Second Round of FIDE Grand Prix Leg in Berlin Happens to Be Peaceful

All games were drawn.

The second round of the third leg of the FIDE Grand Prix was played in Berlin. Sixteen participants are divided into four groups. The round results, standings, and pairings are as follows:

Pool A:

Aronian - Oparin 1/2-1/2, Nakamura - Esipenko 1/2-1/2
1. Levon Aronian - 1.5, 2-3. Andrey Esipenko, Grigoriy Oparin - 1, 4. Hikaru Nakamura - 0.5
Oparin - Nakamura, Esipenko - Aronian

Pool B:

Dubov - Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2, Dominguez - Keymer 1/2-1/2
1. Leinier Dominguez - 1.5, 2-3. Vincent Keymer, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 1, 4. Daniil Dubov - 0.5
Mamedyarov - Dominguez, Keymer - Dubov

Pool C: 

Predke - So 1/2-1/2, Vachier-Lagrave - Shankland 1/2-1/2
1. Alexandr Predke - 1.5, 2-3. Sam Shankland, Wesley So - 1, 4. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 0.5
So - Vachhier-Lagrave, Shankland - Predke

Pool D:

Vitiugov - Yu 1/2-1/2, Tabatabaei - Giri 1/2-1/2
1. Nikita Vitiugov - 1.5, 2-3. Anish Giri, Yu Yangyi - 1, 4. Amin Tabatabaei - 0.5
Yu - Tabatabaei, Giri - Vitiugov.

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