Two of the leading GMs in the 2009 World Cup, Svidler and Mamedyarov, lost their first round games. Unless they can score a victory in game 2, they are out.
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Round 5. Game 1. |
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| match | match score |
White | Result | Black | |
| 1 | 0.5-0.5 | Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) | ** | Gelfand, Boris (ISR) | View |
| 2 | 0.5-0.5 | Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) | ** | Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) | View |
| 3 | 1-0 | Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) | ** | Svidler, Peter (RUS) | View |
| 4 | 0-1 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) | ** | Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) | View |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Bad news for Svidler.