Cup after round 2. And indeed: Alexander Morozevich, Vassily Ivanchuk and Teimour Radjabov are out. Morozevich was beaten by Laznicka again, Ivanchuk couldn’t create winning chances with Black against So and Radjabov was held to a draw by Sakaev. Svidler is still in the race after beating Nyback in a fine game.

The FIDE World Chess Cup takes place November 20th-December 15th inn Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. It’s a seven-round knockout with six rounds of matches comprising two games per round. The final seventh round consists of four games.

Round 1 (November 21-23): 128 players	Round 5 (December 3-5): 8 players
Round 2 (November 24-26): 64 players	Round 6 (December 6-8): 4 players
Round 3 (November 27-29): 32 players	Round 7 (December 10-14): 2 players
Round 4 (November 30-December 2): 16 players

The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move from move one. Games start at 15:00h local time (11:00 CET).

Results round 2, day 2

Round 2, day 2

When Alexander Morozevich refused to participate in the FIDE Grand Prix Series, early 2008, he basically limited his options in the current World Championship cycle to his participation in the World Cup. However, after easily defeating Khaled Abdel Razik from Egypt in the first round, Morozevich didn’t stand a chance against Czech Republic’s 2nd player, Viktor Laznicka.

Out of the World Cup already: Alexander Morozevich

In a must-win situation with Black, the Elo-favourite tried a kind of Benoni set-up with a knight on e7, but with simple developing moves followed by strong miniplans (b2-b4, Nf3-h2-g4) Laznicka held a nice advantage, and then easily countered Black’s attacking ideas on the queenside. Morozevich is out, and the strange thing is: the 2-0 for Laznicka is fully deserved.

Viktor Laznicka, well-dressed for a day to reach the headlines

Except for his lost final against Ponomariov in 2002, Vassily Ivanchuk hasn’t done very well in FIDE knockout events. Still, it comes unexpected to see the brilliant Ukrainian having to leave Khanty-Mansyisk already after round 2. But as so often he has himself to blame: his impractical decision yesterday to decline the draw in heavy timetrouble cost him the full point. After his strong defence in game 1, Wesley So didn’t flinch today either and easily held the draw with the white pieces using the Exchange Slav. Perhaps there was one moment where Ivanchuk could have hoped for more (with 33…Qe2!) but that was it.

Eliminating Vassily Ivanchuk, a great result for Wesley So

Radjabov was the third top GM who can book his flight back home already. Azerbaijan’s number 2 player had to win with the white pieces. He went for 1.d4, got a 5.Bf4 QGD and ‘of course’ castled queenside. In the early middlegame Radjabov decided to swap queens to reach a better ending, but as could be expected from an experienced Russian grandmaster like Sakaev, he didn’t make any big mistakes and simply held the rook ending (the Rp-R was always a draw).

Konstantin Sakaev proved too strong for Teimour Radjabov

As you’ll remember, Peter Svidler also lost yesterday, but this top GM did manage to level the score by winning an excellent Ruy Lopez with White against Nyback (check his great moves 33 and 34!). After draws in the first game, Gelfand and Gashimov went through smoothly today by beating Amonatov and Zhou Jianchao respectively. Well, smoothly isn’t the correct word in the case of Gelfand, who erred on move 36 and 37 and could have been eliminated if Amonatov would have found 40…Kg7!.

Even better did Jakovenko, Wang Yue, Wang Hao and Bacrot, who all won their matches 2-0. Like Svidler, Eljanov and Fedorchuk managed to come back from yesterday’s loss against Inarkiev and Shirov respectively.

The surprise of the first round, Yu Yangyi, also went through to the third: he defeated Bartel 0.5-1.5. Grischuk, Motylev, Kamsky and Naiditsch went through with the same score.

Reaching the third round, Yu Yangyi's tournament is already a big success, whatever happens

Tomorrow there will be tiebreaks in the following matches: Svidler-Nyback, Ponomariov-Akobian, Eljanov-Inarkiev, Timofeev-Karjakin, Fedorchuk-Shirov, Dominguez-Caruana, Vachier-Lagrave-Meier, Fressinet-Alekseev, Tomashevsky-Khalifman, Navara-Shabalov, Smirin-Malakhov, Areshchenko-Rublevsky, Milos-Vitiugov, Bologan-Cheparinov, Pelletier-Li Chao and Nisipeanu-Polgar.

Some round 3 matches are already known: Jobava-Grischuk, Mamedyarov-Wang Hao, Wang Yue-Bacrot and So-Kamsky.

