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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 winner of the World Cup receives the right to challenge the former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov in a match.
The first game of the second knockout stage was held today, November 27th, 2007, in Khanty Mansiysk. Out of the 32 games, 19 were drawn and 13 had a decisive result, so the winners made the first step to their qualification to the next round. Among them we can seen two "surprises" (although in this high level it is difficult to really called them surprises; maybe "unexpected" is the right phrase): Chinese GM Wang Hao and Bartlomiej Macieja of Poland dominated Ponomariov (who lost again his first game!) and Radjabov respectively.
Dutch GM Loek van Wely lost with white and will have a tough struggle tomorrow
Lev Aronian won his first game against German GM Jan Gustafsson
1.d4 didn't do it for "Kasim" – the game against Kiril Georgiev
ended in a 30-move draw
Once again former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov began with a loss
A cheerful Gata Kamsky before his win against Israeli GM Boris Avrukh
(keen eyes will spot Karjakin, Baramidze and Bu in the background)
All photos by GM Sergey Tiviakov
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In the table below players who have a full point from game one are given in boldface. Players who drew with black are in italics, indicating that they have an advantage in game two and the match. All players in regular type are the ones who have to work hard tomorrow – to equalise the score, or at least to draw with the black pieces. Avrukh, Ponomariov, van Wely and Vallejo have to win with black to equalise.
| World Chess Cup Round 2 27th-29th November 2007 | |||||||||||
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| 1 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2787 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Galkin, Alexander | RUS | 2608 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2752 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 |
| Kozul, Zdenko | CRO | 2609 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | |
| 3 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2742 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Macieja, Bartlomiej | POL | 2606 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | |
| 4 | Gustafsson, Jan | GER | 2606 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2741 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | |
| 5 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2739 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Shulman, Yuri | USA | 2616 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 6 | Pavasovic, Dusko | SLO | 2597 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2732 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | |
| 7 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2729 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Gurevich, Mikhail | TUR | 2627 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 8 | Sakaev, Konstantin | RUS | 2634 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Alekseev, Evgeny | RUS | 2716 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 9 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2715 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Najer, Evgeniy | RUS | 2635 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 10 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | GER | 2639 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2714 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 11 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2714 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 |
| Avrukh, Boris | ISR | 2641 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | |
| 12 | Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | IRI | 2591 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Akopian, Vladimir | ARM | 2713 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 13 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2710 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Belov, Vladimir | RUS | 2587 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 14 | Wang, Hao | CHN | 2643 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 |
| Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2705 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | |
| 15 | Wang, Yue | CHN | 2703 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Tiviakov, Sergei | NED | 2643 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 16 | Roiz, Michael | ISR | 2644 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2695 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | |
| 17 | Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | 2694 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Zhang, Pengxiang | CHN | 2644 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 18 | Motylev, Alexander | RUS | 2645 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2692 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 19 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2646 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 |
| Hossain Enamul | BAN | 2514 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | |
| 20 | Socko, Bartosz | POL | 2646 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Almasi, Zoltan | HUN | 2691 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | |
