The second round of the sixth tournament in memory of Vugar Gashimov was played in Shamkir on April 1st. The first symbolic move in the game Carlsen - Anand was made by Vugar Gashimov's nephew Aykhan.

Magnus Carlsen defeated Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin outplayed Anish Giri, while Alexander Grischuk lost to Ding Liren. The games Mamedyarov - Radjabov and Topalov - Navara were drawn.

Standings after round 2:

1-3. Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin, Ding Liren - 1.5
4-7. Teimour Radjabov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, David Navara, Veselin Topalov - 1 
8-10. Anish Giri, Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Grischuk - 0.5.

Round 3 pairings:

Karjakin - Topalov, Grischuk - Giri, Radjabov - Ding Liren, Anand - Mamedyarov, Navara - Carlsen. Read more...

Source: ruchess.ru