In the classical games of the second round of the World Chess Cup 17 players have qualified for the next stage.
15 matches remained to be settled in rapid and blitz tie-breaks on Friday.
Top rated players Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Gata Kamsky, Sergey Karjakin and Peter Svidler completed the work after the first pair of rapid games.
Rapid specialist Aleksey Dreev beat Wang Hao in both games, while Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukraine) surprised the higher-rated Michael Adams.
Le Quang Liem sent Francisco Vallejo home and local star Jon Ludvig Hammer defeated the top Czech player David Navara.
In the longest matches of the day Teimour Radjabov beat Lazaro Bruzon 4-2 and 17-years old Russian Daniil Dubov eliminated the former World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov after the Armageddon game.
Replay the games with computer analysis
Round 2 FED RTG G1 G2 G1 G2 G1 G2 G1 G2 SD Score Qualifier
Round 2 Match 1
Lysyj Igor RUS 2648 ½ ½ 0 0 – 1
Aronian Levon ARM 2813 ½ ½ 1 1 – 3 Aronian
Round 2 Match 2
Caruana Fabiano ITA 2796 1 ½ – 1½ Caruana
Yu Yangyi CHN 2662 0 ½ – ½
Round 2 Match 3
Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2651 ½ ½ ½ 0 – 1½
Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2784 ½ ½ ½ 1 – 2½ Kramnik
Round 2 Match 4
Grischuk Alexander RUS 2785 1 ½ – 1½ Grischuk
Swiercz Dariusz POL 2654 0 ½ – ½
Round 2 Match 5
Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2660 ½ ½ 0 ½ – 1½
Karjakin Sergey RUS 2772 ½ ½ 1 ½ – 2½ Karjakin
Round 2 Match 6
Nakamura Hikaru USA 2772 1 ½ – 1½ Nakamura
Safarli Eltaj AZE 2660 0 ½ – ½
Round 2 Match 7
Filippov Anton UZB 2630 ½ 0 – ½
Gelfand Boris ISR 2764 ½ 1 – 1½ Gelfand
Round 2 Match 8
Kamsky Gata USA 2741 1 0 1 1 – 3 Kamsky
Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2655 0 1 0 0 – 1
Round 2 Match 9
Matlakov Maxim RUS 2676 ½ ½ ½ 0 – 1½
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2775 ½ ½ ½ 1 – 2½ Mamedyarov
Round 2 Match 10
Dominguez Perez Leinier CUB 2757 1 ½ – 1½ Dominguez
Onischuk Alexander USA 2667 0 ½ – ½
Round 2 Match 11
Dubov Daniil RUS 2624 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 – 5 Dubov
Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2756 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 – 4
Round 2 Match 12
Wang Hao CHN 2747 ½ ½ 0 0 – 1
Dreev Aleksey RUS 2668 ½ ½ 1 1 – 3 Dreev
Round 2 Match 13
Bologan Viktor MDA 2672 ½ ½ ½ 0 – 1½
Svidler Peter RUS 2746 ½ ½ ½ 1 – 2½ Svidler
Round 2 Match 14
Adams Michael ENG 2740 ½ ½ ½ 0 – 1½
Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2678 ½ ½ ½ 1 – 2½ Kryoruchko
Round 2 Match 15
Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2664 1 ½ – 1½ Granda
Leko Peter HUN 2744 0 ½ – ½
Round 2 Match 16
Morozevich Alexander RUS 2739 1 ½ – 1½ Morozevich
Leitao Rafael BRA 2632 0 ½ – ½
Round 2 Match 17
Ragger Markus AUT 2680 ½ 0 – ½
Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2719 ½ 1 – 1½ Vitiugov
Round 2 Match 18
Giri Anish NED 2737 1 1 – 2 Giri
Li Chao b CHN 2693 0 0 – 0
Round 2 Match 19
Robson Ray USA 2623 0 0 – 0
Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2731 1 1 – 2 Ivanchuk
Round 2 Match 20
Radjabov Teimour AZE 2733 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 – 4 Radjabov
Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2698 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 – 2
Round 2 Match 21
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2625 ½ 0 – ½
Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2716 ½ 1 – 1½ Andreikin
Round 2 Match 22
Korobov Anton UKR 2720 1 0 1 1 – 3 Korobov
Jobava Baadur GEO 2696 0 1 0 0 – 1
Round 2 Match 23
Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo CUB 2609 0 0 – 0
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2719 1 1 – 2 Vachier-Lagrave
Round 2 Match 24
Shirov Alexei LAT 2696 ½ 0 – ½
Wei Yi CHN 2551 ½ 1 – 1½ Wei
Round 2 Match 25
Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2605 ½ ½ 1 1 – 3 Hammer
Navara David CZE 2715 ½ ½ 0 0 – 1
Round 2 Match 26
Bacrot Etienne FRA 2714 ½ ½ 0 ½ – 1½
Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2699 ½ ½ 1 ½ – 2½ Moiseenko
Round 2 Match 27
Adhiban B. IND 2567 ½ 1 – 1½ Adhiban
Fier Alexandr BRA 2595 ½ 0 – ½
Round 2 Match 28
Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2724 ½ 0 – ½
Eljanov Pavel UKR 2702 ½ 1 – 1½ Eljanov
Round 2 Match 29
Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2706 ½ ½ ½ 0 – 1½
Le Quang Liem VIE 2702 ½ ½ ½ 1 – 2½ Le
Round 2 Match 30
Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2709 ½ 1 – 1½ Areshchenko
Felgaer Ruben ARG 2586 ½ 0 – ½
Round 2 Match 31
Fressinet Laurent FRA 2708 ½ ½ 0 0 – 1
Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2707 ½ ½ 1 1 – 3 Malakhov
Round 2 Match 32
Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2706 1 ½ – 1½ Tomashevsky
So Wesley PHI 2710 0 ½ – ½
Report by Goran Urosevic
