The FIDE World Cup 2015 witnessed its third Armageddon game in as many rounds, and this time, it was the match-up between Nakamura and Nepomniachtchi that went down to the wire.
Nakamura-Nepomiachtchi
After a string of back and forth results in the rapid and blitz playoffs, Nakamura, playing with the black pieces, prevailed over Nepomniachtchi in the Armageddon game to book a 4th round date against Michael Adams.
However, the most important result of the day was Vladimir Kramnik, the 2013 World Cup Champion, getting knocked out of the World Cup. Interestingly, it was Andreikin, the runner up at the 2013 World Cup, who overcame Kramnik to storm into the ‘Round of 16’.
Meanwhile, Topalov, Wesley So, Adams, Vachier-Lagrave and Svidler turned out to be the remaining 5 qualifiers from the tie-breaks.