The favourites get through

Most of the favourites out-classed their opponents in the rapid games, and thus won their matches without too much trouble. So Sergey Karjakin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and Alexander Grischuk thus obtained their tickets for tomorrow's third round. Ruslan Ponomariov and Peter Svidler will also be there, but only after eventually breaking down their opponent's stouter resistance.

Here are the results of the thirteen second round tie-breaks:

Match 6:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
59	Sebastien Feller	FRA	2666	½w	½b	0w	0b						1
6	Alexander Grischuk	RUS	2746	½b	½w	1b	1w						3

Match 19:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
19	Alexander Moiseenko	UKR	2715	½w	½b	1b	1w						3
46	Ernesto Inarkiev	RUS	2679	½b	½w	0w	0b						1

Match 30:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
94	Yaroslav Zherebukh	UKR	2590	1w	0b	1w	1b						3
99	Ruben Felgaer	ARG	2573	0b	1w	0b	0w						1

The battle between the two outsiders contained only decisive games.

Yaroslav Zherebukh

Ni Hua

Ponomariov was the favourite in Match 4 against Ni Hua, but the Chinese underdog proved to be tough to break down:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
61	Ni Hua	CHN	2662	½w	½b	½w	½b	0b	½w				2.5
4	Ruslan Ponomariov	UKR	2764	½b	½w	½b	½w	1w	½b				3.5

Match 3:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
3	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2765	½w	½b	1b	½w						2.5
62	Daniel Fridman	GER	2659	½b	½w	0w	½b						1.5

Match 26:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
90	Anton Filippov	UZB	2606	1w	0b	0b	0w						1
26	Etienne Bacrot	FRA	2710	0b	1w	1w	1b						3

Etienne Bacrot started the second round badly, but a convincing fight-back has left him as the only Frenchman in the third round draw. He is also the only player to qualify after losing the first leg.

Match 15:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
15	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2722	½w	½b	½w	0b						1.5
50	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2675	½b	½w	½b	1w						2.5

Bu Xianghzi is the only Chinese player remaining in the competition.

Match 21:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
21	Michael Adams	ENG	2715	½w	½b	½b	0w						1.5
44	Peter Heine Nielsen	DEN	2681	½b	½w	½w	1b						2.5

Match 13:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
13	Francisco Vallejo Pons	ESP	2724	0w	1b	½w	0b						1.5
52	Lazaro Bruzon Batista	CUB	2673	1b	0w	½b	1w						2.5

Match 49:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
9	Peter Svidler	RUS	2739	½w	½b	½b	½w	1w	1b				4
73	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2637	½b	½w	½w	½b	0b	0w				2

A good day for the No.9 seed, but Nguyen didn't give up without a fight.

Svider against Nguyen

Match 25:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
25	Ian Nepomniachtchi	RUS	2711	½w	½b	1b	½w						2.5
40	Alexander Riazantsev	RUS	2688	½b	½w	0w	½b						1.5

The all-Russian battle was won by the younger player, a win with Black being decisive.

Ian Nepomniachtchi

Ivanov's run came to an end today.

Match 17:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
112	Alexander Ivanov	USA	2538	½w	½b	½w	0b						1.5
81	Igor Lysyj	RUS	2629	½b	½w	½b	1w						2.5

Match 1:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
1	Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2788	½w	½b	½b	1w						2.5
64	Wesley So	PHI	2658	½b	½w	½w	0b						1.5

The first legs of the third round are tomorrow on the 3rd of September.

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€).