Round 5 Rapid Tiebreak Games Results

 Four players will be battling it out with Rapid Tiebreak games tomorrow to see the final two participants in the World Cup 2009, getting down to the Final Four of World Cup of Chess 2009, joining Ukraine's Sergey Karjakin and Russia's Vladimir Malakhov who are both waiting for their opponents.


Rapid Tiebreak Game 1 of Round 5

1.5-1.5 9. Dmitry Jakovenko 2736 (RUS) ½-½ 1. Boris Gelfand 2756 (ISR)
2.0-1.0 7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR) 1-0 2. Vugar Gashimov 2756 (AZE)



Rapid Tiebreak Game 2 of Round 5

2.5-1.5   1. Boris Gelfand 2756 (ISR) 1-0 9. Dmitry Jakovenko 2736 (RUS)
1.0-3.0  2. Vugar Gashimov 2756 (AZE) 0-1 7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR)


Rapid Tiebreak Game 3 of Round 5

1.5-3.5 9. Dmitry Jakovenko 2736 (RUS) 0-1 1. Boris Gelfand 2756 (ISR)
3.5-1.5 7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739 (UKR) 1/2-1/2   2. Vugar Gashimov 2756 (AZE)


Those now in Round 6:

1. Boris Gelfand 2756 (ISR)
7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2739
12. Sergey Karjakin 2723 (UKR)
22. Vladimir Malakhov 2706  (RUS)