This is reported by the Xsport website.

As noted, in the fourth round Ivanchuk managed to beat whites against the Netherlands representative Anish Giri, and in the second game was a draw.

Thus, the Ukrainian chess player summed up the score of the match - 1.5: 0.5 and became the first quarter-finalist of the Cup. "Our fellow countryman decided to force a draw, which guaranteed him a general success in the match," the message says..

By the way, in 1/4 finals the Ukrainian will meet with Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian, who also needed only two games to reach the top eight. In particular, he was stronger than Daniel Dubov from Russia.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform, two Ukrainian chess players Vasily Ivanchuk and Yuri Kuzubov were able to reach the final part of the chess tournament in Tbilisi.