Round 2 of Fourth FIDE Grand Prix Leg Finished in Palma de Mallorca

Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov win.

In the second round of the final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2016-2017 in Palma de Mallorca, Levon Aronian defeated Ernesto Inarkiev, while Teimour Radjabov bested Francisco Vallejo Pons. The games Giri - Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura - Jakovenko, Riazantsev - Ding Liren, Svidler - Eljanov, Harikrishna - Tomashevsky, Li Chao - Hammer, and Gelfand - Rapport were drawn. 

Standings after round 2:

1-4. Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov - 1.5
5-14. Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Peter Svidler, Pentala Harikirishna, Dmitry Jakovenko, Pavel Eljanov, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Ernesto Inarkiev, Alexander Riazantsev, Jon Ludvig Hammer - 1 
15-18. Li Chao, Boris Gelfand, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Richard Rapport - 0.5.

Round 3 pairings:

Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian, Radjabov - Giri, Tomashevsky - Nakamura, Ding Liren - Eljanov, Hammer - Svidler, Inarkiev - Harikrishna, Jakovenko - Riazantsev, Rapport - Li Chao, Vallejo - Gelfand.

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