2 March 2022

Second Round of FIDE Grand Prix Leg Played in Belgrade

There were three decisive games.

Photo: Mark Livshitz / FIDE
Photo: Mark Livshitz / FIDE


The second round of the second leg of the FIDE Grand Prix Series started in the capital of Serbia. Sixteen players were divided into four groups. The round results, standings, and pairings: 

Pool A:

Bacrot - Andreikin 1/2-1/2, Shankland - Grischuk 1-0
1-2. Dmitry Andreikin, Sam Shankland - 1.5, 3. Etienne Bacrot - 1, 4. Alexander Grischuk - 0
Andreikin - Shankland, Grischuk - Bacrot

Pool B:

Giri - Vitiugov 1-0, Tabatabaei - Harikrishna 1/2-1/2
1. Anish Giri - 2, 2. Nikita Vitiugov - 1, 3-4. Pentala Harikrishna, Amin Tabatabaei - 0.5
Vitiugov - Tabatabaei, Harikrishna - Giri

Pool C:

Vidit - Fedoseev 1-0, Shirov - Rapport 1/2-1/2
1. Santosh Vidit - 2, 2. Richard Rapport - 1, 3-4. Vladimir Fedoseev, Alexei Shirov - 0.5
Fedoseev - Shirov, Rapport - Vidit

Pool D:

Vachier-Lagrave - Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2, Predke - Yu Yangyi 1/2-1/2
1-4. Yu Yangyi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alexandr Predke - 1
Mamedyarov - Predke, Yu Yangyi - Vachier-Lagrave

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