Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei parakalafa - I le 2011, na ia faʻatasia mo le tulaga muamua ma Nikita Vitiugov ma Lê Quang Liêm i le Aeroflot Open, faʻatulagaina lona tolu i le tiebreak. O ia o se tasi o le lua i Boris Gelfand mo le 2012 World Chess Championship
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