15 July 2018

Jan-Krzysztof Duda Takes Early Lead in Dortmund

Round 2 played.

Photo: Tournament's Facebook page
Photo: Tournament's Facebook page

Round 2 games of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting were played in Dortmund on July 15th. Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeated Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, while the games Meier - Giri, Kovalev - Nepomniachtchi, and Wojtaszek - Kramnik were drawn.



Standings:

1. Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 1.5
2-7. Anish Giri, Vladislav Kovalev, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Georg Meier, Vladimir Kramnik, Radoslaw Wojtaszek - 1 
8. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu - 0.5.

Round 3 pairings:

Kramnik - Meier, Duda - Wojtaszek, Nepomniachtchi - Nisipeanu, Giri - Kovalev.

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