Ronde 5.1: Carlsen & Shirov scorenRound 5.1: Carlsen & Shirov score
In the first game of the World Cup's quarter finals (or round 5.1) both Magnus Carlsen and Alexei Shirov have won their White games. Alexei Shirov did it very convincingly: he got a big advantage out of the opening (and probably had made a thorough study of a recent Stellwagen game, who won with White against a Marshall Gambit in October at the World Championship under 20) and finished it smoothly. Carlsen-Cheparinov was one of the most exciting games from Khanty-Mansiysk so far, and after many complications a study-like (and terribly difficult) ending arose. After mistakes from both sides Magnus eventually found the very nice winning line.[TABLE=56]
Magnus Carlsen - Ivan Cheparinov
Alexei Shirov - Dmitry Jakovenko
Ruslan Ponomariov - Gata Kamsky
Sergei Karjakin - Evgeny AlekseevMore photos here.
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