Reggio Emilia Chess R2: Morozevich leads with perfect score
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The chess news update from the second day at the Reggio Emilia tournament is that Anish Giri went down fighting to Alexander Morozevich giving the latter a perfect score wit six points according to thee football scoring in effect at the tournament.

 
Anish Giri on his way to losing to Alexander Morozevich.

The other winner of the first round, Hikaru Nakamura had to settle for a draw with Fabiano Caruana while Vassily Ivanchuk and Nikita Vitiugov also had to draw their game after a tough fight. You can access more details at the official website.

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