At the World Chess Cup in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk, the first participants of the second round have been determined. After replay matches of the first round, four Ukrainians have already advanced to the second round.
The same number of Ukrainians, who drew with their opponents on the sum of two matches, will play tie-breaks with reduced time control on Tuesday.
Already on Monday, Andriy Volokitin was eliminated from the competition, having lost to the Hungarian Gao Sang on the sum of two matches.
Results of the first round:
Sibiryaev Alexander (Russia) - VASYL IVANCHUK (UKRAINE) - 0.5:0.5 (0.5:1.5 - score on the sum of two matches)
Ahmed Adly (Egypt) - RUSLAN PONOMARIOV (UKRAINE) - 0:1 (0.5:1.5)
Yuriy Kuzubov (Ukraine) - OLEKSANDR MOISEIENKO (UKRAINE) - 0:1 (0:2)
Alexander Stripunsky (USA) - OLEKSANDR ARESHCHENKO (UKRAINE) - 0:1 (0:2)
Sergey Kudrin (USA) - Pavlo Elianov (Ukraine) - 1:0 (1:1)
Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) - Balogh Csaba (Hungary) - 0.5:0.5 (1:1)
Macieja Bartlomiej (Poland) - Zakhar Efimenko (Ukraine) - 1:1
Oleg Korneev (Russia) - Yevhen Miroshnichenko (Ukraine) - 1:0 (1:1).