The two-days battle between the Russians Alexander Grischuk and Alexander Morozevich finished in a short draw that was offered by Morozevich who thus admitted his defeat in the match since he lost the day before.

The second games of the 3rd Round of the World Cup were played on Sunday 4 in Khanty-Mansiysk.

In the first autumn days the Chess Academy welcomes its guests: the number of the participants is decreasing and the number of spectators on the contrary is increasing.

The Ukrainian Grandmaster Yaroslav Zherebukh told the journalists about himself and the 1st game drawn against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbaijan.

The strongest woman chess player of the planet Judit Polgar has proved to be in a perfect shape having defeated the favorite of the tournament Sergey Karjakin. She told journalists about the game development.

The Cuban Grandmaster Lazaro Bruzon came to the press conference after he finished his game against the Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem in a draw.

Peter Heine Nielsen defeated one of the successful chess player of knock out system Michael Adams. Today Peter drew his 1 game of the 3rd Round against the Romanian Grandmaster Parligras.