The first games of the 6th round of the 2025 FIDE World Cup saw the earliest finish yet. The matchup between two highest remaining seeds (Arjun and Yi) was over within an hour, with the handshake being offered once move 30 was reached by Black. The other 2 draws had some fight in them, but once a level ending was reached, neither side was interested in working for more.
The only decisive game was between Yakubboev and Donchenko. Although Donchenko has probably been the most entertaining player of the event, such strategy does carry a degree of risk, as he found out today. However, given he has faced elimination before, tomorrows game will be entertaining, no matter the result.
BTW I now have only 2 days left to go, as after round 6 my work here is done. I get back to Australia at the end of the week (late Friday), just in time to catch the Vikings Weekender in Canberra
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