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...