It will be
#1 seed GM Yu Yangyi vs #4 seed GM Hikaru Nakamura
# 2 seed GM Le Quang Liem vs #3 seed GM Alex Lenderman
Leaders after 7 rounds
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr190208.aspx
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 4 | GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2721 | 6,0 | 31,0 | 22,5 | 28,00 |
2 | 5 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2697 | 6,0 | 30,5 | 22,5 | 25,00 |
3 | 16 | GM | Lenderman Aleksandr | USA | 2615 | 6,0 | 27,5 | 19,5 | 22,75 |
4 | 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2814 | 5,5 | 34,0 | 25,0 | 25,50 |
5 | 8 | GM | Mcshane Luke J | ENG | 2674 | 5,5 | 31,5 | 23,5 | 23,75 |
6 | 3 | GM | So Wesley | USA | 2773 | 5,5 | 31,0 | 23,0 | 23,50 |
7 | 9 | GM | Bareev Evgeny | CAN | 2669 | 5,5 | 30,5 | 21,5 | 22,50 |
8 | 18 | GM | Shimanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2593 | 5,5 | 29,5 | 20,5 | 24,50 |
9 | 19 | GM | Azarov Sergei | BLR | 2591 | 5,5 | 28,5 | 20,5 | 20,75 |
10 | 32 | GM | Popilski Gil | ISR | 2529 | 5,5 | 28,5 | 20,0 | 20,25 |
11 | 6 | GM | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2691 | 5,5 | 27,5 | 20,0 | 20,00 |
12 | 2 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | USA | 2808 | 5,5 | 26,0 | 18,5 | 20,25 |
13 | 24 | GM | Kaidanov Gregory S | USA | 2561 | 5,5 | 24,5 | 18,0 | 18,50 |
14 | 7 | GM | Robson Ray | USA | 2680 | 5,0 | 29,5 | 20,5 | 19,25 |
15 | 11 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | USA | 2656 | 5,0 | 29,0 | 21,0 | 21,50 |
16 | 80 | IM | Mandizha Farai | ZIM | 2342 | 5,0 | 27,0 | 20,5 | 17,00 |
17 | 22 | GM | Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo | CUB | 2577 | 5,0 | 26,5 | 19,5 | 15,50 |
18 | 34 | GM | Rombaldoni Axel | ITA | 2528 | 5,0 | 26,5 | 19,0 | 15,50 |
19 | 26 | GM | Sevian Samuel | USA | 2556 | 5,0 | 25,5 | 17,5 | 16,50 |
20 | 28 | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | GER | 2541 | 5,0 | 25,0 | 17,5 | 18,50 |
21 | 10 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | RUS | 2658 | 5,0 | 25,0 | 17,5 | 17,00 |
22 | 12 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | USA | 2635 | 5,0 | 24,5 | 17,5 | 17,25 |
23 | 13 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | USA | 2630 | 5,0 | 23,0 | 15,5 | 16,50 |
24 | 29 | GM | Hernandez Carmenate Holden | USA | 2533 | 5,0 | 22,5 | 16,5 | 14,00 |
25 | 40 | GM | Tazbir Marcin | POL | 2517 | 5,0 | 22,5 | 15,5 | 15,50 |
26 | 74 | IM | Yang Kaiqi | CHN | 2355 | 4,5 | 30,5 | 22,0 | 19,75 |
27 | 92 | FM | Rojas Sepulveda Eduardo | CHI | 2304 | 4,5 | 30,5 | 22,0 | 18,75 |
28 | 15 | GM | Durarbayli Vasif | AZE | 2618 | 4,5 | 30,5 | 22,0 | 16,25 |
29 | 46 | IM | Kjartansson Gudmundur | ISL | 2474 | 4,5 | 30,0 | 21,5 | 18,25 |
30 | 33 | GM | Chirila Ioan-Cristian | ROU | 2528 | 4,5 | 28,0 | 20,0 | 17,75 |
31 | 14 | GM | Nyzhnyk Illya | UKR | 2628 | 4,5 | 28,0 | 19,5 | 17,25 |
32 | 47 | GM | Boros Denes | HUN | 2465 | 4,5 | 28,0 | 19,5 | 16,75 |
33 | 44 | GM | Berczes David | HUN | 2488 | 4,5 | 27,5 | 20,0 | 13,25 |
34 | 27 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | USA | 2549 | 4,5 | 27,0 | 19,5 | 16,75 |
35 | 38 | GM | Pakleza Zbigniew | POL | 2520 | 4,5 | 27,0 | 19,0 | 16,50 |
36 | 35 | GM | Troff Kayden W | USA | 2528 | 4,5 | 27,0 | 18,5 | 14,75 |
37 | 31 | GM | Holt Conrad | USA | 2529 | 4,5 | 26,5 | 19,0 | 13,00 |
38 | 42 | GM | Stopa Jacek | POL | 2505 | 4,5 | 26,0 | 18,5 | 13,25 |
39 | 20 | GM | Stukopin Andrey | RUS | 2587 | 4,5 | 26,0 | 17,5 | 14,75 |
40 | 43 | GM | Fishbein Alexander | USA | 2489 | 4,5 | 25,0 | 18,0 | 13,25 |
Could someone please explain what happened in the tiebreak ? In the round robin stage, in one pool, Kamsky & Nakamura seemed to have the same score (2.5/4). They then played a second game (presumably to determine who qualified) which was also drawn. Kamsky was Black. If it was Armageddon, Kamsky should have qualified. So how come Nakamura is a finalist ?