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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

FIDE World Cup 2011 Round 4.1 :Six decisive games out of 8 games


RESULTS FOR ROUND 4


Zherebukh, Yaroslav (UKR)
0
0
0.0
 Navara, David (CZE)
1
1
2.0

[Event "FIDE World Chess Cup 2011"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qg3 g6 14. Bf3 a5 15.
Nxb5 Nxe4 16. Qe1 f5 17. Nc3 d5 18. Qe3 Bf6 19. Be2 Ba6 20. Bd3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4
Bxd3 22. cxd3 Nd2 23. Rae1 Nxf1 24. Rxe6 Nd2 25. Nxd5 Nb3 26. Qe5 Ra7 27. Kf1
Raf7 28. h4 a4 29. h5 gxh5 30. g3 Qb8 31. Rd6 Qb7 32. Rh6 Rd8 33. Nf6+ Rxf6 34.
Rxf6 Nd2+ 35. Kf2 Qf3+ 0-1

[Round "4.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Be2 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. O-O a5 10. a4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bb5 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nf1 Bd6 15.
Ng3 Qc7 16. b3 Bd7 17. Ba3 b6 18. Ra2 Rae8 19. Rae2 Nd8 20. Bd3 Nf7 21. Ne5 c4
22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Bc2 Nd5 25. Qb1 g6 26. Bxg6 Re7 27. Qc1 hxg6
28. Nxg6 Rf6 29. Nxe7+ Nxe7 30. Nh5 Rg6 31. Nf4 Rg4 32. f3 Rg7 33. Nxe6 Bxe6
34. Rxe6 Ndf5 35. R1e5 Nh4 36. Rxe7 Nxf3+ 37. Kf2 Nxe5 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Rxe5
Qc6 40. Qc2+ 1-0


Svidler, Peter (RUS)
1
1
2.0
 Kamsky, Gata (USA)
0
0
0.0


[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
d6 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. b4 a5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nb3
axb4 16. cxb4 Rb8 17. Bb2 c6 18. Na5 Ba8 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qd3
Qd7 22. Rac1 Rbd8 23. Bb1 Ba8 24. Qe2 g6 25. Bd3 Rb8 26. Rc2 Nh5 27. g3 Bg7 28.
Rec1 Qg4 29. Nd4 Qxe2 30. Nxe2 Nf6 31. Nc3 Bc6 32. f3 Bd7 33. Nd1 d5 34. exd5
e4 35. fxe4 Nxe4 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Rc7 Bf5 38. Bxe4 Rxe4 39. Nc3 Rd4 40. Rd1
Rxd1+ 41. Nxd1 Ra8 42. Ne3 Be4 43. Re7 Bb1 44. Re5 Ra6 45. Kf2 h5 46. Kf3 Ba2
47. Ke4 Rxa3 48. Kd4 Rb3 49. d6 f6 50. Re7+ Kf8 51. Nd5 Bb1 52. Kc5 Rd3 53. Ra7
1-0

[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nbd2 h6 13. h3 Re8 14. Qc2 exd4 15.
cxd4 Na5 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bb1 g6 19. Bxh6 Nc6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Ne4
Qb4 22. Ba2 Nxd4 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nxd4 Nxf6 25. Nc6 Qh4 26. Nxb8 Re2 27. Qc3
Rxf2 28. Nc6 Rxf1+ 0-1


Radjabov, Teimour (AZE)
1
½
1.5
 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)
0
½
0.5

[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d3 Bf5 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Re1 Rac8 12. Rb1 b6 13. Nb5 Bh3 14. Bh1 Ne8 15.
Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Ng5 Bg4 17. Qd2 h6 18. Ne4 Kh7 19. Nec3 f5 20. f3 Bh5 21. f4 e6
22. Bg2 Rfd8 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Qe3 Ne8 25. h3 Nd6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Kh2 Rd7 28.
Rg1 g5 29. g4 gxf4 30. Qxf4 Bg6 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Nd5 Qd6 33. Rbf1 Kh8 34. h4
Bh7 35. Bh3 Re8 36. e4 Nb4 37. Qxd6 Rxd6 38. Bxf5 Nxd5 39. cxd5 Bxf5 40. Rxf5
c4 41. Rf4 c3 42. Rf7 Rc8 43. Rgg7 Rdd8 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. Rfg7+ Kf8 46. Rxa7 Kg8
47. Rag7+ Kf8 48. Rd7 1-0

