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Sam Shankland scored the surprise of the first round by eliminating Peter Leko. Prior to the match Shankland had already got a plane ticket home which he will now have to change. Shankland has returned to college after spending some time as a professional but since then has scored successes in the US Championship and now here. Leko tried the Benoni but it isn't his style and he quickly got a lost position, Shankland didn't press matters but just took the draw which progressed him to the second round. Leko has a tournament coming up in Samara in October I couldn't find out what that was. He was just annoyed at himself at how he drifted to a loss on the first game.

The top seeds mostly progressed, Sergey Karjakin, Vassily Ivanchuk, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Vugar Gashimov, Alexander Grischuk, Teimour Radjabov, Peter Svidler, Judit Polgar, Zoltan Almasi, Dmitry Jakovenko David Navara, Alexei Shirov, Fabiano Caruana, Le Quang Liem all went through without any particular dramas.

Gata Kamsky got a bit too bold with black which he should have been playing for a draw and suffered defeat in game two to Brazilian Diego Di Berardino but he is strong favourite to progress in the rapids. Francisco Vallejo Pons suffered a similar fate againt Jorge Cori from Peru.

Alexandr Fier was completely busted against Wang Yue in game two of their match after his surprise win in game one but nerves and time pressure caused Wang to blow this advantage and be eliminated with a draw.

Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan was maybe not to upset to be eliminated as she can now go and play in the 2nd Women's Grand Prix of the 2011-12 series in China. She almost certainly have held in game one and she briefly had an overwhelming position in game two against Sergei Movsesian (28.Rxg7!!) who now goes on to face women's world number one Judit Polgar.

Michael Adams won with black against Mark Paragua in the first game yesterday but got in a horrible mess trying to close the match out. He was completely busted but his opponent was inprecise and allowed Adams to reach a drawn ending which required a long defence but probably wasn't all that difficult.

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and Rustam Kasimdzhanov have recently lost rating points and are friends. Neither was best pleased to be paired against each other. Kasimdzhanov won a fine game with black in game one yesterday and held with white, Nisipeanu admitted he didn't have any confidence today it would be otherwise. Kasimdzhanov was annoyed by Korchnoi's recent trenchant criticism that drawn games should be replayed at faster time rates saying that his title of Former World Chess Champion should be removed, even the former, which I guess was a small joke. He said that things shouldn't be so personal in discussing such an issue. My view on Kasimdzhanov's proposal is that it is a grinders charter. Players confident of rapid and blitz skills could grind away over game after game to get the results they want. I th8ink Kasimdzhanov thinks such a proposal would favour him and we would see some exceptionally dull chess.

The controversial Sebastian Feller came back from his day one loss to level his match with Viorel Iordachescu.

Stelios Halkias and Alexander Morozevich go to playoff, neither game was particularly interesting. Morozevich will surely be strong favourite to progress.

Ahmed Adly missed game 2 with Bu Xiangzhi after Kidney health problems (maybe stones). Hospital visit with small operation. Will be fine to travel in a few days and may play in a tournament in Mozambique so he didn't seem to upset to go out.

