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Carlsen, M. Wojtaszek, R. Matlakov, M. Dubov, D. Malakhov, V. Abasov, N. Esipenko, A. Dominguez, L. Bacrot, E. Gabuzyan, H. Amin, B. Van Foreest, J. Ragger, M. Firouzja, A. Grischuk, A. Korobov, A. Maghsoodloo, P. Tomashevsky, E Anton, D. Duda, J-K Vidit, S. Grandelius, N. Xiong, J. Navara, D. Predke, A. Giri, A. Aronian, L. Jakovenko, D. Fedoseev, V. Pons, F. Bluebaum, M. Andreikin, D. Harikrishna, P. Berkes, F. Yu, Y. Kryvoruchko, Y. Salem, S. Mamedyarov, S. Vachier-Lagrave, M Sargissian, G. Alekseenko, K. Artemiev, V. Gelfand, B. Karjakin, S. Vitiugov, N. Shirov, A. Cheparinov, I. Svidler, P. Shankland, S. Arenchenko, A. Caruana, F.
This is a knock-out tournament of eight rounds. All rounds are played with two game matches.
Round 1 has 156 players Round 2 has 78 winners of Round 1 + 50 top seeds for 128 players Round 3 has 64 players Round 4 has 32 players Round 5 has 16 players Round 6 has 8 players Round 7 has 4 players Round 8 has 2 players in the final
The time control for each game is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1
In any match, the player who scores more points than his/her opponent in the two standard games is the winner.
If the score is level after the two regular games, after a new drawing of colours, two tiebreak games are played with time control of 25 minutes for each player + 10 seconds
If the score is level after the games above, then colours are drawn again and two games with a time control of 10 minutes for each player + 10 seconds increment per move
If the score is level after that then colours are drawn again and two games with a time control of 5 minutes per player + 3 seconds increment per move
Then, Armageddon.
Day 3, Round 1, Game 1 (July 12) Day 4, Round 1, Game 2 (July 13) Day 5, Round 1 Tie-break (July 14) Day 6, Round 2, Game 1 (July 15) Day 7, Round 2, Game 2 (July 16) Day 8, Round 2, Tie-break (July 17) Day 9, Round 3, Game 1 (July 18) Day 10, Round 3, Game 2 (July 19) Day 11, Round 3, Tie-break (July 20) Day 12 Free Day (July 21) Day 13, Round 4, Game 1 (July 22) Day 14, Round 4, Game 2 (July 23) Day 15, Round 4, Tie-break (July 24) Day 16, Round 5, Game 1 (July 25) Day 17, Round 5, Game 2 (July 26) Day 18, Round 5, Tie-break (July 27) Day 19, Round 6, Game 1 (July 28) Day 20, Round 6, Game 2 (July 29) Day 21, Round 6, Tie-break (July 30) Day 22 Free Day (July 31) Day 23, Round 7, Game 1 (August 1) Day 24, Round 7, Game 2 (August 2) Day 25, Round 7, Tie-break (August 3) Day 26, Final, Game 1 (August 4) Day 27, Final, Game 2 (August 5) Day 28, Final, Tie-break (August 6)
Games start at 3 PM Sochi time which is 8 AM Montreal/Toronto time
It was very far from easy, but @NihalSarin got there in the end and picked up another couple of rating points - he's now 0.7 points behind Hou Yifan, David Howell and Gata Kamsky on 2658!
Game 1, July 12 Sjugirov, Sanan – Prudente, Elmer A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
Elmer is a 56-year-old Candidate Master from Guam. He is the lowest rated player in the Open. He is on go-fund-me because:
He’s been practicing for weeks on how he’ll open the game against the Russian. One mistake and the game is over, he said, and his tournament too.
“It’s a knock-out style. If you win, you still play. If you don’t win, you go home,” he said. “I hope I can stay. Just for the plane ticket, it cost $4,450. The food and lodging? Hopefully, they can deduct that amount from my winnings.”
Today’s results to follow when all games are completed.
In Game 1 yesterday, 14-year-old Russian IM Volodar Murzin (2502), came very close to defeating his opponent, veteran Moldovan GM Viorel Iordachescu (2589), in an ending with a clear extra pawn.
