Lots of action today in Berlin!
Pool A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | PTS |
Grischuk | aa | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1.0 | |
Nakamura | aa | 1 | 1/2 | 1.5 | |
Esipenko | 1/2 | 0 | aa | 0.5 | |
Bacrot | 1/2 | 1/2 | aa | 1.0 |
Nakamura won a great game against the young Russian GM Andrey Esipenko. Bacrot had the upper hand in his games versus Grischuk, but the Frenchman could not find a way to concretize his advantage and had to settle for a draw. Now in Pool A Nakamura leads with 1.5 points.
Pool B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | PTS |
Wojtaszek | aa | 1 | 1/2 | 1.5 | |
Fedoseev | aa | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | |
Rapport | 0 | 1 | aa | 1.0 | |
Oparin | 1/2 | 0 | aa | 0.5 |
In Pool B Wojtaszek, who had won yesterday, was on the brink of scoring two out of two, but Oparin defended strenuously, and the game ended in a draw.
Rapport bounced back after losing yesterday's game and defeated Fedoseev in an interesting battle.
Pool C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | PTS |
Aronian | aa | 1/2 | 1 | 1.5 | |
Dubov | 1/2 | aa | 1/2 | 1.0 | |
Keymer | 1/2 | aa | 1/2 | 1.0 | |
Gujrathi | 0 | 1/2 | aa | 0.5 |
In Pool C the four players drew their game, leaving the standings unchanged.
Pool D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | PTS |
So | aa | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1.0 | |
Dominguez | 1/2 | aa | 1 | 1.5 | |
Harikrishna | 1/2 | aa | 1/2 | 1.0 | |
Shirov | 0 | 1/2 | aa | 0.5 |
In pool D Harikrishna and So drew, and Shirov lost to Dominguez.
Tomorrow Round 3, at 9 AM EST - 15:00 Berlin (CET) - 14:00 UTC
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