FIDE have announced the first round pairings for the 2007 World Cup, to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), between 22nd November and 18 December 2007. All the players are ranked rating order and player 1 plays 128, 2 v 127 etc
The big first round match up (from an Australian point of view) is Zong-Yuan Zhao (119 seed) up against Magnus Carlsen (10). Another interseting match is between Alexei Shirov (5) and Robert Gwaze (124).
The full set of pairings can be downloaded (as a spreadsheet) from the FIDE website (just click on the link at the left).
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2 comments:
if there was betting on the World Cup, what odds do you think the aussie Zong-Yuan Zhao would have?
10-1?
it is a pretty tough pairing - you would always rather have an adult with that rating than an up and coming junior...
Anyway a great experience just for Yuan to be there.
Jenni
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