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Chess Life Online Kamsky and Svidler Head to Tiebreak
Chess Life Online Kamsky and Svidler Head to Tiebreak | Kamsky and Svidler Head to Tiebreak |
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| By Jennifer Shahade | |
| December 4, 2007 | |
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The Kamsky-Svidler match is tied at 1-1, so they will face-off
tomorrow, (Dec.5) to see who will advance to the final eight. The
winner of Kamsky-Svidler will play Ponomariov, who defeated Sasikiran
1.5-.5. 1444 The two decisive games of the round were Ivan Cheparinov's victory over Wang Yue and Sergei Karjakin's win over Nisipeanu, both of which decided the matches 1.5-.5. Cheparinov and Karjakin join Ponomariov, Shirov and Carlsen to bypass the tiebreaks tomorrow and head straight to round 5. Check out this link at chessvibes.com for a more readable pairings tree than what you find on fide.com. The most striking game of the round was Cheparinov's. Can you figure out what he played in the following two positions? 
Position after 22.g3. Black to Move
Position after 40.Qe6. Black to Move.
Here are the full games: 1446 1445 |
