The winner of the battle Emil Sutovsky vs Evgeny Vorobiov was not defined after the classical games — there were two draws. Everything was decided in the second game of the tie breaks: Sutovsky won and was qualified to the second round.

The Russian Derby Mikhail Kobalia — Igor Lysyi ended in favor of the young participant: Lysyi made a draw in two classical games and won in both of the tie break games. At the press conference Igor told us how his game was going for him.

The Grandmaster from Argentina Rueben Felgaer told the journalists how his battle against the Russian chess player Vladimir Malakhov for the right to be qualified for the second round was going for him.

After the classical games of the 1st Round the participants of the World Cup are divided into three groups.

The next sensation of the first round of the World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk was the victory of the Brasilian chess player Alexander Fier over Wang Yue from China. The Brazilian player told us about his first games of the tournament at the press conference.

The co-authors of the brightest sensation of the 1st Round, Samuel Shankland (USA) and Peter Leko (HUN), answered the questions of the journalists right after the 2nd Game.

The Armenian Grandmaster Sergey Movsesian defeated the Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan in both games. At the press conference the opponents narrated about the course of the two-day battles.

The second day of the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk brought the Chinese chess players sheer disappointments.