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Journalism of Courage
Krishnan Sasikiran faces a tie-break in the Chess World Cup after his draw in the second game of his match against Russian Vadim Zvjaginsev.
The two had drawn the first game and the score stands tied at 11. Third seed Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan made an unceremonious exit from the event, losing the second game of his match against Polish GM Bartlomiej Macieja, thus going down 2-0 after his loss yesterday. Former World Champion Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov equalized the scores in his match against Wang Hao of China by winning the second game.
Top seed Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk was held to a draw by Alexander Galkin of Russia.
