World Champion Magnus Carlsen has taken the lead in the Grenke
Chess Classic. Magnus beat GM Mickey Adams as white in the 2nd
round. Magnus started with the English opening.He held a slight adavantage
most of the game. As Adams gave away a pawn in the endgame, Magnus
converted into a victory. With this win Magnus leads alone With 1,5 Points.
The games Anand-Najditsch, Caruana-Bacrot and Baramidze-Aronian ended
in draws. The 3rd round will be played today. Magnus has black against GM
Arkadij Najditsch and will be eager to revenge the loss from the Chess
Olympics in Tromsø. The other games will be Aronian-Caruana, Bacrot-Anand
and Adams-Baramidze. Follow the games live from 3 p.m. on ChessBomb.
Read the report from round 2 on ChessBase.
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