World Chess Cup

FIDE World Chess Cup has started in Khanty Mansyisk, Russia. The competition will be held on 26th November - 18th December for a prize fund of 1.572.000 USD. There are 128 participants.

Few interesting results in the first round. Tough Ukranian junior Andrei Volokitin (2666) was knocked of by Hungarian Sang Cao (2538) while US champion Hikaru Nakamura (2662) was sent home by Surya Sekar Ganguly (IND 2562). US Open winner Vadim Milov (SUI 2652) lost to Georgian Levan Pantsulaia (2578).

Serbia & Montenegro's Robert Markus (2579) holds even with famous Mikhail Gurevich (TUR 2652) after two games. They move to playoff now.



GM Gata Kamsky (2690) - GM Zhao Jun (2500)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Be2 Bg5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd3 Be6 16. Rad1 Ra7 17. h3 g6 18. Bg4 Qb8 19. Nde3 Be7 20. b3 h5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. g3 g5 23. Nf5 exf5 24. Qd5+ Kh7 25. Qxc6 f4 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. Kh2 Qa8 28. Qxa8 Rfxa8 29. Rd5 Rc8 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rfd1 Kf7 32. Ne1 Rc5 33. Rxc5 dxc5 34. Rd5 a4 35. Nd3 axb3 36. axb3 Ra3 37. Nxe5+ Ke6 38. Nd3 Rxb3 39. Nxf4+ Kf7 40. Rxh5 Kg7 41. Rd5 Kf7 42. Rd7 Ke8 43. Rb7 Rb2 44. Ng6 Bg5 45. e5 1-0


GM Alexander Grischuk (2720) - Gaston Needleman (2381)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Ng4 9. Bf4 Nge5 10. Bg3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 f6 12. f4 Bc5 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. e5 f5 15. Bf2 Bxf2 16. Qxf2 b5 17. g4 fxg4 18. h3 Bb7 19. Bg2 g3 20. Qxg3 b4 21. Ne2 g5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Nd4 Qe4 24. f5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Rhe1 d6 27. Nxe6 Ke7 28. Nxg5 Rhf8 29. Ne4 Rxf5 30. Nxd6 1-0


GM Vadim Milov (2652) - GM Levan Pantsulaia (2578)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 f5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 Nf4 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Qd6 Qa5 15. Rc1 e5 16. Nf3 Rf6 17. Qe7 Qa4 18. Nd2 Rf7 19. Qd8+ Rf8 20. Qc7 Kh8 21. g3 Ne6 22. Qd6 Nf6 23. Qd3 Ng4 24. Bg1 Qxa3 25. Rb1 Rd8 26. Qc4 Ng5 27. Qb3 Qa5 28. Be2 Nh3 29. Nc4 Qc7 30. Nd6 Rf8 31. Qd5 Nxg1 32. Rxg1 Be6 33. Rxb7 Qa5 34. Qd2 Qxc5 35. Rf1 Rfd8 36. Bxg4 Rxd6 37. Qg5 Qxc3+ 38. Kf2 Rf8+ 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kg1 Qc5+ 41. Kg2 Qc2+ 42. Kg1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Bc4+ 0-1


GM David Navara (2646) - GM Predrag Nikolic (2584)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 Bg6 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bd5 Rb8 17. f4 h6 18. a4 b4 19. Qf3 Kh8 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Kh1 a5 22. g3 Bh7 23. Re3 Bg8 24. Rd3 Rfd8 25. g4 Be7 26. g5 Bf8 27. h4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rb3 29. Nxa5 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Qxa5 31. Rg1 Qxa4 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Qg2 Bh7 34. Rg3 Be7 35. Rg7 1-0


GM Mikhail Gurevich (2652) - GM Robert Markus (2579)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nf3 e5 10. e4 Be6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Ra5 b6 15. Ra3 a5 16. O-O axb4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. cxb4 Ra2 19. Nb1 Rb2 20. Qe1 Qa7 21. Qc3 Qa2 22. Rd1 Bg4 23. Re1 Be2 24. Bxe2 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Qxe2 26. f3 Qd1+ 27. Qe1 Qd4+ 28. Bf2 Qxc4 29. Qc3 Qe2 30. Qb3 g5 31. Na3 g4 32. Nc4 d5 33. Nd6 Qd2 34. h3 gxh3 35. gxh3 Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kh7 37. Ne3 Kg6 38. exd5 e4 39. fxe4 Nxe4 40. Qc2 Qxc2 41. Nxc2 Nc3 42. Ne3 f5 43. d6 Ne4 44. Nd5 b5 45. Nc7 Nxd6 46. Bg3 Ne4 47. Be1 Nd6 48. Bg3 Ne4 49. Be1 Nd6 draw