Here are the results of the two matches decided today:
| Seed | Name | Country | Rating | World ranking: Present/Best | C1 | C2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | B1 | B2 | AB | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2766 | 7/2 | 1w | 0b | ½b | 1w | 2.5 | |||||
| 07 | Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 2744 | 13/5 | 0b | 1w | ½w | 0b | 1.5 |
So Vassily Ivanchuk again won with White and will meet Alexander Grischuk who won with Black.
| Seed | Name | Country | Rating | World Ranking: Present/Best | C1 | C2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | B1 | B2 | AB | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Alexander Grischuk | RUS | 2746 | 9/6 | ½w | ½b | 1b | ½w | 2.5 | |||||
| 14 | David Navara | CZE | 2722 | 42/14 | ½b | ½w | 0w | ½b | 1.5 |
The other two matches were decided yesterday:
| Seed | Name | Country | Rating | World ranking: Present/Best ever | C1 | C2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | B1 | B2 | AB | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Peter Svidler | RUS | 2739 | 16/4 | ½w | 1b | 1.5 | |||||||
| 33 | Judit Polgar | HUN | 2699 | 48/8 | ½b | 0w | 0.5 |
Ruslan Ponomariov is quite a successful mini-mtach player, only losing out at the final hurdle to Boris Gelfand last time around.
| Seed | Name | Country | Rating | World Ranking: Present/Best ever | C1 | C2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | B1 | B2 | AB | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Ruslan Ponomariov | CUB | 2764 | 8/6 | ½w | 1b | 1.5 | |||||||
| 05 | Vugar Gashimov | AZE | 2760 | 11/6 | ½b | 0w | 0.5 |
All these players have already won $50,000, but will be aware that three places are up for grabs in the next Candidates series.
For more information go to the official site: http://chess.ugrasport.com/
Live games: http://chess.ugrasport.com/?cat=12
If you want to follow the live games then note the following:
The local starting time is 3pm and 3pm Khanty Mansiysk = 11am Paris = 10am London = 5am New York = 2am Los Angeles.
All the photos today are from the official site.
The total prize fund is of $1.600.000 (about 1.100.000€):
First round losers win $6.000 (about 4.100€);
Second round losers win $10.000 (or roughly 6.900€);
Third round losers $16.000 (or 11.000€);
Fourth round $25.000 (or 17.000€);
Fifth round (Quarter-finals) $35.000 (or 24.000€);
Sixth round (Semi-final) $50.000 (or 34.500€);
Losing finalist $80.000 (or 55.000€);
The winner receives $120.000 (or 82.500€).
