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      Home  >  Daily News • General News  >  World off to a good start

      World off to a good start

      Azerbaijan, The World Team


      Anand,Viswanathan – Gashimov,Vugar [E10]

      AZE vs World Rapid, Baku, AZE (round 2), 07.05.2009

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.0–0 b6 10.Nc3 Ba6 11.Nb5 Rc8 12.a4 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.e4 Nf6 15.Qe2 0–0 16.Rfd1 Qc7 17.Bc3 e5 18.Nd2 Qb8 19.Nc4 Bc5 20.Qe1 Ng4 21.Rd2 Rfd8 22.Rad1 Rxd2 23.Rxd2 Rd8 24.h3 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 Nf6 26.b4 Bf8 27.f4 Bb7 28.fxe5 Ne8 29.Nbd6 Nc7 30.Ne3 Ba8 31.b5 Nd8 32.Nd5 Nxd5 33.exd5 Bxd6 34.exd6 Qxd6 35.Qe3 1–0
       
      Click here to replay the game.

      Official website: http://presidentcup.az/defaultEn.html

      Round 2 results:

      Anand, Viswanathan – Gashimov, Vugar 1-0
      Shirov, Alexei – Guseinov, Gadir 1-0
      Radjabov, Teimour – Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½
      Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Karjakin, Sergey ½-½

      Source: TWIC

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      6 Comments

      1. Dietmar Reply
        May 7, 2009 at 6:33 pm

        I don’t see the results of the first round anywhere just some game fragments. Does anybody have an update?

      2. Chad Keyser Reply
        May 7, 2009 at 6:46 pm

        here is an interesting position

        http://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/05/03/mate-in-zero-solution/

      3. Harish Srinivasan Reply
        May 7, 2009 at 8:50 pm

        The first round was won by Azerbaijan. The offical website has the details.

        Round1: http://www.presidentcup.az/Pairings1.htmlRound2: http://www.presidentcup.az/Pairings2.htmlThe match is equal 1-1 now, but FIDE world leads in individual score.

      4. Anonymous Reply
        May 7, 2009 at 9:13 pm

        Shack has a winning end game (T Vs 3P), but he missed the winning 67. RxF4

        HT

      5. Brian Reply
        May 8, 2009 at 4:50 am

        Whose idea was this match? I’m gonna have to say that this score is gonna be insanely lopsided…

      6. Jagadish Dube. Reply
        May 8, 2009 at 8:38 am

        @Dietmar,(1.33PM.CDT}

        Try http://chessok.com/ at 12.00.GMT

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