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The first loss among the favorites of the World Cup happened after the 1 st round. Sergey Movsesian from Slovakia, whose rating is over 2700 lost in the first round (classical games) to less known chess player from China Yu Yangyi. In the first game the Chinese won and in the second one Movsesian did not manage to win back.
The rest of the favorites, with some exceptions, have gone all the way to the next round. We will only mention that three players over 2700 will still have to fight to qualify to the second round in the tie breaks: Cuban Dominguez, Czech Navara and French Bacrot.
The Women's World Champion Alexander Kostenyuk is also leaving the Cup. She lost in both games to Azerbaijani Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Another representative of women chess, Chinese chess player Hou Yifan made two draws in both classical games and will continue competing against German Arkady Naiditsch in the tie breaks.
The result of the first round is as follows: 45 games out of 64 were ended with score, other games were drawn. On Monday the tie breaks will define the rest players of the 2 round. We should also mention that this year World Cup's regulations have been changed: four rapid games will be played. If a winner is not defined, there will be the match of two blitz games. In case of a draw, they will play another two blitz games. And so on, but no more than 5 blitz matches. In case of a draw situation after blitz games, there will be the sudden death game.
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