The Shak strikes first in rd 2! What a dizzying amount of 2 knight combinational possibilities with a few other sacrifices thrown in !!
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Hikaru tried to play it strategic but was overwhelmed by a tactical blizzard after he accepted his opponents queen sacrifice.Comment
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Nihal-Safarli white started with a quiet Ruy Lopez but built up positional trumps so that by strategic means his position was +10 before the tactics flowed. Havent seen that in a while.Comment
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Aravindh - Tomashevsky is a good positional game where the black queen starts late but gets a good workout and the game is decided by passed pawns.Comment
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Harikrishna - Fedoseev is humorous in that white misses the winning shot of Na6 but then wheels his knight around again and wins with Nxa6!Comment
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Aronian overwhelms Maghsoodloo with sharp tactics (although according to the computer Aronian missed a lot in terms of accuracy)Comment
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Peter Svidler missed 25.b3! (the tickler) a profound move which forces the black queen to back up (I love that idea)Comment
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Firoujza survived by aggressive play but didnt take advantage of his opportunities later and it ended a draw.Comment
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Grischuk had an edge but maybe time pressure played a role as they repeated moves.Comment
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Anton Guijarro played a heck of a game against Wei Yi!Comment
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Sam Sevian defended resourcefully against Karjakhin but was eventually overwhelmed.Comment
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The Korobov- Le Quang Liem game became very interesting when 5 knights appeared on the board but by that point I think Le Quang had missed his winning opportunity.Comment
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Jeffrey Xiong was totally outplayed and was lost but his opponent failed to be accurate and allowed counterplay.Comment
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The Yuffa- McShane game was winning for white but degenerated into a two bishops vs knight ending. Is that a win for white? I dont know. I had the knight against a master opponent 30 years ago and defended for hours and successfully held a draw. I wouldnt want to do it again.Comment
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I wonder how much of a psychological boost that will be going into game two. A lot of lucky saves (resourceful!?)Comment
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