Lenic played a very nice game against Korobov while Le Quang Liem got a very good position out of the opening against Xiu and won fairly easily. Lenic & Le Quang are on 2 out of 2 and play each other. There is a large group of players with 1.5 points.
Results of top 10 boards – round 2
1 GM Kamsky, Gata 1.0 USA 2730 GM Zhou, Jianchao 1.0 CHN 2655 ½-½
2 GM Andreikin, Dmitry 1.0 RUS 2689 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 1.0 RUS 2626 ½-½
3 GM Khismatullin, Denis 1.0 RUS 2649 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 1.0 RUS 2689 ½-½
4 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 1.0 ESP 2626 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1.0 UZB 2681 ½-½
5 GM Lenic, Luka 1.0 SLO 2613 GM Korobov, Anton 1.0 UKR 2670 1-0
6 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 1.0 RUS 2666 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 1.0 ARM 2604 ½-½
7 IM Kovalenko, Igor 1.0 UKR 2515 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 1.0 BUL 2665 ½-½
8 GM Le, Quang Liem 1.0 VIE 2664 Xiu, Deshun 1.0 CHN 2508 1-0
9 IM Fedoseev, Vladimir j 1.0 RUS 2505 GM Mamedov, Rauf 1.0 AZE 2660 ½-½
10 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 0.5 RUS 2605 GM Movsesian, Sergei 0.5 ARM 2721 0-1
Round 3 pairings – top 10 boards
1 GM Lenic, Luka 2.0 SLO 2613 GM Le, Quang Liem 2.0 VIE 2664
2 GM Sandipan, Chanda 1.5 IND 2641 GM Kamsky, Gata 1.5 USA 2730
3 GM Movsesian, Sergei 1.5 ARM 2721 GM Khismatullin, Denis 1.5 RUS 2649
4 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 1.5 RUS 2626 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 1.5 RUS 2718
5 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 1.5 ARM 2604 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1.5 RUS 2695
6 GM Shomoev, Anton 1.5 RUS 2557 GM Andreikin, Dmitry 1.5 RUS 2689
7 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 1.5 RUS 2689 GM Khairullin, Ildar 1.5 RUS 2640
8 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1.5 UZB 2681 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 1.5 ISR 2625
9 GM Volokitin, Andrei 1.5 UKR 2678 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 1.5 ESP 2626
10 GM Alsina Leal, Daniel 1.5 ESP 2531 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 1.5 RUS 2666
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