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Kamsky Advances; Akobian and Shabalov Head to Tiebreaks Print E-mail
November 25, 2009
Defending World Cup champion Gata Kamsky advances into round three of the 2009 World Cup. He drew today against Weiqi Zhou to secure the match victory.

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Gata's opponent in round three is a definite surprise: He'll be facing Wesley So of the Phillipines, who just pulled off the upset of the tournament so far, eliminating Vassily Ivanchuk. 
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GM Varuzhan Akobian, More photos on the official website

GM Varuzhan Akobian defended against Ruslan Ponomariov to score a draw and he will head back to the tiebreak room. We wish him luck in finishing Ponomariov off, even if it takes him till 1 AM again!

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Shabalov had the wildest draw of the day against GM David Navara.

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GM Alexander Shabalov, Photo from the official website


Shabalov and Akobian both head back to the tiebreaks tomorrow at 5 AM EST. Happy Thanksgiving tiebreaks to them!

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Alexander Onischuk, Photo from the official website


Sadly, Alexander Onischuk is out as he was unable to create enough with White today, so he is eliminated.

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See the official website, chessdom.com and the Internet Chess Club for live coverage. Also read Josh Friedel's nightmare travel story.
 
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