World Cup R2 tiebreaks: The 2700 clashes are coming

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9/2/2011 – In the second round, nearly half the matches were pushed into the tie-break phase, and one surprise exit was Michael Adams, who has a superb record in KO events, losing to the Danish GM Heine-Nielsen. Most of the favourites avoided surprises, such as Karjakin, Grischuk, Ponomariov and Svidler. Vallejo Pons was unable to complete his comeback against Cuban Bruzón Batista. Illustrated report.
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The tournament is taking place in the Ugorian Chess Academy in the very heart of Khanty-Mansiysk, which has hosted three previous World Cups: 2005, 2007, and 2009. The 128 participants hail from 46 different countries, and are playing for a total prize fund of US $1.6 million. In addition the first three finisher get tickets to the Candidates tournament in the next World Championship cycle.

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Round two tiebreaks

Round two of the World ChessCup ended on September 2 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Nineteen participants of round three were determined yesterday, with the remainder contested on tie-breaks. One of the most successful knock-out players in the world Michael Adams (England) was unable to advance to the next round.


Though the rating difference is not large, it was still a surprise to see Adams eliminated
by Heine-Nielsen considering how well he usually does in knockout events.

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 This is a try to avoid variations in the 'Sveshnikov' after 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 or the 'Grivas Sicilian' after 4...Qb6 5.Nc3 e5 . 3...e5 I think that this is a good reply to 'punish' White's third move. Now the game takes a more positional way, which doesn't mind Black at all! 4.Bc4 White has 'won' square d5 for good, but he can barely benefit from it, as Black's light pieces can fully control it and can exchange nearly every piece that will try to occupy it. d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 6.Ng5? is a bad tactic: Bxg5 7.Qh5 Be7! 7...g6? 8.Qxg5 Qxg5 9.Bxg5 Tindall,B-Smirnov,V Sydney 2008 8.Qxf7+ Kd7 9.Qxg7 Nf6 Adams,M-Coleman,D Plymouth 1989. The other main line is 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Ng5 0-0 8.f4 h6 9.Nf3 exf4 10.Bxf4 and now Black has tried many moves as Be6 , 10...Bg4 and lately 10...Na5!? - I even wrote a survey for CBM based on this move! With the text move White is securing control over the square d5, by the manoeuvre Nd2-f1-e3xd5. 6...Nf6 7.Nf1 Trying to avoid the next Black's move with 7.h3?! leads to a disaster for White: Be6 8.Nf1 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Ne3 Bxc4 12.Nxc4 0-0 13.a4 Qd5 14.0-0 Rad8 15.Qe1 Nd4 16.Ne3 Qe6 17.Bd2 Bg5 18.Rc1 e4 19.dxe4 Qxe4 20.f3 Qe5 21.Qf2 Ne2+ 0-1 Hossain,E-Grivas,E Elista 1998. 7...Bg4! Before landing on e6, the black bishop forces the placement of the white f-pawn on f3, something that White would like to avoid, as he could use this square for his queen. 