Daniel King analyses

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World Cup

10th September – 5th October

Baku, Azerbaijan

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Daniel King's analyses highlights of round 5.2

Round five pairings

Player	Rtg	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	G9	Pts
Peter Svidler (RUS)	2727	½	½								1.0
Wei Yi (CHN)	2734	½	½								1.0
Player	Rtg	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	G9	Pts
Anish Giri (NED)	2793	½	1								1.5
M. Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)	2744	½	0								0.5
Player	Rtg	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	G9	Pts
Hikaru Nakamura (USA)	2814	0	½								0.5
Pavel Eljanov (UKR)	2717	1	½								1.5
Player	Rtg	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	G9	Pts
S. Mamedyarov (AZE)	2736	½	½								1.0
Sergey Karjakin (RUS)	2762	½	½								1.0

Daniel King: Mr. Powerplay

Daniel King during a visit in Hamburg

Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years and has represented his country in numerous competitions, amongst others in the historic win by the English over the Soviet Union in 1990 in Reykjavik. King is the author of more than 15 chess books and has wealth of experience as a trainer, assisting many of England’s leading players. He is also well known for his broadcasting on TV, radio and the internet, commentating major chess events. To the delight of chess fans worldwide, he hosts his monthly "Powerplay" show on the world's largest chess server, Playchess.com. He contributes to ChessBase Magazine, with the popular column "Move by Move". King has also produced the highly praised PowerPlay DVD series for ChessBase. King lives in London.

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