Getting down to the nitty gritty with just 4 players to fight it out! Dimitry Jakovenko prevailed over Alexander Areshchenko and young Fabiano Caruana got a draw to take out Evgeny Alekseev to join the 10 who have advanced. Now we are getting into Blitz games to decide which two will join the other 12 players to make the "Sweet 16" as it's often put in the American college basketball championship in March, my team Kansas University is rated #1 at the moment, but when they get pre-season #1 rankings, they often lose early and end up in the middle of the pack. Would be nice to have another championship to go with March 2008 in March 2010! While the games are going on, I will be getting the pairings posted for the 8 games tomorrow.
But the final two games: Blitz Game 1
- 3-4 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER) 0-1 Svidler, Peter (RUS)
- 4-3 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 1-0 Jobava, Baadur (GEO)
Blitz Game 2:
- 5-3 Svidler, Peter (RUS) 1-0 Naiditsch, Arkadij (GER)
- 3-5 Jobava, Baadur (GEO) 0-1 Grischuk, Alexander (RUS)
Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk eliminate Germany's Arkadij Naiditsch and Georgia's Baadur Jobava, respectfully and two more Russians to the final 16 players in the World Cup, I will post the pairings next, then time to rest, been at it a long time for me.
Those already advancing:
So Wesley (PHI)
Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS)
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)
Shirov, Alexei (ESP)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)
Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
Gashimov, Vugar (AZE)
Laznicka, Viktor (CZE)
Bacrot, Etienne (FRA)
Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS)
Karjakin, Sergey (UKR)
Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS)
Caruana, Fabiano (ITA)
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