The FIDE World Cup is a knockout, starting with 128 players, with two games
(90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest, with 30 seconds increment) between
pairs of players. The tiebreaks consist of two rapid games (25 min + 10
sec), then two accelerated games (10 min + 10 sec), and finally an Armageddon.
The winner and the runner-up of the World Cup 2013 will qualify for the
Candidates Tournament of the next World Championship cycle. The venue is
the city of Tromsø, which lies in the northern-most region of Norway,
almost 400 km inside the Arctic Circle. You can find all details
and links to many ChessBase
articles on Tromsø here. The World Cup starts on Sunday, August
11th and lasts until September 3rd (tiebreaks, closing ceremony). Each round
lasts three days, while the final will consist of four classical games.
Thursday August 29 is a free day. A detailed schedule can be found here.
Preparing for round three, with the tables,
seats for spectators and board transmissions
Levon Aronian, playing white, found himself
in an unsatisfactory position against the Dutch Defence
of Evgeny Tomashevsky, who ouplayed the top seed and won the full point
in 58 moves.
Le Quang Liem (above) beat Alexander Grischuk
in a K+6 pawns ending and took the full point.
Hikaru Nakamura, playing black, did not give
21-year-old Indian GM B. Adhiban any
chances in an Exchange Ruy Lopez, chalking up the full point after 42 moves
The game between last year's World Championship challenger Boris Gelfand
and Ukrainian GM Alexander Moiseenko, 65 points below him on the rating
scale, was decided in an instructive endgame which our ChessBase
Magazine columnist Karsten has annotated for us.
[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.7"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5
h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qxc4
e5 12. d5 Nd8 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Nb5 Bf5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Nd2 f6 17. Qc7
Rf7 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Rc3 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Rc1 Bd7 22. Ne4 Nf7 {A
knight in the corner Bishop and knight are usually stronger than a rook:}
23. Bh5 $1 {Hitting the Achilles heel d6 is even better than} (23. Rc7
Kf8 24. Rxb7 Bf5 25. Rb8+ Re8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. Nc3 {which should also
be winning in the long run.}) 23... Be8 24. Rc8 Kh7 (24... Kf8 $6 { runs
into} 25. Bxf7 Kxf7 26. Nxd6+ Kf8 27. e4 $18) 25. Rxe8 $1 Rxe8 26. Bxf7
Rc8 27. g4 $1 {Gelfand grabs space.} Rc2 {Moiseenko gives the d-pawn,
when White's passed pawn will decide the day.} ({But} 27... Rd8 28. h4
{is so passive that Black must be lost as well of course.}) 28. Nxd6 Rxb2
29. Be6 Rxa2 $6 30. Nf7 (30. Nxb7 Rb2 31. Bc8 Kg8 32. d6 {wins as well.})
30... Rd2 31. d6 Kg6 (31... Kg8 32. Nd8+ Kf8 33. Nxb7 Ke8 34. Kf1 a5 35.
Bf5 a4 36. Ke1 Rd5 37. Be4 $18) 32. e4 a5 33. Bd5 (33. Bd5 Rxd5 34. Nh8+
$1 {Gelfand's beautiful point. Moving the knight strongly to the corner
always makes a strong impression.} Kh7 35. exd5 $18) 1-0
Gata Kamsky (right), playing black, chose the
Dutch Defence (Leningrad System)
to snatch the full point from local boy Jon Ludvig Hammer in 40 moves
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov had to concede a 23-move
draw to 14-year-old Chinese GM Wei Yi
in a Classical Nimzo Indian when his novelty (on move 14) failed to convince
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave punished Leinier Dominguez'
Sicilian Najdorf with a 50-move victory
Peter Svidler (above) easily beat Teimour Radjabov
(left, fetching a refreshment) –
Teimour played the King's Indian and lost in 32 moves
Julio Granda Zuniga (right) botched a probably
winning position against
Anish Giri on move 54 and had to instantly resign
[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.15"] [White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"] [Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"] [ECO "A15"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2013.08.11"] 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Be7 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Bf5
8. Nd2 $146 (8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bxf6
Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 (12) Morozevich,A (2751)-Ivanchuk,V (2703) Biel 2009}) 8...
O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. g4 Be6 11. Bf4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Qb6 14. Nb3
a5 15. a4 Rac8 16. Rc1 Nb8 17. Nb5 Na6 18. f3 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qd2
Bb4 21. Qd3 Ne8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Qc6 24. Qd1 Nac7 25. Na2 Be7 26.
Qd2 Qb6 27. Nac3 h6 28. Kg2 Na6 29. Bg3 Qd8 30. f4 g6 31. Qe3 Ng7 32.
h3 Nb4 33. Bf3 h5 34. Qe2 Qd7 35. Nd1 hxg4 36. hxg4 Qc6 37. Be1 b6 38.
Ne3 Qd7 39. Qd2 Ne8 40. Qe2 Ng7 41. Bd2 Nc6 42. Kf1 Bb4 43. Bc3 Bxc3 44.
bxc3 Ne7 45. Ke1 Qc8 46. Kd2 Qb8 47. Ng2 f6 48. Kc2 Kf7 49. Kb2 Bd7 50.
