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A lot of draws happened in the 2nd round! Still they were very fighting and full of interesting ideas. Now the event has 28 leaders with 2 points.
Results of top 10 boards of the 2nd round
1 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2739 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2583
2 GM Roiz Michael ISR 2591 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2723
3 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2717 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2574
4 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2583 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2716
5 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2714 1 1 – 0 1 GM Golod Vitali ISR 2573
6 GM Jianu Vlad-Cristian ROU 2574 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2713
7 GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2572 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2711
8 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2709 1 1 – 0 1 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2572
9 GM Vaganian Rafael A ARM 2570 1 0 – 1 1 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706
10 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2705 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Huzman Alexander ISR 2569
Top 10 players after 2 rounds
1 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2569 2.0 2704 7.6
2 GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2548 2.0 2652 7.2
3 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2507 2.0 2639 7.6
4 IM Rozum Ivan RUS 2505 2.0 2631 7.5
5 GM Minasian Artashes ARM 2482 2.0 2617 7.6
6 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2714 2.0 2573 4.9
7 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2709 2.0 2572 4.9
8 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 2.0 2570 4.9
9 GM Navara David CZE 2700 2.0 2563 4.9
10 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2698 2.0 2561 4.9
Pairings of top 10 boards of the 3rd round
1 IM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2621 2 – 2 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2714
2 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2618 2 – 2 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2709
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 2 – 2 GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2612
4 GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2614 2 – 2 GM Navara David CZE 2700
5 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2698 2 – 2 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2611
6 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2605 2 – 2 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2689
7 GM Zhigalko Andrey BLR 2603 2 – 2 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2681
8 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2600 2 – 2 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2649
9 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2644 2 – 2 GM Brunello Sabino ITA 2593
10 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2643 2 – 2 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2569