The 2nd game of the 3rd round of the FIDE World Cup 2015 saw eminent players like Grischuk, Ivanchuk and Leko getting knocked-out of the competition, albeit against strong 2700+ Grandmasters.
Jakovenko-Ivachuk
To everyone’s amazement, Ivanchuk self-destructed right out of the the opening and went on to lose in an almost one-sided battle.
Eljanov-Grischuk
With Grischuk requiring a win with the black pieces against someone of Eljanov’s strength to stay in contention, it was always going to be a challenging task. However, in an attempt to maintain complexity in the position, Grischuk was simply left worse. Eljanov took advantage of the same and went on to win a convincing game. It must be noted that Eljanov has been in tremendous form so far, winning all his matches with a 2-0 scoreline.
In other important results, Yu Yangyi and Leko were knocked out by Karjakin and Giri respectively.
Meanwhile, the Indian Challenge at the World Cup came to an end with Sethuraman failing to equalize the scores against Mamedyarov after the second game resulted in a dry draw.
A total of 7 matches go into the tie-breaks, with the most surprising of them being Lu Shanglei vs Topalov. The Chinese youngster is rated 2599 at the moment while Topalov is ranked 3rd in the world with a whooping 2816.