World Chess Cup 2005

Chess Siberia

Round 3-6 Results

For 1-8 Places (Round 6, December 12-14)
Grischuk-Ponomariov 1/2, 1/2; 0-1, 0-1.
Bacrot-Aronian 1/2, 0-1 (Levon outplayed the rival in the ending).
Rublevsky-Bareev 1/2, 1/2; 0-1, 1/2.
Gurevich-Gelfand 0-1, 0-1.
For 9-16 Places
Malakhov-Carlsen 1/2 (With equality), 1/2 (Magnus got the initiative on the kingside); 1-0, 0-1; 0-1, 1/2.
Kamsky-Vallejo Pons 1/2, 1/2 (A quick draw); 0-1, 1-0; 1/2, 1-0.
Lautier-Van Wely 1/2, 1/2; 1/2, 1/2; 0-1, 1/2.
Dreev-Sakaev 1-0, 1/2.

For 1-8 Places (Round 5, December 9-11)
Bareev-Ponomariov 1/2, 0-1 (Ruslan obtained an edge).
Rublevsky-Bacrot 1/2, 0-1 (Etienne seized the initiative, grabbed a pawn).
Aronian-Gurevich 1/2, 1-0 (Levon won a pawn).
Gelfand-Grischuk 1-0 (Boris had a clear edge), 0-1 (Alexander had an extra pawn in the endgame); 1/2, 1/2; 0-1, 0-1.
For 9-16 Places
Carlsen-Lautier 1/2, 1-0 (2 knights vs 2 bishops, Magnus had a clear edge).
Kamsky-Sakaev 1-0 (Gata won with a fork), 1/2 (Gata grabbed a pawn).
Malakhov-Dreev 1-0, 1/2.
Vallejo Pons-Van Wely 1/2, 1/2 (Francisco took the exchange); 1/2, 1-0.

Round 4 Results (December 6-8):
Bareev-Carlsen 1/2 (Perpetual check), 1/2 (Magnus had a small edge); 1-0 (Magnus could win with 43.Qf7!), 1/2.
Bacrot-Lautier 1/2, 1/2; 1-0 (Etienne mated), 1/2.
Vallejo Pons-Aronian 1/2, 1/2; 1/2, 0-1.
Grischuk-Kamsky 1-0 (Alexander sacrificed a knight), 1/2 (A tough fight).
Dreev-Gelfand 1/2, 1/2 (A quick draw); 0-1, 1-0; 1/2, 0-1.
Gurevich-Malakhov 1/2 (Mikhail got the initiative on the queenside, but Vladimir grabbed a pawn), 1/2 (Mikhail had an edge and extra pawn); 1-0 (Mikhail won a rook ending), 1/2.
Sakaev-Rublevsky 0-1, 1/2.
Van Wely-Ponomariov 0-1, 0-1 (Ruslan obtained a huge advantage in development).

Round 3 Results (December 3-5):
Cheparinov-Carlsen 0-1 (Bishop+knight vs rook), 1-0 (Ivan won a piece); 0-1, 0-1.
Sutovsky-Bacrot 1/2, 1/2; 0-1, 0-1.
Aronian-Areshchenko 1-0, 1/2.
Shulman-Grischuk 1/2, 1/2; 0-1, 1/2.
Gelfand-Pantsulaia 1/2, 1/2; 1-0, 0-1; 1-0, 1-0.
Gurevich-Shirov 1/2, 1-0.
Jobava-Rublevsky 1/2, 1/2; 0-1, 1/2.
Van Wely-Radjabov 1-0, 0-1; 1/2, 1-0.
Ponomariov-Xu 1-0 (Ruslan outplayed his opponent in the ending, grabbed a pawn), 1-0.
Sakaev-Tiviakov 1-0, 1-0.
Sokolov-Malakhov 0-1, 1/2.
Harikrishna-Dreev 1/2, 1/2; 0-1, 1/2.
Kamsky-Smirin 1/2, 1/2; 0-1, 1-0; 1/2, 1-0.
Vallejo Pons-Efimenko 1/2, 1/2; 1-0, 1-0.
Lautier-Najer 1/2, 1/2; 1/2, 1/2; 1/2, 1-0.
Bareev-Bruzon 0-1 (Black attacked), 1-0; 1/2, 1-0.

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