FIDE World Cup 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS Sun 28th Aug 2011 - Tue 20th Sep 2011 Round 1 Results
Name	FED	G1	G2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	SD	Tot
Round 1 Match 01
Kaabi, Mejdi	TUN	0	0								0
Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	1	1								2
Round 1 Match 02
Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	1	1								2
Steel, Henry Robert	RSA	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 03
Ibrahim, Hatim	EGY	0	0								0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	1	1								2
Round 1 Match 04
Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	1	½								1.5
Gwaze, Robert	ZIM	0	½								0.5
Round 1 Match 05
Hansen, Eric	CAN	0	0								0
Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	1	1								2
Round 1 Match 06
Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	1	½								1.5
Genba, Vladimir	RUS	0	½								0.5
Round 1 Match 07
De La Paz Perdomo, Frank	CUB	0	0								0
Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	1	1								2
Round 1 Match 08
Kamsky, Gata	USA	1	0								1
Di Berardino, Diego Rafae	BRA	0	1								1
Round 1 Match 09
Lima, Darcy	BRA	½	0								0.5
Svidler, Peter	RUS	½	1								1.5
Round 1 Match 10
Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	1	1								2
Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 11
Bezgodov, Alexei	RUS	½	½								1
Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 12
Almasi, Zoltan	HUN	1	1								2
El Gindy, Essam	EGY	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 13
Cori, Jorge	PER	0	1								1
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	1	0								1
Round 1 Match 14
Navara, David	CZE	1	1								2
Kabanov, Nikolai	RUS	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 15
Rahman, Ziaur	BAN	½	0								0.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	½	1								1.5
Round 1 Match 16
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	1	½								1.5
Moradiabadi, Elshan	IRI	0	½								0.5
Round 1 Match 17
Ivanov, Alexander	USA	1	1								2
Wang, Hao	CHN	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 18
Leko, Peter	HUN	0	½								0.5
Shankland, Samuel L	USA	1	½								1.5
Round 1 Match 19
Esen, Baris	TUR	½	0								0.5
Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	½	1								1.5
Round 1 Match 20
Le, Quang Liem	VIE	1	½								1.5
Megaranto, Susanto	INA	0	½								0.5
Round 1 Match 21
Paragua, Mark	PHI	0	½								0.5
Adams, Michael	ENG	1	½								1.5
Round 1 Match 22
Shirov, Alexei	ESP	1	½								1.5
Leon Hoyos, Manuel	MEX	0	½								0.5
Round 1 Match 23
Guliyev, Namig	AZE	0	0								0
Jobava, Baadur	GEO	1	1								2
Round 1 Match 24
Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	1	½								1.5
Pridorozhni, Aleksei	RUS	0	½								0.5
Round 1 Match 25
Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynal	CUB	0	0								0
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	1	1								2
Round 1 Match 26
Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	½	½								1
Robson, Ray	USA	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 27
Fier, Alexandr	BRA	1	½								1.5
Wang, Yue	CHN	0	½								0.5
Round 1 Match 28
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	1	1								2
Zhao, Zong-Yuan	AUS	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 29
Babula, Vlastimil	CZE	½	0								0.5
Efimenko, Zahar	UKR	½	1								1.5
Round 1 Match 30
Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	½	½								1
Felgaer, Ruben	ARG	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 31
Vorobiov, Evgeny E.	RUS	½	½								1
Sutovsky, Emil	ISR	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 32
Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	1	1								2
Hou, Yifan	CHN	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 33
Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	CUB	0	0								0
Polgar, Judit	HUN	1	1								2
Round 1 Match 34
Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	1	1								2
Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 35
Zherebukh, Yaroslav	UKR	½	½								1
Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 36
Berkes, Ferenc	HUN	1	½								1.5
Mareco, Sandro	ARG	0	½								0.5
Round 1 Match 37
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	KAZ	½	0								0.5
Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	½	1								1.5
Round 1 Match 38
Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	½	½								1
Halkias, Stelios	GRE	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 39
Filippov, Anton	UZB	1	1								2
Zhigalko, Sergei	BLR	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 40
Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	1	½								1.5
Bluvshtein, Mark	CAN	0	½								0.5
Round 1 Match 41
Drozdovskij, Yuri	UKR	½	½								1
Motylev, Alexander	RUS	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 42
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	1	1								2
Pashikian, Arman	ARM	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 43
Shulman, Yuri	USA	½	½								1
Potkin, Vladimir	RUS	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 44
Nielsen, Peter Heine	DEN	½	½								1
Postny, Evgeny	ISR	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 45
Romanov, Evgeny	RUS	½	0								0.5
Grachev, Boris	RUS	½	1								1.5
Round 1 Match 46
Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	1	½								1.5
Salgado Lopez, Ivan	ESP	0	½								0.5
Round 1 Match 47
Gupta, Abhijeet	IND	½	1								1.5
Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	½	0								0.5
Round 1 Match 48
Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	½	½								1
Lysyj, Igor	RUS	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 49
Socko, Bartosz	POL	0	½								0.5
Bologan, Viktor	MDA	1	½								1.5
Round 1 Match 50
Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	1	1								2
Adly, Ahmed	EGY	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 51
Ivanisevic, Ivan	SRB	½	0								0.5
Onischuk, Alexander	USA	½	1								1.5
Round 1 Match 52
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	CUB	½	½								1
Quesada Perez, Yuniesky	CUB	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 53
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian	ROU	1	1								2
Yu, Yangyi	CHN	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 54
Korobov, Anton	UKR	1	1								2
Zhou, Jianchao	CHN	0	0								0
Round 1 Match 55
Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	0	½								0.5
Harikrishna, P.	IND	1	½								1.5
Round 1 Match 56
Li, Chao b	CHN	½	0								0.5
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	½	1								1.5
Round 1 Match 57
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	ROU	0	½								0.5
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	1	½								1.5
Round 1 Match 58
Akopian, Vladimir	ARM	0	0								0
Negi, Parimarjan	IND	1	1								2
Round 1 Match 59
Iordachescu, Viorel	MDA	1	0								1
Feller, Sebastien	FRA	0	1								1
Round 1 Match 60
Timofeev, Artyom	RUS	½	0								0.5
Azarov, Sergei	BLR	½	1								1.5
Round 1 Match 61
Khairullin, Ildar	RUS	½	½								1
Ni, Hua	CHN	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 62
Fridman, Daniel	GER	½	1								1.5
Lupulescu, Constantin	ROU	½	0								0.5
Round 1 Match 63
Ragger, Markus	AUT	½	½								1
Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	½	½								1
Round 1 Match 64
So, Wesley	PHI	½	½								1
Ding, Liren	CHN	½	½								1

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