Semifinalists on the FIDE world chess championship currently held in Moscow are determined. Russia is represented by Peter Svidler only, who defeated Boris Gelfand. Ukrainian chess school reached great success - among four semifinalists there are two Ukrainians - Ruslan Ponomarev (who defeated Evgeniy Bareev) and Vassily Ivanchuk. The fourth player who entered the list is Viswanathan Anand who is confident in his victory.

FIDE world championship. Moscow (Russia)

Men

1/2 finals

Viswanathan Anand (India) - Alexey Shirov (Spain) - 1,5:0,5

Peter SVIDLER (Russia) - Boris Gelfand (Israel) - 1:1, - 2,5:1,5

Ruslan Ponomarev (Ukraine) - Evgeny BAREEV (Russia) - 1:1, - 3:1

Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - Joel Lautier (France) - 1:1. - 2,5:1,5