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There were many fighting games yesterday and even draws (maybe except Morozevich-Mamedyarov) were not short at all. Topalov, Ponomariov and Morozevich lead the vent with 1.5 out of 2.
Results of 2nd round
GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709 1 – 0 GM Kamsky Gata 2741
GM Topalov Veselin 2771 1 – 0 GM Leko Peter 2744
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767 ½ – ½ GM Giri Anish 2727
GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 ½ – ½ GM Karjakin Sergey 2786
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733 1 – 0 GM Caruana Fabiano 2772
GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 ½ – ½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766
Kasimdzhanov-Kamsky was a Tarrasch French where Black got his fair share of counterplay but White tried to create an attack on the kingside. 14.Qe3 was a novelty. After the position opened up in the center, Black had the possibility to repeat the moves but since the position was very interesting, he didn’t.
Round 3 on 2013/04/20 at 14:00
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 – GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709
GM Caruana Fabiano 2772 – GM Morozevich Alexander 2758
GM Karjakin Sergey 2786 – GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733
GM Giri Anish 2727 – GM Radjabov Teimour 2793
GM Leko Peter 2744 – GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 – GM Topalov Veselin 2771