[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: World Cup, Round 3 Tiebreaks: Ivanchuk out

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
World Cup, Round 3 Tiebreaks: Ivanchuk out
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1196605789.shtml


   Horrors! As in the Las Vegas 1999 FIDE k.o., Vassily Ivanchuk lost to
   his talented but lower-rated Romanian opponent, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
   (2.5-1.5). Painful, but he's not alone - Grischuk lost in the
   tiebreaks today as well, to Bareev (1.5-.5). Nominal favorite Bacrot
   (by one point!) went down 2-0 to Karjakin, but the other three
   favorites survived: Sasikiran defeated Macieja 3-1, Svidler triumphed
   over Rublevsky 1.5.-.5, and Aronian bageled Inarkiev 2-0.
   Here are the round 4 pairings:
   Karjakin - Nisipeanu
   Bareev - Alekseev
   Jakovenko - Aronian
   Shirov - Akopian
   Ponomariov - Sasikiran
   Kamsky - Svidler
   Adams - Carlsen
   Wang Yue - Cheparinov
   (As usual, the pairings are grouped for your prognosticating
   convenience: the winner of the first match in a quartet plays the
   winner of the second match, the winner of the first quartet plays the
   winner of the second quartet, etc.)
   Games, with comments, later tonight or early tomorrow. Games without
   comments can be found [1]here or [2]here.

References

   1. http://cup2007.fide.com/round.asp
   2. http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html#news693