24 September 2015

Pavel Eljanov and Anish Giri Advance to the World Cup Semifinal

Two other semifinalists will be determined on the tie-break.

The second games of the World Cup Quarterfinal were played on September 24 in Baku. 

Anish Giri defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and won the match 1.5-0.5.

Three other games ended in drawn. Drawing as Black against Hikaru Nakamura allowed Pavel Eljanov to advance to the semifinal, as the Ukrainian won the first game yesterday. The matches Sergey Karjakin - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Peter Svidler - Wei Yi will be decided on the tie-break tomorrow.