Two draws in 20 moves or less
Unlike the first round, only two fighting games were observed in Round 2, out of four games.
IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) scored the first win of the event against IM Vaishali | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram
Vaishali - Bibisara
Position after 33...b4
IM Vaishali (2433) had a difficult endgame to defend against the two-time World Blitz Women's champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ, 2440). White is at a critical juncture where she had to decide the correct place for the knight to be able to save the game. The counter-intuitive 34.Na4 gives White the maximum chance to continue the fight Rb1+ 35.Kh2 Ne4 36.f3 Nd2 37.Nc5 Nf1+ 38.Kg1 Ne3+ 39.Kf2 Nd5 40.Rb7 would have been a better choice than what was played 34.Nb5 Ne4 35.f3 Nc5 36.Nd6 b3 37.Nc4 Rc2 38.Ne3 Rc3 39.Kf2 b2. The b-pawn just moved to b2 without much resistance and Black won the game in another five moves.
Final moments: IM Vaishali vs IM Bibisara | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with GM Koneru Humpy | Video: FIDE
GM Aleksandra Goryachkina drew with... | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram
...Georgia no.1 woman - GM Nana Dzagnidze | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram
GM Harika Dronavalli - WGM Zhu Jiner (CHN): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram
IM Polina Shuvalova - GM Koneru Humpy: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram
The tournament hall during Round 2 | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram
New Delhi GP Round 2 recap | Video: ChessBase India
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Round 2 Results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
| 1 | 7 | 2433 | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | 0 - 1 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | 2440 | 6 | PGN | ||
| 2 | 8 | 2489 | GM | Batsiashvili, Nino | + - - | GM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 2474 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 9 | 2576 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | ½ - ½ | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | 2525 | 4 | PGN | ||
| 4 | 10 | 2511 | GM | Harika, Dronavalli | ½ - ½ | WGM | Zhu, Jiner | 2489 | 3 | PGN | ||
| 5 | 1 | 2484 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | ½ - ½ | GM | Koneru, Humpy | 2576 | 2 | PGN | ||
| 6 | 11 | 2560 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | 0 | bye | 0 | -1 |
Standings after Round 2
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
| 1 | 8 | GM | Batsiashvili, Nino | GEO | 2489 | 1,5 | 1 | 0,50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2525 | 1 | 1 | 1,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 6 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2440 | 1 | 1 | 1,00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | GM | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2576 | 1 | 1 | 1,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | WGM | Zhu, Jiner | CHN | 2489 | 1 | 1 | 1,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | FID | 2576 | 1 | 1 | 1,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | GM | Harika, Dronavalli | IND | 2511 | 1 | 1 | 1,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 1 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | FID | 2484 | 1 | 0 | 0,75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 7 | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2433 | 1 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 11 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | FID | 2560 | 0,5 | 1 | 0,50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 5 | GM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | 2474 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Round 3 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 2576 | GM | Koneru, Humpy | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | 2560 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 2489 | WGM | Zhu, Jiner | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | 2484 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | 2525 | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | GM | Harika, Dronavalli | 2511 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 2474 | GM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | 2576 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 2440 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | GM | Batsiashvili, Nino | 2489 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 2433 | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | 0 | bye | 0 | -1 |
