Yuri Vasilyev: "Teimour Radjabov's era has begun"

Russia's chess specialist Yuri Vasilyev assessed the chances of the participants. He considered Corus tournament winner Teimour Radjabov as a main favorite of the competition.

"I followed Teymour's play in Corus tournament carefully. He made good impression his 'Indian defense' playing with blacks. I remembered Garry Kasparov at that time. Garry won 4 games with blacks in Linares in 1999. Such event is never forgotten. And Radjabov achieved the same unique success again in Holland. His era has already begun. He will play for a win in Morelia. I think Radjabov can win the tournament," he said. APA-Sport