Fifteen of the top 20 seeds have been knocked out of the Chess World Cup in Goa early, giving the tournament a level of unpredictability seldom seen before. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

That, however, did not stop American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura from sticking his neck out and making bold predictions for the remainder of the tournament. But the World Cup continued to spring surprises and Nakamura ended up getting six out of his eight predictions wrong.

Speaking on his live stream, Nakamura revealed his ‘affinity’ towards Pentala Harikrishna, one of the two Indians still in the fray until Sunday, describing him as ‘someone who knows how to grind’. Nakamura said he expected Harikrishna to beat Peru’s José Martínez, largely because of the Indian GM’s experience. He noted Martinez’s

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