Azerbaijan used to be a part of USSR until August 1991 and as per a Soviet-time legend, every cab driver played better chess than most of the Western Grand Masters. Azerbaijani capital, Baku is, therefore a chess city and it is apt that the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup is being held there. Now, however, the action in the grand ballroom of Baku’s Fairmont Hotel is down to a single board with two Russian finalists on either side. St. Petersburg resident Peter Svidler has won the first game against Moscow’s