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A total of 126 participants turned up on November 23 for the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, located about 1400 miles (2250 km) east of Moscow. The competition is taking place from November 24 to December 18. The winner of the World Cup receives the right to challenge the former world champion Veselin Topalov in a match.
Most of the favourites went through – from the top: Ivanchuk, Mamedyarov, Radjabov, Aronian, Shirov, Svidler, Adams, Grischuk, Carlsen and Kamsky, the latter quickly outplaying the young opponent Ahmed Adly, who had held him to a draw in the first game. Alekseev struck back against Anuar Ismagambetov, who had taken a full point off him yesterday, to equalise. Ruslan Ponomariov did the same against Essam El Gindy, to go into tiebreak games tomorrow.
No problems here: second seed Mamedyrov won 2-0 against the Egyptian
Junior World Champion Ahmed Adly, who bowed out to US GM Gata Kamsky
If we are looking for more or less famous names who dropped out in the first round we have to descend to board 25, where Konstantin Landa, RUS, 2678 lost to Vladislav Nevednichy, ROU, 2531; board 39, where Emil Sutovsky, ISR, 2655 lost to Jianchao Zhou, CHN, 2566; board 51, and Alexander Shabalov, USA, 2626 bowed out to Dusko Pavasovic, SLO, 2597.
After the shock loss yesterday former FIDE world champion Ponomariov equalised
today
Between photo shoots our reporter Tiviakov found time to knock out Ganguly of
India
Besides Alekseev and Ponomariov there are some other stars who have been forced into the tiebreak: Vladimir Akopian, ARM, 2713 against Anton Filippov, UZB, 2496; Pavel Eljanov, UKR, 2691 against Enamul Hossain, BAN, 2514; Rustam Kasimdzhanov, UZB, 2690, against G.N. Gopal, IND, 2520; Loek Van Wely, NED, 2679 against Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, VIE, 2530; Alexander Onischuk, USA, 2674 against Zaven Andriasian, ARM, 2546; Vadim Zvjaginsev, RUS, 2674 against Abhijit Kunte, IND, 2547; Pentala Harikrishna, IND, 2668 against Zhao Jun, CHN, 2552; Krishnan Sasikiran, IND, 2661 against Sergei Zhigalko, BLR, 2562; Predrag Nikolic, BIH, 2657 against Iljin Artem, RUS, 2565; and, would you believe it, Nigel Short, ENG, 2649 against 19-year-old David Baramidze, GER 2569.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov, UZB, 2690 (right) held by G.N. Gopal, IND, 2520
The playing venue in Khanty Mansiysk
All photos by GM Sergey Tiviakov
| World Chess Cup Round 1 24th-26th November 2007 | |||||||||||
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| 1 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2787 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Aderito, Pedro | ANG | 2352 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
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| 2 | Abdel Razik, Khaled | EGY | 2389 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2752 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
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| 3 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2742 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Genba, Vladimir | RUS | 2413 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
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| 4 | Hobaica, Juan Pablo | ARG | 2427 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2741 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
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| 5 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2739 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Gwaze, Robert | ZIM | 2429 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
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| 6 | Iturrizaga, Eduardo | VEN | 2435 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2732 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
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| 7 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2729 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| Zugic, Igor | CAN | 2477 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
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| 8 | Ismagambetov, Anuar | KAZ | 2480 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
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| Alekseev, Evgeny | RUS | 2716 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
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| 9 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2715 | 1 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| Lima, Darcy | BRA | 2487 | 0 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
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| 10 | Zhao, Zong-Yuan | AUS | 2491 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2714 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
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| 11 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2714 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| Adly, Ahmed | EGY | 2494 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
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| 12 | Filippov, Anton | UZB | 2496 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Akopian, Vladimir | ARM | 2713 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 13 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2710 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Rahman, Ziaur | BAN | 2497 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
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| 14 | El Gindy, Essam | EGY | 2503 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
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| Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2705 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
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| 15 | Wang, Yue | CHN | 2703 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| Pridorozhni, Aleksei | RUS | 2506 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
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| 16 | Laylo, Darwin | PHI | 2508 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2695 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 17 | Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | 2694 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Matsuura, Everaldo | BRA | 2511 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
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| 18 | Kabanov, Nikolai | RUS | 2512 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2692 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
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| 19 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2691 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Hossain Enamul | BAN | 2514 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 20 | Wen Yang | CHN | 2515 | 0 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Almasi, Zoltan | HUN | 2691 | 1 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 21 | Malakhov, Vladimir | RUS | 2690 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Xu, Yuhua | CHN | 2517 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
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| 22 | Gopal, G.N. | IND | 2520 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2690 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 23 | Dominguez Perez, Lenier | CUB | 2683 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Iljushin, Alexei | RUS | 2528 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
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| 24 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2530 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Van Wely, Loek | NED | 2679 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 25 | Landa, Konstantin | RUS | 2678 | 0 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Nevednichy, Vladislav | ROU | 2531 | 1 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 26 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2534 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2678 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 27 | Rublevsky, Sergei | RUS | 2676 | 1 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| Hera, Imre Jr. | HUN | 2544 | 0 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
