Chess Karpov was a sensation of the world’s championship

Top event of the yesterday's FIDE Championship was Anatoly Karpov's defeat. 50-year old ex-world champion surrendered to 20-year old Zhang Pengxiang (1:3) and quitted further struggle for the prize. The first two games ended up draws, two additional ones - with the shortened time control - Karpov lost.

World championship. Moscow

Men

1/64 finals. First matches

Alexander Morozevich, Russia, def. Nugzar Zeliakov, Russia - 1,5:0,5

Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukraine, def. Baatr Shovunov, Russia - 1,5:0,5

Mikhail Gluzman (Australia) - Yevgeny BAREEV (Russia ) - 0:2

Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Uzbekistan, def. Nikolai Vlassov,

Russia - 1,5:0,5

Alexander Khalifman, Russia, def. Surya Shekhar

Ganguly, India - 1:1 - tie break - 0:2

Peter Svidler, Russia, def. Alejandro Hoffman,

Argentina - 1,5:0,5

Zhang Pengxiang, China, def. Anatoly Karpov, Russia - 1:1, - 2:0

Alexey Dreev, Russia, def. Khvicha Supatashvili,

Georgia - 1,5:0,5

Alexander Grischuk, Russia, def. Eshan Ghaem Maghami,

Iran - 1,5:0,5

Nguyen Anh Dung, Vietnam, def. Sergei Rublevsky, Russia - 1:1, - 1:0, - 1:0

Vadim Zvjagninsev, Russia, def. Jacek Gdanski, Poland - 1,5:0,5

Alexander Lastin, Russia, def. Ognjen Cvitan, Croatia - 1,5:0,5

Alexander Motylev, Russia, def. Liang Chong, China - 1,5:0,5

Konstantin Sakaev, Russia, def. Andrei Voloktin,

Ukraine - 1:1 - tie break - 0:1. 1:0. 1:0, 0,5:0,5

Evgeny Pigusov, Russia, def. Alexander Ivanov, USA - 1:0

Sergei Shipov, Russia, def. Alexandre Lesiege, Canada - 1,5:0,5

Thomas Luther, Germany, def. Sergey Volkov,Russia - 1:1, - 1:0, 1:0

Mihail Kobalija, Russia, def. Konstantin Aseev, Russia - 1:1, - 0:1, - 0:1

Viswanathan Anand, India, def. Olivier Touzane, France - 1:1, - 1:0, 0,5:0,5

Michael Adams, England, def. Gaetan Sarthou, France 2:0

Peter Leko, Hungary, def. Watu Kobese, South Africa - 1:1,- 1:0, 1:0

Boris Gelfand, Israel, def. Alexis Cabrera, Cuba - 1,5:0,5

Veselin Topalov, Bulgaria, def. Facundo Pierrot, Argentina - 2:0

Alexei Shirov, Spain, def. Aimen Rizouk, Algeria - 2:0

Ilia Smirin, Israel, def. Amon Simutowe, Zambia - 2:0

Loek van Wely, Netherlands, def. Ruben Felgaer,Argentina - 1,5:0,5

Kiril Georgiev, Bulgaria, def. Fouad El Taher, Egypt - 1:1, - 1:0, 1:0

Judit Polgar, Hungary, def. Mohamad Al-Modiakhi, Qatar - 2:0

Ruslan Ponomariev, Ukraine, def. Li Wenliang, China - 1,5:0,5

Ye Jiangchuan, China, def. Alexei Barsov, Uzbekistan - 1:1, - 1:0, 1:0

Joel Lautier, France, def. Dibjendu Barua, India - 2:0

Daniel Campora def. Nigel Short, England - 1,5:0,5

Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Georgia, def. Saidali Iuldachev, Uzbekistan - 1,5:0,5

Zhang Zhong, China, def. Yu Shaoteng, China - 1:1, - 1:0, 1:0

Alexander Beliavsky, Slovenia, def. Penteala

Harikrishna, India - 1,5:0,5

Igor-Alexandre Nataf, France, def. Viktor Bologan, Moldova - 1,5:0,5

Predrag Nikolic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, def. Shukhrat Safin, Uzbekistan - 1,5:0,5

Emil Sutovsky, Israel, def. Alonso Zapata, Colombia - 1:0, - 0:1, 1:0, 0:1. 1:0. 1:0

Rafael Vaganian, Armenia, def. Slim Belkhodja, France - 1,5:0,5

Xu Jun, China, def. Suat Atalik, Turkey - 1,5:0,5

Vladislav Tkachiev, France, def. Hichem Hamdouchi,

Morocco - 1:1, tie break, 1:0, 1:0

Mikhail Gurevich, Belgium, def. Dorian Rogozenko, Romania - 1,5:0,5

Francisco Vallejo Pons, Spain, def. Stanislav Savchenko, Ukraine - 1:1, - 0,5:0,5, 1:0

Rustem Dautov, Germany, def. Dmitry Gurevich, USA - 1,5:0,5

Aleksander Delchev, Bulgaria, def. Georgy Timoshenko,

Ukraine - 1,5:0,5

Sergei Movsesian, Czech Republic, def. Vadim Malakhatko, Ukraine - 1:1, - 1:0, 0,5:0,5

Jaan Ehlvest, Estonia, def. Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijan - 1:1, - 0,5:0,5, 0,5:0,5, 1:0, 1:0. 0,5:0,5

Lev Psakhis, Israel, def. Viktor Korchnoi, Switzerland - 1:1, - 0,5:0,5 1:0

Sergei Tiviakov, Netherlands, def. Larry Christiansen, USA - 1:1, - 1:0, 1:0

Vadim Milov, Switzerland, def. Alex Yermolinsky, USA - 1:1, -  0,5:0,5, 0,5:0,5, 1:0, 0,5:0,5

Gilberto Milos, Brazil, def. Dao Thien Hai, Vietnam - 1,5:0,5

Sarunas Sulskis, Lithuania, def. Alexander Graf, Germany 1:1, - 1:0, 1:0

Lazaro Bruzon, Cuba, def. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Romania - 1:1, - 0,5:0,5, 0,5:0,5, 0:1, 1:0, 1:0

Smbat Lputian, Armenia, def. Michal Krasenkow, Poland - 2:0

Alexander Shabalov, USA, def. Gregory Kaidanov, USA - 1,5:0,5

Igor Khenkin, Germany, def. Karen Asrian, Armenia - 1:1, - 0,5:0,5, 0,5:0,5, 0:1, 0,5:0,5

Stuart Conquest, England, def. Zoltan Gymiesi, Hungary- 1:1, - 0:1, 1:0, 0,5:0,5, 0,5:0,5, 0:1

Giovanni Vescovi, Brazil, def. Boris Gulko, USA - 1,5:0,5

Lenier Dominguez, Cuba, def. Pavel Kotsur, Kazakstan 1:1, - 1:0, 0,5:0,5

Vladimir Baklan, Ukraine, def. Joel Benjamin, USA 1:1, - 0:1, 1:0, 0,5:0,5, 0:1

Arshot Anastasian, Armenia, def. Alexei Fedorov, Belarus - 1,5:0,5

Bartlomiej Macieja, Poland, def. Boris Avrukh, Israel - 2:0

Krishnan Sasikiran, India, def. Vereslav Eingorn, Ukraine 1:1, - 0:1, 0,5:0,5

Peter-Heine Nielsen, Denmark, def. Alexander Goldin, Israel - 1,5:0,5