Friends in life and opponents at the chess board Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania) and Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) formed one of the strongest pair of the 1st Round. At the press conference they shared their impressions on how it is — to play against each other.

The Egyptian Grandmaster Ahmed Adly did not appear at the second game of the first Round. As we got to know Ahmed was hospitalized to the regional clinic due to health problems.

After two games the opponents Nikolay Kabanov (Russia ) and David Navara (Czech Republic) met at the press conference where they discussed the results of their fight.

The World Chess Cup games are accompanied by online transmission of Grandmasters commentaries as well as by the estimations of the strongest worldwide computer program Houdini. See COMPUTER ANALYSIS

World Cup is almost a unique tournament in the chess calendar where barely at the chess board you can be knocked out and go home. This is the most difficult for chess players and at the same time the most fascinating for spectators. If you have never watched the games life in the chess knock-out [...]

The Governor of the Khanty Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Ugra Natalia Komarova and the President of the World Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov welcomed the participants of the World Chess Cup. After the start of the 1st round they met with the journalists at the press conference.

The main sensation of the 1 day is the victory of the young American Grandmaster Sameul Shankland playing Black over one of the favorites of the World Cup Peter Leko (Hungary).

Ashot Vardapetian, Chief Arbiter of the World Cup, discusses organizational issues and sums up the first day of the Round 1.