23 September 2015

World Cup Quarterfinals Started in Baku

Pavel Eljanov won as White against Hikaru Nakamura.

The World Cup Quarterfinals started on September 23 in Baku. There was just one decisive game, in which Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine) defeated Hikaru Nakamura (USA). Draws occurred in Anish Giri (Netherlands) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Peter Svidler (Russia) - Wei Yi (China), and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) - Sergey Karjakin (Russia). 

The second games are played on Thursday, September 24.