Top seeds progress to World Cup Round 3 after play-offs

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FIDE World Cup Tromso 2013 (2 Playoffs)

Top seeds progress to World Cup Round 3 after play-offs

Mark Crowther - Friday 16th August 2013

Levon Aronian showed his power as a calculator easing past Igor Lysyj. Photo © Susan Polgar.

Levon Aronian showed his power as a calculator easing past Igor Lysyj. Photo © Susan Polgar. | http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/

The rapid play-offs for FIDE World Cup Round 2 saw the top seeds all progress. Levon Aronian eased past Igor Lysyj using his superior calculating skills, Vladimir Kramnik took his chances in the second rapid game two against Mihail Kobalia. Sergey Karjakin, Gata Kamsky, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Peter Svidler also progressed with little drama against Viktor Bologan.

However below this a whole host of seeds were eliminated. Ruslan Ponomariov tried to keep control against Daniil Dubov who also didn't mind the quick draws on offer and it all went down to a final Armageddon game where Dubov eventually conjured some very clever chances in a 1.b3 Larsen's Opening and eliminated his more experienced rival.

Wang Hao faced one of the world's best rapid players Alexei Dreev and eventually was beaten 2-0. Michael Adams had failed to convert all sorts of chances against Yuriy Kryvoruchko and it's in the nature of things that this came back to bite him when he got into trouble in the second rapid game and was eliminated. Teimour Radjabov has had a lousy year and had to use all his experience to get past Lazaro Bruzon. He ruined a completely winning game with black in the first rapid and took an extremely quick draw in game two to recover. This paid off as he completely outclassed his opponent in the next phase to go through.

Other interesting results include Alexander Moiseenko eliminating Etienne Bacrot, Le Quang Liem taking out Francisco Vallejo Pons, Malakhov beating Laurent Fressinet in a match where the Frenchman lost a technical rook and pawn a pawn up and followed it by blowing an overwhelming position in the second game, Anton Korobov beating Baadur Jobava and the last Norwegian standing Jon Ludvig Hammer beating David Navara who went for a huge kingside tactic which didn't work.

Round 3 Pairings 2pm BST Friday: R3 Draw: Aronian-Tomashevsky, Vitiugov-Morozevich, Kamsky-Hammer, Mamedyarov-Wei Yi, Grischuk-Le Quang, Svidler-Radjabov, Karjakin-Eljanov, Dreev-Andreikin, Caruana-Malakhov, Granda-Giri, Gelfand-Moiseenko, Dominguez-Vachier Lagrave, Kramnik-Areshchenko, Kryvoruchko-Ivanchuk, Nakamura-Adhiban, Dubov-Korobov.

