World Chess Cup - the fourth round ended

There are only 8 most persistent and successful participants left after round four. Only one of them, Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria, 2670), has a rating lower than 2700 though he actually plays at this level. Other participants are confirming their top positions in the start list. However, there were a couple of surprises: Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia, 2710) managed to outplay Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2741), a pale but still a top seed, and Gata Kamsky (USA, 2714) overcame Peter Svidler (Russia, 2732). Both victories were gained on the rapid tiebreaks. Another tiebreak of Alekseev-Bareev match was convincingly won by top seed Evgeny Alekseev with a lopsided score.

Pairings of the next lap

• Carlsen-Cheparinov
• Karjakin-Alekseev
• Ponomariov-Kamsky
• Shirov-Jakovenko

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• 12/3/2007 - World Chess Cup – the third round
• 11/27/2007 - World Chess Cup – the first round ended
• 11/24/2007 - World Chess Cup