
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!




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 |