Norway Chess, Round 2: Five Largely Uneventful Draws
Which is not to say that the players didn't try; it's just how the proverbial cookie crumbles. There were no barnburners, and most of the games only went as long as they did because of anti-draw rules that forced the players to find a repetition or reach move 40. It happens, and hopefully we'll have better luck as chess fans tomorrow.
Games here (no notes); tomorrow's pairings are as follows:
- Carlsen (1.5) - Aronian (1)
- Vachier-Lagrave (1) - Caruana (.5)
- Mamedyarov (1) - Karjakin (1) (The draw has probably already been agreed.)
- Anand (1) - Ding Liren (1)
- So (1) - Nakamura (1)