Aronian Wins World Chess Cup

Aronian won tiebreak match against Ruslan Ponomariov to grab the first place and 80.000 USD prize.

For 1st place:
Levon Aronian - Ruslan Ponomariov 3-1

For 3rd place:
Etienne Bacrot - Alexander Grischuk 2,5-1,5

For 5th place:
Evgeny Bareev - Boris Gelfand 2,5-1,5

For 7th place:
Sergei Rublevsky - Mikhail Gurevich 1,5-0,5

For 9th place:
Gata Kamsky - Magnus Carlsen 3-1

For 11th place:
Vladimir Malakhov - Francisco Vallejo Pons 1,5-0,5

For 13th place:
Alexei Dreev - Loek Van Wely 2,5-1,5

For 15th place:
Joel Lautier - Konstantin Sakaev 3,5-3,5 (Joel wins on sudden death rule)



Etienne Bacrot 2725 - Alexander Grischuk 2720
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. O-O Na6 12. e4 Rc8 13. Re1 Rc7 14. Nd3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. cxd5 g6 20. Qg4 Rd8 21. Rad1 h5 22. Qa4 Rd6 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. Nc4 Rdd8 25. d6 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nb4 27. Qxa7 Nc2 28. Re4 Nd4 29. Rd3 Qf5 30. Qe7 Kh7 31. Rf4 Qd5+ 32. f3 Re8 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rg7+ 1-0

Gata Kamsky 2690 - Magnus Carlsen 2570
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Bxc3 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 h4 16. Nxc6 Qd7 17. Be5 f6 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd2 Rf7 21. b4 Rg7 22. h3 Re8 23. Rfe1 Rc7 24. b5 a6 25. a4 axb5 26. axb5 Rb7 27. e4 dxe4 28. fxe4 Bh7 29. e5 Qf8 30. Rc5 Rg7 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Ne5 Bf5 33. Rf1 Qd8 34. Qe3 g4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Nc6 Qc7 37. Rg5 h3 38. gxh3 Bf5 39. Rfxf5 1-0

Boris Gelfand 2717 - Evgeny Bareev 2675
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. g4 Ne4 12. Bf3 f5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Be1 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bh6 17. Bd2 fxg4 18. Bxg4 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Qd7 20. h3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Bg5 22. Qe2 h5 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qg2 Bh4 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qf5+ 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. e6+ Qxe6 29. Qh2 Bf6 30. Kd1 g5 31. Qc7 h4 32. Kc1 Qxh3 33. Qxc6 Qh1+ 34. Kc2 h3 0-1