Harikrishna, Giri and Caruana lead with 1.5 points.
Results of the 2nd round
| GM | Anish Giri | 2782 | 1-0 | GM | Sergey Karjakin | 2773 |
| GM | Pentala Harikrishna | 2763 | 1-0 | GM | Shakhriyar Mammadyarov | 2748 |
| GM | Pavel Eljanov | 2750 | 0-1 | GM | Fabiano Caruana | 2804 |
| GM | Hou Yifan | 2663 | ½-½ | GM | Eltaj Safarli | 2674 |
| GM | Rauf Mammadov | 2655 | ½-½ | GM | Teimour Radjabov | 2726 |
The players. Photo taken from chess-news.ru.
The first round was played yesterday in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. The participants are:
Fabiano Caruana (USA)
Anish Giri (NED)
Sergey Karjakin (RUS)
Pavel Eljanov (UKR)
Pentala Harikrishna (IND)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)
Teimour Radjabov (AZE)
Eltaj Safarli (AZE)
Hou Yifan (CHN)
Rauf Mamedov (AZE) Continue reading
