World Cup R1 tiebreaks: favourites through, no big surprises

Gata Kamsky won one of the first two rapid games, Morozevich both of them. Etienne Bacrot struggled a bit against youngster Ray Robson – each won a game, then Bacrot won both the fast rapid games. One match, Drozdovskij vs Motylev, went all the way to the sudden death (Drozdovskij won). Our full report will follow tonight, for now we bring you the games and results in our express report.