Quarterfinal matchups and results:
| Hikaru Nakamura | (2704) | – | Maxime Vachier Lagrave | (2716) | : | ½-½ |
| Maxime Vachier Lagrave | (2716) | – | Hikaru Nakamura | (2704) | : | ½-½ |
Départage en 3’+2″ :
Hikaru Nakamura (2704) – Maxime Vachier Lagrave (2716) : 1-0 Maxime Vachier Lagrave (2716) – Hikaru Nakamura (2704) : 0-1
| Bu Xiangzhi | (2704) | – | Magnus Carlsen | (2786) | : | ½-½ |
| Magnus Carlsen | (2786) | – | Bu Xiangzhi | (2704) | : | 1-0 |
Semifinal matchups:
1/2 finale Vendredi 31 à partir de 14h30
| Hikaru Nakamura | (2704) | – | Anatoly Karpov | (2651) | : | |
| Anatoly Karpov | (2651) | – | Hikaru Nakamura | (2704) | : |
| Magnus Carlsen | (2786) | – | Vassily Ivanchuk | (2786) | : | |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | (2786) | – | Magnus Carlsen | (2786) | : |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Watch it be funny and show that Nakamura beats Ivanchuck in the final in blitz, then Ivanchuk in turn wins the upcoming World Blitz Championship! Would easily show how ridiculous it is to have a World Blitz Championship without Nakamura!
I’m looking forward to the big Karpov-Ivanchuk match
Karpov has been systematically eliminated by Nakamura 2-0 in the blitz final. Enough said!