[Round "4.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nfd7 10. d5 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Be5 14. Qc2 Nc5
15. O-O c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 Rfc8 20. a3 Bd6 21.
Qd5 Bxa3 22. Nxa3 Qxa3 23. e5 Kg7 24. Bg4 e6 25. Bxe6 Ne7 26. Qd6 1/2-1/2

Polgar, Judit (HUN)
0
1
1.0
 Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB))
1
0
1.0
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 b5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Rac1 b4 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. exd5 Qd7 18. Bc4 Qa7 19. c3 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bd8 21.
Ng5 a5 22. Rf3 Qe7 23. b3 a4 24. Rh3 g6 25. Qc2 axb3 26. axb3 Bb6 27. Rf1 Ng4
28. Ne4 f5 29. Rg3 Nf6 30. Nxf6+ Qxf6 31. Rd3 Rc7 32. Qc3 Rca7 33. Rd2 Bd4 34.
Qd3 Ra1 35. g3 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Bc5 37. Kg2 e4 38. Qe2 Re8 39. f3 exf3+ 40. Qxf3
Re3 41. Qf1 Qe5 42. Qf4 Qe7 43. Ra2 Re1 44. b4 Be3 45. Qf3 Rg1+ 46. Kh3 Qg5 0-1

[Round "4.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Qf3 Be7 9. Qg3 d6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. f4 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qh4 h6
15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Ne8 17. e5 f5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. Nxc7 Bxh6
21. Nxa8 Bxf4 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Nb6 Be6 24. Nd5 Kf7 25. Ne3 Nf6 26. g3 Ng4 27.
Nxg4 fxg4 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Bc7 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. Re4 Rg8 32. a4 Bd6 33.
axb5 axb5 34. Rf5 b4 35. Rh5 Rg6 36. h3 gxh3 37. Rxh3 Kd7 38. Rh7+ Kc6 39. b3
Bd5 40. Re3 Bxg3 41. Ra7 Rg4 42. Ra4 Bf4 43. Re1 Bd2 44. Rd1 Bc3 45. Ra6+ Kb7
46. Ra5 Be4 47. Ra4 Rg2 48. Ra2 Kb6 49. Rd6+ Kb5 50. Rd1 Bf3 51. Rf1 Kc5 52.
Ra7 Be4 53. Rc1 Kb6 54. Ra2 Rg3 55. Rf1 Bg7 56. Kc1 Rg2 57. Kb1 Rd2 58. Kc1 Rh2
59. Kb1 Bc3 60. Rd1 Bf3 61. Rf1 Kc5 62. Ra7 Be4 63. Rc1 Kd4 64. Rd7+ Ke3 65.
Re7 Rh6 66. Ra7 Bd2 67. Rg1 Kf2 68. Rd1 Ke2 69. Rg1 Be3 70. Re7 Rh4 71. Rg8 Bd4
72. Ka2 Kd2 73. Rd7 Bxc2 74. Rh8 Rxh8 75. Rxd4+ Bd3 76. Rxb4 Kc3 77. Ra4 Rh2+
78. Ka3 Rb2 79. Rg4 Rxb3+ 80. Ka4 Rb1 81. Ka5 Rb5+ 82. Ka4 Rf5 83. Rg3 Rf4+ 84.
Ka3 Rf1 85. Rg2 Rh1 86. Rb2 Ra1+ 87. Ra2 Rb1 88. Rg2 Rb3+ 89. Ka4 Rb4+ 90. Ka3
Rb6 91. Rg4 Ra6+ 92. Ra4 Rb6 93. Rg4 Rb7 94. Rh4 Rb1 95. Rh2 Rb6 96. Rh4 Bf1
97. Rg4 Rb5 98. Rg3+ Bd3 99. Rg4 Rb1 100. Rg2 Rb3+ 101. Ka4 Rb5 102. Rg4 Rf5
103. Ka3 Rf1 104. Rg2 Rb1 105. Rh2 Bf5 106. Rg2 Bd3 107. Rh2 Bf1 108. Rf2 Bc4
109. Rf3+ Bd3 110. Rf2 Rb3+ 111. Ka2 Rb6 112. Ka1 Rg6 0-1

