Over the last games Petr Bar Biryukov holds victories - 4, losses - 1. Cui, Jie on the other hand ends the latest games with victories - 2, losses - 3. Based on the games played we come to a conclusion that Petr Bar Biryukov at the moment is in better form, unlike Cui, Jie.
Petr Bar Biryukov: Taisei Ichikawa – (Win 2:0), Paul Inchauspe – (Loss 0:1), Grigory Shebekin – (Win 2:1), Damir Zhalgasbay – (Win 2:0), Shunsuke Mitsui – (Win 2:0).
Cui, Jie: Aziz Ouakaa – (Win 0:2), Matthew Forbes – (Loss 2:1), Thomas Fancutt – (Win 2:0), Matthew Forbes – (Loss 0:2), Trevor Svajda – (Loss 2:0).Both opponents have moved to the round_of_16 while beating admirable opponents along the way. In tournaments as Kazakhstan, Astana, Hard each event is extremely important which is why a great matchup awaits us.