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The playoffs for round 2 saw Peter Svidler defeat Tomi Nyback, Ruslan Ponomariov defeat Varuzhan Akobian, Pavel Eljanov defeat Ernesto Inarkiev, Alexei Shirov defeat Sergey Fedorchuk. Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Evgeny Tomashevsky, David Navara, Vladimir Makakhov, Alexander Areshchenko, Nikita Vitiugov, Viktor Bologan, Li Chao and Judit Polgar also advanced.

The playoffs for round 2 saw Peter Svidler defeat Tomi Nyback, Ruslan Ponomariov defeat Varuzhan Akobian, Pavel Eljanov defeat Ernesto Inarkiev, Alexei Shirov defeat Sergey Fedorchuk. Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Evgeny Tomashevsky, David Navara, Vladimir Makakhov, Alexander Areshchenko, Nikita Vitiugov, Viktor Bologan, Li Chao and Judit Polgar also advanced.

With so much chess it's hard to keep up. I didn't see anything that impressed me overly much today and there were plenty of horror shows, losses on time (presumably, such as Caruana's advancement with a win in a totally drawn (sterile) position - actually the following day it turned out that Caruana had already won game 2 of the playoff so the results was irrelevant to an extent) and games where the moves at least look wrong.

In Round 3 the pairings are: Gelfand vs Polgar, Yu Yangyi vs Vachier-Lagrave, Grischuk vs Jobabva, Jakovenko vs Areschenko, Laznicka vs Bologan, Mamedyarov vs Wang Hao, Sakaev vs Vitiugov, Karjakin vs Navara, Gashimov vs Li Chao, Caruana vs Alekseev, Ponomariov vs Motylev, Wang Yue vs Bacrot, Svidler vs Naiditsch, Shirov vs Tomashevsky, So vs Kamsky and Eljanov vs Malakhov.

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), 21 xi-14 xii 2009 Round 2 Results (128 players):
Name	NAT	G1	G2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	B3	B4	B5	B6	B7	B8	B9	B10	SD	Tot
Round 2 Match 01
Amonatov, Farrukh	TJK	½	0																0.5
Gelfand, Boris	ISR	½	1																1.5
Round 2 Match 02
Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	½	1																1.5
Zhou, Jianchao	CHN	½	0																0.5
Round 2 Match 03
Nyback, Tomi	FIN	1	0	0	½	0													1.5
Svidler, Peter	RUS	0	1	1	½	1													3.5
Round 2 Match 04
Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	0	0																0
Laznicka, Viktor	CZE	1	1																2
Round 2 Match 05
Sakaev, Konstantin	RUS	1	½																1.5
Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	0	½																0.5
Round 2 Match 06
Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	0	½																0.5
So, Wesley	PHI	1	½																1.5
Round 2 Match 07
Akobian, Varuzhan	USA	½	½	0	½	½	0												2
Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	½	½	1	½	½	1												4
Round 2 Match 08
Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	1	½																1.5
Tkachiev, Vladislav	FRA	0	½																0.5
Round 2 Match 09
Sandipan, Chanda	IND	0	0																0
Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	1	1																2
Round 2 Match 10
Wang, Yue	CHN	1	1																2
Savchenko, Boris	RUS	0	0																0
Round 2 Match 11
Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	1	0	½	0	½	½												2.5
Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	0	1	½	1	½	½												3.5
Round 2 Match 12
Karjakin, Sergey	UKR	½	½	½	1	½	½												3.5
Timofeev, Artyom	RUS	½	½	½	0	½	½												2.5
Round 2 Match 13
Milov, Vadim	SUI	0	0																0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	1	1																2
Round 2 Match 14
Shirov, Alexei	ESP	1	0	1	1	1													4
Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	UKR	0	1	0	0	0													1
Round 2 Match 15
Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	½	½	½	1	½	1												4
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	½	½	½	0	½	0												2
Round 2 Match 16
Yu, Yangyi	CHN	1	½																1.5
Bartel, Mateusz	POL	0	½																0.5
Round 2 Match 17
Meier, Georg	GER	½	½	½	½	½	0												2.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	½	½	½	½	½	1												3.5
Round 2 Match 18
Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	½	½	1	1	½													3.5
Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	½	½	0	0	½													1.5
Round 2 Match 19
Khalifman, Alexander	RUS	½	½	½	0	½	½												2.5
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	½	½	½	1	½	½												3.5
Round 2 Match 20
Wang, Hao	CHN	1	1																2
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	IND	0	0																0
Round 2 Match 21
Shabalov, Alexander	USA	½	½	0	0	1	½												2.5
Navara, David	CZE	½	½	1	1	0	½												3.5
Round 2 Match 22
Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	½	½	½	1	1													3.5
Smirin, Ilia	ISR	½	½	½	0	0													1.5
Round 2 Match 23
Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	0	0																0
Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	1	1																2
Round 2 Match 24
Rublevsky, Sergei	RUS	½	½	0	1	½	0												2.5
Areshchenko, Alexander	UKR	½	½	1	0	½	1												3.5
Round 2 Match 25
Iturrizaga, Eduardo	VEN	½	0																0.5
Jobava, Baadur	GEO	½	1																1.5
Round 2 Match 26
Motylev, Alexander	RUS	1	½																1.5
Najer, Evgeniy	RUS	0	½																0.5
Round 2 Match 27
Zhou, Weiqi	CHN	0	½																0.5
Kamsky, Gata	USA	1	½																1.5
Round 2 Match 28
Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	½	½	1	1	0	0	½	1										4.5
Milos, Gilberto	BRA	½	½	0	0	1	1	½	0										3.5
Round 2 Match 29
Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	½	½	½	½	0	0												2
Bologan, Viktor	MDA	½	½	½	½	1	1												4
Round 2 Match 30
Naiditsch, Arkadij	GER	1	½																1.5
Onischuk, Alexander	USA	0	½																0.5
Round 2 Match 31
Li, Chao b	CHN	0	1	½	½	1	0	½	1										4.5
Pelletier, Yannick	SUI	1	0	½	½	0	1	½	0										3.5
Round 2 Match 32
Polgar, Judit	HUN	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	½										4.5
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	ROU	½	½	½	0	1	½	0	½										3.5

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