The Candidates Semi Final Matches In Kazan "The 2 Gs Eliminate the 2 Ks ":GM\Grischuk Beats GM\Kramnik And GM\Gelfand Beats GM\Kamsky To Reach The Final

The FIDE Candidates matches are being held in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, From 3 to 27 May 2011with eight super GMs competing to qualify as Challenger for the 2012 World Champion match against GM\Vishi Anand for the world chess crown.The prize fund of the candidates is 500,000 Euros .

Scoreboard

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Blitz

Tot.

Perf

Vladimir Kramnik

RUS

2785

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

0.5

4.5

Alexander Grischuk

RUS

2747

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

1.5

5.5

Nat.

Rtg

G1

G2

G3

G4

R1

R2

R3

R4

Blitz

Tot.

Perf

Boris Gelfand

ISR

2733

½

½

½

½

½

½

0

1

1.5

6.0

Gata Kamsky

USA

2732

½

½

½

½

½

½

1

0

0.5

4.0

Source : http://kazan2011.fide.com/