The victorious duo of Ding Liren and Wesley So joined Levon Aronian in the semifinals of the World Cup chess following identical victory margins of 1.5-0.5 points here on Saturday.
The tie-break games between Peter Svidler and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will decide the fourth semifinalist on Sunday.
In Game Two of the quarterfinals, Ding Liren was the first to advance with a 41-move victory over Richard Rapport. Aronian, who won Game One on Friday, and Vassily Ivanchuk were involved in a closely fought encounter that eventually ended in a 71-move deadlock. Wesley So carved out a hard-fought victory in 83 moves over Vladimir Fedoseev.
The results:
Quarterfinals: Game Two: Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 0.5) drew with Levon Aronian (Arm, 1.5); Ding Liren (Chn, 1.5) bt Richard Rapport (Hun, 0.5); Wesley So (USA, 1.5) bt Vladimir Fedoseev (Rus, 0.5); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 1) drew with Peter Svidler (Rus, 1).
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