Americans in the World Cup: Two Advance, Three Go To Tiebreak |
November 22, 2009 | |
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GM Akobian will play a tiebreak tomorrow against GM Tregubov
Overall, this was not the happiest round for USA since Akobian and Shabalov were both leading 1-0 yesterday. Our young contenders, Robson, Hess and Friedel as well as veterans Ivanov and Ehlvest are unfortunately, eliminated. Scroll down to play through the second games of the American matches. ![]()
15-year-old GM-elect Ray Robson is eliminated in his first stab at the World Cup
Good luck to Shulman, Akobian and Shabalov in winning the rapid tiebreaks tomorrow! World Cup, Round 1 Results Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) 1.5-0.5 Ivanov, Alexander (USA) Friedel, Joshua E (USA) 0-2 Wang, Hao (CHN) Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 1.5-0.5 Robson, Ray (USA) Hess, Robert L (USA) 0.5-1.5 Motylev, Alexander (RUS) Kamsky, Gata (USA) 1.5-0.5 Antonio, Rogelio Jr (PHI) Onischuk, Alexander (USA) 1.5-0.5 Flores, Diego (ARG) Smirin, Ilia (ISR) 1.5-0.5 Ehlvest, Jaan (USA) Shabalov, Alexander (USA) 1-1 Baklan, Vladimir (UKR) Savchenko, Boris (RUS) 1-1 Shulman, Yuri (USA) Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) 1-1 Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS) 3753 3754 3755 3756 3757 3758 3765 3760 3762 3763 See the official website, chessdom.com and the Internet Chess Club for live coverage. Also read Josh Friedel's nightmare travel story. |