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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

World Chess Cup R4.1: Only two draws, six decisive games

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everyone,

Round 4 started with explosive chess at the World Chess Cup currently on in Khanty Mansiysk. We're down to 16 players and of the eight games played on Tuesday - only two ended in draws. Here are all the exciting games with their links via the official website. Enjoy. We just might not have any tiebreaks this time!




Round 4

1 0−1 Polgar, Judit (HUN) 0−1 Dominguez P, Leinier (CUB) View
2 0.5−0.5 Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN) ½-½ Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) View
3 0−1 Zherebukh, Yaroslav (UKR) 0−1 Navara, David (CZE) View
4 0.5−0.5 Bruzon B, L (CUB) ½-½ Ponomariov, R (UKR) View
5 1−0 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) 1−0 Nielsen, Peter H (DEN) View
6 1−0 Potkin, Vladimir (RUS) 1−0 Grischuk, A (RUS) View
7 1−0 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) 1−0 Jakovenko, D (RUS) View
8 1−0 Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1−0 Kamsky, Gata (USA) View








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3 comments:

  1. Saira Fernandes, MadridSeptember 6, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    Every single of these is an endgame study wow

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  2. Alexis Cochran, New ZealandSeptember 6, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    Oh my fav lost

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  3. Amrit Puri Knights Chess Club New DelhiSeptember 6, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    I wish Abhijeet was here unfortunate loss for him

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