How Mark Paragua Missed Some Winning Combinations in World Chess Cup 2011

It's Game 2 in Round 1 of World Chess Cup 2011 between GM Michael Adams (2715) of England and Mark Paragua (ELO 2545) of the Philippines. Adams already clinched the first game, so Paragua playing as black need to win this game in order to proceed to the tie-breaks.

Adams actually started out strong at the start of the game until he committed a blunder on his 36th move, which however Mark failed to capitalize on. He missed some more opportunities to draw the total control of the game.

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After black's 46th move, although computer analyses will tell that black clearly has an advantage, with the accurate moves from Michael Adams, the game is a draw. And so it did after white's 111th move.

It was a long but exciting game. Replay the game 2 between GM Michael Adams vs. GM Mark Paragua in World Chess Cup 2011 Round 1.

World Chess Cup 2011

World Chess Cup 2011 is underway on this weekend. The round 1 games will commence on Sunday, August 28, 2011, 15:00 Khanty Mansiysk, Russia local time -- which converts to Sunday, August 28, 2011, 17:00 Philippine Time. That's 5PM on Sunday.

Two players are participating from the Philippines, GM Wesley So (ELO 2658) and GM Mark Paragua (ELO 2545).

Paragua (108th seed) will be up against the 21st seed, an elite chess player from England, GM Michael Adams (ELO 2715), in the first round. So, on the other hand, was seeded 64th and will be up against the 65th from China, GM Liren Ding (ELO 2654). Obviously, the So vs. Ding battle is expected to be more exciting.

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Check out the official website of the tournament (which by the way is a WordPress site), the list of participants, and the tournament schedule in Khanty Mansiysk time.