The third games of the last matches of the Chess World Cup were played on Sunday, September 18 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The game between Russian grandmasters competing for the main prize ended first, just like yesterday.

The World Cup press centre has made a present to the visitors of the official site of the tournament. First time during the tournament the opportunity to see those whose voices we hear during online broadcast of the games.

The finish of the World Cup is impetuously coming. After the second day of the finals the price for a mistake increased almost as prices during the world crisis. From now on every game in both matches can become the last one …

The Ukrainian Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk is leading in score in the match against his compatriot Ruslan Ponomariov. The winner told the journalists on the flow of the game in his interview.

The second game of the final match between the Russians Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk ended in a draw. The participants commented on the flow of the game at the press conference.

The second games of the final matches were played at the World Cup on Saturday September 17 in Khanty-Mansiysk.

The final match of the World Cup goes on like a musketeers' duel. Do you remember those noble king's servants, who fought against each other during the romantic epoch of Alexander Dumas?