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February 27th 2022
Format: 5 Round Swiss
Time Control: G/25 d5.
Site: Brookdale College, 765 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft, NJ 07738. Student Life Center. Use parking lot #6 or #7.
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February 27th 2022
Format: 5 Round Swiss
Time Control: G/25 d5.
Site: Brookdale College, 765 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft, NJ 07738. Student Life Center. Use parking lot #6 or #7.
Carlsen drew with the black pieces against Sam Shankland.
Going into the tournament's second rest day, two players are tied for first with five rounds to go: Magnus Carlsen, who drew with the semi-correct Von Hennig-Schara Gambit against Sam Shankland; and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who easily outplayed Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in an offbeat English.
Today's round was eventful for both chess and non-chess reasons. First, the latter. The story is probably continuing to develop, but here (HT: Allen Becker) is the initial report. In brief, Daniil Dubov was in "close contact" with someone infected with COVID...