Monday, August 29, 2011

Chess News
At FIDE World Cup Chess Tournament 2011, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

[R1] Parimarjan Negi (IND,2642) bt Vladimir Akopian (ARM,2667) w/o

Round One
[G1] Abhijeet Gupta (IND,2627) ½-½ Rauf Mamedov (AZE,2679)
[G1] Maxim Rodshtein (ISR,2637) 0-1 P. Harikrishna (IND,2669)

Hari started with a win ... Playing with black he defeated Rodshtein in 34 moves after Hari's opponent made mistake under severe time-pressure ... Abhijit managed draw playing with white after 52 moves.

Parimarjan Negi moved to the second round after receiving a walkover from higher-ranked Armenian Vladimir Akopian due to a fractured leg.

In the second round, Negi is likely to face 7th seed Azerbaijani Teimour Radjabov ... Hari is likely to face 10th-seeded Russian Dmitry Jakovenko ... Other hand Abhijeet's potential second-round rival, 18th seeded Hungarian Peter Leko suffered a surprising loss against USA's L. Samuel Shankland.

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