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Radjabov and So win first sets
The FTX Crypto Cup managed to gather the ten highest-rated players in the world, with the likes of Ding Liren (world number 3) and Levon Aronian (5) not even managing to make it into the knockout stage. Moreover, those who did reach the single elimination stage are faced with tough opponents from the get go — most notably, Magnus Carlsen was paired up against Hikaru Nakamura while Fabiano Caruana is playing Ian Nepomniachtchi in the quarterfinals.
In the matches mentioned above, Carlsen and Caruana, the strongest players in the world according to rating, managed to save a draw in their first mini-matches by scoring wins on demand in their last games of the day. Meanwhile, Teimour Radjabov and Wesley So won their first sets against Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave respectively.