8.f3 Be6 9.Ne3 Qd7!? A rare move. More often played is 9...0-0 10.0-0 Rb8 10...Nh5!? 11.Ncd5 Bg5 12.g3 Bxe3+ 13.Bxe3 Ne7 14.Bg5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 h6∞ Vachier Lagrave,M-Kotronias,V Moscow 2011 11.a3 Nd4 11...Nd7 12.Ncd5 Bg5 13.c3 b5 14.Ba2 Nb6 15.Nxb6 Rxb6 16.b4 a5∞ Emms, J-Grivas,E Kopavogur 1994 12.Ba2 b5 13.Ncd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bg5 15.Bxe6 Nxe6∞ Adams,M-Leko,P Miskolc 2005. 10.Ncd5 A novelty. Know is 10.0-0 0-0 11.Ncd5 11.a3 a6 11...Nd4!? 12.Ncd5 Bxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bf6!? 14...Kh8?! 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Ne5 17.c3 Charbonneau,P-Do Lam Hoang Philadelphia 2004 15.c3 Ne7 16.Bb3 d5= 11...Ne8 12.f4 exf4 13.Nxe7+ Nxe7 14.Rxf4 Ng6 15.Rf2 Nc7 16.Qh5 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Bd2 Rae8= Zaragatski,I-Richter,M Dresden 2002. 10...Bd8!? An interesting move, clearing the e7 square for the c6 knight, after an eventual capture on d5. Black seems to face no real opening problems, but I would certainly be fond of 10...Bxd5 11.Nxd5 11.exd5 Na5= 11...Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Bf6 with . ..Ne7 to come. 11.0-0 Bxd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Ne7 As said beforehand, Black easily cotrolled the weak d5 square with her light pieces, so no need to care for positional problems... 14.Bb3 0-0 Black is ready for the thematical ...d5, so White is obliged to act on the kingside. 15.f4! exf4 16.Bxf4 d5 17.Qe2 I think that White could hold a small advantage, based on his bishop pair, by the calm 17.Bg3!? Bb6 18.Kh1 . 17...Bb6 18.Kh1 Rae8 19.exd5 This allows Black to centralise her pieces. Preferable was 19.Qf3! dxe4 20.dxe4 . 19...Nxd5 20.Qh5 Nxf4 21.Rxf4 Opposite coloured bishops appeared on the board, but White's seems to be more active at the moment, as the f7 square, in touch with the semi-open f-file, is a target. g6 22.Qh6 Bd8! The black bishop returns to the defence, controlling important squares as h4 and f6, which is a good defending strategy. 23.Raf1?! This offers nothing to White, who had to go for 23.Rf3! forcing Black to be 'creative': Qd4! 23...Kh8? 24.Ba4!+- 24.Raf1 Re7 25.c3 Qe5 26.a4 , as it is not easy for Black to get fully equality. 23...Kh8! A tactical solution, which stops the pressure on f7, allowing Black to get full equality. 24.Re4?! 24.Bxf7? Rxf7! 25.Rxf7 Qxf7! woulkd justify Black's idea; mate comes on the white back rank! But White should have gone for 24.g4 f6 25.Re4= . 24...f5! 25.Re3 Bf6 Suddenly it is the black bishop that has more targets than its counterpart! 26.Rfe1 Bg7 27.Qh4 Rxe3 28.Rxe3 f4 Not bad, but good enough for Black was 28...b5! 29.c3 f4 30.Rf3 Be5 31.Kg1 b4 when White would face problems with his queenside pawn structure. But Black, the 'queen of chess', decided to strip the white king. 29.Re4 f3 A logical follow-up of Black's previous move. Nothing is gained by 29...b5 30.Rxf4 Qe8 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Qe1 Bxb2 33.Qe2= . 