Ian Rogers report on Tromso for the USCF Website

Sno	Name	Ti	FED	RTG	G1	G2	G1	G2	G1	G2	G1	G2	SD	Score	Qualifier
	Round 2, Match 1
64	Lysyj, Igor	g	RUS	2648	½	½	0	0						1
1	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2813	½	½	1	1						3	Aronian
	Round 2, Match 2
2	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2796	1	½								1½	Caruana
63	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2662	0	½								½
	Round 2, Match 3
67	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	2651	½	½	½	0						1½
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2784	½	½	½	1						2½	Kramnik
	Round 2, Match 4
4	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2785	1	½								1½	Grischuk
68	Swiercz, Dariusz	g	POL	2654	0	½								½
	Round 2, Match 5
60	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2660	½	½	0	½						1½
5	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2772	½	½	1	½						2½	Karjakin
	Round 2, Match 6
6	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2772	1	½								1½	Nakamura
59	Safarli, Eltaj	g	AZE	2660	0	½								½
	Round 2, Match 7
71	Filippov, Anton	g	UZB	2630	½	0								½
7	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2764	½	1								1½	Gelfand
	Round 2, Match 8
8	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2741	1	0	1	1						3	Kamsky
57	Shimanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2655	0	1	0	0						1
	Round 2, Match 9
56	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2676	½	½	½	0						1½
9	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2775	½	½	½	1						2½	Mamedyarov
	Round 2, Match 10
10	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2757	1	½								1½	Dominguez
55	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2667	0	½								½
	Round 2, Match 11
75	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2624	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5	Dubov
11	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2756	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	4
	Round 2, Match 12
12	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2747	½	½	0	0						1
53	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2668	½	½	1	1						3	Dreev
	Round 2, Match 13
52	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2672	½	½	½	0						1½
13	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2746	½	½	½	1						2½	Svidler
	Round 2, Match 14
14	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2740	½	½	½	0						1½
51	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2678	½	½	½	1						2½	Kryoruchko
	Round 2, Match 15
50	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2664	1	½								1½	Granda
15	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2744	0	½								½
	Round 2, Match 16
16	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2739	1	½								1½	Morozevich
80	Leitao, Rafael	g	BRA	2632	0	½								½
	Round 2, Match 17
48	Ragger, Markus	g	AUT	2680	½	0								½
17	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2719	½	1								1½	Vitiugov
	Round 2, Match 18
18	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2737	1	1								2	Giri
47	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2693	0	0								0
	Round 2, Match 19
83	Robson, Ray	g	USA	2623	0	0								0
19	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2731	1	1								2	Ivanchuk
	Round 2, Match 20
20	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2733	½	½	½	½	1	1				4	Radjabov
45	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2698	½	½	½	½	0	0				2
	Round 2, Match 21
85	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	g	VIE	2625	½	0								½
21	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2716	½	1								1½	Andreikin
	Round 2, Match 22
22	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2720	1	0	1	1						3	Korobov
43	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2696	0	1	0	0						1
	Round 2, Match 23
87	Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo	g	CUB	2609	0	0								0
23	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2719	1	1								2	Vachier-Lagrave
	Round 2, Match 24
41	Shirov, Alexei	g	LAT	2696	½	0								½
105	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2551	½	1								1½	Wei
	Round 2, Match 25
89	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	g	NOR	2605	½	½	1	1						3	Hammer
25	Navara, David	g	CZE	2715	½	½	0	0						1
	Round 2, Match 26
26	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2714	½	½	0	½						1½
39	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2699	½	½	1	½						2½	Moiseenko
	Round 2, Match 27
102	Adhiban, B.	g	IND	2567	½	1								1½	Adhiban
91	Fier, Alexandr	g	BRA	2595	½	0								½
	Round 2, Match 28
28	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2724	½	0								½
37	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2702	½	1								1½	Eljanov
	Round 2, Match 29
36	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2706	½	½	½	0						1½
29	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2702	½	½	½	1						2½	Le
	Round 2, Match 30
30	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2709	½	1								1½	Areshchenko
94	Felgaer, Ruben	g	ARG	2586	½	0								½
	Round 2, Match 31
34	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2708	½	½	0	0						1
31	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2707	½	½	1	1						3	Malakhov
	Round 2, Match 32
32	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2706	1	½								1½	Tomashevsky
33	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2710	0	½								½

Sno	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg
1-32	Round 3, Match 1
1	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2813
32	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2706
31-2	Round 3, Match 2
31	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2707
2	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2796
3-30	Round 3, Match 3
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2784
30	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2709
29-4	Round 3, Match 4
29	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2702
4	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2785
5-28	Round 3, Match 5
5	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2772
28	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2702
27-6	Round 3, Match 6
27	Adhiban, B.	g	IND	2567
6	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2772
7-26	Round 3, Match 7
7	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2764
26	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2699
25-8	Round 3, Match 8
25	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	g	NOR	2605
8	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2741
9-24	Round 3, Match 9
9	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2775
24	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2551
23-10	Round 3, Match 10
23	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2719
10	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2757
11-22	Round 3, Match 11
11	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2624
22	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2720
21-12	Round 3, Match 12
21	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2716
12	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2668
13-20	Round 3, Match 13
13	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2746
20	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2733
19-14	Round 3, Match 14
19	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2731
14	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2678
15-18	Round 3, Match 15
15	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2664
18	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2737
17-16	Round 3, Match 16
17	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2719
16	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2739

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