Second Stage of FIDE Grand Prix Begins in Belgrade

Dmitry Andreikin and Nikita Vitiugov started with victories.

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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