Chinese prodigy GM Wei Yi (2724) won a spectacular game with the white pieces against Cuba’s GM Lazaro Batista. In a Sicilian Tajmanov position, Wei Yi unleashed a flurry of tactics to win in a breathtaking fashion.
GM Krishnan Saiskiran meanhile could only draw with IM Wang Chen (2521) to move to 0.5/2.
Check the pairings for Round three here.