Karpov, Ivanchuk, and Nakamura advance to the Semi-finals

Karpov, Ivanchuk, Nakamura and Carlsen advanced to the semi final stage of the Cap D'Agde tournament.

Carlsen was the only who advanced relatively easily winning at the rapid game stage. The rest of the matches went up to the blitz stage. Nakamura was very impressive in the blitz games, blanking his opponent Vachier Lagrave out.

Quarter final Results:

Rapid Games
Fabiano Caruana (2640) - Anatoly Karpov (2651) : 0-1
Anatoly Karpov (2651) - Fabiano Caruana (2640) : 0-1

Blitz 3’+2" games

Anatoly Karpov (2651) - Fabiano Caruana (2640) : ½-½
Fabiano Caruana (2640) - Anatoly Karpov (2651) : ½-½

Anatoly Karpov (2651) - Fabiano Caruana (2640) : ½-½
Fabiano Caruana (2640) - Anatoly Karpov (2651) : 0-1

Karpov beat Caruana 3.5-2.5

Rapid Games

Teimour Radjabov (2751) - Vassily Ivanchuk (2786) : ½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk (2786) - Teimour Radjabov (2751) : ½-½

Blitz Games 3’+2"

Vassily Ivanchuk (2786) - Teimour Radjabov (2751) : 1-0
Teimour Radjabov (2751) - Vassily Ivanchuk (2786) : 0-1

Ivanchuk beat Radjabov 3-1

Rapid Games

Hikaru Nakamura (2704)- Maxime Vachier Lagrave (2716): ½ - ½
Maxime Lagrave Vachier (2716) - Hikaru Nakamura (2704): ½ - ½

Blitz Games 3 '2 ":

Hikaru Nakamura (2704) - Maxime Vachier Lagrave (2716) : 1-0
Maxime Vachier Lagrave (2716) - Hikaru Nakamura (2704) : 0-1

Nakamura beat Vachier Lagrave 3-1

Rapid Games

Bu Xiangzhi(2704) - Magnus Carlsen(2786) : ½-½
Magnus Carlsen (2786) - Bu Xiangzhi (2704) : 1-0

Carlen beat Xiangzhi