The Prague Chess Festival Masters has quickly gathered pace. After Jan-Krzysztof Duda's victory over David Navara in round one, three of the four games in round 2 ended with a decision.
The Czech number one, David Navara, lost again, this time against Radoslaw Wojtaszek. In a Catalan the game was equal for a long time but then White got the better endgame.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who had won against David Navara in round 1, lost a sharp Najdorf Sicilian against US grandmaster Sam Shankland.
The third winner of the day was Nihat Abasov, who played against Nils Grandelius. The game looked like a Sicilian Dragon and was sharp and double-edged. However, when Black overestimated his chances White struck in the centre and won.
In the Open a large group of players started with 2.0/2.
