12 March 2018
Alexander Grischuk Defeats Wesley So in Round 2 of Candidates Tournament
Caruana, Kramnik and Mamedyarov keep leading.
RCF Vice-President Andrey Guryev makes the first symbolic move in the game Kramnik - Karjakin
On March 11, the second round of the Candidates Tournament took place in Berlin. The Russian Alexander Grischuk outplayed Wesley So (USA), the games Kramnik - Karjakin (both from Russia), Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) - Aronian (Armenia) and Ding Liren (China) - Caruana (USA) were drawn.
Standings after round 2:
1-3. Fabiano Caruana, Vladimir Kramnik, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 1.5
4-6. Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Ding Liren - 1
7. Sergey Karjakin - 0.5
8. Wesley So - 0.
Round 3 pairings:
Karjakin - Grischuk, Aronian - Kramnik, Caruana - Mamedyarov, So - Ding Liren.
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