World Cup Knock Out

[swami]

Interesting tournament underway.

I've seen a lot of games, I'm impressed with the playing style of Wesley So of Philippines. His moves in a game against Gadir Guseinov are no-nonsense aggressive ones.

Though Grischuk has a better chance of winning this event me thinks.

And you?

Whose players playing style did you like most and who has a better chance?

http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5933

[playjunior]

I consistently like Karjakin. His like a good mixture of the old Soviet-school active playing style with very good technique and very active repertoire (1. e4, Najdorf with black against 1.e4). And Grischuk has always been one of the coolest players around. I also cheered for the Armenian players - Gabriel Sargissian and Tigran L. Petrosian but they're both out unfortunately.

[swami]

Brilliant win by Wesley So against Ivanchuk!

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[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Robot 4"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
f3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg5 c6 12. f4 Qb6 13. Na4 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Ne4
15. c3 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2 17. cxb4 f6 18. Qg4 fxg5 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Nc5 Qxb2
21. Qh3+ Kg8 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Qf6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. g3 Re8 26. Nxb7 gxf4 27.
Rxf4 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. Nc5 Re7 31. b5 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33.
bxc6 Rd6 34. Bb5 Re8 35. Rd4 Kf7 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Rg4 Ke5 38. Kf3 Rf6+ 39. Ke3
0-1

[Karlo Bala]

Interesting tournament underway.

I've seen a lot of games, I'm impressed with the playing style of Wesley So of Philippines. His moves in a game against Gadir Guseinov are no-nonsense aggressive ones.

Though Grischuk has a better chance of winning this event me thinks.

And you?

Whose players playing style did you like most and who has a better chance?

http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5933

Ivanchuk. As far as I know, a first player who beat Karpov & Kasparov on the same tournament

[shiv]

Brilliant win by Wesley So against Ivanchuk!

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[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Robot 4"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
f3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg5 c6 12. f4 Qb6 13. Na4 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Ne4
15. c3 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2 17. cxb4 f6 18. Qg4 fxg5 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Nc5 Qxb2
21. Qh3+ Kg8 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Qf6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. g3 Re8 26. Nxb7 gxf4 27.
Rxf4 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. Nc5 Re7 31. b5 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33.
bxc6 Rd6 34. Bb5 Re8 35. Rd4 Kf7 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Rg4 Ke5 38. Kf3 Rf6+ 39. Ke3
0-1

I would not call it brilliant as Ivanchuk had several opportunities to draw by perpetual check, but decided to burn all bridges. It seems to me that Ivanchuk tried hard to lose and succeeded.

[jdart]

Ivanchuk was also in severe time trouble (not at all unusual for him) and actually lost on time, although his position at the end was probably hopeless anyway.

[swami]

Interesting tournament underway.

I've seen a lot of games, I'm impressed with the playing style of Wesley So of Philippines. His moves in a game against Gadir Guseinov are no-nonsense aggressive ones.

Though Grischuk has a better chance of winning this event me thinks.

And you?

Whose players playing style did you like most and who has a better chance?

http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5933

Ivanchuk. As far as I know, a first player who beat Karpov & Kasparov on the same tournament

Ivanchuk will be eliminated if the next game is drawn... so the risk involved here for him is very high.

[swami]

Wesley So won against Gata Kamsky!

He's gonna be the next Carlsen.

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[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b6 14. Be2 Ba6
15. Bd1 Qb5 16. b4 Rc8 17. Nb2 Qc6 18. Rc1 O-O 19. a4 Bc4 20. Bg4 Bb3 21. O-O
Bxa4 22. f5 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Re3 f6 25. fxe6 Nxe5 26. Bf5 g6 27. Bh3 Qd6
28. Rd1 Rcd8 29. Rd2 Qe7 30. Rf2 Nc6 31. Qd2 d4 32. Re4 dxc3 33. Qxc3 Rf8 34.
g4 Rd6 35. Bg2 Ne5 36. g5 Rxe6 37. gxf6 Rfxf6 38. Rxf6 Qxf6 39. Re3 Bc6 40. Nd1
Qg5 41. Rg3 Qf4 42. Nf2 Bxg2 43. Kxg2 Nc4 44. Qd3 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nf5 46. Qd5 Qc1+
47. Nd1 Kf7 48. Rc3 Qg5+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Kg2 Qg4+ 51. Kf2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qe1+
53. Kg2 Kg7 0-1

[Edsel Apostol]

So accepts the draw offered by Kamsky in a winning position. So is the first to qualify for the next round.

Ivanchuk might be feeling better now.