Aronian, Lagrave face a tie break to decide the winner of the FIDE World Chess Cup 2017 semi-final
The second game of the semi-finals of the FIDE World Chess Cup 2017 was played on Wednesday in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Armenian GM Levon Aronian played the second consecutive draw with Michel Lagrave of France, the National Olympic Committee reports. The winner of the pair will be decided in a tie-break slated for Thursday.
To note, the FIDE World Cup is a 128-player knockout with a $1,280,000 prize fund that qualifies two players for the Candidates tournament next year which decides who will be Magnus Carlsen’s next challenger.