FIDE World Cup 4.1: Carlsen slowed, Goryachkina beaten

Magnus Carlsen was seriously tested for the first time in Sochi as Radek Wojtaszek decided his best chance against the World Champion was aggression. It could have backfired, but in the end he achieved the moral victory of Magnus offering a draw in an unclear position. Elsewhere half the games in the Open section were decisive, with late twists on most of the boards leaving Harikrishna and Uzbek prodigies Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Javokhir Sindarov needing to win on demand. Women’s top seed Aleksandra Goryachkina is in the same boat after blundering against Antoaneta Stefanova.

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