The 2nd round of the Khanty Mansiysk FIDE GP 2015 saw only one decisive game in which Dominguez overcame the first-round winner Jakovenko in 36 moves. Dominguez’s play was quite inspirational as he sacrificed the exchange just out of the opening. Although he did stumble on his way with the questionable 19. Bxd4, Jakovenko was unable to take due advantage of the same. After that, Dominguez never looked back and went on to register a fantastic victory. You may replay the game here: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1791983
After 2 rounds, Dominguez and Tomashevsky lead the pack with 1.5/2.
Round 2 Results:
|
PLAYER |
RTG | RESULT | PLAYER | RTG |
|
Gelfand |
2744 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Nakamura |
2799 |
|
Giri |
2776 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Karjakin | 2753 |
|
Dominguez |
2734 | 1 – 0 | Jakovenko |
2738 |
|
Svidler |
2734 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Caruana |
2803 |
|
Tomashevsky |
2749 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Grischuk |
2780 |
|
Vachier-Lagrave |
2754 | 0.5 – 0.5 | Jobava |
2699 |