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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 former winner of the World Cup is out. Aronian lost his first rapid game against Jakovenko and couldn't level the score. Svidler and Bareev go home as well.
No. | Name | Nat | Rtng | G1 |
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R1 | R2 | B1 | B2 | SD | Tot. |
01 | Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | 2694 | ½ |
1 |
1.5 | |||||
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2668 | ½ |
0 |
0.5 | ||||||
02 | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2670 | ½ |
1 |
1.5 | |||||
Wang, Yue | CHN | 2703 | ½ |
0 |
0.5 | ||||||
03 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2705 | 1 |
½ |
1.5 | |||||
Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2661 | 0 |
½ |
0.5 | ||||||
04 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2741 | ½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1.5 | |||
Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2710 | ½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
2.5 | ||||
05 | Akopian, Vladimir | ARM | 2713 | 0 |
½ |
0.5 | |||||
Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2739 | 1 |
½ |
1.5 | ||||||
06 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2732 | ½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1.5 | |||
Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2714 | ½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
2.5 | ||||
07 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2714 | 1 |
½ |
1.5 | |||||
Adams, Michael | ENG | 2729 | 0 |
½ |
0.5 | ||||||
08 | Alekseev, Evgeny | RUS | 2716 | ½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
3.0 | |||
Bareev, Evgeny | RUS | 2653 | ½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
Start of game three between Levon Aronian, left, and Dmitry Jakovenko
Jakovenko,D (2710) - Aronian,L (2741) [C88]
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (4.3), 05.12.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3. 8.c3 d5 leads to the Marshall Attack – a gambit, which offers Black a reach compensation for the pawn and therefore became extremely popular in the past years. 8...Bb7 9.d3
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12.Bd2. 12.Nd2 c5 13.a4 Nf4 14.Nef3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Nxb3 16.cxb3 Ne6 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Qc2 Qd5 19.Rec1 h6 was good for Black in Karjakin,S (2694)-Bacrot,E (2695)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007. The usual continuation is 12.Nc3 after which Black plays either immediately 12...Nb4, or after first exchanging on b3. 12...c5. Perhaps even here the strange looking 12...Nb4!? is possible, but in a rapid game it's not wise to go for such variations without home preparation. 13.Bxf7+!? Rxf7 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.Bxb4 Bxb4 16.c3 Nf3+! (16...Qg5 17.Re4!) 17.gxf3 Qg5+ 18.Kf1 with a complete mess (18.Kh1 Bd6 and then Qf4). 13.Nc3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Nb4 15.Rc1 f6 16.Nf3 Qc7 17.Ne4 Rfe8 18.Bxb4 cxb4 19.c4 bxc3 20.bxc3 Ba3 21.Rc2 Rad8 22.Qa1 Bf8
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40...Bg2? Allowing White to advance the c-pawn. Better was a move like 40...Bd8. 41.c4! [41.h4 Bd5] 41...bxc4 42.dxc4 Ba7 43.Nc3. 43.h4 is possible too, since after 43...Bf1 44.c5+ Kd5 45.Nc3+ Kc4 White has 46.Nc6! Bxc5+ 47.bxc5 Kxc3 48.Na5 and Black must give up his bishop for the c-pawn. However, Jakovenko's choice is the most precise. 43...Kd7. 43...Bxh3 doesn't help: 44.c5+ Kd7 45.Nf3 Bb8 46.Kd4 Bg2 47.Ne5+ (or 47.Nh4 ) 47...Bxe5+ 48.Kxe5+-. 44.h4 Bf1 45.c5 a5 46.Ncb5 Bxb5 47.Nxb5 Bb8 48.Kd3 axb4 49.Kc4 Ke6 50.Nd4+ Kd7 51.Kxb4. The rest is elementary. 51...Bc7 52.Kb5 Bd8 53.Nf3 Kc7 54.Ne5 Bf6 55.c6 Be7 56.Nxg6 Ba3 57.Ne5 Bb2 58.Nf7 Bd4 59.Nh6 Bg1 60.Nxf5 Bf2 61.Ng7 Bxg3 62.Nxh5 Bxh4 63.Kc5 Kd8 64.Kd6 Be1 65.Nf6 Bb4+ 66.Ke6. In the second game Aronian fought for 114 moves, but Jakovenko always kept good control and achieved a draw confidently. 1-0. [Click to replay]
