Ponomariov defeated Grischuk 2-0 to reach the World Cup final against Aronian.
These are the matchups for the final round:
1- 2 Ponomariov – Aronian *
3- 4 Grischuk – Bacrot *
5- 6 Bareev * – Gelfand
7- 8 Rublevsky * – Gurevich
9-10 Carlsen – Kamsky *
11-12 Malakhov * – Vallejo
13-14 van Wely – Dreev *
15-16 Lautier * – Sakaev
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Carlsen has already shown that he belongs among the ten, last game counted. What a superb performance!
I pick Aronian for first.
Yay!! Pono going to win!!
It’s going to be hard for me to know who to root for in the Kamsky Carlsen match.
So Kamsky in next years WC ? Nice comeback.
kamsky is not yet in his best form, otherwise it would have been an easy win for him.
Yes, Kamsky will be EXTREMELY dangerous when he finally shakes off the rust. Topalova and Anand beware. There’s a new (ok, old) kid in town!
Susan, you cheated! You changed these predictions after the results came in… for example, you had picked Ponomariov over Aronian and Grischuk over Bacrot, and now the boldface and “*” has been changed in both cases. Why stoop to that?
This is no longer a prediction. This is now the final results.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
http://www.SusanPolgar.com