World Chess Cup 2013, round 1

The first game of Round 1 of the World Chess Cup 2013 has been played in Tromso, Norway. The first day was marked by strong security measures, interesting games with a few surprises, and a minute of silence for GM Kurnosov.

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The favorites in the higher half of the draw met significantly lower rated opponents. The top seeds won their games relatively easily, but there were also a few surprises like the loss by Super GM Alexander Morozevich against Canadian GM Bator Sambuev. The American player GM Ray Robson won a beautiful game against the higher rated opponent GM Andrey Volokitin. GM Gata Kamsky and GM Michael Adams drew against Chinese players Lou Yiping and Wan Yunguo respectively, while the Chinese derby between Wang Hao and Liu Qingnan also finished in a draw. Playing with Black former Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan drew against GM Alexey Shirov.

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The first games of the opening round started in Tromso after Commissioner for Business, Culture and Sports of Tromso Municipality, Mr. Jonas Stein, made the first symbolic move in the Aronian-Markov game.

Because of the 15-minute delay before the first game the players got an opportunity to
speak with their chess friends.

GM Salem Saleh and Yahya Saleh from the UAE Chess Federation.

Before the round the players stood up for a moment of silence in memory of the
recently passed Russian GM Igor Kurnosov.

Current European Champion GM Alexander Moiseenko had a rest day today. His
opponent GM Adly Ahmed from Egypt was prevented from playing in the FIDE World Cup
due to obligatory service in the Egyptian Army.

Sofia Rules are not in force at the tournament so it’s up
to the players to decide when they want to offer a draw.
The first game to finish was Zvjagintsev-Swiercz, 12 moves.

Four women are taking part in the FIDE World Cup in Tromso: Judit Polgar,
Hou Yifan, Anna Ushenina and Deysi Cori. Former Women’s World Champion
Hou Yifan managed to make a draw against GM Alexei Shirov, while the others lost their games.

Susan Polgar and Lawrence Trent working for the live coverage of the FIDE World Cup 2013.

Former Women’s World Champion Susan Polgar and current Women’s World Champion
Anna Ushenina at the press conference.

