Here are the results of the World Cup rapid playoff:
Ivanchuk 2.5 – 1.5 Galkin
Carlsen 3 – 1 Naiditsch
Ponomariov 2.5 – 1.5 Wang, Hao
Wang, Yue 2.5 – 1.5 Tiviakov
Bu 3.5 – 2.5 Motylev
Malakhov 2.5 – 1.5 Volkov
K. Georgiev 4-3 Kasimdzhanov
Zhou 4-3 Volotikin
Rublevsky 3.5 – 2.5 Navara
Sasikiran 4-2 Zvjaginsev
Cheparinov 3.5 – 2.5 Tkachiev
Nisipeanu 2.5 – 1.5 Zhao
Here is the official website: http://cup2007.fide.com/results.asp
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Cheparinov meets Kamski in the next round. Go Chepa, this will be the real test!
I thought the pairings would be like this:
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Cheparinov, Ivan
Macieja, Bartlomiej – Sasikiran, Krishnan
Aronian, Levon – Inarkiev, Ernesto
Shirov, Alexei – Onischuk, Alexander
Svidler, Peter – Rublevsky, Sergei
Adams, Michael – Zhou, Jianchao
Alekseev, Evgeny – Fressinet, Laurent
Grischuk, Alexander – Bareev, Evgeny
Carlsen, Magnus – Dominguez Perez, Lenier
Kamsky, Gata – Georgiev, Kiril
Akopian, Vladimir – Malakhov, Vladimir
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Almasi, Zoltan
Ponomariov, Ruslan – Tomashevsky, Evgeny
Wang, Yue – Karjakin, Sergey
Bacrot, Etienne – Bu, Xiangzhi
You’re right. I got confused.
I think it is Bacrot-Karjakin and Wang-Bu .