Nils Grandelius leads the Tata Steel Masters 2021 alone on 2 out of 2 - 2
Nils Grandelius won his second game in a row to lead the Tata Steel Masters
with a perfect 2/2 score, he defeated Jan-Krzysztof Duda with the black
pieces. Fabiano Caruana was the only other winner of the day winning a sharp
Slav Defence against Alexander Donchenko. Magnus Carlsen looked to be a little
better against David Anton but his opponent defended really well, similarly
Anish Giri, the other round one winner had some advantage against Jorden Van Foreest
but it wasn't enough.
Harikrishna-Esipenko, MVL-Firouzja and Tari (who had a winning position)-Wojtaszek were all drawn.
A more detailed summary in the article below.
Round 2 Standings: 1st Grandelius 2pts; 2nd-4th Carlsen, Giri, Caruana 1.5pts; 5th-10th Harikrishna, Anton Guijarro, MVL, Wojtaszek, Esipenko, Van Foreest 1pt; 11th-13th Firouzja, Duda, Tari 0.5pts; 14th Donchenko 0pts.
Round 3 Pairings Monday 18th Jan 1pm GMT: Esipenko-MVL, Grandelius-Harikrishna, Caruana-Duda, Giri-Donchenko, Wojtaszek-Van Foreest, Carlsen-Tari, Firouzja-Anton.