Two Ukrainian chess players - Vassily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomarev - entered finals of FIDE world championship currently held in Moscow. Ivanchik unexpectedly defeated now ex-champion Wishvanathan Anand (India) in the fourth game, and Ruslan Ponomarev has maintained his previous advantage in the game against Peter Svidler (Russia).

FIDE world championship

Men

1/2 finals

Petr SVIDLER (Russia) - Ruslan Ponomarev (Ukraine) - 1,5:2,5 (0,5:0,5, 0,5:0,5, 0:1, 0,5:0,5

Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - Wishvanathan Anand (India) - 2,5:1,5 (0,5:0,5, 0,5:0,5, 0,5:0,5, 1:0