17 November 2017
Round 2 of Fourth FIDE Grand Prix Leg Finished in Palma de Mallorca
Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov win.
Photo: Worldchess.com
In the second round of the final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2016-2017 in Palma de Mallorca, Levon Aronian defeated Ernesto Inarkiev, while Teimour Radjabov bested Francisco Vallejo Pons. The games Giri - Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura - Jakovenko, Riazantsev - Ding Liren, Svidler - Eljanov, Harikrishna - Tomashevsky, Li Chao - Hammer, and Gelfand - Rapport were drawn. Standings after round 2:
1-4. Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov - 1.5
5-14. Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Peter Svidler, Pentala Harikirishna, Dmitry Jakovenko, Pavel Eljanov, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Ernesto Inarkiev, Alexander Riazantsev, Jon Ludvig Hammer - 1
15-18. Li Chao, Boris Gelfand, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Richard Rapport - 0.5.
Round 3 pairings:
Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian, Radjabov - Giri, Tomashevsky - Nakamura, Ding Liren - Eljanov, Hammer - Svidler, Inarkiev - Harikrishna, Jakovenko - Riazantsev, Rapport - Li Chao, Vallejo - Gelfand.
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