Final position GM Jakovenko (2710) – GM Aronian (2741) [C88]05.12.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nd4 12.Bd2 c5 13.Nc3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Nb4 15.Rc1...
Rapid / Blitz World Cup Playoff
Aronian, Levon ARM 2741 1-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2710Kamsky, Gata USA 2714 1-1 Svidler, Peter RUS 2732Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2716 1-1 Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2653 Your prediction? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Carlsen hung on to reach the elite 8
Final position GM Adams (2729) – GM Carlsen (2714) [C96]04.12.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 d5 11.exd5 e4 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Rxe4 Bb7 14.d4 Re8 15.Bf4...
Ponomariov survives Sasikiran to advance
Final position GM Sasikiran (2661) – GM Ponomariov (2705) [D31]04.12.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.a3 Na5 9.Qa2 0–0 10.Nf3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rd1 Bc2 13.Rd2 Bb3 14.Qb1 Rc8 15.Be5...
Shirov back in top form, eliminated Akopian
Position after 35…Kxc6 GM Shirov (2739) – GM Akopian (2713) [B96]04.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Qd3 h5 11.0–0–0 Bd7 12.Nf5 exf5 13.Nd5 Qa5 14.Nxf6+ Kd8...
Karjakin among the elite 8
Final position GM Nisipeanu (2668) – GM Karjakin (2694) [B90]04.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.0–0–0 b5 10.f4 Be7 11.Kb1 0–0 12.f5 Bc4 13.g4 Nxg4 14.Rg1 Nxe3 15.Qxe3...
Round 4 results
World Cup Results: Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2714 1-0 Adams, Michael ENG 2729Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2713 0-1 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2739Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705 1-0 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2661Kamsky, Gata USA 2714 ½ Svidler, Peter RUS 2732Aronian, Levon ARM 2741...
Carlsen did it again! KO’d Adams
GM Carlsen (2714) – GM Adams (2729) [E36]03.12.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b6 8.Bf4 Ba6 9.Qxc7 Qxc7 10.Bxc7 0–0 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.Bf4 Nbd7 13.Nd2 Rc2 14.Rb1 Rac8 15.Nb3 Bc4 16.Na1...
WC round 4: Akopian 0-1 Shirov
GM Akopian (2713) – GM Shirov (2739) [B30]03.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0–0 Nge7 5.b3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.Bb2 b5 8.c4 bxc4 9.bxc4 Rb8 10.Bc3 d6 11.Na3 e5 12.Nc2 g6 13.Ne3 Bh6 14.Qa4 Bd7 15.Rfb1 Bxe3 16.fxe3...
WC round 4: Ponomariov 1-0 Sasikiran
GM Ponomariov (2705) – GM Sasikiran (2661) [D20]03.12.2007 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.0–0 Be6 7.Bb5 Bc5 8.b4 Bb6 9.a4 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nbd2 Nf6 12.Qc2 0–0 13.Qxc6 Re8 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.Nxd4...