Polgar on Wesly So 'so next round assignment GATA Kamsky

GM Susan Polgar : Wesley did exactly what he had to do to hold Ivanchuk. He played a "boring" opening with very little for Black to play for. He managed his clock sufficiently. Well done! Now comes the next big task. Gata is a VERY tough player for anyone in match format. He is a grinder. He is very patient. He will not self destruct.

The weakest part of Gata's game is his opening. However, his middlegame and endgame skill is his strength. He is also mentally strong and he is a very experienced player. I know Gata for a long time. He played many big matches in his career.

Wesley MUST be very patient and be prepared to play long and intense games. It is very difficult for any player in the world to blow Gata off the board. He is a world-class defender.

Wesley needs to play aggressively but not risky. It is critical for Wesley NOT to get into time pressure against Gata.

WESLEY SO hammers Ivanchuck in World Cup chess 2009

report from manila bulletin

KHANTY-Mansiysk, Russia – GM Wesley So of the Philippines authored one of the biggest upsets in the 2009 World Chess Cup when he pulled the rug from under former world championship contender GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the second round at the Khanty-Mansiysk Festival of Arts here.

Buoyed by his convincing 4-1 win over GM Gadir Guseinov of Azerbaijan in the first round, So chalked up another major triumph when he beat the sixth-seeded Ivanchuk (ELO 2739) in 39 moves in the first of their two-game match in the 64-player, second round.

So, widely considered as the world's strongest player in the 16 years old and below category, needs only a draw against Ivanchuk with the white pieces in their second game to advance to the 32-player third round.

A win by Ivanchuk will send the match into tiebreak stage.

The Bacoor, Cavite-born So, who rose to prominence by becoming the world's seventh youngest player to earn a GM title in December 2007, played almost flawlessly against the highly-rated Ivanchuk despite handling the black side of the board.

The high school student of St. Francis of Assisi College-Bacoor won a pawn with 13. Qxd4+ and then forced the Ukrainian champion to give up a rook and bishop for knight and bishop.

On the 28th move, So wisely steered the game into his advantage by forcing an exchange of the queens and went into the endgame with two rooks, a knight and five pawns against Ivanchuk's rook, knight, bishop and four pawns.

Earlier Monday, So swept all three rapid tiebreak matches against Guseinov to become the only Filipino player to advance to the next round.

The 59th-seeded So, who was forced into the rapid tiebreak stage after losing the second game to Guseinov, left nothing to chance and swept his Azerbaijan rival in the next three matches.

The two other Filipino campaigners, GMs Rogelio Antonio Jr. and Darwin Laylo, bowed out of contention after the first round.

Here is the full round 2 result:

No. Name Nat. G1 G2 Tot 1 Amonatov, Farrukh TJK ½ 0 0.5 Gelfand, Boris ISR ½ 1 1.5 2 Gashimov, Vugar AZE ½ 1 1.5 Zhou, Jianchao CHN ½ 0 0.5 3 Nyback, Tomi FIN 1 0 1.0 Svidler, Peter RUS 0 1 1.0 4 Morozevich, Alex. RUS 0 0 0.0 Laznicka, Viktor CZE 1 1 2.0 5 Sakaev, Konstantin RUS 1 ½ 1.5 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 0 ½ 0.5 6 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 0 ½ 0.5 So, Wesley PHI 1 ½ 1.5 7 Akobian, Varuzhan USA ½ ½ 1.0 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR ½ ½ 1.0 8 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 1 ½ 1.5 Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 0 ½ 0.5 9 Sandipan, Chanda IND 0 0 0.0 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 1 1 2.0 10 Wang, Yue CHN 1 1 2.0 Savchenko, Boris RUS 0 0 0.0 11 Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS 1 0 1.0 Eljanov, Pavel UKR 0 1 1.0 12 Karjakin, Sergey UKR ½ ½ 1.0 Timofeev, Artyom RUS ½ ½ 1.0 13 Milov, Vadim SUI 0 0 0.0 Mamedyarov, Shak. AZE 1 1 2.0 14 Shirov, Alexei ESP 1 0 1.0 Fedorchuk, Sergey UKR 0 1 1.0 15 Caruana, Fabiano ITA ½ ½ 1.0 Dominguez, Leinier CUB ½ ½ 1.0 16 Yu, Yangyi CHN 1 ½ 1.5 Bartel, Mateusz POL 0 ½ 0.5

