HAVANA, Cuba, May 15 (acn) A win over local Dimitri Jakovenko took Cuban Leinier Dominguez to share the top of the Chess Grand Prix of Khanty-Mainsiysk along with the also host Evgeny Tomashevsky.
Although computing analyzers declared he was in disadvantage, the Caribbean won in 36 moves of a Semi Slav defense and now owns 1.5 units in two presentations.
Tomashevsky signed peace with his compatriot Alexander Grischuk in 73 moves of a King's Indian Defense.
The games between Israeli Boris Gelfand and American Hikaru Nakamura, Dutch Anish Giri and Russian Sergey Karjakin, Italian Fabiano Caruana and Russian Peter Svidler and French Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Georgian Baduur Jobava also finished in draws.
Leinier and Tomashevsky are escorted by Vachier, Grischuk, Caruana, Jakovenko, Karjakin, Nakamura, Svilder and Gelfand, all with one point.
Giri and Jobava only own half a unit per capita.
The matches in the third round will be: Karjakin-Leinier, Jobava-Gelfand, Grischuk-Vachier, Caruana-Tomashevsky, Jakovenko-Svidler and Nakamura-Giri.
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