
The FIDE World Chess Cup is taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk from November 20th
to December 15th 2009. It is a seven-round knockout event with six rounds of
matches comprising two games per round, with the winners progressing to the
next round. The final seventh round consists of four games. The time control
is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of
the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move from move one. Games start
at 15:00h local time, which is GMT +5 hours = 11:00 a.m. European time = 5 a.m.
New York. The World Chess Cup is an integral part of the World Championship
Cycle 2009-2011.
Semifinals: tiebreak

Ruslan Ponomariov goes through the metal detector to enter the playing venue

His opponent physicist Vladimir Malakhov

Start of game one of the tiebreak...

... which Malakhov won in 66 moves

Ruslan trying to understand how it happened

The final position in that game
Malakhov won the first game with fine endgame technique – replay it and
learn! In the second encounter it was Ponomariov who turned a bad position in
a Grünfeld into an equal endgame which he proceeded to win – replay
it and learn! He went on to win the third game, and in the fourth Malakhov blundered
– Ponomariov was in the final.

It's all over, Malakhov is out, Ponomariov in the final
Results of round six
Players |
G1 |
G2 |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Tot |
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) |
1 |
1 |
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2.0 |
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Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4.0 |
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
Schedule of the World Cup 2009
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Thursday |
03 December |
Round
5 - Game 1 |
Friday |
04 December |
Round
5 - Game 2 |
Saturday |
05 December |
Tiebreaks |
Sunday |
06 December |
Round
6 - Game 1 |
Monday |
07 December |
Round
6 - Game 2 |
Tuesday |
08 December |
Tiebreaks |
Wednesday |
09 December |
Free Day |
Thursday |
10 December |
Round 7 - Game 1 |
Friday |
11 December |
Round 7 - Game 2 |
Saturday |
12 December |
Round 7 - Game 3 |
Sunday |
13 December |
Round 7 - Game 4 |
Monday |
14 December |
Tiebreaks / Closing |
Tuesday |
15 December |
Departures |
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Links
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
chess server Playchess.com.
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to read, replay and analyse PGN games. New and enhanced: CB Light 2009! |
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