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Gibraltar Round 2: Upset Watch
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 10:59PM
It's still early in Gibraltar, so for now I'm only keeping half an eye on the goings-on there. All I'm keeping track of at this point is the fate of the 2700s, and today was not a very good day for them. Of the 14 (pre-tournament) 2700s, 10 drew their games today, most against relative unknowns. Even more remarkably, the three who drew yesterday - Yu Yangyi, Hikaru Nakamura, and Maxim Matlakov - all drew again today. (Rauf Mamedov was also a half-pointer entering the round, but he had a bye in round 1.)
As for the leaders, there are 33 of them. We'll wait until there's some stratification at the top before considering in-depth coverage.
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