The Executive Director of the World Cup Organizing Committee Vyacheslav Zhuravlev told about his team of the organizers of the World Cup 2011 at the press conference.

The Round 2 of the Chess World Cup ended on September 2 in Khanty-Mansiysk.

The sun was shining in Khanty-Mansiysk on the first day of September. I wanted to walk around before the start of the round. Nicely dressed school girls and boys were everywhere (September 1 is a first day of school in Russia).

The President of the Chess Federation os Ugra, the Mayor of Khanty-Mansiysk Vassily Filipenko answered the question of Vladimir Barsky.

The Israeli grandmaster Emil Sutovsky defeated Laurent Fressinet (France) 1,5−0,5, and answered the questions about this match at the press-conference.

The world's strongest woman player Judit Polgar won as Black against Sergey Movsesian, securing herself a pass to the Round 3. Tomorrow she will be watching tie-breaks, waiting for her next opponent.

The Czech chess player David Navara won the second game vs the American Grandmaster Alexander Onischuk and secured a place in the 3rd Round where he will face the winner Moiseenko-Inarkiev match.