Jakovenko held Boris Gelfand to 2 draws in classical chess while Ponomariov did the same to Gashimov. The rapid playoff will start tomorrow.
The first player who made it to the final 4 is Malakhov who easily drew Svidler with the White pieces. The next one to get to the big dance is Karjakin.
Round 5. Game 2. |
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match | match score |
White | Result | Black | |
1 | 1-1 | Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) | ½-½ | Gelfand, Boris (ISR) | View |
2 | 1-1 | Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) | ½-½ | Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) | View |
3 | 1.5-0.5 | Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) | ½-½ | Svidler, Peter (RUS) | View |
4 | 0.5-1.5 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) | ½-½ | Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) | View |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Karjakin for sure will win the world cup.
Malakhov. He learned well from the master GM Wesley So.
Wait a minute. nobody can predict exactly who will win. The point is that whether karjakin nor malakhov have been seen before in the comments as strong enough to reach the semifinals, even if sergey had reached it two years ago as well.
So wait a minute, there are still six competitors who can take the win in this cup. Your predict has less than 20% certitude.
I love them all playing, everybody.
Especially Jako!!
okay from germany