The Egyptian player not only withdrew from the World Cup due to illness, but also had to undergo an urgent surgery. Fortunately, the local doctors were able to help him, and now he is in good health.

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.