31 July 2015

Sergey Karjakin Defeats Olympiad Champions

Sergey Karjakin won two rounds of Russia-China elimination match.

Russian men's team seized the 2-0 lead in the match against China in Jiangnancun. Sergey Karjakin won the first two matches. On the fist day he drew with Wei Yi and them outplayed the opponent in blitz games. On the second day Sergey eliminated another Chess Olympiad champion Ding Liren, drawing a classical chess game, tying a 2-game blitz match and then winning the Armageddon.

Today he is playing with Ni Hua.