Chess World Cup day 1 LIVE!
less than 24 hours to the start of the World Cup 2009
Welcome to the live coverage of the World Cup 2009 in Khanty Mansiysk on Chessdom.com! Join us in the following days for live games commentary together with GM Christian Bauer, GM Aveskulov, NM Pete Karagianis, Jason Juett and many other titled GM special guests. Besides, there will be a daily live blog (round 1 here), photo reports, pgn games, and much more!
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The first featured games in round 1 will be GM Gata Kamsky – GM Rogelio Antonio and GM Wesley So – GM Gadir Guseinov. They will be commented by GM Christian Bauer.
Kamsky – Rogelio / Wesley So – Guseinov
All other games will be present at the new tool on Chessdom live with computer analysis.
Join us for live coverage in less than 24 hours!
Susan,
How does the tie break work for each round if each player finishes with 1 point after their two games?
Thanks,
Ira
I believe then they will play 2 rapid games. And if they are still tied, they will play blitz, then sudden death blitz.
Best wishes,
Susan
Thanks. It is interesting that in a knockout tournament like this, you see a much higher than normal percent of games that are a “must win for a player”. If a player loses the first of two, then that player must win the second game to stay alive in the tournament.