Short is out in round 2, after trying too hard to win a drawn endgame in game 1 against Krasenkow and putting a R en prise. Other shocks (of sorts) - Ivanchuk was held to two draws by Pental Harikrishna, and Nakamura beat Aleksandrov.
[Event FIDE WCh KO]
[Site Tripoli LBA]
[Date 2004.06.21]
[Round 2.1]
[White Short,N]
[Black Krasenkow,M]
[Result -1]
[WhiteElo 2712]
[BlackElo 2609]
[EventDate 2004.06.19]
[ECO B33]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14.
Re1 e4 15. Bf1 Bg7 16. c3 O-O 17. Qh5 Qc8 18. Rad1 Ng6 19. g3 Re8 20. Bh3
Re5 21. Nc2 Qc4 22. Ne3 Qxa2 23. Qe2 f4 24. Ra1 Qb3 25. Ra3 Qxa3 26. bxa3
fxe3 27. Qxe3 Ne7 28. Qb6 Nxd5 29. Qc6 Rae8 30. f4 exf3 31. Qxe8+ Rxe8 32.
Rxe8+ Bf8 33. Rc8 Nb6 34. Rc6 d5 35. Bg4 Nc4 36. Rxa6 Bc5+ 37. Kh1 f2 38.
Be2 Bxa3 39. Rf6 Bb2 40. Rxf2 Bxc3 41. Rf5 Ne5 42. Bxb5 Kg7 43. h3 f6 44.
Kg2 Bd2 45. Rf2 Be3 46. Rc2 h6 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Re7 Bc5 49. Re8 Be3 50. Kf1
d4 51. Re7 Kf5 52. Ke2 Bg5 53. Re8 Kg6 54. Rd8 Be3 55. Ba4 Kf7 56. Bc2 Ke7
57. Ra8 Kf7 58. Bf5 Ke7 59. h4 Bc1 60. Ra7+ Kd6 61. Ra6+ Ke7 62. Ra1 Be3
63. Rb1 Kd6 64. Rb6+ Ke7 65. Re6+ Kf7 66. Ra6 Ke7 67. Be4 Kf7 68. Ra7+ Ke6
69. Ra8 Kf7 70. Bd5+ Kg6 71. Be6 Kg7 72. Bf5 Kf7 73. Ra7+ Kf8 74. Rc7 Ke8
75. Rh7 Kf8 76. Rb7 Ke8 77. Rh7 Kf8 78. Rc7 Ke8 79. g4 Kf8 80. Rh7 Kg8 81.
Re7 Kf8 82. Re6 Kf7 83. Rd6 Ke7 84. Rd5 Kf7 85. h5 Ke7 86. g5 Bxg5 87. Rxd4
Bc1 88. Kd1 Bg5 89. Kc2 Be3 90. Rd1 Kf7 91. Kc3 Kf8 92. Rd6 Ke7 93. Re6+
Kf7 94. Kb4 Bf2 95. Ra6 Ke7 96. Kb5 Be3 97. Re6+ Kf7 98. Ka6 Bc5 99. Kb7
Be7 100. Kc7 Kf8 101. Ra6 Kf7 102. Be6+ Kg7 103. Ra2 Nf3 104. Kd7 Bc5 105.
Rg2+ Ng5 106. Bf5 Bf8 107. Ke8 Bd6 108. Rd2 Bc5 109. Rd7+ Kg8 110. Rc7 Bb4
111. Kd7 Kf7 112. Bg6+ Kg8 113. Kc6 Ba3 114. Rb7 Kf8 115. Kd5 Kg8 116. Ra7
Bb4 117. Rc7 Ba3 118. Rc6 Kg7 119. Kd4 Bb2+ 120. Ke3 Be5 121. Re6 Nxe6 122.
Bf5 Nd4 0-1
There's no coverage on ANY commercial TV channel, I wouldn't think 🙂 Chess coverage is pretty much net only, which is strange considering how cool and sexy top chess players are!
Games are relayed live on ICC (www.chessclub.com), you don't need to be a member to log in and watch. Do need to download a client though. There's also a java relay on the official site, www.wcclibya2004.com.
Only half the number of players seeded to reach the last 32 have actually reached that stage. Seven of the top 16 players are already out. Adams has an easy route to the semi-final (due to Milov and Morozevich withdrawing at the last minute I guess), so looks like a slight favourite.
3rd round pairings:
Topalov, Veselin (BUL) vs Movsesian, Sergei (SVK)
Smirnov, Pavel (RUS) vs Aronian, Levon (ARM)
Adams, Michael (ENG) vs Hamdouchi, Hichem (MAR)
Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) vs Filippov, Valerij (RUS)
Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) vs Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB)
Krasenkow, Michal (POL) vs Zvjaginsev, Vadim (RUS)
Dominguez, Lenier (CUB) vs Tkachiev, Vladislav (FRA)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROM) vs Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)
Kharlov, Andrei (RUS) vs Leitao, Rafael (BRA)
Dreev, Alexey (RUS) vs Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS)
Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) vs Moiseenko, Alexander (UKR)
Ye, Jiangchuan (CHN) vs Almasi, Zoltan (HUN)
Anastasian, Ashot (ARM) vs Beliavsky, Alexander G (SLO)
Lastin, Alexander (RUS) vs Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) vs Radjabov, Teimour (AZE)
Kozul, Zdenko (CRO) vs Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS)