The Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen who turned seventeen during the chess tournament is the only non-Russian speaker to get through to the last eight of the Fide World Cup taking place at Khanty Mansiysk in Siberia. Carlsen eliminated England’s Michael Adams in the fourth round and now plays Ivan Cheparinov. The World Cup has a prize fund of $1,600,000 10% of which goes to the winner who also earns the right to a world chess title final eliminator against Veselin Topalov. The draw is: Alekseev Russia 2716 V Karjakin Ukraine 2694 Jakovenko Russia 2710 V Shirov Spain 2739 Kamsky USA 2714 V Ponomariov Ukraine 2705 Cheparinov Bulgaria 2670 v Carlsen Norway 2714 Last 16 results: Karjakin draw 1-0 Nisipeanu; Alekseev draw draw Bareev – tie break, 1-0 draw; Aronian draw draw Jakovenko ...

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