FIDE Grand Prix 2022 Tournament 1, Round 2

 The first FIDE Grand Prix tournament continues, and just like in round 1, there were three decisive games and five draws.

Group A: Grischuk managed to fray the nerves of his fans by reaching a bad position and getting very short of time against Bacrot, but he managed to pull it back and earn a draw. In the other game in the group, Nakamura won with a nice combination against Esipenko.

Group B: Rapport managed to recover from his shock defeat in round 1 with an interesting win against Fedoseev. Wojtaszek maintained his lead with a draw against Oparin which he might have been disappointed not to win.

Group C: Keymer and Vidit rattled out a lot of moves very quickly to end up in an opposite-coloured bishops ending that petered out to a draw. In the other game, Aronian equalized quickly with black against Dubov, and that game was also a draw.

Group D: Dominguez won a double-edged game against Shirov, the first black win of the tournament. In the other game, Harikrishna found a good line against So's Berlin and won a pawn, but it was never quite enough to earn a victory.

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