Svidler Nearly Home In World Cup
Peter Svidler had no trouble holding Alexander Grischuk to a draw in the third game of their World Cup final match.
In fact, it was Svidler who had the better position with the black pieces, and Grischuk was replying on the 30 second time increment yet again to survive. This time he managed to navigate to safe waters and salvage a draw.
Tomorrow Grischuk needs to conjure up a win with the black pieces to take the match to tie-breaks.
Vassily Ivanchuk drew a long and tiring game with Ruslan Ponomariov to leave himself needing just half a point with black in the final game tomorrow to reach the Candidates Tournament.
| Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | R1 | R2 | r3 | r4 | B1 | B2 | SD | Tot |
| Final. Match for the 1st place | ||||||||||||
| Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ||||||||
| Svidler, Peter (RUS) | 1 | ½ | ½ | 2 | ||||||||
| Final. Match for the 3rd place | ||||||||||||
| Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2 | ||||||||
| Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 |
Peter Svidler only needs a draw with white tomorrow to win the 2011 World Cup
Can Chucky reach the Candidates stage?
Games start at 15:00 local time (09:00 UTC). The time control for the regular games is 40 moves in 90 minutes followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 second increment from the start. Rapid games are at 25 minutes plus 10 second increment, and if scores are still level then 10 minutes plus 10 second increment, 5 minutes plus 3 second increment, and finally sudden-death 5 min v 4 min with a 3 second increment after move 60.
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