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Commentary of Round 2 games by GM Alexander Delchev
Svidler-Andreikin (1-0)
Andrejkin has a wide opening repertoire against 1.e4. In his last game against Svidler in the Russian Championship he played Berlin, but was outplayed in a highly instructive way... see game with commentary
Topalov-Anand (½-½)
To some degree I was right that Topalov will not start with his queen pawn. I was expecting 1.e4 more, but I like his choice. I wrote in 2012 a book about how to build an original opening repertoire with 1.Nf3 against all that Queen gambit oriented openings... see game with commentary
Aronian-Mamedyarov (1-0)
Lately Mamedyarov had good results with black against Aronian - he managed to drew both their games in 2013. In the first round Aronian lost undeservedly to Anand, so he needs a quick comeback. In the opening he came up with an interesting novelty (11.f4) which should have brought him a pull... see game with commentary
Commentary of games from round 1
Results - round 2
| SNo. | Name | FED | Res. | Name | FED | SNo. | ||
| 4 | GM | Kramnik Vladimir | RUS | 1-0 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | RUS | 2 |
| 3 | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 1-0 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | RUS | 1 |
| 8 | GM | Topalov Veselin | BUL | ½-½ | GM | Anand Viswanathan | IND | 6 |
| 7 | GM | Aronian Levon | ARM | 1-0 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 5 |
Standings
| Name | Fed | FIDE Elo | Pts. | S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2770 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Peter Svidler | RUS | 2758 | 1.5 | 0.75 |
| 3 | Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2787 | 1.5 | 0.75 |
| 4 | Veselin Topalov | BUL | 2785 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Levon Aronian | ARM | 2830 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 6 | Dmitry Andreikin | RUS | 2709 | 0.5 | 0.75 |
| 7 | Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2766 | 0.5 | 0.75 |
| 8 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | AZE | 2757 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Pairings for all rounds
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