GM Einar Gausel
annotates the WCC
Enter
the heavyweights
Round
two saw 28 seeded heavyweights entering the KO-arena,
amongst them some of the strongest players in the
history of the game. I must say I was a bit surprised
that only one of the 2700+ players managed to win,
but most of them got stuck with black in the first
game. I should also mention that most of the underdogs
showed up wearing skirts and lugging industrial-size
vacuum cleaners, ready to hose off anything that
moved. I think we're going to see a lot of these
guys sweating blood with black in the second game.
Alexander Morozevich was one of the few top
players who drew white in game 1, and the Russian
attacking virtuoso made seemingly light work of
Brazilian ace Gilberto Milos. Upon closer
inspection, however, it turns out that Milos may
have been able to salvage half a point with a piece
sac on move 29.
Morozevich
(2756) - Milos (2633)
FIDE
WC New Delhi (2.1), 2000
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