The 2nd day of the World Cup saw 58 players advance to the 2nd round, 40 players back again tomorrow for playoffs and 50 new players (the 50 top seeds) ready to join them.
The top boards were particularly unforgiving to the lower ranked players, with the top seeds going 12-0. Further down, where the rating gaps were smaller, there were a lot more tied matches, including in my section where 4 of the 9 played matches ended 1-1 after two standard games (1 match was a 2-0 walkover when one the players did not arrive in Goa). 2 of those tied matches were 'comeback' ties, where the player that lost yesterday, won today. Jobava was on of the unlucky players, falling for a tactic against against Jose Cardos, leaving him down a piece, and a point.
In the decisive matches that was supervising, Surya Ganguly played a 2nd impressive game to win hos match 2-0, and giving him a rest tomorrow.
GM Bobby Cheng (AUS) qualified for round 2 with a win over Siddarth Jagadeesh (SGP), while Temur Kuybokarov had his 2nd drawn game, meaning has more to do tomorrow. Oscar Qin (NZL) went out in straight sets against Maxim Rodshtein , but even in defeat he looked happy just to be part of the event.
Tomorrow 's tie breaks starts at 8:30 pm (Canberra time), with 2 games of 15m+10s, followed by 2 games at 10m+10, then 5m+3s and 3m+2s, before a single Armageddon game is played (if needed). If you stay up to watch the tie breaks, and they go the full distance, be prepared for a late night as they finish 2:30 am!
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