No. Name Nat. G1 G2 Tot 17 Meier, Georg GER ½ ½ 1.0 Vachier-Lagrave, Max. FRA ½ ½ 1.0 18 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS ½ ½ 1.0 Fressinet, Laurent FRA ½ ½ 1.0 19 Khalifman, Alexander RUS ½ ½ 1.0 Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS ½ ½ 1.0 20 Wang, Hao CHN 1 ½ 1.5 Ganguly, Surya IND 0 ½ 0.5 21 Shabalov, Alexander USA ½ ½ 1.0 Navara, David CZE ½ ½ 1.0 22 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS ½ ½ 1.0 Smirin, Ilia ISR ½ ½ 1.0 23 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 0 0 1.0 Bacrot, Etienne FRA 1 1 1.0 24 Rublevsky, Sergei RUS ½ ½ 1.0 Areshchenko, Alex. UKR ½ ½ 1.0 25 Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN ½ 0 0.5 Jobava, Baadur GEO ½ 1 1.5 26 Motylev, Alexander RUS 1 ½ 1.5 Najer, Evgeniy RUS 0 ½ 0.5 27 Zhou, Weiqi CHN 0 ½ 0.5 Kamsky, Gata USA 1 ½ 1.5 28 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS ½ ½ 1.0 Milos, Gilberto BRA ½ ½ 1.0 29 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL ½ ½ 1.0 Bologan, Viktor MDA ½ ½ 1.0 30 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 1 ½ 1.5 Onischuk, Alexander USA 0 ½ 0.5 31 Li, Chao CHN 0 1 1.0 Pelletier, Yannick SUI 1 0 1.0 32 Polgar, Judit HUN ½ ½ 1.0 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU ½ ½ 1.0

Ho Yifan: "I like Karjakin as a chess player!"

Hou Yifan, 15 years old Chinese, became famous long before the Women's World Chess Championship in Nalchik in 2008. Being the youngest participant, she managed to go all the way till the finals where she lost to the Russian. To Alexandra Kostenyuk. And here in the 1 st match of the 1 st round she stood up against experienced representative of Germany Arkady Naiditsch.

• It was not easy for me in the opening. I had bad position because of my mistake, - starts Hou. But at one point I could find a balance and finally I managed to stand up. In general, I am satisfied with the result.

• Is it more difficult to play against men, rather than against women?

• Yes, that's correct. But I cannot explain why. But I am sure men play chess better than women.

• So, you are not attracted by the success of Judit Polgar, who has been competing with men chess players on equal?

• For the moment I have a goal – to play chess as better as possible. I don't even have a target to become a world champion. The most important is to develop my play. All other will come anyway.

• You had a chance to become the World Champion. Did you take your lost to Kostenyuk in the final match hard?

• No, because Alexandra is a very strong opponent. Besides, at that time she was in a very good shape and was playing better than me.

• Upon coming back to China after the World Championship, were they criticizing you for not becoming first or maybe they were praising you for becoming second?

• Obviously they want me only to win. On the other hand everyone realized that nothing bad happened. One very strong chess player won another chess player. Things happen.

• There are legends in the air that Chinese chess players get an enormous support from the Government

• I can say that chess is popular enough in China and the popularity grows every day

• Did you ever participate in the traditional matches Russia vs. China?

• Only once and it is pity that could not participate in others, for I was busy participating in different tournaments. I think these matches help both teams to enrich experience.

• Did you come here with your coach?

• As you know I am not the only Chinese player at this tournament. We all have one trainer who helps all Chinese players. The knocked out participants help those who are still in as well.

• Did you like Khanty Mansyisk?

• Very much. Most of all I like the weather. I love snow and as you know there is not a lot of it in China.

• How do you spend your free time here?

• In general in the hotel. I listen to the music and read books.

• What kind of music do you like?

• I like pop music. The name of my favorite singer will not tell you anything, for it is a Chinese singer, very famous in my country.

• It is amazing how good you speak English now

• Yes, everyone around were telling me that I should speak English, that it is very important for a professional sportsmen. So, I had to work on it more intensively.

• Russian is not less important to speak for a professional chess player, don't you think?

• Sure, - smiles Yifan. The only problem is to find time to learn this beautiful language.

• Probably you should find a teacher among participants? There are only three women at the tournament, and we think it will not be difficult to find someone who could help you to learn “great and strong” Russian.

• At the moment the participants of the Cup interest me only from the chess point of view. The strongest chess players of the planet came here and I try not to miss anything which could be interesting for me at the chess boards.

• Do you have a favorite chess player?

• I had. Bobby Fisher. Unfortunately he is not with us anymore.

• And among participants of the Cup?

• Difficult question. Maybe Sergey Karjakin?

