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 |