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The thing about Ovtcharov is that he almost never lets go of a lead, especially late in a game. When he has 1 gamepoint, he takes it like 90% of the time. That makes a very big difference in close matches, which is impressive. But still I'm gutted that Maze didn't win this medal He really had the form to do it.About the 3rd place match... It's so sad for Chuang. He has been in the top 10 in the world for such a long time but he never really won a prize at the big tournaments. You could see he gave everything he had for that medal because it would've been the crown on his career. But everytime he had problems when he's leading during the game. Against Wang Hao he was 1-1 10-8 up, and he lost that game 10-12. Same happened twice today against Ovtcharov.
Ovtcharov on the other hand is playing great at he moment. I think he's actually passing Boll right now. Not (yet) in the rankings, but I feel like Boll just can't keep up with him anymore.