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Khanty-Mansiysk: Cheparinov, Adams, Kamsky win

30.11.2007 - FIDE World Cup: five decisive games in the first leg of round three, all won with the white pieces. The most spectacular was second seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's loss to the young Bulgarian GM (and Topalov second) Ivan Cheparinov. Michael Adams, Gata Kamsky, Dmitry Jakovenko and Wang Yue were the other winners. Express report.
 

A total of 126 participants turned up on November 23 for the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, located about 1400 miles (2250 km) east of Moscow. The competition is taking place from November 24 to December 18. The winner of the World Cup receives the right to challenge the former world champion Veselin Topalov in a match.

Round three Game one (Friday, November 30)


First of all: Happy Birthday Magnus. You are now seventeen!

Pictures from the official World Cup web site

Analysis to follow...

Round three results

No.   Name Nat Rtng
G1
G2
 R1 R2 B1 B2 SD Tot.
01  Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2787
½
             0.5
 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2668
½
             0.5
02  Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2670
1
             1.0
 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2752
0
             0.0
03  Macieja, Bartlomiej POL 2606
½
             0.5
 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2661
½
             0.5
04  Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS 2674
½
             0.5
 Aronian, Levon ARM 2741
½
             0.5
05  Shirov, Alexei ESP 2739
½
             0.5
 Onischuk, Alexander USA 2674
½
             0.5
06  Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2676
½
             0.5
 Svidler, Peter RUS 2732
½
             0.5
07  Adams, Michael ENG 2729
1
             1.0
 Zhou, Jianchao CHN 2566
0
             0.0
08  Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2654
½
             0.5
 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2716
½
             0.5
09  Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2715
½
             0.5
 Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2653
½
             0.5
10  Dominguez Perez, Lenier CUB 2683
½
             0.5
 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2714
½
             0.5
11  Kamsky, Gata USA 2714
1
             1.0
 Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2649
0
             0.0
12  Malakhov, Vladimir RUS 2690
½
             0.5
 Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2713
½
             0.5
13  Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2710
1
             1.0
 Almasi, Zoltan HUN 2691
0
             0.0
14  Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 2646
½
             0.5
 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705
½
             0.5
15  Wang, Yue CHN 2703
1
             1.0
 Bu, Xiangzhi CHN 2692
0
             0.0
16  Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2694
½
             0.5
 Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2695
½
             0.5

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Khanty-Mansiysk Final: Kamsky wins, to challenge Topalov

Khanty-Mansiysk Final: Kamsky wins, to challenge Topalov

16.12.2007 - American GM Gata Kamsky has won the FIDE World Cup. In the fourth game he was able to force a perpetual check and hold Alexei Shirov to a draw, which meant that he had won the Final with a score of 2.5:1.5 (three draws, one win). Kamsky won, did not lose a single game and performed 102 points higher than his nominal 2714 rating. Congratulations Gata!

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15.12.2007 - In his second must-win game with the white pieces Alexei Shirov had a promising position, but once again his American opponent, Gata Kamsky, defended solidly and held the Latvian-Spanish GM to a draw. This means that Kamsky leads by 2.0:1.0 points and Shirov has to win the final game with the black pieces. The adage for tomorrow must be: fire on the board! Pictorial report.

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