14 May 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the FIDE Candidates Matches in Kazan, Russia, the tournament has reached the Semi-Finals stage. Four players are at Semi-Finals and they are Gata Kamsky, Boris Gelfand, Alexander Grischuk and Vladimir Kramnik.
TWIC reported that both Boris Gelfand and Vladimir Kramnik got serious opening advantages with white in the second round of the semi-finals of the FIDE World Chess Championship Candidates matches. Gelfand in particular had a winning position, at least according to his opponent Kamsky. But he didn't find the right way to exploit this and Kamsky then found his way to a draw. Kramnik got what looked like the kind of position he enjoys but in this case Grischuk found a very nice plan which kept the advantage within bounds and allowed him to hold the draw.
The tree illustrates the scenario of the players that have been eliminated at Quarterfinals and the standings at Semi-Finals stage.
Results of Semi-Finals:
Early favorite, Levon Aronian, was eliminated by Alexander Grischuk during the Quarterfinals with a 4.5-3.5 in favour of Grischuk.
Here is one of the winning games for Grischuk against Aronian during the quarterfinals.
After black played 47….Qh3+, white resigned.
Link:
- TWIC – commentaries and results.
- Official – website of Candidates Matches.
- Games
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