30.gxf3 Rxf3 31.Be6?! White was obliged to handle this certain position tactically, before he falls into passivity. He should have found 31.Re7! Qd6 32.Qc4! Rf8 33.Rxb7 Bd4 34.Rf7! Qc6+ 35.Qd5 Qxd5+ 36.Bxd5 Rxf7 37.Bxf7 Bxb2= , a variation which justifies the option of 28...b5!. 31...Qd6 Now White is in trouble. 32.Bg4?! Another slight inaccuracy. White should have tried 32.Kg2 Rf8 33.Qg3 Qb6! 33...Qxg3+ 34.hxg3 Bxb2 34.b3 Qc6 . 32...Rf8 33.Qe7 Not much of a choice. If 33.b3 then Bd4 34.Bh3 b6 . 33...Qb6! 34.b3 Qa5 Black found a way to penetrate into White's position and king; her queen is quite active for that purpose... 35.Re2! White cannot save his a-pawn with 35.a4? as after Qd2 36.Re2 Qd1+ 37.Kg2 Qf1+ 38.Kg3 Qf4+ 39.Kh3 h5! is curtains. 35...Qxa2 36.Qxc5 Qa1+ 37.Qg1 Qc3 37...Qf6!? 38.c4 a5 looks good as well. 38.Bh3 a5! Threatening ...b5 and ...a4, when a new black queen will soon appear on the board. 39.Qe1! Qc5! White holds after the naive 39...Qxe1+? 40.Rxe1 Bc3 41.Re2 b5 42.Bd7! Black should keep the queens on board in order to combine attack on the white king and pressure on the queenside. 40.c4 A natural move to stop the expansion on the queenside with ...b5, but White could think of 40.Bg2 Bc3 40...b5? 41.Qxa5 41.Qg1 Qc7 42.Re4 b5 . 40...b5! Anyway! 41.cxb5 Not much to do again, as after 41.Bg2 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Ra2 Qa7 43...a3?! 44.Qc1! Bb2? 45.Rxb2 axb2 46.Qxb2+ Kg8 47.Bd5++- 44.Qc1 Bd4 the white central pawns are blocked, while the lonely black a-pawn is a strong passer. 41...Qxb5 42.Bg2?! Good or bad, White had to protect his pawns with 42.Qd1 Then Black could go for Qh5! 43.Bg2 Be5 44.h3 Rf2! 45.Rd2 Qxd1+ 46.Rxd1 Rb2 47.Re1 Bf4 48.Rf1 g5 49.Ra1 Rxb3 50.Be4 50.Rxa5? Rb1+-+ 50...Bc7 . 42...Qxb3 The material gain is not so important - it is the clear way of the black a-pawn to its queening square. 43.Re8 Qb2! 44.Bd5 Or 44.Rxf8+ Bxf8 45.Bd5 45.Qxa5? Qc1+ 45...Qf6 . 44...Qf6! 45.Rxf8+ Bxf8 46.h3 Bd6 White is lost. Black will combine mating threats on the white king with her queen and bishop, and at the same time pushing her a-pawn to queening. White will not be in a position to cope with all of these nasty facts. 47.Bg2 Qf4 48.Kg1 a4 49.Qc3+ Be5 50.Qa3 50.Qc8+ Kg7 51.Qb7+ Kh6 52.Qf3 Qc1+ 53.Qf1 Bd4+ 54.Kh1 Qxf1+ 55.Bxf1 a3 is a typical variation. 50...Kg7 Also winning, but here Black missed a mate: 50...Bd4+ 51.Kh1 g5! (zugzwang!!) 52.Qe7 Qc1+ 53.Kh2 Bg1+ 54.Kh1 54.Kg3 Qf4# shows the idea of 51...g5!! 54...Be3+ 55.Kh2 Bf4# . 51.Qe7+ Kh6 52.Qa3 Bd4+ 53.Kh1 Qf2 Again 53...g5 leads to mate but this is not so important any more. 54.Qc1+ Be3 55.Qa1 a3 55...a3 And White resigned due to 56.Bd5 56.Bc6 a2 57.Bg2 Qg1+ 58.Qxg1 Bxg1 56...a2! 57.Bxa2 Qf3+ 58.Kh2 Bf4+ 59.Kg1 Qg3+ 60.Kf1 60.Kh1 Qh2# 60...Qxh3+ 61.Kf2 Qe3+ 62.Kf1 Qf3+ 63.Ke1 63.Kg1 Be3+ 64.Kh2 Qf2+ 65.Kh1 Qh4+ 66.Kg2 Qg4+ 67.Kf1 Qf3+ 68.Ke1 Qf2+ 69.Kd1 Qd2# 63...Qh1+ 64.Ke2 Qxa1 Opposite coloured bishops themes have no match when an attack is available! 0–1
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Movsesian,S2700Polgar,J26990–12011B30FIDE WC2.2

