Carlsen joins the leaders after beating Keymer in round 2 of Tata Steel Chess - 2

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The second round of Wijk aan Zee was another exciting one watched by more than a 1000 spectators on site. Game of the day was played by Anish Giri in defeating D Gukesh with some new ideas in the Ragozin. Magnus Carlsen won after making it slightly difficult for himself, Ding Liren looked like he was headed for 2/2 but failed to convert what seemed to be at one stage a winning position. After two rounds we have four leaders, Carlsen, Giri, Ding and Nodirbek Abdusattorov and one person having a difficult time: Gukesh. Read Michiel Abeln's on the spot report in the main text. In the Challengers Group Eline Roebers scored a fine win against Erwin L'Ami, Alexander Donchenko defeated Rameshbabu Vaishali and Jergus Pechac suffered his second defeat after losing to M. Amin Tabatabaei, not being rewarded for his boldness in playing the King's Gambit. Round 2 Standings: 1st-4th Carlsen, Abdusattorov, Ding Liren, Giri 1.5pts 5th-11th Caruana, Aronian, So, Erigaisi, Maghsoodloo, Praggnanandhaa, Van Foreest 1pt 12th-13th Rapport, Keymer 0.5pts 14th Gukesh 0pts. Round 3 Pairings 1pm GMT Monday 16 January: Rapport-So, Wesley Caruana-Van Foreest, Gukesh-Abdusattorov, Maghsoodloo-Giri, Carlsen-Ding Liren Praggnanandhaa-Keymer, Erigaisi-Aronian.

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