Baku Final: Svidler x Karjakin

Track record of Svidler vs Karjakin

• Total number of games played against each other: 43
• 27 classical games: five wins for Karjakin, two wins for Svidler, and 20 draws
• Four rapid games: two wins for Karjakin, one win for Svidler and one draw
• 12 blitz games: four wins for Svidler, three for Karjakin and five draws

Partida comentada:

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]

[Site "Chita"]

[Date "2015.08.18"]

[Round "9"]

[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]

[Black "Svidler, Peter"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "C78"]

[WhiteElo "2753"]

[BlackElo "2739"]

[EventRounds "11"]

[EventCountry "RUS"]

[EventCategory "18"]

1. h3 Bxh3 2. gxh3 Qxh3 3. Ng5 Qg3+ 4. Kh1 Qh4+ 5. Kg2 Nf4+ 6. Bxf4 exf4 7. Nf3

Qg4+ 8. Kh1 Rfe8 9. Ra3 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Rxe4 11. Rc3 Ba5 12. Rc1 Rbe8 13. Nh2 Qh4

14. Nd4 h5 15. Qd3 Qf6 16. Nc6 Bb6 17. b4 f3 18. Qxf3 Rf4 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3

1-0