Ne3 Bc6 51. Qg2 Bxb5 $2 {Not a wise decision by the young Dutch GM. }
52. Bxd5+ Ke8 ({or} 52... Nxd5 53. Qxd5+ Kf8 54. axb5 {with a pawn and
a clear advantage for White.}) 53. Qh2 {Threatening 54.Qh8+ and 55.Qxb8}
Qd6 {[#] } 54. axb5 $4 ({FIRST} 54. Qh8+ Kd7 {then} 55. axb5 {is probably
still winning for White, because if} Nxd5 {White can take back:} 56. Qxg7+)
54... Nxd5 { Simply picking up a piece for nothing.} 0-1
Equally traumatic was the game
It was a horribly frustrating start of round three for Alexander Morozevich:
against Nikita Vitiugov he played the Rubinstein Variation of the Nimzo-Indian
and by move 59 seemed just a few steps away from victory. But he allowed
the opponent to put up a plausible defence and then blew it on move 73.
In spite of continued efforts the game ended on move 96 in a stalemate draw.
[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.16"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E21"] [PlyCount "192"] [EventDate "2013.08.11"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 e5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Re1 Na5 $146 13. Qc2
Ba6 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Bf1 c5 16. g3 Re7 17. Bc1 h6 18. d5 Nh7 19. f3 Rb8
20. Re3 Qe8 21. Rde1 Nf6 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. h3 Nh5 24. Kh2 Rf8 25. h4 Bc8
26. Qc2 f6 27. Nb3 Nb7 28. Qf2 Qa4 29. Kg1 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Qh2 Bg6
32. f4 Nf6 33. Qe2 Bh5 34. Qg2 Ng4 35. R3e2 Ref7 36. Rb2 Nd8 37. Bd3 Re7
38. Rbe2 Rfe8 39. Rf1 e4 40. Rxe4 Rxe4 41. Bxe4 Qxc4 42. Bf3 Qxc3 43.
Qd2 Qxd2 44. Nxd2 Nf6 45. Bg2 Bf7 46. Nc4 Nb7 47. Ne3 h5 48. Rd1 b5 49.
Bf1 c4 50. a4 a6 51. axb5 axb5 52. Bd2 Nc5 53. Nf5 Nce4 54. Bb4 Rd8 55.
Bg2 g6 56. Ne7+ Kf8 57. Nc6 Ra8 58. Bxe4 Nxe4 {This has to be completely
winning for Black.} 59. Rd4 Nxg3 (59... Ra1+ 60. Kh2 c3 { seems to win
on the spot.}) 60. Bxd6+ Ke8 61. Rd1 Ra2 62. Bb4 Ne2+ 63. Kf1 Ng3+ 64.
Kg1 Rb2 65. Re1+ Ne2+ {This pottering around by Black has helped White
back into the game.} 66. Kf1 Bxd5 67. Bc3 Rb1 68. Rxb1 Nxc3 69. Re1+ Kd7
70. Nb4 Kd6 71. Re5 Kc5 72. Na6+ Kd4 73. Ke1 Bc6 $2 (73... Be4 {is the
move all our engines say was the last chance for Black to wrap up the
game.}) 74. Nb4 Be4 75. Kd2 Nd5 76. Nc6+ Kc5 77. Rxe4 Kxc6 78. Re6+ Kc5
79. Rxg6 b4 80. f5 b3 81. f6 c3+ 82. Kc1 Nf4 83. Rg1 Kd6 84. Rf1 Nd3+
85. Kd1 c2+ 86. Kd2 c1=Q+ 87. Rxc1 Nxc1 88. Kxc1 Ke6 89. Kb2 Kxf6 90.
Kxb3 {and now anyone who can count to six can tell: the position is a
draw.} Kf5 91. Kc2 Kg4 92. Kd2 Kxh4 93. Ke2 Kg3 94. Kf1 h4 95. Kg1 h3
96. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2
All results of the third round first games
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Aronian, Levon |
2813 |
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0 |
| Tomashevsky, E. |
2706 |
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Malakhov, Vladimir |
2707 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Caruana, Fabiano |
2796 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Kramnik, Vladimir |
2784 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Areshchenko, Alex. |
2709 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Le, Quang Liem |
2702 |
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
| Grischuk, Alexander |
2785 |
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Karjakin, Sergey |
2772 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Eljanov, Pavel |
2702 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Adhiban, B. |
2567 |
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru |
2772 |
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Gelfand, Boris |
2764 |
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
| Moiseenko, Alex. |
2699 |
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Hammer, Jon Ludvig |
2605 |
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0 |
| Kamsky, Gata |
2741 |
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Mamedyarov, S. |
2775 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Wei, Yi |
2551 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Vachier-Lagrave, M |
2719 |
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
| Dominguez Perez, L. |
2757 |
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Dubov, Daniil |
2624 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Korobov, Anton |
2720 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Andreikin, Dmitry |
2716 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Dreev, Aleksey |
2668 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Svidler, Peter |
2746 |
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
| Radjabov, Teimour |
2733 |
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily |
2731 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Kryvoruchko, Y. |
2678 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Granda, Julio |
2664 |
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0 |
| Giri, Anish |
2737 |
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
| Player |
Rtg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
Pts |
| Vitiugov, Nikita |
2719 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| Morozevich, Alex. |
2739 |
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
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