ACP World Rapid Cup (2009)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Anatoly Karpov, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Boris Gelfand, Vugar Gashimov, Dmitry Jakovenko, Pavel Eljanov, Sergei Movsesian, Etienne Bacrot, Alexander Moiseenko, Evgeny Najer, Arkadi Naiditsch, Zahar Efimenko, Mikhail Gurevich, Pavel Tregubov, Yuri Drozdovskij

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Karpov vs Svidler   ½-½ 40 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup E60 King's Indian Defense 2. Naiditsch vs Y Drozdovskij   ½-½ 39 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup C11 French 3. Jakovenko vs M Gurevich   ½-½ 113 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup B08 Pirc, Classical 4. Y Drozdovskij vs Naiditsch   0-1 67 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. Naiditsch vs Y Drozdovskij   1-0 34 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup C18 French, Winawer 6. A Moiseenko vs Bacrot   1-0 43 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup A63 Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7 7. Grischuk vs Eljanov 1-0 53 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup C67 Ruy Lopez 8. Eljanov vs Grischuk 0-1 40 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 9. Bacrot vs A Moiseenko   ½-½ 51 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup A46 Queen's Pawn Game 10. M Gurevich vs Jakovenko   0-1 47 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. Y Drozdovskij vs Naiditsch ½-½ 64 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 12. Efimenko vs V Gashimov   ½-½ 64 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 13. Movsesian vs P Tregubov   1-0 35 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup B25 Sicilian, Closed 14. Svidler vs Karpov ½-½ 60 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup B56 Sicilian 15. P Tregubov vs Movsesian   ½-½ 46 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. Svidler vs Karpov 1-0 21 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup B42 Sicilian, Kan 17. Karpov vs Svidler   ½-½ 64 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 18. E Najer vs Gelfand   ½-½ 25 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 19. V Gashimov vs Efimenko   1-0 40 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. Gelfand vs E Najer 1-0 110 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. Jakovenko vs Naiditsch   1-0 41 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 22. Naiditsch vs Jakovenko 0-1 49 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 23. Grischuk vs Svidler 0-1 34 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup B03 Alekhine's Defense 24. Gelfand vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 49 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. Svidler vs Grischuk   ½-½ 57 2009 ACP World Rapid Cup B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

May-24-09    zluria: Woohoo! Go Gelfand, you're the best! Check out Gelfand vs Svidler, 2009 and Svidler vs Gelfand, 2009 for examples of: How to win a totally lost game. Doing this twice in a row against a top GM isn't just luck and nerves. Gelfand creates problems for his opponent because of his great fighting spirit! May-24-09    timhortons: <Moiseenko resigned at 23rd...> A. Grischuk Russia - A. Moiseenko Ukraine, 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup 1/4 final 2009 click for larger view 1. (4.17): 23...Bxg5 24.Qxd5+ Kh8 25.hxg5 c4 26.Qxc4 Qa5 27.Rd1 Qc5 28.Qxc5 2. (13.83): 23...g6 24.Qxd5+[] 3. (#3): 23...Rf7 24.Qxh7+ May-24-09    timhortons: For me this tourney will either go to Grischuk or Svidler. May-24-09    amadeus: Pairings: http://worldcup.pivdenny.com/ru/ind... 1/8: Najer 0,5 - 1,5 Gelfand Gashimov 1,5 - 0,5 Efimenko M.Gurevich 0,5 - 1,5 Jakovenko Drozdovskij 1 - 3 Naiditsch Grischuk 2 - 0 Eljanov Moiseenko 1,5 - 0,5 Bacrot Karpov 1,5 - 2,5 Svidler Movsesian 1,5 - 0,5 Tregubov 1/4: Gelfand 2 - 0 Gashimov Jakovenko 3 - 2 Naiditsch Grischuk 1,5 - 0,5 Moiseenko Svidler 2,5 - 1,5 Movsesian 1/2: Gelfand 3 - 2 Jakovenko Grischuk 0,5 - 1,5 Svidler Final: Gelfand 3 - 1 Svidler May-24-09    timhortons: Svidler did not win a game! Gelfland is the winner. May-24-09    returnoftheking: quite unexpected winner indeed. May-24-09    WhiteRook48: a bit too unexpected May-24-09    BushWhacker: Congrats to Gelfand! Good performance and really convincing wins all along the tournament. May-25-09    zluria: Unexpected?! Man, what does Gelfand have to do to get some recognition?? He's the top rated player here (according to liveratings at least), and among all the players here, he was closest to being World Champion. Only one game stood between him and the title at Mexico 2007. Wake up! Gelfand is the man! May-25-09    firebyrd: < Man, what does Gelfand have to do to get some recognition?? He's the top rated player here > Apart from the minor detail that Jakovenko seems to be top rated, I do agree about the strange lack of recognition. Look at Gelfand's rating graph: http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?ev... - and compare it to other 40-year old players, like for instance Adams: http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?ev... May-25-09    returnoftheking: I expected Svidler to win. Not as good in the opening as Gelfand maybe, but a big talent and very good at rapid. Bravo for Gelfand-but hey I am surprised.

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