2011 World Cup : Rough road ahead for Wesley So! 2nd round game with top seed Karjakin both ended in a draw

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	1	Sergey Karjakin	2
	128	Mejdi Kaabi	0
						1	Sergey Karjakin	1
						64	Wesley So	1
	64	Wesley So	2½
	65	Ding Liren	1½
	32	Sergei Movsesian	2
	97	Hou Yifan	0
						32	Sergei Movsesian	½
						33	Judit Polgar	½
	33	Judit Polgar	2
	96	Fidel Corrales Jimenez	0
	16	Leinier Dominguez	1½
	113	Elshan Moradi	½
						16	Leinier Dominguez	1½
						49	Viktor Bologan	½
	49	Viktor Bologan	1½
	80	Bartosz Socko	½
	17	Wang Hao	-
	112	Alexander Ivanov	+
						112	Alexander Ivanov	1
						81	Igor Lysyi	1
	48	Mikhail Kobalia	1
	81	Igor Lysyi	3

 
[Event "FIDE World Chess Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]  2658
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  2788
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Nd2 Rd8
15. Rc2 Rd4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe8+ Kh7 18. e3 Rd8 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Ne4 Qg6 21.
Nxc5 Bxg2 22. Bxg2 Qxg2 23. Qe4+ Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Nd7 25. Ke2 f5 26. Nd2 Ne5
1/2-1/2
 
[Event "FIDE World Chess Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"] 2788
[Black "So, Wesley"] 2658
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 b4 12. Na4 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Bb7
15. Rac1 O-O 16. Rhe1 Rfc8 17. h4 Ne7 18. Nd4 Bc6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. h5 f6 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. c4 bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 e5 25. Rb1 Ra7 26. g3 h6 27. Be2
Kf7 28. Bg4 f5 29. Be2 Ke6 30. Ke3 e4 31. Kd2 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE World Chess Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. O-O-O b5 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3
Bb7 9. Ng5 Ngf6 10. e5 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Chess Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"] 2678
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] 2719
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Na5 b6 14. Nb3 Bg7 15.
a4 O-O 16. O-O Kh7 17. c3 Ng8 18. g4 Ndf6 19. g5 Nd7 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Ne7
22. Raf1 Kg8 23. c4 Nc5 24. Nd4 Nxa4 25. Bd1 Nc5 26. b4 Nd7 27. Nc6 Ne5 28. b5
axb5 29. cxb5 Ra3 30. Bd4 Nf5 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Qc2 Qd7 33. Bxb6 f4 34. Rxf4
Ng6 35. Rf1 Rfa8 36. Bxh5 Ra2 37. Qd3 R8a3 38. Qe4 Ra4 39. Qf5 Rg2+ 40. Kh1
Qxf5 41. Rxf5 Rb2 42. Bxg6 Ra1+ 43. Bg1 fxg6 44. Ne7+ Kh7 45. Rf4 Rbb1 46. Rh4+
Bh6 47. Rxh6+ Kg7 48. h4 Rxg1+ 49. Kh2 Rge1 50. Nxg6 Re3 51. Nf4 Ra2+ 52. Ng2
Ree2 53. Rxd6 Rxg2+ 54. Kh3 Rg1 55. Rd7+ Kf8 56. b6 Ra3+ 57. Kh2 Rb1 58. Ra7
Rb2+ 59. Kg1 Rxa7 60. bxa7 Ra2 61. h5 Rxa7 62. Kf2 Rg7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Chess Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"] 2699
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] 2700
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Bb2 d5 8. exd5
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qxd5 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bc4 Qa5 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Be8 16. a3 Qc7 17. Be5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qa5 19. Bb2 Rd8 20. b4 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 Qc7 22. Qd4 a5 23. Bd3 axb4 24. axb4 Qd6 25. b5 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Nd7 27. Be4
Nc5 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. c4 b6 30. Bc6 Kf8 31. Ne5 Bd6 32. Nd7+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE World Chess Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be1 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Qa4 d6 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. Rac1 a5
15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Ne4 Bd8 18. Be1 Ne7 19. Nc3 d5 20. e4 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 c6 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. f3 Rc7 24. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Chess Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"] 2538
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"] 2629
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14.
Ne2 Bd5 15. Nfd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 a5 17. Nf4 Be6 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE World Chess Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]2679
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"] 2629
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. Qe2 a5 8. Bg5
dxe4 9. dxe4 h6 10. Bh4 a4 11. Bc4 Qd6 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Bd5 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Ne7 16. Bc4 c6 17. a3 Rad8 18. O-O-O Qf6 19. Ba2 b5 20. Rh4 Be6 21.
Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Ne1 Ng6 23. Rh1 Qa2 24. Nc2 Rd6 25. Nf3 Rfd8 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27.
Nh2 Qe6 28. Ng4 Rd8 29. Rf1 Ne7 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 f5 32. Ne5 fxe4 33. Qxe4
Qd5 34. Qe2 Nf5 35. Rf3 Re8 36. Rd3 Qe6 37. Qg4 Bd6 38. Nxc6 Qe4 39. Rf3 Bc5
40. N6b4 Rd8 41. Qh3 Qe2 42. Rd3 Qf1+ 43. Kd2 Qxf4+ 44. Kd1 Qf1+ 45. Kd2 Qf4+
46. Kd1 Qf1+ 47. Ne1 Ne3+ 48. Qxe3 Bxe3 49. Rxd8+ Kh7 50. Nbd3 Qf6 51. Rd5 Qc6
52. Re5 Bg5 53. Rc5 Qd7 54. Kc2 Be7 55. Re5 Bf6 56. Re2 Qd5 57. Nf3 h5 58. Nd2
h4 59. Ne4 Bd8 60. Ndf2 Qf5 61. Nd3 Bc7 62. Re3 Qg4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Chess Cup 2011"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk/Russia"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]  2575
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] 2700
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. f4
Bb7 9. Bf3 Na5 10. O-O Nc4 11. Bc1 Ne7 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. e5 Be7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15.
Qe2 O-O 16. b3 Na5 17. f5 Nc6 18. fxg6 Nxd4 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Qd3 Nc6 21. Bf4
Rac8 22. Rad1 Rc7 23. Rf3 Rfc8 24. Qd2 Nd8 25. Rg3 Bf8 26. Bg5 Nc6 27. Bf6 Ne7
28. Bxe7 Bxe7 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Qd4 f5 31. Ne2 g5 32. Nf4 gxf4 33. Qxf4 Qe4 34.
Qxe4 fxe4 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Rg8+ Kxh7 37. Rxf8 Rxc2 38. Kg1 Rxa2 39. h4 e3 40.
Kf1 a5 41. Rf7+ Kg6 42. Rxd7 Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Rxg2 44. Rd3 Rg3 45. Rd6 Kf5 46. Ra6
Kxe5 47. Rxa5 Ke4 48. Ra6 Kf3 0-1