Karpov and Korchnoi in 4th Pivdenny Bank Cup

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5/30/2008 – A rare sight: arch rivals Anatoly Karpov, 57, twelfth World Champion, and his three-time challenger Viktor Korchnoi, 77, both in the same event. It is a category 15 tournament being staged in Odessa, Ukraine. After five rounds Yuri Drozdovskij and Ruslan Ponomariov are in the lead with 4.0/5 points, while Karpov and Korchnoi have 1.5/5 each. The draw average is just 35%. Big pictorial report.

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The 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup is taking place in Odessa, Ukraine, from May 30th to June 2nd, June 2008. It features the unusual presence of both Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi. The participants are Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2723), Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR, 2719), Anatoly Karpov (RUS, 2655), Pavel Tregubov (RUS, 2629), Viktor Korchnoi (SUI, 2598), Yuri Drozdovskij (UKR, 2581), Valery Beim (AUT, 2523), Mikhail Golubev (UKR, 2474). Elo average = 2612, category = 15.

In the first five rounds Karpov lost to Tregubov (with white) and Gelfand; Viktor Korchnoi suffered three losses, to Beim, Ponomariov and Drozdovskij, while winning against Golubev. In the lead is GM Yuri Drozdovskij and former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov, with three wins and two draws each.