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Chess Life Online 2007 November World Cup Kicks Off
Chess Life Online 2007 November World Cup Kicks Off | World Cup Kicks Off |
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| By Jennifer Shahade | |
| November 24, 2007 | |
 In the first round of the World Cup (November 22-December 18, Siberia) , the American team
scored only 3 out of 9. However, Americans were paired up by more than 75 points in three games (Ivanov, Kudrin and Becerra) and paired down significantly only in two (Onischuk and Kamsky.) The tournament is structured as a knockout with
two game mini-matches, so tomorrow's play (and tiebreaks on 11/26 in the event of a 1-1 tie) will determine who breaks
through to the next match.World Cup 2007 Khanty Mansyisk, Russia, November 22-December 18 American results in round one Kamsky, Gata (USA) ½-½ Adly, Ahmed (EGY) Andriasian, Zaven (ARM) ½-½ Onischuk, Alexander (USA) Kaidanov, Gregory S (USA) ½-½ Gurevich, Mikhail (TUR) Shabalov, Alexander (USA) 0-1 Pavasovic, Dusko (SLO) Leitao, Rafael (BRA) ½-½ Shulman, Yuri (USA) Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) 1-0 Becerra Rivero, Julio (USA) Kudrin, Sergey (USA) 0-1 Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP) Ivanov, Alexander (USA) ½-½ Navara, David (CZE) Roiz, Michael (ISR) ½-½ Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) See complete round one results. Round 1 games Our top seed, Gata Kamsky (2714 ) was obviously hoping to win against the World Junior Champion Ahmed Adly (2494, but soon due to gain rating points from his recent victory in Armenia.) Gata was unable to push through in the endgame which was drawn due to an upcoming perpetual. (Qd7+, Kb6 Qd8, etc.) 1376 1377 1375 1374 1373 1372 1371 1369 1368 |