World Cup Armenian favorites lost their chance

The first loss among the favorites of the World Cup happened after the 1 st round. Sergey Movsesian from Slovakia, whose rating is over 2700 lost in the first round (classical games) to less known chess player from China Yu Yangyi. In the first game the Chinese won and in the second one Movsesian did not manage to win back. Another Armenian chess player Tigran L. Petrosyan also lost his chance. The rest of the favorites, with some exceptions, have gone all the way to the next round. The result of the first round is as follows: 45 games out of 64 were ended with score, other games were drawn. On Monday the tie breaks will define the rest players of the 2 round. We should also mention that this year World Cup's regulations have been changed: four rapid games will be played. If a winner is not defined, there will be match of two blitz games. In case of a draw, they will play another two blitz games. And so on, but no more than 5 blitz matches. In case of a draw situation after blitz games, there will be sudden death game.