Round 2 - Fresh news from Khanty Mansiysk World Cup Chess 2007
The normal time games have been completed. The shock of the tournament is that Teimour Radjabov has been knocked out in amazing fashion by the lower-rated Bartolomiej Macieja of Poland. 2-0 !
Ivanchuk has been held 1-1 by Alexander Galkin. This performance is nothing short of an upset already. The rapid games are next and anything can happen. But Ivanchuk is a seasoned player at the shorter versions. If you want evidence, you just have to go back to last week when he won the World Blitz championship, edging out India's V Anand.
Other favorites such as Shakriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, Levon Aronian of Armenia, Alexei Shirov of Russia, Peter Svidler of Russia and Michael Adams of England also advanced to the round of 32.
Ivanchuk has been held 1-1 by Alexander Galkin. This performance is nothing short of an upset already. The rapid games are next and anything can happen. But Ivanchuk is a seasoned player at the shorter versions. If you want evidence, you just have to go back to last week when he won the World Blitz championship, edging out India's V Anand.
Other favorites such as Shakriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, Levon Aronian of Armenia, Alexei Shirov of Russia, Peter Svidler of Russia and Michael Adams of England also advanced to the round of 32.
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