Only decisive games
Dubov - Giri: 1-0
Anish Giri (NED, 2762) has never beaten Daniil Dubov (2708) in a Classical rated game. That statistic remains unchanged.
While at a first glance 33...Qe7?? seems harmless, it is actually quite devastating for Black. It starts a series of forcing moves which gives White the full point. Can you find out the winning continuation for White which Dubov executed?
Arjun - Xiangzhi
Black is threatening cxb2 and also the d5-knight has done a fork on White's e7-rook and bishop. How to get out of this predicament? 24.Re5?? was not the best way as 24...cxb2 gave Black the decisive advantage and he went on to win the game. Find out what Black should have done instead to keep the game going.
Time Control
The time control is 90 minutes / 40 moves + 30 minutes / end and 30 seconds increment per move from move no.1
Schedule
Every day the round starts at 2 p.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST. Only the first round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 12:30 p.m. IST. Sunday 3rd March is a rest day.
Replay Round 2 games
Round 2 results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 2623 | GM | Xu, Xiangyu | 0 - 1 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | 2720 | 5 | |||
| 2 | 6 | 2711 | GM | Artemiev, Vladislav | 1 - 0 | GM | Ma, Qun | 2651 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 7 | 2708 | GM | Dubov, Daniil | 1 - 0 | GM | Giri, Anish | 2762 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 1 | 2738 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | 0 - 1 | GM | Bu, Xiangzhi | 2671 | 2 |
Standings after Round 2
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | GM | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2671 | 1,5 | 0 | 1,75 | 1,5 | 1 | |
| 7 | GM | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | 2708 | 1,5 | 0 | 1,75 | 1,5 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 5 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2720 | 1,5 | 0 | 0,25 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 3 | GM | Giri, Anish | NED | 2762 | 1 | 0 | 1,00 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | 6 | GM | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | 2711 | 1 | 0 | 0,50 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | 1 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | IND | 2738 | 1 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | 4 | GM | Ma, Qun | CHN | 2651 | 0,5 | 0 | 0,75 | 0,5 | 0 | |
| 8 | 8 | GM | Xu, Xiangyu | CHN | 2623 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 0 |
Round 3 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2671 | GM | Bu, Xiangzhi | GM | Xu, Xiangyu | 2623 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 2762 | GM | Giri, Anish | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | 2738 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | 2651 | GM | Ma, Qun | GM | Dubov, Daniil | 2708 | 7 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 2720 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | GM | Artemiev, Vladislav | 2711 | 6 |
