The second game of the FIDE World Cup 2015 Finals witnessed a surprising sequence of events as Karjakin went on to lose after committing a couple of shocking blunders in an equal position.
The game took off with Karjakin opting for the Ruy Lopez opening and Svidler responding with the Breyer Variation. After a complex middlegame battle, an equal position arose and the game seemed to be heading towards a draw. However, Karjakin, in a desperate attempt to create winning chances, blundered on two successive moves which simply left him a piece down. Karjakin had no choice but to resign immediately.
Having won both the games in the final so far, Svidler requires only half a point more from the remaining two games to clinch the World Cup title for the second time in his career.