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Esipenko draws Carlsen comfortably
The participants of the World Cup have been playing chess for a bit over two weeks. For the 16 survivors in the open section, the final objective is already in sight, which means nerves and fatigue will play an increasingly bigger role at the Gazprom Mountain Resort in Sochi.
Day 1 of the round-of-16 saw 7 out of 8 matches finishing drawn, with Andrey Esipenko and Jan-Krzysztof Duda perhaps the happiest of the bunch that ended the day with a half point. Both of them got draws with black, and while Esipenko split a point with world champion Magnus Carlsen, Duda drew an opponent (Alexander Grischuk) against whom he had once lost five times in a row, as he noted in a post-game interview.
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