Gelfand-Inarkiev Match: Inarkiev Wins the Final Two Rapid Games to Win the Match

Ouch for Boris Gelfand, who lost his match with Ernesto Inarkiev overall 12.5-11.5 despite dominating him 4-2 in the classical games, which counted double. Inarkiev won the 25' + 10" games 4-2 and the 10' + 10" games (including the last two games mentioned in the subject line) 4.5-1.5. Gelfand picked up 7.6 rating points in classical chess, but lost a whopping 64.4 points from his rapid rating.