World Cup R3: So knocks out Kamsky

Round 1 (November 21-23): 128 players | Round 5 (December 3-5): 8 players |
Round 2 (November 24-26): 64 players | Round 6 (December 6-8): 4 players |
Round 3 (November 27-29): 32 players | Round 7 (December 10-14): 2 players |
Round 4 (November 30-December 2): 16 players |
The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move from move one. Games start at 15:00h local time (11:00 CET).
Results round 3, day 2

Round 3, day 2
Many times the Dutch soccer team was close to winning the World Cup, and almost always we lost to the eventual winners. This doesn't make it any more bareable, but at least there's some logic in it! Perhaps Vassily Ivanchuk will be comforted a little by the fact that after he lost to Wesley So, the Pinoy grandmaster also kicked out Gata Kamsky. Again he needed only a draw in the second game, and this time he offered a draw, probably out of respect for his famous opponent, in a position that still offered winning chances.The other finalist of two years ago, Alexei Shirov, did reach the 4th round. He beat Tomashevsky in not so popular but highly theoretical line of the Ruy Lopez, where White ends up with a small exchange in return for a pawn. After some manoeuvering Tomashevsky blundered on move 40, allowing 41.Bd6! which wins on the spot (41...Rf7 42.Rb7!+-).
All photos by Galina Popova | courtesy of FIDE
Games round 3, day 2
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) | |||||
Timofeev (2651) | |||||
Sakaev (2626) | |||||
Sakaev (2626) | |||||
Radjabov (2748) | |||||
Vitiugov (2694) | |||||
Vitiugov (2694) | |||||
Vitiugov (2694) | |||||
Milos (2603) | |||||
Cheparinov (2671) | |||||
Bologan (2692) | |||||
Bologan (2692) | |||||
Morozevich (2750) | |||||
Laznicka (2637) | |||||
Laznicka (2637) | |||||
Milov (2652) | |||||
Mamedyarov (2719) | |||||
Mamedyarov (2719) | |||||
Mamedyarov (2719) | |||||
Wang Hao (2708) | |||||
Wang Hao (2708) | |||||
Ganguly (2654) | |||||
Meier (2653) | |||||
Vachier-Lagrave (2718) | |||||
Vachier-Lagrave (2718) | |||||
Vachier-Lagrave (2718) | |||||
Yu Yangyi (2527) | |||||
Yu Yangyi (2527) | |||||
Bartel (2618) | |||||
Amonatov (2631) | |||||
Gelfand (2758) | |||||
Gelfand (2758) | |||||
Polgar (2680) | |||||
Polgar (2680) | |||||
Nisipeanu (2677) | |||||
Iturrizaga (2605) | |||||
Jobava (2696) | |||||
Jobava (2696) | |||||
Grischuk (2736) | |||||
Grischuk (2736) | |||||
Tkachiev (2642) | |||||
Sandipan (2623) | |||||
Jakovenko (2736) | |||||
Jakovenko (2736) | |||||
Rublevsky (2697) | |||||
Areshchenko (2664) | |||||
Areshchenko (2664) | |||||
Sasikiran (2664) | |||||
Bacrot (2700) | |||||
Bacrot (2700) | |||||
Wang Yue (2734) | |||||
Wang Yue (2734) | |||||
Savchenko (2644) | |||||
Akobian (2624) | |||||
Ponomariov (2739) | |||||
Ponomariov (2739) | |||||
Ponomariov (2739) | |||||
Motylev (2695) | |||||
Motylev (2695) | |||||
Najer (2695 | |||||
Li Chao (2596) | |||||
Li Chao (2596) | |||||
Pelletier (2589) | |||||
Gashimov (2758) | |||||
Gashimov (2758) | |||||
Zhou Jianchao (2629 | |||||
Caruana (2652) | |||||
Caruana (2652) | |||||
Dominguez (2719) | |||||
Alekseev (2715) | |||||
Alekseev (2715) | |||||
Fressinet (2653) | |||||
Khalifman (2612) | |||||
Tomashevsky (2708) | |||||
Tomashevsky (2708) | |||||
Shirov (2719) | |||||
Shirov (2719) | |||||
Shirov (2719) | |||||
Fedorchuk (2619) | |||||
Nyback (2628) | |||||
Svidler (2754) | |||||
Svidler (2754) | |||||
Naiditsch (2689) | |||||
Naiditsch (2689) | |||||
Onischuk (2672) | |||||
Zhou Weiqi (2603) | |||||
Kamsky (2695) | |||||
Kamsky (2695) | |||||
So (2640) | |||||
Ivanchuk (2739) | |||||
So (2640) | |||||
So (2640) | |||||
Inarkiev (2645) | |||||
Eljanov (2729) | |||||
Eljanov (2729) | |||||
Malakhov (2706) | |||||
Malakhov (2706) | |||||
Smirin (2662) |