Round 2 pairings
Hikaru Nakamura – Vladimir Kramnik
Magnus Carlsen – Levon Aronian
Vishy Anand – Luke McShane
Judit Polgar – Gawain Jones
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Go Levon!
Bye Levon!
Magnus has broken you and the rating ceiling.
Who would have predicted a 0-2 start for Levon? Carlsen is somewhat less flashy than Kasparov used to be, but maybe even more deadly.
Nakamura hung tough a Pawn down v. Vladi, but lost the thread in the Queen ending.
Both the drawn games in round 2 showed a lot of spirit. Vishy was very lucky against McShane. Jones tried to slug it out with Judit toe to toe, but almost dared too much.
A good round. So far, this is an excellent tournament.