The second round of the Norway Chess Super-Tournament 2015 produced a solitary decisive result as Fabiano Caruana overcame the defenses of World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the latter’s favorite Berlin Ruy Lopez. This puts the World Champion in the last place with no points from the first two rounds of this 9-round event.
The rest of the games ended in draws, although they weren’t short of excitement.
After 2 rounds, as many as 5 (!) players lead the table with 1.5 points each. Indian hope Vishy Anand is on the sole second spot with 2 draws in as many games.
Round 2 Results:
|
Name |
Rtg | Res. | Name |
Rtg |
|
Grischuk |
2781 | ½-½ | Aronian |
2780 |
|
Hammer |
2677 | ½-½ | Vachier-Lagrave | 2723 |
| Topalov | 2798 | ½-½ | Nakamura |
2802 |
|
Caruana |
2805 | 1-0 | Carlsen | 2876 |
|
Giri |
2773 | ½-½ | Anand |
2804 |