Posted in FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup on Sep 15th, 2011 11 Comments »
2011 World CupAugust 26th-September 21st, 2011(Khanty Mansiysk, Russia) FINALS Flag G1 G2 G3 G4 -TIEBREAKS- Pts. Grischuk 0 ½ ½ ½ 1½ Svidler 1 ½ ½ ½ 2½ THIRD PLACE Flag G1 G2 G3 G4 -TIEBREAKS- Pts. Ivanchuk ½ 1 ½ ½ 2½ Ponomariov ½ 0 ½ ½ 1½ Pairing Tree Official Site: [...]
Posted in FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup on Sep 12th, 2011 5 Comments »
2011 World CupAugust 26th-September 21st, 2011(Khanty Mansiysk, Russia)Semi-finals # Name Flag Nation Result Name Flag Nation 1 Svidler, P RUS 1½-½ Ponomariov, R UKR 2 Ivanchuk, V UKR 2½-3½ Grischuk, A RUS Pairing Tree Official Site: http://chess.ugrasport.com/ Games: Main Site, PGN (TWIC) Drum Coverage: http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2011/08/25/2011-world-cup-khanty-mansiysk-russia/
Posted in FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup on Sep 9th, 2011 16 Comments »
2011 World CupAugust 26th-September 21st, 2011(Khanty Mansiysk, Russia)Round #5 # Name Flag Nation Result Name Flag Nation 1 Polgar, J HUN ½-1½ Svidler, P RUS 2 Ivanchuk, V UKR 2½-1½ Radjabov, T AZE 3 Grischuk, A RUS 2½-1½ Navara, D CZE 4 Ponomariov, R UKR 1½-½ Gashimov, V AZE Pairing Tree Official Site: http://chess.ugrasport.com/ Games: [...]
Posted in FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup on Sep 5th, 2011 26 Comments »
2011 World CupAugust 26th-September 21st, 2011(Khanty Mansiysk, Russia)Round #4 # Name Flag Nation Result Name Flag Nation 1 Polgar, J HUN 4½-3½ Dominguez, L CUB 2 Ivanchuk, V UKR 3-1 Bu Xiangzhi CHN 3 Zherebukh, Y UKR 0-2 Navara, D CZE 4 Ponomariov, R UKR 4½-3½ Bruzon, L CUB 5 Gashimov, V AZE 4-2 Nielsen, [...]
Posted in FIDE, World Cup on Sep 4th, 2011 3 Comments »
While watching the 2011 World Cup broadcast, I was particularly intrigued with the Alexander Moiseenko and David Navara because they had reached a textbook ending… queen versus rook and pawn. Navara (the stronger side) had shown how to wrest the remaining pawn away and then set sights on executing the well-known endgame problem. After a [...]
Posted in FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup on Sep 2nd, 2011 6 Comments »
2011 World CupAugust 26th-September 21st, 2011(Khanty Mansiysk, Russia)Round #3 # Name Flag Nation Result Name Flag Nation 1 Karjakin, S RUS ½-1½ Polgar, J HUN 2 Sutovsky, E ISR 1-3 Ivanchuk, V UKR 3 Mamedyarov, S AZE 1½-2½ Zherebukh, Y UKR 4 Efimenko, Z UKR 1½-2½ Ponomariov, R UKR 5 Gashimov, V AZE 1½-½ Andreikin, [...]
Posted in FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup on Aug 30th, 2011 7 Comments »
2011 World CupAugust 26th-September 21st, 2011(Khanty Mansiysk, Russia)Round #2 # Name Flag Nation Result Name Flag Nation 1 Karjakin, S RUS 2½-1½ So, W PHI 2 Alekseev, E RUS ½-1½ Ivanchuk, V UKR 3 Mamedyarov, S AZE 2½-1½ Fridman, D GER 4 Ni Hua CHN 2½-3½ Ponomariov, R UKR 5 Gashimov, V AZE 1½-½ Azarov, [...]
Posted in FIDE, Tournaments, World Cup on Aug 28th, 2011 13 Comments »
2011 World CupAugust 26th-September 21st, 2011(Khanty Mansiysk, Russia)Round #1 # Name Flag Nation Result Name Flag Nation 1 Karjakin, S RUS 2-0 Kaabi, M TUN 2 Ivanchuk, V UKR 2-0 Steel, H RSA 3 Mamedyarov, S AZE 2-0 Ibrahim, H EGY 4 Ponomariov, R UKR 1½-½ Gwaze, R ZIM 5 Gashimov, V AZE 2-0 Hansen, [...]
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