
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. The final seventh round consists of four games. 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, which is GMT +5 hours = 11:00 a.m. European time = 5 a.m.
New York. The World Chess Cup is an integral part of the World Championship
Cycle 2009-2011.
Semifinals: game two

Boris Gelfand arrives with The Legendary Hat

Group photo – without Karjakin...

... who strikes an elegant pose on the side

Not bad, but learn from Sergey – Vladimir Malakhov

Third place goes to chief arbiter Ashot Vardapetian

Deadly dangerous when he is in this form: Boris Gelfand of Israel

Ruslan Ponomariov, draw against Vladimir Malakhov,

A reminder: all photos from Khanty-Mansiysk are by Galina Popova for FIDE
Results of round six
Players |
G1 |
G2 |
Tot |
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) |
1 |
1 |
2.0 |
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Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) |
½ |
½ |
1.0 |
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) |
½ |
½ |
1.0 |
Schedule of the World Cup 2009
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Thursday |
03 December |
Round
5 - Game 1 |
Friday |
04 December |
Round
5 - Game 2 |
Saturday |
05 December |
Tiebreaks |
Sunday |
06 December |
Round
6 - Game 1 |
Monday |
07 December |
Round 6 - Game 2 |
Tuesday |
08 December |
Tiebreaks |
Wednesday |
09 December |
Free Day |
Thursday |
10 December |
Round 7 - Game 1 |
Friday |
11 December |
Round 7 - Game 2 |
Saturday |
12 December |
Round 7 - Game 3 |
Sunday |
13 December |
Round 7 - Game 4 |
Monday |
14 December |
Tiebreaks / Closing |
Tuesday |
15 December |
Departures |
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Links
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
chess server Playchess.com.
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