World Chess Cup (1) tie-break
Van Wely - Nguyen
Elimination de l'ex-Champion du Monde Fide Khalifman.
Les qualifiés sont en gras :
Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) Ismagambetov, Anuar (KAZ)
Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) Filippov, Anton (UZB)
El Gindy, Essam (EGY) Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
Gopal, G.N. (IND) Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB)
Van Wely, Loek (NED) Nguyen, Ngoc Truong (VIE)
Onischuk, Alexander (USA) Andriasian, Zaven (ARM)
Zvjaginsev, Vadim (RUS) Kunte, Abhijit (IND)
Zhao, Jun (CHN) Harikrishna, P. (IND)
Zhigalko, Sergei (BLR) Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND)
Baramidze, David (GER) Short, Nigel D (ENG)
Mamedov, Rauf (AZE) Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS)
Zhang, Pengxiang (CHN) Gagunashvili, Merab (GEO)
Roiz, Michael (ISR) Akobian, Varuzhan (USA)
Belov, Vladimir (RUS) Khalifman, Alexander (RUS)
Milos, Gilberto (BRA) Avrukh, Boris (ISR)
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) Sakaaev, Konstantin (RUS)
Kaidanov, Gregory S (USA) Gurevich, Mikhail (TUR)
Shulman, Yuri (USA) Leitao, Rafael (BRA)
Kozul, Zdenko (CRO) Bruzon Batista, (CUB)
Galkin, Alexander (RUS) Bartel, Mateusz (POL)
Résultats complets du premier tour