Day 3 of the 2025 World Cup saw 20 playoff matches, starting with 2 games of 15m+10s. Surprisingly, this resulted in 14 decisive results, leaving only 6 matches needing the 10m+10s round. However 5 of these matches were tied, meaning we had to move on to 5m+3s. With only 5 minute breaks between the finish of the final game and the start of the next one, stamina became important, at least in the final match that I supervised. At the end of this section of playoffs all 5 matches were decided, which thankfully led to an earlier finish than at one stage was expected.
Temur Kuybokarov was one of the players who only needed a single playoff match, beating Jan Subelj 2-0. He joins Bobby Cheng in the 2nd round, where they both face tougher opposition. I was supervising Fuastino Oro against Ante Brkic which started with an exchange of wins (Brkic then Oro), followed by 2 draws (missed chances for both sides). Finally in the 5m+3s the youth of Oro proved to be the difference, putting his opponent away 2-0.
Tomorrows Round 2 sees the top 50 seeds join the field. This means that Kuybokarov is up against 3rd seed Praggnanandhaa while Cheng is playing Peter Leko. Action once again kicks off at 8:30 pm Canberra time.
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