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I am having a little trouble finding a website with up-to-date results, but if I understand www.russiachess.org, Kramnik defeated Radjabov by drawing an Armageddon blitz playoff with black, and Grishuk has defeated Aronian.
Radjabov-Kramnik was decided before they got to an Armegeddon game. They were in the series of five two-game blitz matches after drawing four active games. Controversy in the second of the blitz matches - they get to move 60 or so, the clock malfunctions, causing a five-minute delay in the game. Kramnik wins the resumption and the conspiracy theorists go wild. (That game has since disappeared from ChessBomb - no indication of it being annulled though.) Kramnik won the first game of the next blitz match and was drawing the second, thus qualifies.
Radjabov-Kramnik was decided before they got to an Armegeddon game. They were in the series of five two-game blitz matches after drawing four active games. Controversy in the second of the blitz matches - they get to move 60 or so, the clock malfunctions, causing a five-minute delay in the game. Kramnik wins the resumption and the conspiracy theorists go wild. (That game has since disappeared from ChessBomb - no indication of it being annulled though.) Kramnik won the first game of the next blitz match and was drawing the second, thus qualifies.
I think I read two significantly different reports of what happened in that game where the clock malfunctioned... both from the same site !!
Completely agree! It does not help bring prestige to the game. What about golfers hitting in less then 1 sec. preparation? Maybe the times are not such, but a Bobby Fischer type of player is needed.
Aronian was completely out of form and struggled terrible, even when he "pressed for a win". Gelfand is the man so far.
I am having a little trouble finding a website with up-to-date results, but if I understand www.russiachess.org, Kramnik defeated Radjabov by drawing an Armageddon blitz playoff with black, and Grishuk has defeated Aronian.
Semis are Kamsky-Gelfand and Grishuk-Kramnik
The main site is the FIDE tournament site, but it was a bit confusing during the rapid play-offs. I put up some results and links to .pgn files and live games and analysis at the ACC Site: "Playoff Fever in Kazan". I'm trying to keep it up-to-date.
Radjabov-Kramnik was decided before they got to an Armegeddon game. They were in the series of five two-game blitz matches after drawing four active games. Controversy in the second of the blitz matches - they get to move 60 or so, the clock malfunctions, causing a five-minute delay in the game. Kramnik wins the resumption and the conspiracy theorists go wild. (That game has since disappeared from ChessBomb - no indication of it being annulled though.) Kramnik won the first game of the next blitz match and was drawing the second, thus qualifies.
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