The second games of the World Cup Quarter-Finals were played on Saturday, September 10th, in Khanty-Mansiysk. Yesterday Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) defeated Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), and three other games were drawn.
The second games of the World Cup Quarter-Finals were played on Saturday, September 10th, in Khanty-Mansiysk. Yesterday Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) defeated Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), and three other games were drawn.
The only decisive result was achieved in the game between Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) and Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)
Reigning European champion Vladimir Potkin was eliminated by his compatriot, finalist of the Candidate Matches, Alexander Grischuk.
The return games of the Round 4 of the World Chess Cup were played on September 7th in Khanty-Mansiysk.
The 3rd Round of the World Chess Cup ended on Monday, September 5th in Khanty-Mansiysk. Six participants of the Round 4 were determined yesterday: Judit Polgar (Hungary), Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan), Bu Xiangzhi (China), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) and Alexander Grischuk (Russia). The remaining ten spots were filled today on the tie-break. The tie-break [...]
The return games of the 3rd Round of the World Chess Cup were played on Sunday in Khanty-Mansiysk. Alexander Morozevich, who needed a win to equalize the match score, surprised everyone by offering a draw to Alexander Grischuk on the 12th move in a well-known theoretical position. Grischuk confessed at the press-conference that he has [...]