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The tournament is taking place in the Ugorian Chess Academy in the very heart of Khanty-Mansiysk, which has hosted three previous World Cups: 2005, 2007, and 2009. The 128 participants hail from 46 different countries, and are playing for a total prize fund of US $1.6 million. In addition the first three finisher get tickets to the Candidates tournament in the next World Championship cycle.
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The tie break matches turned out to be very short – both ended after the two rapid games (25 minutes plus 10 seconds for each move).
David Navara (above right), playing white, tried an unpretentious Caro-Kann, postponed castling and missed a breakthrough in the centre. After that the white king could not escape from the centre and a deadly black attack developed. Alexander Grischuk took the full point in 43 moves.
David Navara came close to equalising in the second game, where Grischuk confessed that "White did a lot to lose. But the safety factor in my position was sufficient," and he was able to survive the unpleasant endgame a pawn down. Alöexander Grischuk was in the semifinal and will face Vassily Ivanchuk on Monday.
The press conference with Alexander Grischuk and David Navara after their
match
A wistful goodbye to Khanty-Mansiysk for Czech GM David Navara
Teimour Radjabov playing Vassily Ivanchuk in the tiebreak games
Teimour Radjabov played a very creative opening with white against Vassily Ivanchuk, who in the press conference said: "The first game was very hard and I had to fight for a draw. Luckily I managed to build up a defence and avoided mixing everything up in the endgame with bishop against a rook without pawns."
In the second game Ivanchuk managed to outplay his opponent in a slightly better endgame.
The semifinals start on Monday, September 12, with two Ukrainians playing two Russians: Vassily Ivanchuk vs Alexander Grischuk and Ruslan Ponomariov vs Peter Svidler. The winner gets US $120,000. We remind you that three of these players will be qualifying for the World Championship Candidates matches next year.
| Name | G1 |
G2 |
R1 |
R2 |
r3 |
r4 |
B1 |
B2 |
SD |
Tot |
| Svidler, Peter (RUS) | ½ |
1 |
1.5 |
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| Polgar, Judit (HUN) | ½ |
0 |
0.5 |
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| Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) | 1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
2.5 |
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| Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) | 0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1.5 |
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| Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) | ½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
2.5 |
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| Navara, David (CZE) | ½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1.5 |
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| Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) | ½ |
1 |
1.5 |
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| Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) | ½ |
0 |
0.5 |
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| Date | Day | Time | Rounds | Players |
| 12.09.2011 | Monday | 15:00 | Round 6, game 1 | 4 |
| 13.09.2011 | Tuesday | 15:00 | Round 6, game 2 | |
| 14.09.2011 | Wednesday | 15:00 | Tiebreak | |
| 15.09.2011 | Thursday | Free Day | ||
| 16.09.2011 | Friday | 15:00 | Round 7, game 1 | 2 |
| 17.09.2011 | Saturday | 15:00 | Round 7, game 2 | |
| 18.09.2011 | Sunday | 15:00 | Round 7, game 3 | |
| 19.09.2011 | Monday | 15:00 | Round 7, game 4 | |
| 20.09.2011 | Tuesday | 11:00 | Tiebreaks, Closing | |
| 21.09.2011 | Wednesday | Departure |
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