World Cup R2 tiebreaks: The 2700 clashes are coming

by ChessBase
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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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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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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