Five Americans Move on; Four Out |
By Jennifer Shahade | |
November 25, 2007 | |
official website or ICC at 5 AM EST. The live relay has been problematic thus far, but we expect it will improve as players are eliminated and the event becomes smaller. World Cup (Khanty Mansiysk, Russia Nov. 24-Dec. 17) American Results in first match 0.5-1.5 Adly, Ahmed (EGY) 0-1 Kamsky, Gata (USA) 1-1 Onischuk, Alexander (USA) ½-½ Andriasian, Zaven (ARM)- Advance to Tiebreaks 1.5-0.5 Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP) ½-½ Kudrin, Sergey (USA) 1.5-0.5 Navara, David (CZE) 1-0 Ivanov, Alexander (USA) 0-2 Becerra Rivero, Julio (USA) 0-1 Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) 1-1 Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) ½-½ Roiz, Michael (ISR)- Advance to Tiebreaks 1-1 Gurevich, Mikhail (TUR) ½-½ Kaidanov, Gregory S (USA)- Advance to Tiebreaks 1.5-0.5 Pavasovic, Dusko (SLO) ½-½ Shabalov, Alexander (USA) 1-1 Shulman, Yuri (USA) ½-½ Leitao, Rafael (BRA)-Advance to Tiebreaks For complete results, check the official website. Against the Egyptian player Ahmed Adly, Gata was squeezing all game, but didn't deal Adly the critical blow into the following position: Here's the full game: 1391 Our other high rated gun, Alexander Onischuk (2674), had a small advantage with White in the endgame, but it wasn't possible to make much out of it. Now Alexander will try to advance in the tiebreaks tomorrow. 1390 Gregory Kaidanov and Mikhail Gurevich drew in a hard-fought game from both ends. M.Gurevich a pretty continuation in the following position: Unfortunately, Alexander Ivanov, Sergey Kudrin, Alexander Shabalov and Julio Becerra were knocked out this round. We hope that in the four Americans in the tiebreaks will avenge their eliminations! World Cup Schedule Date Event 22.11.07 Arrival 23.11.07 Opening ceremony 24.11.07 Round I- game 1 25.11.07 Round I- game 2 26.11.07 Tie break 27.11.07 Round II- game 1 28.11.07 Round II- game 2 29.11.07 Tie break 30.11.07 Round III- game 1 1.12.07 Round III- game 2 2.12.07 Tie break 3.12.07 Round IV- game 1 4.12.07 Round IV- game 2 5.12.07 Tie break 6.12.07 Round V- game 1 7.12.07 Round V- game 2 8.12.07 Tie break 9.12.07 Round VI- game 1 10.12.07 Round VI- game 2 11.12.07 Tie break 12.12.07 Free day 13.12.07 Round VII- game 1 14.12.07 Round VII- game 2 15.12.07 Round VII- game 3 16.12.07 Round VII- game 4 17.12.07 Tie break, Closing 18.12.07 Departure |
After two days of the World Cup (Nov.24-Dec.17, Siberia) , one American player, Gata Kamsky, is guaranteed entrance into round two. Meanwhile, four American players are out in the knockout style tournament, and another four will fight for their lives tomorrow in the tiebreak round. Catch the action live on the