Candidates’ tournament. Quaterfinals. 4th games. Gelfand and Kamsky reach semifinals, Kramnik and Grischuk play tie-breaks

Candidates’ tournament

Kazan, Russia

Quaterfinals

Fourth games

Boris Gelfand (Israel, 2733) – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 2772) – 0.5:0.5

Score after four games: 2.5:1.5

Alexander Grischuk (Russia, 2747) – Levon Aronyan (Armenia, 2808) – 0.5:0.5

Score after four games: 2:2

Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2785) – Teimour Radzhabov (Azerbaijan, 2744) – 0.5:0.5

Score after four games: 2:2

Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria, 2775) – Gata Kamsky (USA, 2732) – 0.5:0.5

Score after four games: 1.5:2.5

Boris Gelfand and Gata Kamsky have reached the semifinals. The other two quaterfinal pairs – Grischuk vs. Aronyan and Kramnik vs. Radzhabov – will play tie-breaks on May 9.