3rd Round of World Chess Cup

The 3rd round was played on 3-4th December, and the tiebreaks are scheduled for tomorrow. Alexei Shirov lost to Mikhail Gurevich while both Dutch players Sergei Tiviakov and Ivan Sokolov were knocked off by tough Russians Konstantin Sakaev and Vladimir Malakhov. Last remaining Chinese fighter Xu Jun lost to Ruslan Ponomariov.

Evgeny Bareev and Ivan Cheparinov have managed to win their 2nd games to tie up the scores. Make sure you review Van Wely-Radjabov clash, great games. Most of the matches will be decided in playoffs.



Alexei Shirov (2710) - Mikhail Gurevich (2652)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. h4 Be7 15. g5 O-O 16. Ne2 Rfd8 17. h5 Nf8 18. Rg1 Rxc1 19. Nxc1 Nc6 20. Rg4 Rc8 21. Ncb3 Nd8 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. Rg3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 a5 25. Bc3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra8 27. Kg2 Qb5 28. Nd3 Nc6 29. Qb1 Ra3 30. Bb2 Ra8 31. Nf3 Nxb4 32. Nf4 Qc4 33. g6 Qc2 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qxc2 Nxc2 36. Nh2 Ra4 37. Rf3 Ne1+ 0-1

Loek Van Wely (2648) - Teimur Radjabov (2704)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nc6 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. b5 Nxd5 19. bxc6 Nb6 20. cxb7 Rb8 21. c5 e4 22. Rxe4 dxc5 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Rd1 Bd4+ 26. Rexd4 cxd4 27. e7 h6 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Rxd4 Kf7 30. Rd8 Nd7 31. Bh4 g5 32. Rxd7 Ke6 33. Bg4+ Kf6 34. Be1 Rxb7 35. Bc3+ Kg6 36. Bf3 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. Rxc7 Kf5 39. Bh5 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 1-0

Teimur Radjabov (2704) - Loek Van Wely (2648)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bb1 Re8 17. Re3 Qc7 18. e5 Nf8 19. Ne1 Qe7 20. Rg3 Qh4 21. h3 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Nd3 Red8 24. Nf4 Rc5 25. d5 g5 26. h4 Rc4 27. Nh5 Qe5 28. hxg5 Rxd5 29. Nf6+ 1-0

Evgeny Bareev (2675) - Lazaro Bruzon (2677)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 g5 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. a4 a5 15. O-O Bb4 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. e4 Nfd7 18. e5 O-O 19. Ne4 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Re1 Nd5 23. Qc2 Nf4 24. Qxc4 Rfd8 25. Bf1 Kg7 26. Ng3 Qf7 27. Qb3 Nf8 28. Re4 Rd7 29. Rae1 Rad8 30. Kh2 Kh8 31. Qc3 N8g6 32. Bc4 Nf8 33. h4 Nd5 34. Qxa5 gxh4 35. Ne2 f5 36. gxf5 Qxf5 37. Rxh4+ Nh7 38. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 39. Kh3 exd5 40. Ng3 Rg8 41. Qc3 Rdg7 42. Re3 Qg1 0-1