27 July 2016
Morozevich Beats Hillarp Persson In Chess And Go Match
The final score is 3-1 in Morozevich's favor.
A show match between Alexander Morozevich (Russia) and Tiger Hillarp Persson (Sweden) was played during the European Go Congress in St. Petersburg. The grandmasters played two rapid chess games and two games of go. Morozevich somewhat surprisingly won the first game in go, and added two chess wins. The Swede managed to win the consolation go game. The final score is 3-1.
All game were commented live by professional chess and go players. Grandmasters Valery Popov and Vladimir Fedoseev took over the chess part of the commentary.
