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 |