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      Home  >  General News • Major Tournaments  >  WC Rapid Playoff – Game 1

      WC Rapid Playoff – Game 1

      Khanty-Mansiysk, World Cup


      [Event “World Cup 2009”]
      [Date “2009.12.02”]
      [Round “43”]
      [White “Gelfand, Boris”]
      [Black “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]

      [Result “”]
      [WhiteElo “2758”]
      [WhiteCountry “ISR”]
      [BlackElo “2718”]
      [BlackCountry “FRA”]

      1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 h6 11. Na4 Be7 12. Bg2 d6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Re8 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Qa5 17. e3 Qh5 18. Qd1 Bg4 19. Qe1 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nb5 Be2 22. Nc7 Bxd3 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Rf3 Ne4 25. Bb4 Bf6 26. Qd1 Bb5 27. Rh3 Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bd7 29. Rh5 Bg4 30. Rhxd5 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Bxb2 32. Kf1 b6 33. Ke2 a5 34. Be1 Ba3 35. Rd4 Nd6 36. Rd3 Bc5 37. Bc3 Kh7 38. Bc6 Re7 39. Kf3 f5 40. h4 Kg6 41. Bd5 Ne4 42. Be5 Nf6 43. Bxf6 Kxf6 44. a4 g5 45. hxg5+ hxg5 46. fxg5+ Kxg5 47. e4 fxe4+ 48. Bxe4 Rf7+ 49. Kg3 Bf2+ 50. Kg2 Rf4 51. Bc6 Bc5 1/2-1/2

      [Event “World Cup 2009”]
      [Date “2009.12.02”]
      [Round “43”]
      [White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
      [Black “Gashimov, Vugar”]

      [Result “0-1”]
      [WhiteElo “2652”]
      [WhiteCountry “ITA”]
      [BlackElo “2758”]
      [BlackCountry “AZE”]

      1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Re8 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Be4 f5 14. Bd5+ Be6 15. Bxe6+ Rxe6 16. Qd5 Qc8 17. g4 f4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rhe1 Kf7 20. Rd4 c6 21. Qb3 Kf6 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. g5+ Kg6 24. h5+ Kxg5 25. h6 Qe8 26. Rg1+ Kxh6 27. Rh1+ Kg6 28. Qxb7 Qf8 29. Rg1+ Kf6 30. Qb4 g5 0-1

      [Event “World Cup 2009”]
      [Date “2009.12.02”]
      [Round “43”]
      [White “Malakhov, Vladimir”]
      [Black “So, Wesley”]

      [Result “1-0”]
      [WhiteElo “2706”]
      [WhiteCountry “RUS”]
      [BlackElo “2640”]
      [BlackCountry “PHI”]

      1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. f3 Be6 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Nb5 Nd7 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Kf2 Bd7 19. Rb1 Ne6 20. Nb5 Raa8 21. Nc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Bc6 23. g4 f6 24. h4 Kg7 25. g5 Rf8 26. Kg3 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. f4 Nc5 29. Bg4 Ne4+ 30. Kh2 Raf8 31. Rf1 e5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rbc1 Kf7 34. fxe5 dxe5 35. c5 Ke6 36. c4 a3 37. Rce1 Ba4 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rxf5 Kxf5 40. Rf1+ Kg6 41. Rf8 Bc6 42. Rg8+ Kf5 43. Rg7 Nc3 44. Rxh7 Nxa2 45. Bd2 e4 46. Rf7+ Ke6 47. Rf6+ Ke5 48. Rf1 Kd4 49. Ra1 Nc3 50. g6 Bd7 51. g7 Be6 52. Bxc3+ Kxc3 53. Rxa3+ Kxc4 54. Ra7 e3 55. Rxb7 1-0

      [Event “World Cup 2009”]
      [Date “2009.12.02”]
      [Round “43”]
      [White “Bacrot, Etienne”]
      [Black “Ponomariov, Ruslan”]

      [Result “1/2-1/2”]
      [WhiteElo “2700”]
      [WhiteCountry “FRA”]
      [BlackElo “2739”]
      [BlackCountry “UKR”]

      1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qe3+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rc1 Ne6 15. e3 Rd8 16. Kd2 Bd7 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. b4 Kd6 19. h4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ra8 21. e4 f6 22. exd5 Nf4 23. g3 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Kxd5 25. Rc5+ Kd6 26. Nd2 Be6 27. Nc4+ Kd7 28. Ne3 b6 29. Rc3 Kd6 30. Ke4 g6 31. Rd3+ Kc6 32. Rc3+ Kd6 33. Rd3+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

      [Event “World Cup 2009”]
      [Date “2009.12.02”]
      [Round “43”]
      [White “Grischuk, Alexander”]
      [Black “Jakovenko, Dmitry”]

      [Result “1/2-1/2”]
      [WhiteElo “2736”]
      [WhiteCountry “RUS”]
      [BlackElo “2736”]
      [BlackCountry “RUS”]

      1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4 15. exd4 Qd6 16. Re1 Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Rg3 Nc7 20. Re4 Rad8 21. h3 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Ne6 23. Qxb7 Nxd4 24. Rd3 c5 25. b4 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Kf1 Rfe8 29. Ree3 Ra8 30. Rd2 f6 1/2-1/2

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      1. Anonymous Reply
        December 2, 2009 at 2:35 pm

        Go Wesley.

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