World Cup final: 3rd game drawn too
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Results of the final
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Game 3
Although he didn't want to admit on Thursday that there's not much to do against the Petroff these days, Ponomariov avoided that opening anyway in his second White game. He tried the 4.Qc2 Slav, but also against this system Gelfand knew exactly what he was doing and he played the opening fast. It was Ponomariov who had a big think first, after the move 7...Be6, with which Gelfand deviated from one of his own games.Everything was going fine for Black, until an inaccuracy on move 19 which suddenly allowed the white rook to the seventh. Not long after that Ponomariov won a pawn on the queenside, but by then he had gotten into timetrouble, and he decided to play it safe. Still it was quite a surprise to see White going for the draw with such a healthy extra pawn. Tomorrow Ponomariov has to show what he's worth with the black pieces one more time; another draw will force a tiebreak on Monday but any other result will bring a winner of this 2009 World Cup.![ChessVibes Live](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/cvo/live_thumb/http/c7ab376398.jpg)
Games 1-3
Game viewer by ChessTempoFIDE World Cup - Pairings & results rounds 2-7
Round 2 | Round 3 |
Round 4 | Round 5 |
Round 6 |
Round 7 |
Shabalov (2606) | |||||
Navara (2707) | |||||
Navara (2707) | |||||
Karjakin (2723) | |||||
Karjakin (2723) | |||||
Karjakin (2723) | |||||
Timofeev (2651) | |||||
Karjakin (2723) | |||||
Sakaev (2626) | |||||
Sakaev (2626) | |||||
Radjabov (2748) | |||||
Vitiugov (2694) | |||||
Vitiugov (2694) | |||||
Vitiugov (2694) | |||||
Milos (2603) | |||||
Karjakin (2723) | |||||
Cheparinov (2671) | |||||
Bologan (2692) | |||||
Bologan (2692) | |||||
Laznicka (2637) | |||||
Morozevich (2750) | |||||
Laznicka (2637) | |||||
Laznicka (2637) | |||||
Mamedyarov (2719) | |||||
Milov (2652) | |||||
Mamedyarov (2719) | |||||
Mamedyarov (2719) | |||||
Mamedyarov (2719) | |||||
Wang Hao (2708) | |||||
Wang Hao (2708) | |||||
Ganguly (2654) | |||||
Gelfand (2758) | |||||
Meier (2653) | |||||
Vachier-Lagrave (2718) | |||||
Vachier-Lagrave (2718) | |||||
Vachier-Lagrave (2718) | |||||
Yu Yangyi (2527) | |||||
Yu Yangyi (2527) | |||||
Bartel (2618) | |||||
Gelfand (2758) | |||||
Amonatov (2631) | |||||
Gelfand (2758) | |||||
Gelfand (2758) | |||||
Gelfand (2758) | |||||
Polgar (2680) | |||||
Polgar (2680) | |||||
Nisipeanu (2677) | |||||
Gelfand (2758) | |||||
Iturrizaga (2605) | |||||
Jobava (2696) | |||||
Jobava (2696) | |||||
Grischuk (2736) | |||||
Grischuk (2736) | |||||
Grischuk (2736) | |||||
Tkachiev (2642) | |||||
Jakovenko (2736) | |||||
Sandipan (2623) | |||||
Jakovenko (2736) | |||||
Jakovenko (2736) | |||||
Jakovenko (2736) | |||||
Rublevsky (2697) | |||||
Areshchenko (2664) | |||||
Areshchenko (2664) | |||||
Sasikiran (2664) | |||||
Bacrot (2700) | |||||
Bacrot (2700) | |||||
Bacrot (2700) | |||||
Wang Yue (2734) | |||||
Wang Yue (2734) | |||||
Savchenko (2644) | |||||
Ponomariov (2739) | |||||
Akobian (2624) | |||||
Ponomariov (2739) | |||||
Ponomariov (2739) | |||||
Ponomariov (2739) | |||||
Motylev (2695) | |||||
Motylev (2695) | |||||
Najer (2695 | |||||
Ponomariov (2739) | |||||
Li Chao (2596) | |||||
Li Chao (2596) | |||||
Pelletier (2589) | |||||
Gashimov (2758) | |||||
Gashimov (2758) | |||||
Gashimov (2758) | |||||
Zhou Jianchao (2629 | |||||
Gashimov (2758) | |||||
Caruana (2652) | |||||
Caruana (2652) | |||||
Dominguez (2719) | |||||
Caruana (2652) | |||||
Alekseev (2715) | |||||
Alekseev (2715) | |||||
Fressinet (2653) | |||||
Ponomariov (2739) | |||||
Khalifman (2612) | |||||
Tomashevsky (2708) | |||||
Tomashevsky (2708) | |||||
Shirov (2719) | |||||
Shirov (2719) | |||||
Shirov (2719) | |||||
Fedorchuk (2619) | |||||
Svidler (2754) | |||||
Nyback (2628) | |||||
Svidler (2754) | |||||
Svidler (2754) | |||||
Svidler (2754) | |||||
Naiditsch (2689) | |||||
Naiditsch (2689) | |||||
Onischuk (2672) | |||||
Malakhov (2706) | |||||
Zhou Weiqi (2603) | |||||
Kamsky (2695) | |||||
Kamsky (2695) | |||||
So (2640) | |||||
Ivanchuk (2739) | |||||
So (2640) | |||||
So (2640) | |||||
Malakhov (2706) | |||||
Inarkiev (2645) | |||||
Eljanov (2729) | |||||
Eljanov (2729) | |||||
Malakhov (2706) | |||||
Malakhov (2706) | |||||
Malakhov (2706) | |||||
Smirin (2662) |