The tie-break games at the World Cup go as follows: two 25-minute games with 10 bonus seconds per move, then, if the first two games end in a draw, two semi-blitz games are played with 10 minutes and a ten-second increment per move. If after this, the overall score is still tied 2-2, the match proceeds to two blitz games at the rate of five minutes plus three seconds per move. Finally, if the score is still tied at this point, the seventh and last game is the Armageddon: White gets five minutes, and Black gets four, and White must win to advance. Both sides receive a three-second increment per move after move 61.


Cuban GM Lázaro Bruzón Batista prevented Vallejo Pons from
completing his comeback and won the tiebreak.

Eleven matches out of thirteen were decided in rapid games already. Not one player of the six who lost their first game was able to strike back, and four of them lost the second game as well.


After drawing the classical games, Grischuk won 2-0 in the first set of rapid games

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Bg2 d5 8.Qb3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.cxd5 Na5 11.Qc2 Nxd5 12.0-0 Qc7 13.Re1N Bd7 14.e4 Nb6 15.e5 Ba4 16.Qd3 Qc4 17.Qf3 Nc6 18.Re4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Bc6 20.Rxc4 Bxf3 21.Rc7 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rab8 23.Rb1 Rfc8 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Rb3 h5 26.Be3 Nd5 27.Bd4 b6 28.f4 Rc4 29.Kf1 Ra4 30.Rb2
30...Kh7! The king starts its long march. 31.Kf2 Kg6 32.Rc2? 32.Kf3 Ra3 33.h3 was a better way to implement Nakamura's defensive concept. But Black should win in the long run after Nxc3 34.Rb3 Rxb3 35.axb3 Nd5 32...Ra3! 33.h3 33.c4 Nb4 34.Re2 34.Rd2 Kf5-+ 34...Kf5 35.h3 Nd3+ 36.Kg2 h4 37.g4+ Kg6 38.Be3 Rc3 39.Kf3 Nb4 40.Kf2 Nc2-+ After the passive 33.Ke2 Kf5 34.Kd2 Kg4 35.Kc1 b5 36.Kb2 Ra4 37.Kb3 a6 38.a3 g6 39.Rf2 Kh3 40.Rd2 Black undermines the structure with h4-+ 33.Kf3 Nb4 34.Rc1 Nc6 35.Ke4 Rxa2 36.h3 Rh2 37.Kf3 Rb2 38.g4 Rh2 39.Kg3 Rd2 40.Be3 h4+ 41.Kxh4 Rd3 42.Bf2 Rf3 43.Bg3 b5-+ 33...b5 34.Rb2 After 34.Bc5 Rxc3 35.Rxc3 Nxc3 36.Bxa7 Nxa2 37.g4 b4 38.Ke3 Nc3 39.Kd3 Nd5 40.Ke4 Black opens the gates with Kh7 41.Bc5 g5 42.fxg5 hxg4 43.hxg4 Kg6-+ 34...a6! Kramnik calmly keeps control. 34...Nxc3? 35.Bxc3 Rxc3 36.Rxb5 Rc2+ 37.Kf3 Rxa2 38.g4 would be too hasty due to the large drawish tendency of rook endings. 35.Rc2 35.Kf3 b4-+ 35...Kf5 Finally the king marches on. 36.Kf3 b4 37.g4+ hxg4+ 38.hxg4+ Kg6 39.Ke4 bxc3 40.Rh2 40.Be3 Ra4+ 41.Kf3 Rb4 42.Bc1 Rd4 43.a3 f6 opens a second front to penetrate with the king to the heart of White's position. 44.exf6 Kxf6 45.Kf2 e5 46.fxe5+ Kxe5 47.Kf3 Rd3+ 48.Ke2 Ke4-+ 40...Ra4 41.Rf2 a5 42.Kd3 c2!? 43.f5+ 43.Rxc2? Nb4+-+ 43...Kg5 44.Bb2 Nb4+ 45.Kc3 Rxa2 46.Rf1 Kxg4 47.fxe6 fxe6 47...fxe6 48.Rg1+ Kf3 49.Rxg7 c1Q+ 50.Bxc1 Rc2+-+ 0–1
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Nakamura,H2770Kramnik,V27810–12011E2039th GM4


Karjakin had little trouble during the rapid games and secured his spot in round three

