[White “El Gindy, Essam”]
[Black “Ponomariov, Ruslan”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2503”]
[BlackElo “2705”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 a5 11. Nc3 a4 12. Be2 Ra5 13. h4 Qa814. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. f3 e5 16. O-O-O e4 17. Qc2 exf3 18. gxf3 Bxf3 19.Rhg1 Be4 20. Bd3 Bg6 21. Rdf1 Qd8 22. Qg2 Qe7 23. Rf3 Kh8 24. e4 Rh525. Rf4 c5 26. d5 Re5 27. Rf5 Nh5 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Qg4 Nf4 30. Bc2 f631. Re1 Ra8 32. Kd2 Bh5 33. Qg3 Be8 34. Rg1 Bd7 35. Bd1 g6 36. Bg4 Kg737. Bxd7 Qxd7 38. Rf1 Rf8 39. Re1 h6 40. Kc2 g5 41. Rh1 Kg6 42. Rh2 h543. Kb1 Kh6 44. Nd1 Qh7 45. Nc3 Qg6 46. Ka2 Ra8 47. Rd2 gxh4 48. Qxh4Qg5 49. Qh1 Qg4 50. Rh2 Kg6 51. d6 Kf7 52. Nd5 Rh8 53. Ne3 Qe6 54. Nf5Qxc4+ 55. Ka1 Ke8 56. d7+ Kxd7 57. Qd1+ Kc6 58. Qd6+ Kb5 59. Qd7+ Ka560. Nd6 Qf1+ 61. Ka2 Ra8 62. Rc2 Qd3 63. Rc3 Qe2 64. Rc4 1-0
[White “Landa, Konstantin”]
[Black “Nevednichy, Vladislav”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2678”]
[BlackElo “2531”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc68. d5 Na5 9. Bd2 e5 10. Ne1 b6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. Nd3 Rae8 14.Kh1 Kh8 15. Qe1 Nb7 16. f3 Ng8 17. Qg3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 e4 20.Nf2 Re7 21. Nh3 Nd8 22. Nd1 Bd4 23. Bc3 Rg7 24. Qe1 h6 25. Qd2 Bxc326. Qxc3 Bc8 27. Ne3 Qe7 28. Rg1 Nf6 29. Nf2 Kh7 30. g3 Rfg8 31. Rg2Nf7 32. Rcg1 h5 33. Qa1 Rg6 34. Qd1 Rh6 35. h3 Rg7 36. Rh2 Qf8 37.Rgg2 Qg8 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 fxg4 40. Nfxg4 Bxg4 41. Bxg4 Kh8 42.Rxh6+ Nxh6 43. Rh2 Rh7 44. Qa1 Qg7 45. Be6 Nf5 46. Rxh7+ Qxh7+ 47. Kg1Qg7+ 48. Ng2 Nd4 49. Qf1 e3 50. Qd3 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Qxg2+ 0-1
Here are the full results: http://cup2007.fide.com/round.asp
pono lost to a underdog, and on the blitz defeated tal, i mean kramnik! who in turn beat karpov.
aint that queer, but maybe beating karpov is not anymore to surprise anymore.
jb.