| 21 | Malakhov, Vladimir | RUS | 2690 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Volkov, Sergey | RUS | 2648 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 22 | Georgiev, Kiril | BUL | 2649 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2690 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 23 | Dominguez Perez, Lenier | CUB | 2683 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Baramidze, David | GER | 2569 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 24 | Bareev, Evgeny | RUS | 2653 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 |
| Van Wely, Loek | NED | 2679 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | |
| 25 | Fressinet, Laurent | FRA | 2654 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 |
| Nevednichy, Vladislav | ROU | 2531 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | |
| 26 | Zhou, Jianchao | CHN | 2566 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2678 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 27 | Rublevsky, Sergei | RUS | 2676 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Navara, David | CZE | 2656 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 28 | Nikolic, Predrag | BIH | 2657 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Onischuk, Alexander | USA | 2674 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 29 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2674 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 |
| Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2660 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | |
| 30 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2661 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Zvjaginsev, Vadim | RUS | 2674 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 31 | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2670 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Tkachiev, Vladislav | FRA | 2661 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
| 32 | Zhao, Jun | CHN | 2552 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2668 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | |
Macieja,Bartlomiej (2606) - Radjabov,Teimour (2742) [C63]
FIDE World Cup 2007 Khanty-Mansiysk (2.1), 27.11.2007 [Efstratios Grivas]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
The not often played 'Jaenisch Variation' of the 'Ruy Lopez', probably prepared by Radjabov beforehand especially for this event. 4.d3. 4.Nc3 is considered to be the main line but things are not so clear-cut anyway and I am pretty sure that Radjabov would have come up with some fresh ideas. 4...fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.0-0 Bc5. Unpleased for Black is 6...Nxe4?! 7.Re1 Nf6 (7...d5 8.Nxe5 Bc5 9.Qh5++- (9.Rf1? Qd6~~ Pirklova,H-Havrdova,L/Svetla nad Sazavou 1994) ) 8.Bxc6! (8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Rxe5+ Be7 10.Qe2+/=) 8...bxc6 9.Nxe5 Be7 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Bg5+/-. 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Nxe5 0-0 9.Bg5. Other white options are 9.Nc3 ; and 9.Qe2. 9...Qe8. The most principled continuation. Of course Black's 'possibilities' includes 9...d6 10.Nd3 (10.Nxc6?! Qe8) 10...Bb6 11.Nd2 (11.Nc3 Ba6 12.Kh1 Qe8 Van Blitterswijk,S-Hendriks,R/Dieren 2004) 11...Qe8 12.Bxf6 Rxf6 Gurevich,V-Jonkman,H/Cappelle la Grande 1994; or 9...Ba6 10.Nd3 Qe7 (10...Be7 11.Nd2 Nxe4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxe4 Qxe4 14.Nc5 Qc4 15.Nxa6 Qxa6 16.Qxd7 Qb6 17.b3 Rad8 18.Qe6+ Kh8 19.Qe3+/- Sisniega,M-Burke,J/New York 1984) 11.Nd2 Bd4 12.Nb3! (12.Nf3 Qxe4 13.Re1 Qf5 Aginian,N-Dimovska,A/Dresden 2004) 12...Bb6 13.e5 Bxd3 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Qxd3 fxg5 16.c4+/=.
10.Bxf6. Somewhat naive would be 10.Nd3?! Nxe4 11.Nxc5 Nxg5=/+.10...Rxf6 11.Nd3 Bd4! 11...Bb6 would transpose to the 9...d6 comments. 12.c3. Black achieves enough compensation after 12.Nd2 d6 13.Qe2 Qg6 14.Kh1 Ba6 15.Rab1 Raf8 due to his bishop-pair and his active pieces, as in Spassky,B-Antunes,A/Thessaloniki 1988.] 12...Bb6 13.Nd2 d6. 13...Ba6 is interesting: 14.c4 (14.e5 Rf8 15.c4 Qg6 16.Qe2 d5 17.Nb4 Bc8 18.cxd5 Bh3 19.g3 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 1/2-1/2 Schaefer,M-Micic,J/Dortmund 1991) 14...Rh6 (14...d5?! 15.Qa4!+/- Shinkevich,V-Geller,J/Vladimir 2002; 14...Rd6 15.Qb3 Bd4 16.c5+ Re6 17.Nf4 Bxf1 18.Nxe6 Qxe6 19.Qxe6+ dxe6 20.Kxf1 Bxb2 21.Rb1+/=) 15.Qb3 Bd4 16.Nf3 c5.
14.c4. Not much is offered by 14.Qe2 Qg6! (14...Ba6 15.c4 Qf7 16.b3+/= Bruzon Bautista,L-Gomez,F/Santa Clara 2000) 15.Kh1 Bg4 16.f3 Be6. 14...Qg6?! A new move but not a satisfactory one in my opinion. 14...Rh6 15.Re1 (15.c5 Bxc5 16.Nxc5 Qe5 17.Nf3 Qxc5) 15...Qe7 16.Nf1 Qg5 17.Qd2 Qh5© was seen in Aginian,N-Shukurova,M/Elista 1998. 15.Kh1. A useful defencive move. Bad is 15.c5? Bh3 16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Nf4 Rxf4 18.Qxh3 Bxc5-/+. 15...Bg4 16.f3 Be6 17.f4. Although the text-move is fine too, 17.c5! looks to be quite strong: 17...dxc5 (17...Bxc5 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.f4+/-) 18.f4 c4 19.Ne5 Qe8 20.Qc2+/-. 17...Bg4 18.Qe1 Re8
19.c5! The thematic advance which allows White to gain the advantage. 19...Bxc5. 19...dxc5 20.Ne5 Qh5 21.Nxg4 Qxg4 22.h3+/-. 20.Nxc5 dxc5 21.h3 Bc8. 21...Qh5 22.Qe3 c4 23.Rae1+/-. 22.Qe3 Qh6 23.Rf3 Rd8 24.Nc4. White has gained a clear and long-term advantage. The material in quantity terms is equal, but just compare the white e- and f-pawns to the black c5- and c6-pawns. Then it is easy to understand that quality counts. 24...Rd4 25.b3 Qh4 26.Raf1 Rf8. 26...Ba6 27.e5 Rf8 28.e6+/-. 27.Ne5 Qf6 28.Rc1 Qd6
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