Potkin, Vladimir (RUS)
1
0
1.0
 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)
0
1
1.0
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 Qe8 8. Nf3
e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 Nc5 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. Qxh5 Nd3+ 14. Ke2 Nf4+
15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rhf1 Be5 17. g3 fxg3 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. e5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 f6 21.
Qxe8 Rxe8 22. hxg3 Rxe5+ 23. Kd2 Kf7 24. Rf4 Rf5 25. Raf1 Rxf4 26. Rxf4 Bd7 27.
Ne4 f5 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. b4 b6 30. Nd3 Kf6 31. Rh4 Kg7 32. Kc3 Bd7 33. Ne5 Be8
34. Kd4 h5 35. Nd3 Bf7 36. Nf4 Re8 37. Nxh5+ Bxh5 38. Rxh5 Re4+ 39. Kd3 b5 40.
c5 Re5 41. d6 cxd6 42. c6 Re4 43. Rxf5 Rxb4 44. Rf2 1-0
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
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. Nd1 b4 10. Be2 Qb6 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Rb8 13. b3 Qa5 14. Rc1 cxd4 15. Nxd4
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ba3 17. Rc2 O-O 18. Na4 Bb4 19. Bc3 f6 20. Bg4 Re8 21. Bxb4 Rxb4
22. O-O Bb7 23. a3 Rxa4 24. bxa4 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 fxe5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Be2 Rc8
28. Rb2 Rc7 29. Rb6 Nc4 30. Bg4 g6 31. Bxe6+ Kg7 32. Rxb7 1-0

Bu, Xiangzhi (RUS)
½
½
1.0
 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)
½
½
1.0
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
O-O b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. d3 Bd6 12. Be3 c5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nd2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Ng4 16. Nde4 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 Be7 18. Nxb5 Bg5 19. d4 cxd4 20. exd4 Qb6
21. Nxg5 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Ne4 Rxb2 24. Kf3 Rfb8 25. Rfc1 Nf6 26. Nxf6+
gxf6 27. Ra7 R2b7 28. Rxb7 1/2-1/2
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. g4 b6 14. g5 Nb4 15. Rf2
Bb7 16. Qg4 Bf8 17. Raf1 g6 18. f5 Ne5 19. Qh3 Bg7 20. Bf4 Rad8 21. f6 Bf8 22.
Qg3 Qc4 23. Nb1 Nbc6 24. Nc3 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. h4 Rc8 27. Rd1 Qb4 28. Bc1
Rc4 29. Na2 Qc5 30. Be3 Qc7 31. Nc3 Rc8 32. Rd4 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 Qc4 34. Rd2 Qb4
35. b3 Nc6 36. Bf2 Ne5 37. Bd4 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Bf1 Qa5 40. Re2 Nc6 41. Bf2
Ne5 42. Bd4 Ba6 43. Rd2 Qa1 44. Kg2 b4 45. Bxa6 bxc3 46. Be2 Qa8 47. Bxc3 Qxe4+
48. Kf1 h5 49. Bxe5 dxe5 50. Bd3 Qd5 51. Qg2 Qa5 52. Re2 Rd8 53. Re4 Qa1+ 54.
Ke2 Bc5 55. Qf1 Qb2 56. Rc4 e4 57. Rxe4 Bd4 58. Qe1 Qa3 59. b4 Qa7 60. Qg3 Qb6
61. b5 Qc5 62. Qf4 e5 63. Qf3 Qb4 64. Kf1 Qd2 65. Qe2 Qc3 66. Qe1 Qc7 67. Qb4
Ba7 68. Ke2 Qb6 69. Qe1 Qc7 70. Kf3 Bd4 71. Qb4 Ra8 72. Qe7 Qc8 73. Ke2 Ra7 74.
Qd6 Qh3 75. Rxd4 Qg2+ 76. Ke3 exd4+ 77. Kxd4 Qg4+ 78. Kc3 Qc8+ 79. Bc4 Rd7 80.
Qe5 Rc7 81. Qe4 Kh7 82. Kb3 Ra7 83. Qd4 Qc7 84. Bd3 Qa5 85. Qb4 Qa2+ 86. Kc3
Qa1+ 87. Kd2 Qg1 88. Qf4 Qc5 89. Ke2 Qg1 90. Kd2 Rd7 91. Qc4 Qh2+ 92. Kc1 Qe5
93. Kd2 Qh2+ 94. Kc1 Qe5 95. Kd2 1/2-1/2

Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (CUB)
½
½
1.0
 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
½
½
1.0
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
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. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Ne4 h5 14. Bd2
Kf8 15. Rad1 h4 16. Bg5 Rh5 17. Rd4 b6 18. Red1 Be6 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Neg5 c5
21. Nxe6 cxd4 22. Nxg7 Rh7 23. Nf5+ Kf8 24. N5xd4 c5 25. Nc6 a5 26. Rd7 Rc8 27.
Rd6 Re8 28. Ng5 Rg7 29. Nf3 Re6 30. Rd8+ Re8 31. Rd6 Re6 32. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Nh4 Qd7 16. g3 Rc5 17. Rd3 Rac8 18. Ng2 Bd8 19. Rad1 Ba5 20. Rxd6 Qe7 21.
Nh4 Bxc3 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Nf5 Qe8 24. Nd6 Qe7 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27.
Qd2 Rc6 28. Qa5 Nxe4 29. Qxe5 Nc5 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Rd8 Qc7 32. Rh8+ Kg6 33. Qg8
Nxb3 34. cxb3 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. Kh3 Rc5 37. Qh7+ Kf7 38. Qg8+ Kg6 39. Qh7+
1/2-1/2

Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)
1
0
1.0
 Nielsen, Peter Heine (DEN)
0
1
1.0
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
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. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14.
Rd3 Rd8 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Ne4 Nf4 17. R3d2 Ke7 18. f3 Bc8 19. Kf2 Rhe8 20. g3
Nh3+ 21. Ke3 Ng5 22. f4 Nxe4 23. Kxe4 g6 24. f5 Rxd4+ 25. Kxd4 Bxf5 26. Kc3 a5
27. a3 Be6 28. Rd4 c5 29. Rf4 h5 30. b4 axb4+ 31. axb4 Ra8 32. bxc5 Ra3+ 33.
Kb2 Ra2+ 34. Kb1 Ra5 35. Rb4 Rxc5 36. Rxb7 Bf5 37. Rd2 Be4 38. Ra7 Ke6 39. Re2
Kxe5 40. Ra4 f5 41. Ra6 g5 42. Rg6 g4 43. Rh6 Kd4 44. Rxh5 Bf3 45. Rd2+ Ke3 46.
Rd3+ Kf2 47. Kb2 Be4 48. Rc3 Rb5+ 49. Kc1 c6 50. Rh8 Kg2 51. Rc4 Re5 52. Rd4
Bf3 53. Rd2+ Kg1 54. Kb2 Re3 55. Rh7 Be4 56. Rd1+ Kg2 57. Rd2+ Kg1 58. Re7 Kh1
59. Rf2 Kg1 60. Rxf5 Bxc2 61. Rf1+ Kxf1 62. Rxe3 Bd1 63. Kc1 Bf3 64. Re5 Kg1
65. Rh5 Bg2 66. Kd2 Bh3 67. Ke3 Kxh2 68. Kf2 c5 69. Rxc5 Bg2 70. Rc4 Bh3 71.
Ra4 Kh1 72. Ra1+ Kh2 73. Rg1 1-0
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 Rfe8
15. h3 h6 16. Bd2 Qc5 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. a3 Ned7 19. b4 Qe7 20. a4 Qxb4 21. Rb1
Qc5 22. Rxb7 Ne4 23. Rc1 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Nb6 25. Qc2 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Qd2
Qe7 28. a5 Nc5 29. Qc2 Nb7 30. Qa4 Qc5 31. a6 Nd8 32. Na2 Qb6 33. Qb4 Qc7 34.
Nc3 Qe7 35. Qb3 h5 36. Bf3 Qc5 37. Ne2 Qd6 38. Rd1 Qc7 39. Nf4 Kh8 40. Qd3 Rf8
41. Qd7 Be5 42. Be2 Kg7 43. h4 Qb6 44. Bc4 Qb4 45. Bf1 Qb6 46. Qe7 Bf6 47. Qe4
Qc7 48. Bc4 c5 49. Rd5 Qc6 50. g3 Qa4 51. Kg2 Re8 52. Qd3 Ne6 53. Nxh5+ gxh5
54. Bb5 Nf4+ 55. gxf4 Qe4+ 56. Qxe4 Rxe4 57. Rxc5 Bxh4 58. Rxh5 Bd8 59. Rd5 Bb6
60. Rd6 Re6 61. Rd7 Kf8 62. Rb7 Bc5 63. Rb8+ Kg7 64. Bc4 Re7 65. Kf3 Rc7 66.
Bb3 Rd7 67. Ke4 Bd6 68. Rb5 Kf8 69. Kf5 Rc7 70. Rb8+ Ke7 71. Ra8 Bc5 72. Rh8
Rc6 73. Rh7 Rf6+ 74. Ke4 Bb4 75. Bc4 Be1 76. Kf3 Bd2 77. Rh8 Rc6 78. Bb5 Rb6
79. Re8+ Kf6 80. Bc4 Rc6 81. Bd3 Ba5 82. e4 Bb6 83. e5+ Kg7 84. f5 f6 85. e6
Rc7 86. Rb8 Bc5 87. Be4 Bd6 88. Ra8 Bc5 89. Bd5 Be7 90. Ke4 Bf8 91. Bb7 Bc5 92.
Kd5 Kh6 93. Bc6 Bxf2 94. Rg8 Be3 95. Rg6+ Kh7 96. Rxf6 Bg5 97. Rg6 Be7 98. Rg2
Rc8 99. Rb2 Rd8+ 100. Bd7 Rf8 101. Ke4 Kg7 102. Rg2+ Kh7 103. Ke5 Bb4 104. Rg3
Be7 105. Rg2 Bb4 106. Rc2 Be7 107. Rc7 Kh6 108. Bc6 Bd8 109. Rb7 Kg5 110. Rg7+
Kh6 111. Rxa7 Bf6+ 112. Ke4 Rc8 113. Rf7 1-0

