GM Ruslan Ponomariov made a great recovery with the black pieces to save his bid to win the 2009 World Cup by beating GM Boris Gelfand, who only needed a draw to take the prize. Now we are headed to Blitz Finals, 2 games, up to 10, if still tied followed by an armageddon game. The tiebreak rules posted earlier here was evidently wrong info provided to chessdom.com as to the finals tiebreak format, instead groups of 2 games (Blitz) up to 10 will be played before an armageddon game or (sudden-death).
Total Match Score, including Classical and Rapid Games at the front:
Pairings for Blitz Games:
Blitz 1: 5-4 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1-0 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
Blitz 2: 5-5 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 1-0 Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
Blitz 3: 6-5 Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 1-0 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR)
Blitz 4: 5-7 Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 0-1 Gelfand, Boris (ISR)
Here is the final blitz game where #1 seed GM Boris Gelfand of Israel won World Cup 2009 after a lot of work, fighting off the strong GM Ruslan Ponomariov, who had won "have to win" games to stay in the hunt.
GM Ruslan Ponomariov vs GM Boris Gelfand (Final Blitz Game)
A Great World Cup 2009, that's for sure!
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