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.

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
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