Tata Steel Chess Super-GM R2 full of draws

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Hello Everyone,

Quite a quiet day at the Tata Steel Chess 2011 Round 2 in Wijk aan Zee. Only one player - in Group B Luke McShane - has a perfect score so far! Remember his blazing performance at the London Chess Classic 2010 a few months back?

Here are the results of the Round 2 games. You can see the standings after Round 2 here. But first a sample of the video of the Daniel King live commentary from www.chessbase.com on their playchess server. You can check the nice official website here.



Group A

Round 2 - Sunday the 16th
V. Anand - V. Kramnik	½-½
W. Hao - I. Nepomniachtchi	0-1
A. Grischuk - M. Vachier-Lagrave	½-½
L. Aronian - H. Nakamura	½-½
A. Shirov - M. Carlsen	½-½
A. Giri - J. Smeets	½-½
R. Ponomariov - E. l'Ami	½-½

Group B

Round 2 - Sunday the 16th
L. Fressinet - Z. Efimenko	½-½
S. Ganguly - J. Hammer	1-0
W. So - G. Sargissian	½-½
D. Navara - L. Liem	½-½
W. Spoelman - R. Wojtaszek	½-½
L. Chao - L. McShane	0-1
V. Tkachiev - F. Nijboer	½-½

Group C

Round 2 - Sunday the 16th
B. Bok - D. Vocaturo	½-½
M. Kazhgaleyev - R. van Kampen	1-0
J.W. de Jong - I. Nyzhnyk	½-½
M. Bluvshtein - D. Swiercz	1-0
T. Sachdev - K. Lahno	0-1
R. Pruijssers - I. Ivanisevic	½-½
M. van der Werf - S. Siebrecht	0-1

Here is the interesting game from Group A, Round 2. You can see the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.


PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bg5 Be7 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. Nh3 h6 10. Be3 c6 11. Nf2 Kc7 12. Nd3 b6 13. g3 Ba6 14. b3 Rae8 15. Bh3 Bc8 16. Kc2 Bf8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4+ Kb7 19. b4 g5 20. Bc1 Ne5 21. Bxc8+ Kxc8 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rhf1 Re6 24. Kb3 Be7 25. b5 Rd8 26. bxc6 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rxc6 28. Nb5 Re6 29. e3 a6 30. Nd4 Re5 31. Rf1 Kd7 32. Nf5 Ke6 33. Ng7+ Kd7 34. Nf5 Ke6 35. Ng7+ Kd7 36. Kc2 Ne4 37. Nf5 Ra5 38. Bb2 Rxa2 39. Rd1+ Ke8 40. Kb3 Ra5 41. Nxh6 Nc5+ 42. Kc2 Ra4 43. Nf5 Rxc4+ 44. Kb1 g4 45. Rd5 Ne6 46. Be5 Rc6 47. e4 f6 48. Bb2 Nc7 49. Rd3 Rc4 50. Rd4 Rxd4 51. Bxd4 b5 52. Nh6 Ne6 53. Be3 Nc5 54. Bxc5 Bxc5 55. Nxg4 Kf7 56. h4 Kg6 57. Kc2 a5 58. h5+ Kg5 59. h6 Bf8 60. h7 Bg7 61. Ne3 Kg6 62. Nd5 Kxh7 63. Nc7 b4 64. Kb3 Bf8 65. Nd5 Kg6 66. Ka4 Bd6 67. Kxa5 b3 68. Nc3 Be5 69. Kb4 b2 70. Nb1 Kg5 71. Kc4 Kg4 72. Kd3 Kxg3 73. Ke3 Bf4+ 74. Ke2 Bc1 75. Nc3 Kf4 76. Kd3 Kf3 77. Kc2 Bf4 78. Nb1 Kxe4 79. Kxb2 Kd3 80. Kb3 Be5 0-1




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