Game 1, July 12 Murzin, Volodar – Iordachescu, Viorel D02 Queen’s Bishop game
Murzin was on the verge of a big win, but with 42...Ka7? he blundered his passed pawn to 43.Rxd2! (exploiting the fact that the black queen is now pinned)
Blindfold expert Timur Gareyev playing Singapore master Jingyao Tin draws the second game so they are on to tie-breaks tomorrow
Game 2, July 13 Gareyev, Timur – Tin, Jingyao D10 QGD Slav Defence, Exchange variation
Abhimanyu (tweet): It was simply great to play in my first world cup. GM Jobava is a better player and won it with 1.5 to.5. It was amazing to discuss the game with him after the 2nd round.
Game 2, July 13 Quizon, Daniel - Bareev, Evgeny C08 French, Tarrasch, open
The Galaxy Leisure Complex enjoyed a huge amount of entertainment this afternoon. Twenty-eight matches were not decided in the two classical games, and had to be fought out in a series of two rapid games - 25 minutes base time + 10 seconds increment -, followed by two more rapid games (10/10 this time), and finally two blitz 5/3 games. A nerve-racking “Armageddon” decisive game is left for the end: 5 minutes vs 4 on the clock and Black advances with the draw.
They say that better players excel even more with less time, thanks to their superior intuition and pattern knowledge plus match experience and today’s tie-break round was no exception. Most of the favourites only needed the two rapid games to defeat their lower-rated opponents and move on to Round 2, where a well-rested top-50 opponent will be waiting for them.
One of the matches that deserved special attention in the Open World Cup was the face-off between top Armenian GM Haik Martirosyan (2632) against Zambia’s IM Chitumbo Mwali (2281). Albeit the nearly 350 rating points difference, Mwali won his classical game, forcing the tie-break. But as the Zambian International Master confessed to FIDE’s Press Officer in the post-game interview “today was not his day”.
Another really interesting match-up in the Open section was the all-Egyptian encounter between GM Abdelrahman Hesham (2397) and his Olympic team colleague and top-Egypt player Ahmed Adly (2625). Although on paper, Adly should have been cruising to the second round, these play-off between team colleagues sometimes don’t go the logical way, and in this case the Egyptian representative will be Hesham, who sealed the match win in the second game of the rapids.
The protagonists of the other two huge surprises of the day were a couple of young IM guns: Ravi Haria and Volodar Murzin. The Englishman IM Ravi Haria (2440) put Russian’s experienced GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (2608) to the test in the rapid games.
After winning the first one quite clearly, he had to defend a very tricky 4 pawn vs 3 pawn rook ending to seal the draw, not after suffering many moves with very little time on the clock. (Actually, he won the game WK)
A huge achievement by the underdog in this match who declared in the post-game interview that he would now “have to reserve a few more days at the hotel”. Well done Ravi!
Last but not least, Russian 15-year-old IM Volodar Murzin (2502) played one of the most memorable matches of round one, defeating none other than experienced Moldova GM Viorel Iordachescu (2589) by 3.5-2.5.
After making one draw after another (solid play by both contenders), “the kid” prevailed in the second 10/10 rapid game. He will face another young player in Round 2, top Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev (2704), who is now 23 years old.
Game 3, July 14 Mwali, Chitumbo – Martirosyan, Haik A20 English, Modern Nimzowitsch
Shouldn't masks be compulsory? Indonesian Susanto Megaranto resigned a game against Fabiano Caruana in 15 moves. He has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.
The FIDE World Cup organizers confirm that one of the players has tested positive for Covid-19. The result of this test was known while he was playing his second-round game.
In line with the tournament's public health and safety protocol, the player has been asked to immediately leave the playing area, and his game declared a loss. The player in question was wearing a face mask during the game, and he has been placed in quarantine.
Shouldn't masks be compulsory? Indonesian Susanto Megaranto resigned a game against Fabiano Caruana in 15 moves. He has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.
Game 1, July 15 Fier, Alexandr – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, symmetrical variation
Nice tactics with 15...Bxa3! and then 16...f5! have led to a big advantage for Magnus Carlsen against Sasa Martinovic, who celebrates his 30th birthday today!
Magnus Carlsen begins the 2021 #FIDEWorldCup with a win!
Game 1, July 15 Tari, Aryan – Bareev, Evgeny C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky
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