Over the last games Petr Bar Biryukov holds victories - 4, losses - 1. Taisei Ichikawa on the other hand holds the following results from the latest games: victories - 3, losses - 2. Based on the games played we can assume that Petr Bar Biryukov at the moment is in better form, unlike Taisei Ichikawa.
Petr Bar Biryukov: Paul Inchauspe – (Loss 0:1), Grigory Shebekin – (Win 2:1), Damir Zhalgasbay – (Win 2:0), Shunsuke Mitsui – (Win 2:0), Kunitsyn, Andrei – (Win 2:0).
Taisei Ichikawa: Karan Singh – (Win 2:1), Hyeon Chung – (Win 0:2), Ryuki Matsuda – (Loss 2:1), Ryuki Matsuda – (Loss 2:1), Mukund Sasikumar – (Win 2:1).Both opponents have moved to the round_of_32 while beating worthy opponents along the way. In tournaments as Kazakhstan, Astana, Hard every match is meaningful which is why a great battle awaits us.