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Candidates matches end with a bang!

by scribe | May 25, 2011 | Crestbook, current news, tournaments

The interminable series of draws … finally terminated! In the last “classical” game of the final match to determine Viswanathan Anand’s next challenger for the World Championship, Boris Gelfand defeated Alexander Grischuk. Thus Gelfand wins the...

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