Svidler, Gelfand, Grischuk and Karjakin advanced to face Ivanchuk, Radjabov, Inarkiev and Jakovenko.
Svidler 2-0 Shabalov
Gelfand 1.5-.5 Najer
Grischuk 1-1 Karpov (Grischuk won blitz tie break 1.5-.5)
Karjakin 2-0 J. Polgar
GM Svidler (2763) – GM Shabalov (2622) [C03]
05.01.2008
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Ngf3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Nxc5 9.Bc4 Qh5 10.Re1 Ncd7 11.b3 0–0 12.Bb2 b5 13.Be2 Qc5 14.c4 b4 15.Bd3 Bb7 16.Ne4 Qc7 17.Qc2 h6 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Ne5 Qc5 22.Qe2 Rd6 23.Bc2 Rfd8 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Nd3 Qg5 26.f3 Nd7 27.Qe3 Qa5 28.Bb1 e5 29.h3 f6 30.Kh1 Rd4 31.Nc1 Qc5 32.Bf5 Qd6 33.Ne2 Rd2 34.Be6+ Kh7 35.Bd5 Rxd5 36.cxd5 Qxd5 37.Rc1 a5 38.Ng3 White wins 1–0
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Good try Shaba!
Shaba sucks so bad.
First getting booted out of World Cup in Round 1 and now this.
USA is the only place he can beat players but that makes him the tallest midget.
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Shaba sucks so bad.
First getting booted out of World Cup in Round 1 and now this.
USA is the only place he can beat players but that makes him the tallest midget.
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He should not have gone to that zoo in the first place when his home is the forest, nothing real about eating froozen food
The poor Judith
🙁
Shabalov always goes for the win and makes chess fun for spectators. You cannot have it both ways.
If he would like he could also play boring chess and make many draws but he doesn’t.
Fabio