Yury Shulman, a formidable rapid player who eliminated a number of big name players at past World Cups, defeated rising star Robert Hess in the second rapid playoff game to face Gata Kamsky in the final. This pair faced each other last year and Gata won the 2010 US Championship by drawing the Armageddon game.
The other two women's games are still in progress with unclear positions.
Update: Krush won the 2nd game with Black to even up the score to 1-1! They will now go into the controversial time bidding game where black needs to draw to win and advance. Abrahamyan won the 2nd game for a seat in the final match!
Update 2: I am assuming that Anna won the bid at 27 minutes. That means that she will have Black and 27 minutes and draw odd and Irina will have 45 minutes in a must win game.
Update 3: It looks like Anna will advance to the final against Tatev unless a miracle can happen.
Update 4: Anna won. It will be Kamsky vs Shulman and Zatonskih vs Abrahamyan in the final.
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