This is a knockout-event, so forced draws are unlikely to occur. The situation only comes up when a weaker player has the white pieces in the first game, but then the higher rated player is likely to play something offbeat, and it comes up when someone wins the first game with black, but then again his opponent will usually try to muddy the water in a must win situation.

This is the only game that was already known from start to finish:

Note: Andreikin got eliminated after 6 rapid games.