The Round 5.1 of the FIDE World Cup 2015 witnessed only one decisive game in which Pavel Eljanov swiftly overcame Hikaru Nakamura. Amongst the drawn games, Svidler – Wei Yi and Vachier-Lagrave – Giri turned out to be pretty sedate affairs while the Mamedyarov – Karjakin encounter proved quite interesting, with Mamedyarov even possessing the better chances for a decent part of the game.
Eljanov-Nakamura
With an in-form Eljanov pitted against the strong American, this match-up was expected to be a close call. However, the Ukrainian Grandmaster continued his fine run of form in this tournament as he defeated the World No. 4 player without allowing him even a single chance for counterplay. This convincing win takes Eljanov’s tally of victories in the Classical games in this tournament to 7, by far the highest.