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Nepomniachtchi, Giri and Anand lead with 1.5 points. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 2nd round

Svidler-Nepomniachtchi 1/2

Kramnik-Li Chao 1/2

Anand-Mamedyarov 1-0

Gelfand-Giri 0-1

Tomashevsky-Aronian 1/2

Games of the round

   [Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.09.27"]   [Round "2.1"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C92"]   [WhiteElo "2776"]   [BlackElo "2761"]   [PlyCount "107"]   [EventDate "2016.09.26"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3     O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15.   Rb1 c5 16. d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Ng6 19. Ne3 Bc8 20. Bd2 b4 21. Nhg4 a5     Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. g3 a4 24. bxa4 Nde5 25. f4 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Qxf4 27. Nf1 Qh4   Re3 Bxh3 29. Qe2 Qg4+ 30. Qxg4 Bxg4 31. a3 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. Rb2 bxa3   Rxa3 Nxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxe4 36. a5 Bc8 37. Re3 Rf4+ 38. Rf3 Re4 39. Rb2 Ba6 40.     Bc3 h5 41. Ng3 Rh4 42. Rb6 Rh2+ 43. Kg1 Rc2 44. Nf5 Bc4 45. Re3 Kh7 46. Rxd6   Rb8 47. Rb6 Rxb6 48. axb6 Bxd5 49. Nxg7 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Rg6 51. Nxh5 Bc4+ 52. Kf2   Rxb6 53. Nf6+ Kh6 54. Rg3 1-0

   [Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.09.27"]   [Round "2.2"]   [White "Gelfand, Boris"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E60"]   [WhiteElo "2743"]   [BlackElo "2755"]   [PlyCount "72"]   [EventDate "2016.09.26"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 d6 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O     exd4 9. exd4 Ne7 10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Qc1 Re8 12. h3 c6 13. g4 Ne7 14. Bh6 d5 15. c5   b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Re1 Bh8 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. Qd2 Nf8 20. Nf4 Ne6 21. Nce2 c5     dxc5 bxc5 23. Nxd5 Bb7 24. Nec3 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bd4 26. Nc3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 g5   h4 gxh4 29. Ne4 Qd5 30. f3 Rad8 31. Rad1 Kh8 32. Bg5 f5 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34.     gxf5 Qxf5 35. Kh1 Rg8 36. Rf1 Be5 0-1

  [Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.09.27"]   [Round "2.3"]   [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]   [Black "Li, Chao b"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C42"]   [WhiteElo "2808"]   [BlackElo "2746"]   [PlyCount "120"]   [EventDate "2016.09.26"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.     Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c3 h6 13. Re2 Bd6 14. Qf5   Ne7 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Bd2 Bf4 17. g3 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Rae1 f6     Nf1 Rad8 22. Ne3 Rfe8 23. Nf5 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Kf7 25. Kg2 Rd7 26. Kf3 Nf8 27.     h4 g6 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 gxh4 30. gxh4 Kf7 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Ng4 Kf7 33. Re1   Rd6 34. Ne3 Ne6 35. Rh1 Ng7 36. a4 a6 37. b4 Rd8 38. b5 a5 39. Ng2 Nh5 40. Rb1   b6 41. Rc1 Ng7 42. Rh1 Nh5 43. Re1 Rd7 44. Kg4 Rd8 45. Kf3 Rd7 46. Ne3 Ng7 47.   Ng4 Nf5 48. Rh1 Rd8 49. h5 g5 50. Ke2 Rh8 51. Kd3 Nh4 52. f4 Ng2 53. fxg5 Nf4+     Ke3 Rxh5 55. Rxh5 Nxh5 56. gxf6 Nxf6 57. Nf2 Ke6 58. Kf4 Ne8 59. Ng4 Nd6   Ne3 Ne4 1/2-1/2

  [Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.09.27"]   [Round "2.4"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D80"]   [WhiteElo "2745"]   [BlackElo "2740"]   [PlyCount "43"]   [EventDate "2016.09.26"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.     e3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nxc5 10. Nge2 Qa5 11. O-O Qb4 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bd3 14. Re1   Rfd8 15. Qd2 a5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Ba2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Ba6 19. Rb1 Bd3 20. Rbc1 Ba6     Rb1 Bd3 22. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

   [Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.09.27"]   [Round "2.5"]   [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D56"]   [WhiteElo "2731"]   [BlackElo "2795"]   [PlyCount "45"]   [EventDate "2016.09.26"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7     Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4     Nxd4 Nb6 16. Qc3 Nd5 17. Qb3 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Qc4 Nb6 20. Qc3 Nd5 21. Qc4     Nb6 22. Qc3 Nd5 23. Qc4 1/2-1/2

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[Event "Friendly Game, 2 min"]   [Site "CafÃ©"]   [Date "2016.09.27"]   [Round "?"]   [White "Valodia20"]   [Black "Dembo, V."]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E76"]   [WhiteElo "2427"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.09.27"]   [TimeControl "120"]         f4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:     00:01]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7   {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:   00:01]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. b4   {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:   01]} 10. h4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. g4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} hxg4 {   [%emt 0:00:02]} 12. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. h5 {[%emt 0:   00:01]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]}     Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. Nxc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb8 {     [%emt 0:00:02]} 17. N7d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Bg4 {[%emt   0:00:15]} g2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]}     Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 21. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} dxe5 {     [%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 23. Ba3 {[%emt   0:00:18]} f3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]}     Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf5+     {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bh6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Ne3 {[%emt   0:00:07]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rbd8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]   } 30. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:03] Time (Lag: Av=1.98s, max=3.8s)   .} 0-1

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