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Kamsky Advances in World Cup Tiebreak |
August 30, 2011 | |
5821 Gata will face former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov in round two. GM Alexander Ivanov will face Igor Lysyj, who defeated Mikhail Kobalia in the tiebreak. |
Reigning US Champion and former World Cup champion Gata Kamsky passed through the tiebreak at the World
Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. GM Ray Robson and US Champion runner-up Yury Shulman were eliminated by Etienne Bacrot and Vladimir Potkin respectively.