Astana: Igor Kurnosov, Aleksey Dreev and Vladislav Tkachiev Got Through to the Rapid World Championship Final

Время публикации: 03.07.2012 18:19 | Последнее обновление: 03.07.2012 18:19

The names of the grandmasters, who got through to the final stage of the Rapid World Championship, have been given on the official Twitter page of the competition,

"Kurnosov won the qualifying tournament for the Rapid World Championship. Aleksey Dreev, Vladislav Tkachiev, Dmitry Andreikin and Alexander Moiseenko shared second-fifth places with 6 points. According to the tie-break criteria, Aleksey Dreev and Vladislav Tkachiev (second and third places) got through to the final".

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