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Chess Life Online 2009 November Americans in the World Cup: Two Advance, Three Go To Tiebreak
Chess Life Online 2009 November Americans in the World Cup: Two Advance, Three Go To Tiebreak | Americans in the World Cup: Two Advance, Three Go To Tiebreak |
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| November 22, 2009 | |
GM Akobian will play a tiebreak tomorrow against GM Tregubov
Overall, this was not the happiest round for USA since Akobian and Shabalov were both leading 1-0 yesterday. Our young contenders, Robson, Hess and Friedel as well as veterans Ivanov and Ehlvest are unfortunately, eliminated. Scroll down to play through the second games of the American matches. 
15-year-old GM-elect Ray Robson is eliminated in his first stab at the World Cup
Good luck to Shulman, Akobian and Shabalov in winning the rapid tiebreaks tomorrow! World Cup, Round 1 Results Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) 1.5-0.5 Ivanov, Alexander (USA) Friedel, Joshua E (USA) 0-2 Wang, Hao (CHN) Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 1.5-0.5 Robson, Ray (USA) Hess, Robert L (USA) 0.5-1.5 Motylev, Alexander (RUS) Kamsky, Gata (USA) 1.5-0.5 Antonio, Rogelio Jr (PHI) Onischuk, Alexander (USA) 1.5-0.5 Flores, Diego (ARG) Smirin, Ilia (ISR) 1.5-0.5 Ehlvest, Jaan (USA) Shabalov, Alexander (USA) 1-1 Baklan, Vladimir (UKR) Savchenko, Boris (RUS) 1-1 Shulman, Yuri (USA) Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) 1-1 Tregubov, Pavel V. (RUS) See the official website, chessdom.com and the Internet Chess Club for live coverage. Also read Josh Friedel's nightmare travel story. |