Filipino Pride So takes down the mighty Ivanchuk

Ivanchuk, V (2739) - So, W (2640) [C15]
World Cup 2009 (2.1), 24.11.2009


Wesley So has proven himself that he got what it takes to go head to head against the worlds best by beating mighty Ivanchuk. Using the disadvantageous black pieces, So accepted Ivanchuck's invitation to a highly tactical fight with his queen lurking alone in enemy lanes. But it was Wesley's accurate play from start to finish and his opponent's refusal to settle for a truce brought a win and will just be half point away in entering the round of 16 where the big sharks meet. Check out the rst of the game below as well as the results

Ivanchuk, V (2739) - So, W (2640) [C15]
World Cup 2009 (2.1), 24.11.2009

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nge2 0–0 7.0–0 Bg4 8.f3 Bh5 9.Nf4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg5 c6 12.f4 Qb6 13.Na4 Qxd4+ 14.Kh1 Ne4 15.c3 Nf2+ 16.Rxf2 Qxf2 17.cxb4 f6 18.Qg4 fxg5 19.Qe6+ Kh8 20.Nc5 Qxb2 21.Qh3+ Kg8 22.Qe6+ Kh8 23.Rf1 Qf6 24.Qh3+ Kg8 25.g3 Re8 26.Nxb7 gxf4 27.Rxf4 Re1+ 28.Kg2 Qe6 29.Qxe6+ Rxe6 30.Nc5 Re7 31.b5 Nd7 32.Nxd7 Rxd7 33.bxc6 Rd6 34.Bb5 Re8 35.Rd4 Kf7 36.Rf4+ Ke6 37.Rg4 Ke5 38.Kf3 Rf6+ 39.Ke3 Black wins 0–1
　
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Round 2. Game 1.
match	match score	White	Result	Black
1	0.5-0.5	Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK)	½-½	Gelfand, Boris (ISR)	View
2	0.5-0.5	Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)	½-½	Zhou, Jianchao (CHN)	View
3	1-0	Nyback, Tomi (FIN)	1-0	Svidler, Peter (RUS)	View
4	0-1	Morozevich, Alexander (RUS)	0-1	Laznicka, Viktor (CZE)	View
5	1-0	Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS)	1-0	Radjabov, Teimour (AZE)	View
6	0-1	Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)	0-1	So, Wesley (PHI)	View
7	0.5-0.5	Akobian, Varuzhan (USA)	½-½	Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)	View
8	1-0	Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)	1-0	Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA)	View
9	0-1	Sandipan, Chanda (IND)	0-1	Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)	View
10	1-0	Wang, Yue (CHN)	1-0	Savchenko, Boris (RUS)	View
11	1-0	Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS)	1-0	Eljanov, Pavel (UKR)	View
12	0.5-0.5	Karjakin, Sergey (UKR)	½-½	Timofeev, Artyom (RUS)	View
13	0-1	Milov, Vadim (SUI)	0-1	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)	View
14	1-0	Shirov, Alexei (ESP)	1-0	Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR)	View
15	0.5-0.5	Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)	½-½	Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB)	View
16	1-0	Yu, Yangyi (CHN)	1-0	Bartel, Mateusz (POL)	View
17	0.5-0.5	Meier, Georg (GER)	½-½	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)	View
18	0.5-0.5	Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS)	½-½	Fressinet, Laurent (FRA)	View
19	0.5-0.5	Khalifman, Alexander (RUS)	½-½	Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS)	View
20	1-0	Wang, Hao (CHN)	1-0	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND)	View
21	0.5-0.5	Shabalov, Alexander (USA)	½-½	Navara, David (CZE)	View
22	0.5-0.5	Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS)	½-½	Smirin, Ilia (ISR)	View
23	0-1	Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND)	0-1	Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)	View
24	0.5-0.5	Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS)	½-½	Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR)	View
25	0.5-0.5	Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN)	½-½	Jobava, Baadur (GEO)	View
26	1-0	Motylev, Alexander (RUS)	1-0	Najer, Evgeniy (RUS)	View
27	0-1	Zhou, Weiqi (CHN)	0-1	Kamsky, Gata (USA)	View
28	0.5-0.5	Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS)	½-½	Milos, Gilberto (BRA)	View
29	0.5-0.5	Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL)	½-½	Bologan, Viktor (MDA)	View
30	1-0	Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER)	1-0	Onischuk, Alexander (USA)	View
31	0-1	Li, Chao b (CHN)	0-1	Pelletier, Yannick (SUI)	View
32	0.5-0.5	Polgar, Judit (HUN)	½-½	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU)	View