This weekend: 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup


1/8 | 1/4 | 1/2 | Final | Winner | ||||
A.Grischuk (W) | ![]() | |||||||
2 - 0 | A.Grischuk (W) | ![]() | ||||||
P.Eljanov (B) | ||||||||
1,5 - 0,5 | A.Grischuk | ![]() | ||||||
A.Moiseenko (W) | ![]() | |||||||
1,5 - 0,5 | A.Moiseenko (B) | |||||||
E. Bacrot (B) | ||||||||
0:0 | Player | |||||||
S.Movsesian (W) | ![]() | |||||||
1,5 - 0,5 | S.Movsesian | ![]() | ||||||
P.Tregubov (B) | ||||||||
1,5 - 2,5 | P.Svidler | |||||||
A.Karpov (W) | ![]() | |||||||
1,5 - 2,5 | P.Svidler (W) | |||||||
P.Svidler (B) | ||||||||
0:0 | Player | |||||||
M.Gurevich (W) | ![]() | |||||||
0,5 - 1,5 | D.Jakovenko (W) | ![]() | ||||||
D.Jakovenko (B) | ||||||||
14:30 | Player | ![]() | ||||||
Y.Drozdovskij (W) | ![]() | |||||||
1 - 3 | A.Naiditsch (B) | |||||||
A.Naiditsch (B) | ||||||||
0:0 | Player | |||||||
E.Najer (W) | ![]() | |||||||
0,5 - 1,5 | B.Gelfand (W) | ![]() | ||||||
B.Gelfand (B) | ||||||||
14:30 | Player | |||||||
V.Gashimov (W) | ![]() | |||||||
1,5 - 0,5 | V.Gashimov (B) | |||||||
Z.Efimenko (B) |

Games Day 1
Click on the pairings at the top of the board to reveal a drop down list of all the games. Click on the arrow under the board just once, then the arrow keys of your keyboard also work.
The tournament takes place at the Odessa National Academy of Law

The Opening speech by Vadim Morokhovsky, Chairman of the Board of Bank Pivdennyi, Vice-President of the Ukrainian Chess Federation, and President of the Odessa Region Chess Federation

Bosna 2009 winner Pavel Eljanov lost in the first round...

...to Linares 2009 winner Alexander Grischuk

Vugar Gashimov won his first round 1.5-0.5...

...against Zahar Efimenko

Evgeny Najer went down...

...against Boris Gelfand

And the same fate for veteran Mikhail Gurevich...

...who lost to Dmitry Jakovenko

Sergei Movsesian, who beat Pavel Tregubov 1.5-0.5

Arkadij Naiditsch defeated Drozdovskij

Anatoli Karpov couldn't survive the first round this time...

...getting knocked out by Peter Svidler

The legendary Viktor Kortchnoi giving commentary this time, who would't want to listen to that?

At stake: ten thousand US dollars and the World Rapid Cup