Ivanchuk's win over Radjabov was by far the most interesting game of the day. Both sides had strong squares for their pieces in a position of dynamic imblance. However Radjabov played too ambitiously by pushing his g-pawn, and this provoked Ivanchuk to switch to attacking mode. The complications panned out in White's favour, as the Azerbaijani player just couldn't get his pieces organized in order to avoid Ivanchuk's tricky tactics.
Here are the results:
Match 1:
Judit Polgar rapidly organized a piece sacrifice to take a perpetual check.
| Seed | Name | Country | Rating | World ranking: Present/Best ever | C1 | C2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | B1 | B2 | AB | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Peter Svidler | RUS | 2739 | 16/4 | ½w | 0.5 | ||||||||
| 33 | Judit Polgar | HUN | 2699 | 48/8 | ½b | 0.5 |
Match 2:
| Seed | Name | Country | Rating | World ranking: Present/Best | C1 | C2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | B1 | B2 | AB | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2766 | 7/2 | 1w | 1 | ||||||||
| 07 | Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 2744 | 13/5 | 0b | 0 |
Tie-break 3:
Navara gradually equalized and drawish simplification ensued.
| Seed | Name | Country | Rating | World Ranking: Present/Best | C1 | C2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | B1 | B2 | AB | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Alexander Grischuk | RUS | 2746 | 9/6 | ½w | 0.5 | ||||||||
| 14 | David Navara | CZE | 2722 | 42/14 | ½b | 0.5 |
Tie-break 4:
Ponomariov sacrificed a pawn, but couldn't find a better follow-up than to take a repetition.
| Seed | Name | Country | Rating | World Ranking: Present/Best ever | C1 | C2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | B1 | B2 | AB | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Ruslan Ponomariov | CUB | 2764 | 8/6 | ½w | 0.5 | ||||||||
| 05 | Vugar Gashimov | AZE | 2760 | 11/6 | ½b | 0.5 |
For more information go to the official site: http://chess.ugrasport.com/
Live games: http://chess.ugrasport.com/?cat=12
If you want to follow the live games then note the following:
The local starting time is 3pm and 3pm Khanty Mansiysk = 11am Paris = 10am London = 5am New York = 2am Los Angeles.
All the photos today are from the official site.
The total prize fund is of $1.600.000 (about 1.100.000€):
First round losers win $6.000 (about 4.100€);
Second round losers win $10.000 (or roughly 6.900€);
Third round losers $16.000 (or 11.000€);
Fourth round $25.000 (or 17.000€);
Fifth round (Quarter-finals) $35.000 (or 24.000€);
Sixth round (Semi-final) $50.000 (or 34.500€);
Losing finalist $80.000 (or 55.000€);
The winner receives $120.000 (or 82.500€).
