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The first game of round 2 is over and some speed bumps are emerging.
Tomi Nyback of Finland has drawn first blood from Svidler. Morozevich dropped his first game to Czech GM Laznicka, Radjabov lost to Russian opening theorist Sakaev, Ivanchuk lost his opening game to Philippine sensation Wesley So.
Kamsky remains on track but te Americans are thinnning out. Onischuk is down a game, Shabalov and Akobian both drew. Onischuk's his opponent Naiditsch went into overtime against Yifan Hou in the first round in order to advance.
A great tournament. I wish I was there but we are getting the results pretty quickly.
Svidler may be down but not out. With the white pieces, he has good chance to win tomorrow. Nyback is more of an attacking player. I like the way Svidler snuffed out the counterplays of the French Defense in round 1.
What i am surprised is the opening selection of Wesley So. It seems in this tournament, he is relying on the French Defense, rather than on his Sicilian Defense. And with the white pieces, he started to play d4.
We may have lost our pride after round 1 but Filipino Canadians are still cheering for Wesley So. Go Wesley go!!!
Last edited by Erwin Casareno; Wednesday, 25th November, 2009, 02:41 AM.
Whatever the outcome, So has made his mark as a real "comer" for the future. Very impressive.
Also impressive was the round one performance of the Chinese contingent.
The top countries list by participants is interesting. It tells a short story by itself, particiularly as the rounds progress:
Round 1:
Russia 27
USA 10
China 9
Ukraine 9
India 7
Egypt 6
Azerbaijan 5
Netherlands 4
France 4
Round 2:
Russia 16
USA 4
China 6
Ukraine 6
India 3
Egypt 0
Azerbaijan 3
Netherlands 0
France 4
The list of players per country continues to tell a little story going into round 3.
Russia 27...16...9
USA 10...4...1
China 9...6...4
Ukraine 9...6...4
India 7...3...0
Egypt 6...0...0
Azerbaijan 5...3...2
Netherlands 4...0...0
France 4...4...2
Wesley So crushed the current FIDE World Cup Champion Gata Kamsky to advance to the next round. He is portraying like the PACMAN of Chess synonymous to the Current and Number 1 Pound for Pound (P4P) World Boxing Champion Manny "PACMAN of Boxing" Pacquaio of the Philipppines. Way to go WESLEY!!!
And so it came to pass! Wesley SO has advane to the 4th round of the 2009 World CUp by eliinating the French Defense speialist Gata Kamsky!
Note that Wesley has still 1 hour and 4 minutes compared to the 17 minutes of Gata.
Kamsky used the Dutch defense Leningrad variation to create pawn imbalance but Wesley exchange queens, then maintained control of the open d -file, continued to subtract minor pieces and comfortably got the half point.
This is my first time to see Wesley SO open with the English opening and proceeded to methodially exchange pieces while retaining the advantage. In a Rook, bishop and pawn ending, Kamsky has no choice but to accept a draw result. This must be a product of home preparations.
This result of the 7th youngest grandmaster in the world is a Philippine record as no Filipino player has ever advanced from the first round.
Go Wesley go!
You have given the inhabitants of the 7,100 islands the question of who should be the 2009 sportsman of the year - will it be you or the legendary Manny Paquiao?
Last edited by Erwin Casareno; Saturday, 28th November, 2009, 12:46 PM.
Wesley's interview at the World Cup mentions that chess in the Philippines is not so hot - no government support et al. Maybe he should move to Canada!
It seems that players the world over are critical of the level of support available for chess in their country.
Advancing to round 4 is great news for those who do it. Check out the prize fund:
The prize fund for the World Cup totals $1,600,000. FIDE takes 20% off the top.
Round 1 losers: 64 x USD 6,000 (net 4,800) USD 384,000
Round 2 losers: 32 x USD 10,000 (net 8,000) USD 320,000
Round 3 losers: 16 x USD 16,000 (net 12,800) USD 256,000
Round 4 losers: 8 x USD 25,000 (net 20,000) USD 200,000
Round 5 losers: 4 x USD 35,000 (net 28,000) USD 140,000
Round 6 losers: 2 x USD 50,000 (net 40,000) USD 100,000
Runner-up: 1 x USD 80,000 (net 64,000) USD 80,000
World Cup winner: 1 x USD 120,000 (net 96,000) USD 120,000
Total: USD 1,600,000
I am sure you are joking, Hal. The prize money for making the final 16 will last for years in the Phillippines. How long would it last in Canada? For that reason alone lack of support in countries with small average incomes is not going to be nearly as big a problem as it will in a G-8 country.
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