PETER SVIDLER wins the World Cup


The 2011 World Cup winner was determined on Monday, September 19. The Russian champion Peter Svidler made a draw in the fourth game of the match against Alexander Grischuk, and won the main trophy. Natalia Komarova, the Governor of Ugra, congratulated the winner: “I am sincerely happy for the six-time Russian champion and a wonderful sportsman Peter Svidler! He played the entire tournament very confidently and won a very difficult competition. Another Russian grandmaster Alexander Grischuk also deserves respect for his great skill and fighting spirit. I have no doubt that these players will help Russia winning the Olympiad gold in 2012”.

FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov thanked the World Cup hosts for a very high level of organization, and congratulated the winners: “Peter Svidler, Alexander Grischuk, and Vassily Ivanchuk are outstanding grandmasters of modern time, a true creators at the board. I am glad for them and sincerely wish them to show their best at the Candidates Tournament, which will be played in the end of 2012”.

“The last two months were very successful for Peter Svidler, the wonderful grandmaster from St. Petersburg, – said Vassily Filipenko, the mayor of Ugra and the president of Ugra Chess Federation. – In August he won the Russian championship for the sixth time, and in September won his first World Cup. I am happy that he took such a prestigious trophy on Ugra land, in our ultramodern Chess Academy. I wish Peter Svidler, Alexander Grischuk, and Vassily Ivanchuk to achieve even more in future!” 

  NameG1G2G3G4 R1 R2 r3 r4 B1 B2 SDTot
      Final. Match for the 1st place
 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)0½½½1.5
 Svidler, Peter (RUS)1½½½2.5
      Final. Match for the 3rd place
 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)½1½½2.5
 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)½0½½1.5



NameG1G2 R1 R2 r3 r4 B1 B2 SDTot
      Semifinal Match for the 1st place
 Svidler, Peter (RUS)½11.5
 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)½00.5
      Semifinal Match for the 3rd place
 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)½½101½3.5
 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)½½010½2.5



NameG1G2 R1 R2 r3 r4 B1 B2 SDTot
      Round 5 Match for the 1st place
 Svidler, Peter (RUS)½11.5
 Polgar, Judit (HUN)½00.5
      Round 5 Match for the 3rd place
 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)10½12.5
 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE)01½01.5
      Round 5 Match for the 3rd place
 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)½½1½2.5
 Navara, David (CZE)½½0½1.5
      Round 5 Match for the 3rd place
 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)½11.5
 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)½00.5


     Round 4 Match for the 1st place
 Polgar, Judit (HUN)011010½14.5
 Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB)100101½03.5
      Round 4 Match for the 3rd place
 Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN)½½001
 Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR)½½113
      Round 4 Match for the 3rd place
 Zherebukh, Yaroslav (UKR)000
 Navara, David (CZE)112
      Round 4 Match for the 3rd place
 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (CUB)½½0110½03.5
 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)½½1001½14.5
      Round 4 Match for the 3rd place
 Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)1010114
 Nielsen, Peter Heine (DEN)0101002
      Round 4 Match for the 3rd place
 Potkin, Vladimir (RUS)10½01.5
 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)01½12.5
      Round 4 Match for the 3rd place
 Radjabov, Teimour (AZE)1½1.5
 Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)0½0.5
      Round 4 Match for the 3rd place
 Svidler, Peter (RUS)112
 Kamsky, Gata (USA)000
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