Round 2 World Cup Chess tie-break day
The tie-break day saw most of the favorites advancing. The winner of the World Cup will be challenged by Veselin Topalov for a right to challenge the winner of the Vishwanathan Anand - Vladimir Kramnik match.
The newly crowned blitz world champ, Vassily Ivanchuk scraped past Alexander Galkin of Russia.
Magnus Carlsen thrashed Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany 2-0 in the rapid games to advance.
Other big stars to advance on the tie-break day were Ruslan Ponomariov, Krishnan Sasikiran of India and Ivan Cheparinov of Bulgaria. However, another favorite, Rustam Kasimdzhanov was knocked out by Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria.
Official results are available here : http://cup2007.fide.com/results.asp
Live games can be followed here: http://cup2007.fide.com/round.asp
The newly crowned blitz world champ, Vassily Ivanchuk scraped past Alexander Galkin of Russia.
Magnus Carlsen thrashed Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany 2-0 in the rapid games to advance.
Other big stars to advance on the tie-break day were Ruslan Ponomariov, Krishnan Sasikiran of India and Ivan Cheparinov of Bulgaria. However, another favorite, Rustam Kasimdzhanov was knocked out by Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria.
Official results are available here : http://cup2007.fide.com/results.asp
Live games can be followed here: http://cup2007.fide.com/round.asp
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