India, Ukraine, Ecuador, and Iran are in the semifinals at the World Mind Sports Games Blitz Pair:
IND – UKR
1.1 Sasikiran Krishnan (IND) * Aveskulov Valeriy (UKR) View
1.2 Vasilevich Tatjana (UKR) * Tania Sachdev (IND) View
ECU – IRI
2.1 Matamoros Franco Ca (ECU) * Ghaem Maghami Ehsan (IRI) View
2.2 Pourkashiyan Atousa (IRI) * Fierro Baquero Mart (ECU) View
Official website: http://wmsg2008.fide.com/blitzpairs/round.asp
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
No Americans again? What’s going on? What’s the USCF doing?