22 September 2015

Sergey Karjakin Wins on Tie-Break

Karjakin, Giri, Eljanov, and Wei Yi advanced to the Quarterfinals.

The tie-breaks of the World Cup's Round 4 were played on September 22 in Baku. 

In rapid games, Sergey Karjakin defeated Dmitry adnreikin 1.5-0.5, Anish Giri won 2-0 against Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Dmitry Jakovenko lost 0.5-1.5 to Pavel Eljanov. 

The fate of the last match was decided in 10-minute games. Wei Yi defeated Ding Liren 1.5-0.5 and also advanced to the Quarterfinals. 

The Quarterfinal matches begin tomorrow:

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Sergey Karjakin
Anih Giri - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Hikaru Nakamura - Pavel Eljanov
Peter Svidler - Wei Yi