Over the last meetings Liu, Hanyi holds victories - 3, losses - 2. Kawahashi, Yuta on the other hand ends the latest games with victories - 3, losses - 2. Based on this data a conclusion can be made that rivals are in similar shape.
Liu, Hanyi: Kokoro Isomura – (Loss 1:1), Artem Alekseychuk – (Win 0:2), Chase Ferguson – (Win 0:2), Matthew Dellavedova – (Loss 2:0), Yaojie Zeng – (Win 2:0).
Kawahashi, Yuta: Matthew Dellavedova – (Loss 2:0), Arvid Nordquist – (Win 0:2), Xing Dao Chen – (Win 1:2), Youssef Kadiri Hassani – (Loss 2:1), Kazuma Kawachi – (Win 0:2).
