GM Carlsen (2714) – GM Adams (2729) [E36]03.12.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b6 8.Bf4 Ba6 9.Qxc7 Qxc7 10.Bxc7 0–0 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.Bf4 Nbd7 13.Nd2 Rc2 14.Rb1 Rac8 15.Nb3 Bc4 16.Na1...
WC round 4: Akopian 0-1 Shirov
GM Akopian (2713) – GM Shirov (2739) [B30]03.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0–0 Nge7 5.b3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.Bb2 b5 8.c4 bxc4 9.bxc4 Rb8 10.Bc3 d6 11.Na3 e5 12.Nc2 g6 13.Ne3 Bh6 14.Qa4 Bd7 15.Rfb1 Bxe3 16.fxe3...
WC round 4: Ponomariov 1-0 Sasikiran
GM Ponomariov (2705) – GM Sasikiran (2661) [D20]03.12.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.0–0 Be6 7.Bb5 Bc5 8.b4 Bb6 9.a4 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nbd2 Nf6 12.Qc2 0–0 13.Qxc6 Re8 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.Nxd4...
World Cup Round 4
Round 4 pairings: Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705 vs Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2661Kamsky, Gata USA 2714 vs Svidler, Peter RUS 2732Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2694 vs Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2668Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2653 vs Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2716Adams, Michael ENG 2729...
Who will advance? Round 4 matchups
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705 vs Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2661Kamsky, Gata USA 2714 vs Svidler, Peter RUS 2732 Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2694 vs Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2668Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2653 vs Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2716 Adams, Michael ENG 2729 vs...
Ivanchuk and Macieja eliminated
Final position GM Nisipeanu (2668) – GM Ivanchuk (2787) [B90]02.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.0–0–0 b5 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.a3 Be7 13.f5 Bc4 14.g4 Nxg4 15.Rg1...
Breaking news: Ivanchuk on the verge of being eliminated
After 2 draws in the classical games, Ivanchuk won game 3 in rapid and all he needed was a draw in game 4 to move on to round 4. But the former European champion Nisipeanu had other ideas. Nisipeanu...
More big names eliminated at the World Cup
Grischuk, Bacrot, Rublevsky and Inarkiev are out of the World Cup. Round 3 playoff results: Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 2694 3-1 Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) 2695Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 2715 1.5-2.5 Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) 2653Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) 2676 1.5-2.5 Svidler, Peter (RUS)...
The unknown factors at the World Cup
Upsets fill World CupDecember 1, 2007The Washington Times David R. Sands – It’s no way to pick a world champion, but FIDE’s World Cup Championship can be a very enjoyable event on its own terms. The 128-player knockout tournament,...
World Cup Update
Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL)Adams, Michael (ENG)Kamsky, Gata (USA)Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)Wang, Yue (CHN)Shirov, Alexei (ESP)Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS)Carlsen, Magnus (NOR)Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) have all advanced to round 4 of the World Cup. Here is the official website: http://cup2007.fide.com/results.asp Chess...