24 January 2019
Round 2 of International Festival Played in Gibraltar
Vladislav Artemiev and Kateryna Lagno have a perfect score.
Photo: John Saunders
Not all rating favourites managed to win their games in the second round of the Gibraltar International Chess Festival. For example, the encounters Vachier-Lagrave - Puranik, M. Muzychuk - Aronian, Naiditsch - Zanan, Hjartarson - Vitiugov, Goryachkina - Ivanchuk, Gukesh - Eljanov and some others were drawn.
33 players, including the Russians Vladislav Artemiev and Kateryna Lagno, have a perfect score.
In the second day, Director General of FIDE Emil Sutovsky gave an interview to the Festival's press service in which he announced, in particular, that the agreement with the World Chess had been terminated as far as the next Candidates Tournament and the World Championship Match are concerned. FIDE will have control over the next Candidates Tournament and the World Championship Match. Meanwhile, the World Chess will organize the Grand Prix series for 2019 and 2021 together with FIDE.
Round 3 pairings
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