Ivanchuk beats Vallejo

Ivanchuk against Vallejo (official site)

Vassily Ivanchuk has joined Levon Aronian in the lead, as he too was able to beat Francisco Vallejo Pons. On a day with three hard-fought games, the other encounters were drawn.

Here are the results from the second round:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating	Opening
Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2765	1-0	Francisco Vallejo Pons	ESP	2716	English Opening
Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2823	½-½	Levon Aronian	ARM	2807	Spanish with d3
Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2753	½-½	Viswanathan Anand	IND	2817	Semi-Slav, Botvinnik

Francisco Vallejo Pons has now lost both games.

The tournament table takes into account the Sofia rules: 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, but the traditional scoring system can be found in brackets.

Rank	Name	Country	Rating	1w	1b	2w	2b	3w	3b	4w	4b	5w	5b	6w	6b	Points
1-2	Levon Aronian	ARM	2807	*	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	1	.	4 (1½)
1-2	Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2765	.	.	*	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	1	.	4 (1½)
3-5	Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2823	½	.	.	.	*	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	2 (1)
3-5	Viswanathan Anand	IND	2817	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	*	.	½	.	.	2 (1)
3-5	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2753	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	.	*	*	.	.	2 (1)
6	Francisco Vallejo Pons	ESP	2716	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	0 (0)

As a reminder, here is what happened in the first round:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating	Opening
Levon Aronian	ARM	2807	1-0	Francisco Vallejo Pons	ESP	2716	Slav Defence
Viswanathan Anand	IND	2817	½-½	Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2823	Spanish Berlin
Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2753	½-½	Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2765	Keres Defence

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