The Semi-Finals on Friday the 4th and Saturday the 5th saw two tight matches.
| Name | Rating | Country | Rapid 1 | Rapid 2 | Rapid 3 | Rapid 4 | Blitz 1 | Blitz 2 | Total |
| Boris Gelfand | 2741 | Israel | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Fransisco Vallejo Pons | 2703 | Spain | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
After four drawn games Gelfand was only able to make the difference in the blitz play-off.
| Name | Rating | Country | Rapid 1 | Rapid 2 | Rapid 3 | Rapid 4 | Total |
| Levon Aronian | 2783 | Armenia | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Leinier Dominguez | 2713 | Cuba | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.5 |
Aronian won an extremely long drawn-out fourth rapid game.
| Name | Rating | Country | Rapid 1 | Rapid 2 | Rapid 3 | Rapid 4 | Blitz 1 | Blitz 2 | Total |
| Boris Gelfand | 2741 | Israel | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Levon Aronian | 2783 | Armenia | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Boris Gelfand lost the third rapid game, but fought back by winning the fourth and then completed the turn-round by winning the Blitz play-off 2-0.
He seems to be making a habit of beating top class opposition in Blitz matches (as Vachier-Lagrave, Ponomariov and Vallejo Pons can testify!), as demonstrated both here and in Khanty Mansiysk at the end of last year.
Maybe Blitz isn't a younger person's game after all!
