Second Stage of FIDE Grand Prix Begins in Belgrade
Dmitry Andreikin and Nikita Vitiugov started with victories.
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The second stage 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:
Grischuk - Andreikin 0-1, Bacrot - Shankland 1/2-1/2
1. Dmitry Andreikin - 1, 2-3. Etienne Bacrot, Sam Shankland - 0.5, 4. Alexander Grischuk - 0
Bacrot - Andreikin, Shankland - Grischuk
Pool B:
Harikrishna - Vitiugov 0-1, Giri - Tabatabaei 1-0
1-2. Nikita Vitiugov, Anish Giri - 1, 3-4. Pentala Harikrishna, Amin Tabatabaei - 0
Giri - Vitiugov, Tabatabaei - Harikrishna
Pool C:
Rapport - Fedoseev 1/2-1/2, Vidit - Shirov 1-0
1. Santosh Vidit - 1, 2-3. Richard Rapport, Vladimir Fedoseev - 0.5, 4. Alexei Shirov - 0
Vidit - Fedoseev, Shirov - Rapport
Pool D:
Yu Yangyi - Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2, Vachier-Lagrave - Predke 1/2-1/2
1-4. Yu Yangyi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alexandr Predke - 0.5
Vachier-Lagrave - Mamedyarov, Predke - Yu Yangyi
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