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| Name | Elo | Result | Name | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Anton Guijarro | 2681 | ½ - ½ | Maxime Vachier Lagrave | 2784 |
| Magnus Carlsen | 2863 | 1 - 0 | Daniil Dubov | 2699 |
| Anish Giri | 2764 | 1 - 0 | Pentala Harikrishna | 2732 |
| Alexander Grischuk | 2777 | ½ - ½ | Teimour Radjabov | 2765 |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2736 | ½ - ½ | Wesley So | 2770 |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2784 | ½ - ½ | Levon Aronian | 2767 |
In round 5 Dubov played with Black against Magnus Carlsen who was eager to win a game after starting day 1 with four draws. After an interesting opening and a lively middlegame Carlsen managed to reach an endgame with a pawn up, which, however, was hard to win. But with his fine technique Carlsen managed to pose Dubov problem after problem and in the end Dubov cracked and lost.
With 1.0/4 Anish Giri had a disastrous day 1 and on day 2 he was determined to do better - which he showed in his energetic and fine win against Pentala Harikrishna.
The other four games of the round were all drawn, after more or less fighting. Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So played the shortest and quickest game of the round by following a well-known line of the Berlin that leads to a repetition.
| Name | Elo | Result | Name | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxime Vachier Lagrave | 2784 | ½ - ½ | Levon Aronian | 2767 |
| Wesley So | 2770 | ½ - ½ | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2784 |
| Teimour Radjabov | 2765 | ½ - ½ | Hikaru Nakamura | 2736 |
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2732 | ½ - ½ | Alexander Grischuk | 2777 |
| Daniil Dubov | 2699 | 1 - 0 | Anish Giri | 2764 |
| David Anton Guijarro | 2681 | ½ - ½ | Magnus Carlsen | 2863 |
But in round 6 Giri suffered another setback by losing directly out of the opening against Dubov.
The other games of the round all ended in a draw. In fact, this was the last win of day 2 - the remaining twelve games in round 7 and 8 all ended peacefully.
| Name | Elo | Result | Name | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnus Carlsen | 2863 | ½ - ½ | Maxime Vachier Lagrave | 2784 |
| Anish Giri | 2764 | ½ - ½ | David Anton Guijarro | 2681 |
| Alexander Grischuk | 2777 | ½ - ½ | Daniil Dubov | 2699 |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2736 | ½ - ½ | Pentala Harikrishna | 2732 |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2784 | ½ - ½ | Teimour Radjabov | 2765 |
| Levon Aronian | 2767 | ½ - ½ | Wesley So | 2770 |
| Name | Elo | Result | Name | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxime Vachier Lagrave | 2784 | ½ - ½ | Wesley So | 2770 |
| Teimour Radjabov | 2765 | ½ - ½ | Levon Aronian | 2767 |
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2732 | ½ - ½ | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2784 |
| Daniil Dubov | 2699 | ½ - ½ | Hikaru Nakamura | 2736 |
| David Anton Guijarro | 2681 | ½ - ½ | Alexander Grischuk | 2777 |
| Magnus Carlsen | 2863 | ½ - ½ | Anish Giri | 2764 |
But despite the high number of draws, some of the games were still interesting, e.g. the theoretical duel between David Anton and Alexander Grischuk.
The game between Carlsen and Giri was also interesting. After all, these two enjoy a long-standing rivalry that both like to keep alive on Twitter. In this game Giri had no problems with Black but missed a chance to put Carlsen under more pressure.
After eight of eleven rounds six players share the lead with 4½/8 each but all twelve players can still hope to qualify for the knock-out stage. This might lead to an exciting day three, and though only 18 games will be played, the number of wins will be probably higher than on day 2.
