(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) After a draw in the opening round, World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen defeated India's Aravindh Chithambaram in Qatar Masters Open round 2 on Monday.
In another competition, Dutch Chess Champion Anish Giri showed himself to be in excellent form as he demolished Swedish chess grandmaster Nil Grandelius with black.
Defending champion Yu Yangyi outplayed Benjamin Bok in an endgame to take the full point, and was also joined by his compatriot Li Chao, who beat Alexander Ipatov.
The youngest participant 11-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan (2429 FIDE), who drew GM Shankland in round one. In round two, he found himself in a difficult position against Vietnamese GM Nguyen (2642), but fought back and saved the game.
As to the women, the clash of the day was between no. 1 Hou Yifan against Harika Dronavalli. The Indian obtained a very good position out of the opening, placing Hou on the defensive, but in the end a draw ensued.
Alexandra Kosteniuk played a sedate game against Ponomariov and split the point, while young WGM Zhansaya Abdumalik, who had drawn with Bartel Mateusz (2620 FIDE) in the first round, defeated German GM Stefan Bromberger (2521 FIDE) with black in round two after a strong attack initiated with a bishop sac.
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