Giri Anish vs Abasov Nijat - the biggest surprise of the 2023 Chess FIDE World Cup and Candidates Tournament race! He is a full 100 ELO below the next player to qualify for the Candidates - how did he get there? We go through all of the games in the match of Anish Giri and Nijat Abasov.
Chess.com link to my game notation: www.chess.com/c/2NZJPfb26
In the comments: How is Abasov going to do in the Candidates? Who is your favorite to win the event (I'll reveal my predictions soon!).
Attributions:
Photo of Anish: Wolfgang Jekel, CC BY 2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Photo of Nijat: Etery Kublashvili, CC BY-SA 3.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
2023 Chess World Cup Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_W...
Anish Giri Wiki (to figure out if he was 2800 or not): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Giri
If you enjoyed the ending and want to see more, there are full live streams available of the final game (however it's a bit dry from the ones I've seen - that's why this is here!).