In bold letters are the players who advanced to round 3 after 3 rapid games:
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Round 2. Rapid 3. |
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| match | match score |
White | Result | Black | |
| 3 | 3.5-1.5 | Svidler, Peter (RUS) | 1-0 | Nyback, Tomi (FIN) | View |
| 7 | 3-2 | Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) | ½-½ | Akobian, Varuzhan (USA) | View |
| 11 | 2.5-1.5 | Eljanov, Pavel (UKR) | * | Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) | View |
| 12 | 2-3 | Timofeev, Artyom (RUS) | ½-½ | Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) | View |
| 14 | 4-1 | Shirov, Alexei (ESP) | 1-0 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (UKR) | View |
| 15 | 2.5-2.5 | Caruana, Fabiano (ITA) | ½-½ | Dominguez Perez, Leinier (CUB) | View |
| 17 | 2.5-2.5 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA) | ½-½ | Meier, Georg (GER) | View |
| 18 | 1.5-3.5 | Fressinet, Laurent (FRA) | ½-½ | Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) | View |
| 19 | 2-3 | Khalifman, Alexander (RUS) | ½-½ | Tomashevsky, Evgeny (RUS) | View |
| 21 | 3-2 | Navara, David (CZE) | 0-1 | Shabalov, Alexander (USA) | View |
| 22 | 3.5-1.5 | Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) | 1-0 | Smirin, Ilia (ISR) | View |
| 24 | 2-2 | Areshchenko, Alexander (UKR) | * | Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) | View |
| 28 | 2-3 | Milos, Gilberto (BRA) | 1-0 | Vitiugov, Nikita (RUS) | View |
| 29 | 3-2 | Bologan, Viktor (MDA) | 1-0 | Cheparinov, Ivan (BUL) | View |
| 31 | 2-2 | Li, Chao b (CHN) | * | Pelletier, Yannick (SUI) | View |
| 32 | 2.5-2.5 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROU) | 1-0 | Polgar, Judit (HUN) | View |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Go Peter!
yay! ^_^
Judir Polgar-Liviu Nisipeanu
Yannick Pellitier-Chao Li
Nikita Vitiugov- Gilberto Milos
3 matches that goes to blitz