Two cases of successful preparation led to quick draws on Monday in both Teimour Radjabov 🇦🇿 vs. Ding Liren 🇨🇳, who started their FIDE World Cup final, and Yu Yangyi 🇨🇳 vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷, who are playing a match for third place. Radjabov and Ding agreed to a draw in the 33rd move, while Yu and MVL played up to the 36th move.
The final consists of four classical games and only then, if needed, a tiebreak. The winner will earn $110,000; the runner-up, $80,000. The winner in the match for third place will earn $60,000; the loser gets $50,000.
Both matches will continue on Tuesday, October 1st. The players will switch colors: Ding Liren and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will play with the white pieces.
The FIDE World Cup is taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 🇷🇺. As finalists, Ding Liren and Teimour Radjabov have qualified for the 2020 Candidates’ Tournament, together with Fabiano Caruana 🇺🇸. Five more names will be known later. The winner of the Candidates’ Tournament will face Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 in the World Championship Match.
