All games drawn on day two of the Candidates - 2

The second round of the FIDE Candidates in the Cap St Georges resort, near Pegeia, Cyprus saw all the games finish in a draw in the end. In the open event maybe Javokhir Sindarov got a little something against Matthias Bluebaum and perhaps Praggnanandhaa too could have done a little better against Wei Yi, Anish Giri vs Fabiano Caruana was a well played draw, Hikaru Nakamura suffered a little bit against Andrey Esipenko but there was never anything clear.

In the women's event there were more missed chances with Kateryna Lagno escaping a lost position for the second day running, this time against Zhu Jiner. Vaishali Rameshbabu was briefly lost against Divya Deshmukh having at first equalised quite comfortable. Bibisara Assaubayeva vs Aleksandra Goryachkina and Anna Muzychuk vs Tan Zhongyi were correct draws. There hasn't been a decisive game yet in the women's event so everyone is tied for first place.

Round 2 Standings: 1st= Caruana, Praggnanandhaa, Sindarov 1.5pt; 4th= Bluebaum, Wei Yi 1pt; 6th= Nakamura, Giri, Esipenko 0.5pts.

FIDE Candidates Round 3 Monday 31st March: Matthias Bluebaum vs Andrey Esipenko Praggnanandhaa R vs Javokhir Sindarov Fabiano Caruana vs Wei Yi Hikaru Nakamura vs Anish Giri

FIDE Women’s Candidates Round 3: Vaishali Rameshbabu vs Anna Muzychuk Aleksandra Goryachkina vs Divya Deshmukh Zhu Jiner vs Bibisara Assaubayeva Tan Zhongyi vs Kateryna Lagno