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Again a very interesting round! Three draws and three wins with white winning all of them! 🙂
Results of the 2nd round
GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 1 – 0 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775
GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 ½ – ½ GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699
GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 1 – 0 GM Svidler Peter 2769
GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 1 – 0 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 ½ – ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742
GM Topalov Veselin 2793 ½ – ½ GM Kamsky Gata 2741
Standings after the 2nd round
1 GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 RUS 1½
2 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 1½
3 GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 ITA 1½
4 GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 RUS 1½
5 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 UZB 1½
6 GM Svidler Peter 2769 RUS 1
7 GM Topalov Veselin 2793 BUL 1
8 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 UKR 1
9 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 UKR ½
10 GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 FRA ½
11 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 CUB ½
12 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 USA 0
Pairings of the 3rd round
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2779
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 – GM Topalov Veselin 2793
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 – GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723
GM Svidler Peter 2769 – GM Caruana Fabiano 2774
GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 – GM Morozevich Alexander 2760
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 – GM Bacrot Etienne 2725