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August 7, 1999
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Kiril Georgiev shocks Peter SvidlerPaul Eriksen in Las Vegas Kiril Georgiev, a low-key and often understated player, delivered the major shock of the first game of the third round of the FIDE World Chess Championship, surprising Peter Svidler today. Meanwhile, Alexi Shirov and Veselin Topalov, who had begun with losses in the second round, had better results this time, beginning with victories. Shirov, who has been placed second in the order of odds, beat Brazilian Gilberto Milos, while Topalov had a good win over Lev Psakhis. Other major winners included Alexei Fedorov, who scored one of three wins with black on the day. His victim was Dutch stalwart Jan Timman, who lost in 34 moves of a Kings Indian. Former Challenger Nigel Short, who once broke away from FIDE for the berakaway match with Garry Kasparov, was once again in good form beating Alexander Beliavsky in a long stretched out game from a Nimzo Indian. Short, who has been quoted at 9-1 to win the title, won in 77 moves and set himself up well as he has white pieces in the second game on Saturday. Ivanchuk, playing quietly but efficiently thus far, outplayed Shipov in a Gurenfeld Indian game with white pieces in just 37 moves. Shirov and Milos were engaged in a Ruy Lopez, where Shirov had white and won comfortably in 37 moves. But the day's most stunning result came from Georgiev. He defeated Svidler, one of the contenders for he title, in 47 moves. Two of the day's awaited clashes ended in draws. Kramnik drew with Korchnoi in 24 moves from an English opening in which the veteran had white, while Lautier and Gelfand played a marathon 77-move game before splitting the point.
Results of the third round first game:
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