16 September 2011
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
We are in the final of the World Cup of Chess in Khanty-Mansiysk. The first game was played today – on Friday. Peter Svidler won the game. It was a Kan Sicilian with Svidler trying a ‘patented’ confusing opening set-up that forced Grischuk into a time scramble. Meanwhile, for the 3rd and 4th place, the first game between Vassily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomariov ended in a draw.
As you know, these are the last four players remaining in the 128-player knockout tournament that has given us such wonderful chess over the last few weeks. We are already wondering how to handle the withdrawal symptoms once the tournament is over soon.
But back to the present. Here are the nice games of the final and the match for 3rd-4th place via the official website. That’s where they also have the fantastic high-definition live broadcast of the matches. No one we know has missed showing up for the broadcast!
1 0−1 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 0−1 Svidler, Peter (RUS) View
2 0.5−0.5 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) View
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