Vidit and Harikrishna draw, Sasikiran loses
FIDE Vice-President and IO Lukasz Turlej visited the tournament.
Round 2 in action | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival
Masters: Anton - Vidit: 0.5-0.5
Spain no.2 David Anton Guijarro (2692) had a draw with India no.2 Vidit Gujrathi (2723) in the Petroff's Defense. A very similar draw was observed over 1.5 years in the game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Levon Aronian at Skilling Open, part of Champions Chess Tour 2020.
Vidit ends up with more time when the game finished than what he began with! | Video: ChessBase India
Prague International Chess Festival 2022 Masters Round 2 Live Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
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Schedule
The Round-Robin tournament will take place from 8th to 17th June 2022. Every day except the last round, games will start at 3 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. IST). Sunday 12th June is a rest day. The ninth round game on 17th June will start at 11 a.m. local time (2:30 p.m. IST).
Masters Round 2 results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 10 | 2692 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | ½ - ½ | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2723 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 2703 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ½ - ½ | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2701 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 8 | 2718 | GM | Shankland Sam | 1 - 0 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2679 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 9 | 2716 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | ½ - ½ | GM | Le Quang Liem | 2709 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 2681 | GM | Navara David | ½ - ½ | GM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | 2610 | 2 |
Round 3 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 2610 | GM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2692 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 2709 | GM | Le Quang Liem | GM | Navara David | 2681 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 2679 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | 2716 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 2701 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | GM | Shankland Sam | 2718 | 8 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 2723 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2703 | 7 |
Challengers Round 2 results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 10 | 2564 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 1 - 0 | GM | Krzyzanowski Marcin | 2535 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 2661 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | 1 - 0 | GM | Michalik Peter | 2577 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 8 | 2541 | GM | Stocek Jiri | 1 - 0 | GM | Niemann Hans Moke | 2678 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 9 | 2613 | GM | Warmerdam Max | ½ - ½ | GM | Pechac Jergus | 2598 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 2675 | GM | Keymer Vincent | 1 - 0 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2635 | 2 |
Round 3 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 2635 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2564 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 2598 | GM | Pechac Jergus | GM | Keymer Vincent | 2675 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 2678 | GM | Niemann Hans Moke | GM | Warmerdam Max | 2613 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 2577 | GM | Michalik Peter | GM | Stocek Jiri | 2541 | 8 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 2535 | GM | Krzyzanowski Marcin | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | 2661 | 7 |
Time Control
The time control is 90'/40 moves + 30'/end & 30"/move.
