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Chess world cup takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk from 21.11.2009 to 14.12.2009
Knock-Out system tournament. 2 games. If tie break needed, 4 rapid game. If there is not still any winner ,2 games blitz will be played except final round.




Gelfand is winner.

Final -- ( DECEMBER 10-15 )
PlayersG1G2G3G4R1R2R3R4B1B2B3B4Total
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)0,50,50,50,50,500,5101005
Gelfand, Boris (ISR)0,50,50,50,50,510,5010117
R: rapid games ; B: blitz games

Semi finals -- ( DECEMBER 6-8 )
 
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) - Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 0-2  
 
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) - Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 4-2 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 3 - 1
 




ROUND 5 - games 1 -- ( DECEMBER 3-5 )
 
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) - Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 3,5-1,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 0,5
 
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) - Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) 3,5-1,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 0,5
 
Svidler, Peter (RUS) - Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 0,5-1,5  
 
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) 1,5-0,5  
 



ROUND 4 -- ( NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 2 )
 
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) - Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 3,5-4,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 0,5 - 1,5
 
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) - Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) 3,5-1,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 0,5
 
Shirov, Alexei (ESP) - Svidler, Peter (RUS) 0,5-1,5  
 
Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) 0,5-1,5  
 
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) - Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) 1,5-0,5  
 
So, Wesley (PHI) - Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 1-4 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0 - 3
 
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) - Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 2,5-3,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 2,5
 
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) - Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 3-5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 0 - 2
 




ROUND 3 -- ( NOVEMBER 27-29 )
 
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) - Polgar, Judit (HUN) 3,5-1,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 0,5
 
Li, Chao b (CHN) - Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) 1,5-3,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0,5 - 2,5
 
Svidler, Peter (RUS) - Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) 5-3after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 2 - 0
 
Bologan, Viktor (MDA) - Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 1,5-3,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0,5 - 2,5
 
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) - Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) 0,5-1,5  
 
Kamsky, Gata (USA) - So, Wesley (PHI) 0,5-1,5  
 
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) - Motylev, Alexander (RUS) 1,5-0,5  
 
Jobava, Baadur (GEO) - Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 3-5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 0 - 2
 
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) - Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) 4-2after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 3 - 1
 
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) - Wang, Yue (CHN) 3,5-1,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 0,5
 
Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) - Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 1-4after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0 - 3
 
Navara, David (CZE) - Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 1-4after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0 - 3
 
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) - Wang, Hao (CHN) 1,5-0,5  
 
Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) - Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 0,5-1,5  
 
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) - Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) 3,5-2,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 1,5
 
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) - Yu, Yangyi (CHN) 1,5-0,5  
 









ROUND 2 -- ( NOVEMBER 24-26 )
 
Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) - Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 0,5-1,5  
 
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) - Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) 1,5-0,5  
 
Nyback, Tomi (FIN) - Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1,5-3,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0,5 - 2,5
 
Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) - Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) 0-2  
 
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) - Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) 1,5-0,5  
 
Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) - So, Wesley (PHI) 0,5-1,5  
 
Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) - Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 2-4 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1 - 3
 
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) - Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) 1,5-0,5 
 
Sandipan, Chanda (IND) - Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) 0-2 
 
Wang, Yue (CHN) - Savchenko, Boris (RUS) 2-0  
 
Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) - Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) 2,5-3,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 2,5
 
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) - Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) 3,5-2,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 1,5
 
Milov, Vadim (SUI) - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) 0-2  
 
Shirov, Alexei (ESP) - Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR) 4-1 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 3 - 0
 
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) - Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB) 3,5-2,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 1,5
 
Yu, Yangyi (CHN) - Bartel, Mateusz (POL) 1,5-0,5 
 
Meier, Georg (GER) - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) 2,5-3,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 2,5
 
Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) - Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) 3,5-1,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 0,5
 
Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) - Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) 2,5-3,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 2,5
 
Wang, Hao (CHN) - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND) 2-0 
 
Shabalov, Alexander (USA) - Navara, David (CZE) 2,5-3,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 2,5
 
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) - Smirin, Ilia (ISR) 3,5-1,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 0,5
 
Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) - Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) 0-2  
 
Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) - Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) 2,5-3,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 2,5
 
Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) - Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 0,5-1,5  
 
Motylev, Alexander (RUS) - Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) 1,5-0,5  
 
Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) - Kamsky, Gata (USA) 0,5-1,5 
 
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) - Milos, Gilberto (BRA) 4,5-3,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 1,5 - 0,5
 
Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) - Bologan, Viktor (MDA) 2-4 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1 - 3
 
Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) - Onischuk, Alexander (USA) 1,5-0,5  
 
Li, Chao b (CHN) - Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) 4,5-3,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 1,5 - 0,5
 
Polgar, Judit (HUN) - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) 4,5-3,5 after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 1,5 - 0,5
 



ROUND 1
 
Gelfand, Boris (ISR) - Obodchuk, Andrei (RUS) 1,5-0,5 
 
Sarwat, Walaa (EGY) - Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) 0-2  
 
Svidler, Peter (RUS) - Hebert, Jean (CAN) 2-0 
 
Abdel Razik, Khaled (EGY)- Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) 0-2 
 
Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) - Ezat, Mohamed (EGY) 2-0 
 
Bezgodov, Alexei (RUS) - Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 0-2 
 
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)- El Gindy, Essam (EGY) 1,5-0,5 
 
Sriram, Jha (IND) - Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 0,5-1,5 
 
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) - Rizouk, Aimen (ALG) 1,5-0,5 
 
Kabanov, Nikolai (RUS) - Wang, Yue (CHN) 0-2 
 
Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) - Al Sayed, Mohamad N. (QAT) 1,5-0,5 
 
Rodriguez Vila, Andres (URU) - Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) 0,5-1,5 
 
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) - Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 2-0 
 
Kunte, Abhijit (IND) - Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 0,5-1,5 
 
Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB) - Smerdon, David (AUS) 3,5-2,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 1,5
 
Yu, Yangyi (CHN) - Movsesian, Sergei (SVK) 1,5-0,5 
 
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) - Yu, Shaoteng (CHN) 1,5-0,5 
 
Pridorozhni, Aleksei (RUS) - Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) 0,5-1,5 
 
Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) - Ivanov, Alexander (USA) 1,5-0,5 
 
Friedel, Joshua E (USA) - Wang, Hao (CHN) 0-2 
 
Navara, David (CZE) - Laylo, Darwin (PHI) 4-2after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 3 - 1
 
Amin, Bassem (EGY) - Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) 0-2 
 
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) - Nijboer, Friso (NED) 3,5-1,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 0,5
 
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (CHI) - Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) 0,5-1,5 
 
Jobava, Baadur (GEO) - Robson, Ray (USA) 1,5-0,5 
 
Hess, Robert L (USA) - Motylev, Alexander (RUS) 0,5-1,5 
 
Kamsky, Gata (USA) - Antonio, Rogelio Jr (PHI) 1,5-0,5 
 
Gupta, Abhijeet (IND) - Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) 0,5-1,5 
 
Bologan, Viktor (MDA) - Adly, Ahmed (EGY) 1,5-0,5 
 
Hou, Yifan (CHN) - Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) 2,5-3,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 2,5
 
Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN) - Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) 0,5-1,5 
 
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) - Lupulescu, Constantin (ROU) 1,5-0,5 
 
Li, Chao b (CHN) - Sargissian, Gabriel (ARM) 5-3after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 2 - 0
 
Onischuk, Alexander (USA) - Flores, Diego (ARG) 1,5-0,5 
 
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy (UKR) - Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) 2,5-3,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 1,5 - 2,5
 
Efimenko, Zahar (UKR) - Milos, Gilberto (BRA) 0,5-1,5 
 
Zhou, Weiqi (CHN) - Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) 3,5-1,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 0,5
 
Najer, Evgeniy (RUS) - Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) 1,5-0,5 
 
Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) - Tiviakov, Sergei (NED) 3,5-2,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 1,5
 
Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) - Corrales Jimenez, Fidel (CUB) 1,5-0,5 
 
Smirin, Ilia (ISR) - Ehlvest, Jaan (USA) 1,5-0,5 
 
Shabalov, Alexander (USA) - Baklan, Vladimir (UKR) 4,5-3,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 1,5 - 0,5
 
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Filippov, Anton (UZB) 2-0 
 
Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) - Fier, Alexandr (BRA) 3,5-2,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 1,5
 
Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) - Sjugirov, Sanan (RUS) 2-0 
 
Petrosian, Tigran L. (ARM) - Meier, Georg (GER) 0,5-1,5 
 
Grachev, Boris (RUS) - Bartel, Mateusz (POL) 3-5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 0 - 2
 
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (CUB) - Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) 0,5-1,5 
 
Sokolov, Ivan (NED) - Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR) 0-2 
 
Negi, Parimarjan (IND) - Milov, Vadim (SUI) 1,5-3,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0,5 - 2,5
 
Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) - Leitao, Rafael (BRA) 3,5-2,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 1,5
 
Gustafsson, Jan (GER) - Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) 1,5-3,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 0,5 - 2,5
 
Savchenko, Boris (RUS) - Shulman, Yuri (USA) 1-1after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 1,5 - 0,5
 
Sandipan, Chanda (IND) - Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS) 1,5-0,5 
 
Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA) - Le, Quang Liem (VIE) 3,5-1,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2,5 - 0,5
 
Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) - Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS) 9-7after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 6 - 4
 
So, Wesley (PHI) - Guseinov, Gadir (AZE) 1-1tie break on Monday
 
Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) - Granda Zuniga, Julio E (PER) 1,5-0,5 
 
Laznicka, Viktor (CZE) - Papaioannou, Ioannis (GRE) 1,5-0,5 
 
Nyback, Tomi (FIN) - Andreikin, Dmitry (RUS) 4,5-3,5after games : 1-1 , tie-break rapid : 2 - 2, blitz : 1,5 - 0,5
 
Mamedov, Rauf (AZE) - Zhou, Jianchao (CHN) 0,5-1,5 
 
Volkov, Sergey (RUS) - Amonatov, Farrukh (TJK) 0,5 - 1,5 
 








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