Dutch players the only winners in Round 2 of the Tata Steel Masters - 2
The other games were drawn. Magnus Carlsen seemed to lose a theoretical battle against a fast moving Ian Nepomniachtchi which left the Russian comfortable as black and the players agreed a draw on move 32. Richard Rapport was a pawn down in a delicate Knight and Pawn endgame against Sam Shankland, computers tell me 74...h5? "threw away" the win and that he might have had with 74...h6. Of course it's all very difficult for humans. Vidit's position looked a bit suspicious against Ding Liren but they didn't find anything concrete after the games. Anand didn't get a lot vs Fedoseev's Petroff. Mamedyarov and Radjabov drew also.
Round 2 Standings: 1 Anand 1.5pts, 2 Nepomniachtchi 1.5pts, 3 Carlsen 1.0pts, 4 Fedoseev 1.0pts, 5 Rapport 1.0pts, 6 Mamedyarov 1.0pts, 7 Shankland 1.0pts, 8 Ding Liren 1.0pts, 9 Radjabov 1.0pts, 10 Vidit 1.0pts, 11 Giri 1.0pts, 12 Van Foreest 1.0pt, 13 Duda 0.5pts, 14 Kramnik 0.5pts,
Round 3 - Monday 14th Jan 12:30 GMT Vidit- Carlsen, Van Foreest-Ding Liren Fedoseev-Duda, Shankland-Anand, Radjabov-Rapport, Giri-Mamedyarov, Nepomniachtchi-Kramnik