26 July 2017

Three Players Lead Grandmasters Tournament in Biel

Round 2 games are played.

Photo: Official website
Photo: Official website
In round 2 of the Grandmasters Tournament of the 50th Biel International Chess Festival Etienne Bacrot defeated Rafael Vaganian, Ruslan Ponomariov upset one of the 1st round’s heroes Peter Leko, while Alexander Morozevich won against David Navara in a bright way. The games Hou Yifan - Studer and Harikrishna - Georgiadis were drawn.  



Standings: 

1-3. Bacrot, Ponomariov, Hou Yifan - 1.5 out of 2
4-7. Georgiadis, Leko, Morozevich, Harikrishna - 1
8-10. Vaganian, Navara, Studer - 0.5.

Round 3 pairings:

Vaganian - Ponomariov, Georgiadis - Bacrot, Morozevich - Harikrishna, Studer - Navara, Leko - Hou Yifan.

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