Alexander Grischuk Advances to Quarterfinals of FIDE World Cup
Round 4 is completed.
The tie-break of the Fourth Round of the FIDE World Cup was played in the Ugra Chess Academy on September 22.
Two out of five matches were decided in rapid chess.
Alexander Grischuk and Leinier Dominguez drew their first game. Grischuk won the second one, playing White, and advanced to the Quarterfinals.
Dnig Liren defeated Kirill Alekseenko is both rapid games and also moved forward to the Quarterfinals. His next opponent is Alexander Grischuk.
Levon Aronian and Le Quang Liem drew both rapid games. Aronian, the defending champion of the World Cup, was at risk of losing the second game, but luck was on his side. The Armenian grandmaster prevailed in 10-minute games and advanced to the next round.
The Azerbaijani derby Mamedyarov-Radjabov started with two draws in rapid chess. The first 10-minute game also ended in a draw, however, the streak was broken in the next game, won by Teimour Radjabov.
Jeffrey Xiong and Jan-Krzysztof Duda did not lose their fighting spirit on the tie-break day, as they exchanged blows in both rapid games and 10-minute games, all victories coming to a player with the white pieces. The first blitz game ended in a draw, in the second one Xiong celebrated a victory and advanced to the next stage.
The first game of the Quarterfinals will be played on September 23.
Quarterfinals:
Grischuk - Ding Liren
Xiong - Radjabov
Aronian - Vachier-Lagrave
Vitiugov - Yu Yangyi
