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At the end of today’s live show Peter Leko was surprised when Jan Gustafsson announced all five games had ended in draws – it had been such an exciting day that for a second Peter struggled to believe there hadn’t been a single decisive result. Meier and Naiditsch are the two players who will be having the biggest regrets tonight as they had completely crushing positions against Carlsen and Bluebaum respectively. But let’s first have a look at the three games that ended peacefully without quite so much drama.
After being on the verge of defeat against Naiditsch yesterday, Matthias Bluebaum bounced back in the most sensational of ways – by taking out former World Champion Vishy Anand. Meanwhile Naiditsch himself also seemed to have recovered as he got the better of Georg Meier.
Read more: Bluebaum shocks Anand as Naiditsch bounces back to beat Meier