Results of round two

Name
G1
G2
 R1
 R2
 r3
 r4
 B1
 B2
 SD
Tot
 Karjakin, Sergey (RUS)
½
½
½
1
          
2.5
 So, Wesley (PHI)
½
½
½
0
          
1.5
 
 Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS)
0
½
              
0.5
 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)
1
½
              
1.5
 
 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)
½
½
1
½
          
2.5
 Fridman, Daniel (GER)
½
½
0
½
          
1.5
 
 Ni, Hua (CHN)
½
½
½
½
½
½
      
2.5
 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
½
½
½
½
1
½
      
3.5
 
 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)
1
½
              
1.5
 Azarov, Sergei (BLR)
0
½
              
0.5
 
 Feller, Sebastien (FRA)
½
½
0
0
          
1.0
 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)
½
½
1
1
          
3.0
 
 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE)
1
½
              
1.5
 Negi, Parimarjan (IND)
0
½
              
0.5
 
 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB)
½
0
              
0.5
 Kamsky, Gata (USA)
½
1
              
1.5
 
 Svidler, Peter (RUS)
½
½
½
½
1
1
      
4.0
 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son (VIE)
½
½
½
½
0
0
      
2.0
 
 Harikrishna, P. (IND)
0
½
              
0.5
 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)
1
½
              
1.5
 
 Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS)
1
½
              
1.5
 Korobov, Anton (UKR)
0
½
              
0.5
 
 Parligras, Mircea-Emilian (ROU)
1
½
              
1.5
 Almasi, Zoltan (HUN)
0
½
              
0.5
 
 Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP)
0
1
½
0
          
1.5
 Bruzón Batista, Lázaro (CUB)
1
0
½
1
          
2.5
 
 Onischuk, Alexander (USA)
½
0
              
0.5
 Navara, David (CZE)
½
1
              
1.5
 
 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)
½
½
½
0
          
1.5
 Bu, Xiangzhi (RUS)
½
½
½
1
          
2.5
 
 Bologan, Viktor (MDA)
0
½
              
0.5
 Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB) 
1
½
              
1.5
 
 Ivanov, Alexander (USA)
½
½
½
0
          
1.5
 Lysyj, Igor (RUS)
½
½
½
1
          
2.5
 
 Gupta, Abhijeet (IND)
½
1
              
1.5
 Shankland, Samuel L (USA)
½
0
              
0.5
 
 Moiseenko, Alexander (UKR)
½
½
1
1
          
3.0
 Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS)
½
½
0
0
          
1.0
 
 Grachev, Boris (RUS)
0
½
              
0.5
 Le, Quang Liem (VIE)
1
½
              
1.5
 
 Adams, Michael (ENG)
½
½
½
0
          
1.5
 Nielsen, Peter Heine (DEN)
½
½
½
1
          
2.5
 
 Potkin, Vladimir (RUS)
1
1
              
2.0
 Shirov, Alexei (ESP)
0
0
              
0.0
 
 Jobava, Baadur (GEO)
½
1
              
1.5
 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (POL)
½
0
              
0.5
 
 Drozdovskij, Yuri (UKR)
½
0
              
0.5
 Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)
½
1
              
1.5
 
 Nepomniachtchi, Ian (RUS)
½
½
1
½
          
2.5
 Riazantsev, Alexander (RUS)
½
½
0
½
          
1.5
 
 Filippov, Anton (UZB)
1
0
0
0
          
1.0
 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)
0
1
1
1
          
3.0
 
 Fier, Alexandr (BRA)
0
0
              
0.0
 Morozevich, Alexander (RUS)
1
1
              
2.0
 
 Andreikin, Dmitry (RUS)
0
½
              
0.5
 Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS)
1
½
              
1.5
 
 Efimenko, Zahar (UKR)
½
1
              
1.5
 Berkes, Ferenc (HUN)
½
0
              
0.5
 
 Zherebukh, Yaroslav (UKR)
1
0
1
1
          
3.0
 Felgaer, Ruben (ARG)
0
1
0
0
          
1.0
 
 Sutovsky, Emil (ISR)
1
½
              
1.5
 Fressinet, Laurent (FRA)
0
½
              
0.5
 
 Polgar, Judit (HUN)
½
1
              
1.5
 Movsesian, Sergei (ARM)
½
0
              
0.5

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Remaining schedule of the World Chess Cup 2011

Date Day Time   Rounds
Players
03.09.2011 Saturday 15:00 Round 3, game 1
32
04.09.2011 Sunday 15:00 Round 3, game 2
05.09.2011 Monday 15:00 Tiebreak
06.09.2011 Tuesday 15:00 Round 4, game 1
16
07.09.2011 Wednesday 15:00 Round 4, game 2
08.09.2011 Thursday 15:00 Tiebreak
09.09.2011 Friday 15:00 Round 5, game 1
8
10.09.2011 Saturday 15:00 Round 5, game 2
11.09.2011 Sunday 15:00 Tiebreak
12.09.2011 Monday 15:00 Round 6, game 1
4
13.09.2011 Tuesday 15:00 Round 6, game 2
14.09.2011 Wednesday 15:00 Tiebreak
15.09.2011 Thursday   Free Day
16.09.2011 Friday 15:00 Round 7, game 1
2
17.09.2011 Saturday 15:00 Round 7, game 2
18.09.2011 Sunday 15:00 Round 7, game 3
19.09.2011 Monday 15:00 Round 7, game 4
20.09.2011 Tuesday 11:00 Tiebreaks, Closing
21.09.2011 Wednesday   Departure

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