Okay, you win. Aronian accepts the draw and knockout in game
four
Alekseev,Evgeny (2716) - Bareev,E (2653) [B12]
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (4.3), 05.12.2007
In the first game Bareev was defending well against the aggressive strategy of the Russian Champion, but at the end Black blundered. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Bf4 Ne7 8.Be2 c5 9.dxc5 Bg4 10.Nfd4 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 a6 12.0-0 Ng6 13.Bg3 Bxc5 14.f4 0-0 15.c3 Rae8 16.Kh1 Bb6 17.Rae1 Qc8 18.h4 Ne7 19.h5 h6 20.Bh4 Nc6 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.Qg3 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Nb8 24.Rc1 Nc6 25.Qe3 Qd7 26.g4. Burning all bridges. More cautious is 26.Nc5 with approximate equality. 26...f6 27.exf6 gxf6 28.g5
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36...Qh2?! Bareev still had good chances to make a draw after 36...Qh5+ 37.Qf3 (37.Kd2 Rxf2+ 38.Qxf2 Qh6+ 39.Qe3 Qh2+ and if 40.Kd1 then 40...e5 with enough play) 37...Qxf3+ 38.Kxf3 Rxf2+ 39.Kxf2 Nxd4. 37.Rcf1 e5? 38.Qf3! 1-0. [Click to replay]
On his way to the quarterfinals: Evgeny Alekseev
Bareev,E (2653) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2716) [A63]
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (4.3), 05.12.2007
As it often happens, in the must-win situation it is easily to cross the limit. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.a4 a6 11.Nd2 Nh5 12.Nce4 Ndf6 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Nc4 Rb8 15.Nb6 Qd8 16.a5 Bd7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bd2 f5 19.Rb1 Bb5 20.b4 cxb4 21.Rxb4 Qe7 22.Re1 Rbe8 23.Qb3 Nf6
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38.d6? 38.gxh4 keeps some chances to survive, but that would have made no difference for Bareev anyway. 38...h3! 39.Ne4 Rg2+ 40.Kh1 Rxe2! 41.Rd1 Ra2 [42.d7 e2-+] 0-1. [Click to replay]
Svidler,P (2732) - Kamsky,G (2714) [C76]
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (4.3), 05.12.2007
In the first rapid game between Kamsky and Svidler the fight was equal. The second one seemed to lead to a similar result, until Svidler made a mistake in a relatively simple position. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.d5 Nce7 9.c4 Nf6 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Nc3 0-0 12.c5 Nh5 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Be3 Rac8 15.Na4 Qb5 16.Nb6 Rcd8 17.Rc1 Nc8 18.a4 Qe8 19.Qb3 Nxb6 20.Bxb6 Rd7 21.Rc4 Bh6 22.Be3 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 f5 24.Ng5 Nf4 25.g3 h6 26.Nf3 fxe4 27.Qxe4 Nh5
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After winning the second pawn by Kamsky there were little doubts left about the outcome. 40.Qc4 Qb6 41.Ne4 a5 42.Nc5 Qc6+ 43.Kg1 Re7 44.Qb5 e4 45.Qxc6 bxc6 46.Rc1 Nd5 47.Kf2 Kf6 48.Nb3 Rb7 49.Nxa5 Rb2+ 50.Ke1 Nb4 51.Rc3 Rxh2 52.Nxc6 Nd3+ 53.Kd1 Ra2 54.a5 h5 55.Rc2 Ra3 56.Kd2 Ne5 57.Nxe5 Kxe5 58.Rc5+ Kd4 59.Rg5 Ra2+ 60.Kd1 Kd3 61.Rd5+ Ke3 62.Rg5 Kf2 63.Rxg6 Rxa5 64.Rf6+ Kxg3 65.Ke2 Rg5 66.Rf1 h4 67.Ke3 h3 68.Rg1+ Kh4 69.Rh1 Rg2 70.Kxe4 h2 71.Kf3 Kh3 0-1. [Click to replay]
The end is neigh (71.Kf3) ...
... and Peter Svidler resigns the game
Tomorrow we have the matches Karjakin-Alekseev, Jakovenko-Shirov, Ponomariov-Kamsky and Carlsen-Cheparinov.
All pictures by Eugeny Atarov for the official World Cup web site
About the authorDorian Rogozenko was born on 18.08.1973 in Kishinev, Moldova. He has been a grandmaster since 1995 and played several Olympiads for Moldova, and then for Romania. Rogozenko has produced several CDs for ChessBase, and two chess books. He is the editor-in-chief of the Romanian chess magazine Gambit (since 2002). |
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