Cap d'Agde Chess Meeting down to knockout stage

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Hi Everyone,

Despite all the excitement in Nanjing we're not really forgetting what's up in Cap d'Agde at the two-stage tournament there with some of the best chess players of the world.

The tournament has reached its second - the knockout stage. The top four players have qualified from each group. You can pick up more details at the official website here. The knockouts will be played from Thursday, October 28, 2010.

Group A

1. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2733 6½

2. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2695 5½

3. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2633 4

4. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2682 3½

5. Edouard, Romain g FRA 2636 3

6. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2619 2½

7. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2565 2½

8. Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2388 ½

Group B

1-2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2754 5½

1-2. Le Quang Liem g VIE 2694 5½

3-4. Pelletier, Yannick g SUI 2592 4

3-4. Hammer, Jon Ludvig g NOR 2633 4

5-6. Gharamian, Tigran g FRA 2658 3

5-6. Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2539 3

7. Zhu Chen g QAT 2480 2

8. Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2573 1

Here is another set of interesting games from the previous rounds. Enjoy! You can see the moves in our pgnplayer or simply watch in flash below.

PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. f3 Nd7 11. g4 Nde5 12. Rg1 Bc4 13. Qf2 Bxf1 14. Rgxf1 Nc4 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Kb1 N4a5 17. f4 Nxb3 18. cxb3 f6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg2 Rae8 21. Nd5 Qxe4+ 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Nxc7 Nd4 24. Nd5 Ne2 25. a3 b5 26. b4 h5 27. gxh5 Ng3 28. Rfe1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Nxh5 30. Re6 Rc8 31. Rxd6 Rc4 32. f5 Rxh4 33. Rb6 Ng3 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Rxb5 Rh1+ 36. Kc2 Rf1 37. Rxb7 Nxf5 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. b5 Kh6 40. a4 Rf2+ 41. Kb3 Rf3+ 42. Ka2 Rf4 43. Ka3 Rf1 44. b6 1-0

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nb4 11. Be2 a5 12. Be3 Nh5 13. h3 Bd7 14. c5 Na6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Bf1 Nc5 19. Rc1 g5 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. g3 Ng6 23. Be2 Bf6 24. Bg4 Rc8 25. Qa4 Nc5 26. Qxa5 Nd3 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Red1 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Qd7 30. Kh2 Nf4 31. gxf4 exf4 32. Qb5 Qe7 33. Bd2 Be5 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Qe2 Kg6 36. Qg4 Rc4 37. h4 Rd4 38. Be1 h6 39. Qf5+ Kg7 40. Nb5 Rd3 41. Rc7 f3+ 42. Kh3 Qf6 43. Qxf6+ Kxf6 44. Bc3 h5 45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. Bxe5 dxe5 47. Rxf7 1-0

PGN: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf8 17. f4 Ncd7 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nd3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Ng4 21. Re1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Ne4 Rcc8 24. Re2 Rd3 25. h3 Ne3+ 26. Kf2 Nf5 27. g4 Ne7 28. Rc3 Rd1 29. Rcc2 Rd3 30. Re3 Rd1 31. Rd2 Rxd2+ 32. Nxd2 Nc6 33. Rd3 Ke7 34. a3 Na5 35. Kf3 h6 36. h4 b5 37. c5 Nc6 38. Ke4 b4 39. axb4 Nxb4 40. Rd4 Nd5 41. Rc4 Rb8 42. f5 Rb5 43. fxe6 Kxe6 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 f5+ 46. gxf6 gxf6 47. Nf3 f5+ 48. Kd4 Ne7 49. Kc3 Nc6 50. b4 a5 51. bxa5 Rxa5 52. Nd4+ Nxd4 53. Kxd4 Ra8 54. Rb4 Rd8+ 55. Kc4 Ke5 56. Rb7 f4 57. Rf7 Rd1 58. c6 Rc1+ 59. Kb5 Rb1+ 60. Ka6 Ra1+ 61. Kb7 Rb1+ 62. Kc8 Ke4 63. c7 f3 64. Kd8 Rc1 1/2-1/2

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