One of the strongest tournaments of the year took off in Moscow. Just
like in the previous edition, instead of the usual drawing of lots
ceremony, the players’ working schedule started a day earlier, going
against each other in a blitz competition to define the starting places
in the cross-table. Hikaru Nakamura
won this competition and decided to take the fifth seeded position –
mirroring Karjakin’s decision in Norway – with the intention of playing
both his first and last games with white
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