World Chess Cup 2013 round 1 results

MATCH NO.	PLAYER	FED	RTG	RESULT	PLAYER	FED	RTG
1	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2813	1 – 0	Markov, Mikhail	KGZ	2304
2	G., Akash	IND	2340	0 – 1	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	2796
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2784	1 – 0	Bwalya, Gillan	ZAM	2341
4	Bjelobrk, Igor	AUS	2341	0 – 1	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2785
5	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2772	1 – 0	Ali, Sebbar	MAR	2371
6	Cori T., Deysi	PER	2434	0 – 1	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2772
7	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2764	1 – 0	Rahman, Ziaur	BAN	2470
8	Lou, Yiping	CHN	2484	1/2 – 1/2	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2741
9	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2775	1 – 0	Shoker, Samy	EGY	2489
10	El Gindy, Essam	EGY	2487	0 – 1	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	2757
11	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2756	1 – 0	Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal	NOR	2492
12	Liu, Qingnan	CHN	2500	1/2 – 1/2	Wang, Hao	CHN	2747
13	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2746	1 – 0	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2500
14	Wan, Yunguo	CHN	2512	1/2 – 1/2	Adams, Michael	ENG	2740
15	Leko, Peter	HUN	2744	1 – 0	Johannessen, Leif Erlend	NOR	2519
16	Sambuev, Bator	CAN	2524	1 – 0	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2739
17	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	2719	1 – 0	Holt, Conrad	USA	2539
18	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2556	0 – 1	Giri, Anish	NED	2737
19	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2731	1/2 – 1/2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	POL	2534
20	Cori, Jorge	PER	2569	1/2 – 1/2	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2733
21	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	2716	1/2 – 1/2	Darini, Pouria	IRI	2535
22	Durarbayli, Vasif	AZE	2567	1/2 – 1/2	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2720
23	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2719	1 – 0	Shabalov, Alexander	USA	2546
24	Wei, Yi	CHN	2551	1/2 – 1/2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	2723
25	Navara, David	CZE	2715	1 – 0	Mareco, Sandro	ARG	2561
26	Agdestein, Simen	NOR	2567	0 – 1	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2714
27	Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	2710	1/2 – 1/2	Adhiban, B.	IND	2567
28	Paragua, Mark	PHI	2565	0 – 1	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	2724
29	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2702	1 – 0	Barbosa, Oliver	PHI	2571
30	Kaidanov, Gregory S	USA	2574	0 – 1	Areshchenko, Alexander	UKR	2709
31	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	2707	1 – 0	Hansen, Eric	CAN	2584
32	Ramirez, Alejandro	USA	2588	1/2 – 1/2	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	2706
33	So, Wesley	PHI	2710	1 – 0	Ipatov, Alexander	TUR	2584
34	Christiansen, Larry M	USA	2584	0 – 1	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	2708
35	Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	2700	1/2 – 1/2	Felgaer, Ruben	ARG	2586
36	Flores, Diego	ARG	2578	0 – 1	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	2706
37	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2702	1/2 – 1/2	Brunello, Sabino	ITA	2607
38	Fier, Alexandr	BRA	2595	1/2 – 1/2	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2701
39	Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	2699	1 – 0 w/o	Adly, Ahmed	EGY	2594
40	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	NOR	2605	1/2 – 1/2	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	2699
41	Shirov, Alexei	LAT	2696	1/2 – 1/2	Hou, Yifan	CHN	2609
42	Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo	CUB	2609	1 – 0	Polgar, Judit	HUN	2696
43	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2696	1 – 0	Kravtsiv, Martyn	UKR	2607
44	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2625	1 – 0	Akopian, Vladimir	ARM	2691
45	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	CUB	2698	1/2 – 1/2	Najer, Evgeniy	RUS	2626
46	Robson, Ray	USA	2623	1 – 0	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2688
47	Li, Chao b	CHN	2693	1/2 – 1/2	Postny, Evgeny	ISR	2628
48	Popov, Ivan	RUS	2644	1 – 0	Ragger, Markus	AUT	2680
49	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	2693	1/2 – 1/2	Leitao, Rafael	BRA	2632
50	Melkumyan, Hrant	ARM	2632	1/2 – 1/2	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	PER	2664
51	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	UKR	2678	0 – 1	Negi, Parimarjan	IND	2643
52	Hracek, Zbynek	CZE	2635	1/2 – 1/2	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	2672
53	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	2668	1/2 – 1/2	Azarov, Sergei	BLR	2636
54	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2624	1 – 0	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	UKR	2669
55	Onischuk, Alexander	USA	2667	1 – 0	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	VEN	2660
56	Smeets, Jan	NED	2623	1/2 – 1/2	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	2676
57	Shimanov, Aleksandr	RUS	2655	1/2 – 1/2	Jones, Gawain C B	ENG	2645
58	Filippov, Anton	UZB	2630	1/2 – 1/2	Romanov, Evgeny	RUS	2651
59	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2660	0 – 1	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2652
60	Lupulescu, Constantin	ROU	2634	1/2 – 1/2	Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	2660
61	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	2659	1/2 – 1/2	Swiercz, Dariusz	POL	2654
62	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	2651	1/2 – 1/2	Khismatullin, Denis	RUS	2653
63	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2662	1/2 – 1/2	Beliavsky, Alexander G	SLO	2651
64	Istratescu, Andrei	FRA	2646	0 – 1	Lysyj, Igor	RUS	2648

Today is the second game of round 1. The time control for each two-game match is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. If the score is equal there are two rapid chess tiebreak games, played at a rate of 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds per move. If the score is still equal then two accelerated games will be played, with a time control of 10 min + 10 sec. If the score is still equal two more games will be played at 5 min + 3 sec. If the winner is still not determined then a final Armageddon game with 5 minutes for White and 4 minutes for Black, with a 3 sec increment after move 60, will be played. In this game Black has draw odds (i.e. he wins if the game is drawn).

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Photos and information by Anastasia Karlovich, Susan Polgar, and Paul Truong