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World Cup10th September – 5th OctoberBaku, Azerbaijan
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Reporters from around the World trying not to miss the action
Peter Svidler came in with an interesting approach. He repeated Eljanov's 1.Nf3 2.g3 3.Bg2 setup, and actually ended up in a position that he had already played against Sergey Karjakin last year, in the Russian Team Championship. This decision paid off beautifully. After the character of the position was changed slightly, Karjakin was unable to properly keep the position closed and Svidler played a flawless game:
Sergey Karjakin loses his first game against Peter Svidler
With this Svidler gets a nice lead. In 2013 in Tromso, this was sufficient for Vladimir Kramnik to win against Dmitry Andreikin: after striking the first blow Kramnik confidently drew three games in a row to win the title.
Karjakin has had his back against the wall several times in this tournament, and tomorrow is not yet a must-win game because of the four game format. That being said, he better try to put some pressure with one of his only two whites remaining!
Will Svidler repeat Kramnik's path?
These spectators reportedly bet on the Russian. They have good odds.
A little post-mortem, but not much, tomorrow is another round between them!
Player | Rtg |
G1
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G2
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G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | G7 | G8 | G9 | G10 | G11 |
Pts
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Peter Svidler (RUS) | 2727 |
1
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-
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1.0
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Sergey Karjakin (RUS) | 2762 |
0
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-
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0.0
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