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| 28 | Andriasian, Zaven | ARM | 2546 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Onischuk, Alexander | USA | 2674 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 29 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2674 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| Peralta, Fernando | ARG | 2546 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
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| 30 | Kunte, Abhijit | IND | 2547 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Zvjaginsev, Vadim | RUS | 2674 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 31 | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2670 | + | + | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Gonzalez Zamora, Juan* | MEX | 2552 | – | – | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
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| 32 | Zhao, Jun | CHN | 2552 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Harikrishna, P. | IND | 2668 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 33 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2668 | 1 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| Amin, Bassem | EGY | 2561 | 0 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
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| 34 | Balogh, Csaba | HUN | 2561 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Tkachiev, Vladislav | FRA | 2661 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 35 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2661 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Zhigalko, Sergei | BLR | 2562 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 36 | Kudrin, Sergey | USA | 2563 | 0 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2660 | 1 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 37 | Nikolic, Predrag | BIH | 2657 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Iljin, Artem | RUS | 2565 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
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| 38 | Ivanov, Alexander | USA | 2565 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Navara, David | CZE | 2656 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 39 | Sutovsky, Emil | ISR | 2655 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Zhou, Jianchao | CHN | 2566 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 40 | Flores, Diego | ARG | 2566 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Fressinet, Laurent | FRA | 2654 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
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| 41 | Bareev, Evgeny | RUS | 2653 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Becerra Rivero, Julio | USA | 2568 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
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| 42 | Baramidze, David | GER | 2569 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Short, Nigel D | ENG | 2649 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 43 | Georgiev, Kiril | BUL | 2649 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Megaranto, Susanto | INA | 2569 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
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| 44 | Gajewski, Grzegorz | POL | 2573 | 0 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Volkov, Sergey | RUS | 2648 | 1 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 45 | Socko, Bartosz | POL | 2646 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Georgiev, Vladimir | MKD | 2576 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
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| 46 | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2582 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2646 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 47 | Motylev, Alexander | RUS | 2645 | 1 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| Savchenko, Boris | RUS | 2583 | 0 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
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| 48 | Gagunashvili, Merab | GEO | 2584 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Zhang, Pengxiang | CHN | 2644 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 49 | Roiz, Michael | ISR | 2644 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Akobian, Varuzhan | USA | 2585 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 50 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | IND | 2585 | 0 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Tiviakov, Sergei | NED | 2643 | 1 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 51 | Wang, Hao | CHN | 2643 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| Markus, Robert | SRB | 2586 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
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| 52 | Belov, Vladimir | RUS | 2587 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Khalifman, Alexander | RUS | 2643 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 53 | Izoria, Zviad* | GEO | 2643 | – | – | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | IRI | 2591 | + | + | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
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| 54 | Milos, Gilberto | BRA | 2592 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Avrukh, Boris | ISR | 2641 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 55 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | GER | 2639 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| Granda Zuniga, Julio E | PER | 2592 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
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| 56 | Berg, Emanuel | SWE | 2593 | 0 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Najer, Evgeniy | RUS | 2635 | 1 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 57 | Sakaev, Konstantin | RUS | 2634 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2594 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 58 | Kaidanov, Gregory S | USA | 2597 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Gurevich, Mikhail | TUR | 2627 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 59 | Shabalov, Alexander | USA | 2626 | 0 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Pavasovic, Dusko | SLO | 2597 | 1 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 60 | Leitao, Rafael | BRA | 2601 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Shulman, Yuri | USA | 2616 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 61 | Rodshtein, Maxim | ISR | 2615 | ½ | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
| Gustafsson, Jan | GER | 2606 | ½ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
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| 62 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | POL | 2606 | 1 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 |
| Laznicka, Viktor | CZE | 2610 | 0 | ½ | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
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| 63 | Kozul, Zdenko | CRO | 2609 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | CUB | 2607 | ½ | ½ | 1.0 |
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| 64 | Galkin, Alexander | RUS | 2608 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
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| Bartel, Mateusz | POL | 2608 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
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* Two matches were decided without play because two players failed to appear in Khanty-Mansiysk: Mexican GM Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora withdrew due to illness, and Georgian GM Zvaid Izoria could not travel due to problems with his visa.
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